The Challenge 1960  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: It Takes a Thief
Director: John Gilling
Cast: Jayne Mansfield, Anthony Quayle, Carl Mohner, Peter Reynolds, Barbara Mullen, Robert Brown, Dermot Walsh, Edward Judd, Patrick Holt, John Stratton, John Bennett, Percy Herbert
Billy (Jayne Mansfield) leads a gang of thieves. During one heist, Jim (Anthony Quayle) is captured after he hides the loot, and Jim serves his time leaving the gang without the money. When Jim is released, the gang kidnaps Jim's child to hold for ransom and retrieve the cash.
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The Cruel Sea 1953  N/R, 126 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Charles Frend
Cast: Jack Hawkins, Donald Sinden, Stanley Baker, John Stratton, Denholm Elliott, John Warner, Bruce Seton, Liam Redmond, Moira Lister, Virginia McKenna
This is Nicholas Monsarrat's story about convoys during World War II and the dangers they encountered from both Nazi submarines and the harsh North Atlantic weather.
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Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell 1974  TV, 93 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Terence Fisher
Cast: Peter Cushing, Shane Briant, Madeline Smith, David Prowse, Patrick Troughton, Bernard Lee, John Stratton, Michael Ward, Elsie Wagstaff, Norman Mitchell, Clifford Mollison, Philip Voss, Charles Lloyd Pack, Lucy Griffiths, Christopher Cunningham
Dr. Frankenstein is presumed dead, but he is using the assumed name of Dr. Victor (Peter Cushing) and is in charge of an insane asylum. With help from his crazed assistant, Dr. Simon Helder (Shane Briant), he creates a new "monster" (Dave Prowse) from body parts of the asylum's criminal patients–and the gore continues. This film is Terence Fisher's final entry in his series of Frankenstein stories.
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 Great Expectations 1981 TV, 300 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Julian Amyes
Cast: Gerry Sundquist, Derek Francis, Joan Hickson, Patsy Kensit, Colin Jeavons, Stratford Johns, Phillip Joseph, Graham McGrath, Tim Munro, John Stratton, Christine Absalom, Sarah-Jane Varley
This offering from the BBC TV miniseries focuses on the life and times of humble Pip (Graham McGrath as young Pip and Gerry Sundquist as older Pip) who dreams of grandeur and finds when he grows up that an unknown benefactor (Stratford Johns) has bestowed a fortune on him enabling him to become a gentleman in the Victorian world of the social elite.
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The Long Arm 1956  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
aka: The Third Key
Director: Charles Frend
Cast: Jack Hawkins, Dorothy Alison, Michael Brooke, John Stratton, Geoffrey Keen, Sam Kydd, Glyn Houston, Richard Leech, Newton Blick, Sydney Tafler, Ralph Truman, Ian Bannen, Peter Burton, George Rose
Dedicated Scotland Yard Superintendent Tom Halliday (Jack Hawkins), along with his young assistant Sergeant Ward (John Stratton), works to solve a string of robberies involving safes, all of which were made by the same manufacturer. The investigation leads to a night watchman (Richard Leech), and Halliday sets the trap that will ensnare the elusive crook and bring an end to the safe crackings.
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Quatermass and the Pit 1958  TV, 180 min.
Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi
Director: Rudolph Cartier
Cast: Andre Morell, Cec Linder, Anthony Bushell, John Stratton, Christine Finn, Van Boolen, Holly Bane, Lionel Ngakane, John Rae, Mark Eden
While digging in London, a skull is uncovered. This leads to an archeological dig, resulting not only in finding more skulls, but dead insect-like creatures and a cylinder. Professor Quatermass is brought in, and his theory is that the insect-like creatures are aliens from Mars that had landed on Earth several million years ago in the cylinder. Unfortunately, the government doesn't heed his evaluation and horror follows. Originally a made-for-UK TV miniseries and remade in 1967.
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Seven Waves Away 1957 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Adventure
aka: Abandon Ship!
Director: Richard Sale
Cast: Tyrone Power, Mai Zetterling, Lloyd Nolan, Stephen Boyd, Moira Lister, James Hayter, Marie Lohr, Moultrie Kelsall, Noel Willman, Victor Maddern, Finlay Currie, John Stratton
Following the sinking of his luxury liner, a ship's officer (Tyrone Power) is in charge of a life raft and is faced with making decisions about who should be given the chance for survival.
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| 1. The Challenge (1960)
aka: It Takes a Thief
2. The Cruel Sea (1953)
3. Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)
4. Great Expectations (1981)
5. The Long Arm (1956)
aka: The Third Key
6. Quatermass and the Pit (1958)
7. Seven Waves Away (1957)
aka: Abandon Ship!
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