The Brain 1962  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Vengeance
Director: Freddie Francis
Cast: Peter van Eyck, Anne Heywood, Cecil Parker, Bernard Lee, Maxine Audley, Ellen Schwiers, Jeremy Spenser, Siegfried Lowitz, Hans Nielsen, Miles Malleson, Jack MacGowran, George A. Cooper
After a bomb explodes on a rich financier's plane, Dr. Peter Corrie (Peter van Eyck) notes that the dead man's brain is still alive, and he removes it. As the brain gains power, it takes charge of Peter's mind and orders Peter to find the killer. This is the third–and weakest– film based on Curt Siodmak's novel. The previous films were "The Lady and the Monster" (1944) and "Donovan's Brain" (1953).
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Captain Clegg 1962  N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror
aka: Night Creatures
Director: Peter Graham Scott
Cast: Peter Cushing, Yvonne Romain, Patrick Allen, Oliver Reed, Michael Ripper, Martin Benson, David Lodge, Derek Francis, Daphne Anderson, Milton Reid, Jack MacGowran, Sydney Bromley
A pirate, Capt. Clegg (Peter Cushing), disguises himself as the reverend Dr. Blyss and still carries out his smuggling activities. When the Royal Crown sends in Capt. Collier (Patrick Allen) and his crew to investigate, Collier suspects that Blyss is hiding something. But the ensuing investigation is made difficult when they encounter ghostlike creatures and eerie lights in the swamps.
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Cul-De-Sac 1966  N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Roman Polanski
Cast: Donald Pleasence, Francoise Dorleac, Lionel Stander, Jack MacGowran, Iain Quarrier, Geoffrey Sumner, Jacqueline Bisset, Renee Houston, William Franklyn, Marie Kean
Two wounded gangsters hide out on a lonely island where they terrorize the couple who inhabit the island's castle. A good cast certainly helps this production.
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 Darby O'Gill and the Little People 1959 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Albert Sharpe, Janet Munro, Sean Connery, Jimmy O'Dea, Kieron Moore, Estelle Winwood, Walter Fitzgerald, Denis O'Dea, J.G. Devlin, Jack MacGowran
Leprechauns come to life for Darby (Albert Sharpe), an Irish teller of tall tales. This delightful story relates how Darby tricks the Leprechauns into giving him three wishes.
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 The Exorcist 1973  R, 122 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Drama
Director: William Friedkin
Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb, Kitty Winn, Linda Blair, Jason Miller, Jack MacGowran, Titos Vandis, Mercedes McCambridge, Vasiliki Maliaros, Barton Heyman, Peter Masterson, Rudolf Schundler, Gina Petrushka, Robert Symonds
When Megan (Linda Blair) exhibits bizarre behavior that includes violence and foul language, her mother, Chris (Ellen Burstyn), calls in a young priest, Father Karras (Jason Miller), to help her. Father Karras is sure that Megan is possessed by the devil and asks exorcist Father Merrin (Max von Sydow) to come to her aid by staging an exorcism. Many horrors ensue as Father Merrin confronts the supernatural spirit. This film caused quite a stir at the time of its release. Academy Awards were received for Best Writing and Sound as well as eight other nominations including Best Picture, Actress (Burstyn), Supporting Actor (Miller) and Actress (Blair), and Director. Two sequels follow
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The Fearless Vampire Killers, or Pardon Me But Your Teeth.. 1967  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy / Horror
aka: The Fearless Vampire Killers
Dance of the Vampires
Director: Roman Polanski
Cast: Jack MacGowran, Roman Polanski, Alfie Bass, Jessie Robins, Sharon Tate, Ferdy Mayne, Iain Quarrier, Terry Downes, Fiona Lewis, Ronald Lacey, Sydney Bromley, Andreas Malandrinos
[Full title: "The Fearless Vampire Killers, or Pardon Me But Your Teeth Are in My Neck"] Vampire hunter Professor Abronsius (Jack MacGowran) and his bumbling assistant, Alfred (Roman Polanski), arrive in a remote Slovanian village in search of vampires. They quickly become involved with an assortment of weird vampires when the innkeeper's daughter (Sharon Tate) is kidnapped by head vampire Count von Krolock (Ferdy Mayne). A funny and scary caper–with an excellent soundtrack–from a master director, Roman Polanski.
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How I Won the War 1967 N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Lester
Cast: Michael Crawford, John Lennon, Roy Kinnear, Lee Montague, Jack MacGowran, Michael Hordern, Jack Hedley, Karl Michael Vogler, Ronald Lacey, James Cossins
An inept lieutenant (Michael Crawford) leads his motley troops across North Africa and into France during World War II. This black, anti-war, comedy has some great scenes and some not so great ones.
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 King Lear 1971 PG, 136 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Brook
Cast: Paul Scofield, Irene Worth, Susan Engel, Anne-Lise Gabold, Jack MacGowran, Alan Webb, Cyril Cusack, Patrick Magee, Tom Fleming, Ian Hogg, Soren Elung Jensen, Robert Langdon Lloyd, Barry Stanton
Paul Scofield plays the aging King Lear, father of three very ambitious daughters Goneril, Regan, and Cordelia (Irene Worth, Susan Engel, and Anne-Lise Gabold). Lear bases the decision for whom to leave his kingdom to on who loves him the most. Cordelia won't play her father's game, and he exiles her. Now, Goneril and Regan deceive Lear and plot to take away all of his power. Meanwhile, Gloucester (Alan Webb) and his two sons Edmund and Edgar (Ian Hogg and Robert Langdon Lloyd) have their own problems, which are also based on unfaithfulness and scheming against the father. This intricate Shakespeare play is staged in an interesting manner.
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Lord Jim 1965 N/R, 154 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Richard Brooks
Cast: Peter O'Toole, James Mason, Curt Jurgens, Jack Hawkins, Eli Wallach, Paul Lukas, Daliah Lavi, Akim Tamiroff, Andrew Keir, Jack MacGowran
This is a good film adaptation of Joseph Conrad's novel about a merchant seaman (Peter O'Toole) who jumps ship in a storm and then spends his life trying to atone for his act of cowardice.
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The Quiet Man 1952  N/R, 129 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: John Ford
Cast: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Ward Bond, Victor McLaglen, Mildred Natwick, Francis Ford, Arthur Shields, Mae Marsh, Eileen Crowe, Sean McClory, Jack MacGowran, Ken Curtis, Harry Tenbrook, James Lilburn
American ex-boxer Sean Thornton (John Wayne) returns to his mother's village in Ireland. Once there, he falls in love with Mary Kate (Maureen O'Hara) and must win her over from her family. John Ford won his fourth Best Director Academy Award for this film. An Oscar was also received for Best Cinematography along with five other nominations, including Best Picture and Supporting Actor (Victor McLaglen).
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The Rising of the Moon 1957 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Tyrone Power, Noel Purcell, Cyril Cusack, Jimmy O'Dea, Frank Lawton, Jack MacGowran, J.G. Devlin, Denis O'Dea, Donal Donnelly, Harold Goldblatt, Maureen Connell, Edward Lexy, Tony Quinn
The famous Abbey Players perform a trilogy of episodes: "Majesty of the Law," "A Minute's Wait," and "1921." 1 User Review
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| | 04/29/2009 | | A MUST SEE movie. Directed by John Ford, Irish cast, filmed in Ireland. Many of the same actors and sets as in The Quiet Man. I think this is the better of the two movies. |
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Start the Revolution Without Me 1970 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bud Yorkin
Cast: Gene Wilder, Donald Sutherland, Hugh Griffith, Jack MacGowran, Billie Whitelaw, Victor Spinetti, Orson Welles, Graham Stark, Harry Fowler, Murray Melvin
Set during the French Revolution, this is a good comedy about two sets of twins who were mixed at birth. Gene Wilder and Donald Sutherland take on dual roles for both sets of twins.
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The Titfield Thunderbolt 1953 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Crichton
Cast: Stanley Holloway, George Relph, Naunton Wayne, John Gregson, Godfrey Tearle, Hugh Griffith, Gabrielle Brune, Sid James, Reginald Beckwith, Edie Martin, Jack MacGowran, Ewan Roberts
After the British Rail abandons its passenger train service, villagers take over the train and compete against the local bus company.
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Young Cassidy 1965 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jack Cardiff, John Ford
Cast: Rod Taylor, Maggie Smith, Julie Christie, Flora Robson, Michael Redgrave, Edith Evans, Jack MacGowran, Sian Phillips, T.P. McKenna, Philip O'Flynn, Julie Ross, Arthur O'Sullivan, Joe Lynch
Rod Taylor takes on the roll of John Cassidy in this film based on the life and times of Irish author Sean O'Casey during the early 20th century. Director John Ford fell ill during the shooting of the film and was replaced by Jack Cardiff.
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| 1. Age of Consent (1969)
2. The Brain (1962)
aka: Vengeance
3. Captain Clegg (1962)
aka: Night Creatures
4. Cul-De-Sac (1966)
5. Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959)
6. The Exorcist (1973)
7. The Fearless Vampire Killers, or Pardon Me But Your Teeth.. (1967)
aka: The Fearless Vampire Killers
aka: Dance of the Vampires
8. How I Won the War (1967)
9. King Lear (1971)
10. Lord Jim (1965)
11. The Quiet Man (1952)
12. The Rising of the Moon (1957)
13. Start the Revolution Without Me (1970)
14. The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953)
15. Young Cassidy (1965)
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