The Anniversary 1968  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Cast: Bette Davis, Sheila Hancock, Jack Hedley, James Cossins, Christian Roberts, Elaine Taylor, Timothy Bateson, Arnold Diamond, Sally-Jane Spencer, Albert Shepherd, Ralph Watson
When a widow, Mrs. Taggart (Bette Davis), insists that her sons–Terry, Henry, and Tom (Jack Hedley, James Cossins, and Christian Roberts)–join her on the anniversary of her husband's death, they are forced to put up with her overbearing ridicule.
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A Christmas Carol 1984  TV, 95 min.
Genre: Fantasy / Drama
Director: Clive Donner
Cast: George C. Scott, Frank Finlay, Angela Pleasence, Edward Woodward, Michael Carter, David Warner, Susannah York, Anthony Walters, Nigel Davenport, Lucy Gutteridge, Mark Strickson, Timothy Bateson, Peter Woodthorpe, Caroline Langrishe, Roger Rees
This version of the Charles Dickens tale features George C. Scott as Ebenezer Scrooge, the Christmas-hater, who is taught the true meaning of Christmas through visits from the Ghosts of Christmas Past (Pierre Clementi), Present (Georges Wilson), and Future (Lisette Malidor).
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The Clandestine Marriage 1999 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Christopher Miles
Cast: Nigel Hawthorne, Joan Collins, Timothy Spall, Paul Nicholls, Natasha Little, Emma Chambers, Tom Hollander, Craster Pringle, Timothy Bateson, Lara Harvey
Set in 1700s' England, all sorts of things go wrong when a marriage of convenience is set up by the parents of the bride-to-be. The mix-ups at the plush country estate are true British humor.
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Ladies in Lavender 2004 PG-13, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Dance
Cast: Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Natascha McElhone, Daniel Bruhl, Miriam Margolyes, Freddie Jones, David Warner, Clive Russell, Richard Pears, Toby Jones, Geoffrey Bayldon, Timothy Bateson
Spinster sisters Ursula and Janet (Judi Dench and Maggie Smith) live in a cottage in a Cornish seaside village in 1936. One day, a foreigner, Andrea (Daniel Bruhl), washes ashore, and the sisters rescue and nurse him back to health. They dote on Andrea; but, while Janet's attentions are motherly, Ursula becomes romantically stimulated. Problems lie ahead for Andrea who, after all, is an illegal alien during an era when World War II looms.
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The Mouse That Roared 1959  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jack Arnold
Cast: Peter Sellers, Jean Seberg, David Kossoff, William Hartnell, Timothy Bateson, Leo McKern, MacDonald Parke, Monte Landis, Colin Gordon, Bill Nagy
A very small and even more bankrupt country, the Duchy of Grand Fenwick, decides to end its financial woes by declaring war on the United States. The intent is to lose the war and then receive U.S. aid to rebuild. There is much in this funny movie that relates to the world today. Also catch the funny sequel, "The Mouse on the Moon."
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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.
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Nightmare 1964 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Here's the Knife Dear, Now Use It
Director: Freddie Francis
Cast: David Knight, Moira Redmond, Brenda Bruce, Jennie Linden, George A. Cooper, Irene Richmond, Clytie Jessop, John Welsh, Timothy Bateson, Elizabeth Dear, Hedger Wallace, Isla Cameron
A student at a private school, Janet (Jennie Linden) witnessed her mother murdering her father and now is experiencing nightmares. Her mother is in an insane asylum, but Janet leaves school and returns to the family's mansion where her nightmares continue amidst a strange group of residents (Irene Richmond, David Knight, Moira Redmond, and George A. Cooper)–two of whom are plotting to take control of Janet's inheritance.
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What a Carve Up! 1961 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy / Horror
aka: No Place Like Homicide
Director: Pat Jackson
Cast: Kenneth Connor, Sid James, Shirley Eaton, Donald Pleasence, Dennis Price, Michael Gough, Valerie Taylor, Michael Gwynn, Esma Cannon, Philip O'Flynn, Timothy Bateson, Frederick Piper
Members of the Broughton family gather together in an eerie mansion for the reading of Uncle Gabriel's (Philip O'Flynn) will. Several of the family end up murdered, and it turns out that the murderer is Uncle Gabriel who faked his death to get even with the rest of his family.
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| 1. The Anniversary (1968)
2. A Christmas Carol (1984)
3. The Clandestine Marriage (1999)
4. Ladies in Lavender (2004)
5. The Mouse That Roared (1959)
6. Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont (2005)
7. Nightmare (1964)
aka: Here's the Knife Dear, Now Use It
8. What a Carve Up! (1961)
aka: No Place Like Homicide
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