Annie: A Royal Adventure! 1995  G, 92 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Ian Toynton
Cast: Ashley Johnson, Joan Collins, George Hearn, Crispin Bonham-Carter, Perry Benson, Ian McDiarmid, Emily Ann Lloyd, Camilla Belle, Antony Zaki, David Tse, Jayne Ashbourne, Carol Cleveland
In this made-for-TV film, orphan Annie (Ashley Johnson) visits London where Daddy Warbucks (George Hearn) is to be knighted and, in the process, foils an attempt by the evil Lady Edwina Hogbottom (Joan Collins) to destroy Buckingham Palace.
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The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones 1976 R, 94 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Cliff Owen
Cast: Nicky Henson, Trevor Howard, Joan Collins, Terry-Thomas, Arthur Lowe, Georgia Brown, William Mervyn, Murray Melvin, Madeline Smith, Geraldine McEwan, John Forrest
Tom Jones (Nicky Henson) and Black Bess (Trevor Howard) frolic in this musical based on Henry Fielding's novel.
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 The Big Sleep 1978 R, 99 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Romance / Thriller
Director: Michael Winner
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Sarah Miles, Richard Boone, Candy Clark, James Stewart, John Mills, Joan Collins, Oliver Reed, Edward Fox, Harry Andrews, Colin Blakely, Diana Quick, Richard Todd, James Donald, John Justin
This version of "The Big Sleep" features Robert Mitchum in the role of private detective Philip Marlowe, and the setting is now in London during the 1970s. Marlowe is hired by elderly General Sternwood (James Stewart) to investigate a blackmail attempt. In the process, Marlowe becomes involved with Sternwood's daughters (Sarah Miles and Candy Clark), and, before the case is solved, several murders take place.
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The Bravados 1958  N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Henry King
Cast: Gregory Peck, Joan Collins, Stephen Boyd, Albert Salmi, Henry Silva, Lee Van Cleef, Andrew Duggan, Gene Evans, Barry Coe, Herbert Rudley, Kathleen Gallant, George Voskovec, Ken Scott, Robert Adler, Jacqueline Evans
While tracking down his wife's suspected murderers (Stephen Boyd, Albert Salmi, Lee Van Cleef, and Henry Silva), rancher Jim Douglas (Gregory Peck) leads vigilantes on the quest. He finally finds them, and they are in jail waiting for their hangings for yet another murder. Then, the group escapes with a hostage (Kathleen Gallant) in tow. Douglas hunts them down and kills them–only to learn that they were not the ones who killed his wife. Douglas has learned a lesson and questions whether his act of private lynching is any better than that of murder.
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The Cartier Affair 1984  TV, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Rod Holcomb
Cast: Joan Collins, David Hasselhoff, Telly Savalas, Ed Lauter, Charles Napier, Randi Brooks, Rita Taggart, Stephen Apostle Pec, Jordan Charney, Jay Gerber, Louisa Moritz, Hilly Hicks
In this made-for-TV comedy romance, con artist Curt Taylor (David Hasselhoff) gets a job working as a secretary for film star Cartier Rand (Joan Collins) in order to settle a debt by stealing her jewelry collection. But love gets in the way.
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The Clandestine Marriage 1999 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Christopher Miles
Cast: Nigel Hawthorne, Joan Collins, Timothy Spall, Paul Nicholls, Natasha Little, Emma Chambers, Tom Hollander, Craster Pringle, Timothy Bateson, Lara Harvey
Set in 1700s' England, all sorts of things go wrong when a marriage of convenience is set up by the parents of the bride-to-be. The mix-ups at the plush country estate are true British humor.
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Dark Places 1973 PG, 91 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Don Sharp
Cast: Christopher Lee, Joan Collins, Robert Hardy, Herbert Lom, Jane Birkin, Carleton Hobbs, Jennifer Thanisch, Michael McVey, Jean Marsh, Martin Boddey, Linda Gray, Roy Evans
Edward (Robert Hardy) is the former director of a mental hospital who inherits a house where multiple murders occurred. Believing there is a treasure in gold hidden inside the house, Edward enters the old house determined to find the gold. But, he is not alone in his quest; Dr. Mandeville (Christopher Lee), his sister Sarah (Joan Collins), and the estate's lawyer Prescott (Herbert Lom) also appear on the scene to claim the treasure for themselves. There is one little problem: the house is rumored to be haunted, and Edward now appears to be possessed by the evil spirit of the original owner and will stop at nothing to get the treasure for himself.
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Decameron Nights 1953 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure / Romance
Director: Hugo Fregonese
Cast: Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Joan Collins, Marjorie Rhodes, Mara Lane, Eliot Makeham, Hugh Morton, Binnie Barnes, Godfrey Tearle, Meinhart Maur, Gordon Bell, Van Boolen, Gerard Tichy, Noel Purcell, Stella Riley
Three of the Boccaccio tales of lovers and intrigue are told by Boccaccio (Louis Jourdan) when he visits the recently widowed Fiametta (Joan Fontaine) and her women friends at a Florentine Hills villa. Each story involves problems between men and women, and Jourdan plays the husbands, and Joan Fontaine takes the roles of the often misunderstood wives.
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Empire of the Ants 1977  PG, 89 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Bert I. Gordon
Cast: Joan Collins, Robert Lansing, John David Carson, Albert Salmi, Jacqueline Scott, Pamela Susan Shoop, Robert Pine, Edward Power, Brooke Palance, Tom Fadden
It would be nice to say there is some cult value here, but it's hard to find in this tale of crooked Marilyn (Joan Collins) trying to get buyers for an island that had been a radioactive waste dump. On a trip to the island, prospective buyers find giant, mutated ants that have spawned from the waste, and the feast begins. Terrible special effects.
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Esther and the King 1960  N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Joan Collins, Richard Egan, Denis O'Dea, Sergio Fantoni, Rik Battaglia, Renato Baldini, Gabriele Tinti, Daniela Rocca, Robert Buchanan, Folco Lulli
This is a weary, biblical tale set in fourth century B.C. Persia and tells the story of the Persian King (Richard Egan), his dealing with the Persian hatred of the Jews, and of Jewish woman Esther (Joan Collins) who was to become his bride. Director Walsh must have been tiring of his trade, or of the subject matter, since there is no conviction in the players.
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Fear in the Night 1972 PG, 85 min.
Genre: Thriller
aka: Dynasty of Fear
Honeymoon of Fear
Director: Jimmy Sangster
Cast: Peter Cushing, Joan Collins, Ralph Bates, Judy Geeson, James Cossins, Gillian Lind, John Bown, Brian Grellis
Peggy (Judy Geeson) is the bride of Robert Heller (Ralph Bates) who is an instructor at a private school. Robert also finds time for an affair with Molly (Joan Collins) who happens to be Headmaster Michael Carmichael's (Peter Cushing) wife. It turns out that Molly and Robert are plotting to drive the already mentally unstable Peggy over the brink and right into their murder plot.
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The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas 2000  PG, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Brian Levant
Cast: Mark Addy, Stephen Baldwin, Jane Krakowski, Kristen Johnston, Joan Collins, Alan Cumming, Harvey Korman, Thomas Gibson, John Taylor, Tony Longo
Mark Addy and Stephen Baldwin star as Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble in this live-action spinoff of the popular cartoon. The story takes place in an earlier era when Fred and Barney first met Betty (June Krakowski) and Wilma (Kristen Johnston) at the Bronto King drive-in. The foursome takes off for an all-expense-paid vacation to Rock Vegas–arranged for by conniving Chip (Thomas Gibson) who has his eye on Wilma.
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Game for Vultures 1979 R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Fargo
Cast: Joan Collins, Richard Harris, Richard Roundtree, Ray Milland, Jana Cilliers, Denholm Elliott, Ken Gampu
Racial problems, inherent in Rhodesia's apartheid politics, rise to the forefront; the theme is good, the movie is bad!
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The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing 1955  N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Ray Milland, Joan Collins, Farley Granger, Luther Adler, Cornelia Otis Skinner, Glenda Farrell, Frances Fuller, Philip Reed, Gale Robbins, John Hoyt
Based on a scandal that happened in New York during the early 1900s, this is the story of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw's (Joan Collins) affair with Stanford White (Ray Milland) that resulted in his murder by her husband, Harry (Farley Granger).
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Homework 1982 R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: James Beshears
Cast: Joan Collins, Michael Morgan, Shell Kepler, Lee Purcell, Carrie Snodgress, Wings Hauser, Mel Welles, Beverly Todd, Betty Thomas, Lanny Horn, Erin Donovan
Tommy (Michael Morgan) is a young teenager who experiences his sexual awakening thanks to the services of Diana (Joan Collins), a woman old enough to be his mother.
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I Don't Want to Be Born 1975 R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Fantasy
aka: Devil Within Her
Director: Peter Sasdy
Cast: Joan Collins, Eileen Atkins, Donald Pleasence, Ralph Bates, Caroline Munro, Hilary Mason, John Steiner, Janet Key, George Claydon, Derek Benfield, Stanley Lebor, Judy Buxton, Susan Richards
Nightclub stripper Lucy Carlesi (Joan Collins) rejects the advances of a dwarf working at her club. The dwarf then casts a spell on her. Later, Lucy marries Gino (Ralph Bates), and they have a baby who turns out to be a monster emitting eerie howls. Before long, the baby has attacked everyone it comes in contact with, and the blood-letting includes drowning, hanging, and even a beheading.
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If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium 1969 G, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Adventure / Romance
Director: Mel Stuart
Cast: Suzanne Pleshette, Ian McShane, Mildred Natwick, Murray Hamilton, Sandy Baron, Michael Constantine, Norman Fell, Peggy Cass, Marty Ingels, John Cassavetes, Pamela Britton, Reva Rose, Aubrey Morris, Joan Collins, Ben Gazzara
Led by their tour guide Charlie (Ian McShane), American tourists embark on an 18-day vacation in Europe during which time they visit many cities and countries on the whirlwind tour. While busy leading them to many landmarks, Charlie still has time to fall in love with one of his tourists, Samantha (Suzanne Pleshette). But, the romance ends as quickly as it started when Samantha decides that Charlie is too immature for her taste. Meanwhile, others in the tour group have theirown emotional ups and downs as they GO, GO, GO.
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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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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat 2000 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: David Mallet, Steven Pimlott
Cast: Donny Osmond, Richard Attenborough, Joan Collins, Maria Friedman, Robert Torti, Christopher Biggins, Alex Jennings, Ian McNeice, Nicholas Colicos
Donny Osmond performs exuberantly in his starring role as Joseph in this musical extravaganza based on the Biblical story. Music by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber ensures the quality of this one.
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Lady Godiva Rides Again 1951 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank Launder
Cast: Dennis Price, John McCallum, Stanley Holloway, Pauline Stroud, Gladys Henson, Bernadette O'Farrell, George Cole, Diana Dors, Eddie Byrne, Kay Kendall, Renee Houston, Joan Collins, Sid James, Tommy Duggan, Dana Wynter
Waitress Marjorie Clark (Pauline Stroud) enters a national beauty contest and wins money and a movie contract in London. But, Marjorie has no acting talents and ends up performing nude on the stage–until her boyfriend Larry (John McCallum) makes her promise to leave the show business world and settle down in the domestic world with him.
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Land of the Pharaohs 1955 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Howard Hawks
Cast: Jack Hawkins, Joan Collins, Dewey Martin, Alex Minotis, Sydney Chaplin, James Robertson Justice, James Hayter, Piero Giagnoni, Luisella Boni, Carlo D'Angelo, Robert Rietty
William Faulkner co-wrote the script for this haunting story about the rich Pharaoh (Jack Hawkins). He marries the beautiful Nellifer (Joan Collins) who arranges his death to inherit the kingdom. But, Nellifer is not aware of the fact that, according to custom, his wife will be entombed with the Pharaoh's body.
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The Opposite Sex 1956 N/R, 117 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: David Miller
Cast: June Allyson, Joan Collins, Dolores Gray, Ann Sheridan, Ann Miller, Leslie Nielsen, Agnes Moorehead, Charlotte Greenwood, Joan Blondell, Jim Backus
This remake of 1939's "The Women" features June Allison as the wife who connives to get her wandering husband back. Good, but not quite as good as the earlier version, and is now a musical.
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Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! 1958 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Leo McCarey
Cast: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Joan Collins, Jack Carson, Tuesday Weld, Dwayne Hickman, Gale Gordon, Murvyn Vye, O.Z. Whitehead, Percy Helton, Tom Gilson, David Hedison, Richard Collier, Tap Canutt, Bess Flowers
Harry and Grace Bannerman (Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward) react negatively to an army missile base construction near their suburban town of Putman's Landing. The townsfolk cannot deal with the annoying Captain Hoxie (Jack Carson), and Harry, who is an Air Force reservist, acts as the liaison between the town and the Army. After Grace and her group dress up as Indians for a 4th of July demonstration against the planned missile site, they learn that the site will bring employment to their town. Harry and Grace embrace, but they accidentally push a lever that launches a missile containing Captain Hoxie, and he goes up in space.
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 The Road to Hong Kong 1962 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Panama
Cast: Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Joan Collins, Dorothy Lamour, Robert Morley, Walter Gotell, Bill Nagy, Felix Aylmer, Peter Madden, Many Guest Stars
This final "Road" picture with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby has the pair entering the worlds of space travel and espionage while their cohort (Dorothy Lamour) appears in a short cameo.
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Sea Wife 1957 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Bob McNaught
Cast: Joan Collins, Richard Burton, Basil Sydney, Cy Grant, Ronald Squire, Harold Goodwin, Joan Hickson, Gibb McLaughlin, Roddy Hughes, Lloyd Lamble, Nora Nicholson, Ronald Adam, Beatrice Varley, Yvette Wyatt
In 1942, soon after setting sail from Singapore, four British survivors–a beautiful nun (Joan Collins), an army officer (Richard Burton), a bigoted business administrator (Basil Sydney), and the Black purser (Cy Grant)–reveal their true personalities as they struggle to survive under great hardships after their ship is sunk by a Japanese torpedo.
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Seven Thieves 1960 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Rod Steiger, Joan Collins, Eli Wallach, Alexander Scourby, Michael Dante, Berry Kroeger, Sebastian Cabot, Marcel Hillaire, John Beradino, Jean Del Val, Bess Flowers, Jonathan Kidd
A discredited professor (Edward G. Robinson) organizes a gang of thieves, plans a robbery, and then attempts it. The target is the bank vault inside a Monte Carlo casino. There is one problem: the criminals realize that there is no way to fence the loot and return it to the casino. Their take after all the work is the $3,000 they win at the gambling tables. Very good performances.
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Star Trek Original Series, Vol. 14 (Episodes 27&28) 1967 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: John Newland, Joseph Pevney
Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, David Hillary Hughes, Jon Abbott, Michael Barrier, Joan Collins
Two more episodes from the original series are presented on this DVD. "Errand of Mercy" (aired 3/23/1967, stardate 3198.4)-The planet Organia is strategically located between the Klingon and Federation spheres of influence. Thus, the Enterprise is sent to talk the Organians into allowing a base on their planet. While there, the Klingons attack, and now we find out more about the Organians. "The City on the Edge of Forever" (aired 4/6/1967, stardate 3134.0). McCoy accidentally jumps in time to the 20th century where he drastically changes history. Kirk and Spock go back to undo the change and save the Earth.
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Stopover Tokyo 1957 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard L. Breen
Cast: Robert Wagner, Joan Collins, Edmond O'Brien, Ken Scott, Reiko Oyama, Larry Keating, Sarah Selby, Solly Nakamura, H. Okhawa, K.J. Seijto, Demmei Suzuki, Yuki Kaneko
Intelligence agent Mark Fannon (Robert Wagner) is assigned to protect an American ambassador (Larry Keating) in Japan. But the ambassador refuses to cooperate because he doesn't believe that his life is in danger. That makes it much easier for crazed Communist spy George Underwood (Edmond O'Brien) to plant his bomb in the embassy. Fannon works to find and neutralize the bomb. He succeeds, and all are saved. But, at the same time, his new girlfriend Tina (Joan Collins) says she cannot live in his dangerous world and walks out on him.
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Sunburn 1979 PG, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Cast: Farrah Fawcett, Charles Grodin, Art Carney, Joan Collins, William Daniels, John Hillerman, Eleanor Parker, Keenan Wynn, Jack Kruschen, Alejandro Rey
Jake (Charles Grodin) and Marcus (Art Carney) are insurance investigators who use Ellie (Farrah Fawcett) as a decoy posing as Jake's wife in order to solve a murder/suicide case.
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Tales from the Crypt 1972 PG, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Freddie Francis
Cast: Ralph Richardson, Geoffrey Bayldon, Joan Collins, Ian Hendry, Nigel Patrick, Patrick Magee, Peter Cushing, Richard Greene, Roy Dotrice, Robin Phillips
Five people on a tour of a tomb end up in a crypt where the eerie, comedic crypt keeper introduces five stories–one for each person. Entertaining. A sequel followed the next year.
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These Old Broads 2001 TV, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Matthew Diamond
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Joan Collins, Debbie Reynolds, Elizabeth Taylor, Jonathan Silverman, Nestor Carbonell, Peter Graves, Gene Barry, Pat Harrington Jr., Carlos Jacott, Pat Crawford Brown, Suzanne Carney, Heath Hyche, Hinton Battle, Betty Carvalho
After a re-release of a 1960s film gains cult status, a TV executive, needing a hit show, decides to bring the three stars Kate Westbourne, Addie Holden, and Piper Grayson (Shirley MacLaine, Joan Collins, and Debbie Reynolds) together for a reunion special on TV. But the three stars dislike each other and always have. They all have the same agent, Beryl Mason (Elizabeth Taylor). Will she be able to convince them to make the special? Some funny lines here and there.
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The Virgin Queen 1955 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: Bette Davis, Richard Todd, Joan Collins, Jay Robinson, Herbert Marshall, Dan O'Herlihy, Robert Douglas, Rod Taylor, Leslie Parrish, Robert Adler, Romney Brent, Lisa Daniels, David Thursby, Frank Mills, Noel Drayton
This historical drama focuses on the relationship between Queen Elizabeth (Bette Davis) and Sir Walter Raleigh (Richard Todd). Young adventurer Raleigh wants the aging Queen to finance his expedition to the New World and is determined to make a good impression by romancing her. Meanwhile, he falls in love with lady-in-waiting Beth Throgmorton (Joan Collins), and they secretly wed. When the Queen learns about the marriage, she feels betrayed and imprisons Raleigh in the Tower of London but later relents, frees him, and provides support for his trip across the ocean.
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Warning Shot 1967 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Buzz Kulik
Cast: David Janssen, Ed Begley, Keenan Wynn, Sam Wanamaker, Lillian Gish, Stefanie Powers, Eleanor Parker, George Grizzard, George Sanders, Steve Allen, Carroll O'Connor, Joan Collins
Sgt. Tom Valens (David Janssen) strives to clear his name after he is suspected of killing a man during a stakeout when, in actuality, the man first pulled a gun on Valens.
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| 1. Annie: A Royal Adventure! (1995)
2. The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones (1976)
3. The Big Sleep (1978)
4. The Bravados (1958)
5. The Cartier Affair (1984)
6. The Clandestine Marriage (1999)
7. Dark Places (1973)
8. Decameron Nights (1953)
9. Empire of the Ants (1977)
10. Esther and the King (1960)
11. Fear in the Night (1972)
aka: Dynasty of Fear
aka: Honeymoon of Fear
12. The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000)
13. Game for Vultures (1979)
14. The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955)
15. The Great Adventure (1975)
16. Homework (1982)
17. I Don't Want to Be Born (1975)
aka: Devil Within Her
18. If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969)
19. Island in the Sun (1957)
20. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (2000)
21. Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951)
22. Land of the Pharaohs (1955)
23. The Opposite Sex (1956)
24. Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958)
25. The Road to Hong Kong (1962)
26. Sea Wife (1957)
27. Seven Thieves (1960)
28. Star Trek Original Series, Vol. 14 (Episodes 27&28) (1967)
29. Stopover Tokyo (1957)
30. Sunburn (1979)
31. Tales from the Crypt (1972)
32. These Old Broads (2001)
33. The Virgin Queen (1955)
34. Warning Shot (1967)
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