International Velvet 1978  PG, 127 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bryan Forbes
Cast: Tatum O'Neal, Christopher Plummer, Anthony Hopkins, Nanette Newman, Peter Barkworth, Dinsdale Landen, Sarah Bullen, Jeffrey Byron
In this sequel to "National Velvet," Tatum O'Neal plays Velvet's orphaned niece, Sarah Brown. Sarah, like her Aunt Velvet (Nanette Newman) before her, enters the Olympics and takes home the gold medal for her equestrian event.
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Man at the Top 1973  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mike Vardy
Cast: Kenneth Haigh, Nanette Newman, Harry Andrews, William Lucas, Clive Swift, Paul Williamson, John Collin, John Quentin, Danny Sewell, Charlie Williams, Anne Cunningham, Angela Bruce, Margaret Heald, Norma West, Mary Maude
First there was the great film "Room at the Top," followed by "Life at the Top." These films inspired the British TV series "Man at the Top," which, in turn, inspired this film. Business executive Joe Lampton (Kenneth Haigh) has a problem: whether or not to blow the whistle on an untested drug put out by his company. Joe knows that his boss, who is also his father-in-law Lord Ackerman (Harry Andrews), will not be happy if he does. Meanwhile, Joe's marriage falls apart, and Joe enters into a love affair with Lord's wife Alex (Nanette Newman). And Joe's problems continue.
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Of Human Bondage 1964 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ken Hughes
Cast: Kim Novak, Laurence Harvey, Robert Morley, Siobhan McKenna, Nanette Newman, Roger Livesey, Jack Hedley, Ronald Lacey, John Sutton
This is another good adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's novel. The young medical student is played well by Laurence Harvey, and Kim Novak takes on role of the promiscuous waitress with whom he is obsessed.
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Personal Affair 1953  N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anthony Pelissier
Cast: Gene Tierney, Leo Genn, Pamela Brown, Glynis Johns, Walter Fitzgerald, Megs Jenkins, Michael Hordern, Thora Hird, Martin Boddey, Nanette Newman
Young Barbara (Glynis Johns) falls madly in love with her teacher (Leo Genn). When she disappears, the teacher is suspected of foul play.
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The Raging Moon 1971  PG, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
aka: Long Ago, Tomorrow
Director: Bryan Forbes
Cast: Malcolm McDowell, Nanette Newman, Georgia Brown, Bernard Lee, Gerald Sim, Michael Flanders, Margery Mason, Barry Jackson, Geoffrey Whitehead, Chris Chittell, Jack Woolgar, Norman Bird, Geoffrey Bayldon, Constance Chapman
Bruce Pitchard (Malcolm McDowell) was injured in a soccer game and is now confined to a wheelchair in a convalescence home. While at the home, Bruce meets and falls in love with Jill (Nanette Newman) who has been crippled by polio. While Bruce learns much from Jill about living with adversity, living happily ever after is just not in the cards.
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Seance on a Wet Afternoon 1964 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bryan Forbes
Cast: Kim Stanley, Richard Attenborough, Mark Eden, Nanette Newman, Judith Donner, Patrick Magee, Gerald Sim, Margaret Lacey, Maria Kazan, Lionel Gamlin
Kim Stanley was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role of Myra Savage, a fake medium, who hatches a plot to kidnap young Amanda Clayton (Judith Donner). She then plans to offer her "clairvoyant" abilities to the Claytons as the means of locating Amanda and bringing her home–for a price.
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 The Stepford Wives 1975 PG, 115 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Mystery / Fantasy
Director: Bryan Forbes
Cast: Katharine Ross, Paula Prentiss, Peter Masterson, Nanette Newman, Tina Louise, Josef Sommer, Mary Stuart Masterson, Patrick O'Neal, John Aprea, William Prince, Carol Eve Rossen, Carol Mallory, Judith Baldwin, Barbara Rucker, Toni Reid
Ira Levin's best-selling novel is brought to the screen as mysteries unfold behind the personalities of "perfect" housewives in the town of Stepford, Connecticut. Joanna (Katherine Ross) and Walter (Peter Masterson) move with their children to Stepford to enjoy what they believe is an ideal suburban community. But, Stepford has a dark secret: the husbands are replacing their wives with robots that will perform domestic tasks and exist only to please their husbands. Will Joanna be able to escape this nightmare?
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The Wrong Arm of the Law 1962 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Cliff Owen
Cast: Peter Sellers, Lionel Jeffries, Bernard Cribbins, Davy Kaye, Nanette Newman, John Le Mesurier, Graham Stark, Ed Devereaux, Bill Kerr, Reg Lye
Pearly Gates (Peter Sellers) heads a crime syndicate in London and calls a truce with Scotland Yard when three impostors, pretending to be British bobbies, rip-off his syndicate.
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The Wrong Box 1966 PG, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bryan Forbes
Cast: John Mills, Ralph Richardson, Michael Caine, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Nanette Newman, Tony Hancock, Peter Sellers, Cicely Courtneidge, Peter Graves
Based loosely on a story co-authored by Robert Louis Stevenson, this gag-filled farce concerns two brothers who haven't seen each other for over 40 years. They were among 12 children whose parents each put up money, now drawing interest, which will go to the last survivor. The two brothers are the last ones and each awaits getting his hands on the money. John Mills and Ralph Richardson are great as the two brothers.
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| 1. Deadfall (1968)
2. International Velvet (1978)
3. Man at the Top (1973)
4. Of Human Bondage (1964)
5. Personal Affair (1953)
6. The Raging Moon (1971)
aka: Long Ago, Tomorrow
7. Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)
8. The Stepford Wives (1975)
9. The Wrong Arm of the Law (1962)
10. The Wrong Box (1966)
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