Murder by Invitation 1941  N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Wallace Ford, Marian Marsh, Sarah Padden, Gavin Gordon, George Guhl, Wallis Clark, Minerva Urecal, Arthur Young, Herb Vigran, Hazel Keener, Phillip Trent, Dave O'Brien
Knowing that her greedy relatives can't wait to get her money, Aunt Cassie (Sarah Padden) invites the family to her estate for a family reunion. Also along for the evening's events are reporter Bob White (Wallace Ford) and his girl Friday, Nora O'Brien (Marian Marsh). At the stroke of midnight, a guest is murdered, and more murders follow in this mystery/comedy.
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The Stranger from Venus 1954 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
aka: Immediate Disaster
The Venusian
Director: Burt Balaban
Cast: Patricia Neal, Helmut Dantine, Derek Bond, Cyril Luckham, Willoughby Gray, Marigold Russell, Arthur Young, Stanley Van Beers, Kenneth Edwards, David Garth, Nigel Green, Graham Stuart
This semi-remake of the highly successful "The Day the Earth Stood Still" even has the same female lead: Patricia Neal. A representative from Venus (Helmut Dantine) comes to Earth to warn of the dangers to mankind inherent in nuclear weapons. He befriends Susan (Patricia Neal) who helps get his message out to a population that is not interested in hearing his warnings.
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 When a Stranger Calls 2006  PG-13, 86 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Simon West
Cast: Camilla Belle, Tommy Flanagan, Tessa Thompson, Brian Geraghty, Clark Gregg, Derek de Lint, Kate Jennings Grant, David Denman, Arthur Young, Madeline Carroll, Steve Eastin, Karina Logue
Jill Johnson (Camilla Belle) is babysitting for two children (Arthur Young and Madeline Carroll) in their spacious home when she begins to receive telephone calls in which a husky voice asks if she has checked the children. Jill calls the police and soon realizes that the calls are coming from inside the house! Not as well received as the original 1979 thriller by the same name.
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| 1. Murder by Invitation (1941)
2. The Stranger from Venus (1954)
aka: Immediate Disaster
aka: The Venusian
3. When a Stranger Calls (2006)
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