 The Lord of the Rings 1978  PG, 135 min.
Genre: Animation / Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Ralph Bakshi
Cast: Christopher Guard, John Hurt, Dominic Gould, Michael Scholes, William Squire, Andre Morell, Norman Bird, Annette Crosbie, Anthony Daniels, Simon Chandler, Michael Graham Cox, David Buck, Peter Woodthorpe, Fraser Kerr
The Hobbits and Middle Earth are the focus of this film–a combination of animation and live-action cinema–covering part of J.R.R. Tolkien's classic trilogy. The Hobbit Frodo (voice of Christopher Guard) is assigned the mission of destroying the all-powerful, magical ring that allows its users to rule the world. With warriors Gandelf (voice of William Squire), Aragorn (voice of John Hurt), and Boromin (voice of Michael Graham Cox) in tow, Frodo sets off on a difficult journey, eluding the evil Mordor's warriors, to take the ring to a place where it can be destroyed.
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Mosquito Squadron 1969  G, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Boris Sagal
Cast: David McCallum, Suzanne Neve, David Buck, David Dundas, Charles Gray, Dinsdale Landen, Michael Anthony, Vladek Sheybal, Nicky Henson, Bryan Marshall, Peter Copley, Robert Urquhart
During World War II, RAF pilot Quint (David McCallum) must tell his best friend's wife, Beth (Suzanne Neve), that her husband has been killed during a bombing raid. A new romance between Quint and Beth, who were a couple before she met her husband, is rekindled. Quint then receives orders to bomb a rocket factory but is also told that there are POWs there, including his best friend. Quint devises a plan to free the POWs and then bomb the plant, but his friend is killed in the otherwise successful operation.
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The Mummy's Shroud 1967  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: John Gilling
Cast: Andre Morell, John Phillips, David Buck, Elizabeth Sellars, Maggie Kimberly, Michael Ripper, Andreas Malandrinos, Tim Barrett, Richard Warner, Roger Delgado, Catherine Lacey, Dickie Owen, Bruno Barnabe, Toni Gilpin, Eddie Powell
British archaeologists Sir Basil Walden (Andre Morrell), Paul Preston (David Buck), a photographer (Tim Barrett), and psychic linguist Claire (Maggie Kimberley) make the mistake of digging up the mummified remains of an Egyptian Pharaoh and now must pay the consequences of being killed off–one by one.
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| 1. Deadfall (1968)
2. The Lord of the Rings (1978)
3. Mosquito Squadron (1969)
4. The Mummy's Shroud (1967)
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