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...

Slick gangster flick with the inimitable Bogey as hard-nosed DA Martin Ferguson. With his prime witnesses being murdered one by one, cracking the underworld gang responsible looks impossible, till he meets Teresa, the one who got away. Stylishly shot with great atmosphere and slyly witty script. find out more...