Watched last night

[smudge]

Originally Posted by Merton Park I watched 3 Edgar Wallace Mysteries: Who Was Maddox, Act of Murder and Dead Man's Chest, all not bad but the last two didn't have the normal smokey opening and Man of Mystery music. Anyone know why?

Weren't some of these just released as short features in their own right, without the top and tail credits, even though they are still included in the EWM canon?

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[batman]

That's right smudge, I have them all and the first one and some of later ones do not have the smoky bust (ooer) titles.

[Windthrop]

Originally Posted by batman That's right smudge, I have them all and the first one and some of later ones do not have the smoky bust (ooer) titles.

They were still playing the theme music at my local Odeon in the 80s before the film (along a with dreadful 70s 'Disco' Harry Lime theme)

[Joe Fraguela]

Last night I watched the following:-

Trio from 1950 each story introduced by Somerset Maughan and starring Anne Crawford, Nigel Patrick, Kathleen Harrison, Jean Simmons, Michael Rennie, Roland Culver, Betty Ann Davies, Raymond Huntley, Andre Morell, James Hayter, Wilfrid Hyde White, Naunton Wayne, Lana Morris, Mary Merrall, John Laurie, Finlay Currie and Marjorie Fielding. 3 excellent stories with an exceptional cast of Britsh stalwarts.

Then lastly was Black Widow from 1951 released by Exclusive Films and starring Robert Ayres, Christine Nordern, Jennifer Jayne, Anthony Forwood, John Longden, John Harvey, Madoline Thomas and Reginald Dyson. Nicely told story of a wealthy amnesiac Mark Sherwin played by Robert Ayres who gradually regains his memory and remembers who was trying to murder him.

[dpgmel]

Watched Dark Of The Sun aka The Mercenaries starring Rod Taylor good adveture flick set in the Congo in 1960. A good later role for Kenneth More as the drunken doctor. An easy way to spend an hour and half.

[Windthrop]

Watched Witchcraft (1964) last night after looking for a copy for years. Not a classic but very well put together by Don Sharp. Quite atmospheric and the only slight criticism I have is Lon Chaney's lumbering presence did the film few favours but fortunately he was barely in it. Great DVD transfer. Anyone else seen it as I would be interested in what they made of it.

[Joe Fraguela]

Last night I watched Passport to Treason from 1956 starring Rod Cameron, Lois Maxwell, Clifford Evans, Douglas Wilmer, Marianne Stone, Peter Illing, John Colicos, Ballard Berkeley, Trevor Reid, Barbara Burke, Hal Osmond, Andrew Faulds and Derek Sydney.

Rod Cameron plays Mike O'Kelly a Private Investigator, a close friend of his and fellow investigator has been murdered. It all ties in with a forged passport racket and a secret society organisation out for world dominiation. An entertaining b-film. Nice to see Marianne Stone in a featured role as Mike O'Kelly's Secretary Miss Jones who he nicknames 'Jonesy'. Very good supporting cast and use of London locations.

[scholes]

BBC4 All about Thunderbirds.
Interesting facts and figures behind all of the special effects scenes, and interviews with Gerry Anderson and his team.
Francis Matthews was the voice behind Captain Scarlet.

[smudge]

Originally Posted by Joe Fraguela Last night I watched Passport to Treason from 1956 starring Rod Cameron, Lois Maxwell, Clifford Evans, Douglas Wilmer, Marianne Stone, Peter Illing, John Colicos, Ballard Berkeley, Trevor Reid, Barbara Burke, Hal Osmond, Andrew Faulds and Derek Sydney. Rod Cameron plays Mike O'Kelly a Private Investigator, a close friend of his and fellow investigator has been murdered. It all ties in with a forged passport racket and a secret society organisation out for world dominiation. An entertaining b-film. Nice to see Marianne Stone in a featured role as Mike O'Kelly's Secretary Miss Jones who he nicknames 'Jonesy'. Very good supporting cast and use of London locations.

Coincidence! So did we here at Smudge Towers....

Somebody said that this film hadn't been screened on TV since the 60s, but on viewing I recognised it as a film I've had on VHS for years. I would echo your comments Joe, esp. the nice fact that we get Marianne in a featured role for once.

We also saw COME FLY WITH ME - one of those glossy travelogue-type movies produced from MGM British in the 60s; in the vein of THE VIPS and THE YELLOW ROLLS-ROYCE.

An entertaining piece of fluff, most notable for a supporting cast of British regulars (Wattis, Colouris, Malandrinos et al.) and the last cinema appearance of Dolores Hart. She is now, apparently, the only Nun eligible to vote on AMPAS - she still reviews films...(see her IMDb entry).

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[Joe Fraguela]

Originally Posted by smudge Coincidence! So did we here at Smudge Towers.... Somebody said that this film hadn't been screened on TV since the 60s, but on viewing I recognised it as a film I've had on VHS for years. I would echo your comments Joe, esp. the nice fact that we get Marianne in a featured role for once. We also saw COME FLY WITH ME - one of those glossy travelogue-type movies produced from MGM British in the 60s; in the vein of THE VIPS and THE YELLOW ROLLS-ROYCE. An entertaining piece of fluff, most notable for a supporting cast of British regulars (Wattis, Colouris, Malandrinos et al.) and the last cinema appearance of Dolores Hart. She is now, apparently, the only Nun eligible to vote on AMPAS - she still reviews films...(see her IMDb entry). Smudge

I'd never seen Passport To Treason before, after all the hassles of it being shown on Movies 4 Men a while back, it was nice to see that they have now sorted out the problem and have screened the film from the beginning. Entertaining british b-movie, I hope Movies 4 Men screen some more in the future.

[stevie boy]

Originally Posted by Windthrop Watched Witchcraft (1964) last night after looking for a copy for years. Not a classic but very well put together by Don Sharp. Quite atmospheric and the only slight criticism I have is Lon Chaney's lumbering presence did the film few favours but fortunately he was barely in it. Great DVD transfer. Anyone else seen it as I would be interested in what they made of it.

I saw this years ago and remembered it being very good. I believe Jack hedley was in it and the scene where the lady is driving here car is quite spooky.

[stevie boy]

I watched ID and was fascinated by the premise. Very well made and disturbing, but worth watching

[stevie boy]

Originally Posted by stevie boy Deathtrap with Caine,Reeve and Cannon. Blody good, much better than Sleuth

check out Caine's acting in this film, an absolute masterclass, especially the phone call for the ambulance

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Originally Posted by stevie boy check out Caine's acting in this film, an absolute masterclass, especially the phone call for the ambulance

And if you want to see Caine in an even better performance, seek out his (relatively) recent film, THE STATEMENT. He's brilliant in it - it was on TV a few weeks ago...

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[suzepulcheria]

I watched Major Barbara- the one with Wendy Hiller, Rex Harrison, Robert Morley, Sybil Thorndike, Robert Newton and bit parts from Miles Malleson, Stanley Holloway, Felix Aylmer, OB Clarence, Kathleen Harrison. Great stuff!