The Browning Version 1951  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anthony Asquith
Cast: Michael Redgrave, Jean Kent, Nigel Patrick, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Brian Smith, Bill Travers, Ronald Howard, Peter Jones, Judith Furse
In this first (of two, so far) film based on Terence Rattigan's 1948 play, Michael Redgrave is great as the schoolteacher who has many failings and has an unfaithful wife, to boot.
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 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 1981  TV, 198 min.
Genre: Comedy / Sci-Fi
Director: Alan J.W. Bell
Cast: Simon Jones, Peter Jones, Joe Melia, Mark Wing-Davey, Martin Benson, David Dixon, Sandra Dickinson, Steve Conway, Cleo Rocos, Andrew Mussell
A popular BBC radio series, based on Douglas Adams' novel, was followed by a TV series from which this miniseries was developed. The title refers to the electronic book that provides the knowledge necessary to navigate the galaxy. It tells the story of Arthur Dent (Simon Jones) who travels the galactic superhighway running across all sorts of beings and adventures. Lots of fun.
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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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Private's Progress 1956 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Boulting
Cast: Richard Attenborough, Dennis Price, Terry-Thomas, Ian Carmichael, Peter Jones, William Hartnell, Ian Bannen, George Coulouris, Miles Malleson, Christopher Lee
Life in the British army is satirized in this delightful comedy–the British version of "No Time for Sergeants."
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Romanoff and Juliet 1961  N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Ustinov
Cast: Peter Ustinov, Sandra Dee, John Gavin, Akim Tamiroff, Alix Talton, Rik Van Nutter, John Phillips, Peter Jones, Tamara Shayne, Suzanne Cloutier
Peter Ustinov wrote, directed, and stars in this Cold War satire of a turn of events in the lives of two ambassadors–one from the U.S. and the other from the U.S.S.R. whose lives change when their children, Juliet (Sandra Dee) and Igor (John Gavin) meet and fall in love.
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School for Scoundrels 1960 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Hamer
Cast: Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Alastair Sim, Janette Scott, Dennis Price, Peter Jones, Edward Chapman, John Le Mesurier, Irene Handl, Kynaston Reeves
Based on Stephen Potter's books, the plot for this film involves a training school–Lifeman College–that teaches how to succeed in life's games. Henry Palfrey (Ian Carmichael) is a loser who enrolls in the school and under the guidance of Professor Potter (Alastair Sim) learns the art of playing those games that will help him succeed.
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| 1. The Browning Version (1951)
2. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981)
3. Never Let Go (1960)
4. Private's Progress (1956)
5. Romanoff and Juliet (1961)
6. School for Scoundrels (1960)
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