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City on Fire 1979 1 and a half stars

    N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alvin Rakoff
Cast: Barry Newman, Susan Clark, Shelley Winters, Leslie Nielsen, James Franciscus, Ava Gardner, Henry Fonda, Jonathan Welsh, Terry Haig, Richard Donat, Mavor Moore, Donald Pilon

  This is a weak disaster film, despite the good cast. The plot involves an oil-refinery fire that quickly leaps out of control and threatens a drought-stricken community.

Crossplot 1969 2 stars

    PG-13, 97 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Alvin Rakoff
Cast: Roger Moore, Martha Hyer, Alexis Kanner, Claudie Lange, Francis Matthews, Bernard Lee, Derek Francis, Ursula Howells, Dudley Sutton, Mona Bruce, Veronica Carlson, Tim Preece

  Unknown to advertising executive Gary Fenn (Roger Moore), the beautiful model (Martha Hyer) he has hired will draw him into an assassination plot against a visiting African statesman. When Fenn saves the statesman by decoding a message, the film's title becomes clear.

Death Ship 1980 bomb

    R, 91 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Alvin Rakoff
Cast: George Kennedy, Richard Crenna, Nick Mancuso, Sally Ann Howes, Kate Reid, Saul Rubinek

  A haunted ship, once used for Nazi torture, prowls the seas taking on innocent sailors who quickly become victims of the ship's grizzly mission.

Hoffman 1970 3 stars

    PG, 113 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alvin Rakoff
Cast: Peter Sellers, Sinead Cusack, Jeremy Bulloch, Ruth Dunning, David Lodge, Ron Taylor

  Mr. Hoffman (Peter Sellers) is in love with an office typist, Miss Smith (Sinead Cusack), and resorts to blackmail to get her to spend the week with him.

Movie Quick Pick

1. City on Fire (1979)
2. Crossplot (1969)
3. Death Ship (1980)
4. Hoffman (1970)

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