It's the off-season at the lonely Beauregard Hotel in Bournemoth, and only the long-term tenants are still in residence. Life is stirred up, however, when the beautiful Ann Shankland arrives to see her alcoholic ex-husband, John Malcolm, who is secretly engaged to Pat Cooper, the woman who runs the hotel. Meanwhile, snobbish Mrs Railton-Bell discovers that the kindly if rather doddering Major Pollock, played by David Niven, who won an Oscar for his performance, a retired officer who likes to find out more...

One of the earliest Hitchcock films. 'The Ring' follows Jack, a prize fighting champion, who, after having been beaten by Bob Corby, finds himself sparring with the victor over his new wife, an increasingly tense situation that results in an emotional and brutal climax as the two men once again face each other in the ring. find out more...