Movies: Norman MacOwan

  • 1949
    Whisky Galore!

    Whisky Galore! (1949)

    Whisky Galore!

    6.81949HD

    Based on a true story. The name of the real ship, that sunk Feb 5 1941 - during WWII - was S/S Politician. Having left Liverpool two days earlier, heading for Jamaica, it sank outside Eriskay, The Outer Hebrides, Scotland, in bad weather, containing ...

    Whisky Galore!
  • 1960
    The City of the Dead

    The City of the Dead (1960)

    The City of the Dead

    6.41960HD

    A young college student arrives in a sleepy Massachusetts town to research witchcraft; during her stay at an eerie inn, she discovers a startling secret about the town and its inhabitants....

    The City of the Dead
  • 1956
    Around the World in Eighty Days

    Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)

    Around the World in Eighty Days

    6.61956HD

    Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days....

    Around the World in Eighty Days
  • 1956
    X the Unknown

    X the Unknown (1956)

    X the Unknown

    6.11956HD

    Army radiation experiments awaken a subterranean monster from a fissure that feeds on energy and proceeds to terrorise a remote Scottish village. An American research scientist at a nearby nuclear plant joins with a British investigator to discover w...

    X the Unknown
  • 1957
    Action of the Tiger

    Action of the Tiger (1957)

    Action of the Tiger

    4.81957HD

    A woman hires soldier-of-fortune Carson to smuggle her into Albania by way of Greece. Their trouble is just beginning when they get there....

    Action of the Tiger
  • 1955
    Footsteps in the Fog

    Footsteps in the Fog (1955)

    Footsteps in the Fog

    71955HD

    A Victorian-era murder mystery about a parlour maid who discovers that her employer may have killed his first wife....

    Footsteps in the Fog
  • 1951
    Valley of the Eagles

    Valley of the Eagles (1951)

    Valley of the Eagles

    61951HD

    A Norwegian scientist builds a device that can convert sound waves into electrical energy. However, the machine is stolen by the scientist's wife and assistant, who head across the frozen tundra towards Russia. A police inspector and a local girl tea...

    Valley of the Eagles
  • 1960
    Kidnapped

    Kidnapped (1960)

    Kidnapped

    6.51960HD

    Kidnapped and cheated out of his inheritance, young David Balfour falls in with a Jacobite adventurer, Alan Breck Stewart. Falsely accused of murder, they must flee across the Highlands, evading the redcoats....

    Kidnapped
  • 1958
    Tread Softly Stranger

    Tread Softly Stranger (1958)

    Tread Softly Stranger

    7.51958HD

    Unable to pay his bookie, a man returns to his hometown where his embezzler brother and girlfriend plot a robbery that ends in tragedy....

    Tread Softly Stranger
  • 1960
    The Battle of the Sexes

    The Battle of the Sexes (1960)

    The Battle of the Sexes

    6.81960HD

    Angela Barrows is a man-eating business woman sent by her American employer to investigate their export opportunities in Edinburgh. En route she meets Robert MacPherson, a businessman who asks for her help to bring his company into the 20th Century. ...

    The Battle of the Sexes
  • 1958
    Heart of a Child

    Heart of a Child (1958)

    Heart of a Child

    6.51958HD

    A young boy goes to desperate lengths to save the family dog when his father agrees sell it to the local butcher....

    Heart of a Child
  • 1952
    Castle in the Air

    Castle in the Air (1952)

    Castle in the Air

    6.21952HD

    The owner of a Scottish castle discovers that it is haunted by the spirit of a beautiful woman. He decides to use the ghost as a tourist attraction for his castle...

    Castle in the Air
  • 1955
    Where There's a Will

    Where There's a Will (1955)

    Where There's a Will

    6.41955HD

    A Cockney family inherit a ramshackle Devon farm. The rest of the family don't want to leave London but the father insists and off they go, to face the unknown....

    Where There's a Will
  • 1951
    The Dark Light

    The Dark Light (1951)

    The Dark Light

    3.51951HD

    The crew of a lighthouse rescues people they believe to be survivors of a shipwreck, only to find out that they are a gang of bank robbers on the run from the law....

    The Dark Light
  • 1953
    Laxdale Hall

    Laxdale Hall (1953)

    Laxdale Hall

    61953HD

    A starchy parliamentary delegation is sent to a remote Scottish Highlands community, where the residents are protesting the poor condition of their road by withholding their taxes, and spend a few days among the locals....

    Laxdale Hall
  • 1950
    Help Yourself

    Help Yourself (1950)

    Help Yourself

    01950HD

    Joe the Burglar explains how he goes about his job for the benefit of the audience, providing a lesson in how to avoid being broken into....

    Help Yourself