Androcles and the Lion 1952  N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Chester Erskine
Cast: Jean Simmons, Alan Young, Victor Mature, Robert Newton, Maurice Evans, Elsa Lanchester, Reginald Gardiner, Gene Lockhart, Alan Mowbray, Jim Backus
Based on George Bernard Shaw's satire, this is the story of a young Christian, Androcles (Alan Young), who is saved from certain death in the Coliseum because he has made friends with a lion.
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Baker's Hawk 1976  G, 100 min.
Genre: Family / Western
Director: Lyman Dayton
Cast: Clint Walker, Burl Ives, Diane Baker, Lee Montgomery, Alan Young, Taylor Lacher, Bruce M. Fischer, Cam Clarke, Phil Hoover, Danny Bonaduce, Brian Williams, Dick Haynes, Burt Mustin, Martin Eric, Harold Lee Thompson
After he finds an injured red-tailed hawk, twelve-year-old Billy Baker (Lee Montgomery) takes the hawk to a hermit, Mr. McGraw (Burl Ives), who lives in the hills. Billy and McGraw tame the hawk, but then it attacks a bully who is fighting Billy. When a group of vigilantes decide to take action against McGraw, Billy talks his father, Dan (Clint Walker), into coming to the aid of McGraw and to stand up against the vigilantes. An entertaining Western for the whole family.
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 Beverly Hills Cop III 1994  R, 118 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Drama / Thriller
Director: John Landis
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Hector Elizondo, Theresa Randle, Bronson Pinchot, Timothy Carhart, John Saxon, Alan Young, Stephen McHattie, Jon Tenney, Joey Travolta, Eugene Collier, Fred Asparagus, Rick Avery, Gilbert R. Hill
Sometimes sequels fail to measure up to the originals. Eddie Murphy is back and very good as Detroit homicide detective Alex Foley, but the gimmick is getting old.
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The Cat from Outer Space 1978  G, 104 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Sci-Fi
Director: Norman Tokar
Cast: Sandy Duncan, Ken Berry, Hans Conried, McLean Stevenson, Harry Morgan, Roddy McDowall, Ronnie Schell, Jesse White, Alan Young, James Hampton, Howard Platt, William Prince, Ralph Manza, Tom Pedi
This Disney film is about an extra-terrestrial cat named Jake who inadvertently lands and becomes stranded on Earth. Two scientists (Sandy Duncan and Ken Barry) help the feline return to its home but not before the cat has numerous adventures here on planet Earth.
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Earth Angel 1991 TV, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Joe Napolitano
Cast: Cathy Podewell, Cindy Williams, Rainbow Harvest, Mark Hamill, Erik Estrada, Roddy McDowall, Dustin Nguyen, Brian Krause, Alan Young, Garrett Morris, Tommy Hinkley, Keely Christian, Daran Norris
Angela (Cathy Podewell) died while still in high school and went to Heaven. Now, years later, her guardian angel, Mr. Tatum (Roddy McDowall), sends her back to Earth to help her former boyfriend, Duke (Erik Estrada), solve his current problems.
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The Great Mouse Detective 1986 G, 80 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure
aka: The Adventures of the Great Mouse Detective
Director: Ron Clements, Burny Mattinson, David Michener, John Musker
Cast: Vincent Price, Barrie Ingham, Val Bettin, Susanne Pollatschek, Diana Chesney, Eve Brenner, Alan Young, Laurie Main, Shani Wallis, Frank Welker, Candy Candido
This Disney animated film is about a mouse detective who tries to save England's royal rodents from the clutches of the evil Professor Ratigan (voice of Vincent Price).
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Mr. Belvedere Goes to College 1949 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Elliott Nugent
Cast: Clifton Webb, Shirley Temple, Tom Drake, Alan Young, Jessie Royce Landis, Kathleen Hughes, Paul Harvey, Jeff Chandler, Taylor Holmes, Alvin Greenman
In this continuing series of "Mr. Belvedere" films, our genius Mr. Belvedere (Clifton Webb) heads for college where he becomes involved in the social, as well as the academic sphere, of his education.
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 The Time Machine 1960 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Adventure
Director: George Pal
Cast: Rod Taylor, Yvette Mimieux, Alan Young, Sebastian Cabot, Tom Helmore, Whit Bissell, Doris Lloyd, Paul Frees, Bob Barran, Josephine Powell, James Skelly
Around 1900, a scientist, H. George Wells (Rod Taylor), invents a time machine that can transport him through the fourth dimension of time. He travels into the year 807,701 where he discovers a VERY foreign world filled with the meek Elois who are hiding from the brutal Morlocks. Wells battles the Morlocks to regain his stolen time machine and rescues the beautiful Weena (Yvette Mimieux). From the H.G. Wells story.
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The Time Machine 2002 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Adventure
Director: Simon Wells
Cast: Guy Pearce, Samantha Mumba, Sienna Guillory, Jeremy Irons, Orlando Jones, Mark Addy, Phyllida Law, Omero Mumba, Laura Kirk, Josh Stamberg, Alan Young, Yancey Arias, John W. Momrow, Max Baker, Jeffrey M. Meyer
Adapted from H.G. Wells' 1895 novel, this version of "The Time Machine" is directed by Simon Wells, the great-grandson of the author. This time around, the time machine inventor, Alexander Hartdegen (Guy Pearce), is changed from an English scientist into an absent-minded, NYC professor who manages to reach the future in his quest to understand why he cannot change the past.
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Tom Thumb 1958 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Family / Musical / Fantasy
Director: George Pal
Cast: Russ Tamblyn, Alan Young, Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers, Jessie Matthews, June Thorburn, Bernard Miles, Peter Butterworth, Peter Bull, Stan Freberg, Ian Wallace, Dal McKennon, Barbara Ferris
This classic story by the Brothers Grimm is about a five-inch-tall boy, Tom Thumb (Russ Tamblyn), who the magical Forest Queen (June Thorburn) gives to childless couple Jonathan and Anne (Bernard Miles and Jessie Matthews) as a gift for woodcutter Jonathan saving a tree. When villains Ivan and Anthony (Terry Thomas and Peter Sellers) plot to rob the village, Tom becomes the hero as he outwits those who are much larger than himself. Tom also helps with a romance between the Forest Queen and forester Woody (Alan Young). Good acrobatic dances by Tamblyn. The film won the Academy Award for Best Special Effects.
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| 1. Androcles and the Lion (1952)
2. Baker's Hawk (1976)
3. Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)
4. The Cat from Outer Space (1978)
5. Earth Angel (1991)
6. The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
aka: The Adventures of the Great Mouse Detective
7. Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1949)
8. The Time Machine (1960)
9. The Time Machine (2002)
10. Tom Thumb (1958)
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