10 Rillington Place 1971  PG, 111 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson, John Hurt, Pat Heywood, Isobel Black, Andre Morell, Robert Hardy, Basil Dignam, Sam Kydd, George Lee, Phyllis MacMahon, Ray Barron, Douglas Blackwell, Gabrielle Daye, Tenniel Evans
Excellent performances highlight this tension-filled drama about a necrophiliac, John Reginald Christie (Richard Attenborough), who promises women that he will cure their illnesses and then kills them, attacks their bodies, and later buries them in the garden. His next intended victim is Beryl Evans (Judy Geeson) who lives in the upstairs apartment with her husband Timothy (John Hurt). Beryl is pregnant, and, because they cannot afford a baby, John convinces them that he will perform an abortion on Beryl. However, just before performing the abortion, John rapes Beryl and then kills her. Based on the true story about the British mass-murderer who killed many women between 1940 and 1953.
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Carlton-Browne of the F.O. 1959  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Man in a Cocked Hat
Director: Roy Boulting, Jeffrey Dell
Cast: Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers, Luciana Paluzzi, Thorley Walters, Ian Bannen, Miles Malleson, John Le Mesurier, Raymond Huntley, Kynaston Reeves, Marne Maitland, Marie Lohr, Ronald Adam, Basil Dignam, Irene Handl, John Van Eyssen
Incompetent British diplomat Carlton-Browne (Terry-Thomas) is placed in charge of a British protectorate in this satire on a cog in the British colonial system. The purpose of Carlton-Browne's assignment is to prevent foreign powers from taking a rich mineral deposit that has been discovered on the island of Gaillardia. World powers do appear on the scene, and, when matters spin out of control with young King Loris (Ian Bannen) as ruler, the Prime Minister of the island, Amphibulos (Peter Sellers), undermines him and leads a revolution to overthrow the British.
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The Risk 1960 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
aka: Suspect
Director: John Boulting, Roy Boulting
Cast: Tony Britton, Peter Cushing, Virginia Maskell, Ian Bannen, Raymond Huntley, Thorley Walters, Donald Pleasence, Spike Milligan, Kenneth Griffith, Basil Dignam, Sam Kydd, Anthony Booth, Brian Oulton, Robert Bruce, John Payne
Scientists working under Professor Sewell (Peter Cushing) discover a means to wipe out typhus and bubonic plague. The government classifies the work since it could, perhaps, be used by the enemy for germ warfare. One of the team is frustrated with that decision and makes a deal with the wrong people.
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Up the Creek 1958  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Val Guest
Cast: David Tomlinson, Peter Sellers, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Vera Day, Michael Goodliffe, Lionel Jeffries, Frank Pettingell, Reginald Beckwith, Sam Kydd, Lionel Murton, Tom Gill, John Warren, Donald Bisset, Peter Coke, Basil Dignam
Humor in United States Navy protocol is the subject of this slapstick film.
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| 1. 10 Rillington Place (1971)
2. Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1959)
aka: Man in a Cocked Hat
3. The Risk (1960)
aka: Suspect
4. Up the Creek (1958)
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