Fathom 1967  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy
Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Cast: Anthony Franciosa, Raquel Welch, Ronald Fraser, Richard Briers, Greta Chi, Tom Adams, Clive Revill, Reg Lye, Ann Lancaster, Elizabeth Ercy
While touring Europe, skydiver Fathom (Raquel Welch), is approached by a man claiming to work with American intelligence. A nuclear triggering device has been lost, and he hires Fathom to find it. Fathom meets Peter (Anthony Franciosa) who claims to be a Chinese agent. But all is not as it seems, and the missing item is really stolen jewelry. Who are the "good guys" here? A light-hearted spoof on spy films.
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 The Flight of the Phoenix 1966  N/R, 147 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch, Hardy Kruger, Ernest Borgnine, Ian Bannen, Ronald Fraser, Christian Marquand, Dan Duryea, George Kennedy, Gabriele Tinti, Alex Montoya
James Stewart plays the pilot of an airplane that crashes in the Sahara Desert. The only hope for the survivors comes from a model-plane designer Heinrich Dorfmann (Hardy Kruger).
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Fortunes of War 1987  TV, 360 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Cellan Jones
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Rupert Graves, Robert Stephens, Ronald Pickup, Vernon Dobtcheff, Ronald Fraser, Greg Hicks, Alan Bennett, James Villiers, Harry Burton, Michael Cochrane
Professor Guy Pringle (Kenneth Branagh) and wife Harriett (Emma Thompson) travel to Romania to teach. While there, World War II starts, and the audience follows the couple across Europe as people cope with the horrors of war. A good made-for-TV film.
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In Search of the Castaways 1962  G, 100 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Maurice Chevalier, Hayley Mills, George Sanders, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Michael Anderson Jr., Antonio Cifariello, Wilfrid Brambell, Jack Gwillim, Ronald Fraser, Norman Bird, Keith Hamshere, Inia Te Wiata, George Murcell, Mark Dignam, Michael Wynne
Based on Jules Verne's novel, this Disney film is about French scientist Jacques Paganel (Maurice Chevalier) who finds a note in a bottle that tells the location of long-missing Captain Grant (Jack Gwillim). Paganel and Grant's children, Mary and Robert (Hayley Mills and Keith Hamshere), set out on an adventure to South America in search of the missing sea captain. They encounter an avalanche, floods, wild animals, and a volcano while searching South America–only to find that they should be in Australia instead of South America. With help from former crew member Bill Gaye (Wilfrid Brambell), the children and Paganel finally accomplish their goal and find the missing captain.
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Let Him Have It 1991 R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Medak
Cast: Christopher Eccleston, Paul Reynolds, Tom Bell, Eileen Atkins, Clare Holman, Michael Elphick, Mark McGann, Tom Courtenay, Michael Gough, Ronald Fraser
As a teenager in 1950, Derek (Christopher Eccleston) finds he can make easy money by joining a group of London's street toughs. However, when petty crimes turn into murder, Derek is faced with a death sentence for a crime he did not commit. Well-made film from the UK.
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Paper Tiger 1975  PG, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ken Annakin
Cast: David Niven, Toshiro Mifune, Hardy Kruger, Jeff Corey, Ivan Desny, Ronald Fraser, Ando, Irene Tsu, Miiko Taka
When an English schoolteacher (David Niven) and the Japanese ambassador's son (Ando) are kidnapped by terrorists, the tutor is able to act out his dreams of heroism.
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Rentadick 1972 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Jim Clark
Cast: James Booth, Richard Briers, Julie Ege, Donald Sinden, Roy Kinnear, Michael Bentine, Ronald Fraser, Spike Milligan, Tsai Chin, Kenneth Cope, John Wells, Patricia Quinn
Chaos, along with humor and double crosses, are the order of the day when the bumbling detectives of Rentadick, Inc. set out on the trail of criminals who stole a nerve gas that paralyzes its victims from the waist down.
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Sinful Davey 1969 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Huston
Cast: John Hurt, Pamela Franklin, Nigel Davenport, Ronald Fraser, Robert Morley, Maxine Audley, Donal McCann, Allan Cuthbertson, Anjelica Huston, Niall MacGinnis
This offbeat comedy/drama is set in 19th-century Scotland and is a love story about a highwayman (John Hurt) who is reformed by a young, innocent girl (Pamela Franklin). Look fast for Angelica Huston in her screen debut.
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Too Late the Hero 1970  PG, 133 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Suicide Run
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Michael Caine, Cliff Robertson, Henry Fonda, Ian Bannen, Harry Andrews, Denholm Elliott, Ronald Fraser, Percy Herbert, Sam Kydd, Lance Percival
During World War II, America and Britain joined forces to destroy an enemy radio transmitter on an island in the Pacific Ocean. Good cast makes it watchable.
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Trail of the Pink Panther 1982 PG, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Blake Edwards
Cast: Peter Sellers, David Niven, Herbert Lom, Richard Mulligan, Capucine, Robert Loggia, Harvey Korman, Burt Kwouk, Robert Wagner, Joanna Lumley, Graham Stark, Peter Arne, Andre Maranne, Ronald Fraser, Marne Maitland
The investigation involving the death of Inspector Clouseau (following Peter Seller's actual death) provides the occasion for this film to patch together previous film clips of the inspector in action.
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Victim Five 1964 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Code 7, Victim 5
Director: Robert Lynn
Cast: Lex Barker, Ronald Fraser, Ann Smyrner, Veronique Vendell, Walter Rilla, Dietmar Schonherr, Percy Sieff, Gustel Gundelach, Gert Van den Bergh, Howard Davis
While investigating a murder in South Africa, Private Investigator Steve Martin (Lex Barker) uncovers a group of Nazi POWs still living in the area.
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 The Wild Geese 1978 R, 134 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Adventure
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Cast: Richard Burton, Richard Harris, Roger Moore, Hardy Kruger, Stewart Granger, Jack Watson, Frank Finlay, Jeff Corey, Winston Ntshona, John Kani, Jack Watson, Kenneth Griffith, Barry Foster, Ronald Fraser, Ian Yule
London mercenaries Allen Faulkner (Richard Burton), Rafer Janders (Richard Harris), Shawn Fynn (Roger Moore), and Pieter Coetzee (Hardy Kruger) head for Africa to rescue deposed African president Julius Limbani (Winston Ntshona). After a crash course, they parachute into the African bush and manage to rescue Limbani–but not without casualties among the mercenary group.
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| 1. Fathom (1967)
2. The Flight of the Phoenix (1966)
3. Fortunes of War (1987)
4. In Search of the Castaways (1962)
5. Let Him Have It (1991)
6. Paper Tiger (1975)
7. Rentadick (1972)
8. Sinful Davey (1969)
9. Too Late the Hero (1970)
aka: Suicide Run
10. Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)
11. Victim Five (1964)
aka: Code 7, Victim 5
12. The Wild Geese (1978)
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