Set in London during early days of the Cold War, excellent sequel to Boulting Brothers Seven Days to Noon follows police attempts to foil a terrorist plot, as a Soviet funded espionage cell threaten to bring down the British establishment. High Treason (1951) Stars Liam Redmond and André Morrell.

I want to make clear to the world. 1. I am alive and well. 2. We are winning this war. 3. The days of #Iran are counted. 4. I am not the President of the #UnitedStates 5. We will continue this war until the threat has been abolished completely and.. 6. We must stand united in this fight for peace.

Sunday 15th March - Beware the Ides of March "This is no time to keep silent. We can deny our heritage and history, but cannot escape responsibility. 'Cassius was right. The fault dear Brutus is not in our stars but in ourselves, that we are underlings.'" A nation of sheep devoured by wolves? #USA

16 March 1964 – Gregory 'Gore' Verbinski, 62, US filmmaker, screenwriter. Mouse Hunt (1997) * The Mexican * The Ring * Pirates of the Caribbean Trilogy (2003, 2006, 2007) * The Weather Man * Rango (Oscar) * The Lone Ranger * A Cure for Wellness * Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2025)

16 March 1953 – Isabelle Huppert, 73, French actress. Violette Nozière (1978) * Loulou * Story of Women * La Séparation * La Cérémonie (César) * School of Flesh * Merci pour le chocolat * The Piano Teacher * 8 Women * Copacabana * Elle (OscarNom, César) Mrs Hyde * Richest Woman In The World (2026)

16 March 1920 – 2002 Reginald 'Leo' McKern, 82, Australian actor Murder in the Cathedral (1951) X the Unknown * The Day the Earth Caught Fire * #TheBeatles Help! * King & Country * A Man for All Seasons * The Prisoner * Ryan's Daughter * Massacre in Rome * The Omen * Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–92)

16 March 1916 – 2004 Mercedes McCambridge, 87, US radio, television and film actress. Film debut: All the King's Men (1949 Oscar) The Scarf * Johnny Guitar * Giant (OscarNom) A Farewell to Arms * Touch of Evil * Suddenly, Last Summer * The Exorcist (the voice of Pazuzu) * The Concorde.. Airport '79

16 March 1908 – 1966 Robert Rossen, 57, US blacklisted filmmaker. Writer: The Roaring Twenties * The Sea Wolf * Out of the Fog * Edge of Darkness * A Walk in the Sun * The Strange Love of Martha Ivers Director/Writer: Body and Soul * All the King's Men (OscarNom) * The Hustler * Lilith (1964)

16 March 2003 – #USA activist Rachel Corrie, age 23, is crushed to death in Rafah #Gaza who a witness said was deliberately run over by #Israel #IDF bulldozer as she tried to stop the illegal demolition of a #Palestinian home. www.theguardian.com/world/2003/mar/17/israel.usa youtu.be/tzK5Rvr6Tik?...

16 March 1968 – Vietnam War #MyLai massacre; between 347 and 500 Vietnamese villagers are murdered by #USArmy troops. Almost all were women, children and elderly men. Warrant Officer Hugh Thompson and helicopter crew Lawrence Colburn and Glenn Andreotta attempted to intervene and stop the slaughter.

16 March 597 BC – First siege of Jerusalem, then capital of the Kingdom of Judah (931-597 BC), by the Neo-Babylonian Empire ends with the surrender of King Jeconiah to the Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II. Jeconiah was deported to Babylon, and replaced by his Babylonian-appointed uncle, Zedekiah.

15 March 1943 – David Cronenberg, 83, Canadian filmmaker. Shivers (1975) * Scanners * Videodrome * The Fly * Dead Ringers * Naked Lunch * Crash * eXistenZ * Spider * History of Violence * Eastern Promises * A Dangerous Method * Cosmopolis * Maps to the Stars * Crimes of the Future * Shrouds (2024)

15 March 1919 – 2002 Lawrence Tierney, 82, US actor. Dillinger (1945) * San Quentin * Born to Kill (aka Lady of Deceit) * Bodyguard * Shakedown * Hoodlum * The Greatest Show on Earth * A Child Is Waiting * Custer of the West * Prizzi's Honor * The Naked Gun * Dillinger * Reservoir Dogs (1992)

15 March 1913 – 1994 Edward Macdonald Carey, 81, US actor Wake Island (1942) * #Hitchcock Shadow of a Doubt * Streets of Laredo * The Lawless * Copper Canyon * Let's Make It Legal * Blue Denim * These Are the Damned (UK) * Tammy and the Doctor * Roots * American Gigolo * Days of Our Lives (1965-94)

15 March 1904 – 1979 George Brent (b. Nolan), 75, Irish-US actor, pilot 42nd Street (1933) Baby Face * Painted Veil * Front Page Woman * Jezebel * Dark Victory * The Old Maid * The Great Lie * In This Our Life * Experiment Perilous * Spiral Staircase * Out of the Blue * Man Bait * Born Again (1978)

14 March 1924-58 Bonar Colleano, 34, (Car Crash) US-UK circus performer, actor. Susan Shaw (m. 1954) Way to the Stars (1945) A Matter of Life and Death * Pool of London * A Tale of Five Cities * Eight Iron Men * Flame and the Flesh * Escape By Night * The Sea Shall Not Have Them * Man Inside (1958)

15 March 2019 – 51 people were murdered in the Al Noor Mosque, and Linwood Islamic Centre, Christchurch, #NewZealand during Friday prayers, and 89 more were injured. The perpetrator Brenton Tarrant, aged 28, had travelled from #Australia to carry out the crime. www.theguardian.com/world/2020/d...

15 March 1917 – Tsar Nicholas II of Russia is forced to abdicate the throne, ending the 304-year Romanov dynasty of Peter and Catherine the Great. He and his family were imprisoned by the democratic Provisional Government of March 1917, and later executed by the Bolshevik dictatorship, 17 July 1918.

15 March 44 BC – The assassination of Julius Caesar, the dictator of the Roman Republic takes place on the Ides of March. He was assassinated by 60 Roman Senators, stabbed approximately 23 times, who feared his growing dictatorial power and attempts to establish a monarchy and destroy the Republic.

Jane Lapotaire (née Burgess) b. 1944 – 5 March 2026, age 81, English actress. Piaf (1978–81) Tony Award Best Actress 1981. www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/m...

14 March 1942 – Rita Tushingham, 84, English actress. A Taste of Honey (1961) * The Leather Boys * The Knack...and How to Get It * Girl with Green Eyes * Doctor Zhivago * Smashing Time * The Bed Sitting Room * Bread * Under the Skin * Being Julia * Last Night in Soho * The Marlow Murder Club (2024)

14 March 1941 – 2022 Wolfgang Petersen, 81, German-US filmmaker. Das Boot (1981 OscarNom, Best Director and Screenplay) * NeverEnding Story * Enemy Mine * In the Line of Fire * Outbreak * Air Force One * Bicentennial Man (writer) * The Perfect Storm * Troy * Poseidon * Vier gegen die Bank (2016)

14 March 1938 – Eleanor Bron, 88, English actress, writer. Cambridge Footlights (1959) * #TheBeatles Help! * Alfie * Bedazzled * Two For The Road * A Touch of Love * Women in Love * Dr Who * Hound of Baskervilles * French and Saunders * Absolutely Fabulous * A Woman of No Importance (2017 West End)

14 March 1933 – 2024 Quincy Jones, 91, US musician, composer, producer. 28 Grammy Awards. Seven Oscar nominations: In Cold Blood (1967) * Eyes of Love (Song) * For Love of Ivy (Song) * The Wiz * The Color Purple (1985 Score/Producer/Miss Celie's Blues) Honorary Oscar (2025, posthumous)

14 March 1933 – Michael Caine, (b. Maurice Micklewhite), 93, English actor (1950-2023) ​Shakira Baksh ​(m. 1973-) Oscars: Hannah and Her Sisters * Cider House Rules Oscar Nominations: Alfie/Sleuth/Educating Rita/The Quiet American Zulu * The Ipcress File * The Italian Job * Get Carter * Mona Lisa

Out of the Blue (1947) American #screwballcomedy mystery based on the short story by Vera Caspary, (Easy Living, Laura, Blue Gardenia), who also co-wrote the screenplay. Stars George Brent, Virginia Mayo, Ann Dvorak, Carole Landis, and the 'Turkish Delight' heartthrob, Turhan Bey.

13 March 1955 – 2017 Glenne Headly, 62, US actress Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988) Lonesome Dove * Dick Tracy * Winchell * And the Band Played On * Mortal Thoughts * Mr Holland's Opus * 2 Days in the Valley * Bastard Out of Carolina * Monk * Kit Kittredge * The Night Of * Just Getting Started (2017)

13 March 1898 – 1985 Henry Hathaway, 86, US filmmaker Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935) House on 92nd Street * The Dark Corner * Kiss of Death * Call Northside 777 * The Desert Fox * Fourteen Hours * Rawhide * Niagara * 23 Paces to Baker Street * How the West Was Won * Nevada Smith * True Grit (1969)

The #IdesofMarch before Julius Caesar fell on the 13-15th March as there were thirteen months to a year. #Friday13th Julius Caesar was assassinated by Roman Senators who hated and feared his growing dictatorial power, and attempt to establish a monarchy to destroy the Republic.

Britain in the midst of an actual existential threat. Powell and Pressburger's classic epic of the life of a British army officer from 1902-1942 questions the ideal of a righteous war. I like it ... "very much!" bbciplayer 27 days left to watch (2 hours, 37 minutes) www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

Sophia Loren (Cleopatra 1954, age 20). Cary Grant was reportedly infatuated by her (starred together in The Pride and the Passion 1957 and Houseboat 1958) but she rejected his proposals of marriage. He later described her as one of the most remarkable women he had ever known. Like Cleopatra herself.

12 March 1956 – Lesley Manville, 70, English actress Emmerdale Farm (1975-76) Topsy-Turvy * All or Nothing * Another Year * Ghosts (Olivier Award) River * Mum * Maleficent * Phantom Thread (OscarNom) Let Him Go * The Crown * Sherwood * Mrs Harris Goes to Paris * Queer * Oedipus (2025 Olivier Award)

12 March 1946 – Liza Minnelli, 80, US actress, singer, dancer. Charlie Bubbles (1968) * The Sterile Cuckoo (OscarNom) * Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon * Cabaret (Oscar) * Lucky Lady * New York, New York * Arthur 1/2 * Stepping Out * Halston

12 March 1946 – Dean Cundey, 80, US cinematographer. Halloween (1978) * The Fog * Escape from New York * The Thing * Halloween III: Season of the Witch * Psycho II * Romancing the Stone * Back to the Future I-III * Big Trouble in Little China * Who Framed Roger Rabbit (OscarNom)

12 March 1933 – Barbara Feldon, (b. Hall), 93, US model, actress, author. Get Smart (1965-70 Agent 99) * Fitzwilly * Getting Away from It All * Let's Switch! * Smile * No Deposit, No Return * Before and After * A Vacation in Hell * Get Smart, Again! * Mad About You * Last Request (2006)

12 March 1921 – 1986 Gordon MacRae, 64, US actor, singer. Three to Make Ready (Broadway Revue 1946) * Backfire (1950) * The West Point Story * On Moonlight Bay * By the Light of the Silvery Moon * The Desert Song * Oklahoma! * Carousel * The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956)

12 March 1917 – 2011 Georgette 'Googie' Withers, 94, British India born Australian actress, dancer. John McCallum ​​(m. 1948 to his death 2010) The Lady Vanishes (1938) * The Silver Fleet * Dead of Night * Pink String and Sealing Wax * Night and the City * Within These Walls (1974–75) Shine (1996)

12 March 1832 – 1897 Charles Boycott, 65, English Land agent Lord Erne, County Mayo. Sparked by 1880 speech by Charles Parnell (president of #Irish Land League) urging tenants to isolate unreasonable landlords, rather resort to violence. Captain Boycott (1947 full movie) youtu.be/ZsBoqffk7fU?...

11 March 1929 – 1994 Timothy Carey, US actor. Crime Wave (1954) * East of Eden * The Killing * Paths of Glory * One-Eyed Jacks * The World's Greatest Sinner (+ writer, director) * Minnie and Moskowitz * The Outfit * Columbo (various episodes) * The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)

11 March 1887 – 1980 Albert 'Raoul' Walsh, US actor, director. Birth of a Nation (1915 as John Wilkes Booth) Sadie Thompson (1926 + actor) Big Trail (1930) They Drive by Night * Roaring Twenties * High Sierra * White Heat * The Enforcer * Captain Horatio Hornblower * Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (1958)

#Trump’s first public comments about #USA #Israel strikes on #Iran — bombings that killed hundreds of schoolchildren in #Minab - “I picked those drapes in my first term—I always liked gold,” Trump said. “I believe it’s going to be the most beautiful ballroom anywhere in the world.”

10 March 1892 – 1952 Gregory La Cava, 59, US director, producer, screenwriter The Affairs of Cellini (1934) * Private Worlds * She Married Her Boss * My Man Godfrey * Stage Door * Fifth Avenue Girl * The Primrose Path * Lady in a Jam * Living in a Big Way * One Touch of Venus (1948)

10 March 1888 – 1961 Barry Fitzgerald (b. William Shields), 72, Irish actor. The Plough and the Stars (1936) * Bringing Up Baby * The Long Voyage Home * How Green Was My Valley * The Sea Wolf * Going My Way (Oscar) * And Then There Were None * The Naked City * Union Station * The Quiet Man (1952)

9 March 1964 – Juliette Binoche, 62, French actress. Rendezvous (1986) * Mauvais Sang * Damage * Three Colours Blue (César) * The English Patient (Oscar) * The Horseman on the Roof * Chocolat * The Widow of Saint-Pierre * Jet Lag * Certified Copy * Clouds of Sils Maria * Between Two Worlds (2023)

9 March 1958 – Linda Fiorentino, 68, US actress. After Hours (1985) * The Moderns * The Last Seduction * The Desperate Trail * Jade * Unforgettable * Men in Black * Dogma * Ordinary Decent Criminal * What Planet Are You From? * Where the Money Is * Liberty Stands Still (2002)

9 March 1946 – 2014 Alexandra Bastedo, 67, English actress, animal welfare activist. Patrick Garland ​(m. 1980; died 2013) 13 Frightened Girls (1963) The Champions (1968–69) * Casino Royale * Blood Spattered Bride * The Ghoul * Absolutely Fabulous ("Fat" 1992) * Byzantine Cat * Batman Begins (2005)

9 March 1934 – Joyce Van Patten, 92, US actress. I Love You, Alice B. Toklas (1968) * The Bad News Bears * Mikey and Nicky * Columbo (An Old Fashioned Murder 1974 + Sister of Mercy 1976) * The Mary Tyler Moore Hour * St. Elmo's Fire * Grown Ups * Boardwalk Empire * If I'm Alive Next Week... (2021)

9 March 1902 – 1978 Will Geer, 76, US singer, blacklisted actor. Deep Waters (1948) * Lust for Gold * Winchester '73 (1950) - - Salt of the Earth (1954) - - Advise and Consent (1962) * Seconds * In Cold Blood * The Waltons (1972–78) * Jeremiah Johnson * Hollywood on Trial * Mafu Cage (1978)

"In 1956 UK and French and #Israel forces invaded Egypt. Although the military operation was initially a success the resulting political storm, and no support from the #USA led to a humiliating withdrawal that dealt UK global prestige, a severe blow and PM resignation." www.nam.ac.uk/explore/suez...

8 March 1945 – Micky Dolenz, 81, US actor, lead singer, songwriter, drummer, director. Circus Boy (1956-57) * Peyton Place * #TheMonkees (1966-68) * #TheMonkees Head (film) * Metal Mickey (1980-83 director) * No Problem! (director) * Hey, Hey, It's the Monkees * Difficult People (2017)