The Black Glove 1954  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Face the Music
Director: Terence Fisher
Cast: Alex Nicol, Eleanor Summerfield, John Salew, Paul Carpenter, Geoffrey Keen, Ann Hanslip, Fred Johnson, Martin Boddey, Arthur Lane, Gordon Crier, Paula Byrne, Leo Phillips, Frank Birch, Ben Williams, Freddie Tripp
While visiting London, American trumpet player "Brad" Bradley (Alex Nicol) is wrongfully accused of murdering a singer when a black glove is found. Determined to track down the real killer, Brad uses a tape-recorder and some photos to reveal the name of the psychopath murderer.
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The Saint in London 1939  N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Comedy / Action
Director: John Paddy Carstairs
Cast: George Sanders, Sally Gray, David Burns, Gordon McLeod, Henry Oscar, Ralph Truman, Charles Carson, Carl Jaffe, Athene Seyler, John Abbott, Norah Howard, Ballard Berkeley, Charles Paton, Charles Oliver, Ben Williams
The Saint (George Sanders) is in London, where his talents are brought to bear on Bruno Lang's (Henry Oscar) counterfeiting plot. Against his wishes, The Saint is aided by his old nemesis, Scotland Yard inspector Claude Teal (Gordon McLeod). Socialite Penny Parker (Sally Gray) falls for the Saint, gets involved in the investigation, and ends up being kidnapped in order to force The Saint to turn over incriminating evidence.
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The Saint Meets the Tiger 1943  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama
Director: Paul L. Stein
Cast: Hugh Sinclair, Jean Gillie, Gordon McLeod, Clifford Evans, Wylie Watson, Charles Victor, Louise Hampton, John Salew, Amy Veness, Dennis Arundell, Arthur Hambling, Claude Bailey, Noel Dainton, Eric Clavering, Ben Williams
It's been two years since the last episode of the Saint's adventures. In this story, the dying words of a murdered man on the Saint's (Hugh Sinclair) doorstep sends our suave detective off to chase down a gold mine scheme of "The Tiger" (Clifford Evans) and his gang. More murders occur before the Saint wraps this one up.
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 1936 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: George King
Cast: Tod Slaughter, Stella Rho, Graham Soutten, Bruce Seton, Eve Lister, D.J. Williams, John Singer, Davina Craig, Jerry Verno, Billy Holland, Norman Pierce, Aubrey Mallalieu, Ben Williams, Henry B. Longhurst
Later remade into the great musical, this is the early film adaptation of the George Dibden-Pitt play about a psychopathic killer–Sweeney Todd (Tod Slaughter)–who kills customers who come into his barbershop. The ex-customers become the main part of Mrs. Lovatt's (Stella Rho) meat pies.
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| 1. The Black Glove (1954)
aka: Face the Music
2. The Saint in London (1939)
3. The Saint Meets the Tiger (1943)
4. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936)
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