7 Women 1966 N/R, 86 min. Genre: Drama aka: Seven Women
Director: John Ford Cast: Anne Bancroft, Sue Lyon, Margaret Leighton, Flora Robson, Mildred Dunnock, Anna Lee, Woody Strode, Betty Field, Eddie Albert, Mike Mazurki, Irene Tsu
China, in the mid-1930s, was ravaged by war. This is the story of women missionaries in North China who were beset by a band of thieving warriors. This was John Ford's last film.
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The Best Man 1964 N/R, 104 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner Cast: Henry Fonda, Cliff Robertson, Margaret Leighton, Lee Tracy, Edie Adams, Shelley Berman, Ann Sothern, Gene Raymond, Kevin McCarthy, Richard Arlen, Mahalia Jackson, Howard K. Smith, John Henry Faulk, George Kirgo, Tyler McVey
The President of the United States Art Hockstader (Lee Tracy) is dying, and political infighting peaks as two Presidential hopefuls William Russell and Joe Cartwell (Henry Fonda and Cliff Robertson) seek the President's blessing. They try so hard to outdo each other that, in the process, they do themselves in. Lee Tracy received an Academy Award nomination for his Supporting Actor's Role.
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Calling Bulldog Drummond 1951 N/R, 80 min. Genre: Mystery
Director: Victor Saville Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Robert Beatty, Margaret Leighton, David Tomlinson, Peggy Evans, Charles Victor, Bernard Lee, James Hayter, Harold Lang, Patrick Doonan
Retired British military officer Bulldog Drummond (Walter Pidgeon) is called into service by Scotland Yard to help police Sergeant Helen Smith (Margaret Leighton) bring down a criminal gang working out of London.
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Frankenstein: The True Story 1973 TV, 200 min. Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Jack Smight Cast: James Mason, Leonard Whiting, Michael Sarrazin, David McCallum, Jane Seymour, Ralph Richardson, Agnes Moorehead, John Gielgud, Tom Baker, Michael Wilding, Nicola Pagett, Clarissa Kaye-Mason, Margaret Leighton, Dallas Adams, Julian Barnes
In this version of Mary Shelley's story, Dr. Frankenstein (Leonard Whiting) pieces together parts from dead bodies and creates a handsome–not ugly–monster (Michael Sarrazin). When the monster's physical attributes begin to disintegrate, it suffers despair. Frankenstein is forced to help his mentor, Dr. Polidori (James Mason), create a mate, the beautiful Prima (Jane Seymour), for the monster. But, when Frankenstein introduces Prima to society, the monster is angered and kills Prima and then follows Frankenstein to Antarctica to exact revenge. 1 User Review
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| | Anonymous 08/23/2007 | | For those of us who actually saw this movie would know that it was one of the best Frankenstein movies that was ever made. Too bad I can't find it in VHS or DVD. |
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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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Galileo 1975 PG, 145 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Losey Cast: Topol, Edward Fox, Colin Blakely, Georgia Brown, Clive Revill, Margaret Leighton, John Gielgud, Michael Gough, Michael Lonsdale, Richard O'Callaghan, Tim Woodward, Judy Parfitt
When his findings about planetary movement contradict teachings of the Church, 17th-century scientist Galileo (Topol) renounces his theory but privately continues to believe in it and hopes that time will prove him right.
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The Go-Between 1971 PG, 118 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Losey Cast: Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Margaret Leighton, Michael Redgrave, Dominic Guard, Michael Gough, Edward Fox
Set in late 19th-century England, this drama centers on letters between an aristocrat, Marian Maudsley (Julie Christie), and a farmer, Ted Burgess (Alan Bates). The letters relate their love story in this very good film.
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Great Expectations 1974 TV, 103 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Hardy Cast: Michael York, Sarah Miles, James Mason, Margaret Leighton, Robert Morley, Anthony Quayle, Joss Ackland, Rachel Roberts, Peter Bull, Heather Sears, Andrew Ray, Simon Gipps-Kent, James Faulkner, Sam Kydd, John Clive
This is a good remake of the Charles Dickens' classic concerning the orphan, Pip (Simon Gipps-Kent as young Pip and Michael York as older Pip), and his unknown benefactor. While growing up with his foster parents, blacksmith Joe Gargery and his wife (Joss Ackland and Rachel Roberts), Pip befriends convict Magwitch (James Mason) and comes to his aid. Later, Pip falls in love with his childhood friend Estella (Sarah Miles) who is the ward of the bitter Miss Havisham (Margaret Leighton) and has been taught to have different expectations about life than those of Pip. When Pip gains wealth through a mysterious benefactor who, it turns out, is Magwitch repaying Pip for his friendship, he does well in the Victorian world of the social elite.
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Lady Caroline Lamb 1972 PG, 122 min. Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Robert Bolt Cast: Sarah Miles, Jon Finch, Richard Chamberlain, John Mills, Margaret Leighton, Ralph Richardson, Laurence Olivier, Pamela Brown, Silvia Monti, Peter Bull, Charles Carson, Sonia Dresdel
Based on a true story of Lord Byron's (Richard Chamberlain) lover, Lady Caroline Lamb (Sarah Miles), this is the tale of a liberated woman of the 19th century who ignores her marriage vows with her future prime-minister husband (Jon Finch).
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The Madwoman of Chaillot 1969 G, 132 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Bryan Forbes Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Charles Boyer, Claude Dauphin, Edith Evans, Danny Kaye, Paul Henreid, Margaret Leighton, Richard Chamberlain, Yul Brynner, Donald Pleasence
The eccentric countess, Aurelia (Katharine Hepburn) tries to fight those who, for greed, would destroy a section of Paris in the name of progress. Good caste can't help this one.
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The Sound and the Fury 1959 N/R, 115 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Ritt Cast: Yul Brynner, Joanne Woodward, Margaret Leighton, Stuart Whitman, Ethel Waters, Jack Warden, Albert Dekker, Francoise Rosay, John Beal, Stephen Perry
This is the film adaptation of William Faulkner's novel about the Comptons–a Southern family that has seen better days.
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Under Capricorn 1949 N/R, 116 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten, Michael Wilding, Margaret Leighton, Cecil Parker, Denis O'Dea, Jack Watling, Harcourt Williams, Francis De Wolff, Ronald Adam
The Huskys, a 19th-century family, live in Australia. Honorable Charles Adare (Michael Wilding) becomes attracted to Lady Henrietta Husky (Ingrid Bergman) and begins to unravel a family secret. Not one of Hitchcock's best.
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Waltz of the Toreadors 1962 N/R, 104 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: John Guillermin Cast: Peter Sellers, Dany Robin, Margaret Leighton, John Fraser, Cyril Cusack, John Le Mesurier, Prunella Scales, Denise Coffey, Jean Anderson, Raymond Huntley
Retired General Fitzjohn (Peter Sellers) feels that life has cheated him in the romance department, and he sets out to reverse that situation.
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The Winslow Boy 1948 N/R, 117 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Anthony Asquith Cast: Robert Donat, Margaret Leighton, Cedric Hardwicke, Marie Lohr, Frank Lawton, Ernest Thesiger, Kathleen Harrison, Jack Watling, Basil Radford, Wilfrid Hyde-White
When a young naval cadet is accused of stealing, his father stands behind him offering the best legal protection in the land. A great courtroom drama.
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Zee and Co. 1972 R, 110 min. Genre: Drama aka: X, Y and Zee Zee and Company
Director: Brian G. Hutton Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Caine, Susannah York, Margaret Leighton, John Standing, Mary Larkin, Michael Cashman, Gino Melvazzi, Hilary West, Richard O'Brien
This story of the failing relationship between a married couple Zee and Robert Blakeley(Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Caine) is the subject of this film. When Robert becomes sexually involved with Stella (Susannah York), Zee sets off in a jealous rage–even an attempted suicide–as she schemes to end the illicit affair.
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| 1. 7 Women (1966) aka: Seven Women
2. The Astonished Heart (1950)
3. The Best Man (1964)
4. Calling Bulldog Drummond (1951)
5. Frankenstein: The True Story (1973)
6. From Beyond the Grave (1973) aka: Creatures aka: Creatures from Beyond the Grave aka: Tales from Beyond the Grave
7. Galileo (1975)
8. The Go-Between (1971)
9. Great Expectations (1974)
10. Lady Caroline Lamb (1972)
11. The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969)
12. The Sound and the Fury (1959)
13. Under Capricorn (1949)
14. Waltz of the Toreadors (1962)
15. The Winslow Boy (1948)
16. Zee and Co. (1972) aka: X, Y and Zee aka: Zee and Company
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