 Alfie 1966  N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Cast: Michael Caine, Shelley Winters, Millicent Martin, Julia Foster, Shirley Anne Field, Jane Asher, Vivien Merchant, Eleanor Bron, Denholm Elliott, Alfie Bass, Graham Stark, Sydney Tafler, Murray Melvin, Harry Locke, Bryan Marshall
A young Cockney, Alfie Elkins (Michael Caine), is an unsurpassed womanizer who flits from one love interest to another. Alfie impregnates his common-law wife Gilda (Julia Foster) and then has an affair with Lily (Vivien Merchant) who also becomes pregnant by Alfie, and he arranges an abortion. All the while, Alfie engages in sexual affairs with others, including wealthy Ruby (Shelley Winters) and young Siddie (Millicent Martin). Even though disillusioned at the end of the film, Alfie is still "flitting." Academy Award nominations were received for Best Picture, Actor, Supporting Actress (Merchant), Writing, and Song.
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The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones 1976  R, 94 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Cliff Owen
Cast: Nicky Henson, Trevor Howard, Joan Collins, Terry-Thomas, Arthur Lowe, Georgia Brown, William Mervyn, Murray Melvin, Madeline Smith, Geraldine McEwan, John Forrest
Tom Jones (Nicky Henson) and Black Bess (Trevor Howard) frolic in this musical based on Henry Fielding's novel.
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Crossed Swords 1977 PG, 113 min.
Genre: Adventure
aka: The Prince and the Pauper
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Mark Lester, Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Ernest Borgnine, George C. Scott, Rex Harrison, David Hemmings, Harry Andrews, Sybil Danning, Murray Melvin, Julian Orchard, Felicity Dean, Graham Stark, Preston Lockwood
In this remake of Mark Twain's classic tale "The Prince and the Pauper," Mark Lester takes on dual roles of both Henry VIII's (Rex Harrison) son Prince Edward and the poor boy from the London slums, Tom. The boys meet, realize that they look alike, trade clothes, and inadvertently switch identities. As they live each other's lives for awhile, both boys find problems associated with the other's life.
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Damn the Defiant! 1962 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Cast: Alec Guinness, Dirk Bogarde, Maurice Denham, Nigel Stock, Richard Carpenter, Anthony Quayle, Tom Bell, Bryan Pringle, Murray Melvin, Victor Maddern
While fighting Napoleon's fleet during the Napoleonic Wars, a captain and his first mate form differences of opinion that threaten the success of their mission. This film remains faithful to historical fact.
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The Emperor's New Clothes 2001  PG, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alan Taylor
Cast: Ian Holm, Iben Hjejle, Tim McInnerny, Tom Watson, Nigel Terry, Hugh Bonneville, Murray Melvin, Eddie Marsan, Clive Russell, Bob Mason, Trevor Cooper, Chris Langham
If Napoleon did not die in exile and, instead, plotted to regain the throne by trading places with a commoner in Paris is the premise for this enjoyable comedy.
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Gawain and the Green Knight 1973 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Adventure
aka: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Director: Stephen Weeks
Cast: Murray Head, Nigel Green, Ciaran Madden, Robert Hardy, David Leland, Anthony Sharp, Ronald Lacey, Murray Melvin, George Merritt, Peter Copley
An English legend is brought to the screen in this cheap, but watchable, film of Sir Gawain (Murray Head) who has lost his wager with the Green Knight (Nigel Green) and now must solve the Green Knight's riddle or lose his head.
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Kaleidoscope 1966 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: The Bank Breaker
Director: Jack Smight
Cast: Warren Beatty, Susannah York, Clive Revill, Eric Porter, Murray Melvin, George Sewell, Stanley Meadows, John Junkin, Larry Taylor, Jane Birkin, Yootha Joyce, George Murcell
When a gambler marks cards so he can win at the casinos, his plans go awry because his new lover also just happens to be the daughter of a Scotland Yard inspector.
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 The Phantom of the Opera 2004 PG-13, 143 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama / Romance / Thriller
aka: Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera
Director: Joel Schumacher
Cast: Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson, Miranda Richardson, Simon Callow, Minnie Driver, Ciaran Hinds, Victor McGuire, Paul Brooke, Murray Melvin, Kevin McNally, James Fleet, Jennifer Ellison, Imogen Bain, Judith Paris
The phantom, a disfigured composer (Gerard Butler), dwells beneath and haunts the Paris Opera House. He falls in love with chorus singer Christine (Emmy Rossum), abducts her, and writes an opera especially for her. But will this be enough to make Christine forget the man she loves? Three Academy Award nominations were received.
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Shout at the Devil 1976 PG, 128 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama / Thriller
Director: Peter H. Hunt
Cast: Lee Marvin, Roger Moore, Barbara Parkins, Ian Holm, George Coulouris, Maurice Denham, Reinhard Kolldehoff, Horst Janson, Karl Michael Vogler, Jean Kent, Reinahard Kolldehoff, Gernot Endemann, Heather Wright, Gerard Paquis, Murray Melvin
During World War I, an American, Colonel Flynn O'Flynn (Lee Marvin), and a British "gentleman," Sebastian Oldsmith (Roger Moore), join forces in an attempt to blow up a German battleship being repaired off Zanzibar while they are searching for fortune in Africa. Lots of action.
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Start the Revolution Without Me 1970 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bud Yorkin
Cast: Gene Wilder, Donald Sutherland, Hugh Griffith, Jack MacGowran, Billie Whitelaw, Victor Spinetti, Orson Welles, Graham Stark, Harry Fowler, Murray Melvin
Set during the French Revolution, this is a good comedy about two sets of twins who were mixed at birth. Gene Wilder and Donald Sutherland take on dual roles for both sets of twins.
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| 1. Alfie (1966)
2. The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones (1976)
3. Crossed Swords (1977)
aka: The Prince and the Pauper
4. Damn the Defiant! (1962)
5. The Emperor's New Clothes (2001)
6. Gawain and the Green Knight (1973)
aka: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
7. Kaleidoscope (1966)
aka: The Bank Breaker
8. The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
aka: Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera
9. Shout at the Devil (1976)
10. Start the Revolution Without Me (1970)
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