Candlelight in Algiers 1944 N/R, 85 min. Genre: Drama
Director: George King Cast: James Mason, Carla Lehmann, Walter Rilla, Raymond Lovell, Enid Stamp-Taylor, Pamela Stirling, Lea Seidl, Leslie Bradley, Meinhart Maur, Harold Berens, Hella Kurty, Michael Morel, Richard George, Paul Bonifas, Bart Norman
Fact and fiction combine in this World War II political espionage film that involves plans for a meeting of Allied leaders along the Algerian coast. British agent Alex Thurston (James Mason) is assigned to job of recovering a film showing the exact location of where Eisnehower's top aide, Gen. Mark Clark (Bart Norman), and other important Allies are planning to meet. While Thurston searches for the film in Algiers, Nazi agent Dr. Muller (Walter Rilla) trails him. But it is Thurston who–with help from American sculptress Susan Foster (Carla Lehmann) and her French friend Yvette (Pamela Stirling)–finds the film, alerts Allied officers, and saves the day.
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Ghost in the Shell 1995 N/R, 82 min. Genre: Animation / Action / Sci-Fi
Director: Mamoru Oshii Cast: Richard George, Mimi Woods, William Frederick, Abe Lasser, Christopher Joyce, Mike Sorich, Ben Isaacson, Hank Smith, Steve Davis, Phil Williams
The animation is great in this Japanese-produced action film that has been dubbed into English. In year 2029 Motoko Kusanagi (voice of Mimi Woods) is an agent for top secret Section 9 and she is after the Puppetmaster, a robot computer hacker with great powers.
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| 1. Candlelight in Algiers (1944)
2. Ghost in the Shell (1995)
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