The High Command 1937  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Thorold Dickinson
Cast: Lionel Atwill, Lucie Mannheim, Steven Geray, James Mason, Allan Jeayes, Wally Patch, Tom Gill, Leslie Perrins, Philip Strange, Skelton Knaggs
A British general (Lionel Atwill) investigates a crisis on an African outpost and becomes involved in blackmail and murder.
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A Run for Your Money 1949  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Frend
Cast: Donald Houston, Meredith Edwards, Moira Lister, Alec Guinness, Hugh Griffith, Clive Morton, Leslie Perrins, Joyce Grenfell, Edward Rigby, David Davies, Julie Milton, Desmond Walter-Ellis, Dorothy Bramhall, Andrew Leigh, Mackenzie Ward
Welsh coal-mining brothers "Dai" and "Twim" Jones (Donald Houston and Meredith Edwards) win a day in London along with tickets to the England-Wales Rugby match. Upon arrival in the city, they manage to lose their chaperone Whimple (Alec Guinness) as well as each other, which all leads to one day of excitement–including women and booze–and an entertaining movie.
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The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes 1935 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Director: Leslie S. Hiscott
Cast: Arthur Wontner, Lyn Harding, Ian Fleming, Leslie Perrins, Jane(2) Carr, Charles Mortimer, Minnie Rayner, Michael Shepley, Ben Welden, Roy Emerton, Conway Dixon, Edmund D'Alby, Ernest Lynds, Wilfrid Caithness
This, the fourth in a series of five films with Arthur Wontner in the role of Sherlock Holmes, is a good adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's novel, "The Valley of Fear." As Sherlock begins his retirement, he is visited by his old nemesis, Professor Moriarty (Lyn Harding), who warns Sherlock not to come out of retirement. But when a former agent is killed under mysterious circumstances, our master sleuth becomes involved.
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| 1. Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1937)
2. The High Command (1937)
3. A Run for Your Money (1949)
4. The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935)
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