Age of Consent 1969   R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: Michael Powell
Cast: James Mason, Helen Mirren, Jack MacGowran, Neva Carr-Glyn, Peggy Cass, Frank Thring, Andonia Katsaros, Michael Boddy, Harold Hopkins, Frank Thring, Slim DeGrey, Clarissa Kaye-Mason, Judith McGrath, Lenore Caton, Diane Strachan
This offbeat film has painter Bradley Morahan (James Mason) returning to Australia and moving onto an island on the Great Barrier Reef. He upsets the citizens when he uses a very young Cora (Helen Mirren), who also lives on the island, as his nude model. Cora's grandmother (Neva Carr-Glyn) steals the money Cora earned while posing nude, and, when Cora chases her up a cliff, the grandmother falls to her death. After police detectives rule the death accidental, Bradley and Cora settle into a cabin together.
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Frankenstein: The True Story 1973   TV, 200 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Jack Smight
Cast: James Mason, Leonard Whiting, Michael Sarrazin, David McCallum, Jane Seymour, Ralph Richardson, Agnes Moorehead, John Gielgud, Tom Baker, Michael Wilding, Nicola Pagett, Clarissa Kaye-Mason, Margaret Leighton, Dallas Adams, Julian Barnes
In this version of Mary Shelley's story, Dr. Frankenstein (Leonard Whiting) pieces together parts from dead bodies and creates a handsome–not ugly–monster (Michael Sarrazin). When the monster's physical attributes begin to disintegrate, it suffers despair. Frankenstein is forced to help his mentor, Dr. Polidori (James Mason), create a mate, the beautiful Prima (Jane Seymour), for the monster. But, when Frankenstein introduces Prima to society, the monster is angered and kills Prima and then follows Frankenstein to Antarctica to exact revenge. 1 User Review
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| | Anonymous 08/23/2007 | | For those of us who actually saw this movie would know that it was one of the best Frankenstein movies that was ever made. Too bad I can't find it in VHS or DVD. |
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The Good Wife 1986  R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Umbrella Woman
Director: Ken Cameron
Cast: Rachel Ward, Bryan Brown, Steven Vidler, Sam Neill, Jennifer Claire, Bruce Barry, Peter Cummins, Carole Skinner, Clarissa Kaye-Mason, Barry Hill
Marge (Rachel Ward) is bored with her life in a small Australian town in 1939. Her lumberjack husband Sonny (Bryan Brown) is nice enough, but isn't very exciting–nor is his brother, Sugar (Steven Vidler), who she has also slept with. She dreams of a romantic escapade, and Neville (Sam Neill) comes into town to charm her.
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 Ned Kelly 1970 PG, 100 min.
Genre: Western / Action / Adventure / Drama
aka: Ned Kelly, Outlaw
Director: Tony Richardson
Cast: Mick Jagger, Allen Bickford, Geoff Gilmour, Serge Lazareff, Clarissa Kaye-Mason, Mark McManus, Frank Thring, Peter Sumner, Diane Craig, Susan Lloyd, James Elliott, Ken Goodlet, Bruce Barry, Allen Bickford, Robert Bruning
By age 20, Ned Kelly (Mick Jagger) had joined his brothers and stepfather as members of a gang of horse thieves. The original crime escalates to murder and the suicides of Ned's brothers. This film is based on the life of Australian outlaw Ned Kelly.
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| 1. Age of Consent (1969)
2. Dr. Fischer of Geneva (1983)
3. Frankenstein: The True Story (1973)
4. The Good Wife (1986)
aka: The Umbrella Woman
5. Ned Kelly (1970)
aka: Ned Kelly, Outlaw
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