11 Harrowhouse 1974  PG, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
aka: Anything for Love
Fast Fortune
Director: Aram Avakian
Cast: Charles Grodin, Candice Bergen, John Gielgud, Trevor Howard, James Mason, Helen Cherry, Peter Vaughan, Jack Watson, Leon Greene, Jack Watling, Cyril Shaps, Clive Morton, Larry Cross, Glynn Edwards, John Bindon
In this spoof on heist films, millionaire Clyde Massey (Trevor Howard) hires a dealer in diamonds, Howard R. Chesser (Charles Grodin), to rob a London diamond exchange owned by Meecham (John Gielgud). Chesser, his girlfriend Maren Shirell (Candice Bergen), and Charles D. Watts (James Mason) suck the diamonds through the wiring system and perform a successful heist. When Massey, who wants the diamonds for himself, sends his henchmen to retrieve the diamonds, a chase ensues, but the robbers manage to escape.
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The Alphabet Murders 1966  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Comedy
aka: The ABC Murders
Director: Frank Tashlin
Cast: Tony Randall, Anita Ekberg, Robert Morley, Maurice Denham, Guy Rolfe, Sheila Allen, James Villiers, Julian Glover, Grazina Frame, Clive Morton, Richard Wattis, David Lodge, Cyril Luckham, Austin Trevor, Patrick Newell
There's a murderer on the loose, and he's killing his victims in alphabetical order. Agatha Christie's famed detective, Hercule Poirot (Tony Randall), is on the trail in this comedic take on the Christie story.
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Cop-Out 1967 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Pierre Rouve
Cast: James Mason, Geraldine Chaplin, Bobby Darin, Paul Bertoya, Ian Ogilvy, Bryan Stanton, Clive Morton, Megs Jenkins, James Hayter, Moira Lister
This remake of 1942's "Stranger in the House" is about a lawyer (James Mason) who reluctantly agrees to defend his daughter's friend when he is accused of murder.
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Goodbye, Mr. Chips 1969 G, 150 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama / Romance
Director: Herbert Ross
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Petula Clark, Michael Redgrave, George Baker, Sian Phillips, Michael Bryant, Alison Leggatt, Jeremy Lloyd, Clive Morton, Jack Hedley, Leo Britt, Patricia Hayes, Elspeth March, Jack May, Jenny Runacre
Arthur Chipping "Mr. Chips" (Peter O'Toole) is a professor at Brookfield Academy for Boys in England. He falls in love with music-hall singer Katherine Bridges (Petula Clark) and marries her. As Mrs. Chips, Katherine overcomes her past and warms the hearts of students. Later, she dies, but Mr. Chips continues his teaching career and becomes an icon. Peter O'Toole received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor, and the film received a nomination for Best Musical Score.
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Jane Eyre 1970 TV, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Delbert Mann
Cast: George C. Scott, Susannah York, Ian Bannen, Jack Hawkins, Rachel Kempson, Jean Marsh, Nyree Dawn Porter, Kenneth Griffith, Peter Copley, Clive Morton, Fanny Rowe, Susan Lawe, Angharad Rees, Hugh Latimer, Nan Munro
Charlotte Bronte's gothic novel is again brought to the screen in this offering about orphanage-raised Jane (Susannah York) who takes a job as governess at the English manor of the tyrannical Edward Rochester (George C. Scott). Jane is attracted to Rochester, and he returns her affections. They make plans to marry. But, when Jane learns that Rochester is already married, it will take Jane's courage and love to rise above their world, which is crashing around them.
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Kind Hearts and Coronets 1949   N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Robert Hamer
Cast: Alec Guinness, Dennis Price, Joan Greenwood, Valerie Hobson, Miles Malleson, Clive Morton, Hugh Griffith, Jeremy Spenser, Arthur Lowe, Audrey Fildes, John Penrose, Cecil Ramage, John Salew, Lyn Evans, Laurence Naismith
Alec Guinness plays all of the family members of the d'Ascoyne family in this satire on the aristocratic lifestyle. Louis (Dennis Price) has been spurned by the wealthy d'Ascoyne family since his mother eloped with his commoner father. Now, Louis sets out to murder eight members of the family in order to get his hands on the inheritance and obtain the status of Duke. Great Guinness!
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The Lavender Hill Mob 1951  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Charles Crichton
Cast: Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sid James, Alfie Bass, Marjorie Fielding, John Gregson, Edie Martin, Clive Morton, Audrey Hepburn, John Salew, Ronald Adam, Arthur Hambling, Gibb McLaughloin, Sydney Tafler, Marie Burke
A very unlikely duo forms a partnership to rob a gold bullion shipment. Henry Holland (Alec Guinness) is the quiet bank clerk who teams up with Pendlebury (Stanley Holloway) in this very funny story about amateurs doing well in the criminal world. Guinness was nominated for an Oscar, and an Oscar was won for Best Writing
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The Man Who Changed His Mind 1936 N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: The Man Who Lived Again
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Boris Karloff, John Loder, Anna Lee, Frank Cellier, Cecil Parker, Donald Calthrop, Clive Morton, D.J. Williams, Lyn Harding, Brian Pawley
A bizarre professor, Doctor Laurence (Boris Karloff), experiments in brain transplants.
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Richard III 1955  N/R, 158 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Laurence Olivier
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Claire Bloom, John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Cedric Hardwicke, Clive Morton, Mary Kerridge, Pamela Brown, Stanley Baker, Michael Gough, Nicholas Hannen, Helen Haye, Laurence Naismith, Norman Wooland, John Laurie
You cannot go wrong with this Shakespearean effort directed by and starring Laurence Olivier. This is the dark tale of ruthless Richard III (Olivier), murdering his way to his brother Edward's (Cedric Hardwicke) throne of England. Richard does become king but then must deal with Henry Tudor (Stanley Baker) and defend his realm at the Battle of Bosworth. At the battle field, Richard cries out, "A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!" just before he is struck down. Olivier was nominated for a Best Actor Academy Award.
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A Run for Your Money 1949 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Frend
Cast: Donald Houston, Meredith Edwards, Moira Lister, Alec Guinness, Hugh Griffith, Clive Morton, Leslie Perrins, Joyce Grenfell, Edward Rigby, David Davies, Julie Milton, Desmond Walter-Ellis, Dorothy Bramhall, Andrew Leigh, Mackenzie Ward
Welsh coal-mining brothers "Dai" and "Twim" Jones (Donald Houston and Meredith Edwards) win a day in London along with tickets to the England-Wales Rugby match. Upon arrival in the city, they manage to lose their chaperone Whimple (Alec Guinness) as well as each other, which all leads to one day of excitement–including women and booze–and an entertaining movie.
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The Safecracker 1958 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure
Director: Ray Milland
Cast: Ray Milland, Barry Jones, Jeannette Sterke, Victor Maddern, Ernest Clark, Melissa Stribling, Colin Tapley, Clive Morton, Cyril Raymond, Percy Herbert, Barbara Everest, Anthony Nicholls, David Horne, Colin Gordon, John Welsh
During World War II, jailed London safecracker Colley Dawson (Ray Milland) is freed from prison to help his government and is sent on a dangerous mission. He is parachuted into Belgium to break into a safe containing lists of Nazi agents, and, in the process, Colley becomes involved with Irene (Jeannette Sterke) who is the daughter of a resistance leader.
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| 1. 11 Harrowhouse (1974)
aka: Anything for Love
aka: Fast Fortune
2. The Alphabet Murders (1966)
aka: The ABC Murders
3. Cop-Out (1967)
4. Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
5. Jane Eyre (1970)
6. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
7. The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
8. The Man Who Changed His Mind (1936)
aka: The Man Who Lived Again
9. Richard III (1955)
10. A Run for Your Money (1949)
11. The Safecracker (1958)
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