Four-Sided Triangle 1953  N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Terence Fisher
Cast: James Hayter, Stephen Murray, Barbara Payton, John Van Eyssen, Percy Marmont, John Stuart, Kynaston Reeves, Sean Barrett
After losing his girlfriend, a scientist invents a duplicating machine in which he clones his lost love–only to find more of the same old problems in the new woman's personality. 1 User Review
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| | Greatly overlooked and underrated | Bobo 11/20/2007 | | Given the campy 1950 sci-fi genre, this movie has reasonably decent production values. I found it to be a fairly engaging attempt to resolve a love triangle by cloning of the woman of interest in a somewhat Frankenstein-ian laboratory setting. IMHO, worth far more than the modest 1-star rating posted above. |
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 The Mummy 1959  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Terence Fisher
Cast: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Yvonne Furneaux, Eddie Byrne, Felix Aylmer, Raymond Huntley, Michael Ripper, George Pastell, John Stuart, Harold Goodwin, George Woodbridge, Denis Shaw, Gerald Lawson, Willoughby Gray, David Browning
This is a good remake of the 1932 original Boris Karloff film. The story is about an archaeological dig during which British archaeologist John Banning (Peter Cushing) desecrates the tomb of Princess Ananka (Yvonne Furneaux) and awakens Ananka's lover Kharis (Christopher Lee) who was buried with her. Kharis, the Mummy, returns to life and follows Banning back to England to seek revenge. Dire consequences ensue when Kharis finds that Banning's wife (also played by Furneaux) very closely resembles Ananka.
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The Naked Truth 1957  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Your Past Is Showing
Director: Mario Zampi
Cast: Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers, Peggy Mount, Shirley Eaton, Dennis Price, Miles Malleson, Joan Sims, Kenneth Griffith, Moultrie Kelsall, Wally Patch, Georgina Cookson, Bill Edwards, David Lodge, John Stuart
Nigel Dennis (Dennis Price) edits a tabloid newspaper through which he blackmails British celebrities to prevent him from printing stories about them. With their backs to the wall, several of the celebrities (Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers, Peggy Mount, and Shirley Eaton) plot to kill Nigel. The celebrities attempt poisoning, bombing, and even a drowning–all of which are met with amusing complications.
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Number Seventeen 1932 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Comedy / Thriller
aka: Number 17
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Leon M. Lion, Anne Grey, Donald Calthrop, John Stuart, Barry Jones, Ann Casson, Garry Marsh, Henry Caine, Herbert Langley
When a hobo (Leon M. Lion) comes across their hideout, his discovery brings him to the attention of a band of jewel thieves. The great train crash scene is worth watching. A good early Alfred Hitchcock comedy/ thriller.
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Paranoiac 1963 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Thriller
Director: Freddie Francis
Cast: Janette Scott, Oliver Reed, Liliane Brousse, Sheila Burrell, Maurice Denham, Alexander Davion, John Bonney, John Stuart, Harold Lang, Arnold Diamond, Colin Tapley, Sydney Bromley
Eleanor Ashby (Janette Scott) thinks she has seen her long-dead brother, Tony (Alexander Davion), and believes she is going mad. When it appears that Tony has returned, his wealthy, but dysfunctional family–including brother Simon (Oliver Reed)–have major problems dealing with it and suspect foul play. Jealousy ensues as family members try to figure out what is really happening.
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 The Pleasure Garden 1925  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Virginia Valli, Carmelita Geraghty, Miles Mander, John Stuart, Georg H. Schnell, Nita Naldi, Karl Falkenberg, Ferdinand Martini, Florence Helminger
In Alfred Hitchcock's first feature film, the story involves chorus girls Patsy (Virginia Valli) and Jill (Carmelita Geraghty) who perform at the Pleasure Garden theater. Jill becomes engaged to Hugh Fielding (John Stuart), but he leaves to work overseas. Meanwhile, Patsy marries Hugh's friend Levett (Miles Mander) who then leaves to work with Hugh. When Levett suffers an illness, Patsy visits him in the Tropics–a trip that leads to Levett going crazy and trying to kill Patsy.
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Revenge of Frankenstein 1958 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Horror / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Terence Fisher
Cast: Peter Cushing, Francis Matthews, Eunice Gayson, Michael Gwynn, John Welsh, Lionel Jeffries, Charles Lloyd Pack, Michael Ripper, John Stuart, Arnold Diamond, Oscar Quitak, Richard Wordsworth, Marjorie Gresley, Anna Walmsley, George Woodbridge
Dr. Frankenstein (Peter Cushing) takes on the new identity of "Dr. Victor Stein" and is up to his old tricks of transplanting body parts into a monster. This is a sequel to "The Curse of Frankenstein" and is followed by "The Evil of Frankenstein."
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Ships with Wings 1942  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sergei Nolbandov
Cast: John Clements, Leslie Banks, Jane Baxter, Ann Todd, Basil Sydney, Edward Chapman, Hugh Williams, Frank Pettingell, Michael Wilding, Michael Rennie, Cecil Parker, John Stuart, Morland Graham, Charles Victor, Hugh Burden
During World War II, R.A.F. pilot Lt. Dick Stacey (John Clements) has fallen in love with Celia (Jane Baxter) who is the daughter of Adm. Wetherby (Leslie Banks). Stacey takes a plane without permission and crashes it leaving Celia's brother Lt. Wetherby (Hugh Burden) dead. His romance with Celia ends. After his court-martial, Stacey serves aboard the H.M.S. Ark Royal–the ship with wings–where he becomes a mercenary charter pilot in the Mediterranean. Stacey regains his patriotism when he goes on a suicide mission, crashes his plane into a German dam site, and floods a German post. He has redeemed himself and dies a hero.
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| 1. Four-Sided Triangle (1953)
2. The Mummy (1959)
3. The Naked Truth (1957)
aka: Your Past Is Showing
4. Number Seventeen (1932)
aka: Number 17
5. Paranoiac (1963)
6. The Pleasure Garden (1925)
7. Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
8. Ships with Wings (1942)
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