The Dance of Death 1969  PG, 149 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Giles
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Geraldine McEwan, Robert Lang, Janina Faye, Malcolm Reynolds, Carolyn Jones, Jeanne Watts, Peter Penry-Jones, Maggie Riley, Frederick Pyne
The story is based on August Strindberg's play about a fierce old sea captain (Laurence Olivier) and his neurotic relationship with his long-suffering wife.
|  | |
The First Great Train Robbery 1979 PG, 110 min.
Genre: Action
aka: The Great Train Robbery
Director: Michael Crichton
Cast: Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland, Lesley-Anne Down, Alan Webb, Malcolm Terris, Robert Lang, Michael Elphick, James Cossins, Andre Morell, Brian Glover
This is a very entertaining film–based on Michael Crichton's popular novel about Edward Pierce (Sean Connery) and Agar (Donald Sutherland) who pulled off England's first train robbery in 1855.
| | |
The Glory Boys 1984  TV, 110 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Michael Ferguson
Cast: Rod Steiger, Anthony Perkins, Alfred Burke, Joanna Lumley, Aaron Harris, Gary Brown, Sheila Allen, Sallyanne Law, Michael J. Jackson, Ron Berglas, Robert Lang, Christopher Reich
Based on a novel by Gerald Seymour, this British TV miniseries tells the story of an Arab terrorist and an IRA terrorist teaming up to assassinate a famous Israeli nuclear scientist, Dr. Sokarev (Rod Steiger). But the agent, Jimmy (Anthony Perkins)–assigned to protect Sokarev–is a force to be reckoned with.
| | |
The House That Dripped Blood 1970  PG, 101 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Peter Duffell
Cast: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Denholm Elliott, Joss Ackland, Jon Pertwee, Ingrid Pitt, Nyree Dawn Porter, Joanna Dunham, John Bennett, Chloe Franks, Tom Adams, Robert Lang
Scotland Yard Inspector Holloway (John Bennett) investigates the murders of four past-owners of a now-unoccupied country home. Each of the four owners' stories are presented in this film: (1) "Method for Murder"–a mystery writer is killed in a manner similar to one of his book's victims; (2) "Waxworks"–the owner is lured to a wax museum where an axe awaits; (3) "Sweets to the Sweet"–a man's daughter is into voodoo dolls; and (4) "The Cloak"–a horror film star is provided with a vampire's cloak.
| | |
 King Lear 1984 TV, 158 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Elliott
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Diana Rigg, Anna Calder-Marshall, Dorothy Tutin, Colin Blakely, John Hurt, Leo McKem, Jeremy Kemp, Robert Lindsay, David Threlfall, Brian Cox, Edward Petherbridge, Robert Lang, Geoffrey Bateman, John Cording
King Lear (Laurence Olivier) is aging and wants to leave his kingdom to the daughter who can prove that she loves him the most. When daughter Cordelia (Anna Calder-Marshall) remains steadfast in refusing to play her father's game, Lear exiles her. The other two daughters–Regan and Goneril (Diana Rigg and Dorothy Tutin)–plot to deceive their father. Meanwhile, Gloucester (Leo McKem) and his sons Edgar and Edmund (David Threlfall and Robert Lindsay) experience their own family problems, which are based on honesty and also the lack of trust. Tragedies lie ahead for both families. This version of the Shakespeare tragedy was first aired on television and won the Emmy.
| | |
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont 2005  N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Dan Ireland
Cast: Joan Plowright, Rupert Friend, Anna Massey, Zoe Tapper, Robert Lang, Georgina Hale, Millicent Martin, Marcia Warren, Michael Culkin, Clare Higgins, Timothy Bateson, Olivia Caffrey
Elderly Mrs. Palfrey (Joan Plowright) is living out her last years in a London retirement home. One day, after retrieving her mail, she trips and is helped up by a young writer, Ludovic (Rupert Friend), who takes her to his sublet apartment where they strike up a friendship with Ludovic taking on the role of her grandson.
| | |
 Night Watch 1973 PG, 105 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Mystery
Director: Brian G. Hutton
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey, Billie Whitelaw, Robert Lang, Tony Britton, Bill Dean, Rosario Serrano, Michael Danvers-Walker, Pauline Jameson, Linda Hayden, Kevin Colson, Laon Maybanke
Wealthy widow Ellen Wheeler (Elizabeth Taylor) has recently married John (Laurence Harvey), but she is not happy. One night, Ellen looks out her window and thinks she sees a murder taking place outside her home. John tells her that she has imagined the murder, but her friend Sara (Billie Whitelaw) sympathizes with her. Ellen appears to be headed for a mental breakdown. Did she or didn't she see the murder being committed?
| | |
Othello 1965  N/R, 166 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stuart Burge
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith, Frank Finlay, Derek Jacobi, Joyce Redman, Robert Lang, Anthony Nicholls, Roy Holder, Sheila Reid, Peter Cellier, Kenneth MacKintosh, Malcolm Terris
Laurence Olivier gives a great performance as the Moor who is convinced by Iago (Frank Finlay) that his innocent wife, Desdemona (Maggie Smith), has been unfaithful. Oscar nominations went to Olivier (Best Actor), Finlay (Best Supporting Actor), and Joyce Redman and Maggie Smith (Best Supporting Actress).
| | |
Rogue Male 1976 TV, 102 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Clive Donner
Cast: Peter O'Toole, John Standing, Alastair Sim, Harold Pinter, Michael Byrne, Mark McManus, Ray Smith, Hugh Manning, Robert Lang, Cyd Hayman, Philip Jackson, Nicholas Ball, Ian East, Maureen Lipman, Ray Mort
This made-for-TV remake of Fritz Lang's 1941 film, "Man Hunt," is set in 1939 before the British went to war against Germany. Big-game hunter Sir Robert Thorndyke (Peter O'Toole) fails in an attempt to shoot Hitler. Thorndyke is captured, tortured, and left for dead. He survives and heads back to England, but the Gestapo is on his trail, so he must go underground to do battle with his enemies.
| | |
A Walk with Love and Death 1969 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Huston
Cast: Anjelica Huston, Anthony Higgins, Assi Dayan, John Hallam, John Huston, Robert Lang, Michael Gough, Guy Deghy, George Murcell, Eileen Murphy, Anthony Nicholls, Joseph O'Conor
During the Hundred Years War in the 14th-century, Lady Claudia (Anjelica Huston) meets and falls in love with Heron of Foix (Assi Dayan). As lovers, they flee the country together and arrive at a monastery where they hope to be married. But more problems lie ahead for the doomed couple. This film marks Anjelica Huston's screen debut.
| | |
Wilde 1997 R, 117 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Brian Gilbert
Cast: Stephen Fry, Jude Law, Vanessa Redgrave, Jennifer Ehle, Gemma Jones, Judy Parfitt, Michael Sheen, Zoe Wanamaker, Tom Wilkinson, Ioan Gruffudd, Matthew Mills, Jason Morell, Peter Barkworth, Robert Lang, Philip Locke
Victorian playwright Oscar Wilde (Stephen Fry)–poet, genius, and homosexual–was willing to stand his ground and not flee England when he was sentenced to two years of hard labor as a result of his love affair with Lord Alfred "Bosie" Douglas (Jude Law). This film covers that aspect of his life.
| | |
| 1. The Dance of Death (1969)
2. The First Great Train Robbery (1979)
aka: The Great Train Robbery
3. The Glory Boys (1984)
4. The House That Dripped Blood (1970)
5. King Lear (1984)
6. Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont (2005)
7. Night Watch (1973)
8. Othello (1965)
9. Rogue Male (1976)
10. A Walk with Love and Death (1969)
11. Wilde (1997)
In The News
|
