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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 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 1954  PG-13, 127 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Drama / Sci-Fi
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas, Peter Lorre, Robert J. Wilke, Carleton Young, Ted de Corsia, Eddie Marr, Percy Helton, Fred Graham, Herb Vigran, J.M. Kerrigan, Ted Cooper, Dayton Lummis, Jack Pennick
Captain Nemo (James Mason) and his submarine, Nautilus, fill the screen with the adventures imagined by Jules Verne in his classic novel. Many whaling ships have been lost at sea when Professor Pierre Aronnax (Paul Lukas), his aide Conseil (Peter Lorre), and harpoon master Ned Land (Kirk Douglas) voyage out in search of the sea monster that is supposedly sinking the ships. Their ship sinks, but they survive and are taken aboard Nautilus. They discover that the sea monster is actually the Nautilus, and they are amazed by the undersea world that greets them. Highlight: Kirk Douglas singing "A Whale of a Tale." The film won Oscars for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration and Best Special Effects and was nominated for Best Film Editing.
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Bad Man's River 1972  PG, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Eugenio Martin
Cast: Lee Van Cleef, James Mason, Gina Lollobrigida, Simon Andreu, Diana Lorys, Gianni Garko, Aldo Sambrell, Sergio Fantoni, Jess Hahn
An outlaw gang is offered $1 million to blow up a Mexican fortress, but the outlaws are always outsmarted by a devious woman (Gena Lollobrigida).
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Bigger Than Life 1956 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nicholas Ray
Cast: James Mason, Barbara Rush, Walter Matthau, Christopher Olsen, Roland Winters, Robert F. Simon, Rusty Lane, Rachel Stephens, Lee Aaker, Virginia Carroll
Teacher Ed Avery (James Mason) begins cortisone therapy and then becomes addicted to the drug. He turns against his family but is eventually helped by his friend, Wally (Walter Matthau).
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Bloodline 1979 R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Sidney Sheldon's Bloodline
Director: Terence Young
Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Ben Gazzara, James Mason, Omar Sharif, Michelle Phillips, Romy Schneider, Irene Papas, Gert Frobe, Beatrice Straight, Maurice Ronet
Sidney Sheldon's novel adaptation stars Audrey Hepburn as the head of a pharmaceutical company who must deal with threats on her life.
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 The Blue Max 1966  N/R, 154 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Guillermin
Cast: George Peppard, James Mason, Ursula Andress, Jeremy Kemp, Anton Diffring, Carl Schell, Harry Towb, Karl Michael Vogler, Friedrich von Ledebur
The Blue Max was a German award for flying aces. This is the story of two flyers, Bruno Stachel (George Peppard) and Count Von Klugerman (James Mason), competing for the honor.
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Botany Bay 1953 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: John Farrow
Cast: Alan Ladd, James Mason, Patricia Medina, Cedric Hardwicke, Murray Matheson, Dorothy Patten, John Hardy, Ben Wright, Hugh Pryse, Anita Sharp-Bolster
During the 18th century, a prison ship heads for Australia to drop off exiled convicts. Along the way, prisoner Hugh Tallant (Alan Ladd) has problems with the ship's captain, Gilbert (James Mason).
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The Boys from Brazil 1978 R, 123 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Drama / Sci-Fi
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Cast: Gregory Peck, Laurence Olivier, Lilli Palmer, James Mason, John Dehner, Rosemary Harris, Uta Hagen, Anne Meara, Denholm Elliott, Steve Guttenberg, John Rubinstein, Bruno Ganz, Walter Gotell, Jeremy Black, David Hurst
Former Nazi concentration-camp war-criminal Dr. Josef Mengele (Gregory Peck) is trying to re-establish the Third Reich by using DNA to clone Hitler. When Jewish Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman (Laurence Olivier) is clued into the insane plot by young Nazi hunter Barry Kohler (Steve Guttenberg), he is not interested. But, after Kohler is murdered, Lieberman takes Kohler's words seriously and starts to investigate. The trail leads Lieberman to Paraguay where he uncovers Mengele's scheme to murder hundreds of men as part of the cloning experiment.
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Candlelight in Algiers 1944 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George King
Cast: James Mason, Carla Lehmann, Walter Rilla, Raymond Lovell, Enid Stamp-Taylor, Pamela Stirling, Lea Seidl, Leslie Bradley, Meinhart Maur, Harold Berens, Hella Kurty, Michael Morel, Richard George, Paul Bonifas, Bart Norman
Fact and fiction combine in this World War II political espionage film that involves plans for a meeting of Allied leaders along the Algerian coast. British agent Alex Thurston (James Mason) is assigned to job of recovering a film showing the exact location of where Eisnehower's top aide, Gen. Mark Clark (Bart Norman), and other important Allies are planning to meet. While Thurston searches for the film in Algiers, Nazi agent Dr. Muller (Walter Rilla) trails him. But it is Thurston who–with help from American sculptress Susan Foster (Carla Lehmann) and her French friend Yvette (Pamela Stirling)–finds the film, alerts Allied officers, and saves the day.
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Caught 1949 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Max Ophuls
Cast: James Mason, Barbara Bel Geddes, Robert Ryan, Curt Bois, Frank Ferguson, Natalie Schafer, Ruth Brady, Art Smith, Bernadene Hayes, Ann Morrison, Wilton Graff, Barbara Billingsley, Ilka Gruning, Pamela Mason, Jimmy Hawkins
Leonora Eames (Barbara Bel Geddes) is a model who marries millionaire Smith Ohlrig (Robert Ryan) and moves into his luxurious home where boredom and loneliness set in. They fight, separate, get back together, and then separate again. Leonora gets a job as a receptionist for sympathetic psychiatrist Dr. Quinada (James Mason), she does not tell Quinada that she is married, and they fall in love. Complications–including pregnancy–ensue as Leonora tries to come to terms with the difficulties in her life.
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Child's Play 1972 PG, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: James Mason, Robert Preston, Beau Bridges, Ron Weyand, Charles White, David Rounds, Kate Harrington, Jamie Alexander, Bryant Fraser, Mark Hall Haefeli, Brian Chapin, Tom Leopold, Julius Lo Iacono, Christopher Man, Paul O'Keefe
Based on Robert Marasco's play, this psychological drama is about a new teacher, Paul Reis (Beau Bridges), who observes violence among his students' activities at a Catholic boarding school. He suspects that teachers Jerome Malley (James Mason) and Joseph Dobbs (Robert Preston), who rival each other for position, are behind the violence. The school's headmaster, Father Mozian (Ron Weyand), blames Malley who, in turn, is so upset by the accusation that he commits suicide. Reis learns that it is Dobbs who has encouraged the students' violent behavior and confronts him. Meanwhile, the students in the next room overhear the conversation between Reis and Dobbs, and after Reis leaves the room, they appear with clenched fists to deal with Dobbs.
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Cold Sweat 1970  PG, 94 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Terence Young
Cast: Charles Bronson, Liv Ullmann, James Mason, Jill Ireland, Michel Constantin, Gabriele Ferzetti, Jean Topart, Luigi Pistilli, Yannick Delulle, Paul Bonifas, Sabine Sun, Roger Mailles, Nathalie Varallo, Remo Mosconi, Dominique Crosland
Based on Richard Matheson's "Ride the Nightmare," this action film finds an American, Joe (Charles Bronson), living a peaceful life in France with his wife Fabienne (Liv Ullmann) and stepdaughter Michelle (Yannick Delulle). All goes well–until gang members Captain Ross (James Mason), Katnaga (Jean Topart), Whitey (Michel Constantin), and Faustountil (Luigi Pistilli) reappear in Joe's life and kidnap his family. Their purpose is to force Joe into drug smuggling. In turn, Joe kidnaps Ross' mistress (Jill Ireland), and battles ensue.
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Cop-Out 1967 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Pierre Rouve
Cast: James Mason, Geraldine Chaplin, Bobby Darin, Paul Bertoya, Ian Ogilvy, Bryan Stanton, Clive Morton, Megs Jenkins, James Hayter, Moira Lister
This remake of 1942's "Stranger in the House" is about a lawyer (James Mason) who reluctantly agrees to defend his daughter's friend when he is accused of murder.
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Cross of Iron 1977  R, 119 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Cast: James Coburn, Maximilian Schell, James Mason, David Warner, Senta Berger, Klaus Lowitsch, Vadim Glowna, Roger Fritz
After Russia's severe winter as well as the defeat of the Nazis on the Eastern Front, the retreating German army reflects the weariness and futility of war in this insightful film. 1 User Review
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Cry Terror 1958 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Andrew L. Stone
Cast: James Mason, Rod Steiger, Inger Stevens, Neville Brand, Angie Dickinson, Kenneth Tobey, Jack Klugman, Jack Kruschen, Carleton Young, Barney Phillips
Psychopath Paul Hoplin (Rod Steiger) convinces electronics expert Jim Molner (James Mason) to build a bomb that is then used for extortion purposes against an airline corporation when Molner's family is held hostage.
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A Dangerous Summer 1981  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Burning Man
Flash Fire
Director: Quentin Masters
Cast: Tom Skerritt, Ian Gilmour, James Mason, Wendy Hughes, Ray Barrett, Guy Doleman, Kim Deacon, Norman Kaye, Stephen Leeder, Peter Rowley
Howard Anderson (Tom Skerritt) is building a resort in the Blue Mountains of Australia when his business partner Julian Fane (Guy Doleman) arranges for an arsonist (Ian Gilmour) to burn it down so that he can collect the insurance. After the fire, Lloyds of London sends senior investigator George Engels (James Mason) to find out what really happened.
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The Deadly Affair 1967 N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: James Mason, Simone Signoret, Maximilian Schell, Harriet Andersson, Harry Andrews, Kenneth Haigh, Lynn Redgrave, Robert Flemyng, William Dysart, Roy Kinnear
Based on John Le Carre's spy novel, "Call for the Dead," this exciting espionage thriller involves the investigation of the apparent suicide of diplomat Samuel Fennan (Robert Flemyng).
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The Decks Ran Red 1958 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Andrew L. Stone
Cast: James Mason, Dorothy Dandridge, Broderick Crawford, Stuart Whitman, Katharine Bard, Jack Kruschen, John Gallaudet, Barney Phillips, Hank Patterson, David(2) Cross
Mutiny by sailors aboard a freighter is resisted by its captain (James Mason).
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The Desert Fox 1951 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: James Mason, Jessica Tandy, Cedric Hardwicke, Luther Adler, Everett Sloane, Leo G. Carroll, George Macready, Richard Boone, Eduard Franz, Dan O'Herlihy
Germany's Field Marshal Rommel and tank warfare in Africa during World War II are highlighted in this film. Actual war film footage is interspersed with studio filming, but the human story of Rommel's disfavor upon his return to Germany is what stands out in this excellent film.
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The Desert Rats 1953 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Robert Wise
Cast: Richard Burton, Robert Newton, Robert Douglas, Torin Thatcher, James Mason, Chips Rafferty, Charles "Bud" Tingwell, Ben Wright, John O'Malley, John Alderson
Field Marshal Rommel (James Mason) led his "unstoppable" armored tank battalion across North Africa during World War II. This is the story about one successful resistance effort by Australian troops led by British Captain Mac Roberts (Richard Burton).
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The Destructors 1974 PG, 89 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Marseille Contract
Director: Robert Parrish
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Michael Caine, James Mason, Maureen Kerwin, Marcel Bozzuffi, Maurice Ronet, Catherine Rouvel, Andre Oumansky, Alexandra Stewart, Vernon Dobtcheff
A United States drug agent (Anthony Quinn) is assigned the job of crushing an international drug dealer (James Mason) and combs Paris for his whereabouts.
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East Side, West Side 1949 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, James Mason, Van Heflin, Ava Gardner, Cyd Charisse, Nancy Davis, Gale Sondergaard, William Conrad, William Frawley, Raymond Greenleaf
An upper-class Manhattan couple, Jessie and Brandon Bourne (Barbara Stanwyck and James Mason), have marital problems because of Brandon's roaming eye.
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Evil Under the Sun 1982 PG, 102 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Thriller
Director: Guy Hamilton
Cast: Peter Ustinov, Colin Blakely, Jane Birkin, Nicholas Clay, Maggie Smith, Roddy McDowall, Sylvia Miles, James Mason, Denis Quilley, Diana Rigg, Emily Hone, John Alderson, Paul Antrim, Richard Vernon, Barbara Hicks
In this Agatha Christie story, a famous actress, Arlena Marshall (Diana Rigg), is murdered while visiting an idyllic beach resort, and detective Hercules Poirot (Peter Ustinov) investigates. Suspects include Arlena's biographer Rex (Roddy McDowall), Broadway producers Odell and Myra Gardener (James Mason and Sylvia Miles), Arlena's husband Kenneth (Denis Quilley), Kenneth's lover Daphne (Maggie Smith), millionaire Sir Horace Blatt (Colin Blakely), Arlena's lover Patrick (Nicholas Clay), and Patrick's wife Christine (Jane Birkin). Poirot has his work cut out for him when he learns more about the suspects–all of whom had motives to kill Arlena.
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Face to Face 1952 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Brahm, Bretaigne Windust
Cast: James Mason, Gene Lockhart, Michael Pate, Albert Sharpe, Sean McClory, Alec Harband, Robert Preston, Marjorie Steele, Minor Watson, Dan Seymour
This film presents two tales, each from popular short stories. "The Secret Sharer," from Joseph Conrad's story, is directed by John Brahm. James Mason, an inexperienced sea captain, deals with a fugitive sailor. "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky," from a Stephen Crane story, is directed by Bretaigne Windust. A sheriff returns to his western home from a honeymoon with his new bride. His enemy awaits.
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The Fall of the Roman Empire 1964 N/R, 175 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Anthony Mann
Cast: Alec Guinness, Sophia Loren, Stephen Boyd, James Mason, Christopher Plummer, Anthony Quayle, John Ireland, Mel Ferrer, Omar Sharif, Eric Porter, Finlay Currie, Andrew Keir, Douglas Wilmer, George Murcell, Norman Wooland
Marcus Aurelius (Alec Guinness) rules the Roman Empire and tells his daughter Lucilla (Sophia Loren) that he has chosen his adopted son Livius (Stephen Boyd) to inherit the throne instead of the legal heir Commodus (Christopher Plummer). After Marcus Aurelius is murdered, Commodus claims the throne. Lucilla wants Livius to claim the throne, but her pleas to him fall on deaf ears. Meanwhile, Commodus is wreaking havoc and murdering anyone who poses a threat to his rule. Now he sees Lucilla as a threat and orders her death. This time, Livius does come to her rescue, slays Commodus, and brings an end to his evil rule.
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Fanny by Gaslight 1944 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Man of Evil
Director: Anthony Asquith
Cast: Phyllis Calvert, James Mason, Wilfrid Lawson, Stewart Granger, Jean Kent, Helen Haye, Margaretta Scott, Nora Swinburne, Cathleen Nesbitt, John Laurie
Hard-drinking Lord Manderstoke (James Mason) falls for Fanny (Phyllis Calvert), and the influence he exerts threatens her chance for a happy life.
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Fire Over England 1937 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William K. Howard
Cast: Flora Robson, Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Banks, Raymond Massey, Robert Newton, James Mason, Tamara Desni, Henry Oscar, Laurence Hanray
While made in the 1930s, this film was not released in the United States until 1941 when England was trying to get America to enter the war in Europe. Based on the story of Britain's defeat of the Spanish Armada, the plot involves a British Naval officer (Laurence Olivier) who goes to Spain looking for identities of English traitors.
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Five Fingers 1952 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast: James Mason, Danielle Darrieux, Michael Rennie, Walter Hampden, Oscar Karlweis, Herbert Berghof, John Wengraf, Nestor Paiva, Michael Pate, Richard Loo
Based on a true story of World War II German spy Ulysses Diello (whose code name was Cicero (James Mason)), this is a great thriller. Stationed in Turkey, Cicero's mission was to gain information from documents in the British Embassy.
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Forever Darling 1956 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alexander Hall
Cast: Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, James Mason, Marilyn Maxwell, Louis Calhern, John Emery, Natalie Schafer, Nancy Kulp, John Hoyt, Ralph Dumke
Divorce looms until a guardian angel (James Mason) steps in to save the marriage of the Vegas (Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz).
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Frankenstein: The True Story 1973  TV, 200 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Jack Smight
Cast: James Mason, Leonard Whiting, Michael Sarrazin, David McCallum, Jane Seymour, Ralph Richardson, Agnes Moorehead, John Gielgud, Tom Baker, Michael Wilding, Nicola Pagett, Clarissa Kaye-Mason, Margaret Leighton, Dallas Adams, Julian Barnes
In this version of Mary Shelley's story, Dr. Frankenstein (Leonard Whiting) pieces together parts from dead bodies and creates a handsome–not ugly–monster (Michael Sarrazin). When the monster's physical attributes begin to disintegrate, it suffers despair. Frankenstein is forced to help his mentor, Dr. Polidori (James Mason), create a mate, the beautiful Prima (Jane Seymour), for the monster. But, when Frankenstein introduces Prima to society, the monster is angered and kills Prima and then follows Frankenstein to Antarctica to exact revenge. 1 User Review
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| | Anonymous 08/23/2007 | | For those of us who actually saw this movie would know that it was one of the best Frankenstein movies that was ever made. Too bad I can't find it in VHS or DVD. |
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Genghis Khan 1965 N/R, 124 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Henry Levin
Cast: Stephen Boyd, Omar Sharif, James Mason, Eli Wallach, Francoise Dorleac, Telly Savalas, Robert Morley, Yvonne Mitchell, Woody Strode
Following his father's death, Genghis Khan (Omar Sharif) sets out to avenge the killing and unify Asia's tribes during the Dark Ages. Poor.
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Georgy Girl 1966 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Silvio Narizzano
Cast: Lynn Redgrave, Alan Bates, James Mason, Charlotte Rampling, Bill Owen, Claire Kelly, Rachel Kempson, Denise Coffey, Dorothy Alison
This is Lynn Redgrave before she started doing all those Weight Watchers commercials. She plays chubby Georgy who is being seduced by James Leamington (James Mason). Finally, she succumbs and finds that married life with James is just what she needed all along. Lynn is good–and was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar; Mason was nominated for Best Supporting Actor).
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 Great Expectations 1974 TV, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Hardy
Cast: Michael York, Sarah Miles, James Mason, Margaret Leighton, Robert Morley, Anthony Quayle, Joss Ackland, Rachel Roberts, Peter Bull, Heather Sears, Andrew Ray, Simon Gipps-Kent, James Faulkner, Sam Kydd, John Clive
This is a good remake of the Charles Dickens' classic concerning the orphan, Pip (Simon Gipps-Kent as young Pip and Michael York as older Pip), and his unknown benefactor. While growing up with his foster parents, blacksmith Joe Gargery and his wife (Joss Ackland and Rachel Roberts), Pip befriends convict Magwitch (James Mason) and comes to his aid. Later, Pip falls in love with his childhood friend Estella (Sarah Miles) who is the ward of the bitter Miss Havisham (Margaret Leighton) and has been taught to have different expectations about life than those of Pip. When Pip gains wealth through a mysterious benefactor who, it turns out, is Magwitch repaying Pip for his friendship, he does well in the Victorian world of the social elite.
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Hatter's Castle 1942 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lance Comfort
Cast: Deborah Kerr, James Mason, Robert Newton, Emlyn Williams, Beatrice Varley, Henry Oscar, Ian Fleming, George Merritt, Brefni O'Rorke, Laurence Hanray
Based on A.J. Cronin's novel, this is the story of a poor man who tries to expand his horizons and gain social acceptance in the rigid British class system.
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 Heaven Can Wait 1978 PG, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Warren Beatty, Buck Henry
Cast: Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, James Mason, Jack Warden, Dyan Cannon, Buck Henry, Charles Grodin, Vincent Gardenia, Joseph Maher, Hamilton Camp, Arthur Malet, Harry D.K. Wong, Stephanie Faracy, Jeannie Linero, George J. Manos
Whoops! Due to some bungling by an overzealous angel (Buck Henry), L.A. Rams football star Joe Pendleton (Warren Beatty) dies before he is supposed to. Joe's body is cremated before the error can be corrected, and, to make up for the error, archangel Mr. Jordan (James Mason) offers to place his soul in the body of Leo Farnsworth whose wife Julia (Dyan Cannon) and secretary Tony Abbott (Charles Grodin) have plotted his demise. Environmentalist Betty Logan (Julie Christie) convinces Joe to assume Leo's body, and, because he is attracted to her, he agrees. The deed is done. Joe hires his coach Max Corkle (Jack Warden) to get him in shape, straightens out Farnsworth's affairs, and struggles to get on the Rams' line-up. Meanwhile, Julia and Tony, who are sure they murdered Farnsworth, are trying to figure out just what is happening. The film won an Oscar for Best Art Direction and was nominated for eight others, including Best Picture, Actor (Beatty), Supporting Actor (Warden), Supporting Actress (Cannon), and Director.
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The High Command 1937 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Thorold Dickinson
Cast: Lionel Atwill, Lucie Mannheim, Steven Geray, James Mason, Allan Jeayes, Wally Patch, Tom Gill, Leslie Perrins, Philip Strange, Skelton Knaggs
A British general (Lionel Atwill) investigates a crisis on an African outpost and becomes involved in blackmail and murder.
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Hotel Reserve 1944 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Victor Hanbury
Cast: James Mason, Lucie Mannheim, Raymond Lovell, Julien Mitchell, Martin Miller, Herbert Lom, Patricia Medina, David Ward, Frederick Valk, Laurence Hanray
A suspect Nazi spy is caught between Nazis and Nazi hunters at the Hotel Reserve on the Riviera.
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Island in the Sun 1957 N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Rossen
Cast: James Mason, Joan Fontaine, Dorothy Dandridge, Joan Collins, Michael Rennie, Diana Wynyard, Harry Belafonte, Stephen Boyd, Patricia Owens, John Williams
Based on the novel by Alec Waugh, this is a story of racial prejudice in the West Indies and how it affects an affair between a British widow (Joan Fontaine) and a Black labor leader (Harry Belafonte).
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 Ivanhoe 1982 TV, 150 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Romance
Director: Douglas Camfield
Cast: James Mason, Anthony Andrews, Sam Neill, Michael Hordern, Olivia Hussey, Lysette Anthony, Julian Glover, John Rhys-Davies, Ronald Pickup, George Innes, David Robb, Stuart Wilson, Michael Gothard, Tony Haygarth, Philip Locke
This TV version of the Sir Walter Scott classic is well done; the photography is excellent, with good performances all around. Wilfred of Ivanhoe (Anthony Andrews) returns to England after the Crusades only to immediately get involved in a struggle against the tyranny of Prince John (Ronald Pickup). King Richard (Julian Glover) has been kidnapped, and Prince John refuses to pay the ransom. With help from Rebecca (Olivia Hussey)–whose Jewish father, Isaac of York (James Mason), was held by the anti-Semites and Ivanhoe rescued–Ivanhoe finds hope in rescuing the throne of England. Then, Ivanhoe's partnership with Robin Hood (David Robb) will right many of the wrongs in England.
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Jesus of Nazareth 1977 TV, 376 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Cast: Robert Powell, Anne Bancroft, James Mason, Rod Steiger, Ernest Borgnine, Claudia Cardinale, Laurence Olivier, Donald Pleasence, James Earl Jones, Anthony Quinn
With a cast of the great and near great, good film depicts the life of Jesus and was made for TV.
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 Journey to the Center of the Earth 1959 N/R, 132 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Henry Levin
Cast: Pat Boone, James Mason, Arlene Dahl, Diane Baker, Peter Ronson, Thayer David, Robert Adler, Alan Napier, Ben Wright, Molly Roden, Ivan Triesault, Red West, Edith Evanson
Scottish Professor Lindenbrook (James Mason) and his student Alec McEwen (Pat Boone) travel to Iceland at the beginning of their journey to the center of Earth. Along with Carla, whose geologist husband was killed when he attempted the same journey, and their guide Hans (Peter Ronson), they journey through an extinct volcano into Earth's core. On the trek, they encounter floods, winds, and treacherous areas of heat and cold–along with prehistoric beasts and Count Saknussemm (Thayer David) who killed Carla's husband and has been striving to be the first person to reach the center of Earth. Special effects are what earn this film its three stars.
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Julius Caesar 1953  N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast: Louis Calhern, Marlon Brando, James Mason, John Gielgud, Greer Garson, Deborah Kerr, Edmond O'Brien, George Macready, Michael Pate, Richard Hale, Alan Napier, John Hoyt, William Cottrell, Tom Powers, Ian Wolfe
This rendition of Shakespeare's play is excellent. Marlon Brando's performance as Mark Anthony is powerful, and James Mason's portrayal of Brutus is just as good. The film received an Oscar for Art Direction/Set Decoration and had four other nominations, including Best Picture and Actor (Brando).
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The Last of Sheila 1973 PG, 120 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Herbert Ross
Cast: James Coburn, Dyan Cannon, Richard Benjamin, Joan Hackett, James Mason, Ian McShane, Raquel Welch, Yvonne Romain
Celebrities gather on "Sheila," the yacht of a Hollywood producer (James Coburn), where they participate in a game that will reveal the hit-and-run driver who killed the producer's wife, Sheila.
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 Lolita 1962 N/R, 152 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Cast: James Mason, Shelley Winters, Sue Lyon, Peter Sellers, Marianne Stone, Diana Decker, Jerry Stovin, Lois Maxwell, Cec Linder, Terry Kilburn
When a middle-aged professor (James Mason) becomes attracted to a 15-year-old girl (Sue Lyon), he marries her mother (Shelley Winters) in order to ensure being physically near the young girl.
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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 Mackintosh Man 1973 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Action
Director: John Huston
Cast: Paul Newman, Dominique Sanda, James Mason, Harry Andrews, Nigel Patrick, Ian Bannen, Michael Hordern, Roland Culver, Peter Vaughan, Percy Herbert
In this cold war spy thriller, agent Rearden (Paul Newman) sets out to get Communist spy Sir George Wheeler (James Mason). Good car chase.
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Madame Bovary 1949 N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Jennifer Jones, James Mason, Van Heflin, Louis Jourdan, Alf Kjellin, Gene Lockhart, Frank Allenby, Gladys Cooper, Harry Morgan, George Zucco, John Abbott, Ellen Corby, Eduard Franz, Henri Letondal, Esther Somers
Set in 19th-century France, this is the film adaptation of Flaubert's classic novel about Emma Bovary (Jennifer Jones) and her scandalous affairs that lead to tragedy. Country girl Emma is bored with her life and marries Dr. Charles Bovary (Van Heflin) hoping for romance and social standing. But, the marriage is not what she had dreamed, and Emma begins affairs with numerous suitors–until, finally, in despair she commits suicide.
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The Man Between 1953 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Carol Reed
Cast: James Mason, Claire Bloom, Hildegarde Neff, Geoffrey Toone, Aribert Wascher, Ernst Schroder, Dieter Krause, Hilde Sessak, Karl John, Ljuba Welitsch
His love for Susan (Claire Bloom) interferes with the black market enterprise of Ivo (James Mason) in this good drama about the Cold War.
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The Man in Grey 1943 N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Leslie Arliss
Cast: Margaret Lockwood, Phyllis Calvert, James Mason, Stewart Granger, Helen Haye, Martita Hunt, Raymond Lovell, Nora Swinburne, Beatrice Varley, Amy Veness
Girlhood friends, Clarissa (Phyllis Calvert) and Hester (Margaret Lockwood) find tragedy awaits following the scheming of Hester for the affections of Clarissa's husband, the Marquis of Rohan (James Mason). This film did much to propel Mason to stardom.
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Mandingo 1975 R, 126 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: James Mason, Susan George, Perry King, Richard Ward, Brenda Sykes, Ken Norton, Paul Benedict, Ben Masters, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Roy Poole
Lust and man's-inhumanity-to-man are the subject matter of this story of life on a Southern plantation before the Civil War. Unusual for Mason to be in such a weak film.
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The Marriage-Go-Round 1960 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Walter Lang
Cast: Susan Hayward, James Mason, Julie Newmar, Robert Paige, June Clayworth, Joe Kirkwood Jr., Everett Glass, Ben Astar, John Bryant, Mary Patton
Based on the Broadway play, this is the story of a professor's (James Mason) predicament when a young Swedish woman (Julie Newmar) wants to combine her genes with his in the form of a BABY.
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The Mill on the Floss 1937 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tim Whelan
Cast: Geraldine Fitzgerald, Frank Lawton, Victoria Hopper, Fay Compton, James Mason, Griffith Jones, Mary Clare, Martita Hunt, Felix Aylmer, Athene Seyler
This is the film adaptation of George Eliot's novel about two feuding families whose son and daughter fall in love with each other to the dismay of their relatives.
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Murder by Decree 1979 PG, 120 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Bob Clark
Cast: Christopher Plummer, James Mason, Donald Sutherland, Genevieve Bujold, David Hemmings, Susan Clark, Anthony Quayle, John Gielgud, Frank Finlay, Chris Wiggins
Christopher Plummer plays Sherlock Holmes in this film about the search for the identity of London's famed "Jack the Ripper."
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 North by Northwest 1959 N/R, 136 min.
Genre: Adventure / Thriller / Mystery
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Martin Landau, Leo G. Carroll, Jessie Royce Landis, Philip Ober, Josephine Hutchinson, Edward Platt, Les Tremayne, Adam Williams, Robert Ellenstein, Philip Coolidge, Patrick McVey, Ken Lynch
A Madison Avenue businessman (Cary Grant) is pursued by foreign agents who mistakenly think he is a spy. He has a torrid affair with a stranger (Eva Marie Saint) during a train ride while eluding the agents. The chase takes place from New York City, through Midwest corn fields, and culminates at the top of Mount Rushmore in South Dakota's Black Hills. One of Hitchcock's and filmdom's greats. The film was nominated for three Academy Awards: Best Art Direction-Set Direction, Film Editing, and Writing.
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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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Odd Man Out 1947 N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Carol Reed
Cast: James Mason, Kathleen Ryan, Robert Beatty, Denis O'Dea, Robert Newton, Dan O'Herlihy, William Hartnell, Fay Compton, Cyril Cusack, Eddie Byrne, Kitty Kirwan, Joseph Tomelty, Guy Rolfe, Geoffrey Keen
After breaking out of jail, IRA leader Johnny McQueen (James Mason) needs money to support his cause. He robs a bank but is wounded during the robbery, and he now finds himself trying to elude the police as he staggers through the back alleys of Belfast. Other IRA operatives and Johnny's girlfriend Kathleen (Kathleen Ryan) struggle to find him before it is too late, but sanctuary eludes him, and the police close in.
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One-Way Street 1950 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Hugo Fregonese
Cast: James Mason, Marta Toren, Dan Duryea, William Conrad, King Donovan, Jack Elam, Rock Hudson, Basil Ruysdael, Rodolfo Acosta, Tito Renaldo
Doc Matson (James Mason) helps a gang of robbers and then runs off with the girlfriend (Marta Toren) of the gang's leader. Check out Rock Hudson in an early role as a truck driver.
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The Passage 1979 R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Cast: Anthony Quinn, James Mason, Malcolm McDowell, Patricia Neal, Kay Lenz, Christopher Lee, Michael Lonsdale, Marcel Bozzuffi, Paul Clemens
One step ahead of their Nazi pursuer, Von Berkow (Malcolm McDowell), Professor Bergson (James Mason), his wife, Ariel (Patricia Neal), and their children are aided by a Basque (Anthony Quinn) in a trek across France to reach freedom in Spain.
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A Place of One's Own 1945  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Bernard Knowles
Cast: Margaret Lockwood, James Mason, Barbara Mullen, Dennis Price, Helen Haye, Ernest Thesiger, Michael Shepley, Dulcie Gray, Moore Marriott, Gus McNaughton
Annette (Margaret Lockwood) works for the Smedhursts (James Mason and Barbara Mullen) at their haunted home and becomes possessed by the spirit of a former owner who was murdered.
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Prince Valiant 1954 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: James Mason, Janet Leigh, Robert Wagner, Debra Paget, Sterling Hayden, Victor McLaglen, Donald Crisp, Brian Aherne, Tom Conway, Neville Brand
This cartoon feature about King Arthur's Court is brought to the screen with the voice of Robert Wagner in the title role of Prince Valiant.
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 The Prisoner of Zenda 1952 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, Louis Calhern, Jane Greer, Lewis Stone, Robert Douglas, Robert Coote, James Mason, Peter Brocco, Francis Pierlot, Jay Adler, Kathleen Freeman, John Goldsworthy, Forbes Murray, Thomas Browne Henry
In this remake of the 1937 film, Stewart Granger stars in the Ronald Colman role of an Englishman, Rudolf Rassendyll, who vacations in Romania where it is discovered that he has a surprising resemblance to Romania's Prince Rudolph (also played by Granger). The Prince's brother Michael, Duke of Strelsau (Robert Douglas) plans to usurp the throne and drugs the Prince the night before his coronation. Because he looks so much like the Prince, Rudolf is asked to impersonate the Prince during the coronation and foil the plot of his evil brother. Once he catches on to the subterfuge, the brother imprisons the real Prince, and now Rudolf, while carrying out the ruse, begins to fall in love with the Prince's fiancee Princess Flavia (Deborah Kerr).
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The Pumpkin Eater 1964 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jack Clayton
Cast: Anne Bancroft, Peter Finch, James Mason, Janine Gray, Maggie Smith, Cedric Hardwicke, Eric Porter, Alan Webb, Richard Johnson, Anthony Nicholls, Rosalind Atkinson, Cyril Luckham, John Franklyn-Robbins, John Junkin
Jo Armitage (Anne Bancroft) is a weary mother of eight children whose life is made even unhappier when she learns of her husband's (Peter Finch) philandering ways. Bancroft was nominated for an Oscar.
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The Reckless Moment 1949 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Max Ophuls
Cast: James Mason, Joan Bennett, Geraldine Brooks, Henry O'Neill, Shepperd Strudwick, Roy Roberts, Paul E. Burns, Billy Snyder, Claire Carleton, Peter Brocco
Lucia (Joan Bennett) tries to hide evidence of an accidental homicide by her daughter, Bea (Geraldine Brooks); however, she is later blackmailed for her efforts by Martin Donnellly (James Mason) in this gripping suspense film.
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Salem's Lot 1979 PG, 200 min.
Genre: Horror / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Tobe Hooper
Cast: David Soul, James Mason, Bonnie Bedelia, Lance Kerwin, Lew Ayres, Ed Flanders, Elisha Cook Jr., Marie Windsor, Fred Willard, Kenneth McMillan, Ned Wilson, Julie Cobb, George Dzundza, Clarissa Kay-Mason, Geoffrey Lewis
Ben Mears (David Soul) returns to his hometown, Salem, looking for inspiration for a new novel. He falls in love with Susan (Bonnie Bedelia) and gets to know young Mark (Lance Kerwin) who convinces Ben that his school friends are being turned into vampires. Ben has been suspecting that strange things are going on in Salem–especially with antiques dealer Richard K. Straker (James Mason). Will Ben and Mark get to the bottom of the strange occurrences in Salem that include people dying and there appearing to be no explanation? There is a sequel: "Return to Salem's Lot." 1 User Review
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| | the best | rich-the-horror-lover 08/21/2007 | | probably my favourite horror - a brilliant story line. Very creepy and scary. Its weird, i do not like vampire films, yet this is my favourite film of all time!! |
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The Sea Gull 1968 G, 141 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: James Mason, Vanessa Redgrave, Simone Signoret, David Warner, Harry Andrews, Denholm Elliott, Eileen Herlie, Alfred Lynch, Kathleen Widdoes, Ronald Radd
Set in the 19th century on a Russian estate, this is the film adaptation of Chekov's play about a visit by actress Arkadina (Simone Signoret) and her lover, Trigorin (James Mason), as they disrupt the lives of the host family.
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Secret Mission 1942 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Harold French
Cast: Hugh Williams, Carla Lehmann, James Mason, Roland Culver, Michael Wilding, Stewart Granger, Herbert Lom, Betty Warren, Brefni O'Rorke, Karel Stepanek
Three British intelligence officers manage to sneak behind enemy lines to obtain Nazi defense secrets.
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The Seventh Veil 1945 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Compton Bennett
Cast: James Mason, Ann Todd, Herbert Lom, Hugh McDermott, Albert Lieven, Yvonne Owen, David Horne, Manning Whiley, Beatrice Varley, Margaret Withers
Hypnosis is the method of treatment attempted for pianist Francesca Cunningham (Ann Todd), and her induced memories reveal a troubled past.
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The Shooting Party 1985 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alan Bridges
Cast: James Mason, Edward Fox, Dorothy Tutin, John Gielgud, Cheryl Campbell, Gordon Jackson, Judi Bowker, Robert Hardy, Thomas Heathcote, Sarah Badel
Invited for a weekend shooting party as guests of their host (James Mason), members of the British aristocracy personify a myriad of destructive behaviors.
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Spring and Port Wine 1970 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Hammond
Cast: James Mason, Susan George, Diana Coupland, Rodney Bewes, Arthur Lowe, Marjorie Rhodes, Hannah Gordon, Keith Buckley, Avril Elgar, Bernard Bresslaw, Len Jones, Adrienne Posta, Frank Windsor, Ken Parry, Joseph Greig
The generation gap of the Crompton family in Lancashire is presented through the eyes of both parents and children when young Hilda (Susan George) refuses to eat her herring and her father Rafe (James Mason) becomes irate. Because of Hilda's behavior, Rafe begins to serve her herring every day at tea time. Rafe's wife Daisy (Diana Coupland) is so upset with his behavior that she tries to get money for Hilda to move away to London. Rafe is also upset when his daughter Florence (Hannah Gordon) falls in love. And the problems continue as Rafe is determined to rule his household.
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 A Star Is Born 1983 PG, 176 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson, Charles Bickford, Tommy Noonan, Lucy Marlow, Nancy Kulp, Irving Bacon, James Brown, Dub Taylor, Hazel Shermet, Gloria Lewin, Don Beddoe, Willis Bouchey, Tristram Coffin
This is the uncut film of the 1954 musical version of "A Star Is Born" in which Norman Maine's (James Mason) film career sags as his wife Esther Blodgett (Judy Garland) becomes a film star. Oscar nominations included Best Actor and Actress.
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A Star Is Born 1954 N/R, 154 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Judy Garland, James Mason, Charles Bickford, Jack Carson, Tommy Noonan, Lucy Marlow, Nancy Kulp, Irving Bacon, James Brown, Dub Taylor, Hazel Shermet, Gloria Lewin, Don Beddoe, Willis Bouchey, Tristram Coffin
This is another excellent production–this time a musical–of "A Star Is Born," in which Norman Maine's (James Mason) film career sags as his wife Esther Blodgett (Judy Garland) becomes a film star. Oscar nominations included Best Actor and Actress.
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The Story of Three Loves 1953 N/R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Vincente Minnelli, Gottfried Reinhardt
Cast: Pier Angeli, Ethel Barrymore, Leslie Caron, Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Farley Granger, Agnes Moorehead, Ricky Nelson, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Richard Anderson
While traveling on an ocean liner, three passengers remember their love stories in this movie which is actually a trio of short films.
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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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Thunder Rock 1942 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roy Boulting
Cast: Michael Redgrave, Barbara Mullen, James Mason, Lilli Palmer, Finlay Currie, Frederick Valk, Barry Morse, Miles Malleson, A.E. Matthews, Andreas Malandrinos
Based on Robert Ardrey's play, this is the story of a war correspondent who "retires" to a lighthouse where the immigrants from ships which had sunk near the lighthouse a century before haunt him, and through their stories, his faith in mankind is renewed.
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Tiara Tahiti 1962 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Cast: James Mason, John Mills, Claude Dauphin, Herbert Lom, Roy Kinnear, Jacques Marin, Peter Barkworth, Gary Cockrell, Rosenda Monteros, Libby Morris
Brett Aimsley (James Mason) and Lieutenant Colonel Clifford Southey (John Mills) compete with each other in all phases of their lives.
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A Touch of Larceny 1959 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Guy Hamilton
Cast: James Mason, Vera Miles, George Sanders, Harry Andrews, Robert Flemyng, Oliver Johnston, Peter Barkworth, Duncan Lamont, Martin Stephens, William Kendall, Rachel Gurney, Waveney Lee, Charles Carson, Junia Crawford, Henry B. Longhurst
A British naval officer, Commander Max Easton (James Mason), needs money to impress his friend Sir Charles Holland's (George Sanders) fiancee, wealthy American Virginia Killain (Vera Miles). Easton comes up with a scheme to sue the newspapers for libel after he causes his own arrest for supposed espionage. He makes it look like he is a traitor and then maroons himself on an island. After being rescued, he convinces the Special Branch that he is innocent and then visits Virginia. Will she be impressed?
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The Trials of Oscar Wilde 1960 N/R, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Man with the Green Carnation
The Green Carnation
Director: Ken Hughes
Cast: Peter Finch, Yvonne Mitchell, James Mason, Nigel Patrick, Lionel Jeffries, John Fraser, Maxine Audley, Ian Fleming, Laurence Naismith, James Booth
The famed libel trial of 19th-century playwright Oscar Wilde (Peter Finch) that resulted in his imprisonment is depicted in this film, which was released at the same time as "Oscar Wilde" starring Robert Morley in the title role.
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The Upturned Glass 1947 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lawrence Huntington
Cast: James Mason, Rosamund John, Pamela Mason, Ann Stephens, Morland Graham, Brefni O'Rorke, Henry Oscar, Jane Hylton, Maurice Denham, Beatrice Varley, Peter Cotes, Sheila Huntington, Susan Shaw, Cyril Chamberlain, Howard Douglas
Doctor Michael Joyce (James Mason) is a neurosurgeon whose lover Emma (Rosamund John) has been killed. He avenges her murder through a diabolical plot against the killer, Kate Howard (Pamela Mason). He stuffs the body in his car trunk and shortly after is called on to help a child who had been hurt in a car accident. If he doesn't come to the child's aid, the child may die. But, if he does help, the body may be found. Will he remain faithful to the Hippocratic Oath, or will he choose to flee and prevent the body from being discovered?
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The Verdict 1982 R, 128 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Paul Newman, Charlotte Rampling, James Mason, Jack Warden, Milo O'Shea, Lindsay Crouse, Ed Binns, Julie Bovasso, Roxanne Hart, James Handy, Westley Addy, Joe Seneca, Lewis J. Stadlen, Kent Broadhurst, Colin Stinton
Down-and-out, alcoholic lawyer Frank Galvin (Paul Newman), assisted by girlfriend Laura Fischer (Charlotte Rampling), works on a case against Ed Concannon (James Mason) that could be his salvation. The case involves a malpractice suit against a Catholic hospital that may be responsible for the poor condition of a woman who ran into problems with anesthesia given during childbirth. Academy Award nominations included Best Picture, Actor (Newman), Supporting Actor (Mason), and Director.
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Voyage of the Damned 1976 PG, 155 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Cast: Faye Dunaway, Max von Sydow, Oskar Werner, Malcolm McDowell, Orson Welles, James Mason, Lee Grant, Ben Gazzara, Katharine Ross, Jose Ferrer, Sam Wanamaker, Lynne Frederick, David de Keyser, Nehemiah Persoff, Julie Harris
This film is based on the true story of Jewish refugees–including countess Denise (Faye Dunaway) and her husband Professor Egon Kreisler (Oscar Werner) and disbarred attorney Carl Rosen (Sam Wanamaker), his wife Lili (Lee Grant), and daughter Anna (Lynne Frederick). In 1939, they and other passengers sail from Europe looking for freedom. Their ship is not allowed to dock in ports in the Western Hemisphere, and the voyage proves fruitless when they are forced to return to Germany. Lee Grant received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
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The Water Babies 1978 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Fantasy / Musical
aka: Slip Slide Adventures
Director: Lionel Jeffries
Cast: James Mason, Billie Whitelaw, Bernard Cribbins, Joan Greenwood, David Tomlinson, Tommy Pender, Samantha Gates, Paul Luty, Jon Pertwee, Olive Gregg, Lance Percival, David Jason, Cass Allan, Liz Proud, Una Stubbs
In 1850s' England, twelve-year-old, chimney sweep apprentice Tom (Tommy Pender) escapes after being framed for a theft, and he leaps into Dead Man's Pool. Tom is sucked into the magical civilization of Water Babies that are held captive by an eel (voice of Bernard Cribbins) and a shark (voice of James Mason). Tom helps the Water Babies escape from the lake and gain freedom in the ocean. Now, Tom can return home where he finds the thieves, clears his name, and lives happily ever after. A cast of character actors provides the voices of the animated Water Babies that live under the sea in this film that mixes live-action with animation.
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Yellowbeard 1983  PG, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mel Damski
Cast: Graham Chapman, Peter Boyle, Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Martin Hewitt, Marty Feldman, Eric Idle, Madeline Kahn, James Mason, John Cleese
Seventeenth-century pirate Yellowbeard (Graham Chapman) sets out–after release from prison–with his son (Martin Hewitt) and wife (Madeline Kahn) to recover a fortune he buried years ago. Gobble, gobble, gobble.
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| 1. 11 Harrowhouse (1974)
aka: Anything for Love
aka: Fast Fortune
2. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
3. Age of Consent (1969)
4. The Assisi Underground (1985)
5. Bad Man's River (1972)
6. The Bells Go Down (1943)
7. Bigger Than Life (1956)
8. Bloodline (1979)
aka: Sidney Sheldon's Bloodline
9. The Blue Max (1966)
10. Botany Bay (1953)
11. The Boys from Brazil (1978)
12. Candlelight in Algiers (1944)
13. Caught (1949)
14. Child's Play (1972)
15. Cold Sweat (1970)
16. Cop-Out (1967)
17. Cross of Iron (1977)
18. Cry Terror (1958)
19. A Dangerous Summer (1981)
aka: The Burning Man
aka: Flash Fire
20. The Deadly Affair (1967)
21. The Decks Ran Red (1958)
22. The Desert Fox (1951)
23. The Desert Rats (1953)
24. The Destructors (1974)
aka: The Marseille Contract
25. Dr. Fischer of Geneva (1983)
26. Duffy (1968)
27. East Side, West Side (1949)
28. Escape from Zahrain (1962)
29. Evil Under the Sun (1982)
30. Face to Face (1952)
31. The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
32. Fanny by Gaslight (1944)
aka: Man of Evil
33. Fire Over England (1937)
34. Five Fingers (1952)
35. Forever Darling (1956)
36. Frankenstein: The True Story (1973)
37. Genghis Khan (1965)
38. Georgy Girl (1966)
39. Great Expectations (1974)
40. Hatter's Castle (1942)
41. Heaven Can Wait (1978)
42. Hero's Island (1962)
43. The High Command (1937)
44. Hotel Reserve (1944)
45. I Met a Murderer (1939)
46. Inside Out (1975)
aka: Hitler's Gold
aka: The Golden Heist
47. Island in the Sun (1957)
48. Ivanhoe (1982)
49. Jesus of Nazareth (1977)
50. Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
51. Julius Caesar (1953)
aka: William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
52. Kill! (1971)
aka: Kill! Kill! Kill!
53. Lady Possessed (1952)
54. The Last of Sheila (1973)
55. Lolita (1962)
56. Lord Jim (1965)
57. The Mackintosh Man (1973)
58. Madame Bovary (1949)
59. The Man Between (1953)
60. The Man in Grey (1943)
61. Mandingo (1975)
62. The Marriage-Go-Round (1960)
63. The Mill on the Floss (1937)
64. Murder by Decree (1979)
65. The Night Has Eyes (1942)
aka: Terror House
66. North by Northwest (1959)
67. North Sea Hijack (1980)
aka: Assault Force
aka: ffolkes
68. Odd Man Out (1947)
69. One-Way Street (1950)
70. Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951)
71. The Passage (1979)
72. A Place of One's Own (1945)
73. Prince Valiant (1954)
74. The Prisoner of Zenda (1952)
75. The Pumpkin Eater (1964)
76. The Reckless Moment (1949)
77. Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1938)
78. Salem's Lot (1979)
79. The Sea Gull (1968)
80. Secret Mission (1942)
81. The Seventh Veil (1945)
82. The Shooting Party (1985)
83. Spring and Port Wine (1970)
84. A Star Is Born (1983)
85. A Star Is Born (1954)
86. The Story of Three Loves (1953)
87. They Were Sisters (1945)
88. Thunder Rock (1942)
89. Tiara Tahiti (1962)
90. A Touch of Larceny (1959)
91. The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960)
aka: The Man with the Green Carnation
aka: The Green Carnation
92. The Upturned Glass (1947)
93. The Verdict (1982)
94. Voyage of the Damned (1976)
95. The Water Babies (1978)
aka: Slip Slide Adventures
96. The Wicked Lady (1945)
97. Yellowbeard (1983)
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