The 39 Steps 1959  N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
aka: The Thirty-Nine Steps
Director: Ralph Thomas
Cast: Kenneth More, Taina Elg, Brenda De Banzie, Barry Jones, Reginald Beckwith, Faith Brook, Michael Goodliffe, James Hayter, Duncan Lamont, Jameson Clark, Andrew Cruickshank, Leslie Dwyer, Sid James, Betty Henderson, Joan Hickson
This is an entertaining remake of the 1935 Hitchcock classic. Richard Hannay (Kenneth More) inadvertently becomes involved in espionage and murder after attending a vaudeville show with a young nanny (Faith Brook). Violence erupts at the show, and Richard takes the nanny to his home where she is stabbed by an assailant and is killed–but not before telling Richard that he has only two days to stop an espionage plot. And the race against time begins.
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Doctor in the House 1954  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ralph Thomas
Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Kenneth More, Kay Kendall, Muriel Pavlow, Donald Houston, Donald Sinden, James Robertson Justice, George Coulouris, Geoffrey Keen, Suzanne Cloutier
This comedy depicts the lighter side of medical school when students do not miss the virtues of beautiful women in spite of the rigorous routine of studies and practice.
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The Iron Petticoat 1956  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ralph Thomas
Cast: Bob Hope, Katharine Hepburn, James Robertson Justice, Robert Helpmann, David Kossoff, Alan Gifford, Paul Carpenter, Nicholas Phipps, Sid James, Tutte Lemkow
When a stern Soviet officer (Katharine Hepburn) defects to the West, an American officer (Bob Hope) takes her on an eye-opening adventure in the capitalist world.
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A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square 1979  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Big Scam
The Mayfair Bank Caper
Director: Ralph Thomas
Cast: Richard Jordan, Gloria Grahame, David Niven, Elke Sommer, Oliver Tobias, Richard Johnson, Michael Angelis, Dicken Ashworth, Derek Deadman, Davy Kaye, Brian Protheroe
Ex-con Pinky (Richard Jordan) gets a job as a bank maintenance man and is then convinced by Ivan the Terrible (David Niven) to pull off a bank heist.
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Nobody Runs Forever 1968 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Action
aka: The High Commissioner
Director: Ralph Thomas
Cast: Rod Taylor, Christopher Plummer, Lilli Palmer, Camilla Sparv, Daliah Lavi, Franchot Tone, Clive Revill, Lee Montague, Calvin Lockhart, Burt Kwouk
Australian policeman Scobie (Rod Taylor) heads to London to bring back a diplomat (Christopher Plummer) who is in charge of high-level negotiations. The charge: murder of his wife 25 years ago. The diplomat talks Scobie into allowing him to finish the negotiations, but Scobie has his hands full saving the diplomat from assassination attempts. A tepid Cold War tale.
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Percy 1971  R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ralph Thomas
Cast: Hywel Bennett, Denholm Elliott, Elke Sommer, Britt Ekland, Cyd Hayman, Janet Key, Tracey Crisp, Antonia Ellis, Tracy Reed, Patrick Mower, Sheila Steafel, Julia Foster, Pauline Delaney, Adrienne Posta, Arthur English
Following the first penis transplant, the recipient, Edwin Anthony (Hywel Bennett), names it "Percy." Edwin goes through an identity crisis, and, to solve his problem, he determines to gain knowledge about the donor. The donor was killed in an accident, and Edwin investigates his life and many loves–including Helga (Elke Sommer) and Dorothy (Britt Ekland). There is a sequel: "Percy's Progress."
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Percy's Progress 1974 R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: It's Not the Size That Counts
Director: Ralph Thomas
Cast: Leigh Lawson, Elke Sommer, Denholm Elliott, Judy Geeson, Milo O'Shea, Vincent Price, George Coulouris, Harry H. Corbett, Adrienne Posta, Julie Ege, Barry Humphries, James Booth, Barnard Lee, Ronald Fraser, Anthony Andrews
In "Percy" (1971), Edwin Anthony received the world's first penis implant and named it Percy. In this sequel, Leigh Lawson takes on the role of Percy Edwin. When every man in the world is rendered impotent after being contaminated by chemicals in the water, Percy is the only man who escapes. Now, his prized asset is sought by the world's women.
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Some Girls Do 1969 G, 88 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Comedy
Director: Ralph Thomas
Cast: Richard Johnson, Daliah Lavi, Beba Loncar, James Villiers, Robert Morley, Maurice Denham, Sydne Rome, Florence Desmond, Ronnie Stevens, Virginia North, Adrienne Posta, Nicholas Phipps, George Belbin, Yutte Stensgaard, Vanessa Howard
This was the second attempt to revive the old Bulldog Drummond series about British agent Hugh Drummond (Richard Johnson). The story revolves around possible espionage involving Britain's new supersonic airliner and the plot of the evil Carl Peterson (James Villiers) who uses robots to sabotage the project.
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A Tale of Two Cities 1958 N/R, 117 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ralph Thomas
Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Dorothy Tutin, Cecil Parker, Stephen Murray, Athene Seyler, Ian Bannen, Alfie Bass, Ernest Clark, Christopher Lee, Donald Pleasence
This film adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel stars Dirk Bogarde as Sydney Carton, the Englishman who adapts to determined Parisians' ideals during the French Revolution but,by story's end, gives his life for the woman he loves.
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Ticket to Heaven 1981 PG, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ralph Thomas
Cast: Nick Mancuso, Saul Rubinek, Meg Foster, Kim Cattrall, R.H. Thomson, Jennifer Dale, Guy Boyd, Paul Soles, Robert Joy, Michael Wincott
This docudrama about religious cults features Nick Mancuso as a Toronto schoolteacher who naively joins a California cult and goes through the rituals of brain washing. Fortunately, a friend rescues him from his robotic existence and gets him into a deprogramming session.
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| 1. The 39 Steps (1959)
aka: The Thirty-Nine Steps
2. Deadlier Than the Male (1967)
3. Doctor in the House (1954)
4. The Iron Petticoat (1956)
5. A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (1979)
aka: The Big Scam
aka: The Mayfair Bank Caper
6. Nobody Runs Forever (1968)
aka: The High Commissioner
7. Percy (1971)
8. Percy's Progress (1974)
aka: It's Not the Size That Counts
9. Some Girls Do (1969)
10. A Tale of Two Cities (1958)
11. Ticket to Heaven (1981)
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