Action of the Tiger 1957  N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Mystery
Director: Terence Young
Cast: Van Johnson, Martine Carol, Herbert Lom, Anna Gerber, Sean Connery, Gustavo Rojo, Anthony Dawson, Yvonne Romain, Helen Haye, Jose Nieto, Norman Macowan, Brian Sunners, Helen Goss, Richard Williams
Tracy (Martine Carol) hires American contraband runner Carson (Van Johnson) to smuggle her into Albania on his yacht. Her relative, Henri (Gustavo Rojo), is a political prisoner, and Tracy wants Carson's help in rescuing him. Carson is involved in smuggling Greek children out of Albania, and for this mission he gets help from Albanian outlaws, led by Trifon (Herbert Lom). The trek through Albania is treacherous, but they do find Henri, and they pick up children and begin a desperate escape attempt to board Carson's yacht and reach safety.
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Kidnapped 1960  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Family / Drama / Adventure
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Peter Finch, James MacArthur, Bernard Lee, Niall MacGinnis, John Laurie, Finlay Currie, Peter O'Toole, Miles Malleson, Oliver Johnston, Andrew Cruickshank, Duncan Macrae, Alex Mackenzie, Norman Macowan, Eileen Way, Jack Stewart
This Disney film is based on the Robert Louis Stevenson tale of David Balfour (James MacArthur) who inherits a fortune, and his evil uncle, Ebenezer (John Laurie), arranges for Captain Hoseason (Bernard Lee) to kidnap David and hold him on a slave ship. David is rescued, teams up with Alan Breck Stewart (Peter Finch), and the duo travels across Scotland in an attempt to regain what is rightfully his.
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X the Unknown 1956 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Mystery / Horror
Director: Leslie Norman
Cast: Dean Jagger, Edward Chapman, Leo McKern, Marianne Brauns, William Lucas, Peter Hammond, Anthony Newley, Jameson Clark, Ian MacNaughton, John Harvey, Edwin Richfield, Jane Aird, Michael Ripper, Norman Macowan, Neil Hallett
A blob rises from a crack in the Earth's crust, feeds on radioactivity, gets larger, raises havoc, then disappears until it is hungry again. Dr. Adam Royston (Dean Jagger) sets out to destroy this high-energy creature. A well-made film.
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| 1. Action of the Tiger (1957)
2. Kidnapped (1960)
3. X the Unknown (1956)
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