11 Harrowhouse 1974 PG, 96 min. Genre: Comedy 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
In this spoof on heist films, a dealer in diamonds (Charles Grodin) is robbed, and he turns the tables and plots his own diamond heist.
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From Beyond the Grave 1973 N/R, 98 min. Genre: Horror / Fantasy aka: Creatures Creatures from Beyond the Grave Tales from Beyond the Grave
Director: Kevin Connor Cast: Peter Cushing, David Warner, Wendy Alnutt, Rosalind Ayres, Donald Pleasence, Ian Bannen, Diana Dors, Angela Pleasence, Margaret Leighton, Nyree Dawn Porter, Ian Ogilvy, Lesley-Anne Down, Jack Watson, Tommy Godfrey
The character of an antique shop proprietor (Peter Cushing) carries over into four short stories in this anthology involving cheating customers and how they must answer for their crimes by enduring supernatural fates imposed on them by the shop proprietor.
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Grand Prix 1966 N/R, 179 min. Genre: Drama
Director: John Frankenheimer Cast: James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Yves Montand, Toshiro Mifune, Brian Bedford, Jessica Walter, Antonio Sabato, Francoise Hardy, Adolfo Celi, Claude Dauphin, Enzo Fiermonte, Genevieve Page, Jack Watson, Donald O'Brien
This film includes important European competitions and follows the exploits of various drivers both on and off the track, which include affairs between Jean-Pierre Sarte (Yves Montand) and Louise Frederickson (Eva Marie Saint) and Nino Barlini (Antonio Sabato) and Lisa (Francoise Hardy). At the same time, while Grand Prix driver Pete Aron (James Garner) recovers from a crash at Monaco in which his teammate Scott Stoddard (Brian Bedford) was critically injured, Pete becomes involved with Scott's estranged wife, Pat (Jessica Walter). Adding more changes to his life, Pete begins to drive for the Japanese Yamura team. Racing footage is good with many shots taken inches from the track.
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Juggernaut 1974 PG, 109 min. Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Richard Lester Cast: Richard Harris, Omar Sharif, David Hemmings, Anthony Hopkins, Shirley Knight, Ian Holm, Roy Kinnear, Freddie Jones, Roshan Seth, Clifton James, Caroline Mortimer, Mark Burns, John Stride, Julian Glover, Jack Watson
Bombs are reported to be aboard Captain Alex Brunel's (Omar Sharif) British cruise ship. Sidney Buckland (Freddie Jones) has planted them and is demanding a ransom. Demolition experts LCDR Fallon (Richard Harris) and Charlie Braddock (David Hemmings) are flown in by helicopter to disarm the bombs. Meanwhile, Scotland yard detective John McLeod (Anthony Hopkins), whose family is aboard the ship, searches for the bomber. A good thriller.
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The McKenzie Break 1970 PG, 108 min. Genre: Adventure aka: Escape
Director: Lamont Johnson Cast: Brian Keith, Helmut Griem, Ian Hendry, Jack Watson, Patrick O'Connell, Gregg Palmer, Horst Janson, Noel Purcell, Alexander Allerson, John Abineri
World War I German POWs plan a daring escape from their camp in Scotland. This story makes for good drama and a very interesting film.
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North Sea Hijack 1980 PG, 97 min. Genre: Action aka: Assault Force ffolkes
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen Cast: Roger Moore, James Mason, Anthony Perkins, Michael Parks, Faith Brook, Lea Brodie, David Hedison, Jack Watson, George Baker, Jeremy Clyde, David Wood, Philip O'Brien
Frogman commando James Excaliber ffolkes (Roger Moore) is called upon for service when terrorists seize a Norwegian ship and threaten seizure of Britain's oil rigs.
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This Sporting Life 1963 N/R, 134 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Lindsay Anderson Cast: Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts, Alan Badel, William Hartnell, Colin Blakely, Vanda Godsell, Arthur Lowe, Anne Cunningham, Jack Watson, Harry Markham, George Sewell, Leonard Rossiter, Wallas Eaton
Frank Machin (Richard Harris) is a former Yorkshire coal miner who gains fame and fortune as a rugby player. Frank has it all–except love, and now he pursues a romance with his landlady, the widowed Mrs. Hammond (Rachel Roberts). All goes well for a short time, but when Mrs. Hammond grows tired of Frank, their doomed romance leads to tragedy.
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Tobruk 1967 N/R, 107 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Arthur Hiller Cast: Rock Hudson, George Peppard, Nigel Green, Guy Stockwell, Jack Watson, Norman Rossington, Percy Herbert, Liam Redmond, Leo Gordon, Peter Coe
During World War II, an American demolitions expert, Major Donald Craig (Rock Hudson), joined British commandos and expatriated German Jews in a heroic effort to blow up the German tank commander Gen. Rommel's supplies before they could reach the coast of North Africa.
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Tower of Evil 1972 R, 86 min. Genre: Horror / Thriller aka: Beyond the Fog Horror of Snape Island
Director: James P. O'Connolly Cast: Bryant Haliday, Jill Haworth, Anna Palk, Jack Watson, Mark Edwards, Derek Fowlds, Dennis Price, John Hamill, Candace Glendenning, George Coulouris, Robin Askwith, Seretta Wilson
Archeologists search for an old Phoenician treasure on Snape Island where it was rumored that a woman had gone mad and killed her companion. One-by-one, team members are brutally murdered, and the trail leads to an old lighthouse. A substantial amount of gore and some nudity.
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The Wild Geese 1978 R, 134 min. Genre: Action / Drama / Adventure
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen Cast: Richard Burton, Richard Harris, Roger Moore, Hardy Kruger, Stewart Granger, Jack Watson, Frank Finlay, Jeff Corey, Winston Ntshona, John Kani, Jack Watson, Kenneth Griffith, Barry Foster, Ronald Fraser, Ian Yule
London mercenaries Allen Faulkner (Richard Burton), Rafer Janders (Richard Harris), Shawn Fynn (Roger Moore), and Pieter Coetzee (Hardy Kruger) head for Africa to rescue deposed African president Julius Limbani (Winston Ntshona). After a crash course, they parachute into the African bush and manage to rescue Limbani–but not without casualties among the mercenary group.
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| 1. 11 Harrowhouse (1974) aka: Anything for Love aka: Fast Fortune
2. From Beyond the Grave (1973) aka: Creatures aka: Creatures from Beyond the Grave aka: Tales from Beyond the Grave
3. The Gorgon (1964)
4. Grand Prix (1966)
5. The Hill (1965)
6. Juggernaut (1974)
7. The McKenzie Break (1970) aka: Escape
8. North Sea Hijack (1980) aka: Assault Force aka: ffolkes
9. This Sporting Life (1963)
10. Tobruk (1967)
11. Tower of Evil (1972) aka: Beyond the Fog aka: Horror of Snape Island
12. The Wild Geese (1978)
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