Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 1956  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Fritz Lang
Cast: Dana Andrews, Joan Fontaine, Sidney Blackmer, Arthur Franz, Philip Bourneuf, Ed Binns, Shepperd Strudwick, Dan Seymour, Barbara Nichols, Rusty Lane
Tom Garrett (Dana Andrews) pretends to be guilty of murder to prove the injustice of capital punishment. Unfortunately, when his alibi is killed in an automobile crash, Garrett is left unable to prove his innocence.
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Chamber of Horrors 1966  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Hy Averback
Cast: Cesare Danova, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Patrick O'Neal, Laura Devon, Patrice Wymore, Suzy Parker, Jose Rene Ruiz, Philip Bourneuf, Jeanette Nolan, Marie Windsor, Wayne Rogers, Vinton Haworth
Set in 19th-century Baltimore, madman Jason Cravette (Patrick O'Neal) escapes while on his way to prison and execution, losing a hand in the escape. He attaches assorted weapons to the arm with the lost hand as he attempts to take revenge on those who convicted him. But the proprietors of the "Chamber of Horrors" wax museum (Cesare Danova and Wilfrid Hyde-White) are on his trail.
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 Frankenstein 1973  TV, 130 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Glenn Jordan
Cast: Robert Foxworth, Bo Svenson, Susan Strasberg, Robert Gentry, Heidi Vaughn, John Karlen, Willie Aames, Philip Bourneuf, Jon Lormer, William Hansen, George Morgan, Brian Avery, Rosella Olsen, Edgar Daniels, Edgar Justice
Robert Foxworth steps into the role of Dr. Frankenstein experimenting in his lab in Ingolstadt during 1856. He experiments with nature by harnessing electricity to create his monster (Bo Svenson) from dead body parts. This monster is decent looking but doomed because of its homicidal nature. After murdering Frankenstein's assistant, the monster hides in a forest where it learns English by listening in on a family living nearby. The monster then returns to Frankenstein demanding that Frankenstein create a mate for it. Frankenstein refuses and destroys his experiment, which leads to the monster vowing revenge.
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The Molly Maguires 1970 PG, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Sean Connery, Richard Harris, Samantha Eggar, Anthony Zerbe, Art Lund, Frank Finlay, Bethel Leslie, John Alderson, Anthony Costello, Philip Bourneuf, Brendan Dillon, Frances Heflin, Malachy McCourt, Susan Goodman, Chuck Hicks
This film is based on the true story of Irish emigrants who settled in Pennsylvania and worked in coal mines during the 1800s. The miners form a secret group, the "Molly Maguires" whose aim is to correct abuse in the mines. Jack Kehoe (Sean Connery) serves as their leader, and sabotage and murder are how they fight the mine owners. The owners hire Pinkerton detective James McParlan (Richard Harris) to go undercover, infiltrate the Molly Maguires, and report on their activities. McParlan does get first-hand information and begins to understand that the Molly Maguires are protesting truly miserable conditions and exploitation in the mines. Now, McParlan's loyalties become divided between the mine owners who hired him and the struggling miners.
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Pete 'N' Tillie 1972 PG, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Walter Matthau, Carol Burnett, Geraldine Page, Barry Nelson, Rene Auberjonois, Lee Montgomery, Henry Jones, Kent Smith, Whit Bissell, Philip Bourneuf
This combination of comedy and drama is based on the Peter De Vries novel "Witch's Milk" and stars Walter Matthau as bachelor Pete who marries Tillie (Carol Burnett). They suffer the tragedy of the death of their nine-year-old son but finally rekindle their love. Geraldine Page received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress).
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Thunder in the East 1953 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Charles Vidor
Cast: Alan Ladd, Deborah Kerr, Charles Boyer, Corinne Calvet, Cecil Kellaway, John Williams, Philip Bourneuf, John Abbott, Queenie Leonard, Charlie Lung
A gunrunner, Steve Gibbs (Alan Ladd), flies his illegal cargo to India and falls in love with a minister's daughter, Joan Willoughby (Deborah Kerr).
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| 1. Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)
2. Chamber of Horrors (1966)
3. Frankenstein (1973)
4. The Molly Maguires (1970)
5. Pete 'N' Tillie (1972)
6. Thunder in the East (1953)
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