Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna 1986  TV, 194 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky
Cast: Amy Irving, Olivia de Havilland, Elke Sommer, Omar Sharif, Rex Harrison, Edward Fox, Claire Bloom, Jan Niklas, Nicolas Surovy, Susan Lucci, Jennifer Dundas, Christian Bale, Sydney Bromley, Arnold Diamond
Based on Peter Kurth's book, this story was presented as a two-part TV miniseries starring Amy Irving as Anna Anderson the woman who insisted she was Anastasia, the surviving daughter of the Czar and Czarina of Russia. Anna fights to prove her claim that she is part of the royal family and should be recognized by the Romanov family. By story's end, she finally takes her case to the Romanovs now living in New York.
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The Anniversary 1968  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Cast: Bette Davis, Sheila Hancock, Jack Hedley, James Cossins, Christian Roberts, Elaine Taylor, Timothy Bateson, Arnold Diamond, Sally-Jane Spencer, Albert Shepherd, Ralph Watson
When a widow, Mrs. Taggart (Bette Davis), insists that her sons–Terry, Henry, and Tom (Jack Hedley, James Cossins, and Christian Roberts)–join her on the anniversary of her husband's death, they are forced to put up with her overbearing ridicule.
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Paranoiac 1963  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Thriller
Director: Freddie Francis
Cast: Janette Scott, Oliver Reed, Liliane Brousse, Sheila Burrell, Maurice Denham, Alexander Davion, John Bonney, John Stuart, Harold Lang, Arnold Diamond, Colin Tapley, Sydney Bromley
Eleanor Ashby (Janette Scott) thinks she has seen her long-dead brother, Tony (Alexander Davion), and believes she is going mad. When it appears that Tony has returned, his wealthy, but dysfunctional family–including brother Simon (Oliver Reed)–have major problems dealing with it and suspect foul play. Jealousy ensues as family members try to figure out what is really happening.
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Revenge of Frankenstein 1958 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Horror / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Terence Fisher
Cast: Peter Cushing, Francis Matthews, Eunice Gayson, Michael Gwynn, John Welsh, Lionel Jeffries, Charles Lloyd Pack, Michael Ripper, John Stuart, Arnold Diamond, Oscar Quitak, Richard Wordsworth, Marjorie Gresley, Anna Walmsley, George Woodbridge
Dr. Frankenstein (Peter Cushing) takes on the new identity of "Dr. Victor Stein" and is up to his old tricks of transplanting body parts into a monster. This is a sequel to "The Curse of Frankenstein" and is followed by "The Evil of Frankenstein."
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| 1. Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna (1986)
2. The Anniversary (1968)
3. Paranoiac (1963)
4. Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
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