Movies by Donald Pleasence
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Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995)
Cast: Donald Pleasence, Paul Rudd, Marianne Hagan …
Directed by: Joe Chappelle
After crazed killer Michael Myers's niece gives birth, she turns the baby over to Tommy Doyle to save the child from Michael. Living with the Strode family, Tommy suspects the evil force…
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The Thief and the Cobbler (1995)
Cast: Donald Pleasence, Vincent Price, Matthew Broderick …
Directed by: Richard Williams
A long time ago in Baghdad, the evil sorcerer Zig Zag (voiced by Vincent Price) takes possession of the three Golden Balls that protect the city. Tack (Matthew Broderick), a shy cobbler who…
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Guinevere (1994)
Cast: Sheryl Lee, Sean Patrick Flanery, Noah Wyle …
Directed by: Jud Taylor
When war breaks out in Camelot, Princess Guinevere is whisked off to live in safety with High Priestess Morgan L'Fei as mystical wizard Merlin's predictions come true and Arthur…
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The Advocate (1993)
Cast: Colin Firth, Ian Holm, Donald Pleasence …
Directed by: Leslie Megahey
How far jurisprudence has come! This medieval court drama is set in the days when humans and animals were believed to harbor the devil. Courtois, an educated lawyer (Colin Firth), leaves the…
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: Warrior of the Lost World (1993)
Cast: Robert Ginty, Persis Khambatta, Donald Pleasence …
Directed by: David Worth
A lost horizon greets the Mystery Science Theater hosts as they endure this road flick about a rider (Robert Ginty) who cruises the postapocalyptic highway on his supersonic hog, has a fender…
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Shadows and Fog (1992)
Cast: Michael Kirby, Woody Allen, David Ogden Stiers …
Directed by: Woody Allen
Writer-director Woody Allen stars as nebbish Max Kleinman, whose neighbors wake him asking for help in nabbing a serial strangler. Kleinman agrees, but the vigilantes disappear. As he looks…
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Millions (1991)
Cast: Alexandra Paul, Donald Pleasence, Carol Alt …
Wealthy playboy Maurizio Ferretti (Billy Zane) hopes to take over the family business from his dying uncle -- and he's not afraid to betray relatives who get in his way, including his…
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Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989)
Cast: Donald Pleasence, Danielle Harris, Ellie Cornell …
Directed by: Dominique Othenin-Girard
Presumed dead after a shoot-out with the Haddonfield police, Michael Myers is secretly nursed back to health and returns a year later to kill again. Once again, he targets his young niece,…
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Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
Cast: Danielle Harris, George P. Wilbur, Donald Pleasence …
Directed by: Dwight H. Little
Michael Myers comes to life again in this fourth installment of the horror franchise, as Michael's niece, Jamie, can't seem to escape her crazy uncle. With Michael on the loose,…
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Casablanca Express (1988)
Cast: Jason Connery, Francesco Quinn, Donald Pleasence …
Directed by: Sergio Martino
It's World War II, and Winston Churchill is aboard a plane that's seized by the Germans, who are unaware that a train called the Casablanca Express is waiting on land to transport…
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Prince of Darkness (1987)
Cast: Donald Pleasence, Lisa Blount, Victor Wong …
Directed by: John Carpenter
A cylinder of mysterious, green liquid is found in an abandoned church. It may contain the ultimate evil: an ancient iniquity that longs to escape. Several physicists try to comprehend…
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Scoop (1987)
Cast: Denholm Elliott, Gavin Millar, Michael Hordern …
Directed by: Gavin Millar
William Boot is a nature writer who is mistakenly posted to Africa to cover a civil war. As he deals with a gallery of eccentric characters, Boot improbably stumbles onto a major journalistic…
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Phenomena (1985)
Cast: Jennifer Connelly, Donald Pleasence, Daria Nicolodi …
Directed by: Dario Argento
A girl's ability to telepathically communicate with insects subjects her to ridicule, but it may help catch a serial killer at her boarding school. She works with an entomologist who…
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Arch of Triumph (1985)
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Lesley-Anne Down, Donald Pleasence …
Directed by: Waris Hussein
On the eve of World War II, Dr. Ravic (Anthony Hopkins), a German, escapes to Paris in order to avoid the Nazi regime. Hoping to go unnoticed, Ravic changes his identity and resumes a medical…
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Treasure of the Amazon (1985)
Cast: Emilio Fernandez, Stuart Whitman, Donald Pleasence …
Directed by: Rene Cardona Jr., René Cardona Jr.
A band of fortune hunters (Bradford Dillman, Stuart Whitman, John Ireland and Donald Pleasence) decide to storm into the jungles of South America to discover a history-making cache of…
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Warrior of the Lost World (1985)
Cast: Robert Ginty, Persis Khambatta, Donald Pleasence …
Directed by: David Worth
After the Earth is rendered almost uninhabitable by radiation, a new, tyrannical power arrives to take charge: Omega Force. But just when all looks lost, a fighter known simply as The Rider…
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A Breed Apart (1984)
Cast: Rutger Hauer, Powers Boothe, Kathleen Turner …
Directed by: Philippe Mora
Vietnam vet Jim Malden (Rutger Hauer) shares a remote island with numerous rare bird species, whose survival he zealously protects. When climber Mike (Powers Boothe) pays the recluse a visit,…
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Alone in the Dark (1982)
Cast: Jack Palance, Donald Pleasence, Martin Landau …
Directed by: Jack Sholder
Dr. Bain (Donald Pleasence) precariously presides over an eerie asylum that houses its fair share of eccentrics and very dangerous figures, including the murderous Frank Hawkes (Jack Palance)…
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Witness for the Prosecution (1982)
Cast: Ralph Richardson, Deborah Kerr, Beau Bridges …
Directed by: Alan Gibson
When Emily French (Patricia Leslie) turns up dead, all circumstantial evidence points to Leonard Stephen Vole (Beau Bridges), with whom Emily was enamored. In comes the cantankerous Sir…
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Halloween II (1981)
Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, Charles Cyphers, Donald Pleasence …
Directed by: Rick Rosenthal
This bloodier sequel picks up where the original ended, with an injured Jamie Lee Curtis recuperating in the hospital from her showdown with murderous psycho Michael Myers. What she…
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Escape from New York (1981)
Cast: Kurt Russell, Adrienne Barbeau, Lee Van Cleef …
Directed by: John Carpenter
Soaring crime rates prompt the United States to turn New York City into a maximum-security prison -- which is precisely where the U.S. president (Donald Pleasence) lands when he's forced…
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Treasure of the Yankee Zephyr (1981)
Cast: Ken Wahl, Lesley Ann Warren, Donald Pleasence …
Directed by: David Hemmings
Actor David Hemmings directs this tense adventure that pits good against evil as two groups race to locate the Yankee Zephyr, a World War II cargo plane that went down with $50 million in…
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The Monster Club (1980)
Cast: Vincent Price, John Carradine, Anthony Steel …
Directed by: Roy Ward Baker
The works of horror novelist R. Chetwynd-Hayes are brought to life in this collection of tales that follow the writer (John Carradine) through an evening at a storytelling session. A charming…
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Blade on the Feather (1980)
Cast: Donald Pleasence, Tom Conti, Denholm Elliott …
Directed by: Richard Loncraine
Student Daniel Young (Tom Conti) appears unannounced at the country estate of retired university don Jason Cavendish (Donald Pleasence) claiming to be writing a thesis on one of…
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Dracula (1979)
Cast: Frank Langella, Laurence Olivier, Donald Pleasence …
Directed by: John Badham
Seeking refuge in the home of a doctor and his daughter, seductive shipwreck survivor Dracula works his deadly magic on a nubile houseguest. Soon the vampire hunter Van Helsing is called to…
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Gold of the Amazon Women (1979)
Cast: Donald Pleasence, Bo Svenson, Anita Ekberg …
Directed by: Mark L. Lester
Gold of the Amazon Women is a wild, bikini-clad adventure that makes Tarzan's exploits look like a trip to the zoo. Two explorers searching for gold in the jungles of South America…
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All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)
Cast: Richard Thomas, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence …
Directed by: Delbert Mann
This remake of one of the great war stories of all time stars Richard Thomas as a gung-ho German student recruited into the army during World War I. But over time he begins to view the war as…
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Jaguar Lives (1979)
Cast: Joe Lewis, Christopher Lee, Donald Pleasence …
Directed by: Ernest Pintoff
Joe Lewis stars as Jonathan Cross -- aka the Jaguar -- a special agent with prodigious kung fu skills who's dispatched across the globe to take down an international narcotics ring and…
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Jig-Saw (1979)
Cast: Lino Ventura, Angie Dickinson, Laurent Malet …
Directed by: Claude Pinoteau
After learning that his estranged son has been killed, the grieving Romain (Lino Ventura) discovers that the victim was in fact another man -- and that his missing son has been named the…
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Halloween (1978)
Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, Nancy Kyes …
Directed by: John Carpenter
In this iconic slasher flick, mental hospital escapee Michael Myers goes on a murder spreee on Halloween night after returning to his hometown. As Michael targets baby sitter Laurie,…
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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)
Cast: Peter Frampton, Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb …
Directed by: Michael Schultz
The Beatles's album comes to life populated with 1970s pop stars. Mean Mr. Mustard menaces the happy hamlet of Heartland until pop wunderkind Billy Shears resurrects the villain's…
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Tomorrow Never Comes (1978)
Cast: Donald Pleasence, Stephen McHattie, John Ireland …
Directed by: Peter Collinson
Returning home after a lengthy business trip, Frank (Stephen McHattie) discovers his girlfriend, singer Janie (Susan George), now works at a new resort hotel and has taken up with the owner…
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Concorde Affair (1978)
Cast: Dennis Hopper, James Franciscus, Joseph Cotten …
Directed by: Ruggero Deodato, Claude d'Anna
James Franciscus, Van Johnson, Mimsy Farmer and Joseph Cotten co-star in this high-flying thriller involving the supersonic Concorde aircraft. When the plane crashes off the island of…
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Power Play (1978)
Cast: Peter O'Toole, David Hemmings, Donald Pleasence …
Directed by: Martyn Burke
After suffering at the hands of an oppressive regime for too long, a group of military officers -- led by Col. Narriman (David Hemmings) -- plans to overthrow the dictatorship, but Col.…
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Oh God! (1977)
Cast: George Burns, John Denver, Teri Garr …
Directed by: Carl Reiner
Buttonholing venerable comedian George Burns for the title role was certainly a divine inspiration! God, in the guise of a wisecracking old gent, decides to makes his presence known to a…
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Night Creature (1977)
Cast: Donald Pleasence, Nancy Kwan, Ross Hagen …
Directed by: Lee Madden
Cat got your tongue? In this case, very probably yes! The titular "night creature" is a man-eating leopard with the proverbial nine lives -- literally -- which makes this troublesome feline…
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Crypt of Terror: Land of the Minotaur / Terror (1977)
Cast: James Aubrey, Donald Pleasence, Peter Cushing …
You'll get a double dose of horror with these vintage chillers. In Land of the Minotaur, a cult leader (Peter Cushing) and his devotees kidnap tourists at a Greek archaeological site and…
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The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
Cast: Michael Caine, Robert Duvall, Donald Sutherland …
Directed by: John Sturges
In an elaborate plot to kidnap Winston Churchill during World War II, a contingent of elite German paratroopers disguised as a Polish unit descend on an eastern coastal village where the…
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The Last Tycoon (1976)
Cast: Robert De Niro, Tony Curtis, Robert Mitchum …
Directed by: Elia Kazan
Based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's unfinished novel about Hollywood and its denizens, this Elia Kazan-helmed drama tells the tale of Monroe Stahr (Robert De Niro), a 1930s studio head driven…
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Land of the Minotaur (1976)
Cast: Donald Pleasence, Peter Cushing, Luan Peters …
Directed by: Kostas Karagiannis
Irish priest Father Roche (Donald Pleasence) investigates a satanic cult in Greece when tourists begin disappearing. It appears the cult, led by Carpathian expatriate Baron Corofax (Peter…
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Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)
Cast: Kim Richards, Ike Eisenmann, Eddie Albert …
Directed by: John Hough
Orphans Tony (Ike Eisenmann) and Tia (Kim Richards) use their superpowers to find a place called Witch Mountain -- escaping from the nefarious clutches of Aristotle Bolt (Ray Milland) and…
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The Devil Within Her (1975)
Cast: Joan Collins, Peter Sasdy, Dame Eileen Atkins …
Directed by: Peter Sasdy
Terror grips the screen in this horror film about stripper Lucy Carlesi (Joan Collins), who regrets repulsing the advances of a lecherous dwarf after he curses her unborn children. Months…
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From Beyond the Grave (1973)
Cast: David Warner, Peter Cushing, Donald Pleasence …
Directed by: Kevin Connor
In this anthology film based on four R. Chetwynd-Hayes short stories, the action revolves around an antique shop called Temptations and the tragedies that befall the fools who attempt to…
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Tales That Witness Madness (1973)
Cast: Kim Novak, Georgia Brown, Joan Collins …
Directed by: Freddie Francis
Four stories of strange and sinister fantasy -- set in an asylum run by the mysterious Dr. Tremayne (Donald Pleasence) and presented as case studies for his visiting colleague, Dr. Nicholas…
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Wedding in White (1972)
Cast: Carol Kane, Donald Pleasence, Doris Petrie …
Directed by: William Fruet
In a small town during World War II, 16-year-old high school dropout Jeannie (Carol Kane, in her screen debut) is raped. But her overbearing father, Jim Dougall Sr. (Donald Pleasence), is…
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Raw Meat (1972)
Cast: Donald Pleasence, Norman Rossington, David Ladd …
Directed by: Gary Sherman
Trapped under the streets of London after a tunnel cave-in in the 19th century, a group of workers survived for years by consuming the flesh of their dead. Now, their sole descendent has…
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The Freakmaker (1972)
Cast: Donald Pleasence, Tom Baker, Brad Harris …
Directed by: Jack Cardiff
Obsessed with creating a gruesome cast of characters for his traveling sideshow, a demented scientist (Donald Pleasence) begins transforming London students into man-eating plants with…
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The Pied Piper (1972)
Cast: Donovan, Donald Pleasence, John Hurt …
Directed by: Jacques Demy
Pop sensation Donovan stars as the Pied Piper hired by a squalid 14th-century town to rid it of its Black Plague-carrying rats. But when the town fails to pay the piper as agreed, he exacts…
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THX 1138 (1971)
Cast: Robert Duvall, Donald Pleasence, Don Pedro Colley …
Directed by: George Lucas
In a dystopian future that mandates drug use and outlaws sex, THX 1138 (Robert Duvall) and LUH 3417 (Maggie McOmie) rebel against the status quo. But when LUH winds up pregnant and THX is…
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Soldier Blue (1970)
Cast: Candice Bergen, Peter Strauss, Donald Pleasence …
Directed by: Ralph Nelson
After a brutal Cheyenne massacre on a cavalry unit, two survivors -- Honus Gent (Peter Strauss), a devoted soldier, and "Cresta" Lee (Candice Bergen), a young woman sympathetic to the Indians…
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Mr. Freedom (1969)
Cast: John Abbey, Delphine Seyrig, Philippe Noiret …
Directed by: William Klein
Directed by groundbreaking photographer William Klein, this 1969 political satire centers on American superhero Mr. Freedom (John Abbey) and his mission to kick the Communists out of France.…
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Will Penny (1968)
Cast: Charlton Heston, Joan Hackett, Donald Pleasence …
Directed by: Tom Gries
Charlton Heston's the titular aging cowboy who's also a loner and an illiterate. When he meets the possible love of his life, it's a moment of truth. Will he take a chance on…
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You Only Live Twice (1967)
Cast: Sean Connery, Akiko Wakabayashi, Mie Hama …
Directed by: Lewis Gilbert
After American and Soviet spaceships disappear, the two countries trade blame for the incidents -- and as the nations edge toward war, James Bond is tasked with getting to the bottom of…
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The Night of the Generals (1967)
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay …
Directed by: Anatole Litvak
It's 1942 in Warsaw, and tenacious Wehrmacht Intelligence Maj. Grau (Omar Sharif) is led to Paris as he attempts to pinpoint who of three generals is responsible for killing and then…
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Matchless (1967)
Cast: Patrick O'Neal, Ira von Fürstenberg, Donald Pleasence …
Directed by: Alberto Lattuada
This action-packed romp pokes fun at James Bond while supplying a bounty of chases, espionage and pretty girls. American journalist Perry Liston (Patrick O'Neal) is suddenly thrust into…
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Django (1966)
Cast: Franco Nero, Rafael Albaicín, Simón Arriaga …
Directed by: Sergio Corbucci
In a lawless frontier, a master gunman carries a dark secret -- and a coffin filled with chaos. Franco Nero stars as Django, a mysterious stranger caught up in the violent crossfire between…
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Fantastic Voyage (1966)
Cast: Edmond O'Brien, Arthur O'Connell, Donald Pleasence …
Directed by: Richard Fleischer
In this sci-fi drama, a group of medical experts miniaturize themselves and a specialized vehicle so they may enter the body of a renowned scientist to remove a life-threatening blood clot in…
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Cul-De-Sac (1966)
Cast: Donald Pleasence, Françoise Dorléac, Lionel Stander …
Directed by: Roman Polanski
Roman Polanski directs this tense, dark comedic thriller about two wounded criminals, Dickie (Lionel Stander) and Albie (Jack MacGowran), who hole up at a secluded seaside castle belonging to…
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The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
Cast: Max von Sydow, Michael Anderson Jr., Carroll Baker …
Directed by: George Stevens, David Lean, Jean Negulesco …
Swedish actor Max Von Sydow made his English-speaking debut in this gargantuan retelling of the life of Christ from Giant director George Stevens. The much-ballyhooed all-star cast includes…
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The Hallelujah Trail (1965)
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Lee Remick, Jim Hutton …
Directed by: John Sturges
A veritable who's who of 1960s Hollywood is represented in this rollicking, satiric Western about a boisterous temperance leader (Lee Remick) out to stop a cavalry-protected whiskey…
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The Great Escape (1963)
Cast: Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough …
Directed by: John Sturges
Based on a true story, this tension-filled epic adventure centers on an audacious plan by Allied officers who've escaped their Nazi captors time and again to stage a massive breakout,…
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What a Carve Up (1962)
Cast: Kenneth Connor, Sid James, Shirley Eaton …
Directed by: Pat Jackson
When wealthy Uncle Gabriel passes away, his bickering relatives descend upon his isolated house to hear the reading of his will. As an unknown culprit begins killing the guests, Ernie…
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Lisa (1962)
Cast: Stephen Boyd, Dolores Hart, Leo McKern …
Directed by: Philip Dunne
Haunted by the death of his fiancée, who perished in a Nazi concentration camp, Dutch policeman Peter (Stephen Boyd) helps smuggle Auschwitz death camp survivor Lisa (Dolores Hart) into…
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The Twilight Zone: Vol. 41 (1960)
Cast: Gary Crosby, Rod Serling, Donald Pleasence …
Directed by: William Asher, Jus Addiss
Creator Rod Serling's long-running, Emmy-winning television series brought science fiction to the masses. Viewers enjoyed the twisted, often-humorous mysteries as well as the show's…
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Sons and Lovers (1960)
Cast: Trevor Howard, Dean Stockwell, Wendy Hiller …
Directed by: Jack Cardiff
Based on D.H. Lawrence's novel, Sons and Lovers tells the story of Paul Morel (Dean Stockwell), a miner's (Trevor Howard) son who's determined to become an artist. Morel relies…
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The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)
Cast: Peter Cushing, June Laverick, Donald Pleasence …
Directed by: John Gilling
As full-time grave-robbers, William Burke (George Rose) and William Hare (Donald Pleasence) work tirelessly to supply eccentric university professor Dr. Robert Knox (Peter Cushing) with…
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Circus of Horrors (1960)
Cast: Anton Diffring, Erika Remberg, Yvonne Monlaur …
Directed by: Sidney Hayers
After mutilating a patient, a plastic surgeon (Anton Diffring) is booted from the medical profession and goes into hiding in France. There, he transforms disfigured female criminals into…
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Hell Is a City (1960)
Cast: Stanley Baker, Donald Pleasence, Joseph Tomelty …
Directed by: Val Guest
When brutal American criminal Don Starling (John Crawford) escapes from a British jail, Police Inspector Harry Martineau (Stanley Baker) suspects Starling will strike one final time in the…
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A Story of David (1960)
Cast: Jeff Chandler, Basil Sydney, Peter Arne …
Directed by: Bob McNaught
Heavily influenced by his trusted adviser, Doeg (Peter Arne), Israel's jealous King Saul (Basil Sydney) grows angry over war hero David's (Jeff Chandler) ever-increasing popularity…
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Look Back in Anger (1959)
Cast: Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Mary Ure …
Directed by: Tony Richardson
Disenchanted Jimmy Porter (Richard Burton) ekes out a living running a candy stall by day and playing jazz trumpet by night. Although he usually takes his frustrations out on his emotionless…
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The Black Tent (1956)
Cast: Donald Sinden, Anthony Steel, Anna-Maria Sandri …
Directed by: Brian Desmond Hurst
During WWII in the deserts of North Africa, a wounded British soldier (Anthony Steel) takes refuge with a Bedouin tribe, who nurse him back to health. After marrying the sheik's daughter…