Two British track athletes, one a determined Jew, and the other a devout Christian, compete in the 1924 Olympics.
A young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation during World War II.
An American soldier who escapes the execution of his comrades by Japanese soldiers in Borneo during WWII becomes the leader of a personal empire among the headhunters in this war story told...
A war veteran tries to investigate the murder of his son who was working as a Russian translator for the British intelligence service during the Cold War. He meets a web of deception and paranoia that seems impenetrable...
Expatriate Henry Miller indulges in a variety of sexual escapades while struggling to establish himself as a serious writer in Paris.
A story based on true events about two explorers on a doomed journey trying to cross Australia on foot in the 19 century.
A scientist in the rain forest squares off against a land developer while trying to solve some unexplained deaths of his workers. An archaeologist, who's researching the jungle ruins of an extinct local tribe, might know more.
Struggling to make ends meet in London, a university student from Liverpool discovers that she can make her fortune by spanking rich men's bottoms.
A mother wants her son to marry but has to accept he is living with a man.
A woman has doubts about the intentions of her husband, even to the point where she thinks he might kill her.