Action of the Tiger 1957  N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Mystery
Director: Terence Young
Cast: Van Johnson, Martine Carol, Herbert Lom, Anna Gerber, Sean Connery, Gustavo Rojo, Anthony Dawson, Yvonne Romain, Helen Haye, Jose Nieto, Norman Macowan, Brian Sunners, Helen Goss, Richard Williams
Tracy (Martine Carol) hires American contraband runner Carson (Van Johnson) to smuggle her into Albania on his yacht. Her relative, Henri (Gustavo Rojo), is a political prisoner, and Tracy wants Carson's help in rescuing him. Carson is involved in smuggling Greek children out of Albania, and for this mission he gets help from Albanian outlaws, led by Trifon (Herbert Lom). The trek through Albania is treacherous, but they do find Henri, and they pick up children and begin a desperate escape attempt to board Carson's yacht and reach safety.
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Arabian Knight 1995 G, 80 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Fantasy
aka: The Princess and the Cobbler
The Thief and the Cobbler
Director: Richard Williams
Cast: Vincent Price, Anthony Quayle, Hilary Pritcher, Sean Connery, Windsor Davies, Donald Pleasence, Clinton Sundberg, Paul Matthews, Joan Sims, Felix Aylmer, Dermot Walsh, Miriam Margolyes, Joss Ackland, Eddie Byrne
Based on "The Thief of Baghdad," this animated story involves the perilous adventures of a poor cobbler, Tack (Sean Connery), who upsets master vizier Zigzag (voice of Vincent Price) and is sentenced to be executed. But, after King Nod's (Anthony Quayle) daughter, Princess Yum Yum (Hilary Pritcher), takes a liking to him, his execution is stayed and he joins the princess on a quest to save the kingdom. Work on this animated film began in 1968 but was not released 25 years later.
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Raggedy Ann and Andy 1977 G, 85 min.
Genre: Family / Animation / Comedy
Director: Richard Williams
Cast: Didi Conn, Mark Baker, Fred Stuthman, Joe Silver, Alan Sues, Mason Adams, Niki Flacks, George S. Irving, Arnold Stang, Marty Brill, Paul Dooley, Allen Swift, Hetty Galen, Sheldon Harnick, Claire Williams
Many songs are sung in this attempt to bring Johnny Gruele's loveable characters, Raggedy Ann (voice of Didi Conn) and Raggedy Andy (voice of Mark Baker), to the screen. The adventures unfold as Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy escape from their room to rescue the French doll Babette (voice of Niki Flacks).
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| 1. Action of the Tiger (1957)
2. Arabian Knight (1995)
aka: The Princess and the Cobbler
aka: The Thief and the Cobbler
3. Raggedy Ann and Andy (1977)
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