The Oblong Box 1969  PG, 91 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Gordon Hessler
Cast: Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Alister Williamson, Hilary Heath, Peter Arne, Maxwell Shaw, Sally Geeson, Harry Baird, Carl Rigg, Michael Balfour, Rupert Davies, Uta Levka, Godfrey James, John Barrie, Ivor Dean
A voodoo curse has caused Sir Edward Markham's (Alistar Williamson) face to be terribly disfigured, and his brother Julian (Vincent Price) keeps Edward locked in the attic. As his means of escape, Edward gets help from witch doctor N'Galo (Harry Baird) who gives him medicine to make him appear dead. But, N'Galo has double-crossed him, and Edward is put in a coffin and buried. Grave robbers retrieve him, and his "body" is taken to anatomist Dr. Neuhardt (Christopher Lee) who revives him, and now Edward goes on a killing spree seeking revenge for his betrayal.
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Once More, with Feeling! 1960  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Stanley Donen
Cast: Yul Brynner, Kay Kendall, Geoffrey Toone, Maxwell Shaw, Mervyn Johns, Gregory Ratoff, Martin Benson, Shirley Anne Field, Harry Lockart, C.E. Joy, Grace Newcombe, C.S. Stuart, Collin Drake, Andrew Faulds, Barbara Hall
This is Kay Kendall's last film; she plays the tender wife, Dolly, of philandering symphony conductor Victor Fabian (Yul Brynner) who finally threatens divorce. Her drastic move of walking out on him results in his career spiraling downward. Victor experiences a change in his abrasive personality, and he tries to win her back.
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Start the Revolution Without Me 1970 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Bud Yorkin
Cast: Gene Wilder, Donald Sutherland, Hugh Griffith, Jack MacGowran, Billie Whitelaw, Victor Spinetti, Orson Welles, Graham Stark, Harry Fowler, Murray Melvin, Ewa Aulin, Helen Fraser, Rosalind Knight, Ken Parry, Maxwell Shaw
Set during the French Revolution, this is a good comedy about two sets of twins–one set from an aristocratic family and the other set from a poor family–who were mixed at birth. Gene Wilder and Donald Sutherland take on dual roles for both sets of twins: Philippe and Pierre and Claude and Charles.
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| 1. The Oblong Box (1969)
2. Once More, with Feeling! (1960)
3. Start the Revolution Without Me (1970)
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