The Angry Silence 1960  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Guy Green
Cast: Richard Attenborough, Pier Angeli, Michael Craig, Bernard Lee, Geoffrey Keen, Oliver Reed, Alfred Burke, Laurence Naismith, Russell Napier, Penelope Horner
This film represents the beginning of lack of solidarity in unions as Tom Curtis (Richard Attenborough) refuses to join an unofficial strike in his machine shop and becomes the victim of assaults–both mental and physical.
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Diamond Head 1962  N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Guy Green
Cast: Charlton Heston, Yvette Mimieux, George Chakiris, France Nuyen, James Darren, Elizabeth Allen, Philip Ahn, Aline MacMahon, Harold Fong, Vaughn Taylor
Richard Howland (Charlton Heston) is the powerful owner of a Hawaiian pineapple plantation whose racial prejudice almost ruins his family when he refuses to give his blessing to the marriage of his daughter, Sloan (Yvette Mimieux), and a Hawaiian, Paul Kahana (James Darren).
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Light in the Piazza 1962 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Guy Green
Cast: Olivia de Havilland, Rossano Brazzi, Yvette Mimieux, George Hamilton, Barry Sullivan, Isabel Dean, Moultrie Kelsall, Robert Rietty
Margaret Johnson (Olivia de Havilland) tries to arrange a marriage for her daughter, Clara (Yvette Mimieux) who, following an accident, has the mentality of a young girl. As events proceed, Margaret has second thoughts about the approaching marriage. Well-made soap.
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Luther 1973  PG, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Guy Green
Cast: Stacy Keach, Patrick Magee, Hugh Griffith, Robert Stephens, Alan Badel, Judi Dench, Julian Glover, Leonard Rossiter, Maurice Denham, Peter Cellier, Thomas Heathcote, Malcolm Stoddard
John Osborne's play is adapted to the screen in this biography of 16th-century religious leader Martin Luther (Stacy Keach). The story covers Luther's growing issues with the Catholic Church and his decision to lead the Reformation movement.
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The Magus 1968 N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama / Fantasy
Director: Guy Green
Cast: Michael Caine, Anthony Quinn, Candice Bergen, Anna Karina, Paul Stassino, Julian Glover, Takis Emmanuel, George Pastell, Daniele Noel, Jerome Willis, Ethel Farrugia, Andreas Malandrinos, Anthony Newlands, Corin Redgrave
Based on John Fowles' novel, this is the story of English teacher Nicholas Urfe (Michael Caine) and his strange odyssey on a Greek isle. Nicholas accepts a professorship on the isle of Phravous and meets the mysterious Conchis (Anthony Quinn) and his lover Lily (Candice Bergen). Nicholas is attracted to Lily, but when his ex-girlfriend Anne (Anna Karina) comes to the isle to visit him, they begin their affair anew. After Anne flies home, Nicholas learns that she has committed suicide. Now, Nicholas is showing signs of bizarre behavior. He confronts Conchis, blames him for Anne's death, and the mystery deepens.
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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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Once Is Not Enough 1975  R, 121 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough
Director: Guy Green
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Alexis Smith, David Janssen, George Hamilton, Deborah Raffin, Melina Mercouri, Brenda Vaccaro, Gary Conway, Lillian Randolph, Renata Vanni
Superficial jet setters are all too plainly shown in this film adaptation of the popular novel. It misses the chance to have fun with the sleaziness. Brenda Vaccaro received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination.
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A Patch of Blue 1965 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Guy Green
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Shelley Winters, Elizabeth Hartman, Wallace Ford, Ivan Dixon, John Qualen, Elisabeth Fraser, Renata Vanni, Debi Storm, Kelly Flynn, Saverio LoMedico, Tom Curtis, Robert Williams, Dorothy Lovett, Gregg Martell
Selina D'Arcy (Elizabeth Hartman) is a blind, White girl who meets a Black man, Gordon Ralfe (Sidney Poitier), at the park and falls in love with him. Although his brother Mark (Ivan Dixon) sternly advises Gordon to tell Salina that he is Black, Gordon refuses to do so. Problems rise to the fore when Selina's selfish mother Rose-Ann (Shelley Winters) learns about Gordon and Selina's relationship and forbids Selina from being with Gordon because he is Black. Despite Rose-Ann's objections, Gordon and Selina remain bonded. Winters won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, and Hartman was nominated for Best Actress.
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| 1. The Angry Silence (1960)
2. Diamond Head (1962)
3. Light in the Piazza (1962)
4. Luther (1973)
5. The Magus (1968)
6. The Mark (1961)
7. Once Is Not Enough (1975)
aka: Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough
8. A Patch of Blue (1965)
9. A Walk in the Spring Rain (1970)
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