On what would have been Sir John Mills' birthday, discover one of his lesser-seen British films, THE GENTLE GUNMAN. An Ealing gem from the Emerald Isle, beautifully restored and available to own next month from amzn.to/3JxD19U | Vintage Classics

Colditz Castle, Nazi Germany. World War II. The remarkable inside story, revealed for the first time by bestselling historian Ben Macintyre, is a tale of the indomitable human spirit, but also one of class conflict, homosexuality, espionage, insanity and farce. Through an astonishing range of material, Macintyre reveals an unforgettable cast of characters, wider than previously seen and hitherto hidden from history, taking in prisoners and captors who were living cheek-by-jowl in a thrilling gam