Cromwell 1970  G, 139 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Ken Hughes
Cast: Richard Harris, Alec Guinness, Robert Morley, Dorothy Tutin, Frank Finlay, Timothy Dalton, Patrick Wymark, Patrick Magee, Nigel Stock, Charles Gray
Realistic battle scenes highlight this biography of the 16th-century take-over by Puritan leader, Oliver Cromwell (Richard Harris), who deposed England's Charles I (Alec Guinness).
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The Dam Busters 1954  N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Anderson
Cast: Michael Redgrave, Ursula Jeans, Richard Todd, Raymond Huntley, Frank Phillips, Basil Sydney, Derek Farr, Robert Shaw, Colin Tapley, Nigel Stock
During World War II, a plan was formulated to bomb German dams along the Ruhr River. This is the story of how the R.A.F. carried out the mission.
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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 Great Escape 1963  N/R, 168 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: John Sturges
Cast: Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, Charles Bronson, James Donald, Donald Pleasence, James Coburn, David McCallum, Gordon Jackson, Nigel Stock, Hannes Messemer, John Leyton, Angus Lennie, Robert Graf, Jud Taylor
This is one of the best war movies ever made. It takes place in a P.O.W. camp into which the Germans have placed all the troublemakers. P.O.W. Bartlett (Richard Attenborough) plans one more escape, and even the loner, Capt. Hilts (Steve McQueen), becomes involved in its execution.
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The Lion in Winter 1968 PG, 134 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anthony Harvey
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins, Jane Merrow, John Castle, Timothy Dalton, Nigel Stock, Nigel Terry, Kenneth Griffith, O.Z. Whitehead
Love and hate are exhibited in this excellent movie showing how decisions were made concerning the throne of England. Katharine Hepburn won the Academy Award for Best Actress, and Peter O'Toole was also good in his portrayal of an aging Henry II. There were two other Oscars (Best Writing and Musical Score) and four nominations, including Best Picture, Actor, and Director.
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The Lost Continent 1968  G, 89 min.
Genre: Adventure / Sci-Fi
Director: Michael Carreras
Cast: Eric Porter, Hildegarde Neff, Suzanna Leigh, Tony Beckley, Nigel Stock, Neil McCallum, Ben Carruthers, Jimmy Hanley, James Cossins, Dana Gillespie, Victor Maddern, Reg Lye
A freighter leaves port with creepy passengers holding secrets and with a cargo of deadly explosives that react with water. During a storm, the ship takes on water, and the ship must be abandoned before it explodes. The boatload of people land on a mysterious island in the Sargasso Sea where killer seaweed and bizarre creatures await them–including Spanish conquistadors who have been battling for hundreds of years.
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The Malta Story 1953  N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure
Director: Brian Desmond
Cast: Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Anthony Steel, Muriel Pavlow, Flora Robson, Ralph Truman, Peter Bull, Nigel Stock, Renee Asherson, Hugh Burden, Reginald Tate, Rosalie Crutchley, Thomas Heathcote, Maurice Denham, Noel Willman
During World War II, a member of the Royal Air Force, British Lieutenant Pete Ross (Alec Guinness), performs camera reconnaissance missions and hands over evidence to his senior officer (Jack Hawkins) that Italy is planning a major invasion of Malta. Now, Ross finds himself stranded on Malta. Although low on supplies, Ross is determined to defend the island fortress against the Italian army's attack and practices survival techniques. Meanwhile, he has a romance with a Maltese girl, Maria (Muriel Pavlow), but fate steps in as Ross carries out his duties that lead to the ultimate sacrifice.
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The Mirror Crack'd 1980 PG, 105 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Guy Hamilton
Cast: Angela Lansbury, Geraldine Chaplin, Tony Curtis, Edward Fox, Rock Hudson, Kim Novak, Elizabeth Taylor, Nigel Stock, Pierce Brosnan, Margaret Courtenay, Charles Lloyd Pack, Charles Gray, Wendy Morgan, Marella Oppenheim, Maureen Bennett
In this Agatha Christie mystery, an American movie company is making a film in an old English village. One of the actresses, Marina Rudd (Elizabeth Taylor), had suffered a mental breakdown but is now trying to make a comeback. Unfortunately, she is still plagued by her past and has been receiving death threats. When a pair of murders takes place, Scotland Yard Inspector Craddock (Edward Fox), arrives on the scene with his aunt, Miss Marple (Angela Lansbury), to investigate. Everyone thinks that Marina was the intended victim, but Miss Marple and Craddock look into others involved with the movie set including Marina's husband who is the film's director Jason Rudd (Rock Hudson). Also on the list of suspects are film producer Marty Fenn and his wife Lola Brewster (Tony Curtis and Kim Novak). Determination pays off as Craddock and Miss Marple finally uncover the evidence that identifies the guilty party.
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Never Let Go 1960 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Guillermin
Cast: Richard Todd, Peter Sellers, Elizabeth Sellars, Carol White, Mervyn Johns, John Le Mesurier, Adam Faith, Noel Willman, David Lodge, Peter Jones, John Bailey, Nigel Stock, John Dunbar, Charles Houston, Cyril Shaps
Cosmetic salesman John Cummings' (Richard Todd) car is stolen by a gang of car thieves, headed by Lionel Meadows (Peter Sellers). Cummings tracks down the thieves and locates Tommy Towers (Adam Faith) who stole the car. Towers is beaten after Meadows discovers that he met with Cummings. Towers then gives inside information to the police, and, eventually, Meadows is arrested, and Cummings does recover his car.
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The Night of the Generals 1967 PG, 148 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Anatole Litvak
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay, Donald Pleasence, Joanna Pettet, Philippe Noiret, Charles Gray, Coral Browne, John Gregson, Nigel Stock, Christopher Plummer, Juliette Greco, Yves Brainville, Sacha Pitoeff, Charles Millot
When Maj. Grau (Omar Sharif) investigates the 1942 murder of a Warsaw prostitute, the evidence points to three German Generals (Donald Pleasence, Charles Gray, and Peter O'Toole). The case remains unsolved, and Grau is taken off the case. Two years later, Grau is in Paris when another prostitute is killed. With help from Inspector Morand (Philippe Noiret), Grau obtains evidence that traps the General, but then Grau is killed. The case continues on until 1965 when Morand confronts the General with the evidence, and then the General kills himself.
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Young Sherlock Holmes 1985 PG-13, 109 min.
Genre: Adventure / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Barry Levinson
Cast: Nicholas Rowe, Alan Cox, Sophie Ward, Anthony Higgins, Freddie Jones, Nigel Stock, Michael Hordern, Susan Fleetwood, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Earl Rhodes, Brian Oulton, Patrick Newell, Donald Eccles, Walter Sparrow, Vivienne Chandler
This film uses the premise that Sherlock Holmes (Nicholas Rowe) and Dr. John Watson (Alan Cox) met for the first time when they were young college students. Then the film explores what might have happened when those two characters first got together, updated with 1980s special effects and action, though different from the "old" Sherlock.
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| 1. Cromwell (1970)
2. The Dam Busters (1954)
3. Damn the Defiant! (1962)
4. The Great Escape (1963)
5. The Lion in Winter (1968)
6. The Lost Continent (1968)
7. The Malta Story (1953)
8. The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
9. Never Let Go (1960)
10. The Night of the Generals (1967)
11. Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
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