Dr. Terror's House of Horrors 1965  N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Freddie Francis
Cast: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Roy Castle, Donald Sutherland, Neil McCallum, Max Adrian, Jeremy Kemp, Peter Madden, Michael Gough
This trilogy in horror revolves around a fortuneteller, Doctor Schreck (Peter Cushing), who foretells the grisly futures of five young men he meets on a train.
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Frankenstein Created Woman 1967  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Drama / Thriller
Director: Terence Fisher
Cast: Peter Cushing, Susan Denberg, Robert Morris, Barry Warren, Thorley Walters, Duncan Lamont, Peter Blythe, Derek Fowlds, Alan MacNaughtan, Peter Madden, Philip Ray, Ivan Beavis, Colin Jeavons, Alec Mango, Bartlett Mullins
Frankenstein (Peter Cushing) brings Christina (Susan Denberg), back to life after she commits suicide. But, he slips the soul of her lover, who has been executed, into her body. When Christina regains consciousness, she sets out to seek revenge against those responsible for the execution.
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 The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner 1962  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tony Richardson
Cast: Tom Courtenay, Avis Bunnage, Michael Redgrave, James Bolam, Alec McCowen, Peter Madden, Frank Finlay, James Fox, Joe Robinson, Dervis Ward, Topsy Jane, Julia Foster, John Thaw, Chris Williams, Christopher Parker
Young Colin Smith (Tom Courtenay) is in reform school after joining his friend Mike (James Bolam) and stealing from a baker's shop. Colin's life seems to be going nowhere until the school's Governor (Michael Redgrave) convinces him to enter a race between students in the reform school and the pupils at the local public school. Now, Colin must balance his desire to win with his frustrations in what he believes is a less than praiseworthy system.
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 The Road to Hong Kong 1962 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Panama
Cast: Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Joan Collins, Dorothy Lamour, Robert Morley, Walter Gotell, Bill Nagy, Felix Aylmer, Peter Madden, Many Guest Stars
This final "Road" picture with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby has the pair entering the worlds of space travel and espionage while their cohort (Dorothy Lamour) appears in a short cameo.
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Saturday Night and Sunday Morning 1960  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
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
This was Albert Finney's vehicle for stardom in which he plays Arthur Seaton, an unhappy factory worker in Nottingham. Brenda (Rachel Roberts) becomes his mistress–an unwise move–but finally Arthur's reason prevails and he opts for Doreen (Shirley Anne Field).
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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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Vendetta for the Saint 1969 TV, 95 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Jim O'Connolly
Cast: Roger Moore, Ian Hendry, Rosemary Dexter, Aimi MacDonald, George Pastell, Marie Burke, Finlay Currie, Fulton Mackay, Alex Scott, Peter Madden, Anthony Newlands, Guy Deghy
Roger Moore recreates his TV-series role of suave adventurer Simon Templar in this made-for-TV film. Simon witnesses an altercation between two men in a Sicilian bar and decides to investigate after he reads in the next day's paper that one of the two had been murdered. He soon finds out the Mafia is involved, and he is slated for extinction.
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Woman of Straw 1964 N/R, 117 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Basil Dearden
Cast: Gina Lollobrigida, Sean Connery, Ralph Richardson, Johnny Sekka, Peter Madden, Alexander Knox, Michael Goodliffe, Andre Morell, Edward Underdown, Douglas Wilmer
A wheel-chair-bound millionaire (Ralph Richardson) is murdered, and more than one person has a motive for the killing.
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| 1. Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)
2. Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)
3. The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)
4. The Road to Hong Kong (1962)
5. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)
6. Stolen Hours (1963)
7. Vendetta for the Saint (1969)
8. Woman of Straw (1964)
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