The 39 Steps 1935  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
aka: The Thirty-Nine Steps
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Madeleine Carroll, Robert Donat, Lucie Mannheim, Godfrey Tearle, Peggy Ashcroft, John Laurie, Peggy Simpson, Helen Haye, Frank Cellier, Wylie Watson, Gus McNaughton, Jerry Verno, Miles Malleson, John Turnbull, Frederick Piper
Canadian citizen Richard Hannay (Robert Donat) is visiting England when he goes to the Palladium where he sees an act starring "Mr. Memory" (Wylie Watson). In the middle of the show, a shot rings out, and Richard is approached by terrified Miss Annabelle Smith (Lucie Mannheim) who begs him to help her. She tells him that she is a British spy being targeted by international agents out to kill her. The next morning, Annabelle appears at Richard's door–dying from a knife wound, muttering "39 steps," and giving Richard a map. Richard uses the map that leads him to Scotland. He meets Pamela (Madeleine Carroll) on the trip to Scotland, and she ends up serving as his assistant when the two of them become involved in a world of espionage and murder.
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Jamaica Inn 1939  N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Charles Laughton, Leslie Banks, Emlyn Williams, Robert Newton, Maureen O'Hara, Horace Hodges, Hay Petrie, Frederick Piper, Mervyn Johns, Wylie Watson
Sir Humphrey Pengalian (Charles Laughton) is a smuggler in Victorian England, and problems arise when Mary (Maureen O'Hara) discovers that her relatives are involved in shipwrecks.
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The Saint Meets the Tiger 1943  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Paul L. Stein
Cast: Hugh Sinclair, Jean Gillie, Gordon McLeod, Clifford Evans, Wylie Watson, Charles Victor, Louise Hampton, John Salew, Amy Veness, Dennis Arundell
It's been two years since the last episode of the Saint's adventures, and this entry is the weakest of the lot (in the view of this reviewer). The dying words of a murdered man on the Saint's doorstep sends our suave detective off to chase down a gold mine scheme of "The Tiger" and his gang. More murders occur before the Saint wraps this one up.
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The Sundowners 1960  N/R, 133 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Deborah Kerr, Peter Ustinov, Glynis Johns, Michael Anderson Jr., Dina Merrill, Chips Rafferty, Lola Brooks, John Meillon, Wylie Watson
Paddy Carmody (Robert Mitchum) and his wife Ida (Deborah Kerr), along with their son (Michael Anderson Jr.), are migrant sheep drovers in Australia. Ida dreams of settling down, but Paddy lives and plays too hard to adapt to the quiet life of home ownership. Academy Award nominations were received for Best Picture, Actress (Kerr), Supporting Actress (Glynis Johns), Director, and Writing.
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Whisky Galore! 1949  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Tight Little Island
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Cast: Basil Radford, Joan Greenwood, James Robertson Justice, Gordon Jackson, Catherine Lacey, Bruce Seton, Wylie Watson, Jean Cadell, Morland Graham, Duncan Macrae
After a shipwreck off the Scottish island of Todday, the cargo of thousands of cases of whisky is carried off by the natives who have their work cut out for themselves in keeping their cache hidden from the customs agent (Basil Radford).
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| 1. The 39 Steps (1935)
aka: The Thirty-Nine Steps
2. Jamaica Inn (1939)
3. The Saint Meets the Tiger (1943)
4. The Sundowners (1960)
5. Whisky Galore! (1949)
aka: Tight Little Island
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