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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Macbeth 1971  R, 140 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Tragedy of Macbeth
Director: Roman Polanski
Cast: Jon Finch, Francesca Annis, Martin Shaw, Terence Bayler, John Stride, Nicholas Selby, Stephen Chase, Paul Shelley, Bernard Archard, Maisie MacFarquhar, Andrew Laurence, Frank Wylie
This is, perhaps, the best of the films made about the William Shakespeare play, which tells the story of Scottish nobleman Macbeth (Jon Finch) who wants power and is driven in his quest by his mad wife Lady Macbeth (Francesca Annis) and many prophecies. Violent, but well told.
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Oh, Heavenly Dog! 1980  PG, 104 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Joe Camp
Cast: Chevy Chase, Benji, Jane Seymour, Robert Morley, Omar Sharif, Alan Sues, Donnelly Rhodes, Richard Vernon, John Stride, Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Benji appears in his third film. Chevy Chase plays a murdered detective who is reincarnated in Benji's body. The plot is, of course, that Benji/Chase tries to find the killer.
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 The Omen 1976 R, 111 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Mystery
Director: Richard Donner
Cast: Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner, Billie Whitelaw, Leo McKern, Harvey Stephens, Patrick Troughton, Martin Benson, Anthony Nicholls, Robert Rietty, Tommy Duggan, John Stride, Holly Palance, Sheila Raynor, Roy Boyd
The son of Satan is raised by a very nice couple, American Ambassador Robert Thorn and his wife Katherine (Gregory Peck and Lee Remick). Five years before, they had replaced their baby who did not survive childbirth with another. Now, a series of deaths have occurred, and their young boy, Damien (Harvey Stephens), is a suspect. Could he be the Antichrist?
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Something to Hide 1972  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Shattered
Director: Alastair Reid
Cast: Peter Finch, Shelley Winters, Colin Blakely, John Stride, Linda Hayden, Harold Goldblatt, Rosemarie Dunham, Jack Shepherd, Graham Crowden, Helen Fraser
A pregnant woman, Lorelei (Linda Hayden), becomes the unwelcome houseguest of Harry Field (Peter Finch) after he comes to her aid.
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| 1. Juggernaut (1974)
2. Macbeth (1971)
aka: The Tragedy of Macbeth
3. Oh, Heavenly Dog! (1980)
4. The Omen (1976)
5. Something to Hide (1972)
aka: Shattered
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