Sky Cinema Greats HD Wednesday

An oil-rigger who has disowned his middle-class roots returns to the family home when told his father is close to death. Drama, starring Jack Nicholson, Karen Black and Ralph Waite

First World War musical, comprising satirical sketches following soldiers on the front line. Directed by Richard Attenborough, and starring Ralph Richardson and Laurence Olivier

The story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, and later fought to protect them. Fact-based drama, starring Sigourney Weaver

A murdered executive's spirit enlists the aid of a fraudulent psychic to help his girlfriend bring his killer to justice. Romantic fantasy, starring Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze

A millionaire buys his way into high society, hopelessly trying to win back the love of his life from her far more respectable husband. Drama, with Robert Redford and Mia Farrow

Four brothers unite to avenge their father's death and reclaim his ranch, but end up framed for murder. Western, with John Wayne, Dean Martin, Earl Holliman and Michael Anderson Jr

A British colonel in a Japanese PoW camp is ordered to build a railway bridge over a river. David Lean's Oscar-winning Second World War drama, with Alec Guinness and William Holden

A one-eyed, over-the-hill US marshal reluctantly agrees to help a teenage girl track down her father's murderer. Western, starring an Oscar-winning John Wayne, with Kim Darby

A grizzled drifter rescues a nun from a gang of rapists and gets roped into escorting her across the Mexican desert. Western, starring Clint Eastwood and Shirley MacLaine

An oil-rigger who has disowned his middle-class roots returns to the family home when told his father is close to death. Drama, starring Jack Nicholson, Karen Black and Ralph Waite

First World War musical, comprising satirical sketches following soldiers on the front line. Directed by Richard Attenborough, and starring Ralph Richardson and Laurence Olivier

A look ahead to this month's films

Four brothers unite to avenge their father's death and reclaim his ranch, but end up framed for murder. Western, with John Wayne, Dean Martin, Earl Holliman and Michael Anderson Jr