The Beast Must Die 1974 PG, 93 min. Genre: Horror / Mystery aka: Black Werewolf
Director: Paul Annett Cast: Calvin Lockhart, Peter Cushing, Marlene Clark, Anton Diffring, Charles Gray, Ciaran Madden, Tom Chadbon, Michael Gambon, Sam Mansary, Andrew Lodge
When the full moon is waxing, millionaire Tom Newcliffe (Calvin Lockhart) invites six guests to his country estate. He knows that all summoned have links to cannibalism and has set up a high-tech surveillance system. One of the guests is a werewolf, and Tom's plan is to uncover its identity and hunt it down.
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The Blue Max 1966 N/R, 154 min. Genre: Drama
Director: John Guillermin Cast: George Peppard, James Mason, Ursula Andress, Jeremy Kemp, Anton Diffring, Carl Schell, Harry Towb, Karl Michael Vogler, Friedrich von Ledebur
The Blue Max was a German award for flying aces. This is the story of two flyers, Bruno Stachel (George Peppard) and Count Von Klugerman (James Mason), competing for the honor.
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Circus of Horrors 1960 N/R, 88 min. Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Sidney Hayers Cast: Anton Diffring, Erika Remberg, Yvonne Monlaur, Donald Pleasence, Jane Hylton, Kenneth Griffith, Conrad Phillips, Jack Gwillim, Vanda Hudson, Yvonne Romain
A plastic surgeon (Anton Diffring) flees England after having terrible results with a socialite patient. He lands in France, changes his name, and obtains a traveling circus. He then seeks out disfigured women and makes them beautiful–if they will take various jobs in the circus and satisfy his perverse sexual needs. But, VERY bad things happen if one decides to leave the circus.
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The Colditz Story 1955 N/R, 95 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Guy Hamilton Cast: John Mills, Eric Portman, Christopher Rhodes, Lionel Jeffries, Bryan Forbes, Ian Carmichael, Richard Wattis, David Yates, Frederick Valk, Denis Shaw, Anton Diffring, Eugene Deckers
During World War II, Germany used "escape proof" Colditz Castle to imprison the Allied officers who tried to escape from conventional camps. This is the true story of Maj. P.R. "Pat" Reid (John Mills) about his successful attempt to escape from Colditz through a subterranean tunnel.
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Counterpoint 1968 N/R, 105 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Ralph Nelson Cast: Charlton Heston, Maximilian Schell, Kathryn Hays, Leslie Nielsen, Anton Diffring, Neva Patterson, Peter Masterson, Linden Chiles, Cyril Delevanti
While an American symphony orchestra is on tour in Europe, they are captured by Nazi S.S. forces. The conductor, Evans (Charlton Heston), tries to outwit the evil and devious S.S. commander, General Schiller (Maximilian Schell), in an effort to save his entourage. Not among Heston's best. 1 User Review
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| | Anonymous 05/20/2009 | | Very good movie |
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Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street 1973 PG, 102 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Samuel Fuller Cast: Glenn Corbett, Christa Lang, Anton Diffring, Eric P. Caspar, William Ray, Anthony Chinn, Alexander D'Arcy, Sieghardt Rupp, Hans-Christoph Blumenberg, Stephane Audran
After his partner is killed by a gang conducting blackmail and high-level corruption in Germany, an American private eye (Glenn Corbett) seeks revenge.
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The Double Man 1967 N/R, 105 min. Genre: Mystery
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner Cast: Yul Brynner, Britt Ekland, Clive Revill, Anton Diffring, Moira Lister, Lloyd Nolan, George Mikell, David Bauer, Kenneth J. Warren, Carl Jaffe
CIA agent Dan Slater (Yul Brynner) travels to Austria while investigating his son's death and finds himself in the middle of a plot involving his German look-alike, Kalmar (Yul Brynner).
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Faceless 1988 N/R, 98 min. Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Jesus Franco Cast: Helmut Berger, Brigitte Lahaie, Telly Savalas, Christopher Mitchum, Stephane Audran, Caroline Munro, Christiane Jean, Anton Diffring, Tilda Thamar, Howard Vernon
Mad Dr. Flamand (Helmut Berger) kidnaps models in Paris to provide skin for rebuilding the face of his sister who was disfigured from acid. Can private investigator Sam Morgan (Christopher Mitchum) save the latest victim?
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Fahrenheit 451 1967 N/R, 108 min. Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Francois Truffaut Cast: Oskar Werner, Julie Christie, Cyril Cusack, Anton Diffring, Jeremy Spenser, Bee Duffell, Gillian Lewis, Alex Scott, Michael Balfour
In Ray Bradbury's look into the future, owning books is a crime and "firemen" are on a search and destroy mission for any books that may still be in existence; 451 degrees Fahrenheit just happens to be the temperature at which books are demolished.
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The Heroes of Telemark 1965 N/R, 131 min. Genre: Action
Director: Anthony Mann Cast: Kirk Douglas, Richard Harris, Ulla Jacobsson, Michael Redgrave, David Weston, Karel Stepanek, Alan Howard, Roy Dotrice, Anton Diffring, Eric Porter
This story is based on the true World War II event involving nine Norwegian commandos who try to blow up a Nazi factory doing nuclear research.
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The Man Who Could Cheat Death 1959 N/R, 83 min. Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller / Sci-Fi
Director: Terence Fisher Cast: Anton Diffring, Hazel Court, Christopher Lee, Arnold Marle, Delphi Lawrence, Francis De Wolff, Michael Ripper, Ronald Adam, Gerda Larsen, Middleton Woods, Denis Shaw, Ian Hewitson, Frederick Rawlings, Charles Lloyd Pack, Marie Burke
In this remake of "The Man in Half Moon Street" (1944), Dr. Georges Bonnet (Anton Diffring) uses transplant surgeries involving the removal of a gland from living victims who die during the surgery. The surgeries have stopped Georges' aging, and, although he is 104-years old, he appears to others as a 35-year-old man. Now, his obsession with Janine (Hazel Court) who has fallen for his aide Dr. Pierre Gerrard (Christopher Lee) will lead to Georges' ultimate undoing.
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Mark of the Devil Part II 1973 R, 90 min. Genre: Horror aka: Mark of the Devil II Witches: Violated and Tortured to Death
Director: Adrian Hoven Cast: Erika Blanc, Anton Diffring, Reggie Nalder, Percy Hoven, Lukas Ammann, Jean-Pierre Zola, Astrid Kilian, Ellen Umlauf, Rosemarie Heinikel, Johannes Buzalski, Harry Hardt, Dietrich Kerky
In this sequel to "Mark of the Devil," an albino witch hunter (Anton Diffring) is again preying on accused witches. This time around the witch hunter has changed, but the terror continues.
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The Masks of Death 1984 TV, 80 min. Genre: Mystery aka: Sherlock Holmes and the Masks of Death
Director: Roy Ward Baker Cast: Peter Cushing, John Mills, Anne Baxter, Ray Milland, Anton Diffring, Gordon Jackson, Jenny Laird, James Cossins, Susan Penhaligon, Marcus Gilbert
Sherlock Holmes (Peter Cushing) comes out of retirement to solve mysterious murders where there were no clear causes, but each victim had a look of extreme fear. Meanwhile, he's been asked to help in locating a missing prince to avoid war. Cushing is a fine Sherlock.
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Never Let Me Go 1953 N/R, 94 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Delmer Daves Cast: Clark Gable, Gene Tierney, Bernard Miles, Richard Haydn, Belita, Kenneth More, Theodore Bikel, Karel Stepanek, Frederick Valk, Anton Diffring
This Cold-War story is about an American reporter, Philip Sutherland (Clark Gable), stationed in Moscow who falls in love with a Russian ballerina, Marva Lamarkins (Gene Tierney). Problems become overwhelming when Sutherland is ordered out of Russia, and his new wife is not allowed to leave with him.
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Shatter 1974 R, 90 min. Genre: Action aka: Call Him Mr. Shatter
Director: Michael Carreras Cast: Stuart Whitman, Ti Lung, Lily Li, Peter Cushing, Anton Diffring, Yemi Ajibade, Liu Ka Yong, Huang Pei Chi, Lau Kar Wing, Lo Wei
Hit-man Shatter (Stuart Whitman) is hiding out in Hong Kong after his latest contract: assassination of an African leader. Now it appears that everyone is on his trail, both gad guys and good guys. Not up to Hammer Productions standards and a departure from the films that made it popular. Michael Carreras finished the film–but only after the first two directors had left the project.
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The Swiss Conspiracy 1975 PG, 88 min. Genre: Action
Director: Jack Arnold Cast: David Janssen, Senta Berger, John Ireland, John Saxon, Elke Sommer, Ray Milland, Anton Diffring, Arthur Brauss, Inigo Gallo, David Hess
Customers having secret accounts in a Swiss bank find their fortunes as well as their lives in jeopardy. American investigator David Christopher (David Janssen) is hired to save the day.
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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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Where Eagles Dare 1968 PG, 158 min. Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama
Director: Brian G. Hutton Cast: Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, Robert Beatty, Mary Ure, Patrick Wymark, Michael Hordern, Donald Houston, Peter Barkworth, Ferdy Mayne, Anton Diffring, William Squire, Brook Williams, Neil McCarthy, Vincent Ball, Derren Nesbitt
During World War II, an American General is captured by the Nazis and is being held in a remote castle in the Alps. Commandos (Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood) courageously attempt his rescue before the General is forced to reveal military secrets. A great action-filled film as the team goes from one escapade to another.
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| 1. The Beast Must Die (1974) aka: Black Werewolf
2. The Blue Max (1966)
3. Circus of Horrors (1960)
4. The Colditz Story (1955)
5. Counterpoint (1968)
6. Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street (1973)
7. The Double Man (1967)
8. Faceless (1988)
9. Fahrenheit 451 (1967)
10. The Heroes of Telemark (1965)
11. I Am a Camera (1955)
12. The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959)
13. Mark of the Devil Part II (1973) aka: Mark of the Devil II aka: Witches: Violated and Tortured to Death
14. The Masks of Death (1984) aka: Sherlock Holmes and the Masks of Death
15. Never Let Me Go (1953)
16. The Red Beret (1953) aka: Paratrooper
17. Shatter (1974) aka: Call Him Mr. Shatter
18. The Swiss Conspiracy (1975)
19. Valentino (1977)
20. Where Eagles Dare (1968)
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