The Day of the Jackal 1973   PG, 144 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Cast: Edward Fox, Terence Alexander, Alan Badel, Michel Auclair, Tony Britton, Adrien Cayla-Legrand, Cyril Cusack, Maurice Denham, David(2) Swift, Denis Carey, Vernon Dobtcheff, Michael Lonsdale, Olga Georges-Picot, Derek Jacobi, Raymond Gerome
Conspiring French generals hire the Jackal (Edward Fox) to assassinate President Charles de Gaulle (Adrien Cayla-Legrand) in the early 1960s. The French Security Force is suspicious when the French generals who hired the Jackal have gone into hiding. They kidnap the generals' errand boy, and when questioned he reveals the assassins name. The Security Force hires ace detective Lebel (Michel Lonsdale) to track down the Jackal before he kills DeGaulle. The Jackal now assumes a new identity that will make it even more difficult for Lebel to catch him before he completes the assassination. And the mystery deepens.
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The League of Gentlemen 1960  N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Basil Dearden
Cast: Jack Hawkins, Nigel Patrick, Roger Livesey, Richard Attenborough, Bryan Forbes, Kieron Moore, Terence Alexander, David Lodge, Patrick Wymark, Robert Coote
To aid in his efforts to rob a bank, ex-Army Colonel Hyde (Jack Hawkins) recruits former officers and uses military discipline with great success.
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The Long Duel 1967  N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Ken Annakin
Cast: Yul Brynner, Trevor Howard, Harry Andrews, Andrew Keir, Charlotte Rampling, Laurence Naismith, Maurice Denham, Virginia North, Terence Alexander, Marianne Stone
Sultan (Yul Brynner) leads his people in a revolt against bondage enforced through British rule in India.
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The Runaway Bus 1954  N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Comedy / Mystery
Director: Val Guest
Cast: Frankie Howerd, Margaret Rutherford, Petula Clark, George Coulouris, Belinda Lee, Reginald Beckwith, Toke Townley, Terence Alexander, John Horsley, Marianne Stone, Stringer Davis, Lisa Gastoni, Frank Phillips, Sam Kydd, Michael Gwynn
Bus driver Percy Lamb (Frankie Howerd) is transporting passengers from foggy Heathrow airport to another airport. Unbeknownst to Percy, the perpetrator with a cache of stolen gold is on his bus, and to make matters worse, Percy and his passengers get lost in the fog.
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The Seven Dials Mystery 1981  TV, 135 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Tony Wharmby
Cast: Cheryl Campbell, James Warwick, John Gielgud, Harry Andrews, Terence Alexander, Hetty Baynes, Sarah Crowden, Rula Lenska, Lucy Gutteridge, Sandor Eles, Noel Johnson, Robert Longden
A weekend gathering for fun and games at Lady Eileen's (Cheryl Campbell) old house turns into a murder mystery when two guests turn up dead. A secret society and stolen state secrets add to the mystery that Lady Eileen and her man-about-town friend (James Warwick) must solve. This made-for TV film is based on an Agatha Christie story.
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The Vault of Horror 1973 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Mystery / Thriller
aka: Tales from the Crypt, Part II
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Cast: Daniel Massey, Michael Craig, Curt Jurgens, Terry-Thomas, Tom Baker, Anna Massey, Edward Judd, Dawn Addams, Glynis Johns, Denholm Elliott, Terence Alexander, Robin Nedwell, Geoffrey Davies, John Forbes-Robertson, Ishaq Bux
Following the theme of the previous year's "Tales from the Crypt," five men are trapped in an office building vault, and each shares visions of his own death. The five short stories that result deal with a variety of horrors, but with black humor thrown in.
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Waterloo 1970 G, 123 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Sergei Bondarchuk
Cast: Rod Steiger, Christopher Plummer, Orson Welles, Jack Hawkins, Virginia McKenna, Dan O'Herlihy, Michael Wilding, Donal Donnelly, Terence Alexander, Rupert Davies
Originally a four-hour film, this movie was cut way back for U.S. consumption. It is the story of Napoleon's take-over of Europe and his final downfall at Waterloo.
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| 1. The Day of the Jackal (1973)
2. Frankenstein (1984)
3. The League of Gentlemen (1960)
4. The Long Duel (1967)
5. The Runaway Bus (1954)
6. The Seven Dials Mystery (1981)
7. The Vault of Horror (1973)
aka: Tales from the Crypt, Part II
8. Waterloo (1970)
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