 The Blue Lagoon 1949  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Romance
Director: Frank Launder
Cast: Jean Simmons, Susan Stranks, Donald Houston, Peter Rudolph Jones, Noel Purcell, Cyril Cusack, Maurice Denham, James Hayter, Nora Nicholson, Philip Stainton, Patrick Barr, Lyn Evans
Based on Henry De Vere Stacpoole's novel, this is the story of two young people, Michael Reynolds (Donald Houston) and Emmeline Foster (Jean Simmons), who are marooned on a deserted island, fall in love, and become parents.
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The Crimson Pirate 1952  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Comedy
Director: Robert Siodmak
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Eva Bartok, Nick Cravat, Leslie Bradley, Christopher Lee, Frederick Leister, Torin Thatcher, James Hayter, Margot Grahame, Frank Pettingell, Noel Purcell, Eliot Makeham, Dana Wynter, Ewan Roberts
This film has developed a cult following for its thrills and laughter as it verges on satire of the action genre. The Crimson Pirate, Captain Vallo (Burt Lancaster) does it all; he intercepts a cargo ship, swings his sword, and wins the fair lady Consuelo (Eva Bartok).
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Decameron Nights 1953  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure / Romance
Director: Hugo Fregonese
Cast: Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Joan Collins, Marjorie Rhodes, Mara Lane, Eliot Makeham, Hugh Morton, Binnie Barnes, Godfrey Tearle, Meinhart Maur, Gordon Bell, Van Boolen, Gerard Tichy, Noel Purcell, Stella Riley
Three of the Boccaccio tales of lovers and intrigue are told by Boccaccio (Louis Jourdan) when he visits the recently widowed Fiametta (Joan Fontaine) and her women friends at a Florentine Hills villa. Each story involves problems between men and women, and Jourdan plays the husbands, and Joan Fontaine takes the roles of the often misunderstood wives.
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Drop Dead Darling 1966  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Arrivederci, Baby
Director: Ken Hughes
Cast: Tony Curtis, Rosanna Schiaffino, Lionel Jeffries, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Nancy Kwan, Mischa Auer, Anna Quayle, Warren Mitchell, Noel Purcell, Jacqueline Bisset
After years of carrying out murders of women for his own financial gain, Nick Johnson (Tony Curtis) meets his match.
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The Key 1958  N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Carol Reed
Cast: William Holden, Sophia Loren, Trevor Howard, Oskar Homolka, Kieron Moore, Bernard Lee, Noel Purcell, Bryan Forbes, James Hayter, John Crawford
In this, Sophia Loren's first British film, she plays "Stella," a kept woman, whose key is passed from one naval officer to the next one who arrives in port during World War II.
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Lust for Life 1956 N/R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Everett Sloane, Niall MacGinnis, Jill Bennett, Eric Pohlmann, James Donald, Pamela Brown, Henry Daniell, Lionel Jeffries, Noel Purcell, Madge Kennedy, Laurence Naismith, Jeannette Sterke, Toni Gerry
Vincent Van Gogh (Kirk Douglas) led an artistically creative life marked by periods of insanity. This is the story of his genius, which ended in suicide. Anthony Quinn won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as Paul Gauguin, and Kirk Douglas was nominated for Best Actor.
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The McKenzie Break 1970 PG, 108 min.
Genre: Adventure
aka: Escape
Director: Lamont Johnson
Cast: Brian Keith, Helmut Griem, Ian Hendry, Jack Watson, Patrick O'Connell, Gregg Palmer, Horst Janson, Noel Purcell, Alexander Allerson, John Abineri
World War I German POWs plan a daring escape from their camp in Scotland. This story makes for good drama and a very interesting film.
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The Millionairess 1960 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Anthony Asquith
Cast: Sophia Loren, Peter Sellers, Alastair Sim, Vittorio De Sica, Dennis Price, Gary Raymond, Alfie Bass, Miriam Karlin, Noel Purcell, Graham Stark
This film, based on George Bernard Shaw's play, is about the dilemma of wealthy Epifania (Sophia Loren) who meets Doctor Kabir (Peter Sellers), a man whose love she cannot buy.
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Moby Dick 1956 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: John Huston
Cast: Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Leo Genn, James Robertson Justice, Orson Welles, Harry Andrews, Bernard Miles, Mervyn Johns, Noel Purcell, Royal Dano, Christopher Lee
Ray Bradbury and John Huston wrote the excellent screenplay for this film adaptation of Herman Melville's novel about Captain Ahab's (Gregory Peck) obsession with the great white whale.
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Mutiny on the Bounty 1962 N/R, 179 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Romance
Director: Lewis Milestone
Cast: Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard, Richard Harris, Hugh Griffith, Richard Haydn, Percy Herbert, Noel Purcell, Gordon Jackson, Duncan Lamont, Chips Rafferty, Tarita, Ashley Cowan, Eddie Byrne, Tim Seely, Frank Silvera
This second filming of "Mutiny on the Bounty" stars Trevor Howard as the overly strict and cruel Captain Bligh who sails the H.M.S. Bounty from Portsmouth England to the South Pacific where the crew enjoys the paradise of Tahiti. The rest of the trip proves to be anything but a paradise when First Mate Fletcher Christian (Marlon Brando) leads the Bounty crew in mutiny. Excellent scenery and music. Seven Academy Award nominations were received, including Best Picture.
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The Rising of the Moon 1957  N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Tyrone Power, Noel Purcell, Cyril Cusack, Jimmy O'Dea, Frank Lawton, Jack MacGowran, J.G. Devlin, Denis O'Dea, Donal Donnelly, Harold Goldblatt, Maureen Connell, Edward Lexy, Tony Quinn
The famous Abbey Players perform a trilogy of episodes: "Majesty of the Law," "A Minute's Wait," and "1921." 1 User Review
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| | 04/29/2009 | | A MUST SEE movie. Directed by John Ford, Irish cast, filmed in Ireland. Many of the same actors and sets as in The Quiet Man. I think this is the better of the two movies. |
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The Running Man 1963 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Carol Reed
Cast: Laurence Harvey, Lee Remick, Alan Bates, Felix Aylmer, Eleanor Summerfield, Allan Cuthbertson, Harold Goldblatt, Fernando Rey, Fortunio Bonanova, Noel Purcell, Ramsay Ames, Juanjo Menendez, Eddie Byrne, Colin Gordon, John Meillon
Rex and Stella Black (Laurence Harvey and Lee Remick) are on the run after Rex fakes his death to collect insurance money. BUT–Steve Maddox (Alan Bates), the insurance investigator, smells something amiss, and he's on their trail.
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Svengali 1954  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Noel Langley
Cast: Hildegarde Neff, Donald Wolfit, Terence Morgan, Derek Bond, Paul Rogers, David Kossoff, Noel Purcell, Alfie Bass, Peter Illing, Hubert Gregg, Harry Secombe, Joan Haythorne, Hugh Cross, David Oxley, Richard Pearson
In this film version of George du Maurier's novel "Trilby," Donald Wolfit takes on the role of hypnotist Svengali who transforms young Trilby (Hildegarde Neff) into a famous singer. Trilby falls under Svengali's spell and has left starving artist Billy (Terence Morgan) behind. But, Billy is not willing to give up his love for Trilby and follows Svengali and Trilby all over the world.
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| 1. The Blue Lagoon (1949)
2. The Crimson Pirate (1952)
3. Decameron Nights (1953)
4. Drop Dead Darling (1966)
aka: Arrivederci, Baby
5. Ferry to Hong Kong (1959)
6. The Key (1958)
7. Lust for Life (1956)
8. The McKenzie Break (1970)
aka: Escape
9. The Millionairess (1960)
10. Moby Dick (1956)
11. Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
12. The Rising of the Moon (1957)
13. The Running Man (1963)
14. Svengali (1954)
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