 Blackball 2003  R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
aka: National Lampoon's Blackball
Director: Mel Smith
Cast: Paul Kaye, James Cromwell, Alice Evans, Bernard Cribbins, Vince Vaughn, Johnny Vegas, Imelda Staunton, Ian McNeice, James Fleet, David Ryall, Kenneth Cranham, Felicity Montagu
Aggressive, youthful, arrogant Cliff (Paul Kaye) is a lawn bowls superstar and intends on being part of the British team when it meets rival Australia. To do this he must beat current champion Ray (James Cromwell) who does not care for the antics of Cliff. The competition between the two becomes more personal when Cliff starts dating Ray's daughter, Kerry (Alice Evans).
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Frenzy 1972  R, 116 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Jon Finch, Barry Foster, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Anna Massey, Alec McCowen, Vivien Merchant, Billie Whitelaw, Jean Marsh, Michael Bates, Bernard Cribbins
Richard Blaney (Jon Finch) is the prime suspect in the necktie murders of his wife (Barbara Leigh-Hunt) and girlfriend (Anna Massey). Scotland Yard inspector Oxford (Alec McCowen) solves the case. Another great Alfred Hitchcock film.
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The Mouse on the Moon 1963  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Lester
Cast: Margaret Rutherford, Ron Moody, Bernard Cribbins, David Kossoff, Terry-Thomas, June Ritchie, John Le Mesurier, John Phillips, Tom Aldredge, Peter Sallis
A very funny (but weaker) sequel to "The Mouse That Roared" as the Duchy of Grand Fenwick now gets into the space race. It seems that everything goes wrong in the Duchy–wine bottles are exploding and the castle's plumbing is a shambles. So–the U.S. is asked for money to start a Grand Fenwick Space Program, which is, in reality, just money to fix the plumbing. But now the fun starts as the U.S. grants the request.
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The Railway Children 1970 G, 108 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Lionel Jeffries
Cast: Dinah Sheridan, Bernard Cribbins, William Mervyn, Iain Cuthbertson, Jenny Agutter, Sally Thomsett, Gary Warren, Peter Bromilow, Gordon Whiting, Ann Lancaster
After Charles (Iain Cuthbertson), a government official, is falsely charged with treason, his wife (Dinah Sheridan) and three children fall on hard times. They move to a lower-income area next to railroad tracks where the children make friends with railroad workers and a rich man (William Mervyn). Soon, the children and their new friends set out to prove Charles' innocence. A TV remake followed in 2000.
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She 1965 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Robert Day
Cast: Ursula Andress, Peter Cushing, Bernard Cribbins, John Richardson, Christopher Lee, Andre Morell, Rosenda Monteros, Soraya, Julie Mendez, Lisa Peake
Leo Vincey (John Richardson) searches for a lost kingdom and encounters Ayesha (Ursula Andress), the queen who never grows old. Her presence convinces Vincey to search for the Flame of Eternal Life as she sees him as the reincarnation of one his lost ancestors. This is a remake of H. Rider Haggard's fantasy (previously made in 1935) and is followed by "The Vengeance of She."
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Two Way Stretch 1960  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Robert Day
Cast: Peter Sellers, Wilfrid Hyde-White, David Lodge, Bernard Cribbins, Maurice Denham, Lionel Jeffries, Liz Fraser, Beryl Reid, Irene Handl, Thorley Walters, Noel Hood, Myrette Morven, George Woodbridge, Edwin Brown, Wallas Eaton
Three convicts–Dodger Lane (Peter Sellers), Jelly Knight (David Lodge), and Lennie Price (Bernard Cribbins) break out of jail to rob a maharajah, commit the perfect crime, and return to jail for the perfect alibi. With help from Soapy Stevens (Wilfrid Hyde-White), they perform the heist, but then are faced with the problem of where to store the jewels. They decide to hide them in the warden's safe, and wait to be released. That works, but problems lie in their future.
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The Water Babies 1978 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Fantasy / Musical
aka: Slip Slide Adventures
Director: Lionel Jeffries
Cast: James Mason, Billie Whitelaw, Bernard Cribbins, Joan Greenwood, David Tomlinson, Tommy Pender, Samantha Gates, Paul Luty, Jon Pertwee, Olive Gregg, Lance Percival, David Jason, Cass Allan, Liz Proud, Una Stubbs
In 1850s' England, twelve-year-old, chimney sweep apprentice Tom (Tommy Pender) escapes after being framed for a theft, and he leaps into Dead Man's Pool. Tom is sucked into the magical civilization of Water Babies that are held captive by an eel (voice of Bernard Cribbins) and a shark (voice of James Mason). Tom helps the Water Babies escape from the lake and gain freedom in the ocean. Now, Tom can return home where he finds the thieves, clears his name, and lives happily ever after. A cast of character actors provides the voices of the animated Water Babies that live under the sea in this film that mixes live-action with animation.
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World of Suzie Wong 1960  N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Richard Quine
Cast: William Holden, Nancy Kwan, Sylvia Syms, Michael Wilding, Laurence Naismith, Bernard Cribbins, Jacqui Chan, Yvonne Shima, Andy Ho, Lionel Blair, Lier Hwang, Edwina Carroll, Dervis Ward, Marian Spencer, Toke Townley
An American artist, Robert Lomax (William Holden), meets Hong Kong prostitute Suzie Wong (Nancy Kwan) and uses her for his model. Robert does not know that Suzie is a prostitute, and Suzie keeps that fact hidden from him–for awhile. After the deception is revealed, Robert becomes involved with Kay O'Neill (Sylvia Syms) who helps him sell his paintings, and Suzie and playboy Ben Marlowe (Michael Wilding) become an item. Those affairs end, and romance begins between Suzie and Robert, which, after a tragedy ensues, ends with Robert asking Suzie to marry him.
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The Wrong Arm of the Law 1962 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Cliff Owen
Cast: Peter Sellers, Lionel Jeffries, Bernard Cribbins, Davy Kaye, Nanette Newman, John Le Mesurier, Graham Stark, Ed Devereaux, Bill Kerr, Reg Lye
Pearly Gates (Peter Sellers) heads a crime syndicate in London and calls a truce with Scotland Yard when three impostors, pretending to be British bobbies, rip-off his syndicate.
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| 1. Blackball (2003)
aka: National Lampoon's Blackball
2. Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River (1967)
3. Frenzy (1972)
4. The Mouse on the Moon (1963)
5. The Railway Children (1970)
6. She (1965)
7. Two Way Stretch (1960)
8. The Water Babies (1978)
aka: Slip Slide Adventures
9. World of Suzie Wong (1960)
10. The Wrong Arm of the Law (1962)
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