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Harbottle
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Battle of the V-1 (1958) R.2. DVD. Starring Michael Rennie and David Knight, Christopher Lee gets high billing but strangely only appears briefly in a couple of scenes. Using wartime footage and a modest budget, Eros manages to tell the story well. Rennie and Knight play members of the Polish underground persuing vital information on the first terrifying V weapon, and the story rattles along nicely.
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dremble wedge
is sitting in your kitchen eating meagre meals with
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Steve Crook
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The Passions of Vaughan Williams (BBC 4)
A very interesting documentary about the composer, his passions, and his music. Ralph (pron. Rafe) Vaughan Williams, composer of the music for 49th Parallel (and given a prominent credit for it), Scott of the Antarctic and others ... Never a very religious man, he was English after all, he wrote a lot of great hymns and other church music. A very English composer, the equal of Elgar and any others you can think of. Well worth watching Steve |
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Harbottle
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Piccadilly Third Stop (1960) DVD-R. Excellent heist picture starring Terence Morgan, John Crawford and a terrific turn by William Hartnell. The tension is excellently handled by director Wolf Rilla, and I loved the way "The Colonel" Hartnell's accent slipped from clipped tones of Sandhurst to the East End of London.
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batman
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"Piccadilly Third Stop with Terence Morgan, John Crawford, Yoko Tani and William Hartnell, directed by Wolf Rilla. Top-notch early 60s caper yarn enlivened by some good performances and a cracking soundtrack. Highly recommended." .... it really is a very good film. BAT QUIZ 16 HAS JUST BEEN POSTED IN THE COMPETITION THREAD - 06/01/09 Last edited by batman; 25-05-2008 at 01:44 PM.. |
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Harbottle
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Puppet on a Chain (1971) R.2. DVD. Instantly forgettable enterprise from the pen of Alistair MacLean, not helped by a less than charismatic central performance in the the lead role by Swedish thesp Sven-Bertil Taube. The supporting cast includes reliables Alexander Knox, Patrick Allen and the always sinister presence of Vladek Sheybal. It is rescued from tedium somewhat by the use of Amsterdam as the location, including a memorable chase sequence.
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Windthrop
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Grip of the Strangler - variation of Jekyll and Hyde and though the film is in places a bit daft it does contain a truly compelling performance from Boris Karloff. He worked with the same director again in Corridors of Blood. Again not a great film but contains another great Karloff performance.
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Harbottle
is potty
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Pink String and Sealing Wax (1946) R.2. DVD. My film marathon continues
Not the best Ealing film ever made but not bad either, especially good performances by Mervyn Johns and Googie Withers. The problem with it for me is the ease of the denouement, and the sub-plots to the main story.
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suzepulcheria
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Watched Captain Blood (1935) with Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland and loads of supporting British stalwarts, such as the redoubtable EE Clive. Although those swashbucklers were Hollywood they had a real British air, perhaps because of all those expatriate actors.
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