Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years 1977  TV, 150 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daniel Petrie
Cast: Jane Alexander, Edward Herrmann, Rosemary Murphy, Walter McGinn, Blair Brown, David Healy, Peggy McCay, Donald Moffat, Mark Harmon, John Beal, Priscilla Pointer, Toni Damay, Barbara Conrad, Morgan Farley, Anna Lee
This sequel has most of the same cast and is every bit as good as the first one. It covers FDR's and Eleanor's (Edward Herrmann and Jane Alexander) years in the White House from 1933 to 1945. Told in flashback as Eleanor attends Franklin's funeral, the stories include Eleanor working for social reform, coming to the aid of polio-stricken Franklin, and learning how to deal with Franklin's domineering mother Sara (Rosemary Murphy). The stories also reflect on FDR pulling the country out of the Depression and his "Day of Infamy" speech in which he declares war on Japan. This sequel received Emmys for Best Director and Outstanding Special.
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Embassy 1972  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Target: Embassy
Director: Gordon Hessler
Cast: Richard Roundtree, Chuck Connors, Marie-Jose Nat, Ray Milland, Broderick Crawford, Max von Sydow, David Bauer, David Healy, Dee Pollock, Afif Boulos
Set in Beirut, this is the chilling tale of American agent Shannon (Richard Roundtree) who tries to get defecting Soviet operative Gorenko (Max von Sydow) out of the country while eluding a determined KGB investigator (Chuck Connors).
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Endless Night 1972  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Horror
aka: Agatha Christie's Endless Night
Director: Sidney Gilliat
Cast: Hayley Mills, Hywel Bennett, Britt Ekland, George Sanders, Per Oscarsson, Lois Maxwell, Peter Bowles, Walter Gotell, Helen Horton, Robert Keegan, Aubrey Richards, David Healy, David Bauer, Ann Way, Patience Collier
Based on an Agatha Christie novel that is different from her usual hero/heroine sleuth, this unusual psychological thriller begins with Michael (Hywel Bennett) pining over a beautiful estate that he would never be able to afford. Now working as a chauffer, he meets a beautiful young American, Ellie (Hayley Mills), who is vacationing in England. They hit it off, and when he finds that she is one of America's richest people, he convinces her to buy the estate. They also fall in love and move into their new home. All is happy for the couple until strange things begin to happen, and friends, relatives, and neighbors continue to pop up. Where this all leads is not revealed until late in the film.
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Lust for a Vampire 1971 R, 95 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: To Love a Vampire
Director: Jimmy Sangster
Cast: Yutte Stensgaard, Ralph Bates, Barbara Jefford, Suzanna Leigh, Michael Johnson, Helen Christie, Pippa Steel, Mike Raven, David Healy, Michael Brennan, Harvey Hall, Jack Melford, Christopher Cunningham
This is the second installment of Hammer Films' vampire trilogy that is based (very loosely) on Sheridan LeFanu's "Carmilla." Carmilla (Yutte Stensgaard), the lesbian vampire, is back and is attending an exclusive girls' finishing school in 1830–where the blood should be better.
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The Sign of Four 1983 TV, 102 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Sherlock Holmes: The Sign of Four
Director: Desmond Davis
Cast: Ian Richardson, David Healy, Thorley Walters, Terence Rigby, Joe Melia, Cherie Lunghi, John Pedrick, Clive Merrison, Richard Heffer, Michael O'Hagan, Robert Russell, Gordon Rollings, John Benfield, Moti Makan, Kate Binchy
Mary Morstan (Cherie Lunghi) receives a gift of the second-largest diamond in the world, the "Great Mogul," from an anonymous donor. Now, the anonymous man calls and asks Mary to meet him. She asks Sherlock Holmes (Ian Richardson) and Dr. Watson (David Healy) to accompany her. They investigate and learn that two villains–ex-con with a wooden leg Jonathan Small (Joe Melia) and murderous midget Tonga (John Pedrick)–are determined to get the diamond and will stop at nothing to achieve their goal.
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Supergirl 1984  PG, 114 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Adventure
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Cast: Faye Dunaway, Helen Slater, Peter O'Toole, Mia Farrow, Brenda Vaccaro, Peter Cook, Simon Ward, Marc McClure, Hart Bochner, David Healy, Maureen Teefy, Sandra Dickinson, Robyn Mandell, Jenifer Landor, Diana Ricardo
Superman's cousin, Supergirl (Helen Slater), comes to Earth and is immediately embroiled in a fight against the evil forces of the jealous Selena (Faye Dunaway).
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Yuri Nosenko, KGB 1986  TV, 85 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
aka: Yuri Nosenko, Double Agent
Director: Mick Jackson
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Oleg Rudnik, Josef Sommer, Ed Lauter, George Morfogen, Stephen D. Newman, Edwin M. Adams, Kevin Cooney, Blaise Corrigan, David Healy, H. Richard Greene, Phil Gaines, Dani Dalain, David Hammond, Michael DeSanto
This made-for-cable (and British television) cold war spy story is based on fact. Tommy Lee Jones portrays the CIA agent who wonders if the KGB defector is or is not a Russian agent.
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| 1. Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977)
2. Embassy (1972)
aka: Target: Embassy
3. Endless Night (1972)
aka: Agatha Christie's Endless Night
4. Lust for a Vampire (1971)
aka: To Love a Vampire
5. The Sign of Four (1983)
aka: Sherlock Holmes: The Sign of Four
6. Supergirl (1984)
7. Yuri Nosenko, KGB (1986)
aka: Yuri Nosenko, Double Agent
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