11 Harrowhouse 1974  PG, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
aka: Anything for Love
Fast Fortune
Director: Aram Avakian
Cast: Charles Grodin, Candice Bergen, John Gielgud, Trevor Howard, James Mason, Helen Cherry, Peter Vaughan, Jack Watson, Leon Greene, Jack Watling, Cyril Shaps, Clive Morton, Larry Cross, Glynn Edwards, John Bindon
In this spoof on heist films, millionaire Clyde Massey (Trevor Howard) hires a dealer in diamonds, Howard R. Chesser (Charles Grodin), to rob a London diamond exchange owned by Meecham (John Gielgud). Chesser, his girlfriend Maren Shirell (Candice Bergen), and Charles D. Watts (James Mason) suck the diamonds through the wiring system and perform a successful heist. When Massey, who wants the diamonds for himself, sends his henchmen to retrieve the diamonds, a chase ensues, but the robbers manage to escape.
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Get Carter 1971  R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama / Action / Thriller
aka: Get Smart
Director: Mike Hodges
Cast: Michael Caine, Ian Hendry, Britt Ekland, John Osborne, Tony Beckley, George Sewell, Geraldine Moffat, Dorothy White, Rosemarie Dunham, Alun Armstrong, Petra Markham, Bryan Mosley, Terence Rigby, Glynn Edwards, Bernard Hepton
London mobster Jack Carter (Michael Caine) heads to Newcastle to arrange for his brother's funeral. It soon becomes evident that the brother was murdered, and the ruthless Carter sets out for revenge in the underworld of Newcastle. Remade the following year (under the title "Hit Man") and again in 2000 (in which Michael Caine had a small part).
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Under Milk Wood 1971  PG, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Andrew Sinclair
Cast: Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter O'Toole, Glynis Johns, Sian Phillips, Vivien Merchant, Victor Spinetti, Ann Beach, Angharad Rees, Ray Smith, Michael Forest, Glynn Edwards
This film adaptation of the Dylan Thomas play involves residents of a Welsh coastal village in stories told by blind, retired mariner, Captain Cat (Peter O'Toole). He recalls the lives of drowned shipmates, other residents of his town of Llareggub, and the love of his life who happened to be a prostitute (Elizabeth Taylor).
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Zulu 1964 N/R, 139 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Drama
Director: Cy Endfield
Cast: Jack Hawkins, Stanley Baker, Michael Caine, Nigel Green, James Booth, Ulla Jacobsson, Patrick Magee, Richard Burton, Ivor Emmanuel, Paul Daneman, Glynn Edwards, Neil McCarthy, David Kernan, Gary Bond, Peter Gill
An army of 4,000 Zulu warriors in South Africa during the 19th century lay siege on a British garrison at Rorke's Drift. A missionary, Otto Witt (Jack Hawkins), warns that Zulu warriors have massacred another British army force, but Lt. John Chard (Stanley Baker) will not give up. He orders his troops to fight the warriors–despite his second-in-command Lt. Gonville Bromhead (Michael Caine) arguing that they should abandon the military post. A great battle scene takes up much of the second half of the movie.
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| 1. 11 Harrowhouse (1974)
aka: Anything for Love
aka: Fast Fortune
2. Get Carter (1971)
aka: Get Smart
3. Under Milk Wood (1971)
4. Zulu (1964)
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