Evil Under the Sun 1982  PG, 102 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Thriller
Director: Guy Hamilton
Cast: Peter Ustinov, Colin Blakely, Jane Birkin, Nicholas Clay, Maggie Smith, Roddy McDowall, Sylvia Miles, James Mason, Denis Quilley, Diana Rigg, Emily Hone, John Alderson, Paul Antrim, Richard Vernon, Barbara Hicks
In this Agatha Christie story, a famous actress, Arlena Marshall (Diana Rigg), is murdered while visiting an idyllic beach resort, and detective Hercules Poirot (Peter Ustinov) investigates. Suspects include Arlena's biographer Rex (Roddy McDowall), Broadway producers Odell and Myra Gardener (James Mason and Sylvia Miles), Arlena's husband Kenneth (Denis Quilley), Kenneth's lover Daphne (Maggie Smith), millionaire Sir Horace Blatt (Colin Blakely), Arlena's lover Patrick (Nicholas Clay), and Patrick's wife Christine (Jane Birkin). Poirot has his work cut out for him when he learns more about the suspects–all of whom had motives to kill Arlena.
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 Excalibur 1981  R, 140 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: John Boorman
Cast: Nigel Terry, Helen Mirren, Nicholas Clay, Cherie Lunghi, Paul Geoffrey, Nicol Williamson, Liam Neeson, Corin Redgrave, Gabriel Byrne, Patrick Stewart
This entertaining film about King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table adds new dimensions to the legend by providing an adult version starring Nigel Terry as King Arthur.
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 The Hound of the Baskervilles 1983 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Horror
Director: Douglas Hickox
Cast: Ian Richardson, Donald Churchill, Martin Shaw, Denholm Elliott, Brian Blessed, Ronald Lacey, Eleanor Bron, Edward Judd, Nicholas Clay, Glynis Barber, Connie Booth, Eric Richard, Michael Burrell, Peter Rutherford, David Langton
Dr. Mortimer (Denholm Elliott) hires Sherlock Holmes (Ian Richardson) to investigate the murder of Sir Charles Baskerville. Mortimer tells Holmes that 350 years ago Hugo Baskerville traded his soul to the devil, and all of his ancestors have fallen under a curse and have been murdered when they inherited the Baskerville dynasty. Mortimer wants to protect the new heir, Sir Henry (Martin Shaw), from suffering the same fate. Holmes sends Dr. Watson (Donald Churchill) to investigate while Holmes, unbeknownst to Watson, arrives on the scene disguised as a gypsy to find the culprit.
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Lady Chatterley's Lover 1981  R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Just Jaeckin
Cast: Sylvia Kristel, Shane Briant, Nicholas Clay, Ann Mitchell, Elizabeth Spriggs, Peter Bennett, Anthony Head, Frank Moorey, Bessie Love, John Tynan, Michael Huston, Fran Hunter
After her husband (Shane Briant) suffers an injury during World War I that leaves him paralyzed and impotent, Lady Constance Chatterley (Sylvia Kristel) becomes the lover of gamekeeper Oliver Mellors (Nicholas Clay), and passionate lovemaking ensues.
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Lovespell 1981 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Tristan and Isolde
Director: Tom Donovan
Cast: Nicholas Clay, Kate Mulgrew, Richard Burton, Niall O'Brien, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Cyril Cusack, Diana Van der Vlis, Kathryn Dowling, Niall Toibin, Trudy Hayes
During a trip to Ireland, King Mark of Cornwall (Richard Burton) falls in with Isolde (Kate Mulgrew), and, after returning home, he sends his nephew Tristan (Nicholas Clay) to Isolde with a marriage proposal. On the trip back to Cornwall, Tristan and Isolde fall in love, and Isolde gives Tristan a magic potion that will bind the lovers together forever. Even Isolde's marriage to King Mark will not dissolve the bond.
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Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story 1987  TV, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Jarrott
Cast: Farrah Fawcett, James Read, Kevin McCarthy, Burl Ives, Anne Francis, Bruce Davison, David Ackroyd, Stephane Audran, Tony Peck, Zoe Wanamaker, Amadeus August, Nicholas Clay, Carmen du Sautoy, Sascha Hehn, Clive Arrindell
Edited from a 250-minute TV miniseries, this film relates the sad life experiences of Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton (Farrah Fawcett). When she was six years old, Barbara inherited $40 million. She was married seven times, and film star Cary Grant (James Read) was her third husband. When they divorced, Cary refused to take her fortune, but the other husbands did gain financially. When Barbara died at age 65, she had only $3,500 left from her inheritance.
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Victor Frankenstein 1977 TV, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Terror of Frankenstein
Director: Calvin Floyd
Cast: Leon Vitali, Per Oscarsson, Nicholas Clay, Stacy Dorning, Jan Ohlsson, Harry Brogan, Olof Bergstrom, Mathias Henrikson, Per-Axel Arosenius, David(2) Byrne
This Swedish/Irish made-for-TV film adapts Mary Shelley's tale into a psychological study of the famous creator of his monster, and is one of the most faithful of the film versions to the original story. Well done.
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| 1. Evil Under the Sun (1982)
2. Excalibur (1981)
3. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983)
4. Lady Chatterley's Lover (1981)
5. Lovespell (1981)
aka: Tristan and Isolde
6. Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story (1987)
7. Victor Frankenstein (1977)
aka: Terror of Frankenstein
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