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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Devils of Darkness 1965  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Horror
Director: Lance Comfort
Cast: William Sylvester, Hubert Noel, Tracy Reed, Carol Gray, Diana Decker, Rona Anderson, Peter Illing, Gerard Heinz, Brian Oulton, Walter Brown, Eddie Byrne, Victor Brooks, Marie Burke, Avril Angers, Geoffrey Kenion
English gentleman Paul Baxter (William Sylvester) heads to Brittany for a little rest and relaxation. But that doesn't happen because he comes across a satanic cult, led by dapper Frenchman Arman (Hubert Noel), a vampire. The cult requires human sacrifices, and after two tourists are killed and another woman, Karin (Tracy Reed), is kidnapped by the cult, Baxter takes matters into his own hands. He exposes the monster Arman and frees Karin. Then, Arman wanders through a cemetery and trips on a cross that kills him.
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Guns in the Heather 1968 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Family
aka: Spy Busters
The Secret of Boyne Castle
Director: Robert Butler
Cast: Glenn Corbett, Alfred Burke, Kurt Russell, Patrick Dawson, Patrick Barr, Hugh McDermott, Patrick Westwood, Eddie Byrne, Godfrey Quigley, Kevin Stoney
Rich (Kurt Russell) is an American exchange student in Ireland; he and his friend Sean (Patrick Dawson) get involved with a defecting Russian scientist. Disney fare that was made in the U.K. and shown there before being aired in the U.S. in installments on "Wonderful World of Disney."
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Lady Godiva Rides Again 1951 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank Launder
Cast: Dennis Price, John McCallum, Stanley Holloway, Pauline Stroud, Gladys Henson, Bernadette O'Farrell, George Cole, Diana Dors, Eddie Byrne, Kay Kendall, Renee Houston, Joan Collins, Sid James, Tommy Duggan, Dana Wynter
Waitress Marjorie Clark (Pauline Stroud) enters a national beauty contest and wins money and a movie contract in London. But, Marjorie has no acting talents and ends up performing nude on the stage–until her boyfriend Larry (John McCallum) makes her promise to leave the show business world and settle down in the domestic world with him.
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The Mark 1961  N/R, 127 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Guy Green
Cast: Stuart Whitman, Maria Schell, Rod Steiger, Donald Wolfit, Brenda De Banzie, Paul Rogers, Maurice Denham, Eddie Byrne, Donald Houston, John Welsh
A former child molester, Jim Fuller (Stuart Whitman), is released from prison and undergoes treatment from a psychiatrist (Rod Steiger) who helps him learn that, for him, falling in love with Ruth (Maria Schell) does NOT erase the past. Whitman was nominated for an Oscar.
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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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Mutiny on the Bounty 1962 N/R, 179 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Romance
Director: Lewis Milestone
Cast: Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard, Richard Harris, Hugh Griffith, Richard Haydn, Percy Herbert, Noel Purcell, Gordon Jackson, Duncan Lamont, Chips Rafferty, Tarita, Ashley Cowan, Eddie Byrne, Tim Seely, Frank Silvera
This second filming of "Mutiny on the Bounty" stars Trevor Howard as the overly strict and cruel Captain Bligh who sails the H.M.S. Bounty from Portsmouth England to the South Pacific where the crew enjoys the paradise of Tahiti. The rest of the trip proves to be anything but a paradise when First Mate Fletcher Christian (Marlon Brando) leads the Bounty crew in mutiny. Excellent scenery and music. Seven Academy Award nominations were received, including Best Picture.
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Odd Man Out 1947  N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Carol Reed
Cast: James Mason, Kathleen Ryan, Robert Beatty, Denis O'Dea, Robert Newton, Dan O'Herlihy, William Hartnell, Fay Compton, Cyril Cusack, Eddie Byrne, Kitty Kirwan, Joseph Tomelty, Guy Rolfe, Geoffrey Keen
After breaking out of jail, IRA leader Johnny McQueen (James Mason) needs money to support his cause. He robs a bank but is wounded during the robbery, and he now finds himself trying to elude the police as he staggers through the back alleys of Belfast. Other IRA operatives and Johnny's girlfriend Kathleen (Kathleen Ryan) struggle to find him before it is too late, but sanctuary eludes him, and the police close in.
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The Running Man 1963 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Carol Reed
Cast: Laurence Harvey, Lee Remick, Alan Bates, Felix Aylmer, Eleanor Summerfield, Allan Cuthbertson, Harold Goldblatt, Fernando Rey, Fortunio Bonanova, Noel Purcell, Ramsay Ames, Juanjo Menendez, Eddie Byrne, Colin Gordon, John Meillon
Rex and Stella Black (Laurence Harvey and Lee Remick) are on the run after Rex fakes his death to collect insurance money. BUT–Steve Maddox (Alan Bates), the insurance investigator, smells something amiss, and he's on their trail.
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The Scapegoat 1959 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Robert Hamer
Cast: Alec Guinness, Bette Davis, Nicole Maurey, Irene Worth, Pamela Brown, Geoffrey Keen, Peter Bull, Leslie French, Alan Webb, Eddie Byrne
John Barratt (Alec Guinness) is an Englishman on holiday in Paris when Jacque De Gue (also Alec Guinness), who looks exactly like Barratt, murders his wife and uses Barratt as the fall guy.
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Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope 1977   PG, 121 min.
Genre: Family / Sci-Fi / Action / Adventure / Fantasy
aka: Star Wars
Director: George Lucas
Cast: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness, Peter Cushing, James Earl Jones, Kenny(2) Baker, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, David Prowse, Phil Brown, Shelagh Fraser, Eddie Byrne, Alex McCrindle, Jack Purvis
This is the great science fiction movie in which Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) acquires the plans for the evil Empire's weapon Death Star commanded by Grand Moff Tarkin (Peter Cushing) and his masked aide Darth Vader (David Prowse). Mark Hamill plays boy hero Luke Skywalker who, under the guidance of Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness), comes to the rescue. The mission is enhanced by a pair of robots–R2-D2 and C-3PO (Kenny Baker and Anthony Daniels)–along with Han Solo (Harrison Ford). The film won seven Oscars and was nominated for Best Picture, Director, Supporting Actor (Guinness), and Writing.
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Three Cases of Murder 1954 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Wendy Toye
Cast: Alan Badel, Hugh Pryse, Eddie Byrne, John Gregson, Elizabeth Sellars, Orson Welles, Leueen MacGrath, Jack Lambert, Helen Cherry, Andre Morell
This film is made up of a trio of murder stories and provides good fare for mystery fans.
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| 1. Arabian Knight (1995)
aka: The Princess and the Cobbler
aka: The Thief and the Cobbler
2. Devils of Darkness (1965)
3. Guns in the Heather (1968)
aka: Spy Busters
aka: The Secret of Boyne Castle
4. Island of Terror (1966)
5. Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951)
6. The Mark (1961)
7. The Mummy (1959)
8. Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
9. Odd Man Out (1947)
10. The Running Man (1963)
11. The Scapegoat (1959)
12. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
aka: Star Wars
13. Three Cases of Murder (1954)
14. Trouble in the Glen (1953)
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