I watched half of Don’t Bother to Knock (1952) and found none of the characters at all interesting.
My housemate and I both enjoyed Outside Edge (1994), a series about two contrasting couples (Brenda Blethyn and Robert Daws; Josie Lawrence and Timothy Spall) brought together by cricket.
In High Noon (1952) Grace Kelly often sounds as if English is not her first language. — Did gummed envelopes exist in 1876? (The date is limited by a flag of 37 stars.)