20 Films To Stay In For!

[NappieB]

Wow! 20 favourites!?...impossible task for me.... would be constantly editing and changing...

Some comments on above posts:

Oliver Reed - he used to frequent a particular British-type pub whenever he visited New England - I used that pub as a "local". Once he got rowdy and was arrested and jailed (overnight) with his 18 year old girlfriend. It was in the local rag for weeks... and the pub was delighted at the publicity! Wouldn't ya know... I wasn't there that night!!

Clitheroe Kid - WHAT A CARVE UP - I haven't seen that movie for years...saw it when it first came out (1962 ?), and again about 15 years ago. Great movie!! Likewise HOT MILLIONS - Maggie Smith is totally beautiful and charming... and Ustinov is unforgiveable....lol!! in TOPKAPI he gets a well-deserved Oscar for best supporting actor.

DB7 - DAS BOOT - the definitive WWII submarine movie - gold standard of the genre. And the same comments about THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY - in my opinion the best Western ever made. AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON - I adore Jenny Agutter... good special effects too... and music (Marcels' "Blue Moon" Credence Clearwater Revival "Bad Moon Rising")

Clive Saunders - Your quote - "What an absolute shower!" is from I'M ALL RIGHT JACK - a brilliant movie (that should have been shown during the 1970s heyday of union unrest!)

[clive saunders]

Originally Posted by grandmaster I remember watching "The Runaway Bus "as a very young child. Most of the films on your list have been shown many many times but I have never seen T.R.B. again to this day. Deep in my memory though I can still see Frankie standing beside a fog shrouded bus.

I've recently bought Runaway Bus from Amazon and quality is great!

[clive saunders]

Originally Posted by DB7 Well, if stuck on a desert island, or the Big Brother house (with a dvd player), my twenty would be: They Drive By Night Hell Drivers The Fog American Werewolf in London Dead of Night A Matter of Life and Death Das Boot The Ladykillers Dumb and Dumber Oh, Mr Porter School for Scoundrels Some Like it Hot Withnail & I Grosse Pointe Blank The Good, the Bad and the Ugly The Usual Suspects Witness for the Prosecution The 39 Steps Rear Window Help!

The 39 Steps - great movie - I prefer the Kenneth More version, although the original with Robert Donat is good. Not keen on the Robert Powell version though!

Hell Drivers - good choice!!

[clive saunders]

Originally Posted by NappieB Wow! 20 favourites!?...impossible task for me.... would be constantly editing and changing... Some comments on above posts: Oliver Reed - he used to frequent a particular British-type pub whenever he visited New England - I used that pub as a "local". Once he got rowdy and was arrested and jailed (overnight) with his 18 year old girlfriend. It was in the local rag for weeks... and the pub was delighted at the publicity! Wouldn't ya know... I wasn't there that night!! Clitheroe Kid - WHAT A CARVE UP - I haven't seen that movie for years...saw it when it first came out (1962 ?), and again about 15 years ago. Great movie!! Likewise HOT MILLIONS - Maggie Smith is totally beautiful and charming... and Ustinov is unforgiveable....lol!! in TOPKAPI he gets a well-deserved Oscar for best supporting actor. DB7 - DAS BOOT - the definitive WWII submarine movie - gold standard of the genre. And the same comments about THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY - in my opinion the best Western ever made. AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON - I adore Jenny Agutter... good special effects too... and music (Marcels' "Blue Moon" Credence Clearwater Revival "Bad Moon Rising") Clive Saunders - Your quote - "What an absolute shower!" is from I'M ALL RIGHT JACK - a brilliant movie (that should have been shown during the 1970s heyday of union unrest!)

Yes NappieB, I agree - I'm Allright Jack is a brilliant film - incredibly incisive and well observed and a must-see critique of trades union/management relationships.
And it's very funny!!!

[lordtednfs]

As a former shop steward I am here to tell you my top twenty plus 6 to stay home for, I know it should be twenty but I am open to negotiating:

1. Hell Drivers
2. Venom
3. Where's That Fire
4. Juggernaut
5. Carve Her Name With Pride
6. Coast to Coast
7. 633 Squadron
8. The Wrong Arm Of The law
9. Two Way Sretch
10. Too Many Crooks
11. The Smallest Show On Earth
12. The Quatermass Experiment
13. The Naked Truth
14. The Hill
15. The Day Of The Triffids
16. Straw Dogs
17. Scum
18. Quadrophenia
19. Privates Progress
20. I’m Alright Jack
21. I.D
22. Brighton Rock
23. A Prayer For The Dying
24. 633 Squadron
25. 51st State
26. 10 Rillington Place

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Hooked off the line

[Harleybloke]

The Long Good Friday
The Full Monty
Mona Lisa

[Joenoir]

I recently watched The Naked Truth and Too Many Crooks again. I had found memories of TNT and it didn't disappoint, Mount, Sellars & Thomas on top form. I don't remember TMC being as good as it was, again a very good cast. Two classic British comedies.

[smiffy]

Impossible task but here are twenty that sprang to mind
WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND
DEAD OF NIGHT
THE HOUSE IN NIGHTMARE PARK
GODFATHER 1 & 2
WHAT A CARVE UP
WHERE'S THAT FIRE
OH MR PORTER
A CANTERBURY TALE
THE RUNAWAY BUS
KES
THE GHOST TRAIN
THE GHOST BREAKERS
HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES ( BASIL RATHBONE )
THE HILL
THE 39 STEPS (ROBERT DONAT )
HOBSONS CHOICE
KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS
12 ANGRY MEN
CINEMA PARADISO
DUCK SOUP
I know there are 21 there but G F 1&2 must be watched consecutively

[Maralyn]

Oh dear there are so many but at the time of going to press here is my list. I've popped in one extra.

A Canterbury Tale
The 49th Parallel
Gandhi
The Seventh Veil
Millions Like Us
The Man in Gray
School for Scoundrels
Young and Innocent
The Man in Grey
The Colditz Story
Dangerous Moonlight
Uncles Silas
Black Narcissus
Odd Man Out
This Happy Breed
Obsession
Fanny by Gaslight
Henry V
The Remains of the Day
A Month in the Country
The October Man

Oh there are so very many but these titles above I love dearly.

cheers!

Maralyn

[steve lyden brown]

Originally Posted by batman I met Ollie twice in the 80s. Once at a charity 'do' and again when we worked 'together' (he was the star and I had a walk on, which was cut!). He was an absolute gentleman on both occasions. At the 'do' he was a bit merry but spent a lot of time with the guests. He told some of us that he loved 'playing to the gallery' with his 'boozy' antics, leading me to believe that much of that stuff (the After Dark and 'jug' tv incidents etc) was done for the benefit of those who 'expected' it of him. Bats.

Was your movie career always that of an "extra" or "walk on", or would we know your face from any significant parts you might have been casted for ? ; if so, perhaps we might have seen you featured in a cast list of some worthwhile films ? You clearly have some interesting anecdotes to recount, and all utterly fascinating, I have no doubt.Why not recount some more ? I'd love to learn more about them.

[batman]

I was a 'proper' actor working mainly in rep and touring theatre, but I used to do 'extra' and 'walk on' work too. The amount of film/tv work I did was very small.

Bats.

[716Jones]

Originally Posted by lordtednfs As a former shop steward I am here to tell you my top twenty plus 6 to stay home for, I know it should be twenty but I am open to negotiating: 1. Hell Drivers 2. Venom 3. Where's That Fire 4. Juggernaut 5. Carve Her Name With Pride 6. Coast to Coast 7. 633 Squadron 8. The Wrong Arm Of The law 9. Two Way Sretch 10. Too Many Crooks 11. The Smallest Show On Earth 12. The Quatermass Experiment 13. The Naked Truth 14. The Hill 15. The Day Of The Triffids 16. Straw Dogs 17. Scum 18. Quadrophenia 19. Privates Progress 20. I’m Alright Jack 21. I.D 22. Brighton Rock 23. A Prayer For The Dying 24. 633 Squadron 25. 51st State 26. 10 Rillington Place _________________ Hooked off the line

Well, 633 Sqquadron must be good if you'll stay in twice to see it (7 & 24)

[howard 65]

Meet Me In St Louis
Green For Danger
2000 Women
42nd Street
The Gang's All Here
Tawny Pipit
Random Harverst
Strange Love Of Martha Ivers
Three Comrades
Top Hat
I Know Where I'm Going
Some Like It Hot
Apartment
Mr Skeffington
Black Narcissus
Out Of The Past
The Lady Vanishes
Great Expectations
Fame Is The Spur
The Way To The Stars

As you can see I like Rosamund John.

[batman]

Many of these will stay on my list but some will be different tomorrow ...

on the waterfront
the dark man
dead of night
brighton rock
maltese falcon
halloween
some like it hot
a canterbury tale
went the day well
blackout
zulu
hell is a city
blue lamp
there is another sun
one eyed jacks
the fog
carry on constable
on her majesty's secret service
jaws
oh mr porter

Bats.