Cast a Dark Shadow 1957  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Margaret Lockwood, Kay Walsh, Kathleen Harrison, Robert Flemyng, Mona Washbourne, Walter Hudd, Myrtle Reed, Lita Roza, Philip Stainton
Charming Edward (Dirk Bogarde) marries and murders rich older women for their money. But Freda (Margaret Lockwood) may be a match for his wit. This version of the Bluebeard story is a good "suspenser."
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The Lady Vanishes 1938 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Mystery / Comedy / Romance / Thriller
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Dame May Whitty, Paul Lukas, Cecil Parker, Linden Travers, Mary Clare, Basil Radford, Googie Withers, Naunton Wayne, Emile Boreo, Sally Stewart, Philip Leaver, Selma Vaz Dias, Catherine Lacey
This is one of Alfred Hitchcock's great films. It has it all–comedy and suspense aboard a train traveling through Germany. One of the passengers, Iris Henderson (Margaret Lockwood), becomes friendly with elderly Miss Froy (Dame May Whitty) and then takes a nap. When Iris awakens, she discovers that Miss Froy has disappeared, but no one else on the train believes her. Iris had received a head injury just before boarding the train, and they think that she was just dreaming. Finally, young musician Gilbert (Michael Redgrave) comes to Iris' aid, and they search the train for the mysterious Mrs. Froy. The search for Mrs. Froy reveals that she is not who she appears to be.
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The Man in Grey 1943 N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Leslie Arliss
Cast: Margaret Lockwood, Phyllis Calvert, James Mason, Stewart Granger, Helen Haye, Martita Hunt, Raymond Lovell, Nora Swinburne, Beatrice Varley, Amy Veness
Girlhood friends, Clarissa (Phyllis Calvert) and Hester (Margaret Lockwood) find tragedy awaits following the scheming of Hester for the affections of Clarissa's husband, the Marquis of Rohan (James Mason). This film did much to propel Mason to stardom.
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Night Train to Munich 1940  N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama / Action / Thriller
aka: Night Train
Director: Carol Reed
Cast: Rex Harrison, Paul Henreid, Naunton Wayne, Roland Culver, Margaret Lockwood, Basil Radford, Felix Aylmer, Eliot Makeham, Raymond Huntley, Austin Trevor, James Harcourt, Wyndham Goldie, Frederick Valk, Kenneth Kent, C.V. France
This film adaptation of Gordon Wellesley's novel "Report on a Fugitive" is about a Czech scientist, Axel Bomasch (James Harcourt), who escapes to England, but his daughter Anna (Margaret Lockwood) is sent to a concentration camp. Anna escapes with Karl Marsen (Paul Henreid) and finds her father, but Marsen is a Gestapo plant, and the Nazis capture Axel and Anna and take them back to Germany. British spy Gus Bennett (Rex Harrison) is assigned the duty of retrieving Axel and Anna from the clutches of their captors. During the night on a train to Munich, Bennett frees Axel and Anna, and they head for Switzerland with Nazi Marsen in pursuit. A good thriller. 1 User Review
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A Place of One's Own 1945   N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Bernard Knowles
Cast: Margaret Lockwood, James Mason, Barbara Mullen, Dennis Price, Helen Haye, Ernest Thesiger, Michael Shepley, Dulcie Gray, Moore Marriott, Gus McNaughton
Annette (Margaret Lockwood) works for the Smedhursts (James Mason and Barbara Mullen) at their haunted home and becomes possessed by the spirit of a former owner who was murdered.
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Rulers of the Sea 1939 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure
Director: Frank Lloyd
Cast: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Margaret Lockwood, Will Fyffe, George Bancroft, Montagu Love, David Torrence, Alan Ladd, Mary Gordon, Vaughan Glaser, Lester Matthews
In this historical drama, John Shaw (Will Fyffe) and David Gillespie (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) search for financial support to produce a steam engine for use on transatlantic voyages that will cut the time at sea in half.
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Susannah of the Mounties 1939 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Family / Drama
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: Shirley Temple, Randolph Scott, Margaret Lockwood, Martin Good Rider, J. Farrell MacDonald, Moroni Olsen, Victor Jory, Lester Matthews, Leyland Hodgson, Charles Irwin, Maurice Moscovitch, Herbert Evans, Jack Luden, John Sutton, Larry Dods
Following her parents' massacre in an Indian raid, Susannah (Shirley Temple) is taken in and raised by Canadian Mounted Policeman Monty (Randolph Scott). She befriends the son of an Indian chief and helps settle a major problem between the Indians and the railroad.
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Trent's Last Case 1952 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Herbert Wilcox
Cast: Margaret Lockwood, Michael Wilding, Orson Welles, John McCallum, Sam Kydd, Miles Malleson, Hugh McDermott, Jack McNaughton, John Chandos, Henry Edwards
After international businessman Sigsbee Manderson (Orson Welles) is found dead, his wife Margaret (Margaret Lockwood) is accused of murdering him. Now, ace newspaper reporter Philip Trent (Michael Wilding) steps in to investigate. The story is told in flashbacks to reveal what really happened, and Trent concludes that Sigsbee committed suicide and left evidence to frame Margaret.
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| 1. Cast a Dark Shadow (1957)
2. The Lady Vanishes (1938)
3. The Man in Grey (1943)
4. Night Train to Munich (1940)
aka: Night Train
5. A Place of One's Own (1945)
6. Rulers of the Sea (1939)
7. Susannah of the Mounties (1939)
8. Trent's Last Case (1952)
9. Trouble in the Glen (1953)
10. The Wicked Lady (1945)
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