 Babes in Toyland 1986   TV, 150 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Fantasy / Musical / Romance
Director: Clive Donner
Cast: Drew Barrymore, Richard Mulligan, Eileen Brennan, Keanu Reeves, Pat Morita, Jill Schoelen, Shari Weiser, Googy Gress, Walter Buschhoff, Rolf Knie, Gaston Hani, Pipo Sosman, Bill Marcus, Chad Carlson, Jean Moake
Victor Herbert's operetta is once again brought to the screen with Drew Barrymore in the role of 11-year-old Lisa Piper who bumps her head and finds herself in Toyland. After she runs into Barnaby (Richard Mulligan) who is plotting to take over Toyland, Lisa joins Mary Contrary (Jill Schoelen), Jack-be-Nimble (Keanu Reeves), and Georgie Porgie (Googy Gress) and asks the Toymaster (Pat Morita) for help. But, he can only help if Lisa can become a small child once more and truly believe in toys. 1 User Review
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| | blah blah blah | Anonymous 01/23/2007 | | OMG!!!! THIS IS LIKE MY FAVE MOVIE!!!!!!! I LUVE IT SOOOOOO MUCH!!!!!!!!!! U HAVE TO C IT OR ELSE... WELL I CAN THINK OF ANYTHING RITE NOW BUT I LUVE THIS MOVIE! LUVE IT! LUVE! |
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Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen 1981  PG, 97 min.
Genre: Mystery / Comedy
Director: Clive Donner
Cast: Peter Ustinov, Lee Grant, Angie Dickinson, Richard Hatch, Brian Keith, Michelle Pfeiffer, Roddy McDowall, Rachel Roberts, Johnny Sekka, Paul Ryan, Michael Fairman, Karlene Crockett, Bennett Ohta, David Hirokane, James Ray
Charlie Chan (Peter Ustinov) leaves the comfort of retirement when he is asked to solve a series of San Francisco murders. His bumbling grandson Lee Chan, Jr. (Richard Hatch) wants to be a private eye and tries to help but keeps messing up. Although the situation turns crazy, Lee's fiancee Cordelia (Michelle Pfeiffer) sees nothing wrong with his behavior. Amidst the craziness, Charlie deals with his old nemesis, The Dragon Queen (Angie Dickinson), who he had sent to prison many years ago. She is out of prison and determined to get even with Charlie.
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A Christmas Carol 1984  TV, 95 min.
Genre: Fantasy / Drama
Director: Clive Donner
Cast: George C. Scott, Frank Finlay, Angela Pleasence, Edward Woodward, Michael Carter, David Warner, Susannah York, Anthony Walters, Nigel Davenport, Lucy Gutteridge, Mark Strickson, Timothy Bateson, Peter Woodthorpe, Caroline Langrishe, Roger Rees
This version of the Charles Dickens tale features George C. Scott as Ebenezer Scrooge, the Christmas-hater, who is taught the true meaning of Christmas through visits from the Ghosts of Christmas Past (Pierre Clementi), Present (Georges Wilson), and Future (Lisette Malidor).
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Dead Man's Folly 1986 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Clive Donner
Cast: Peter Ustinov, Jean Stapleton, Constance Cummings, Ralph Arliss, Tim Pigott-Smith, Jonathan Cecil, Kenneth Cranham, Susan Wooldridge, Christopher Guard, Jeff Yagher, Nicollette Sheridan, Caroline Langrishe, Margorie Yates, Leslie Schofield, Jack Ellis
A detective novelist, Ariadne Oliver (Jean Stapleton), has been asked to create a "Murder Hunt" game with a pretend murder for a fair at Nass House. She calls in friend Hercule Poirot (Peter Ustinov) when she suspects problems. It's a good thing she called him because people are found dead during the hunt. Now, Poirot and his assistant, Captain Hastings (Jonathan Cecil), set out to solve the real murders.
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Luv 1967 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Clive Donner
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Peter Falk, Elaine May, Nina Wayne, Eddie Mayehoff, Paul Hartman, Severn Darden, Harrison Ford
Based on Murray Schesgal's great play, this film centers on neurotic personalities. Harry (Jack Lemmon) is saved from a suicide attempt by his friend, Milt (Peter Falk), who then tries to get Harry as his aid in divorcing his wife.
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The Nude Bomb 1980 PG, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: The Return of Maxwell Smart
Maxwell Smart and the Nude Bomb
Director: Clive Donner
Cast: Don Adams, Sylvia Kristel, Rhonda Fleming, Pamela Hensley, Bill Dana, Gary Imhoff, Robert Karvelas, Vittorio Gassman, Walter Brooke, Norman Lloyd, Dana Elcar, Andrea Howard, Sarah Rush, Joey Forman, Thomas Hill
A villain, Nino Salvatore Sebastiani (Vittorio Gassman), plots the launching of missiles that will destroy clothing, and everyone will go naked. Maxwell Smart (Don Adams) trips into action, and the fun begins.
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Oliver Twist 1982  TV, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Clive Donner
Cast: George C. Scott, Tim Curry, Michael Hordern, Timothy West, Eileen Atkins, Cherie Lunghi, Oliver Cotton, Richard Charles, Lysette Anthony, Eleanor David, Philip Locke, Ann Beach, Artro Morris, John Barrard, Brenda Cowling
Orphan Oliver Twist (Richard Charles) is booted from his juvenile workhouse and joins other orphan boys surviving by pickpocketing on the city streets. Their leader, the evil Fagin (George C. Scott), trains them in the art of pickpocketing, and, of course, they must bring their stolen loot back to him. Along the way, Oliver gets help from Mr. Brownlow (Michael Hordern) and, later, barmaid Nancy (Cherie Lunghi), but it will take a lucky inheritance to save Oliver.
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Rogue Male 1976 TV, 102 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Clive Donner
Cast: Peter O'Toole, John Standing, Alastair Sim, Harold Pinter, Michael Byrne, Mark McManus, Ray Smith, Hugh Manning, Robert Lang, Cyd Hayman, Philip Jackson, Nicholas Ball, Ian East, Maureen Lipman, Ray Mort
This made-for-TV remake of Fritz Lang's 1941 film, "Man Hunt," is set in 1939 before the British went to war against Germany. Big-game hunter Sir Robert Thorndyke (Peter O'Toole) fails in an attempt to shoot Hitler. Thorndyke is captured, tortured, and left for dead. He survives and heads back to England, but the Gestapo is on his trail, so he must go underground to do battle with his enemies.
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The Scarlet Pimpernel 1982 TV, 150 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Clive Donner
Cast: Anthony Andrews, Jane Seymour, Ian McKellen, James Villiers, Eleanor David, Malcolm Jamieson, Denis Lill, Ann Firbank, Richard Morant, Julian Fellowes
Combining two of the Baroness Orczy's classic tales, this is the story of the rescue of French aristocrats condemned to death at the guillotine.
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The Thief of Baghdad 1978 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Family / Fantasy
Director: Clive Donner
Cast: Roddy McDowall, Peter Ustinov, Kabir Bedi, Frank Finlay, Marina Vlady, Terence Stamp, Ian Holm, Daniel Emilfork, Kenji Tanaki, Neil McCarthy
This TV version of the Arabian Nights story features the genie and flying carpet is OK but does not measure up to the 1940 version.
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To Catch a King 1984 TV, 113 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Clive Donner
Cast: Teri Garr, Robert Wagner, Horst Janson, John Standing, Barbara Parkins, Marcel Bozzuffi, Jane Lapotaire, Barry Foster, Peter Egan, Constantine Gregory, Peter Woodthorpe
When the Nazis plot to kidnap the Duke and Duchess of Windsor (John Standing and Barbara Parkins) in 1940, two vacationing Americans–Joe (Robert Wagner) and Hannah (Teri Garr)–come to the rescue.
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| 1. Babes in Toyland (1986)
2. Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981)
3. A Christmas Carol (1984)
4. Dead Man's Folly (1986)
5. Luv (1967)
6. The Nude Bomb (1980)
aka: The Return of Maxwell Smart
aka: Maxwell Smart and the Nude Bomb
7. Oliver Twist (1982)
8. Rogue Male (1976)
9. The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982)
10. The Thief of Baghdad (1978)
11. To Catch a King (1984)
12. Vampira (1975)
aka: Old Dracula
13. What's New, Pussycat? (1965)
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