Bryan Forbes

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The Madwoman of Chaillot
5.9

The Madwoman of Chaillot

An eccentric Parisian woman’s optimistic perception of life begins to sound more rational than the traditional beliefs of others. The story ...
The Naked Face
5.5

The Naked Face

Jun. 01, 1984

The Naked Face

Chicago psychiatrist Judd Stevens is suspected of murdering one of his patients when the man turns up stabbed to death in the middle of the city. ...
The Stepford Wives
6.9

The Stepford Wives

Feb. 12, 1975

The Stepford Wives

Joanna Eberhart has come to the quaint little town of Stepford, Connecticut with her family, but soon discovers there lies a sinister truth in ...
The Raging Moon
6.9

The Raging Moon

Jan. 21, 1971

The Raging Moon

Bruce Pritchard is paralysed in a soccer game and is confined to a wheelchair in a convalescence home. But this doesn’t slow his lust for ...
Deadfall
5.7

Deadfall

Sep. 11, 1968

Deadfall

Cat burglar Henry Clarke and his accomplices the Moreaus attempt to steal diamonds from the chateau of millionaire Salinas.
The Wrong Box
6.7

The Wrong Box

Jun. 19, 1966

The Wrong Box

In Victorian England, a fortune now depends on which of two brothers outlives the other—or can be made to have seemed to do so.
The Whisperers
7.2

The Whisperers

Jul. 18, 1967

The Whisperers

Margaret Ross is an impoverished old woman who lives alone in a seedy apartment and enjoys a rich fantasy life as an heiress. One day she ...
King Rat
7.5

King Rat

Oct. 27, 1965

King Rat

When Singapore surrendered to the Japanese in 1942, the Allied POWs, mostly British but including a few Americans, were incarcerated in Changi ...
Seance on a Wet Afternoon
7.6

Seance on a Wet Afternoon

Working-class British housewife Myra Savage reinvents herself as a medium, holding seances in the sitting room of her home with the hidden ...
The L-Shaped Room
7.3

The L-Shaped Room

Nov. 20, 1962

The L-Shaped Room

Jane is young, French, pregnant and unmarried. Bucking convention, she is uninterested in settling with her baby’s father or getting an ...
Whistle Down the Wind
7.6

Whistle Down the Wind

Jul. 25, 1961

Whistle Down the Wind

When an injured wife-murderer takes refuge on a remote Lancashire farm, the farmer’s three children mistakenly believe him to be the Second ...