Arabian Knight 1995  G, 80 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Fantasy
aka: The Princess and the Cobbler
The Thief and the Cobbler
Director: Richard Williams
Cast: Vincent Price, Anthony Quayle, Hilary Pritcher, Sean Connery, Windsor Davies, Donald Pleasence, Clinton Sundberg, Paul Matthews, Joan Sims, Felix Aylmer, Dermot Walsh, Miriam Margolyes, Joss Ackland, Eddie Byrne
Based on "The Thief of Baghdad," this animated story involves the perilous adventures of a poor cobbler, Tack (Sean Connery), who upsets master vizier Zigzag (voice of Vincent Price) and is sentenced to be executed. But, after King Nod's (Anthony Quayle) daughter, Princess Yum Yum (Hilary Pritcher), takes a liking to him, his execution is stayed and he joins the princess on a quest to save the kingdom. Work on this animated film began in 1968 but was not released 25 years later.
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The Challenge 1960  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: It Takes a Thief
Director: John Gilling
Cast: Jayne Mansfield, Anthony Quayle, Carl Mohner, Peter Reynolds, Barbara Mullen, Robert Brown, Dermot Walsh, Edward Judd, Patrick Holt, John Stratton, John Bennett, Percy Herbert
Billy (Jayne Mansfield) leads a gang of thieves. During one heist, Jim (Anthony Quayle) is captured after he hides the loot, and Jim serves his time leaving the gang without the money. When Jim is released, the gang kidnaps Jim's child to hold for ransom and retrieve the cash.
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The Flesh and the Fiends 1959  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: The Fiendish Ghouls
Mania
Psycho Killers
Director: John Gilling
Cast: Peter Cushing, June Laverick, Donald Pleasence, George Rose, Renee Houston, Dermot Walsh, Billie Whitelaw, John Cairney, Melvyn Hayes, June Powell
Dr. Knox (Peter Cushing) requires cadavers for his research, and the corpse suppliers resort to killing the locals to provide the needed bodies. Things get sticky when the good doctor's girlfriend shows up as a specimen. A good tale, though some gory parts–a few of which have been deleted in the various rereleases.
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The Tell-Tale Heart 1960 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: The Hidden Room of 1,000 Horrors
Director: Ernest Morris
Cast: Laurence Payne, Adrienne Corri, Dermot Walsh, Selma Vaz Diaz, John Scott, John Martin, Annette Carell, Yvonne Buckingham, David Lander, Rosemary Rotheray, Suzanne Fuller, Frank Thornton, David Courtney, Elizabeth Paget, Joan Peart
Jealousy over his friend Carl's (Dermot Walsh) relationship with Edgar's (Laurence Payne) girlfriend Betty (Adrienne Corri) leads to Edgar killing Carl and burying him under the floor boards of his house. Later that night, Edgar hears the unmistakable sound of Carl's beating heart in this adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe's tale.
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| 1. Arabian Knight (1995)
aka: The Princess and the Cobbler
aka: The Thief and the Cobbler
2. The Challenge (1960)
aka: It Takes a Thief
3. The Flesh and the Fiends (1959)
aka: The Fiendish Ghouls
aka: Mania
aka: Psycho Killers
4. The Tell-Tale Heart (1960)
aka: The Hidden Room of 1,000 Horrors
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