Circle of Danger 1951  N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jacques Tourneur
Cast: Ray Milland, Patricia Roc, Marius Goring, Hugh Sinclair, Naunton Wayne, Marjorie Fielding, Edward Rigby, Colin Gordon, Dora Bryan, David Hutcheson
Clay Douglas (Ray Milland) investigates his brother's untimely death in World War II and becomes involved in international intrigue.
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The Rocking Horse Winner 1950  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anthony Pelissier
Cast: Valerie Hobson, John Howard Davies, Ronald Squire, John Mills, Hugh Sinclair, Charles Goldner, Susan Richards, Cyril Smith, Anthony Holles, Melanie McKenzie
Young Paul (John Howard Davies) lives with his spendthrift mother (Valerie Hobson) and gambling father (Hugh Sinclair), who is in debt. Paul receives a strange-looking rocking horse for Christmas and is taught to ride it like a jockey by the handyman (John Mills). When Paul rides the horse very fast, he is able to predict the outcome of real horse races, and the family becomes wealthy. But wealth is fleeting for the family that likes to spend money, and Paul is egged on to faster and faster riding to predict more and more winners until tragedy strikes and lessons are learned. Based on a short story by D.H. Lawrence, the film is well directed and acted.
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The Saint Meets the Tiger 1943  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Paul L. Stein
Cast: Hugh Sinclair, Jean Gillie, Gordon McLeod, Clifford Evans, Wylie Watson, Charles Victor, Louise Hampton, John Salew, Amy Veness, Dennis Arundell
It's been two years since the last episode of the Saint's adventures, and this entry is the weakest of the lot (in the view of this reviewer). The dying words of a murdered man on the Saint's doorstep sends our suave detective off to chase down a gold mine scheme of "The Tiger" and his gang. More murders occur before the Saint wraps this one up.
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The Saint's Vacation 1941 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Leslie Fenton
Cast: Hugh Sinclair, Sally Gray, Arthur Macrae, Cecil Parker, Leueen MacGrath, Gordon McLeod, John Warwick, Ivor Barnard, Manning Whiley, Felix Aylmer
Hugh Sinclair takes on the role of the Saint, and Leslie Charteris, the author of the original Saint novels, co-writes this not-bad entry. The Saint and his buddy Monty Hayward (Arthur Macrae) are on vacation in Switzerland when they get involved with a music box containing a secret code. Murder and international intrigue follow as the suave Saint gets on the trail.
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They Were Sisters 1945 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Arthur Crabtree
Cast: Phyllis Calvert, Dulcie Gray, Anne Crawford, James Mason, Pamela Kellino, Hugh Sinclair, Ann Stephens, David Horne, Brefni O'Rorke, Thorley Walters
Three sisters together experience joy and sorrow through their respective marriages and children in this British melodrama.
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| 1. Circle of Danger (1951)
2. The Rocking Horse Winner (1950)
3. The Saint Meets the Tiger (1943)
4. The Saint's Vacation (1941)
5. They Were Sisters (1945)
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