In this low-budget British science fiction tale (which, not surprisingly, has gained a cult following), Nyah (Patricia Laffan), a statuesque, leather-clad woman from another world, lands near a small Scottish town with her trusty robot in tow. It seems that Mars has recently seen a dramatic drop in their male population, and if the Martian species ...
Four terrifying stories from The Veil television series are introduced by Boris Karloff with titles "Summer Heat," "Vision of Crime," "Food on the Table" and "Jack the Ripper." ~ All Movie Guide
Marius Goring stars in this TV adaptaion of Baroness Orczy's adventure novel The Scarlet Pimpernel. Goring plays Sir Percy Blakeney, 18th century English fop by day, rescuer of French aristocrats by night. Disguised as the Scarlet Pimpernel, Blakeney does his utmost to save deserving souls from the guillotine at the height of the French revolution ...
In this melodrama, an old fashioned bad guy is determined to have an innocent young maiden for himself. To do so, he frames her beloved fiance and gets him sent to jail. His wicked plot is foiled when the man is freed and the lovers get back together. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Reverent to the point of tedium, Christopher Columbus stars Fredric March in the title role, and he's welcome to it. March's wife Florence Eldredge co-stars as Queen Isabella, who finances Columbus' expedition to find a westward route to India. After several reels devoted to table-top miniatures impersonating the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa ...
If, while watching such cable services as A&E and the History Channel, you happen to see filmclips of the WWII African campaign against Germany's Erwin Rommel, chances are good that the footage was culled from Desert Victory. This Academy Award-winning British documentary traces the struggle between the opposing forces of generals Rommel and ...
The pageantlike This England was designed by the Anglo-American film corporation to boost the morale of the war-besieged island nation. The story unfolds in the ancient British community of Claverly Village, which has already weathered serveral centuries of political upheavals, both foreign and domestic. A.R. Rawlinson and Bridge Boland's ...
In this comedy, two spinsters find their holiday in a rented cabin interrupted when a police detective appears looking for the corpse of the former renter's wife. A skeleton is discovered and the man is formally charged for the murder of his wife until it is revealed that the skeleton belongs to an ancient Englishman, not a modern woman. ~ Sandra ...
When the English Civil War is winding down but the Roundheads and Royalists are still at odds with each other, it is decided that the King, Raymond, should be moved from England to France for safekeeping. When the Cavalier assigned the task is thwarted by the discovery of the scheme, other measures must be taken. Good action scenes with a smidgen ...
The Adventurers is set in South Africa at the end of the Boer war. Commando Pieter Brandt (Jack Hawkins) comes across the dead body of a diamond courier. Brandt buries both the courier and his valuable cache of diamonds then heads back to his regiment. After the cessation of hostilities, Brandt raises money for an expedition back into the ...
Diamond City is a British "western", set not in Australia as was often the case but in the wilds of South Africa. David Farrar is a lawkeeper sworn to lawkeep in the diamond mines. The poachers thereabouts try their luck at circumventing Farrar, but he's too fast for them. The final shootout isn't quite the Gunfight at the OK Corral, but it will ...
In this British comedy, a young man resorts to spying, extortion and just plain begging after he learns that he is to be replaced as headwaiter by a young woman. The story is based on a popular play. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
George Gordon, aka Lord Byron, the clubfooted 19th-century poet with the uncontrollable libido, is played by Dennis Price in this lavish British chocolate-box epic. From the vantage point of his deathbed, Byron recalls his life and many loves, imagining that he's pleading his case before a celestial court. Joan Greenwood looks like she's just ...
Format: DVD
Studio: Image Entertainment
Date: 07/11/2006
UPC:014381307320
Description: Jackie Coogan, Robert Clarke, Kenne Duncan, Marilyn Harvey, Jeanne Tatum. Very Good. 1955 Run time: 208. SEALED! DVD HAS COME LOOSE INSIDE THE SEALED BOX. read more
Format: DVD
Studio: Image Entertainment
Date: 07/11/2006
UPC:014381307320
Description: Jackie Coogan, Robert Clarke, Kenne Duncan, Marilyn Harvey, Jeanne Tatum. Very Good. 1955 Run time: 208. NEW FACTORY SEALED! DVD HAS COME LOOSE INSIDE THE SEALED BOX. read more
Description: Marius Goring, Stanley van Beers, Patrick Troughton, Anthony Newlands. New in new packaging. 1956 Run time: 52. Tape contains two episodes: SIR ANDREW'S FATE: The Pimpernel must rescue an associate who has been wounded by Chauvelin's agents and is in danger of capture and execution. Guest cast: Balbina. A TALE OF TWO PIGTAILS: The Pimpernel literally snatches a French princess out of Chauvelin's hands and spirits her to England, prompting Chauvelin to travel there himself in order to kidnap the ... read more
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