 The Arrival 1996  PG-13, 109 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Mystery / Thriller
Director: David Twohy
Cast: Charlie Sheen, Ron Silver, Lindsay Crouse, Teri Polo, Tony T. Johnson, Richard Schiff, Leon Rippy, David Villalpando, Phyllis Applegate, Alan Coates, Buddy Joe Hooker, Javier Morga, Catalina Botello, Georg Lillitsch, Maria Luisa Coronel
Radio astronomer Zane Zaminski (Charlie Sheen) works for NASA and believes he is hearing radio signals from aliens. Meanwhile, Llana Green (Lindsay Crouse) tracks global warming and is concerned about rising temperatures in the Arctic and elsewhere. They join forces to get informative answers, but their quest is thwarted at every turn.
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 Dial M for Murder 1981   TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Boris Sagal
Cast: Angie Dickinson, Christopher Plummer, Anthony Quayle, Michael Parks, Ron Moody, Gerry Gibson, Dwight Schultz, Alan Coates, John Touchstone, Leo Lewis
In this made-for-TV film, wealthy Tony Wendice (Christopher Plummer) arranges to have his wife Margot (Angie Dickinson) murdered. But, Margot fights off her attempted murderer and kills him. When Tony tells the police that it was a case of premeditated murder, Margot is found guilty and sentenced to hang. Now, it is up to police Inspector Hubbard (Anthony Quayle) to get to the bottom of the mystery and save Margot's life. Director Boris Sagal uses some of Alfred Hitchcock's touches and makes this film enjoyable.
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Incident at Victoria Falls 1991 PG, 120 min.
Genre: Mystery / Adventure / Thriller
aka: Sherlock Holmes and the Incident at Victoria Falls
Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls
Director: Bill Corcoran
Cast: Christopher Lee, Patrick Macnee, Claude Akins, Richard Todd, Joss Ackland, John Indi, Steven Gurney, Sunitha Singh, Neil McCarthy, Jenny Seagrove, Jerome Willis, Margaret John, Alan Coates, Dale Cutts, Jay Pillay
Sherlock Holmes (Christopher Lee) is ready for retirement, but King Edward (Joss Ackland) persuades him to bring back a valuable diamond from South Africa. Intrigue and adventure follow, and Sherlock even meets Theodore Roosevelt (Claude Akins).
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| 1. The Arrival (1996)
2. Dial M for Murder (1981)
3. Incident at Victoria Falls (1991)
aka: Sherlock Holmes and the Incident at Victoria Falls
aka: Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls
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