21 Hours at Munich 1976  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Graham
Cast: William Holden, Franco Nero, Shirley Knight, Richard Basehart, Anthony Quayle, Noel Willman, Georg Marischka, Paul L. Smith, Gunther Maria Halmer, Martin Gilat, Else Quecke, Michael Degen, Walter Kohut, Jan Niklas, Ernest Lenart
This film represents a reenactment of the Munich Olympic Games' tragedy in 1972 when Arab terrorists kidnapped nine and murdered two Israeli athletes.
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Abandon Ship! 1957  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
aka: Seven Waves Away
Director: Richard Sale
Cast: Tyrone Power, Mai Zetterling, Lloyd Nolan, Stephen Boyd, Moira Lister, James Hayter, Marie Lohr, Moultrie Kelsall, Noel Willman, Victor Maddern, Finlay Currie, John Stratton, Robert Harris, Gordon Jackson, Eddie Byrne
Following the sinking of his luxury liner, the captain, Alec Holmes (Tyrone Power), is in charge of a life boat carrying survivors. There are more than 20 survivors, and there is not enough food and water for all to survive, so Holmes is faced with making decisions about who should be given the chance for survival. When they are finally saved, his passengers express their contempt for Holmes' actions during their the time spent on the life boat.
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Across the Bridge 1957 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Ken Annakin
Cast: Rod Steiger, David Knight, Marla Landi, Noel Willman, Bernard Lee, Bill Nagy, Eric Pohlmann, Faith Brook, Alan Gifford, Ingeborg von Kusserow, Marianne Deeming, Betty Cooper, John Gale, Stanley Maxted, Jack Lester
Based on Graham Greene's novel, this is the story about unscrupulous British businessman Carl Schaffner (Rod Steiger) who steals company funds and then flees to Mexico with Scotland Yard fast on his heels. Schaffner boards a train for Mexico and murders fellow passenger Paul Scarff (Bill Nagy) whose passport he steals and then assumes Scarff's identity. Too late, Schaffner learns that Scarff was a fugitive from justice, and now both Scotland Yard Inspector Hadden (Bernard Lee) and a Mexican police captain (Noel Willman) are on his trail.
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Androcles and the Lion 1952 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Chester Erskine
Cast: Jean Simmons, Alan Young, Victor Mature, Robert Newton, Maurice Evans, Elsa Lanchester, Reginald Gardiner, Gene Lockhart, Alan Mowbray, Jim Backus, Noel Willman, John Hoyt, Lowell Gilmore, Woody Strode, Harry Cording
Based on George Bernard Shaw's satire, this is the story of young animal trainer Christian, Androcles (Alan Young), who removes a thorn from the paw of a lion, befriends the beast, and names it "Tommy." Later, Caesar (Maurice Evans) condemns Androcles and other Christians to certain death fighting lions in the Coliseum. But, Androcles is saved because the lion is "Tommy." Following the "battle," Caesar frees the Christians.
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Beau Brummel 1954 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Curtis Bernhardt
Cast: Stewart Granger, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Ustinov, Robert Morley, James Donald, James Hayter, Rosemary Harris, Paul Rogers, Noel Willman, Peter Bull, Peter Dyneley, Charles Carson, Ernest Clark, Mark Dignam, Desmond Roberts
Set in the 1800s, this is the story of the friendship of the Duke of Wales (Peter Ustinov) and the handsome rogue Beau Brummel (Stewart Granger) who, after insulting him, became his political advisor. However, one more insult is more than the Duke can take until Lady Patricia (Elizabeth Taylor) steps in to rescue Brummel. 1 User Review
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| | ports 08/16/2007 | | Stewart Grainger sound. Elizabeth Taylor sugary. Peter Ustinov - brilliant. |
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Carve Her Name with Pride 1958 N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Cast: Virginia McKenna, Paul Scofield, Jack Warner, Denise Grey, Alain Saury, Maurice Ronet, Anne Leon, Sydney Tafler, Avice Landone, Nicole Stephane, Noel Willman, Bill Owen, Billie Whitelaw, William Mervyn, Michael Goodliffe
This story is based on the real life of Violette Szabo (Virginia McKenna) who joined the British secret service during World War II. Her husband (Alain Saury) had just been killed in North Africa, but Violette left her baby girl behind and parachuted into enemy territory to begin work as a British agent. Violette was captured and sent to a concentration camp where she was tortured and finally executed. Her bravery in not revealing British secrets earned her (posthumously) the George Cross.
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Cone of Silence 1960  N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Trouble in the Sky
Director: Charles Frend
Cast: Michael Craig, Peter Cushing, Bernard Lee, Elizabeth Seal, George Sanders, Andre Morell, Gordon Jackson, Charles "Bud" Tingwell, Noel Willman, Delphi Lawrence, Marne Maitland, William Abney, Ballard Berkeley, Charles Lloyd Pack, Anthony Newlands
After Capt. George Gort (Bernard Lee) crash lands his plane in India, he is found guilty of pilot error but is not grounded. His daughter Charlotte (Elizabeth Seal) does not believe her father was responsible for the crash and asks Capt. Hugh Dallas (Michael Craig) to help prove his innocence. Soon after, Capt. Gort is killed in another crash, and Dallas looks for similarities between the two crashes. He suspects that the planes' design is the problem and that the designer, Nigel Pickering (Noel Willman), has been covering up the information that points to poor design. Is he correct, and can he prove it in order to clear Capt. Gort's name?
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 The Criminal 1960 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Concrete Jungle
Director: Joseph Losey
Cast: Stanley Baker, Sam Wanamaker, Gregoire Aslan, Margit Saad, Jill Bennett, Rupert Davies, Laurence Naismith, John Van Eyssen, Noel Willman, Patrick Magee, Patrick Wymark, Redmond Phillips
Excellent acting helps this film as Johnny (Stanley Baker) plans a robbery while in prison on a three-year sentence. When he gets out, he pulls off the heist and hides the loot when he has trouble with his fence–but is caught due to a jealous ex-girlfriend. Back in prison, his ex-partners, wanting the money themselves, plan a prison break so that Johnny will lead them to the money. The plan works.
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The Malta Story 1953 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure
Director: Brian Desmond
Cast: Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Anthony Steel, Muriel Pavlow, Flora Robson, Ralph Truman, Peter Bull, Nigel Stock, Renee Asherson, Hugh Burden, Reginald Tate, Rosalie Crutchley, Thomas Heathcote, Maurice Denham, Noel Willman
During World War II, a member of the Royal Air Force, British Lieutenant Pete Ross (Alec Guinness), performs camera reconnaissance missions and hands over evidence to his senior officer (Jack Hawkins) that Italy is planning a major invasion of Malta. Now, Ross finds himself stranded on Malta. Although low on supplies, Ross is determined to defend the island fortress against the Italian army's attack and practices survival techniques. Meanwhile, he has a romance with a Maltese girl, Maria (Muriel Pavlow), but fate steps in as Ross carries out his duties that lead to the ultimate sacrifice.
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The Man Who Knew Too Much 1956 PG, 120 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: James Stewart, Doris Day, Brenda De Banzie, Bernard Miles, Ralph Truman, Daniel Gelin, Alan Mowbray, Hillary Brooke, Carolyn Jones, Richard Wattis, Christopher Olsen, Mogens Wieth, Reggie Nalder, Noel Willman, Alix Talton
Doctor Benjamin McKenna (James Stewart) and his wife Josephine (Doris Day) are visiting Morocco with their young son, Hank (Christopher Olsen), when the Benjamin witnesses a murder and overhears an assassination plot. In order to keep Benjamin quiet, the perpetrators kidnap Hank. The suspense is vintage Hitchcock as the frightened parents go to any extreme to find their son. Doris Day sings "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be Will Be)," which won an Oscar. Previously made in 1934 by Hitchcock 1934.
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Never Let Go 1960 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Guillermin
Cast: Richard Todd, Peter Sellers, Elizabeth Sellars, Carol White, Mervyn Johns, John Le Mesurier, Adam Faith, Noel Willman, David Lodge, Peter Jones, John Bailey, Nigel Stock, John Dunbar, Charles Houston, Cyril Shaps
Cosmetic salesman John Cummings' (Richard Todd) car is stolen by a gang of car thieves, headed by Lionel Meadows (Peter Sellers). Cummings tracks down the thieves and locates Tommy Towers (Adam Faith) who stole the car. Towers is beaten after Meadows discovers that he met with Cummings. Towers then gives inside information to the police, and, eventually, Meadows is arrested, and Cummings does recover his car.
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The Odessa File 1974 PG, 128 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Ronald Neame
Cast: Jon Voight, Maximilian Schell, Maria Schell, Mary Tamm, Derek Jacobi, Peter Jeffrey, Noel Willman, Klaus Lowitsch, Kurt Meisel, Hannes Messemer, Garfield Morgan, Shmuel Rodensky, Ernest Schroder, Gunter Strack, Martin Brandt
Based on Frederick Forsyth's novel, this is the story of journalist Peter Miller (Jon Voight) who, after reading the diary of a Holocast survivor who committed suicide, is obsessed with bringing Nazi war criminal SS Major Roschmann to justice. The plot follows the trail as Miller assumes a new identity and infiltrates the Odessa underground.
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The Reptile 1966 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: John Gilling
Cast: Noel Willman, Jennifer Daniel, Ray Barrett, Jacqueline Pearce, Michael Ripper, John Laurie, Marne Maitland, Harold Goldblatt, Charles Lloyd Pack, Harold Pinter, David Baron
Mysterious deaths occur in an English village, and a naive young couple, Valerie (Jennifer Daniel) and Harry (Ray Barrett) Spalding, seem to be right in the middle of the action after they move into the cottage inherited by Harry's brother Charles (David Baron) who has died.
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The Vengeance of She 1968  G, 101 min.
Genre: Adventure / Fantasy / Horror
aka: Ayesha, the Return of She
Director: Cliff Owen
Cast: John Richardson, Olga Schoberova, Edward Judd, Colin Blakely, Jill Melford, George Sewell, Andre Morell, Noel Willman, Derek Godfrey, Daniele Noel, Gerald Lawson, Derrick Sherwin, William Lyon Brown, Charles O'Rourke, Zohra Sehgal
This is a remake/follow-on of 1965's "She." A spell is placed on young French woman Carol (Olinka Berova), and she is taken to Kuma, by orders of the King (John Richardson) to replace Queen Ayesha. However, Carol's boyfriend Philip (Edward Judd) doesn't care for that one bit.
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| 1. 21 Hours at Munich (1976)
2. Abandon Ship! (1957)
aka: Seven Waves Away
3. Across the Bridge (1957)
4. Androcles and the Lion (1952)
5. Beau Brummel (1954)
6. Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)
7. Cone of Silence (1960)
aka: Trouble in the Sky
8. The Criminal (1960)
aka: The Concrete Jungle
9. The Malta Story (1953)
10. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
11. Never Let Go (1960)
12. The Odessa File (1974)
13. The Reptile (1966)
14. The Vengeance of She (1968)
aka: Ayesha, the Return of She
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