Assault on a Queen 1966 N/R, 106 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Jack Donohue Cast: Frank Sinatra, Virna Lisi, Anthony Franciosa, Richard Conte, Alf Kjellin, Murray Matheson, Reginald Denny, Val Avery, John Warburton, Lester Matthews
Rod Serling adapted this script from a Frank Finney novel. The plot involves a group planning to salvage a submarine and use it in a planned robbery aboard the Queen Mary. However, the salvage work proves exhausting, and they never get around to the actual crime.
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City Beneath the Sea 1953 N/R, 87 min. Genre: Adventure aka: One Hour to Doomsday
Director: Budd Boetticher Cast: Robert Ryan, Mala Powers, Anthony Quinn, Suzan Ball, Karel Stepanek, Woody Strode, George Mathews, Hilo Hattie, John Warburton, Peter Mamakos
Deep-sea divers Brad Carlton (Robert Ryan) and Tony Bartlett (Anthony Quinn) come upon a submerged city when searching for sunken treasure.
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Easy Virtue 2009 PG-13, 93 min. Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Stephan Elliott Cast: Jessica Biel, Kristin Scott Thomas, Colin Firth, Ben Barnes, Kimberley Nixon, Katherine Parkinson, Kris Marshall, Christian Brassington, Charlotte Riley, Jim McManus, Pip Torrens, Jeremy Hooton, Joanna Bacon, Maggie Hickey, John Warburton
In 1929, Englishman John Whittaker (Ben Barnes) falls in love with American Larita Huntington (Jessica Biel), and they marry after knowing each other only a short time. John takes Larita to his home in England, and his mother Veronica (Kristin Scott Thomas) does not approve of Larita as her daughter-in-law. As the battle of wits ensues between Larita and Veronica, Larita's marriage to John suffers.
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Partners of the Plains 1938 N/R, 70 min. Genre: Western
Director: Lesley Selander Cast: William Boyd, Harvey Clark, Russell Hayden, Gwen Gaze, Hilda Plowright, John Warburton, Al Bridge, John Beach, Al Hill, Earle Hodgins
A lone woman is an inept rancher when she arrives in the West. However, Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) proves to be an able friend as he helps her over the rough spots and wards off an evil land grabber.
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Saratoga Trunk 1945 N/R, 135 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Sam Wood Cast: Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Flora Robson, John Warburton, Florence Bates, Lane Chandler, Monte Blue, Thurston Hall, Minor Watson, Glenn Strange
This is the film adaptation of Edna Ferber's novel about Clio Dulaine (Ingrid Bergman), a Creole, who returns to New Orleans to avenge the maltreatment of her mother. She falls in love with Clint Maroon (Gary Cooper), and, after numerous problems, they finally are united. Robson received an Oscar nomination for Supporting Actress.
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A Study in Scarlet 1933 N/R, 71 min. Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Director: Edwin L. Marin Cast: Reginald Owen, Anna May Wong, June Clyde, Alan Dinehart, John Warburton, Warburton Gamble, Alan Mowbray, J.M. Kerrigan, Doris Lloyd, Billy Bevan, Wyndham Standing, Halliwell Hobbes, Leila Bennett, Tempe Pigott, Cecil Reynolds
Sherlock Holmes (Reginald Owen) is asked by a widow, Mrs. Murphy (Doris Lloyd), to investigate a secret society where the members leave their fortunes to the society, the "Scarlet Ring," when they die. Unfortunately, members are being killed right and left, and Sherlock sets out to uncover the culprit.
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Tarzan and the Huntress 1947 N/R, 72 min. Genre: Adventure
Director: Kurt Neumann Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Brenda Joyce, Johnny Sheffield, Patricia Morison, Barton MacLane, John Warburton, Charles Trowbridge, Ted Hecht, Wallace Scott, Mickey Simpson
Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller) tries to stop an evil plot by zoologists to illegally capture animals.
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| 1. Assault on a Queen (1966)
2. Charlie Chan's Greatest Case (1933)
3. City Beneath the Sea (1953) aka: One Hour to Doomsday
4. Easy Virtue (2009)
5. Partners of the Plains (1938)
6. Saratoga Trunk (1945)
7. A Study in Scarlet (1933)
8. Tarzan and the Huntress (1947)
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