Arch of Triumph 1985  TV, 95 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Waris Hussein
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Lesley-Anne Down, Donald Pleasence, Frank Finlay, Martin Benson, Richard Pasco, Stephanie Voss, Joyce Blair, Alexander Davion, Katherine Levy, Peter Birrel, June Barrie, Teddy Kempner, Philip Shelley, Tim Hooper
After escaping from a concentration camp in Nazi Germany, Dr. Ravic (Anthony Hopkins) arrives in Paris and sets out to seek revenge against his former prison guard Haake (Donald Pleasence). Meanwhile, Ravic uses an assumed name and still practices medicine. One night, he prevents Joan Madou (Lesley-Anne Down) from committing suicide, and the two begin a passionate, but ill-fated, love affair in which both hide secrets from the other.
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 Beastmaster III: The Eye of Braxus 1995  PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Gabrielle Beaumont
Cast: Marc Singer, Tony Todd, Keith Coulouris, Sandra Hess, Lesley-Anne Down, David Warner
One half of the "eye of Braxus" (a mysterious amulet) is stolen by Lord Agon (David Warner) when he kidnaps King Tal. Our hero, Dar (Marc Singer), and his sidekick (Keith Coulouris) come to the rescue with Dar's trained wild animals. However, he risks his own capture because he has the other half of the "eye of Braxus."
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The Betsy 1978 R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Harold Robbins' The Betsy
Director: Daniel Petrie
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Robert Duvall, Katharine Ross, Tommy Lee Jones, Jane Alexander, Lesley-Anne Down, Joseph Wiseman, Kathleen Beller, Edward Herrmann, Paul Rudd
As retirement nears, an auto tycoon's family vies for power in the boardroom and at home.
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Brannigan 1975  PG, 111 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Douglas Hickox
Cast: John Wayne, Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson, Mel Ferrer, Ralph Meeker, John Vernon, Lesley-Anne Down, Barry Dennen, Brian Glover, James Booth
Chicago cop Jim Brannigan (John Wayne) heads for London on the trail of an escaped criminal.
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The First Great Train Robbery 1979  PG, 110 min.
Genre: Action
aka: The Great Train Robbery
Director: Michael Crichton
Cast: Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland, Lesley-Anne Down, Alan Webb, Malcolm Terris, Robert Lang, Michael Elphick, James Cossins, Andre Morell, Brian Glover
This is a very entertaining film–based on Michael Crichton's popular novel about Edward Pierce (Sean Connery) and Agar (Donald Sutherland) who pulled off England's first train robbery in 1855.
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From Beyond the Grave 1973 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Horror / Fantasy
aka: Creatures
Creatures from Beyond the Grave
Tales from Beyond the Grave
Director: Kevin Connor
Cast: Peter Cushing, David Warner, Wendy Alnutt, Rosalind Ayres, Donald Pleasence, Ian Bannen, Diana Dors, Angela Pleasence, Margaret Leighton, Nyree Dawn Porter, Ian Ogilvy, Lesley-Anne Down, Jack Watson, Tommy Godfrey
The character of an antique shop proprietor (Peter Cushing) carries over into four short stories in this anthology involving cheating customers and how they must answer for their crimes by enduring supernatural fates imposed on them by the shop proprietor.
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Hanover Street 1979 PG, 109 min.
Genre: Action / Adventue / Drama / Romance
Director: Peter Hyams
Cast: Harrison Ford, Lesley-Anne Down, Christopher Plummer, Alec McCowen, Richard Masur, Michael Sacks, Patsy Kensit, Max Wall, Shane Rimmer, Keith Buckley, Sherrie Hewson, Cindy O'Callaghan, Di Trevis, Keith Alexander, Suzanne Bertish
While serving as an American bomber pilot during World War II, David Halloran (Harrison Ford) is in England where he meets and falls in love with Margaret Sellinger (Lesley-Anne Down) during an air raid. Margaret keeps the fact that she is married a secret. Later, David goes on a mission with British secret service agent Paul (Christopher Plummer)–who just happens to be Margaret's husband. After their plane is shot down over France, David realizes that Paul's wife is Margaret, but they must work together if they are going to find the means for survival.
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Heaven & Hell: North & South, Book III 1994 TV, 260 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Larry Peerce
Cast: Genie Francis, Rip Torn, Billy Dee Williams, Kyle Chandler, Jonathan Frakes, Cathy Lee Crosby, Cliff De Young, Lesley-Anne Down, Mariette Hartley, Peter O'Toole, James Read, Robert Wagner
In this finale of the "North & South" miniseries, the Civil War has ended, and the Hazard and Main families enter the period of Reconstruction.
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 The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1982 TV, 150 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Romance
aka: Hunchback
Director: Michael Tuchner
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Derek Jacobi, Lesley-Anne Down, Robert Powell, John Gielgud, David Suchet, Gerry Sundquist, Tim Pigott-Smith, Alan Webb, Roland Culver, Nigel Hawthorne, Rosalie Crutchley, David Kelly, Joseph Batchley, Dave Hill
This made-for-TV miniseries stars Anthony Hopkins as the hunchback Quasimodo who is the bell ringer at Notre Dame Cathedral. Quasimodo leaves the bell tower and attends a festival during which, through a series of unfortunate events, he ends up the victim of a flogging. The sensuous gypsy Esmeralda (Lesley-Anne Down) consoles him by bringing him water, and Quasimodo falls in love with her. Later, after she is falsely accused of murder, Quasimodo rescues Esmeralda and brings her to the safety of the cathedral. But, his love for Esmeralda is doomed because she is in love with handsome soldier Phoebus (Robert Powell). This film features an outstanding supporting cast to provide an enthralling version of Victor Hugo's novel.
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The King's Guard 2000  PG-13, 93 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Jonathan Tydor
Cast: Eric Roberts, Ron Perlman, Lesley-Anne Down, Ashley Jones, Trevor St. John, David Beecroft, Brian Cousins, Gerald Patrick Cox, Khrystyne Haje, Matthias Hues
Princess Gwendolyn (Ashley Jones) is protected by the King's Guard as she travels through territory inhabited by an outlaw band intent on overthrowing the king. Wouldn't you know it, the princess and the guards are chased, take shelter in some ruins, and try to figure out how to get out of trouble. But Augustus Talbert (Eric Roberts), the outcast nobleman and the leader of the outlaws, has his own plans. Low-class acting, fighting scenes, costumes, and so on and so on.
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Meet Wally Sparks 1997 R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Baldwin
Cast: Rodney Dangerfield, Burt Reynolds, David Ogden Stiers, Cindy Williams, Debi Mazar, Mark L. Taylor, Tim Allen, Lesley-Anne Down, Jay Leno, Alan Rachins
Wally Sparks is a TV talk show host who is about to lose his advertisers because he is so raunchy. So, to change his image, he crashes the staid governor's mansion for an interview. Then he gets injured so must do the show from there. So then....and then... Well, actually, it's one raunchy joke after another, with Rodney, as Wally, doing his stand-up routines as if there weren't a plot. Some are very good and funny, some are tasteless trash. So, too, the movie.
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Munchie Strikes Back 1994 PG, 85 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Jim Wynorski
Cast: Lesley-Anne Down, Dom DeLuise, Andrew Stevens, Trenton Knight, Howard Hesseman, Angus Scrimm, Corey Mendelsohn, Natanya Ross, John Byner, Jay Richardson, Ace Mask, Toni Naples
In this sequel to the 1992 film, our magical, mischievous Munchie is called before the celestial court and scolded for his previous escapades–which included responsiblity for many of the Earth's tragic events. His is given the task to help a woman and her son who could use his special assistance. He succeeds in his mission, and, as the film ends, he is back in front of the court who provides him another job to help another troubled person: Bill Clinton.
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 Nomads 1986 R, 91 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: John McTiernan
Cast: Lesley-Anne Down, Pierce Brosnan, Adam Ant, Anna Maria Monticelli, Mary Woronov, Hector Mercado, Josie Cotton, Frank Doubleday, Frances Bay, Alan Autry
An anthropologist (Pierce Brosnan) discovers that Evil Spirits of nomads, he once experimented with, have followed him and his wife (Anna Maria Monticelli) to Los Angeles. They are not pleased with him and threaten his life and the life of a young doctor (Lesley-Anne Down).
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North and South 1985  TV, 561 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard T. Heffron
Cast: Patrick Swayze, James Read, Lesley-Anne Down, Wendy Kilbourne, Kirstie Alley, Jean Simmons, Terri Garber, Genie Francis, David Carradine, Jonathan Frakes, Hal Holbrook, Robert Mitchum
The three-part miniseries–"North and South," North and South II," and Heaven & Hell: North & South, Book III"–is based on John Jakes' novel. This, the first, story involves friendships of two West Point Cadets (Patrick Swayze and James Read) who meet 20 years prior to America's Civil War. Each comes from a powerful family–Orry Main (Patrick Swayze) grew up on a Southern plantation, and George (James Read) is from the Northern steel business. But, they manage to maintain their friendship despite growing problems in the Nation. 1 User Review
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| | 09/20/2009 | | North and South I & II brought the Civil War era to life. this helped many US history students understand what was going on during this turmoil time. This should be a requirement for all US history classes that cover the Civil War era, even the pre Civil and post Civil War eras. |
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North and South II 1986 TV, 570 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Kevin Connor
Cast: Kirstie Alley, James Read, Parker Stevenson, Lee Horsley, Hal Holbrook, Patrick Swayze, Genie Francis, Wendy Kilbourne, David Carradine, Lesley-Anne Down, Mary Crosby, Jonathan Frakes
In this continuing story involving the long friendship of Northerner George Hazard (James Read) and Southerner Orry Main (Patrick Swayze), the two find themselves in opposing armies during America's Civil War.
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The Pink Panther Strikes Again 1976 PG, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Blake Edwards
Cast: Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Colin Blakely, Leonard Rossiter, Lesley-Anne Down, Burt Kwouk, Andre Maranne, Richard Vernon, Dick Crockett, Paul Maxwell, Byron Kane, Briony McRoberts, Dudley Sutton, Hal Galili, Robert Beatty
French Inspector Clouseau (Peter Sellers) is again in charge of the case. This time, Clouseau is the intended victim of an assassination by his ex-boss who is now out of the asylum. Former Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus (Herbert Lom) intends to take over the world. Will Clouseau avoid the killer (Leslie-Anne Down) and stop Dreyfus?
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Pope Joan 1972 PG, 132 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Devil's Imposter
Director: Michael Anderson
Cast: Liv Ullmann, Keir Dullea, Robert Beatty, Jeremy Kemp, Patrick Magee, Lesley-Anne Down, Olivia de Havilland, Franco Nero, Maximilian Schell, Trevor Howard
A woman (Liv Ullmann) disguises herself as a man, rises to power in the Catholic Church, and becomes Pope. Set in the modern era, this story is based on a ninth-century legend. "The Devil's Impostor" is a recut version.
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Rough Cut 1980 PG, 112 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Don Siegel
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Lesley-Anne Down, David Niven, Timothy West, Patrick Magee, Al Matthews, Susan Littler, Joss Ackland, Isabel Dean, Wolf Kahler
Problems making this film involved four successive directors and a scriptwriter who refused to use his real name in the credits. The plot involves a jewel thief, Jack Rhodes (Burt Reynolds), who falls for the beautiful Gillian Bromley (Lesley-Anne Down), a Scotland Yard operative who has been sent to lure Rhodes into a trap.
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Scalawag 1973 G, 93 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Kirk Douglas
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Mark Lester, Neville Brand, George Eastman, Don Stroud, Lesley-Anne Down, Phil Brown, Danny DeVito, Mel Blanc, Davor Antolic
A one-legged pirate (Kirk Douglas) helps Jamie (Mark Lester) and Lucy-Ann (Leslie Anne Down) look for a lost treasure. Stupid, but not bad for a rainy day.
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Sphinx 1981 PG, 117 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Cast: Lesley-Anne Down, Frank Langella, Maurice Ronet, John Gielgud, Martin Benson, John Rhys-Davies, James Cossins, Victoria Tennant, Saeed Jaffrey, Tutte Lemkow
This is a silly story about an Egyptologist, Erica Baron (Lesley-Anne Down), who witnesses a murder, escapes her own death, and is thrown into a dungeon, which just happens to be filled with ancient treasures.
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| 1. Arch of Triumph (1985)
2. Beastmaster III: The Eye of Braxus (1995)
3. The Betsy (1978)
aka: Harold Robbins' The Betsy
4. Brannigan (1975)
5. Countess Dracula (1970)
6. Death Wish V: The Face of Death (1994)
7. The First Great Train Robbery (1979)
aka: The Great Train Robbery
8. From Beyond the Grave (1973)
aka: Creatures
aka: Creatures from Beyond the Grave
aka: Tales from Beyond the Grave
9. Hanover Street (1979)
10. Heaven & Hell: North & South, Book III (1994)
11. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982)
aka: Hunchback
12. The King's Guard (2000)
13. A Little Night Music (1977)
14. Meet Wally Sparks (1997)
15. Munchie Strikes Back (1994)
16. Nomads (1986)
17. North and South (1985)
18. North and South II (1986)
19. The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
20. Pope Joan (1972)
aka: The Devil's Imposter
21. Rough Cut (1980)
22. Scalawag (1973)
23. Sphinx (1981)
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