Another Time, Another Place 1958  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lewis Allen
Cast: Lana Turner, Glynis Johns, Barry Sullivan, Sean Connery, Terence Longdon, Sid James, John Le Mesurier, Julian Somers, Bill Fraser, Martin Stephens
After her love affair with a World War II newsman (Sean Connery) ends in his death, Sara Scott (Lana Turner) goes to his Cornwall home to comfort her lover's widow (Glynis Johns).
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Count Your Blessings 1959 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jean Negulesco
Cast: Deborah Kerr, Rossano Brazzi, Maurice Chevalier, Martin Stephens, Tom Helmore, Patricia Medina
During World War II, a British woman, Grace Allingham (Deborah Kerr), marries a wealthy Frenchman, Charles Edouard de Valhubert (Rossano Brazzi). A nine-year separation ensues leading to a myriad of problems when they reunite. Semi waste of time.
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The Innocents 1961  N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Jack Clayton
Cast: Deborah Kerr, Peter Wyngarde, Megs Jenkins, Michael Redgrave, Martin Stephens, Pamela Franklin, Clytie Jessop, Isla Cameron, Eric Woodburn
This well-made thriller is based on Henry James' "The Turn of the Screw." Set in the late 19th century, the story involves a governess, Miss Giddens (Deborah Kerr), and orphaned children Flora and Miles (Pamela Franklin and Martin Stephens) who live in a haunted manse. Miss Giddens has been hired by the children's uncle (Michael Redgrave) as a governess, and soon after taking the job, she starts seeing ghosts. Then she learns from the housekeeper (Megs Jenkins) that the children may be possessed with evil spirits. While questioning her own sanity, Miss Giddens does decide to rescue the children from whatever has them in its grip.
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A Touch of Larceny 1959  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Guy Hamilton
Cast: James Mason, Vera Miles, George Sanders, Harry Andrews, Robert Flemyng, Oliver Johnston, Peter Barkworth, Duncan Lamont, Martin Stephens, William Kendall, Rachel Gurney, Waveney Lee, Charles Carson, Junia Crawford, Henry B. Longhurst
A British naval officer, Commander Max Easton (James Mason), needs money to impress his friend Sir Charles Holland's (George Sanders) fiancee, wealthy American Virginia Killain (Vera Miles). Easton comes up with a scheme to sue the newspapers for libel after he causes his own arrest for supposed espionage. He makes it look like he is a traitor and then maroons himself on an island. After being rescued, he convinces the Special Branch that he is innocent and then visits Virginia. Will she be impressed?
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 Village of the Damned 1960 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Horror / Mystery
Director: Wolf Rilla
Cast: George Sanders, Barbara Shelley, Martin Stephens, Michael C. Gwynne, Laurence Naismith, John Phillips, Richard Vernon, Richard Warner, Thomas Heathcote, Jenny Laird, Sarah Long, Charlotte Mitchell, Pamela Buck, Rosamund Greenwood, Susan Richards
Twelve children are born the same night in a British village. Strangely, they seem to display no emotions, and all look alike. They are very bright and have telekinetic powers. Gordon Zellaby's (George Sanders) wife Anthea (Barbara Shelley) has given birth to one of the babies, and, a few years later, Gordon educates them but becomes skeptical when he finds that they make people do strange things. Finally, Gordon sets out to destroy the children but loses his own life in the process.
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The Witches 1966  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: The Devil's Own
Director: Cyril Frankel
Cast: Joan Fontaine, Kay Walsh, Alec McCowen, Ann Bell, Ingrid Brett, John Collin, Michele Dotrice, Gwen Ffrangcon Davies, Duncan Lamont, Leonard Rossiter, Martin Stephens, Carmel McSharry
Gwen Mayfield (Joan Fontaine) can't seem to get away from voodoo. While teaching in Africa, she had a nervous breakdown after an encounter with a witch doctor. She takes a teaching job in a small town in England while recovering. But–the town seems to be the home of a coven of witches, and they intend to sacrifice a girl. Perhaps Gwen's "training" can help.
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| 1. Another Time, Another Place (1958)
2. Count Your Blessings (1959)
3. The Innocents (1961)
4. A Touch of Larceny (1959)
5. Village of the Damned (1960)
6. The Witches (1966)
aka: The Devil's Own
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