Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen 1981  PG, 97 min.
Genre: Mystery / Comedy
Director: Clive Donner
Cast: Peter Ustinov, Lee Grant, Angie Dickinson, Richard Hatch, Brian Keith, Michelle Pfeiffer, Roddy McDowall, Rachel Roberts, Johnny Sekka, Paul Ryan, Michael Fairman, Karlene Crockett, Bennett Ohta, David Hirokane, James Ray
Charlie Chan (Peter Ustinov) leaves the comfort of retirement when he is asked to solve a series of San Francisco murders. His bumbling grandson Lee Chan, Jr. (Richard Hatch) wants to be a private eye and tries to help but keeps messing up. Although the situation turns crazy, Lee's fiancee Cordelia (Michelle Pfeiffer) sees nothing wrong with his behavior. Amidst the craziness, Charlie deals with his old nemesis, The Dragon Queen (Angie Dickinson), who he had sent to prison many years ago. She is out of prison and determined to get even with Charlie.
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Doctors' Wives 1971  R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Schaefer
Cast: Dyan Cannon, Richard Crenna, Gene Hackman, Carroll O'Connor, Rachel Roberts, Janice Rule, Ralph Bellamy, Richard Anderson, Cara Williams, Scott Brady
This less-than-glamorous depiction of the lives of doctors' wives is boring, artless fare.
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Foul Play 1978  PG, 115 min.
Genre: Comedy / Thriller
Director: Colin Higgins
Cast: Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase, Burgess Meredith, Rachel Roberts, Eugene Roche, Dudley Moore, Brian Dennehy, Marc Lawrence, Chuck McCann, Billy Barty, Marilyn Sokol, Don Calfa, Bruce Solomon, Cooper Huckabee, Pat Ast
A librarian, Gloria Mundy (Goldie Hawn), becomes the "girl who knew too much" when she unwittingly discovers a plot to kill the Pope. Never fear, undercover cop Tony Carlson (Chevy Chase) comes to her rescue, and they encounter unforgettable characters, and even a car chase through the streets of San Francisco, in their efforts to prevent the horrendous crime.
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 Great Expectations 1974 TV, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Hardy
Cast: Michael York, Sarah Miles, James Mason, Margaret Leighton, Robert Morley, Anthony Quayle, Joss Ackland, Rachel Roberts, Peter Bull, Heather Sears, Andrew Ray, Simon Gipps-Kent, James Faulkner, Sam Kydd, John Clive
This is a good remake of the Charles Dickens' classic concerning the orphan, Pip (Simon Gipps-Kent as young Pip and Michael York as older Pip), and his unknown benefactor. While growing up with his foster parents, blacksmith Joe Gargery and his wife (Joss Ackland and Rachel Roberts), Pip befriends convict Magwitch (James Mason) and comes to his aid. Later, Pip falls in love with his childhood friend Estella (Sarah Miles) who is the ward of the bitter Miss Havisham (Margaret Leighton) and has been taught to have different expectations about life than those of Pip. When Pip gains wealth through a mysterious benefactor who, it turns out, is Magwitch repaying Pip for his friendship, he does well in the Victorian world of the social elite.
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The Limping Man 1953  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Director: Charles DeLatour
Cast: Lloyd Bridges, Moira Lister, Alan Wheatley, Leslie Phillips, Helen Cordet, Rachel Roberts, Jean Marsh
In this chilling thriller, an American, Franklyn Pryor (Lloyd Bridges), returns to England after World War II. He hopes to live happily ever after with his lover, Pauline French (Moira Lister) but becomes involved in solving a murder that he thinks he has seen in a dream.
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 Murder on the Orient Express 1974  PG, 127 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Thriller
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Albert Finney, Ingrid Bergman, Sean Connery, Vanessa Redgrave, Michael York, Jacqueline Bisset, Lauren Bacall, Wendy Hiller, Martin Balsam, Richard Widmark, Jean-Pierre Cassel, John Gielgud, Anthony Perkins, Rachel Roberts, Colin Blakely
Agatha Christie's detective Hercule Poirot (Albert Finney) investigates a murder that takes place on a train trip from Calais to Istanbul. This is an exciting movie with an exceptional cast of characters. Ingrid Bergman won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. There were five other nominations, including Best Actor (Albert Finney).
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O Lucky Man! 1973 R, 186 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Musical / Fantasy
Director: Lindsay Anderson
Cast: Malcolm McDowell, Ralph Richardson, Rachel Roberts, Arthur Lowe, Helen Mirren, Dandy Nichols, Mona Washbourne, Graham Crowden, Peter Jeffrey, Michael Medwin, Alan Price, Philip Stone, Mary MacLeod, Michael Bangerter, Wallas Eaton
This allegory, with the politics of Capitalism as its subject, is told through a young coffee salesman's–Mick Travis (Malcolm McDowell)–experiences as he climbs up and falls down the ladder of success. Alan Price adds to the fast-paced story with several songs that reflect Mick's rise and fall: "Someone has to win in the human race, if it isn't you, then it has to be me."
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 Picnic at Hanging Rock 1975 PG, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Peter Weir
Cast: Rachel Roberts, Vivean Gray, Helen Morse, Kirsty Child, Tony Llewellyn-Jones, Jacki Weaver, Dominic Guard, Frank Gunnell, Anne-Louise Lambert, Karen Robson, Jane Vallis, Christine Schuler, Margaret Nelson, Ingrid Mason, Jenny Lovell
Set in 1900 during an outing to Hanging Rock, Victoria, three Austrailian college students–Miranda, Marion, and Irma (Anne-Louise Lambert, Jane Vallis, and Karen Robson)–and their head mistress Mrs. Appleyard (Rachel Roberts) run into problems. Irma is the only one who returns, and she cannot remember what happened to her cohorts.
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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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Simone 2002 PG-13, 117 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Andrew Niccol
Cast: Al Pacino, Catherine Keener, Evan Rachel Wood, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Jason Schwartzman, Elias Koteas, Rachel Roberts, Winona Ryder, Jay Mohr, Daniel von Bargen
When his lead player (Winona Ryder) walks off the set, producer Viktor Taransky (Al Pacino) solves the problem with help from a computer programmer (Elias Koteas) who digitally creates a substitute. The idea works, AND Victor is able to hide the truth about his "star" from the rest of the world.
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This Sporting Life 1963 N/R, 134 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lindsay Anderson
Cast: Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts, Alan Badel, William Hartnell, Colin Blakely, Vanda Godsell, Arthur Lowe, Anne Cunningham, Jack Watson, Harry Markham, George Sewell, Leonard Rossiter, Wallas Eaton
Frank Machin (Richard Harris) is a former Yorkshire coal miner who gains fame and fortune as a rugby player. Frank has it all–except love, and now he pursues a romance with his landlady, the widowed Mrs. Hammond (Rachel Roberts). All goes well for a short time, but when Mrs. Hammond grows tired of Frank, their doomed romance leads to tragedy.
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The Wall 1982 TV, 150 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Markowitz
Cast: Tom Conti, Lisa Eichhorn, Gerald Hiken, Rachel Roberts, Philip Sterling, Eli Wallach, Rosanna Arquette, Dianne Wiest, Griffin Dunne
Based on Millard Lampell's play, which was taken from John Hersey's text, this is the story about the 1943 Jewish repression in Poland.
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Yanks 1979 R, 141 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Schlesinger
Cast: Richard Gere, Lisa Eichhorn, Vanessa Redgrave, William Devane, Chick Vennera, Rachel Roberts, John Ratzenberger, Joan Hickson, Arlen Dean Snyder, Annie Ross
American soldiers go to England during World War II and are met with varied reactions from British citizens. This film highlights stories of three American GIs as they meet and fall in love with local women.
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| 1. Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981)
2. Doctors' Wives (1971)
3. A Flea in Her Ear (1968)
4. Foul Play (1978)
5. Great Expectations (1974)
6. The Limping Man (1953)
7. Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
8. O Lucky Man! (1973)
9. Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
10. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)
11. Simone (2002)
12. This Sporting Life (1963)
13. The Wall (1982)
14. When a Stranger Calls (1979)
15. Wild Rovers (1971)
16. Yanks (1979)
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