Death Line 1973  R, 88 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Raw Meat
Director: Gary Sherman
Cast: Donald Pleasence, Norman Rossington, David Ladd, Sharon Gurney, Hugh Armstrong, June Turner, Clive Swift, James Cossins, Heather Stoney, Hugh Dickson, Ron Pember, Christopher Lee, Jack Woolgar, Colin McCormack, Gary Winkler
A man is found unconscious in the London Underground and Inspector Calhoun (Donald Pleasence) is put in charge of the case. But when he arrives at the scene, the man in gone. It turns out that the stranger is the descendant of a worker who was trapped in the tunnel during a cave-in in the early 1900s. He, along with his mate, feed on people who use the Underground. The problems for the good inspector are just beginning.
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Double Trouble 1967 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama / Comedy
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Elvis Presley, Annette Day, John Williams, Yvonne Romain, Chips Rafferty, Michael Murphy, Norman Rossington, Monte Landis, Leon Askin, John Alderson, Stanley Adams, Helene Winston, Walter Burke, Bob Homel, Peter Balakoff
Singer Guy Lambert (Elvis Presley) is touring Europe when he runs into trouble on two fronts: jewel thieves (Chips Rafferty and Norman Rossington) who hide diamonds in his luggage AND two women; British teenager Jill Conway (Annette Day) and an heiress, Claire (Yvonne Romain) who fall in love with him.
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 A Hard Day's Night 1964  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: Richard Lester
Cast: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Wilfrid Brambell, Victor Spinetti, Norman Rossington, Kenneth Haigh, Richard Vernon, Marianne Stone, John Junkin, Anna Quayle
Like its stars, this pseudo documentary by the Beatles stands above other fare of the same genre. Filled with songs and comedy, the story line follows the Beatles through one day in their lives.
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Man in the Wilderness 1971   PG, 105 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Cast: Richard Harris, Henry Wilcoxon, John Huston, Percy Herbert, Dennis Waterman, Norman Rossington, James Doohan, Judith Furse, Prunella Ransome, Sheila Raynor, Bryan Marshall, Ben Carruthers, Robert Russell, John Bindon
After he is attacked by a grizzly bear in the early 1800s, Zachary Bass (Richard Harris) is left by his fellow fur trappers and Indian traders to die. He recuperates and sets out on his own form of revenge.
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 The Prisoner of Zenda 1979  PG, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy / Adventure
Director: Richard Quine
Cast: Peter Sellers, Lynne Frederick, Lionel Jeffries, Elke Sommer, Gregory Sierra, Jeremy Kemp, Catherine Schell, Simon Williams, Stuart Wilson, Norman Rossington, John Laurie, Graham Stark, Michael Balfour, Arthur Howard, Ian Abercrombie
In this comedy version of the classic story, the King of Ruritania, Rudolf IV (Peter Sellers), dies in a hot-air balloon accident. Duke Michael (Jeremy Kemp) schemes to take over the throne from the rightful heir, Rudolf V (also played by Sellers). He kidnaps Rudolf, but his plot is jeopardized when a Cockney cabby (also played by Sellers), who greatly resembles Rudolf, fills the shoes of Rudolf and gets involved in the palace intrigue.
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Saturday Night and Sunday Morning 1960  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Karel Reisz
Cast: Albert Finney, Shirley Anne Field, Rachel Roberts, Hylda Baker, Bryan Pringle, Norman Rossington, Avis Bunnage, Edna Morris, Colin Blakely, Peter Madden, Robert Cawdron, Irene Richmond, Anne Blake, Elsie Wagstaff, Frank Atkinson
This was Albert Finney's vehicle for stardom in which he plays Arthur Seaton, an unhappy factory worker in Nottingham. Brenda (Rachel Roberts), who is the wife of Arthur's co-worker Jack (Bryan Pringle), becomes his mistress–an unwise move because she becomes pregnant. But, finally Arthur's reason prevails and he opts for Doreen (Shirley Anne Field) who has strict morals.
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Tobruk 1967  N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Arthur Hiller
Cast: Rock Hudson, George Peppard, Nigel Green, Guy Stockwell, Jack Watson, Norman Rossington, Percy Herbert, Liam Redmond, Leo Gordon, Peter Coe
During World War II, an American demolitions expert, Major Donald Craig (Rock Hudson), joined British commandos and expatriated German Jews in a heroic effort to blow up the German tank commander Gen. Rommel's supplies before they could reach the coast of North Africa.
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| 1. Death Line (1973)
aka: Raw Meat
2. Double Trouble (1967)
3. A Hard Day's Night (1964)
4. Man in the Wilderness (1971)
5. The Prisoner of Zenda (1979)
6. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)
7. Tobruk (1967)
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