The Abominable Snowman 1957   N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Adventure / Sci-Fi
aka: The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas
Director: Val Guest
Cast: Peter Cushing, Forrest Tucker, Maureen Connell, Arnold Marle, Richard Wattis, Robert Brown, Michael Brill, Wolfe Morris, Anthony Chinn, Fred Johnson, John Rae
A search for the elusive Yeti is the focus of this storyline as four men head out on an expedition to the Himalayas–and get much more than they bargained for! 1 User Review
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| | Forgotten Big Foot Classic! | bela drake 12/15/2011 | Peter Cushing and Forrest Tucker go on a hunt for the Yetti!
It's a mix of adventure and horror! A great Hammer film!
It's not ruined with blood and gore! It's a great story of them
fighting the weather and you only get sounds and glimpse of
the Yetti until the very end! Great climax! |
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The Alphabet Murders 1966  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Comedy
aka: The ABC Murders
Director: Frank Tashlin
Cast: Tony Randall, Anita Ekberg, Robert Morley, Maurice Denham, Guy Rolfe, Sheila Allen, James Villiers, Julian Glover, Grazina Frame, Clive Morton, Richard Wattis, David Lodge, Cyril Luckham, Austin Trevor, Patrick Newell
There's a murderer on the loose, and he's killing his victims in alphabetical order. Agatha Christie's famed detective, Hercule Poirot (Tony Randall), is on the trail in this comedic take on the Christie story.
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Barnacle Bill 1957  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: All at Sea
Director: Charles Frend
Cast: Alec Guinness, Percy Herbert, Irene Browne, Harold Goodwin, Maurice Denham, Victor Maddern, Lionel Jeffries, Miles Malleson, Eric Pohlmann, Donald Pleasence, Allan Cuthbertson, Richard Wattis, George Rose, Mike Morgan, Harry Locke
Failing at his family's seafaring tradition because of seasickness, Captain William Horatio Ambrose (Alec Guinness) becomes landlocked and opens a seaside hotel and amusement park for sailors as his means to preserve the family's name. The resort is a huge success, but local citizens object to Ambrose's arcade games on the pier and attempt to destroy it. Fortunately for Ambrose, when his sailor friends come to his aid, a slapstick battle ensues, and Ambrose registers the pier as a cruise ship under a foreign flag. Now, his "ship" is no longer under the domain of land authorities, and the fun continues.
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Bunny Lake Is Missing 1965 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Director: Otto Preminger
Cast: Carol Lynley, Keir Dullea, Laurence Olivier, Noel Coward, Martita Hunt, Finlay Currie, Clive Revill, Anna Massey, Richard Wattis, Lucie Mannheim, Megs Jenkins, Victor Maddern, Adrienne Corri, Jill Melford, Delphi Lawrence
A young mother, Ann Lake (Carol Lynley), reports her daughter Bunny missing, but police are suspicious as to whether the child actually exists.
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The Colditz Story 1955 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Guy Hamilton
Cast: John Mills, Eric Portman, Christopher Rhodes, Lionel Jeffries, Bryan Forbes, Ian Carmichael, Richard Wattis, David Yates, Frederick Valk, Denis Shaw, Anton Diffring, Eugene Deckers, Guido Lorraine, Witold Sikorski, A. Blichewicz
During World War II, Germany used "escape proof" Colditz Castle to imprison the Allied officers who tried to escape from conventional camps. This is the true story of Maj. P.R. "Pat" Reid (John Mills) about his successful attempt to escape from Colditz through a subterranean tunnel.
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The Green Man 1957 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Day, Basil Dearden
Cast: Alastair Sim, George Cole, Terry-Thomas, Jill Adams, Avril Angers, Raymond Huntley, Colin Gordon, Eileen Moore, Dora Bryan, John Chandos, Cyril Chamberlain, Richard Wattis, Vivien Wood, Marie Burke
In his spare time, watchmaker Hawkins (Alastair Sim) is a professional assassin. He is hired to kill Sir Gregory Upshoot (Raymond Huntley) and tracks him to the run-down seaside Green Man hotel, but vacuum cleaner salesman William Blake (George Cole) catches on to Hawkins' plot and is determined to save Sir Gregory.
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The Happiest Days of Your Life 1950 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank Launder
Cast: Alastair Sim, Margaret Rutherford, Bernadette O'Farrell, John Bentley, Joyce Grenfell, Richard Wattis, Guy Middleton, Muriel Aked, Edward Rigby, Laurence Naismith
When some girls from St. Swithins School are accidentally assigned to the dorm at male-only Nutbourne College, the fun begins. Good English humor.
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Hobson's Choice 1954  N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: David Lean
Cast: Charles Laughton, John Mills, Brenda De Banzie, Prunella Scales, Daphne Anderson, Richard Wattis, Helen Haye, Joseph Tomelty, Raymond Huntley, John Laurie, Derek Blomfield, Julien Mitchell, Gibb McLaughlin, Philip Stainton, Dorothy Gordon
Henry Horatio Hobson (Charles Laughton) is a shoemaker with three independently thinking daughters–Maggie, Alice, and Vicky (Brenda De Banzie, Daphne Anderson, and Prunella Scales). Maggie proves a match for her stubborn father when she decides to marry Willie Mossop (John Mills) who is one of his employees. Next, Maggie encourages Alice and Vicky to choose their own husbands and ignore the directives of their father to not marry. 1 User Review
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| | Movie Man 01/22/2010 | Brenda De Banzie is exquisite as the Elder Daughter.
She gave an academy award performance |
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The Importance of Being Earnest 1952  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Anthony Asquith
Cast: Michael Redgrave, Michael Denison, Joan Greenwood, Dorothy Tutin, Richard Wattis, Edith Evans, Margaret Rutherford, Miles Malleson, Aubrey Mather, Walter Hudd
This is a delightful (and faithful) rendition of Oscar Wilde's amusing satire on 1890s' social scene. Jack Worthing (Michael Redgrave) and Algernon Moncrieff (Michael Denison) are bachelors of means. Each has a girlfriend, and each goes by the pseudonym of Ernest since the women like that name. When the men become enamored with each others' girlfriends, the fun gets even better.
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The Inn of the Sixth Happiness 1958 N/R, 160 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mark Robson
Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Curd Jurgens, Robert Donat, Ronald Squire, Noel Hood, Joan Young, Moultrie Kelsall, Richard Wattis, Burt Kwouk, Edith Sharpe
Gladys Aylward (Ingrid Bergman) is a missionary in war-torn China. As events unfold, she leads a large group of orphans across country to safety. A good film, which is based on a true story. 1 User Review
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| | Anonymous 03/25/2007 | | I love this movie. The story is true as are the characters. It's hard to believe that this woman who was told she didn't qualify to be a missionary to China could accomplish such a mission. She was truly a great woman. Considered an ugly duckling by some, she still manages to find love with a Eurasian soldier. |
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Libel 1959 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anthony Asquith
Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Olivia de Havilland, Paul Massie, Robert Morley, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Anthony Dawson, Richard Wattis, Millicent Martin, Robert Shaw, Martin Miller
When Sir Mark Loddon (Dirk Bogarde) tries to prove he is not an impostor, he goes to court and finds more difficulty than he originally bargained for.
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The Man Who Knew Too Much 1956 PG, 120 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: James Stewart, Doris Day, Brenda De Banzie, Bernard Miles, Ralph Truman, Daniel Gelin, Alan Mowbray, Hillary Brooke, Carolyn Jones, Richard Wattis, Christopher Olsen, Mogens Wieth, Reggie Nalder, Noel Willman, Alix Talton
Doctor Benjamin McKenna (James Stewart) and his wife Josephine (Doris Day) are visiting Morocco with their young son, Hank (Christopher Olsen), when the Benjamin witnesses a murder and overhears an assassination plot. In order to keep Benjamin quiet, the perpetrators kidnap Hank. The suspense is vintage Hitchcock as the frightened parents go to any extreme to find their son. Doris Day sings "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be Will Be)," which won an Oscar. Previously made in 1934 by Hitchcock 1934.
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Mother Riley Meets the Vampire 1952  N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: My Son, the Vampire
Vampire over London
Director: John Gilling
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Arthur Lucan, Dora Bryan, Richard Wattis, Judith Furse, Philip Leaver, Maria Mercedes, Roderick Lovell, David Hurst, Charles Lloyd Pack
This is the last in the long-running UK series of Old Mother Riley tales, all of which starred Arthur Lucan in drag as the Irish scrub woman, Mother Riley. Mother Riley is always getting herself in all sorts of tough spots, and this time she comes across mad scientist Baron Von Housen (Bela Lugosi) who is in search of uranium to fuel his monster robot so he can rule the world.
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 The Prince and the Showgirl 1957 N/R, 117 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Laurence Olivier
Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Laurence Olivier, Sybil Thorndike, Richard Wattis, Jeremy Spenser, Esmond Knight, Maxine Audley, Paul Hardwick, Rosamund Greenwood, Andreas Malandrinos
While in London for the 1912 coronation of George V, a Balkan prince (Laurence Olivier) falls for an American showgirl (Marilyn Monroe) who aids his reconciliation with his son.
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Raiders in the Sky 1953 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure
aka: Appointment in London
Director: Philip Leacock
Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Ian Hunter, Dinah Sheridan, Bill Kerr, Bryan Forbes, William Sylvester, Anne Leon, Walter Fitzgerald, Terence Longdon, Richard Wattis, Charles Victor, Carl Jaffe, Michael Ripper, Campbell Singer, Sam Kydd
This is a very good story of a British bomber squadron on raids from their home in England during World War II. Nearing retirement after many dangerous missions, Wing Commander Tim Mason (Dirk Bogarde) starts showing the strain.
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Ten Seconds to Hell 1959 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Jeff Chandler, Jack Palance, Martine Carol, Robert Cornthwaite, Dave Willock, Wesley Addy, Richard Wattis, Virginia Baker, Jimmy Goodwin, Nancy Lee
Following World War II, two members of a bomb-disposal unit (Jeff Chandler and Jack Palance) vie for the love of Margot (Martine Carol) amidst their extremely dangerous missions. 1 User Review
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| | one of the best filmed movies ofthe period | blue eyes 03/01/2007 | | |
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| 1. The Abominable Snowman (1957)
aka: The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas
2. The Alphabet Murders (1966)
aka: The ABC Murders
3. Barnacle Bill (1957)
aka: All at Sea
4. Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
5. The Colditz Story (1955)
6. The Green Man (1957)
7. The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950)
8. Hobson's Choice (1954)
9. The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
10. The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958)
11. Libel (1959)
12. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
13. Mother Riley Meets the Vampire (1952)
aka: My Son, the Vampire
aka: Vampire over London
14. The Prince and the Showgirl (1957)
15. Raiders in the Sky (1953)
aka: Appointment in London
16. Ten Seconds to Hell (1959)
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