Before Winter Comes 1969  PG, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Cast: David Niven, Topol, Anna Karina, John Hurt, Anthony Quayle, Ori Levy, John Collin, Karel Stepanek, Guy Deghy, George Innes
During 1945, in an Austrian camp for displaced persons, British Major Giles Burnside (David Niven) is given the job of dispatching civilians to either the Russian or the American zones. Burnside is aided by a multilingual refugee, Janovic (Topol), who, it turns out, is not the person he pretends to be.
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Man at the Top 1973 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mike Vardy
Cast: Kenneth Haigh, Nanette Newman, Harry Andrews, William Lucas, Clive Swift, Paul Williamson, John Collin, John Quentin, Danny Sewell, Charlie Williams, Anne Cunningham, Angela Bruce, Margaret Heald, Norma West, Mary Maude
First there was the great film "Room at the Top," followed by "Life at the Top." These films inspired the British TV series "Man at the Top," which, in turn, inspired this film. Business executive Joe Lampton (Kenneth Haigh) has a problem: whether or not to blow the whistle on an untested drug put out by his company. Joe knows that his boss, who is also his father-in-law Lord Ackerman (Harry Andrews), will not be happy if he does. Meanwhile, Joe's marriage falls apart, and Joe enters into a love affair with Lord's wife Alex (Nanette Newman). And Joe's problems continue.
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Tess 1979  PG, 192 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Roman Polanski
Cast: Nastassja Kinski, Peter Firth, John Collin, Tony Church, Rosemary Martin, David Markham, Richard Pearson, Arielle Dombasle, Carolyn Pickles, Leigh Lawson, Pascale de Boysson, Suzanna Hamilton, Caroline Embling, Lesley Dunlop, Sylvia Coleridge
Set in 19th-century England, this is a fine adaptation of Thomas Hardy's "Tess of the D'Urbervilles." Beautiful peasant Tess (Nastassja Kinski) is sent to live with her relatives, the D'Urbervilles. It turns out that the family living there is not her family; they have bought the family's name. "Cousin" Alec (Leigh Lawson) becomes Tess' lover, and Tess becomes pregnant but loses the baby. Now, Tess goes to work on a dairy farm where she falls in love with Angel Clare (Peter Firth), but more problems lie ahead. This film was nominated for Best Picture, Director, and Musical Score Oscars–and it won for Best Art Direction, Costume Design, and Cinematography.
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The Witches 1966 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: The Devil's Own
Director: Cyril Frankel
Cast: Joan Fontaine, Kay Walsh, Alec McCowen, Ann Bell, Ingrid Brett, John Collin, Michele Dotrice, Gwen Ffrangcon Davies, Duncan Lamont, Leonard Rossiter, Martin Stephens, Carmel McSharry
Gwen Mayfield (Joan Fontaine) can't seem to get away from voodoo. While teaching in Africa, she had a nervous breakdown after an encounter with a witch doctor. She takes a teaching job in a small town in England while recovering. But–the town seems to be the home of a coven of witches, and they intend to sacrifice a girl. Perhaps Gwen's "training" can help.
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| 1. Before Winter Comes (1969)
2. Man at the Top (1973)
3. Tess (1979)
4. The Witches (1966)
aka: The Devil's Own
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