All This, and Heaven Too 1940  N/R, 121 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Anatole Litvak
Cast: Bette Davis, Charles Boyer, Jeffrey Lynn, Barbara O'Neil, Virginia Weidler, Walter Hampden, Harry Davenport, Fritz Leiber, Ann E. Todd, Montagu Love, Helen Westley, Henry Daniell, George Coulouris, June Lockhart, Janet Beecher
After falling in love with the governess (Bette Davis), the Duc de Praslin (Charles Boyer) murders his wife. More tragedy follows with the suicide of the Duc; but the governess still finds happiness in this classic tale set in Paris in the mid-1800s. Academy Award nominations included Best Picture and Supporting Actress (Barbara O'Neil).
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The Antichrist 1974  R, 96 min.
Genre: Foreign / Horror
aka: The Tempter
Director: Alberto De Martino
Cast: Carla Gravina, Mel Ferrer, Arthur Kennedy, George Coulouris, Alida Valli, Mario Scaccia, Umberto Orsini, Anita Strindberg, Remo Girone, Ernesto Colli
Paralyzed Ippolita (Carla Gravina) suffers mental problems after the death of her mother. Matters become worse when she is possessed by a burned-at-the-stake ancestor, and, as a result, her behavior becomes totally unacceptable. Will an exorcism help? Will it succeed? This "Exorcist" rip-off is also available in a poorly-dubbed version.
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Arabesque 1966 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Thriller / Romance
Director: Stanley Donen
Cast: Gregory Peck, Sophia Loren, Alan Badel, Kieron Moore, George Coulouris, Duncan Lamont, Ernest Clark, Carl Duering, John Merivale, Harold Kasket, Gordon Griffin, Malya Nappi, Robert Rowland, Larry Taylor, Windsor Davies
An American, David Pollock (Gregory Peck), is a professor of languages at Oxford University who translates a message in hieroglyphics. When Middle Eastern leaders, spies, and oil sheiks try to obtain the contents of the secret message, Pollack partners with Yasmin Azir (Sophia Loren), but her motives are questionable as Pollack is propelled into the world of international espionage.
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The Assassination Bureau 1969  PG, 106 min.
Genre: Action
aka: The Assassination Bureau Limited
Director: Basil Dearden
Cast: Oliver Reed, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas, Curt Jurgens, Philippe Noiret, Warren Mitchell, Beryl Reid, Clive Revill, Vernon Dobtcheff, Annabella Incontrera, Jess Conrad, George Coulouris
Based on a Jack London story, this film is set on the eve of World War I and involves a journalist (Diana Rigg) who offers money to the head of the Assassination Bureau (Oliver Reed) to target himself as the next victim.
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Between two Worlds 1944   N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edward A. Blatt
Cast: John Garfield, Paul Henreid, Sydney Greenstreet, Eleanor Parker, Edmund Gwenn, George Tobias, George Coulouris, Faye Emerson, Sara Allgood, Dennis King
In this updated remake of "Outward Bound" (1930), deceased passengers aboard a ship of the dead, "Limbo," are headed to either Heaven or Hell. But, before the destination for individual passengers can be determined, their life stories are revealed.
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Beyond Glory 1948 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Farrow
Cast: Alan Ladd, Donna Reed, George Macready, George Coulouris, Audie Murphy, Harold Vermilyea, Henry Travers, Luis Van Rooten, Tom Neal, Dick Hogan
Following his service in World War II, a West Point professor comes home and ends up on trial for misconduct. Audie Murphy's first film.
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Blood from the Mummy's Tomb 1971 PG, 94 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Seth Holt, Michael Carreras
Cast: Andrew Keir, Valerie Leon, James Villiers, Hugh Burden, George Coulouris, Mark Edwards, Rosalie Crutchley, Aubrey Morris, David Markham, Joan Young
Based on Bram Stoker's tale, "Jewel of the Seven Stars," this is a typical Hammer film–but the director, Seth Holt, died shortly before completion of the film. An archeologist (Andrew Keir) searches for, and finds, the tomb of a wicked Egyptian queen. The sarcophagus is taken to London where it is noted that the queen is perfectly preserved. His daughter now appears to have inherited the wicked traits of the queen, and revenge for defiling the tomb begins. Remade as "The Awakening."
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 California 1946 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Western
Director: John Farrow
Cast: Ray Milland, Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Fitzgerald, George Coulouris, Albert Dekker, Anthony Quinn, Frank Faylen, Julia Faye, Gavin Muir, Eduardo Ciannelli
An army deserter (Ray Milland) and a woman (Barbara Stanwyck) become embroiled in political disputes over the fight for California's statehood.
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 Citizen Kane 1941  N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Orson Welles
Cast: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead, Ruth Warrick, Everett Sloane, Alan Ladd, George Coulouris, Paul Stewart, Dorothy Comingore, Ray Collins, Erskine Sanford, William Alland, Fortunio Bonanova, Philip Van Zandt, Georgia Backus
This Orson Welles film is often voted the best film ever made; it also revolutionized filmmaking technology. When reporter Jerry Thompson (William Alland) searches for the meaning of Charles Foster Kane's (Orson Welles) last dying word, "Rosebud," the life of the arrogant newspaper magnate is told through the reminiscences of those who knew him. An Oscar was awarded for Best Original Screenplay, and eight nominations were received–including Best Picture, Actor (Welles), and Director.
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Confidentially Yours 1983 PG, 111 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Francois Truffaut
Cast: Fanny Ardant, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Philippe Laudenbach, Jean-Louis Richard, George Coulouris, Yann Dedet
Julien Vercel (Jean-Louis Trintignant) is accused of murdering his wife and her lover, but Vercel's secretary, Barbara Becker (Fanny Ardant), is convinced he is innocent and begins to investigate.
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Doctor in the House 1954 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ralph Thomas
Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Kenneth More, Kay Kendall, Muriel Pavlow, Donald Houston, Donald Sinden, James Robertson Justice, George Coulouris, Geoffrey Keen, Suzanne Cloutier
This comedy depicts the lighter side of medical school when students do not miss the virtues of beautiful women in spite of the rigorous routine of studies and practice.
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Fury at Smugglers Bay 1961 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: John Gilling
Cast: John Fraser, Peter Cushing, Bernard Lee, Michele Mercier, William Franklyn, George Coulouris, Liz Fraser, Miles Malleson, June Thorburn, Katherine Kath, Tommy Duggan, Christopher Carlos
Pirates, led by Black John (Bernard Lee), have been smuggling in and around Christopher's (John Fraser) 18th-century village, which is run by his constable father, Squire Trevenyan (Peter Cushing). It falls on Christopher's shoulders to enlist aid in fighting the pirates. He performs his duty, and the fighting begins–and ends with both Black John and Squire Trevenyan dead. Christopher becomes the new leader of the town.
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In the Cool of the Day 1963 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Stevens
Cast: Peter Finch, Jane Fonda, Angela Lansbury, Arthur Hill, Constance Cummings, Alexander Knox, Nigel Davenport, John Le Mesurier, George Coulouris, Alec McCowen
This is a dismal movie about two people trapped in loveless marriages who meet in Greece and discover each other.
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 Joan of Arc 1948 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Victor Fleming
Cast: Ingrid Bergman, George Coulouris, Gene Lockhart, Jose Ferrer, Leif Erickson, John Ireland, Ward Bond, Cecil Kellaway, Frank Puglia, Rand Brooks
Ingrid Bergman plays the title role of the young woman from Lorraine who helps the dauphin attain the throne and becomes a martyr in the process. Bergman received an Academy Award nomination, as did Jose Ferrer. The film also won three Oscars: Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, and an honorary award for distinguished service by Walter Wanger for producing this moral story.
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King of Kings 1961 N/R, 168 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nicholas Ray
Cast: Jeffrey Hunter, Siobhan McKenna, Robert Ryan, Hurd Hatfield, Harry Guardino, Rip Torn, Viveca Lindfors, Rita Gam, Royal Dano, George Coulouris, Orson Welles, Ron Randell, Carmen Sevilla, Brigid Bazlen, Frank Thring
Jeffrey Hunter plays the role of Jesus of Nazareth in this excellent and beautifully filmed story that is narrated by Orson Welles. Mary (Siobhan McKenna), Pontius Pilate (Hurd Hatfield), Judas (Rip Torn), and John the Baptist (Robert Ryan) are all there in this re-telling of Bible stories. One of the highlights is the Sermon on the Mount.
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 The Lady in Question 1940 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Vidor
Cast: Brian Aherne, Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, Irene Rich, George Coulouris, Lloyd Corrigan, Evelyn Keyes, Edward Norris, Curt Bois, Frank Reicher
Juror Andre Morestan (Brian Aherne) votes to acquit Natalie Roguin (Rita Hayworth) in a murder trial and becomes intimately involved in her life.
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Lady on a Train 1945 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles David
Cast: Deanna Durbin, Ralph Bellamy, Edward Everett Horton, David Bruce, George Coulouris, Allen Jenkins, Dan Duryea, Jacqueline deWit, Patricia Morison, Elizabeth Patterson, Samuel S. Hinds, William Frawley
As her train pulls into Grand Central Station, Nikki (Deanna Durbin) glimpses a murder being committed in a nearby building. She reports the crime, but the police won't listen. So, Nikki investigates and gets involved with the dead man's off-beat family.
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Land Raiders 1970  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Western
aka: The Day of the Landgrabbers
Director: Nathan Juran
Cast: Telly Savalas, George Maharis, Arlene Dahl, Janet Landgard, Jocelyn Lane, George Coulouris, Guy Rolfe, Phil Brown, Marcella Saint-Amant, Fernando Rey, Paul Picerni, Robert Carricart
Apache-hating Vince Carden (Telly Savalas) attempts to take over their land, and he even resorts to committing robberies and blaming it on the Apaches. With government agents trying to bring peace, Vince's problems mount when his estranged brother (George Maharis) arrives on the scene.
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The Long Good Friday 1980 R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Mackenzie
Cast: Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Eddie Constantine, Dave King, Bryan Marshall, Derek Thompson, Pierce Brosnan, George Coulouris, Paul Freeman, P.H. Moriarty, Daragh O'Malley, Alan Ford
In this good gangster film, London mob boss Harold Shand (Bob Hoskins) is fighting to keep power in his dangerous world when bombs explode in his Rolls Royce and the pub he owns. Then, a third bomb is discovered in his casino. It is Easter weekend, and Shand appears to be doomed because the IRA is behind the bombings, and he cannot defend himself against their terrorism.
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The Master Race 1944 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Herbert J. Biberman
Cast: George Coulouris, Stanley Ridges, Osa Massen, Carl Esmond, Nancy Gates, Lloyd Bridges, Jason Robards Sr., Morris Carnovsky, Eric Feldary, Gavin Muir
Nazi leader Von Beck (George Coulouris) pretends to be a Belgian patriot after D-Day, but his real purpose is to upset the programs of American Occupation.
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Mr. Skeffington 1944 N/R, 145 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Vincent Sherman
Cast: Bette Davis, Claude Rains, Richard Waring, Walter Abel, George Coulouris, Marjorie Riordan, Robert Shayne, John Alexander, Jerome Cowan, Charles Drake, Johnny Mitchell, Dorothy Peterson, Halliwell Hobbes, Peter Whitney, Bill Kennedy
Fanny Tullis (Bette Davis) marries banker Job Skeffington (Claude Rains) to save her brother Trippy (Richard Waring). Many trials and tribulations await as Fanny survives divorce, deceit, and a disaster. Davis received an Oscar Nomination for Best Actress and Claude Rains was nominated for Best Supporting Actor.
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Nobody Lives Forever 1946 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jean Negulesco
Cast: John Garfield, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Walter Brennan, Faye Emerson, George Coulouris, George Tobias, Robert Shayne, Richard Gaines, Richard Erdman, James Flavin
Nick Blake (John Garfield) is out to get Gladys Halvorsen's (Geraldine Fitzgerald) inheritance by seeking her love, but he falls in love with her in the process and mends his ways.
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None But the Lonely Heart 1944 N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Clifford Odets
Cast: Cary Grant, Ethel Barrymore, June Duprez, Barry Fitzgerald, Jane Wyatt, Dan Duryea, George Coulouris, Konstantin Shayne, Helen Thimig, Morton Lowry
For this film, Ethel Barrymore won the Oscar as Best Supporting Actress for her role of the dying mother whose son, Ernie Mott (Cary Grant), strives to help in her hour of need.
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Papillon 1973 PG, 132 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Drama
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Cast: Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory, Don Gordon, Anthony Zerbe, Robert Deman, Woodrow Parfrey, Bill Mumy, George Coulouris, Gregory Sierra, Ratna Assan, Val Avery, William Smithers, Vic Tayback, Mills Watson
The infamous French Guinea prison colony, Devil's Island, was an inhumane place on which to exist. One resident, Henri "Papillon" Charriere (Steve McQueen), claiming that he was falsely accused and convicted of murder, tries again and again to escape. After saving the life of fellow prisoner Louis Dega (Dustin Hoffman), Papillon receives help from Dega in his escape attempts. This film is based on the true story of his many escape attempts that finally culminate in his harrowing escape from Devil's Island.
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Private's Progress 1956 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Boulting
Cast: Richard Attenborough, Dennis Price, Terry-Thomas, Ian Carmichael, Peter Jones, William Hartnell, Ian Bannen, George Coulouris, Miles Malleson, Christopher Lee
Life in the British army is satirized in this delightful comedy–the British version of "No Time for Sergeants."
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A Race for Life 1954 N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
aka: Mask of Dust
Director: Terence Fisher
Cast: Richard Conte, Mari Aldon, George Coulouris, Peter Illing, Alec Mango, Meredith Edwards, James Copeland, Jeremy Hawk, Richard Marner, Edwin Richfield, Tim Turner, Stirling Moss
Once a world-class car racer, Peter Wells (Richard Conte) heads for Europe to make a comeback despite the fact that his wife Pat (Mari Aldon) objects to his plan and leaves him. But, when Peter enters the Grand Prix, Pat comes to the pits in support of Peter who ends up winning the race and then making a decision to give up car racing.
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The Ritz 1976 R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Lester
Cast: Jack Weston, Rita Moreno, Jerry Stiller, Kaye Ballard, F. Murray Abraham, Treat Williams, Bessie Love, John Ratzenberger, George Coulouris, Dave King, Paul B. Price, Tony De Santis
An interesting cast of talented stars contribute to this story about the experiences of Gaetano Proclo (Jack Weston) when he chooses a gay bath house, the Ritz, as the perfect place to hide from his brother-in-law Carmine Vespucci (Jerry Stiller) who has promised his dying father that he will "Get Proclo!"
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The Runaway Bus 1954 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Comedy / Mystery
Director: Val Guest
Cast: Frankie Howerd, Margaret Rutherford, Petula Clark, George Coulouris, Belinda Lee, Reginald Beckwith, Toke Townley, Terence Alexander, John Horsley, Marianne Stone, Stringer Davis, Lisa Gastoni, Frank Phillips, Sam Kydd, Michael Gwynn
Bus driver Percy Lamb (Frankie Howerd) is transporting passengers from foggy Heathrow airport to another airport. Unbeknownst to Percy, the perpetrator with a cache of stolen gold is on his bus, and to make matters worse, Percy and his passengers get lost in the fog.
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Shout at the Devil 1976 PG, 128 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Peter H. Hunt
Cast: Lee Marvin, Roger Moore, Barbara Parkins, Ian Holm, George Coulouris, Maurice Denham, Reinhard Kolldehoff, Horst Janson, Karl Michael Vogler, Jean Kent
An American, Flynn (Lee Marvin), and a British "gentleman," Sebastian (Roger Moore), join forces in an attempt to blow up a German battleship while they are searching for fortune in Africa. Lots of action.
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A Song to Remember 1945  N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Charles Vidor
Cast: Paul Muni, Merle Oberon, Cornel Wilde, Stephen Bekassy, Nina Foch, George Coulouris, Sig Arno, Howard Freeman, George Macready, Claire DuBrey
Frederic Chopin (Cornel Wilde) is the subject of this biography that includes his relationship with George Sand (Merle Oberon), whom Chopin meets in Paris and follows to Majorca where he dies of tuberculosis. Wilde was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of the famous Polish composer. 1 User Review
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| | Chopin music/life | Romanov 07/27/2007 | A passionate film of this composer portrayed beautrifully by Cornel Wilde.
A must for any Chopin lover. |
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A Southern Yankee 1948 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: My Hero
Director: Edward Sedgwick
Cast: Red Skelton, Brian Donlevy, Arlene Dahl, George Coulouris, Lloyd Gough, John Ireland, Minor Watson, Charles Dingle, Art Baker, Reed Hadley
Aubrey (Red Skelton) is a bumbling bellboy in Missouri who wants to be a spy for the Yankees in the Civil War. He gets his chance when he substitutes for a captured Southern spy. Skelton is hilarious.
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Surprise Package 1960 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Stanley Donen
Cast: Yul Brynner, Mitzi Gaynor, Bill Nagy, Lionel Burton, Barry Foster, Eric Pohlmann, Noel Coward, George Coulouris, Warren Mitchell, Lyndon Brook
Based on Art Buchwald's novel, this is an amusing comedy about exiled mobster Nico March (Yul Brynner) who is deported to Greece where he meets King Pavel II (Noel Coward) and plans to get his hands on the royal jewels.
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Tower of Evil 1972  R, 86 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Beyond the Fog
Horror of Snape Island
Director: James P. O'Connolly
Cast: Bryant Haliday, Jill Haworth, Anna Palk, Jack Watson, Mark Edwards, Derek Fowlds, Dennis Price, John Hamill, Candace Glendenning, George Coulouris, Robin Askwith, Seretta Wilson
Archeologists search for an old Phoenician treasure on Snape Island where it was rumored that a woman had gone mad and killed her companion. One-by-one, team members are brutally murdered, and the trail leads to an old lighthouse. A substantial amount of gore and some nudity.
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The Verdict 1946 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Don Siegel
Cast: Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Joan Lorring, George Coulouris, Rosalind Ivan, Paul Cavanagh, Arthur Shields, Morton Lowry, Holmes Herbert, Ian Wolfe
Superintendent Grodman (Sydney Greenstreet) and Victor Emmric (Peter Lorre) work to clear the name of a man who the obnoxious Scotland Yard Investigator Buckley (George Coulouris) has railroaded through the court system in his zest to solve a murder. This all began as a plot to teach Buckley a lesson, but the matter quickly gets out of hand.
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Watch on the Rhine 1943 N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Herman Schumlin
Cast: Paul Lukas, Bette Davis, Lucile Watson, Donald Woods, George Coulouris, Henry Daniell, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Beulah Bondi, Helmut Dantine, Mary Young, Anthony Caruso, Clyde Fillmore, Erwin Kalser, Kurt Katch, Clarence Muse
This powerful film, made during the height of Hitler's terror, is about an anti-Nazi, underground worker (Paul Lukas) and his wife (Bette Davis) who, while visiting in America, find that their lives are in danger. This is a good film adaptation of Lillian Hellman's play. Lukas won the Best Actor Oscar and nominations were received for Best Picture, Supporting Actress (Lucile Watson), and Writing-Screenplay (Dashiell Hammett).
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Where There's Life 1947 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Cast: Bob Hope, Signe Hasso, William Bendix, George Coulouris, Vera Marshe, George Zucco, Dennis Hoey, John Alexander, Victor Varconi, Joseph Vitale
When a radio star (Bob Hope) thinks he is named the heir to a mythical throne, he pulls out all stops to evade a meeting with those who are carrying the news to him.
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The Woman Eater 1959 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Charles Sanders
Cast: George Coulouris, Vera Day, Jimmy Vaughn, Peter Wayn, Joyce Gregg, Sara Leighton, Robert MacKenzie, Norman Claridge, Marpessa Dawn, Harry Ross
Mad Doctor Moran (George Coulouris) brings a carnivorous plant/tree back home from the Amazon Jungle and keeps it happy by feeding it women. His goal: develop a serum that brings the dead back to life.
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| 1. All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
2. The Antichrist (1974)
aka: The Tempter
3. Arabesque (1966)
4. The Assassination Bureau (1969)
aka: The Assassination Bureau Limited
5. Between two Worlds (1944)
6. Beyond Glory (1948)
7. Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (1971)
8. California (1946)
9. Citizen Kane (1941)
10. Confidentially Yours (1983)
11. Doctor in the House (1954)
12. Fury at Smugglers Bay (1961)
13. In the Cool of the Day (1963)
14. Joan of Arc (1948)
15. Kill Me Tomorrow (1957)
16. King of Kings (1961)
17. The Lady in Question (1940)
18. Lady on a Train (1945)
19. Land Raiders (1970)
aka: The Day of the Landgrabbers
20. The Long Good Friday (1980)
21. The Master Race (1944)
22. Mr. Skeffington (1944)
23. Nobody Lives Forever (1946)
24. None But the Lonely Heart (1944)
25. Papillon (1973)
26. Percy's Progress (1974)
aka: It's Not the Size That Counts
27. Private's Progress (1956)
28. A Race for Life (1954)
aka: Mask of Dust
29. The Ritz (1976)
30. The Runaway Bus (1954)
31. Shout at the Devil (1976)
32. A Song to Remember (1945)
33. A Southern Yankee (1948)
aka: My Hero
34. Surprise Package (1960)
35. Tarzan and the Lost Safari (1957)
36. Tower of Evil (1972)
aka: Beyond the Fog
aka: Horror of Snape Island
37. The Verdict (1946)
38. Watch on the Rhine (1943)
39. Where There's Life (1947)
40. The Woman Eater (1959)
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