Absolution 1978  R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anthony Page
Cast: Richard Burton, Dominic Guard, David Bradley, Billy Connolly, Andrew Keir, Willoughby Gray, Preston Lockwood, James Ottaway, Brook Williams, Jon Plowman
Two students (Dominic Guard and Billy Connolly) in a posh British boy's school are driven insane by deadly secrets. A dictatorial priest (Richard Burton) becomes the casualty of his own misdeeds when confronted with these secrets. It took 10 years for this movie to be released in the U.S., well after Burton's death.
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Crossed Swords 1977 PG, 113 min.
Genre: Adventure
aka: The Prince and the Pauper
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Mark Lester, Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Ernest Borgnine, George C. Scott, Rex Harrison, David Hemmings, Harry Andrews, Sybil Danning, Murray Melvin, Julian Orchard, Felicity Dean, Graham Stark, Preston Lockwood
In this remake of Mark Twain's classic tale "The Prince and the Pauper," Mark Lester takes on dual roles of both Henry VIII's (Rex Harrison) son Prince Edward and the poor boy from the London slums, Tom. The boys meet, realize that they look alike, trade clothes, and inadvertently switch identities. As they live each other's lives for awhile, both boys find problems associated with the other's life.
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 Ransom 1975  PG, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Terrorists
Director: Caspar Wrede
Cast: Sean Connery, Ian McShane, Norman Bristow, John Cording, Isabel Dean, Williams Fox, Richard Hampton, Robert Harris, Harry Landis, Preston Lockwood, James Maxwell, John Quentin, Christopher Ellison
Gunmen hijack a plane and hold the crew and passengers hostage until political prisoners are released. Tough agent Nils Tahlvik (Sean Connery) is brought in to settle matters, which he does in his own way. Good cinematography.
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| 1. Absolution (1978)
2. Crossed Swords (1977)
aka: The Prince and the Pauper
3. Ransom (1975)
aka: The Terrorists
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