The Colditz Story 1955  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Guy Hamilton
Cast: John Mills, Eric Portman, Christopher Rhodes, Lionel Jeffries, Bryan Forbes, Ian Carmichael, Richard Wattis, David Yates, Frederick Valk, Denis Shaw, Anton Diffring, Eugene Deckers
During World War II, Germany used "escape proof" Colditz Castle to imprison the Allied officers who tried to escape from conventional camps. This is the true story of Maj. P.R. "Pat" Reid (John Mills) about his successful attempt to escape from Colditz through a subterranean tunnel.
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The Man Who Could Cheat Death 1959 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller / Sci-Fi
Director: Terence Fisher
Cast: Anton Diffring, Hazel Court, Christopher Lee, Arnold Marle, Delphi Lawrence, Francis De Wolff, Michael Ripper, Ronald Adam, Gerda Larsen, Middleton Woods, Denis Shaw, Ian Hewitson, Frederick Rawlings, Charles Lloyd Pack, Marie Burke
In this remake of "The Man in Half Moon Street" (1944), Dr. Georges Bonnet (Anton Diffring) uses transplant surgeries involving the removal of a gland from living victims who die during the surgery. The surgeries have stopped Georges' aging, and, although he is 104-years old, he appears to others as a 35-year-old man. Now, his obsession with Janine (Hazel Court) who has fallen for his aide Dr. Pierre Gerrard (Christopher Lee) will lead to Georges' ultimate undoing.
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 The Misfits 1961  N/R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Huston
Cast: Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift, Thelma Ritter, Eli Wallach, Kevin McCarthy, James Barton, Estelle Winwood, Denis Shaw, Marietta Tree
A new divorcee, Roslyn Tabor (Marilyn Monroe), befriends some cowboys and falls in love with one of them–Gay Langland (Clark Gable)–in this story written by Monroe's husband, Arthur Miller. Gable's and Monroe's last film.
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 The Mummy 1959 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Terence Fisher
Cast: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Yvonne Furneaux, Eddie Byrne, Felix Aylmer, Raymond Huntley, Michael Ripper, George Pastell, John Stuart, Harold Goodwin, George Woodbridge, Denis Shaw, Gerald Lawson, Willoughby Gray, David Browning
This is a good remake of the 1932 original Boris Karloff film. The story is about an archaeological dig during which British archaeologist John Banning (Peter Cushing) desecrates the tomb of Princess Ananka (Yvonne Furneaux) and awakens Ananka's lover Kharis (Christopher Lee) who was buried with her. Kharis, the Mummy, returns to life and follows Banning back to England to seek revenge. Dire consequences ensue when Kharis finds that Banning's wife (also played by Furneaux) very closely resembles Ananka.
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The Viking Queen 1967  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Don Chaffey
Cast: Don Murray, Carita, Donald Houston, Andrew Keir, Adrienne Corri, Niall MacGinnis, Wilfrid Lawson, Nicola Pagett, Percy Herbert, Patrick Troughton, Sean Caffrey, Denis Shaw
In the first century, Queen Salina (Carita) rules the native Britons after the death of her father, King Priam. She honors his deathbed wish that she share her rule with Roman Governor Justinian (Don Murray) in order to maintain peace. All goes well–until Justinian and Salina fall in love, and enemies on both sides come to the fore.
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Who Done It? 1956  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Basil Dearden
Cast: Benny Hill, Belinda Lee, David Kossoff, Garry Marsh, George Margo, Ernest Thesiger, Denis Shaw, Frederick Schiller, Thorley Walters, Nicholas Phipps, Gibb McLaughlin, Ernest Jay
Popular British TV comedian Benny Hill makes his screen debut playing the role of Hugo, an ice-rink sweeper, who wins money in a contest. His ambition to become a detective is fulfilled when he uses the money to open a detective agency. But he gets more than he bargained for when he quickly gets involved in an assassination plot. For Benny Hill fans only.
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| 1. The Colditz Story (1955)
2. The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959)
3. The Misfits (1961)
4. The Mummy (1959)
5. The Viking Queen (1967)
6. Who Done It? (1956)
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