Michael Caine as Harry Palmer, that unlikely agent who takes great pleasure in culinary skills.

Michael Redgrave, Michael Dennison and Dame Edith Evans give as much importance to a cucumber sandwich as they do to being earnest.

The magisterial Margaret Rutherford quizzing a hapless Alastair Sim about digestive biscuits.

The  French director Claude Chabrol takes his food very seriously. Even the humble fried egg must be cooked perfectly.

Marcel Hillaire, one of the screen's great character actors, teaches a class of would be Cordon Bleu graduates that includes Audrey Hepburn how to crack an egg. A scene from Billy Wilder's frothy comedy "Sabrina".

One of the truly great food scenes in modern cinema. Jack Nicholson somehow manages to be both patient, sarcastic and frightening all at the same time.

Alfred Hitchcock's wicked sense of humour at work again.

Can anyone describe a recipe in quite the same wonderful way as the great Margaret Rutherford?

One of the most beloved of actresses, Audrey Hepburn, in one of the most memorable openings of a film

Simply an explosion of joy!