 Alfie 1966  N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Cast: Michael Caine, Shelley Winters, Millicent Martin, Julia Foster, Shirley Anne Field, Jane Asher, Vivien Merchant, Eleanor Bron, Denholm Elliott, Alfie Bass, Graham Stark, Sydney Tafler, Murray Melvin, Harry Locke, Bryan Marshall
A young Cockney, Alfie Elkins (Michael Caine), is an unsurpassed womanizer who flits from one love interest to another. Alfie impregnates his common-law wife Gilda (Julia Foster) and then has an affair with Lily (Vivien Merchant) who also becomes pregnant by Alfie, and he arranges an abortion. All the while, Alfie engages in sexual affairs with others, including wealthy Ruby (Shelley Winters) and young Siddie (Millicent Martin). Even though disillusioned at the end of the film, Alfie is still "flitting." Academy Award nominations were received for Best Picture, Actor, Supporting Actress (Merchant), Writing, and Song.
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Bleak House 1985  TV, 391 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ross Devenish
Cast: Diana Rigg, Denholm Elliott, T.P. McKenna, Philip Franks, Brian Deacon, Robert Urquhart, Lucy Hornack, Peter Vaughan, Donald Sumpter, George Sewell, Ian Hogg, Sylvia Coleridge, Suzanne Burden, Chris Pitt, Robin Bailey
This BBC miniseries adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel revolves around doddering lawyers who are handling the Jarndyce and Jarndyce case at the Court of the Chancery in London. As the inheritance case drags on and ruins lives, the lawyers still collect money.
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The Bourne Identity 1988  TV, 185 min.
Genre: Adventure / Thriller / Drama / Mystery
Director: Roger Young
Cast: Richard Chamberlain, Jaclyn Smith, Yorgo Voyagis, Anthony Quayle, Peter Vaughan, Donald Moffat, Denholm Elliott, Bruce Boa, James Faulkner, James Laurenson, Ted Maynard, Sylvia Marriott, Michael Habeck, Wolf Kahler, Philip Madoc
Jason Bourne (Richard Chamberlain) washes ashore near a French village. He had been shot several times, but a retired doctor brings him back to health. The problem: Jason does not have any idea who he is or what happened to him. He also has no idea why a microfilm containing a Swiss bank account code is imbedded in his thigh. As he searches for his identity, he is followed by assassins, and wherever he goes he is recognized. It appears that he may be a feared terrorist. This TV miniseries is a good (and faithful) rendition of Robert Ludlum's novel.
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The Boys from Brazil 1978 R, 123 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Drama / Sci-Fi
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Cast: Gregory Peck, Laurence Olivier, Lilli Palmer, James Mason, John Dehner, Rosemary Harris, Uta Hagen, Anne Meara, Denholm Elliott, Steve Guttenberg, John Rubinstein, Bruno Ganz, Walter Gotell, Jeremy Black, David Hurst
Former Nazi concentration-camp war-criminal Dr. Josef Mengele (Gregory Peck) is trying to re-establish the Third Reich by using DNA to clone Hitler. When Jewish Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman (Laurence Olivier) is clued into the insane plot by young Nazi hunter Barry Kohler (Steve Guttenberg), he is not interested. But, after Kohler is murdered, Lieberman takes Kohler's words seriously and starts to investigate. The trail leads Lieberman to Paraguay where he uncovers Mengele's scheme to murder hundreds of men as part of the cloning experiment.
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A Bridge Too Far 1977 PG, 175 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama
Director: Richard Attenborough
Cast: Dirk Bogarde, James Caan, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Laurence Olivier, Elliott Gould, Gene Hackman, Anthony Hopkins, Robert Redford, Maximilian Schell, Edward Fox, Hardy Kruger, Ryan O'Neal, Liv Ullmann, Denholm Elliott
This is a detailed examination of the logistical complications behind World War II's failed "Operation Market-Garden" that dropped Allied troops behind enemy lines in preparation for battle. The plan involves British Major General Robert Urquhart (Sean Connery) and American Brigadier General James Gavin (Ryan O'Neal) leading paratroopers on a mission to take over a road and five bridges through Holland to Germany. Meanwhile, Lt. Col. John Frost (Anthony Hopkins) will hold the critical bridge at Amhem so that British Gen. Brian Horrocks (Edward Fox) and Lt. Col. Joe Vandeleur (Michael Caine) will be able to lead troops across the bridge. However, plans go awry, and the mission turns into a disaster.
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Brimstone & Treacle 1982 R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Richard Loncraine
Cast: Sting, Denholm Elliott, Joan Plowright, Suzanna Hamilton, Mary MacLeod, Dudley Sutton, Benjamin Whitrow, Tim Preece, Hugh Walters, Christopher Fairbanks, Elizabeth Bradley
A drifter, Martin Taylor (Sting,) talks his way into Tom and Norma Bates' (Denholm Elliott and Joan Plowright) home. The Bates have a disabled daughter Patricia (Suzanna Hamilton), and Martin becomes her unofficial caretaker. It is only then that Martin's plot is revealed, and molesting Patricia is only part of the horrors in store for the Bates family in this strange, yet intriguing, tale.
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The Cruel Sea 1953 N/R, 126 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Charles Frend
Cast: Jack Hawkins, Donald Sinden, Stanley Baker, John Stratton, Denholm Elliott, John Warner, Bruce Seton, Liam Redmond, Moira Lister, Virginia McKenna
This is Nicholas Monsarrat's story about convoys during World War II and the dangers they encountered from both Nazi submarines and the harsh North Atlantic weather.
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Cuba 1979  R, 120 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Thriller
Director: Richard Lester
Cast: Sean Connery, Brooke Adams, Jack Weston, Hector Elizondo, Denholm Elliott, Chris Sarandon, Lonette McKee, Martin Balsam, Alejandro Rey, Danny De La Paz, Wolfe Morris, David Rappaport, Walter Gotell, Louisa Moritz, Dave King
Set during the Cuban Revolution in 1959, this is the love story of a British missionary Major Robert Dapes (Sean Connery) and his re-discovered love for Alexandra Lopez de Pulido (Brooke Adams) who find themselves in the middle of a country undergoing a bloody revolution.
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Defence of the Realm 1985 PG, 96 min.
Genre: Thriller / Mystery
Director: David Drury
Cast: Denholm Elliott, Gabriel Byrne, Greta Scacchi, Ian Bannen, Fulton Mackay, Bill Paterson, David Calder, Frederick Treves, Robbie Coltrane
The battle between a reporter's right for information and the government's right to secrecy is the subject of this exciting British film as two journalists (Denholm Elliott and Gabriel Byrne) investigate, in their own unique ways, a possible government cover-up.
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Game for Vultures 1979  R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Fargo
Cast: Joan Collins, Richard Harris, Richard Roundtree, Ray Milland, Jana Cilliers, Denholm Elliott, Ken Gampu
Racial problems, inherent in Rhodesia's apartheid politics, rise to the forefront; the theme is good, the movie is bad!
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 The Hound of the Baskervilles 1983 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Horror
Director: Douglas Hickox
Cast: Ian Richardson, Donald Churchill, Martin Shaw, Denholm Elliott, Brian Blessed, Ronald Lacey, Eleanor Bron, Edward Judd, Nicholas Clay, Glynis Barber, Connie Booth, Eric Richard, Michael Burrell, Peter Rutherford, David Langton
Dr. Mortimer (Denholm Elliott) hires Sherlock Holmes (Ian Richardson) to investigate the murder of Sir Charles Baskerville. Mortimer tells Holmes that 350 years ago Hugo Baskerville traded his soul to the devil, and all of his ancestors have fallen under a curse and have been murdered when they inherited the Baskerville dynasty. Mortimer wants to protect the new heir, Sir Henry (Martin Shaw), from suffering the same fate. Holmes sends Dr. Watson (Donald Churchill) to investigate while Holmes, unbeknownst to Watson, arrives on the scene disguised as a gypsy to find the culprit.
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 The Hound of the Baskervilles 1978  PG, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Horror / Mystery
Director: Paul Morrissey
Cast: Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Denholm Elliott, Dana Gillespie, Terry-Thomas, Joan Greenwood, Spike Milligan, Jessie Matthews, Roy Kinnear, Henry Woolf, Josephine Tewson, Max Wall, Prunilla Scales, Lucy Griffiths, Kenneth Williams
In this satire on the Arthur Conan Doyle story, Sherlock Holmes (Peter Cook) and Dr. Watson (Dudley Moore) encounter Dr. Mortimer (Terry-Thomas) who tells them about a curse on the male Baskerville family heirs. Dr. Watson arrives at Baskerville Hall to investigate and stays with the heir, Sir Henry Baskerville (Kenneth Williams), while Holmes searches for a way to relieve his tensions. Meanwhile, Watson looks for clues, but it will be Holmes who finally solves the case.
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The House That Dripped Blood 1970 PG, 101 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Peter Duffell
Cast: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Denholm Elliott, Joss Ackland, Jon Pertwee, Ingrid Pitt, Nyree Dawn Porter, Joanna Dunham, John Bennett, Chloe Franks, Tom Adams, Robert Lang
Scotland Yard Inspector Holloway (John Bennett) investigates the murders of four past-owners of a now-unoccupied country home. Each of the four owners' stories are presented in this film: (1) "Method for Murder"–a mystery writer is killed in a manner similar to one of his book's victims; (2) "Waxworks"–the owner is lured to a wax museum where an axe awaits; (3) "Sweets to the Sweet"–a man's daughter is into voodoo dolls; and (4) "The Cloak"–a horror film star is provided with a vampire's cloak.
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 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989 PG-13, 127 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Denholm Elliott, Alison Doody, John Rhys-Davies, Julian Glover, River Phoenix, Michael Byrne, Vernon Dobtcheff, Paul Maxwell, Kevork Malikyan, Alex Hyde-White, Richard Young, Alexei Sayle
In this third installment in the "Indiana Jones" series, the quest for the Holy Grail sends Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) and his father (Sean Connery) on an adventure in search of the Holy Grail–an artifact that is rumored to give eternal life to its owner. A problem lies in their way in the form of Elsa (Alison Doody) who just happens to be a Nazi spy with her own agenda for the Holy Grail.
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King Rat 1965 N/R, 134 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bryan Forbes
Cast: George Segal, Tom Courtenay, James Fox, Patrick O'Neal, Denholm Elliott, James Donald, Todd Armstrong, John Mills, Leonard Rossiter, Gerald Sim, John Standing, Alan Webb
Based on James Clavell's novel, the story takes place in a Japanese POW camp during World War II. Corporal King (George Segal) is quite a schemer and has a number of rackets going on, including selling rats to fellow prisoners for food. When he finds out that prisoner Peter Marlowe (James Fox) can speak Malay, the language of the locals, he sees an opportunity to expand his business. Academy award nominations were received for Black and White Cinematography and Art Direction.
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Maurice 1987 R, 140 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Ivory
Cast: James Wilby, Hugh Grant, Rupert Graves, Denholm Elliott, Simon Callow, Billie Whitelaw, Ben Kingsley, Barry Foster, Judy Parfitt, Phoebe Nicholls, Patrick Godfrey, Mark Tandy
Two Cambridge underclassmen (James Wilby and Hugh Grant) fall in love with each other and then find diverse ways of dealing with homosexuality in the class society of Edwardian England.
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The Missionary 1982 R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Loncraine
Cast: Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Trevor Howard, Denholm Elliott, Michael Hordern, Phoebe Nicholls, Graham Crowden, David Suchet, Tricia George, Valerie Whittington
The Reverend Charles Fortescue (Michael Palin) is assigned to run a mission home for "fallen women" in Africa, but he finds it impossible to resist their temptations. Not hilarious like Palin's Monty Python work–but good location scenery.
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Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry 1986 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Schaefer
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Harold Gould, David Ogden Stiers, Charles(2) Frank, Bibi Besch, Denholm Elliott, Brenda Forbes, Suzanne Lederer, John Pleshette, Kathryn Walker, Babs Chula, Tom Heaton
Wealthy, WASP, widowed Margaret Delafield (Katharine Hepburn) falls in love with a Jewish doctor, Marvin Elias (Harold Gould)–an event that throws both families into tailspins.
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The Night They Raided Minsky's 1968 PG, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William Friedkin
Cast: Jason Robards, Britt Ekland, Norman Wisdom, Forrest Tucker, Harry Andrews, Joseph Wiseman, Denholm Elliott, Elliott Gould, Bert Lahr, Richard Libertini, Gloria LeRoy, Eddie Lawrence
Set in the 1920s, this is a tale about a young Amish woman, Rachel Schpitendavel (Britt Ekland) heads for New York with her father Jacob (Harry Andrews) on her trail. She seeks employment as a dancer on Broadway but ends up working as a stripper at Minsky's burlesque house where she stars as "Mme. Fifi" along with comedians Raymond and Chick (Jason Robards and Norman Wisdom). All goes well–until the burlesque house is raided.
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Noises Off 1992   PG-13, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Cast: Carol Burnett, Michael Caine, Denholm Elliott, Julie Hagerty, Marilu Henner, Christopher Reeve, John Ritter, Mark Linn-Baker, Nicollette Sheridan
Based on Michael Frayn's play, this is the story of how eccentric theatrical actors and stagehands manage to get off the ground and onto Broadway. 1 User Review
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| | Imperfect for sure, but a classroom in comic timing | 1fatts 03/14/2007 | The third act is unnecessary and unbelievable. The finale is so artificial that it passeth all justification.
But Bogdanovich is a master of comic timing. (Watch the opening scenes of "What's Up Doc?" sometime.) And this movie is worth the price of admission just to watch the timing in the first two acts. The actors are one-dimensional, but it is a farce, and they are meant to be one-dimensional. We expected this level of work from Carol Burnett -- frankly, we saw it every week on TV for years -- bit John Ritter is a revelation as a physical comic and Christopher Reeve is really quite good as an understated comic foil.
Watch the first half anyway. If fact, watch it twice. |
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A Private Function 1985 R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Malcolm Mowbray
Cast: Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Denholm Elliott, Richard Griffiths, Tony Haygarth, John Normington, Bill Paterson, Liz Smith, Alison Steadman, Pete Postlethwaite
Set in a Yorkshire village at the end of World War II, the plot revolves around food rationing prevalent in that era. The main focus is on a stolen pig that becomes the center of controversy.
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 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981  PG, 115 min.
Genre: Adventure / Thriller
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Denholm Elliott, Ronald Lacey, Wolf Kahler, John Rhys-Davies, Paul Freeman, Anthony Higgins, Alfred Molina, Tutte Lemkow, Vic Tablian, Don Fellows, William Hootkins
Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) battles the Nazis in an attempt to be the first to reach the lost ark containing the remains of the Ten Commandments. Indy suffers a host of adventures during the transformation from his quiet job as college professor to mercenary in South America. This was the first of three Indiana Jones films. In all, four Oscars were awarded for this film, including Best Special Effects; five other nominations included Best Picture and Director.
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The Razor's Edge 1984 PG-13, 129 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Byrum
Cast: Bill Murray, Theresa Russell, Catherine Hicks, Denholm Elliott, James Keach, Peter Vaughan, Brian Doyle-Murray, Saeed Jaffrey, Faith Brook, Stephen Davies
W. Somerset Maugham's novel is again brought to the screen in this version of a young veteran (Bill Murray) from World War I searching for some meaning and goodness in his life.
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Robin and Marian 1976 PG, 112 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure / Romance
Director: Richard Lester
Cast: Sean Connery, Audrey Hepburn, Richard Harris, Nicol Williamson, Robert Shaw, Ian Holm, Denholm Elliott, Kenneth Haigh, Esmond Knight, Ronnie Barker, Bill Maynard, Veronica Quilligan, Peter Butterworth, John Barrett, Kenneth Cranham
Robin Hood (Sean Connery) and Little John (Nicol Williamson) return home to England after many years in exile. Robin resumes his relationship with Marian (Audrey Hepburn) who is now a nun. Meanwhile, the Merry Men convince Robin to continue his fight with the Sheriff of Nottingham (Robert Shaw)–much to the dismay of Marian. Lots of "updating" of the classic story.
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A Room with a View 1986 PG, 117 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Ivory
Cast: Maggie Smith, Helena Bonham Carter, Julian Sands, Denholm Elliott, Daniel Day-Lewis, Simon Callow, Judi Dench, Rosemary Leach, Rupert Graves, Peter Cellier
This excellent movie, set in Edwardian England, revolves around the snobbish upper class. A young Englishwoman (Helena Bonham Carter) takes a tour with her chaperon (Maggie Smith). In a delightful way, the movie shows the workings of minds in an era long gone. The film won three Academy awards and also was nominated for Best Picture, Supporting Actor (Denholm Elliott), Supporting Actress (Maggie Smith), and Director.
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Saint Jack 1979 R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Cast: Ben Gazzara, Denholm Elliott, James Villiers, Joss Ackland, George Lazenby, Peter Bogdanovich, Lisa Lu, Rodney Bewes, Mark Kingston, Monika Subramaniam, Judy Lim, Joseph Noel, Andrew Chua, Kian Bee Ong, Yan Meng Tan
During the early 1970s, an American pimp, Jack Flowers (Ben Gazzara), is in Singapore where he provides women for British and American businessmen, but local mobsters soon put Flowers out of business. Flowers is approached by a an American mobster, Eddie Schuman (Peter Bogdanovich), who offers Flowers the job of pimping to provide services for U.S. soldiers on leave in Singapore. Complications ensue when Flowers is asked to take compromising pictures.
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The Sea Gull 1968 G, 141 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: James Mason, Vanessa Redgrave, Simone Signoret, David Warner, Harry Andrews, Denholm Elliott, Eileen Herlie, Alfred Lynch, Kathleen Widdoes, Ronald Radd
Set in the 19th century on a Russian estate, this is the film adaptation of Chekov's play about a visit by actress Arkadina (Simone Signoret) and her lover, Trigorin (James Mason), as they disrupt the lives of the host family.
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The Sound Barrier 1952 N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Breaking the Sound Barrier
Director: David Lean
Cast: Ralph Richardson, Ann Todd, Nigel Patrick, John Justin, Denholm Elliott, Dinah Sheridan, Joseph Tomelty, Ralph Michael, Leslie Phillips, Jack Allen
This distinguished British offering is filmed in documentary style and relates the story of the early British jet planes, their courageous pilots, and attaining the dream of breaking the sound barrier.
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 The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1968 TV, 128 min.
Genre: Horror / Drama / Thriller
aka: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Director: Charles Jarrott
Cast: Jack Palance, Leo Genn, Oskar Homolka, Billie Whitelaw, Denholm Elliott, Tessie O'Shea, Torin Thatcher, Duncan Lamont, Gillie Fenwick, Joe Austin, Rex Sevenoaks, Elizabeth Cole, Paul Harding, Jeanette Landis, Liza Creighton
Jack Palance plays the title roles of both Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The story is about the good Dr. Jekyll who turns himself into the evil Mr. Hyde through his experiments in his lab. Dr. Jekyll becomes addicted to enjoying the life of his long-repressed hedonistic personality of Mr. Hyde. Then, he murders his associate after being blackmailed, and this leads to a brutal confrontation with the police at the medical academy.
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Sunday Lovers 1980 R, 127 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Various Directors
Cast: Roger Moore, Lino Ventura, Ugo Tognazzi, Gene Wilder, Lynn Redgrave, Kathleen Quinlan, Priscilla Barnes, Denholm Elliott, Rossana Podesta, Robert Webber
Four short stories set in four separate countries relate the sexual exploits of four middle-aged men in this tasteless film, which is made worse by poor acting. Directors: Bryan Forbes, Edouard Molinaro, Dino Risi, and Gene Wilder. Wilder's story is probably the worst one.
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They Who Dare 1954 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Action
Director: Lewis Milestone
Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Denholm Elliott, Akim Tamiroff, Gerard Oury, Eric Pohlmann, Alec Mango, Kay Callard, William(2) Russell, Lisa Gastoni, Sam Kydd, David Peel, Michael Mellinger
During World War II, six British commandos and four Greek soldiers land on the Greek isle of Rhodes with orders to blow up two Axis airfields. The Greek soldiers are there to help lead the way through the rugged terrain. But the island is crawling with enemy troops, and the mission will prove costly in human lives.
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To the Devil a Daughter 1976  R, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Peter Sykes
Cast: Richard Widmark, Christopher Lee, Honor Blackman, Denholm Elliott, Michael Goodliffe, Nastassja Kinski, Eva Maria Meineke, Anthony Valentine, Derek Francis, Isabella Telezynska
Good scenery and special effects are the saving grace of this Hammer Film. Father Rayner (Christopher Lee) is an ex-priest and is now the head of a Satanic cult. He intends to sacrifice young Catherine (Nastassja Kinski), whose father had sold her soul to guarantee his own safety. But now the father has second thoughts and asks occult expert John Verney (Richard Widmark) to save the day.
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Too Late the Hero 1970 PG, 133 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Suicide Run
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Michael Caine, Cliff Robertson, Henry Fonda, Ian Bannen, Harry Andrews, Denholm Elliott, Ronald Fraser, Percy Herbert, Sam Kydd, Lance Percival
During World War II, America and Britain joined forces to destroy an enemy radio transmitter on an island in the Pacific Ocean. Good cast makes it watchable.
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Toy Soldiers 1991 R, 112 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Daniel Petrie Jr.
Cast: Sean Astin, Wil Wheaton, Keith Coogan, Andrew Divoff, Louis Gossett Jr., R. Lee Ermey, Denholm Elliott, Jerry Orbach, Mason Adams, T.E. Russell
When a drug lord is sent to prison, his gang takes over a Virginia prep school and holds its students hostage. The "boys", however, work together as "soldiers" to rescue themselves from their precarious situation.
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 Trading Places 1983 R, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Landis
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd, Don Ameche, Ralph Bellamy, Denholm Elliott, Paul Gleason, Jamie Lee Curtis, James Belushi, Al Franken, Frank Oz, Robert Curtis Brown, Giancarlo Esposito, Bill Cobbs, Bo Diddley, Philip Bosco
Just like in "The Prince and the Pauper," this movie goes with the premise of a rich man, Louis Winthorpe III (Dan Aykroyd)–this time, a Philadelphia commodity broker–changing places with a poor man, Billy Ray Valentine (Eddie Murphy), who is a con-artist. The Duke brothers–Randolph and Mortimer (Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche) make a bet on whether or not Louis will resort to crime when he loses his position in life. Throw in lots of good comedy, and you have a film worth watching.
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The Vault of Horror 1973 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Mystery / Thriller
aka: Tales from the Crypt, Part II
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Cast: Daniel Massey, Michael Craig, Curt Jurgens, Terry-Thomas, Tom Baker, Anna Massey, Edward Judd, Dawn Addams, Glynis Johns, Denholm Elliott, Terence Alexander, Robin Nedwell, Geoffrey Davies, John Forbes-Robertson, Ishaq Bux
Following the theme of the previous year's "Tales from the Crypt," five men are trapped in an office building vault, and each shares visions of his own death. The five short stories that result deal with a variety of horrors, but with black humor thrown in.
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 Watership Down 1978 PG, 92 min.
Genre: Animation / Adventure / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Martin Rosin
Cast: Zero Mostel, Ralph Richardson, John Hurt, Richard Briers, Roy Kinnear, Denholm Elliott, Harry Andrews, Nigel Hawthorne, Michael Hordern, John Bennett, Michael Graham Cox, Simon Cadell, Terence Rigby, Richard O'Callaghan, Lynn Farleigh
This animated film tells the story of rabbits fleeing the effects of humans on their habitats. While finding new homes, they are subjected to attacks from dogs, hawks, and other rabbits. Excellent score, and overall, cleverly made.
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Zulu Dawn 1979 PG, 115 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama
Director: Douglas Hickox
Cast: Burt Lancaster, John Mills, Peter O'Toole, Simon Ward, Nigel Davenport, Michael Jayston, Ronald Lacey, Denholm Elliott, Freddie Jones, Christopher Cazenove, Peter Vaughan, James Faulkner, Bob Hoskins, David Bradley, Paul Copley
When Gen. Lord Chelmsford (Peter O'Toole) sends in British troops to fight the South African Zulu tribes, Col. Anthony Dumford (Burt Lancaster) leads his men into the fatal Battle of Isandhlwaba where they are greatly outnumbered. During the bloody battle, 30,000 Zulu warriors kill 1,500 British troops. This movie shows the events that led up to the siege at Rorke's Drift in "Zulu" (1964) and again shows the hostility between the British and native South Africans.
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| 1. Alfie (1966)
2. The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974)
3. Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession (1980)
4. Bleak House (1985)
5. The Bourne Identity (1988)
6. The Boys from Brazil (1978)
7. A Bridge Too Far (1977)
8. Brimstone & Treacle (1982)
9. The Cruel Sea (1953)
10. Cuba (1979)
11. Defence of the Realm (1985)
12. A Doll's House (1973)
13. Game for Vultures (1979)
14. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983)
15. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)
16. The House That Dripped Blood (1970)
17. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
18. King Rat (1965)
19. Maurice (1987)
20. The Missionary (1982)
21. Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry (1986)
22. The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968)
23. Noises Off (1992)
24. Percy (1971)
25. Percy's Progress (1974)
aka: It's Not the Size That Counts
26. A Private Function (1985)
27. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
28. The Razor's Edge (1984)
29. Robin and Marian (1976)
30. A Room with a View (1986)
31. Saint Jack (1979)
32. The Sea Gull (1968)
33. September (1987)
34. The Sound Barrier (1952)
aka: Breaking the Sound Barrier
35. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1989)
36. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1968)
aka: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
37. Sunday Lovers (1980)
38. They Who Dare (1954)
39. To the Devil a Daughter (1976)
40. Too Late the Hero (1970)
aka: Suicide Run
41. Toy Soldiers (1991)
42. Trading Places (1983)
43. The Vault of Horror (1973)
aka: Tales from the Crypt, Part II
44. Watership Down (1978)
45. The Whoopee Boys (1986)
46. The Wicked Lady (1983)
47. Zulu Dawn (1979)
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