The Fall of the Roman Empire 1964  N/R, 175 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Anthony Mann
Cast: Alec Guinness, Sophia Loren, Stephen Boyd, James Mason, Christopher Plummer, Anthony Quayle, John Ireland, Mel Ferrer, Omar Sharif, Eric Porter, Finlay Currie, Andrew Keir, Douglas Wilmer, George Murcell, Norman Wooland
Marcus Aurelius (Alec Guinness) rules the Roman Empire and tells his daughter Lucilla (Sophia Loren) that he has chosen his adopted son Livius (Stephen Boyd) to inherit the throne instead of the legal heir Commodus (Christopher Plummer). After Marcus Aurelius is murdered, Commodus claims the throne. Lucilla wants Livius to claim the throne, but her pleas to him fall on deaf ears. Meanwhile, Commodus is wreaking havoc and murdering anyone who poses a threat to his rule. Now he sees Lucilla as a threat and orders her death. This time, Livius does come to her rescue, slays Commodus, and brings an end to his evil rule.
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Hennessy 1975  PG, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Don Sharp
Cast: Rod Steiger, Lee Remick, Richard Johnson, Trevor Howard, Eric Porter, Peter Egan, Ian Hogg, John Hallam, Patrick Stewart
An Irish Republican Army officer, Hennessy (Rod Steiger), plots to assassinate the Royal family while avenging the death of his own family members.
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The Heroes of Telemark 1965  N/R, 131 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Anthony Mann
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Richard Harris, Ulla Jacobsson, Michael Redgrave, David Weston, Karel Stepanek, Alan Howard, Roy Dotrice, Anton Diffring, Eric Porter
This story is based on the true World War II event involving nine Norwegian commandos who try to blow up a Nazi factory doing nuclear research.
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Hitler: The Last Ten Days 1973 PG, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ennio DeCancini
Cast: Alec Guinness, Adolfo Celi, Simon Ward, Diane Cilento, Gabriele Ferzetti, Eric Porter, Doris Kunstmann, Joss Ackland, John Bennett, Barbara Jefford
Set at the end of World War II, Hitler (Alec Guinness) is hidden away in his bunker with while his dreams of the Third Reich fall apart as the Allies close in.
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Kaleidoscope 1966 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: The Bank Breaker
Director: Jack Smight
Cast: Warren Beatty, Susannah York, Clive Revill, Eric Porter, Murray Melvin, George Sewell, Stanley Meadows, John Junkin, Larry Taylor, Jane Birkin, Yootha Joyce, George Murcell
When a gambler marks cards so he can win at the casinos, his plans go awry because his new lover also just happens to be the daughter of a Scotland Yard inspector.
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The Lost Continent 1968  G, 89 min.
Genre: Adventure / Sci-Fi
Director: Michael Carreras
Cast: Eric Porter, Hildegarde Neff, Suzanna Leigh, Tony Beckley, Nigel Stock, Neil McCallum, Ben Carruthers, Jimmy Hanley, James Cossins, Dana Gillespie, Victor Maddern, Reg Lye
A freighter leaves port with creepy passengers holding secrets and with a cargo of deadly explosives that react with water. During a storm, the ship takes on water, and the ship must be abandoned before it explodes. The boatload of people land on a mysterious island in the Sargasso Sea where killer seaweed and bizarre creatures await them–including Spanish conquistadors who have been battling for hundreds of years.
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Oliver Twist 1985 TV, 330 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gareth Davies
Cast: Ben Rodska, Eric Porter, Frank Middlemass, Scott Funnell, Lysette Anthony, Amanda Harris, Michael Attwell, Godfrey James, Brian Badcoe, Norman Rutherford, June Brown, Keith Campbell, Nicholas Bond-Owen, David King, David Garlick
This is an enjoyable British TV miniseries based on Charles Dickens' tale about the experiences of street urchin Oliver (Ben Rodska). The evil Fagin (Eric Porter) tutors Oliver in the art of pickpocketing, and Oliver starts working the streets–until he finds out that he is entitled to a large inheritance.
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The Pumpkin Eater 1964 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jack Clayton
Cast: Anne Bancroft, Peter Finch, James Mason, Janine Gray, Maggie Smith, Cedric Hardwicke, Eric Porter, Alan Webb, Richard Johnson, Anthony Nicholls, Rosalind Atkinson, Cyril Luckham, John Franklyn-Robbins, John Junkin
Jo Armitage (Anne Bancroft) is a weary mother of eight children whose life is made even unhappier when she learns of her husband's (Peter Finch) philandering ways. Bancroft was nominated for an Oscar.
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The Thirty-Nine Steps 1978 PG, 102 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Don Sharp
Cast: Robert Powell, David Warner, Eric Porter, Karen Dotrice, John Mills, George Baker, Ronald Pickup, Andrew Keir, Robert Flemyng, Timothy West
In this, the second remake (Alfred Hitchcock made the classic version), Richard Hannay (Robert Powell) and Appleton (David Warner) evade espionage agents during World War I.
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Why Didn't They Ask Evans? 1980 TV, 180 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: John Davies, Tony Wharmby
Cast: Francesca Annis, John Gielgud, James Warwick, Bernard Miles, Eric Porter, Leigh Lawson, Madeline Smith, Robert Longden, Connie Booth, Doris Hare, Joan Hickson
Based on the Agatha Christie novel, this complicated, made-for-TV film is long and, at times, hard to follow the convoluted plot. With some humor thrown in, it follows Lady Frances Derwent (Francesca Annis) and Bobby Jones (James Warwick) as they solve the mystery.
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| 1. Antony and Cleopatra (1972)
2. The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
3. Hennessy (1975)
4. The Heroes of Telemark (1965)
5. Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973)
6. Kaleidoscope (1966)
aka: The Bank Breaker
7. Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980)
8. The Lost Continent (1968)
9. Oliver Twist (1985)
10. The Pumpkin Eater (1964)
11. The Thirty-Nine Steps (1978)
12. Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (1980)
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