The Battle of the River Plate 1956  N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Drama
aka: Pursuit of the Graf Spee
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Cast: John Gregson, Anthony Quayle, Peter Finch, Ian Hunter, Jack Gwillim, Bernard Lee, Lionel Murton, Anthony Bushell, Peter Illing, Michael Goodliffe, Christopher Lee, Peter Scott, Patrick Macnee, John Chandos, Douglas Wilmer
The Graf Spee, the Bismarck, the Scharnhorst, and the Gneissau were heavily armed German battleships that wreaked havoc on Atlantic shipping in the early stages of World War II. This is the story of outmanned British ships dealing with this threat, and the story is shown through both the German and the British perspectives. Good documentary-style film.
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Battlestar: Galactica 1979 PG, 125 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Richard A. Colla
Cast: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Ray Milland, John Colicos, Patrick Macnee, Lew Ayres, Jane Seymour, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Ed Begley Jr.
Taken from clips of the TV series, Lorne Greene is the captain of a starship whose mission is to transport survivors from a doomed planet to a safer habitat in the galaxy.
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A Christmas Carol 1951  N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Fantasy / Drama
aka: Scrooge
Director: Brian Desmond Hurst
Cast: Alastair Sim, Mervyn Johns, Hermione Baddeley, Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison, Patrick Macnee, Peter Bull, Michael Hordern, Miles Malleson, Ernest Thesiger, George Cole, Francis De Wolff, Michael Dolan, C. Konarski, Glyn Dearman
This popular version of Charles Dickens' classic story "A Christmas Carol" stars Alastair Sim as the miser, Ebenezer Scrooge, whose life is turned around one Christmas Eve when he is visited by the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future (Michael Dolan, Francis De Wolff, and C. Konarski). After their visit, Scrooge reassesses his treatment of Tiny Tim (Glyn Dearman) and his family. Sim is great and makes this film a must for everyone.
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Evening in Byzantium 1978  TV, 200 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jerry London
Cast: Glenn Ford, Eddie Albert, Vince Edwards, Shirley Jones, Erin Gray, Harry Guardino, Patrick Macnee, Gloria DeHaven, George Lazenby, Simon Oakland
Based on an Irwin Shaw bestseller, Ford plays an aging movie producer attending the Cannes Film Festival when terrorists move in. This made-for-TV movie was originally shown in two parts.
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 The Howling 1981 R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Joe Dante
Cast: Dee Wallace, Christopher Stone, Patrick Macnee, Dennis Dugan, Roger Corman, Kevin McCarthy, John Carradine, Slim Pickens, Kenneth Tobey, Dick Miller
This spooky movie became the forerunner for no less than six sequels. This, the first, should not be watched alone on a stormy night! TV anchorwoman Karen White (Dee Wallace) investigates a California cult that turns out to be made up of werewolves. Great special effects. 1 User Review
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Incense for the Damned 1972  R, 87 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Bloodsuckers
Doctors Wear Scarlet
Director: Robert Hartford-Davis
Cast: Patrick Macnee, Peter Cushing, Johnny Sekka, Alexander Davion, Edward Woodward, Madeleine Hinde, Patrick Mower, Imogen Hassall, William Mervyn, David Lodge
An Oxford student is missing during a trek to Greece; it turns out that he has joined a vampire/satanic society involved in sexual exploits. Some interesting scenes, but this is largely an unfocused, confusing hodgepodge.
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Incident at Victoria Falls 1991  PG, 120 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Sherlock Holmes and the Incident at Victoria Falls
Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls
Director: Bill Corcoran
Cast: Christopher Lee, Patrick Macnee, Claude Akins, Richard Todd, Joss Ackland, John Indi, Steven Gurney, Sunitha Singh, Neil McCarthy, Jenny Seagrove, Jerome Willis
Sherlock Holmes (Christopher Lee) is ready for retirement, but King Edward (Joss Ackland) persuades him to bring back a valuable diamond from South Africa. Intrigue and adventure follow.
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Les Girls 1957 N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Gene Kelly, Kay Kendall, Taina Elg, Mitzi Gaynor, Jacques Bergerac, Leslie Phillips, Henry Daniell, Patrick Macnee, Philip Tonge, Nestor Paiva
This entertaining musical revolves around courtroom testimony of three dancers. Each has a different memory of the incident in question: a tragic love affair.
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Lobster Man from Mars 1989 PG, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Stanley Sheff
Cast: Tony Curtis, Deborah Foreman, Dean Jacobson, Patrick Macnee, Anthony Hickox, S.D. Nemeth, Billy Barty, Bobby Pickett, Mindy Kennedy, Phil Proctor, Tim Halderman, Todd Kutcher
In this film-within-a-film, producer J.P. Shelldrake (Tony Curtis) needs a tax write-off, and quickly. His needs appear to be fulfilled when young Stevie (Dean Jacobson) appears to sell his movie–"Lobster Man from Mars"–a sure bet to lose money. The story involves the Lobster Man arriving on Earth with the mission of stealing Earth's air due to the loss on air on Mars. His reward: feasting on humans. Of course the film becomes a hit and J.P. is in REAL trouble with the IRS.
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Masque of the Red Death 1989 R, 83 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Larry Brand
Cast: Adrian Paul, Clare Hoak, Patrick Macnee, Jeff Osterhage, Tracy Reiner, Kelly Ann Sabatasso, Maria Ford, Paul Michael, Michael Leopard, Daryl Haney
This remake of Roger Corman's 1964 film is about the evil prince who enjoys pleasures in his castle while peasants die of the plague. It is still a Corman production, but not at all as good as the earlier version.
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Pygmalion 1938  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard
Cast: Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller, Wilfrid Lawson, Scott Sunderland, Marie Lohr, David Tree, Jean Cadell, Everley Gregg, Anthony Quayle, Irene Browne, Leueen MacGrath, Esme Percy, Iris Hoey, Patrick Macnee, Leo Genn
While nominated for five Academy Awards–including Best Actor (Lesley Howard), Actress (Wendy Hiller), and Picture–this film won the Oscar for Best Screenplay. George Bernard Shaw was the author of this classic story about the Cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle (Hiller), and her mentor, Professor Henry Higgins (Howard), who bets that he can fool society and pass Eliza off as a "Lady." Later remade as the top musical "My Fair Lady."
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Rehearsal for Murder 1982 TV, 96 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Director: David Greene
Cast: Robert Preston, Lynn Redgrave, Patrick Macnee, Lawrence Pressman, Jeff Goldblum, William Russ, Madolyn Smith Osborne, William Daniels, Nicholas Mele, Charles Robinson
This made-for-TV film involves Broadway playwright Alex Dennison (Robert Preston) who had been engaged to famous TV star Monica Welles (Lynn Redgrave). On the night Monica made her Broadway debut, she supposedly committed suicide. Alex believes the apparent suicide was, in fact, murder, and he sets out to find the murderer within a group of people who are reading through his latest play. The play is a play-within-a-play to find the real killer from the group who had dealt with Monica before she died.
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The Sea Wolves 1980 PG, 120 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Cast: Gregory Peck, David Niven, Robert Moore, Trevor Howard, Barbara Kellerman, Patrick Macnee, William Morgan Sheppard, Patrick Allen, Bernard Archard, Martin Benson
During World War II, middle-aged British businessmen in India put together a successful mission to knock out a Nazi radio transmitter in the Goa harbor.
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Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady 1990 TV, 180 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Director: Peter Sasdy
Cast: Christopher Lee, Patrick Macnee, Morgan Fairchild, John Bennett, Engelbert Humperdinck, Ronald Hines, Jenny Quayle, Robert Rietty, Tom Lahm, Nicholas Gecks
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (Christopher Lee and Patrick Macnee) are off to Vienna where an actress friend needs help. Originally a TV miniseries.
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Sherlock Holmes in New York 1976 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Boris Sagal
Cast: Roger Moore, John Huston, Patrick Macnee, Gig Young, Charlotte Rampling, David Huddleston, Signe Hasso, Leon Ames, Jackie Coogan, John Abbott
Sherlock Holmes heads for America when he learns that his nemesis, Moriarty, threatens the world's supply of gold.
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Sorry, Wrong Number 1989 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Tony Wharmby
Cast: Loni Anderson, Patrick Macnee, Carl Weintraub, Hal Holbrook, Miguel Fernandes, Helen Hughes, Bernard Behrens, Geoffrey Bowes, Harvey Atkins, Alan Jordan
Loni Anderson stars in the Barbara Stanwyck role from the original movie "Sorry, Wrong Number." The story is about an invalid woman who hears about a plot for murder and then realizes that she is the intended victim. Catch the original 1948 version!
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This Is Spinal Tap 1984 R, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
Director: Rob Reiner
Cast: Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Rob Reiner, Harry Shearer, Anjelica Huston, Bruno Kirby, Ed Begley Jr., Fran Drescher, Patrick Macnee, Billy Crystal, Tony Hendra, David Kaff, Jean Cromie, Patrick Maher, Danny Kortchmar
This film is a satire on the rock scene, and "Spinal Tap" is a British rock group that has definitely seen better days. Members of the band include David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean), Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest), and Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer). Director Marty DiBergi (Rob Reiner) is intent on making a documentary about the band when they visit America. All sorts of things go wrong, and comedy reigns in behind-the-scenes footage. A Reiner riot filled with guest stars.
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Until They Sail 1957 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Wise
Cast: Paul Newman, Piper Laurie, Joan Fontaine, Sandra Dee, Jean Simmons, Charles Drake, Wally Cassell, Alan Napier, Patrick Macnee, Ben Wright
This adaptation of the James Michener novel takes place in New Zealand. Set during World War II, it is the story about four sisters who meet and are involved with United States Marines. Their new lessons involve both murder and romance.
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 A View to a Kill 1985 PG, 131 min.
Genre: Action
Director: John Glen
Cast: Roger Moore, Grace Jones, Christopher Walken, Tanya Roberts, Patrick Macnee, Patrick Bauchau, Desmond Llewelyn, Lois Maxwell, Walter Gotell, Dolph Lundgren
James Bond (Roger Moore) must fight off both Max Zorin (Christopher Walken) and May Day (Grace Jones) in this thriller about their planned destruction of Silicon Valley. Probably the weakest of the series and Moore's last film as Bond.
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Waxwork 1988 R, 97 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Anthony Hickox
Cast: Zach Galligan, Jennifer Bassey, Deborah Foreman, Michelle Johnson, David Warner, Patrick Macnee, Anthony Hickox, John Rhys-Davies, Dana Ashbrook, Miles O'Keeffe
A wax museum comes to town, and its owner (David Warner) invites selected teens to a special midnight showing. The guests become part of the scene as the exhibits come to life and the battles ensue.
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Young Doctors in Love 1982 R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Garry Marshall
Cast: Michael McKean, Sean Young, Harry Dean Stanton, Patrick Macnee, Hector Elizondo, Dabney Coleman, Pamela Reed, Taylor Negron, Saul Rubinek, Ted McGinley
This satire on a string of hospital soap operas features gags that might fill a half-hour sitcom, but it fails as a feature-length production.
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| 1. The Avengers (1998)
2. The Battle of the River Plate (1956)
aka: Pursuit of the Graf Spee
3. Battlestar: Galactica (1979)
4. A Christmas Carol (1951)
aka: Scrooge
5. The Creature Wasn't Nice (1981)
aka: Naked Space
6. Evening in Byzantium (1978)
7. The Howling (1981)
8. Incense for the Damned (1972)
aka: Bloodsuckers
aka: Doctors Wear Scarlet
9. Incident at Victoria Falls (1991)
aka: Sherlock Holmes and the Incident at Victoria Falls
aka: Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls
10. Les Girls (1957)
11. Lobster Man from Mars (1989)
12. Masque of the Red Death (1989)
13. Pygmalion (1938)
14. Rehearsal for Murder (1982)
15. The Sea Wolves (1980)
16. Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady (1990)
17. Sherlock Holmes in New York (1976)
18. Sorry, Wrong Number (1989)
19. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
20. Until They Sail (1957)
21. A View to a Kill (1985)
22. Waxwork (1988)
23. Young Doctors in Love (1982)
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