Abandon Ship! 1957  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
aka: Seven Waves Away
Director: Richard Sale
Cast: Tyrone Power, Mai Zetterling, Lloyd Nolan, Stephen Boyd, Moira Lister, James Hayter, Marie Lohr, Moultrie Kelsall, Noel Willman, Victor Maddern, Finlay Currie, John Stratton, Robert Harris, Gordon Jackson, Eddie Byrne
Following the sinking of his luxury liner, the captain, Alec Holmes (Tyrone Power), is in charge of a life boat carrying survivors. There are more than 20 survivors, and there is not enough food and water for all to survive, so Holmes is faced with making decisions about who should be given the chance for survival. When they are finally saved, his passengers express their contempt for Holmes' actions during their the time spent on the life boat.
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 Hidden Agenda 1990  R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ken Loach
Cast: Frances McDormand, Brian Cox, Brad Dourif, Mai Zetterling, Bernard Bloch, Des McAleer, Jim Norton, Patrick Kavanagh, Bernard Archard, Maurice Roeves, Maureen Bell, Michelle Fairley, Kim Dyson, Oliver Maguire, Ian McElhinney
Set in the war-like environment of Northern Ireland in the early 1980s, this thriller follows British investigator Kerrigan (Brian Cox) and international amnesty group activist Ingrid Jessner (Frances McDormand). They investigate possible cover-ups at Britain's highest level that have also resulted in murder. Good performances make this worth a look.
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Knock on Wood 1954 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Melvin Frank, Norman Panama
Cast: Danny Kaye, Mai Zetterling, Torin Thatcher, David Burns, Leon Askin, Abner Biberman, Gavin Gordon, Otto Waldis, Steven Geray, Diana Adams, Patricia Denise, Virginia Huston, Paul England, Johnstone White, Henry Brandon
American ventriloquist Jerry Morgan (Danny Kaye) is performing in England and Europe. He is having problems with his dummy who talks when he doesn't want it to, and Jerry smashes its head against his other dummy. Realizing how upset Jerry is, his manager, Marty Brown (David Burns), recommends that Jerry see psychologist Dr. Ilse Nordstrom (Mai Zetterling) in Zurich. On the way to visit Ilse, Jerry stops at Papinek's (Abner Biberman) repair shop to pick up his dummies. What Jerry does not know is that Papinek is a member of a spy ring, and he has hidden plans for a new weapon inside the dummy. And the chase is on as international spies try to get their hands on the dummy.
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Loving Couples 1964  N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Mai Zetterling
Cast: Harriet Andersson, Gunnel Lindblom, Gio Petre, Anita Bjork, Gunnar Bjornstrand, Inga Landgre, Eva Dahlbeck, Jan Malmsjo, Frank Sundstrom, Bengt Brunskog, Ake Gronberg, Margit Carlqvist
Set during 1915 in a Scandinavian hospital, this story reveals the pasts of three pregnant women when each is about to give birth.
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Music in Darkness 1948 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Night Is My Future
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Cast: Mai Zetterling, Birger Malmsten, Olaf Winnerstrand, Naima Wifstrand, Hilda Borgstrom, Gunnar Bjornstrand, Bengt Eklund, Bibi Skoglund, Douglas Hage, Ake Claesson
Blind pianist Bengt Vyidecke (Birger Malmsten) finds love and happiness with his former friend Ingrid (Mai Zetterling) and eventually marries her.
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Only Two Can Play 1962 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sidney Gilliat
Cast: Peter Sellers, Mai Zetterling, Virginia Maskell, Richard Attenborough, Raymond Huntley, Kenneth Griffith, John Le Mesurier, Frederick Piper, Graham Stark, David Davies
John Lewis is a dull librarian who is devoted to his wife. Then life takes a detour when he is pursued by beautiful Liz (Mai Zetterling).
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Quartet 1948  N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ralph Smart, Harold French, Arthur Crabtree, Ken Annakin
Cast: W. Somerset Maugham, Jack Watling, Mai Zetterling, Dirk Bogarde, Honor Blackman, George Cole, Angela Baddeley, Susan Shaw, Nora Swinburne, Cecil Parker, Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne, Ian Fleming, Jack Raine, Mai Zetterling
Four of W. Somerset Maugham's stories are presented in this film, with each being introduced by the author. The stories are: "The Facts of Life," "Alien Corn," "The Kite," and "The Colonel's Lady." All are excellent, and due to the success of this omnibus, three others were produced the following year in "Trio."
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Torment 1944 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Frenzy
Director: Alf Sjoberg
Cast: Stig Jarrel, Alf Kjellin, Mai Zetterling, Gosta Cederlund, Gunnar Bjornstrand, Olaf Winnerstrand, Hugo Bjorne, Stig Olin, Olav Riego, Marta Arbin, Jan Molander
A young couple, Jan Erik (Alf Kjellin) and Bertha (Mai Zetterling), is hassled by stern Latin teacher Caligula (Stig Jarrel) in this story about adolescents finding their way in the cold, cruel world.
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The Witches 1990  PG, 92 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Nicolas Roeg
Cast: Anjelica Huston, Mai Zetterling, Jasen Fisher, Rowan Atkinson, Bill Paterson, Jane Horrocks, Jenny Runacre, Brenda Blethyn
In this story, Jim Henson's final feature film, nine-year-old Luke (Jasen Fisher) stumbles into a witches' convention and hears their plans to turn children into mice. With his grandmother's (Mai Zetterling) help, Luke sets out to foil the witches' evil plot. 1 User Review
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| | Anonymous 03/01/2013 | | This is an excellent movie that i watched continuously as a kid... i have been trying to find it so that i can buy it and show my kids. No luck so far :-( |
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| 1. Abandon Ship! (1957)
aka: Seven Waves Away
2. Hidden Agenda (1990)
3. Knock on Wood (1954)
4. Loving Couples (1964)
5. Music in Darkness (1948)
aka: Night Is My Future
6. Only Two Can Play (1962)
7. Quartet (1948)
8. Torment (1944)
aka: Frenzy
9. The Witches (1990)
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