Bleak House 1985  TV, 391 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ross Devenish
Cast: Diana Rigg, Denholm Elliott, T.P. McKenna, Philip Franks, Brian Deacon, Robert Urquhart, Lucy Hornack, Peter Vaughan, Donald Sumpter, George Sewell, Ian Hogg, Sylvia Coleridge, Suzanne Burden, Chris Pitt, Robin Bailey
This BBC miniseries adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel revolves around doddering lawyers who are handling the Jarndyce and Jarndyce case at the Court of the Chancery in London. As the inheritance case drags on and ruins lives, the lawyers still collect money.
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The Curse of Frankenstein 1957  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Horror / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Terence Fisher
Cast: Peter Cushing, Robert Urquhart, Hazel Court, Christopher Lee, Valerie Gaunt, Noel Hood, Fred Johnson, Melvyn Hayes, Marjorie Hume, Sally Walsh, Paul Hardtmuth, Henry Caine, Claude Kingston, Alex Gallier, Michael Mulcaster
This is the first in Hammer Film's series of Frankenstein movies–and perhaps the best. Mary Shelley's story about man entering a new realm of science without first considering the consequences is told through Dr. Frankenstein's (Peter Cushing) creation of life from dead bodies that results in a creature (Christopher Lee). But, the creature's brain accidentally gets damaged during the resurrection, and the creature turns into a homicidal monster using townsfolk as its victims. This leads to a dramatic confrontation between the monster and Frankenstein.
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The Dark Avenger 1955  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Action
aka: The Warriors
Director: Henry Levin
Cast: Errol Flynn, Joanne Dru, Peter Finch, Yvonne Furneaux, Patrick Holt, Michael Hordern, Christopher Lee, Sam Kydd, Robert Urquhart, Moultrie Kelsall
Prince Edward (Errol Flynn) rescues Lady Joan Holland (Joanne Dru) and her children from the clutches of the diabolical Count De Ville (Peter Finch).
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The Dogs of War 1980 R, 102 min.
Genre: Action
Director: John Irvin
Cast: Christopher Walken, Colin Blakely, Tom Berenger, Hugh Millais, Paul Freeman, JoBeth Williams, Robert Urquhart, Pedro Armendariz Jr., Ed O'Neill, Winston Ntshona
Soldier of fortune Jamie Shannon (Christopher Walken) becomes involved in the overthrow of an African dictatorship. This movie depicts what happens when greed takes over.
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Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil 1985 TV, 150 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jim Goddard
Cast: John Shea, Bill Nighy, Tony Randall, Jose Ferrer, Carroll Baker, Lucy Gutteridge, David Warner, Warren Clarke, Michael Elphick, Stratford Johns, Robert Urquhart, Colin Jeavons
In 1933, two young Germans come of age. Helmut (Bill Nighy) joins Hitler's SS, while his brother, Karl (John Shea), joins the SA. After the SS wins out over the SA, Karl is imprisoned at Dachau but is released because of Helmut's influence and sent to the Russian Front The story follows Helmut and Karl throughout World War II and shows how Nazi influences changed them.
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Knights of the Round Table 1953 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Mel Ferrer, Anne Crawford, Stanley Baker, Felix Aylmer, Maureen Swanson, Gabriel Woolf, Niall MacGinnis, Robert Urquhart
This early CinemaScope film takes advantage of that format in its attractive photography and costuming. Robert Taylor plays Sir Lancelot, King Arthur's (Mel Ferrer) trusted knight. Ava Gardner is Queen Guineviere, who falls in love with Lancelot. This romance causes major problems in Camelot.
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The Looking Glass War 1969  PG, 108 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Frank Pierson
Cast: Christopher Jones, Pia Degermark, Ralph Richardson, Anthony Hopkins, Paul Rogers, Susan George, Ray McAnally, Robert Urquhart, Anna Massey, Maxine Audley, Vivian Pickles, Timothy West
Based on a novel by John Le Carre, this film is set during the Cold War. British intelligence agents recruit a Polish refugee, Leiser (Christopher Jones), to verify missile sites in East Germany. Leiser's adventures start as soon as he crosses the border and continue, with the help of a young German woman (Pia Degermark), as he evades the police and tries to successfully complete his mission.
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Mosquito Squadron 1969 G, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Boris Sagal
Cast: David McCallum, Suzanne Neve, David Buck, David Dundas, Charles Gray, Dinsdale Landen, Michael Anthony, Vladek Sheybal, Nicky Henson, Bryan Marshall, Peter Copley, Robert Urquhart
During World War II, RAF pilot Quint (David McCallum) must tell his best friend's wife, Beth (Suzanne Neve), that her husband has been killed during a bombing raid. A new romance between Quint and Beth, who were a couple before she met her husband, is rekindled. Quint then receives orders to bomb a rocket factory but is also told that there are POWs there, including his best friend. Quint devises a plan to free the POWs and then bomb the plant, but his friend is killed in the otherwise successful operation.
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Murder at the Gallop 1963 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy / Mystery
Director: George Pollock
Cast: Margaret Rutherford, Robert Morley, Stringer Davis, Flora Robson, Charles "Bud" Tingwell, Gordon Harris, Robert Urquhart, Katya Douglas, James Villiers, Finlay Currie, Noel Howlett, Duncan Lamont, Kevin Stoney
After the funeral, while wealthy Mr. Enderby's relatives gather at the Gallop Hotel for the reading of his will, Miss Marple (Margaret Rutherford) investigates foul play surrounding his death.
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A Tale of Two Cities 1980 TV, 156 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jim Goddard
Cast: Chris Sarandon, Peter Cushing, Kenneth More, Barry Morse, Flora Robson, Billie Whitelaw, Alice Krige, Nigel Hawthorne, Norman Jones, George Innes, Bernard Hug, Robert Urquhart, Anna Manahan
Sydney Carton (Chris Sarandon) has fallen love with Lucie (Alice Krige), but she marries the aristocrat Charles Damay (also played by Chris Sarandon), not knowing of Sydney's love for her. Later, the seeds for the French Revolution are sown, and Charles has been arrested and is condemned to die by the guillotine. Sydney hatches a selfless plot to replace Charles and allow him to return to Lucie.
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| 1. Bleak House (1985)
2. The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
3. The Dark Avenger (1955)
aka: The Warriors
4. The Dogs of War (1980)
5. Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil (1985)
6. Knights of the Round Table (1953)
7. The Looking Glass War (1969)
8. Mosquito Squadron (1969)
9. Murder at the Gallop (1963)
10. A Tale of Two Cities (1980)
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