The Abdication 1974  PG, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anthony Harvey
Cast: Peter Finch, Liv Ullmann, Cyril Cusack, Michael Dunn, Paul Rogers, Kathleen Byron, Graham Crowden, James Faulkner, Harold Goldblatt, Noel Trevarthen
Set in the 17th century, Sweden's Queen Christina converts to Roman Catholicism and abdicates her throne. Love with a Cardinal follows in this so-so historical drama.
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The Beachcomber 1954  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Muriel Box
Cast: Glynis Johns, Robert Newton, Donald Sinden, Michael Hordern, Donald Pleasence, Tony Quinn, Paul Rogers, Ronald Lewis, Auric Lorand, Jean Rollins
Based on Somerset Maugham's story, this film's plot deals with a very proper missionary (Glynis Johns) who falls in love with a South Seas beach bum (Robert Newton).
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Beau Brummel 1954  N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Curtis Bernhardt
Cast: Stewart Granger, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Ustinov, Robert Morley, James Donald, James Hayter, Rosemary Harris, Paul Rogers, Noel Willman, Peter Bull
Set in the 1800s, this is the story of the friendship of the Duke of Wales (Peter Ustinov) and the handsome rogue Beau Brummel (Stewart Granger) who was his political advisor. 1 User Review
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| | ports 08/16/2007 | | Stewart Grainger sound. Elizabeth Taylor sugary. Peter Ustinov - brilliant. |
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Billy Budd 1962  N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Ustinov
Cast: Robert Ryan, Peter Ustinov, Melvyn Douglas, Terence Stamp, Paul Rogers, John Neville, Lee Montague, Niall MacGinnis, John Meillon, David McCallum
Herman Melville's allegory is brought to the screen with Terence Stamp as Billy Budd, the young seaman who kills a cruel officer and then must pay the consequences.
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A Circle of Deception 1961 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jack Lee
Cast: Suzy Parker, Bradford Dillman, Harry Andrews, Paul Rogers, Robert Stephens, John Welsh, Walter Gotell, Charles Lloyd Pack, Richard Marner, Martin Boddey
In this psychological drama, an allied officer, Paul Raine (Bradford Dillman), is set up as a decoy to confuse the Nazis with false information about D-Day plans.
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Edwin 1984 TV, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Rodney Bennett
Cast: Alec Guinness, Renee Asherson, Paul Rogers
Retired judge Sir Fennimore Truscott (Alec Guinness) discovers that his wife (Renee Asherson) has had a long-time affair with their next door neighbor (Paul Rogers). Now the question becomes: who is the real father of their son Edwin? Made for TV.
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The Looking Glass War 1969 PG, 108 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Frank Pierson
Cast: Christopher Jones, Pia Degermark, Ralph Richardson, Anthony Hopkins, Paul Rogers, Susan George, Ray McAnally, Robert Urquhart, Anna Massey, Maxine Audley, Vivian Pickles, Timothy West
Based on a novel by John Le Carre, this film is set during the Cold War. British intelligence agents recruit a Polish refugee, Leiser (Christopher Jones), to verify missile sites in East Germany. Leiser's adventures start as soon as he crosses the border and continue, with the help of a young German woman (Pia Degermark), as he evades the police and tries to successfully complete his mission.
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The Mark 1961 N/R, 127 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Guy Green
Cast: Stuart Whitman, Maria Schell, Rod Steiger, Donald Wolfit, Brenda De Banzie, Paul Rogers, Maurice Denham, Eddie Byrne, Donald Houston, John Welsh
A former child molester, Jim Fuller (Stuart Whitman), is released from prison and undergoes treatment from a psychiatrist (Rod Steiger) who helps him learn that, for him, falling in love with Ruth (Maria Schell) does NOT erase the past. Whitman was nominated for an Oscar.
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 A Midsummer Night's Dream 1968 N/R, 124 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Peter Hall
Cast: Derek Godfrey, Barbara Jefford, Nicholas Selby, Hugh Sullivan, David Warner, Diana Rigg, Helen Mirren, Ian Richardson, Judi Dench, Ian Holm, Michael Jayston, Paul Rogers, Sebastian Shaw, Bill Travers, Clive Swift
Several well-known stars–David Warner, Diana Rigg, Helen Mirren, and Judi Dench, for example–join the cast of England's Royal Shakespeare Company to provide a good rendition of Shakespeare's fantasy.
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Nothing Lasts Forever 1984 PG, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Tom Schiller
Cast: Zach Galligan, Apollonia van Ravenstein, Lauren Tom, Dan Aykroyd, Imogene Coca, Eddie Fisher, Sam Jaffe, Mort Sahl, Bill Murray, Paul Rogers
This comedy is centered on a would-be artist (Zach Galligan) who has adventures in a futuristic New York and on the moon.
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Our Man in Havana 1960 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Thriller
Director: Carol Reed
Cast: Alec Guinness, Burl Ives, Maureen O'Hara, Ernie Kovacs, Noel Coward, Ralph Richardson, Jo Morrow, Paul Rogers, Gregoire Aslan, John Le Mesurier, Raymond Huntley, Ferdy Mayne, Maurice Denham, Jose Prieto, Duncan Macrae
This film adaptation of the Graham Greene novel features Alec Guinness as British expatriate Jim Wormold who, while living in pre-revolutionary Cuba, is recruited as a spy by British intelligence agent Hawthorne (Noel Coward). Wormold invents information on agents and events for which he is paid, and he uses his ill-begotten money for his daughter Milly (Jo Morrow) to appease her expensive tastes. The crooked police chief, Capt. Segura (Ernie Kovacs), believes that Wormold is truly a spy, and he finds Millie attractive. Wormold's reputation accelerates, and–in spite of his false reports–he actually performs a service for Britain.
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The Return of the Native 1994  PG, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jack Gold
Cast: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Ray Stevenson, Clive Owen, Joan Plowright, Steven Mackintosh, Claire Skinner, Paul Rogers, Celia Imrie, Peter Wight, Gregg Saunders
Beautiful Eustacia (Catherine Zeta-Jones) lives in rustic Egdon Heath, but she dreams of living in Paris and thinks she has found her escape by marrying a Paris jeweler, Clym (Ray Stevenson), Plans go awry when Clym, for health reasons, opts to remain at Egdon Heath, but, undaunted, Eustacia now sets her sights on the rogue, Damon (Clive Owen).
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Stolen Hours 1963 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daniel Petrie
Cast: Susan Hayward, Michael Craig, Diane Baker, Edward Judd, Paul Rogers, Robert Bacon, Paul Stassino, Peter Madden, Chet Baker, Jerry Desmonde
This remake of Bette Davis' "Dark Victory" features Susan Hayward in the role of the dying woman who marries her doctor. Stick with the original.
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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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The Third Secret 1964 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Charles Crichton
Cast: Stephen Boyd, Jack Hawkins, Richard Attenborough, Diane Cilento, Pamela Franklin, Paul Rogers, Alan Webb, Rachel Kempson, Peter Sallis, Patience Collier, Freda Jackson, Judi Dench, Peter Copley, Nigel Davenport, Charles Lloyd Pack
TV commentator Alex Stedman (Stephen Boyd) conducts a private investigation into the case of the supposed suicide of a famous London psychiatrist. Stedman had been one of the deceased's patients and doubts that the death was a suicide. The dead man's daughter, Catherine (Pamela Franklin), also believes that it was not a suicide and gives Stedman a list of her father's patients. While interviewing the patients (Jack Hawkins, Richard Attenborough, and Diane Cilento), Stedman learns that all three had secrets in their lives. Then, Stedman comes across another patient–Catherine–who finally confesses that she killed her father to prevent being sent to an institution.
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Three Into Two Won't Go 1969 R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Hall
Cast: Rod Steiger, Claire Bloom, Judy Geeson, Peggy Ashcroft, Paul Rogers, Elizabeth Spriggs, Lynn Farleigh, Earl Hindman, Sheila Allen, Diana Webster
Aging businessman Steve Howard (Rod Steiger) ignores his marriage vows to wife Frances (Claire Bloom) and begins an affair with a young hitchhiker (Judy Geeson).
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| 1. The Abdication (1974)
2. The Beachcomber (1954)
3. Beau Brummel (1954)
4. Billy Budd (1962)
5. A Circle of Deception (1961)
6. Edwin (1984)
7. The Homecoming (1973)
8. The Looking Glass War (1969)
9. The Mark (1961)
10. A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968)
11. Nothing Lasts Forever (1984)
12. Our Man in Havana (1960)
13. The Return of the Native (1994)
14. Stolen Hours (1963)
15. Svengali (1954)
16. The Third Secret (1964)
17. Three Into Two Won't Go (1969)
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