Film4 +1 Thursday

A blind playwright overhears details of a kidnapping plot, but fails to convince the police and decides to foil the crime himself. Thriller, starring Van Johnson and Vera Miles

A group of PoWs tries to escape from a German medieval castle used to hold the most rebellious Allied prisoners. Second World War drama, starring John Mills and Eric Portman

A boy tries to help his father's butler escape a murder conviction, but he makes the servant seem even more suspicious. Crime drama, starring Ralph Richardson and Bobby Henrey

The neglected wife of a workaholic taxi owner secretly launches a rival cab firm using women drivers to tempt customers away from him. Comedy, starring Sid James and Hattie Jacques

A magazine editor's unforgiving personality and outrageous demands make her trainee assistant's life a nightmare. Comedy drama, starring Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt

An ageing Manhattan socialite, living on what is left of her inheritance, moves into a small apartment in Paris with her son and cat. Comedy drama, with Michelle Pfeiffer

Two billionaire brothers arrange for a stockbroker and a homeless conman to swap places to see how each copes out of his element. Comedy, starring Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy

A man's plot to murder his wife and her lover is ruined by a seedy private eye who sets off a horrific chain of events. Coen brothers thriller, starring Frances McDormand