Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light

The Save the Children Fund Film

January 1971 •English

Director Ken Loach explores the politics of race, class and charity in a capitalist society in this documentary funded by the Save the Children foundation.

Lightning Before Thunder

March 2024 •English

A short documentary about how "Fulton" the Ukrainian Football Club came together.

A Man Inside

May 1967 •English

A middle aged man taunted by his young office colleagues about his bachelorhood turns to violence.

Nothing's Ever Over

July 1968 •English

An intense court case involving divorce proceedings is adjourned for lunch. Husband and wife then discover they are both going to be eating in the same cafeteria.

Got Yourself Sorted Out at All?

January 1968 •English

Gareth

December 1968 •English

A film by Alan Clarke for the 'The Company of Five' anthology series.

The Ladies: Doreen

September 1969 •English

Thais

December 1917 •English

The wanton dancer Thais, tries to entice Paphnutius from becoming a monk but fails. He later returns to reclaim her soul and follow in his footsteps. They attempt to live lives of simplicity, but the pull of worldliness is too strong.

Satan Junior

March 1919 •English

Famous playwright Paul Worden decamps to a country bungalow to work on a new play, rehearsing with his leading lady, Marjorie Sinclair, who is staying nearby. Going riding one day to relax, Paul rescues his neighbor, teenager Diana Ardway when her horse runs wild. The pair clash initially, as she does with Marjorie, but after a series of misunderstandings true love triumphs.

Cardinal Wolsey

January 1912 •English

King Henry VIII smitten with Anne Boleyn wishes to displace his estimable Queen Catherine for her. He appeals to Cardinal Wolsey to set aside the tenets of the Church and consent to his divorce from the Queen. The cardinal absolutely refuses to do anything so inimical to his office, as representative of the Holy See. Angered King Henry induces the Archbishop of Canterbury to call a special council through which he divorces himself from Queen Catherine. In punishment for his refusal to accede to the king's wishes, the cardinal is exiled to Leicester Abbey where he dies three days afterward, conscious that he had sustained the sacredness of his office, a martyr to his faith and of service to his king.

The Warning

December 1915 •English

Robert Denman, a manager at a construction company, loses everything he has to the throws of alcoholism.

Tin Gods

July 1932 •English

A concert pianist loses his hearing but finds a new sense of purpose by helping others. A British drama film directed by F.W. Kraemer.

Souls for Sables

January 1925 •English

A lonely wife becomes obsessed with furs and keeps bad company in an effort to obtain more.

The Argyle Case

February 1917 •English

When multi-millionaire banker John Argyle is found brutally murdered in his home, suspicions are cast upon Mary Mazuret, his adopted daughter who became the sole beneficiary of his estate under his will, Argyle having quarrelled with his son Bruce. Just as the case begins to look black for Mary, Asche Kayton, a great private detective, is called in by Bruce and takes hold of the investigation.

The School for Scandal

May 1937 •English

Comedy of manners about the corrupt high society of 18th-century England, centering on Lady Sneerwell and her plot to ruin the reputation of Charles Surface and prevent his marriage to the wealthy Maria. She conspires with Joseph Surface, Charles's hypocritical brother, who also desires Maria for her fortune.

Crime Over London

October 1936 •English

With the police on their tail, a gang of New York criminals decided to relocate to London where they plan a major robbery on a department store.

The Briggs Family

September 1940 •English

During the Second World War, a special constable and former solicitor is called upon to defend his son who is accused of the theft of a car

Murder in the Family

January 1938 •English

After a wealthy woman is killed, her extended family all fall under suspicion of murder.

Stormswept

February 1923 •English

Despondent over the infidelity of his wife, William McCabe wanders on the waterfront considering suicide, but instead he saves the life of Shark Moran. Moran gives McCabe a job on his lightship, where McCabe enjoys the solitude and falls in love with Ann Reynolds, the daughter of the captain of the supply ship.

The Inherited Taint

March 1911 •English

Herbert Warning inherits a fortune. He becomes engaged to a society girl who leaves him for another man. Warning takes to drinking. When he meets Kathleen Holt, a nurse, he falls in love and asks her to marry him. She promises to do so if he can give up drinking for one year.