R1 DVD -- ever?
I see this is the first post ever on this site -- how come? A terrific, little-known British film, great tongue-in-cheek spy comedy/thriller, with a peerless performance by Ralph Richardson -- rumor has it the character of John Steed in "The Avengers" 20+ years later was based on Richardson's character here.
Known and occasionally shown in the US under the bland title CLOUDS OVER EUROPE.
I see that there's an R2 disc (under its original title, Q PLANES) out in the UK, as you'd expect -- one more great British film that's not yet seen the light of DVD day over here. Maybe, someday -- and under its original title? Along with a few others we still lack -- THE SOUND BARRIER (Update 12/23/08: The Sound Barrier at least came out in May 2008), THE BLUE LAGOON (the original 1949 classic, not the 1980 Brooke Shields mishmash), THE QUATERMASS XPERIMENT...etc., etc., etc.
If you've never seen this film, catch it, it's great -- in the US, under that CLOUDS OVER EUROPE title.