Assault on a Queen 1966  N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jack Donohue
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Virna Lisi, Anthony Franciosa, Richard Conte, Alf Kjellin, Murray Matheson, Reginald Denny, Val Avery, John Warburton, Lester Matthews
Rod Serling adapted this script from a Frank Finney novel. The plot involves a group planning to salvage a submarine and use it in a planned robbery aboard the Queen Mary. However, the salvage work proves exhausting, and they never get around to the actual crime.
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Deadly Dream 1971 TV, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alf Kjellin
Cast: Lloyd Bridges, Janet Leigh, Carl Betz, Leif Erickson, Don Stroud, Richard Jaeckel, Phillip Pine, Herbert Nelson, Chuck Morrell
Nightly dreams plague research scientist Jim Hanley (Lloyd Bridges) in which he is on trial for murder by a mysterious tribunal. Before long, it is hard for Jim to tell the difference between real and imagined in this made-for-TV film.
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Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates 1962  TV, 89 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Norman Foster
Cast: Rony Zeaner, Karin Rossby, Gunilla Jelf, Erik Strandmark, Inga Landgre, Lennart Klefbom, Claes-Hakan Westergren, Gunnar Sjoberg, Lauritz Falk, Alf Kjellin
Following his father's accident, young Hans Brinker (Rony Zeaner) took on the responsibility for his family's welfare. Hearing about the big financial prize offered for Amsterdam's annual ice-skating race, Hans enters hoping the prize money will cover the costs for his father's surgery.
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Ice Station Zebra 1968  G, 148 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: John Sturges
Cast: Rock Hudson, Ernest Borgnine, Patrick McGoohan, Jim Brown, Tony Bill, Lloyd Nolan, Alf Kjellin, Ted Hartley, Joseph Bernard, Ron Masak
Secret satellite photographs are at an outpost at the North Pole, and U.S. and Soviet forces vie to reach them first. The U.S. sends a nuclear submarine from Holy Loch, Scotland, up under the ice to beat the Russians. Film footage of submarine maneuvers is a highlight.
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 The Iron Mistress 1952 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Alan Ladd, Virginia Mayo, Joseph Calleia, Phyllis Kirk, Don Beddoe, Alf Kjellin, Anthony Caruso, Douglas Dick, Robert Emhardt, Jay Novello
Set in New Orleans in the decade before the battle of the Alamo, this film relates adventures of Jim Bowie, the fighting frontiersman.
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The Juggler 1953 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Milly Vitale, Paul Stewart, Joey Walsh, Alf Kjellin, Charles(2) Lane, John Banner, Richard Benedict, Beverly Washburn, Oscar Karlweis
One Auschwitz survivor, Hans Muller (Kirk Douglas) has problems adapting in Israel after World War II. Working as a juggler, he makes it across Israel and into a kibbutz where he meets an understanding society.
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Madame Bovary 1949 N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Jennifer Jones, James Mason, Van Heflin, Louis Jourdan, Alf Kjellin, Gene Lockhart, Frank Allenby, Gladys Cooper, Harry Morgan, George Zucco, John Abbott, Ellen Corby, Eduard Franz, Henri Letondal, Esther Somers
Set in 19th-century France, this is the film adaptation of Flaubert's classic novel about Emma Bovary (Jennifer Jones) and her scandalous affairs that lead to tragedy. Country girl Emma is bored with her life and marries Dr. Charles Bovary (Van Heflin) hoping for romance and social standing. But, the marriage is not what she had dreamed, and Emma begins affairs with numerous suitors–until, finally, in despair she commits suicide.
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The McMasters 1969 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alf Kjellin
Cast: Burl Ives, Brock Peters, Nancy Kwan, Jack Palance, David Carradine, John Carradine, R.G. Armstrong, Dane Clark, L.Q. Jones, Alan Vint
Following the Civil War, former slave Benji (Brock Peters) returns and tries to work–as a business partner–with his old master. There are two versions of this film–with different endings.
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My Six Convicts 1952 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Hugo Fregonese
Cast: Millard Mitchell, Gilbert Roland, John Beal, Marshall Thompson, Alf Kjellin, Harry Morgan, Regis Toomey, Carleton Young, Russ Conway, Charles Bronson, Frank Mitchell
The realistic setting enhances this story about the lives of a prison psychologist and six of the convicts he treats.
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Ship of Fools 1965 N/R, 150 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stanley Kramer
Cast: Vivien Leigh, Simone Signoret, Oskar Werner, Heinz Ruhmann, Lee Marvin, Jose Ferrer, Michael Dunn, George Segal, Elizabeth Ashley, Alf Kjellin, Jose Greco, Charles Korvin, Lilia Skala, Barbara Luna
This is the screen adaptation of Katherine Anne Porter's bestseller about passengers on a 1933 voyage from Vera Cruz to Bremerhaven. The story shows great insight into people on the verge of changes in their lives. Among the Academy Award nominations are Best Picture, Actor (Oscar Werner), Actress (Simone Signoret), and Supporting Actor (Michael Dunn).
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Summerplay 1951 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Illicit Interlude
Summer Interlude
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Cast: Maj-Britt Nilsson, Birger Malmsten, Georg Funkquist, Alf Kjellin, Stig Olin, Gunnar Olsson, Annalisa Ericson, Mimi Pollak, Renee Bjorling, Emmy Albiin
Marie (Maj-Britt Nilsson) has problems getting over the tragic death of her former lover, but her present lover, David (Alf Kjellin), helps her move past her obsession.
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Torment 1944 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Frenzy
Director: Alf Sjoberg
Cast: Stig Jarrel, Alf Kjellin, Mai Zetterling, Gosta Cederlund, Gunnar Bjornstrand, Olaf Winnerstrand, Hugo Bjorne, Stig Olin, Olav Riego, Marta Arbin
A young couple, Jan Erik (Alf Kjellin) and Bertha (Mai Zetterling), is hassled by stern Latin teacher Caligula (Stig Jarrel) in this story about adolescents finding their way in the cold, cruel world.
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| 1. Assault on a Queen (1966)
2. Deadly Dream (1971)
3. Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates (1962)
4. Ice Station Zebra (1968)
5. The Iron Mistress (1952)
6. The Juggler (1953)
7. Madame Bovary (1949)
8. The McMasters (1969)
9. My Six Convicts (1952)
10. Ship of Fools (1965)
11. Summerplay (1951)
aka: Illicit Interlude
aka: Summer Interlude
12. Torment (1944)
aka: Frenzy
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