A High Wind in Jamaica 1965  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Cast: Anthony Quinn, James Coburn, Dennis Price, Gert Frobe, Lila Kedrova, Kenneth J. Warren, Nigel Davenport, Isabel Dean
This entertaining film is about the dilemma faced by a Spanish pirate, Chavez (Anthony Quinn), when he discovers seven children aboard his ship.
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The Last Page 1952  N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Man Bait
Director: Terence Fisher
Cast: George Brent, Marguerite Chapman, Raymond Huntley, Peter Reynolds, Diana Dors, Eleanor Summerfield, Meredith Edwards, Isabel Dean, Harry Fowler, Conrad Phillips
Harman (George Brent) is a London bookstore manager who is being blackmailed, but his secretary, Stella (Marguerite Chapman), comes to his rescue.
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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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Oh! What a Lovely War 1969  G, 144 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama
Director: Richard Attenborough
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, Michael Redgrave, John Gielgud, Kenneth More, Jack Hawkins, John Mills, Maggie Smith, Vanessa Redgrave, Susannah York, Maurice Roeves, Corin Redgrave, Vincent Ball, Isabel Dean, Paul Daneman
This film takes a satirical look–with songs thrown in–at both German and British participants in World War I. The story concentrates on the middle-class Smith family whose five sons go off to war and die for their country. An awesome cast presents a unique view of pacifist ideals that remain relevant today.
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The Passionate Friends 1949 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: One Woman's Story
Director: David Lean
Cast: Ann Todd, Trevor Howard, Claude Rains, Betty Ann Davies, Isabel Dean, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Arthur Howard, Marcel Poncin, Guido Lorraine, Natasha Sokolova, Helene Burls, Jean Serret, Frances Waring, Wanda Rogerson, Helen Piers
Based on H.G. Wells' novel, this is the story of Mary (Ann Todd) who is married to wealthy Howard Justin (Claude Rains) but cannot find the love with her husband that she knew with Professor Steven Stratton (Trevor Howard) who she loved before her marriage.
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 Ransom 1975  PG, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Terrorists
Director: Caspar Wrede
Cast: Sean Connery, Ian McShane, Norman Bristow, John Cording, Isabel Dean, Williams Fox, Richard Hampton, Robert Harris, Harry Landis, Preston Lockwood, James Maxwell, John Quentin, Christopher Ellison
Gunmen hijack a plane and hold the crew and passengers hostage until political prisoners are released. Tough agent Nils Tahlvik (Sean Connery) is brought in to settle matters, which he does in his own way. Good cinematography.
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Rough Cut 1980  PG, 112 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Don Siegel
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Lesley-Anne Down, David Niven, Timothy West, Patrick Magee, Al Matthews, Susan Littler, Joss Ackland, Isabel Dean, Wolf Kahler
Problems making this film involved four successive directors and a scriptwriter who refused to use his real name in the credits. The plot involves a jewel thief, Jack Rhodes (Burt Reynolds), who falls for the beautiful Gillian Bromley (Lesley-Anne Down), a Scotland Yard operative who has been sent to lure Rhodes into a trap.
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To Catch a Spy 1971 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Catch Me a Spy
Director: Dick Clement
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Marlene Jobert, Trevor Howard, Tom Courtenay, Bernard Blier, Patrick Mower, Richard Pearson, Bernadette Lafont, Garfield Morgan, Isabel Dean, Sacha Pitoeff
After her husband is arrested for smuggling literary works, the wife finds herself becoming involved in Cold War espionage.
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The Weather in the Streets 1983 N/R, 133 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gavin Millar
Cast: Michael York, Lisa Eichhorn, Joanna Lumley, Rosalind Ayres, Faith Brook, Isabel Dean, Sebastian Shaw, Norman Pitt
Olivia (Lisa Eichhorn) falls in love with Rollo (Michael York), a married man. When she gets pregnant, she is faced with hard choices. A very slow, overly-long film with Lisa Eichhorn as the only bright spot.
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| 1. Five Days One Summer (1982)
2. A High Wind in Jamaica (1965)
3. The Last Page (1952)
aka: Man Bait
4. Light in the Piazza (1962)
5. Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
6. The Passionate Friends (1949)
aka: One Woman's Story
7. Ransom (1975)
aka: The Terrorists
8. Rough Cut (1980)
9. To Catch a Spy (1971)
aka: Catch Me a Spy
10. Virgin Island (1959)
11. The Weather in the Streets (1983)
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