Captain Clegg 1962  N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Adventure
aka: Night Creatures
Director: Peter Graham Scott
Cast: Peter Cushing, Yvonne Romain, Patrick Allen, Oliver Reed, Michael Ripper, Martin Benson, David Lodge, Derek Francis, Daphne Anderson, Milton Reid, Jack MacGowran, Sydney Bromley, Terry Scully, Peter Halliday, Rupert Osborne
A pirate, Capt. Clegg (Peter Cushing), disguises himself as the reverend Dr. Blyss and still carries out his smuggling activities. When the Royal Crown sends in Capt. Collier (Patrick Allen) and his crew to investigate, Collier suspects that Blyss is hiding something. But the ensuing investigation is made difficult when they encounter ghostlike creatures and eerie lights in the swamps.
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Crossplot 1969  PG-13, 97 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Alvin Rakoff
Cast: Roger Moore, Martha Hyer, Alexis Kanner, Claudie Lange, Francis Matthews, Bernard Lee, Derek Francis, Ursula Howells, Dudley Sutton, Mona Bruce, Veronica Carlson, Tim Preece
Unknown to advertising executive Gary Fenn (Roger Moore), the beautiful model (Martha Hyer) he has hired will draw him into an assassination plot against a visiting African statesman. When Fenn saves the statesman by decoding a message, the film's title becomes clear.
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 Great Expectations 1981 TV, 300 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Julian Amyes
Cast: Gerry Sundquist, Derek Francis, Joan Hickson, Patsy Kensit, Colin Jeavons, Stratford Johns, Phillip Joseph, Graham McGrath, Tim Munro, John Stratton, Christine Absalom, Sarah-Jane Varley
This offering from the BBC TV miniseries focuses on the life and times of humble Pip (Graham McGrath as young Pip and Gerry Sundquist as older Pip) who dreams of grandeur and finds when he grows up that an unknown benefactor (Stratford Johns) has bestowed a fortune on him enabling him to become a gentleman in the Victorian world of the social elite.
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Rasputin, the Mad Monk 1966 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Don Sharp
Cast: Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley, Richard Pasco, Francis Matthews, Suzan Farmer, Dinsdale Landen, Renee Asherson, Derek Francis, Joss Ackland, Robert Duncan, Alan Tilvern, John Welsh, John Bailey, Bartlett Mullins, Fiona Hartford
This somewhat historical account begins with the mesmerizing monk, Rasputin (Christopher Lee), being expelled from the monastery. The story continues through his entry into the Russian court where he gains the confidence of the Tsarina (Renee Asherson) through whom he pursues evil plans to undermine the country's power structure.
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Scrooge 1970 G, 118 min.
Genre: Family / Musical / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Ronald Neame
Cast: Albert Finney, Alec Guinness, Edith Evans, Kenneth More, Michael Medwin, Kay Walsh, Laurence Naismith, Anton Rodgers, David Collings, Roy Kinnear, Paddy Stone, Frances Cuka, Derek Francis, Gordon Jackson, Suzanne Neve
In this musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," Albert Finney stars in the title role as Scrooge. The Ghosts of Christmas Past (Edith Evans), Present (Kenneth More), and Yet to Come (Paddy Stone) guide Scrooge on his moral journey, and Alec Guinness appears as Marley's Ghost. The film received an Oscar nomination for Best Song ("Thank You Very Much").
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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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The Tomb of Ligeia 1965 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Tomb of the Cat
Director: Roger Corman
Cast: Vincent Price, Elizabeth Shepherd, John Westbrook, Derek Francis, Oliver Johnston, Richard Vernon, Frank Thornton, Ronald Adam, Denis Gilmore, Penelope Lee
Verden (Vincent Price) always wears black as he continues to mourn his long-dead wife. He finally remarries a dead-ringer for his first wife and soon becomes convinced she, as well as a black cat, is possessed by his dead wife's evil spirit. Disaster follows.
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| 1. Captain Clegg (1962)
aka: Night Creatures
2. Crossplot (1969)
3. Great Expectations (1981)
4. Rasputin, the Mad Monk (1966)
5. Scrooge (1970)
6. To the Devil a Daughter (1976)
7. The Tomb of Ligeia (1965)
aka: Tomb of the Cat
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