The Frightened City 1961  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: John Lemont
Cast: Herbert Lom, John Gregson, Sean Connery, Alfred Marks, Yvonne Romain, Olive McFarland, Kenneth Griffith, Frederick Piper, Patrick Holt, Bruce Seton, John Stone, David Davies, Tom Bowman, Robert Cawdron
Members of a protection-racket gang in London find problems not only from the police but, also, from within their own group. After months of fighting, the gangs agree to combine forces with Waldo Zhernikov (Herbert Lom) taking the position of mob boss. When Zhemikov wants a rival leader bumped off, Paddy Damion (Sean Connery) unwittingly contributes to the success of his demise. Now, Paddy declares revenge and agrees to give information to the police after plea bargaining for a lighter sentence. An early Sean Connery film.
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Scream and Scream Again 1970  PG, 94 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Drama / Mystery / Horror / Thriller
Director: Gordon Hessler
Cast: Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Judy Huxtable, Alfred Marks, Peter Sallis, David Lodge, Uta Levka, Christopher Matthews, Yutte Stensgaard, Michael Gothard, Anthony Newlands, Kenneth Benda, Julian Holloway, Judy Bloom
When a serial killer in London drains his victims' blood, police follow his trail, which leads to Dr. Browning (Vincent Price) who collects body parts from living bodies to use in experiments with zombie-like creatures.
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Valentino 1977 R, 132 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ken Russell
Cast: Rudolf Nureyev, Leslie Caron, Michelle Phillips, Carol Kane, Felicity Kendal, Seymour Cassel, Peter Vaughan, Huntz Hall, David de Keyser, Alfred Marks, Anton Diffring, Jennie Linden, William Hootkins, Bill McKinney, Don Fellows
This biopic of famous sex idol Rudolph Valentino's (Rudolf Nureyev) life begins with his funeral, and then the story is told through flashbacks. Valentino started out as a dishwasher, then found employment as a dancer, and quickly rose to stardom. Along the way, Valentino serves time in prison before finding work in films. Valentino died in 1926 after a short life during which he became a national celebrity.
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| 1. The Frightened City (1961)
2. Scream and Scream Again (1970)
3. Valentino (1977)
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