Alive and Kicking 1958  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Cyril Frankel
Cast: Sybil Thorndike, Kathleen Harrison, Estelle Winwood, Stanley Holloway, Eric Pohlmann, John Salew, Liam Redmond, Marjorie Rhodes, Richard Harris, Olive McFarland, Joyce Carey, Paul Farrell, Patrick McAlinney, Anita Sharp-Bolster, Colin Gordon
When Dora (Sybil Thorndike), Rosie (Kathleen Harrison), and Mabel (Estelle Winwood) learn they are going to be moved from their "old folks" home, they escape the premises and set off on an adventure.
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The Boys 1961  N/R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney J. Furie
Cast: Richard Todd, Robert Morley, Felix Aylmer, Dudley Sutton, Wilfrid Brambell, Dudley Sutton, Jess Conrad, Tony Garnett, Allan Cuthbertson, Patrick Magee, Colin Gordon, Wensley Pithey, Kenneth J. Warren, David Lodge, Mavis Villiers
Four young men are accused of murder, and now prosecuting attorney Webster (Richard Todd) searches for the motive as their defense attorney (Robert Morley) is looking for leniency. Good, despite lots of British social conscience.
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Circle of Danger 1951 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jacques Tourneur
Cast: Ray Milland, Patricia Roc, Marius Goring, Hugh Sinclair, Naunton Wayne, Marjorie Fielding, Edward Rigby, Colin Gordon, Dora Bryan, David Hutcheson
Clay Douglas (Ray Milland) investigates his brother's untimely death in World War II and becomes involved in international intrigue.
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Edward, My Son 1949 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Deborah Kerr, Ian Hunter, Leueen MacGrath, James Donald, Mervyn Johns, Felix Aylmer, Walter Fitzgerald, Colin Gordon
A father's (Spencer Tracy) ambition carries his family to financial success, but in the process they suffer the tragedy of their son's suicide.
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The Family Way 1966 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Roy Boulting
Cast: Hayley Mills, Hywel Bennett, John Mills, Marjorie Rhodes, Avril Angers, John Comer, Wilfred Pickles, Barry Foster, Liz Fraser, Andrew Bradford, Thorley Walters, Colin Gordon, Robin Parkinson, Harry Locke
Shy newly-weds Jenny (Hayley Mills) and Arthur (Hywel Bennett) encounter more than a few problems living their first few weeks of marriage at the home of Arthur's parents, Ezra and Lucy (John Mills and Marjorie Rhodes). Between interference from friends, neighbors, and family, does this couple have a chance?
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The Green Man 1957 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Day, Basil Dearden
Cast: Alastair Sim, George Cole, Terry-Thomas, Jill Adams, Avril Angers, Raymond Huntley, Colin Gordon, Eileen Moore, Dora Bryan, John Chandos, Cyril Chamberlain, Richard Wattis, Vivien Wood, Marie Burke
In his spare time, watchmaker Hawkins (Alastair Sim) is a professional assassin. He is hired to kill Sir Gregory Upshoot (Raymond Huntley) and tracks him to the run-down seaside Green Man hotel, but vacuum cleaner salesman William Blake (George Cole) catches on to Hawkins' plot and is determined to save Sir Gregory.
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The Man in the White Suit 1951 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Sci-Fi
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Cast: Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Cecil Parker, Michael Gough, Vida Hope, Ernest Thesiger, Howard Marion-Crawford, Duncan Lamont, Miles Malleson, Harold Goodwin, Henry Mollison, Patric Doohan, Colin Gordon, Arthur Howard
When Sidney Stratton (Alec Guinness) invents a textile, which will not get dirty or wear out, the world beats a path to his door–to prevent him from producing his new cloth! Textile workers and owners of mills see their livelihoods in jeopardy.
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Mandy 1952 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Crash of Silence
The Story of Mandy
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Cast: Phyllis Calvert, Jack Hawkins, Terence Morgan, Godfrey Tearle, Mandy Miller, Marjorie Fielding, Edward Chapman, Eleanor Summerfield, Colin Gordon, Dorothy Alison
Mandy (Mandy Miller) is a deaf mute, but that does not stop her from dreaming. With help from a caring family, she succeeds. Miller plays herself in this film.
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The Mouse That Roared 1959 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jack Arnold
Cast: Peter Sellers, Jean Seberg, David Kossoff, William Hartnell, Timothy Bateson, Leo McKern, MacDonald Parke, Monte Landis, Colin Gordon, Bill Nagy
A very small and even more bankrupt country, the Duchy of Grand Fenwick, decides to end its financial woes by declaring war on the United States. The intent is to lose the war and then receive U.S. aid to rebuild. There is much in this funny movie that relates to the world today. Also catch the funny sequel, "The Mouse on the Moon."
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Night of the Eagle 1962  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Burn, Witch, Burn!
Director: Sidney Hayers
Cast: Janet Blair, Peter Wyngarde, Margaret Johnston, Anthony Nicholls, Colin Gordon, Kathleen Byron, Reginald Beckwith, Norman Bird, Jessica Dunning, Judith Stott, Bill Mitchell, Paul Frees, George Roubicek, Frank Singuineau, Gary Woolf
When a professor, Norman Taylor (Peter Wyngarde) brings his new bride, Tansy (Janet Blair), home, major problems develop when he learns that Tansy practices magic. When he tells her to stop, she insists that her magic is protecting him from his professional rivals who are working their own magic. 1 User Review
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| | suspensful movie | resurgam2 12/07/2010 | | a battle of good over evil |
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 The Pink Panther 1963   N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Blake Edwards
Cast: David Niven, Peter Sellers, Robert Wagner, Capucine, Claudia Cardinale, Brenda De Banzie, Colin Gordon, Fran Jeffries, John Le Mesurier, Martin Miller, James Lanphier, Guy Thomajan, Michael Trubshawe, Riccardo Billi, Meri Welles
Sophisticated jewel thief Sir Charles Lytton (David Niven), a.k.a. the Phantom, is plotting to steal the Pink Panther diamond from Princess Dala (Claudia Cardinale), and French Inspector Jacques Cousteau (Peter Sellers) is on his trail. Clouseau is also trying to catch Lytton's accomplice who, unbeknownst to Clouseau, is his own wife Simone (Capucine). For years, Simone has warned her lover Lytton when Clouseau is about to catch him. Now another thief appears on the scene; he is Lytton's nephew George (Robert Wagner), and he has his own plans to steal the Pink Panther diamond. Clouseau may be inept, but the odds are in his favor that he will be successful in retrieving the Pink Panther diamond. 2 User Reviews
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| | Absolute top humour | Spinademul 02/02/2013 | | Poter Sellers is a fantastic flic and Niven his superb backup. |
| | This movie is a classic | 11/21/2006 | | |
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The Running Man 1963 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Carol Reed
Cast: Laurence Harvey, Lee Remick, Alan Bates, Felix Aylmer, Eleanor Summerfield, Allan Cuthbertson, Harold Goldblatt, Fernando Rey, Fortunio Bonanova, Noel Purcell, Ramsay Ames, Juanjo Menendez, Eddie Byrne, Colin Gordon, John Meillon
Rex and Stella Black (Laurence Harvey and Lee Remick) are on the run after Rex fakes his death to collect insurance money. BUT–Steve Maddox (Alan Bates), the insurance investigator, smells something amiss, and he's on their trail.
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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. Alive and Kicking (1958)
2. The Boys (1961)
3. Circle of Danger (1951)
4. Edward, My Son (1949)
5. The Family Way (1966)
6. The Green Man (1957)
7. The Man in the White Suit (1951)
8. Mandy (1952)
aka: Crash of Silence
aka: The Story of Mandy
9. The Mouse That Roared (1959)
10. Night of the Eagle (1962)
aka: Burn, Witch, Burn!
11. The Pink Panther (1963)
12. The Running Man (1963)
13. The Safecracker (1958)
14. Virgin Island (1959)
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