The casting of James Bond has been met with much intrigue and myth over the years.
The film pays homage to the war generation, revels in forties nostalgia and stakes an assertive British claim to the memory of the Allied invasion.
These films also chart the development of the director’s distinctive, very personal style.
It may have got off to a shaky start, but The Wicker Man is now one of British film’s best-loved horror stories, thanks to its deeply disturbing plot.