This animated fantasy is based on a famed fairy tale by late-19th century writer George MacDonald. It is the tale of a brave...
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1992
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Nick Diamond (Colin Dale) is a private detective hired by a South American midget to guard a box containing a rare treasure....
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Jack Splendide
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1990
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1989
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Originally telecast in December of 1988, A Man for All Seasons was the first made-for-TV film produced on behalf of the TNT...
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One of the chorus
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1988
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Decked out in powdered wig and pasty "dandy" makeup, Richard Chamberlain stars as legendary Venetian lover Giovanni Casanova...
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1987
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Although the title evokes a swashbuckling adventure, Roman Polanski's Pirates tuns out to be a seagoing tale with a bit of a...
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1986
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In this made-for-TV spoof, Robin Hood (George Segal) and his merry men must attempt to gather together the necessary ransom...
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1984
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1984
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This biographical film -- a bit long for most viewers, even in its cut version -- is made especially for ballet aficionados....
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1984
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Director Wim Wenders made his American film bow with the ultra-stylish Hammett. Based on the speculative novel by Joe Gores,...
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English Eddie Hagedorn
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1982
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Hawk the Slayer will appeal most to undiscriminating fans of the sword-and-sorcery genre. The title character, played by John...
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1981
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Diminutive comic actor Roy Kinnear, a familiar face to fans of the films of director Richard Lester, appears in this episode...
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1981
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In this espionage drama, a young CIA operative gets entangled in the abduction of a scientist who possesses a unique formula...
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1979
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Written by Monty Python veterans, More Ripping Yarns includes the skits "The Testing of Eric Olwaite," "Whinfrey's Last...
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1979
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The concept behind the 1977 Hound of the Baskervilles involved having "underground" director Paul Morrissey bring an...
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1978
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Unique in the annals of animated films, Watership Down is a serious, even grim tale that many will find relentless and...
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1978
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Beau Geste, the classic adventure story of a young man's dangerous journeys as part of the French Foreign Legion, becomes the...
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1977
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It's love at first spark plug for Herbie, the spunky Disney Volkswagen, in Herbie Goes To Monte Carlo. Herbie reunites with...
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Quincey
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1977
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1977
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1975
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Lewis Flander and Carol Hawkins star in the hectic British farce Not Now Comrade. Flander plays a Russian ballet dancer who...
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Hoskins
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1975
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In this comical Disney espionage adventure, a herd of nannies team up with Scotland Yard and set off to find important...
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1975
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Comic actor Gene Wilder made his debut as a writer and director in this period comedy in which he plays Sigerson Holmes, the...
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1975
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This comic interpretation of Alexandre Dumas's classic adventure saga picks up where 1974's The Three Musketeers left off, as...
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1975
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Novelist George MacDonald Fraser penned the script for this swashbuckling, picaresque adventure tale. The story is based on...
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1975
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Comedian, actor, and author Barry Humphries wrote and co-stars in this sequel to the surprise international hit...
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1974
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1974
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1974
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Richard Lester's adaptation of The Three Musketeers was only the latest of many when released in 1974, but it arrived with a...
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1973
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The Pied Piper eschews the romanticism of Robert Browning's poem and returns to the grim Grimm Brothers source. Pop singer...
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1972
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1972
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A star-studded cast highlights this musical adaptation of the classic fantasy tales of Lewis Carroll. One day young Alice...
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1972
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Promoted as a family musical by Paramount Pictures, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is more of a black comedy,...
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Mr. Salt
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1971
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An excellent musical score by the Bee Gees adds appeal to this curious little movie about two ten-year olds, Daniel and...
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Mr. Perkins
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1971
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The first appearance of Bette Davis in a made-for-television film has an evil mastermind (Davis) plotting against a CIA agent...
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1971
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The Firechasers, a British film, was given what was assumed to be an added boxoffice boost by having an American star,...
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1970
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Vincente Minnelli directed, and Alan Jay Lerner adapted the stage musical he had written with Burton Lane, for this this...
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1970
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One of the more accomplished entries in Hammer's Dracula series (which would soon lapse into creative anemia during the...
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1970
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Scrooge was designed as a follow-up to 1968's Oliver!, the Oscar-winning musicalization of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist. The...
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1970
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Three sailors on shore leave engage in a series of comedic sexual pursuits in Lock Up Your Daughters!. Jim Dale, Ian Bannen,...
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1969
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The original Avengers series came to an end with this episode. It all begins when a woman clad only in a nightgown is found...
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1969
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The specter of atomic warfare raises its head once again in this bizarre 1969 black comedy, directed by Richard Lester and...
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1969
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In this youthful musical adventure, three lonesome, lovestruck teens decide to kidnap the men they idolize. One is the...
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1968
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Among the first of the late 60s anti-war films that reflected growing concern over the Vietnam War, How I Won the War takes a...
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Clapper
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1967
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1967
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This time around, Steed and Peel come up against an "invisible man." Actually, he only feigns invisibility, but his deception...
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1967
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1966
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In this children's sci-fi film, a young man gets out of tough situations with the assistance of his father's robot, which he...
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1966
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The Informers of the title are a loose grouping of underworld types, upon whom Scotland Yard inspector Nigel Patrick depends...
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1965
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Invited to attend a party at an air base, Steed and Emma arrive to find the place deserted. Suddenly, Steed is knocked...
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1965
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The Hill was unfairly subjected to ridicule by the more obtuse "critics" of 1965 who harped on the fact that it starred...
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1965
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1965
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British pop performer Michael Sarne stars as young Ricky, a kid from London's East End who is yet another victim of urban...
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1964
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Ken Russell's first feature film is a slight comedy about a stodgy British resort. Gormleigh-by-the-Sea is a holiday...
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Henry
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1964
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This Shakespearean release captures a special cinematic staging of the classic play Hamlet, recorded on location at Elsinore...
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1964
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1964
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Roy Kinnear, the diminutive British comic actor who gained international fame in the films of Richard Lester, followed his...
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Stanley Blake
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1964
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Cathy is informed that she is of royal blood -- and in fact is next in line for the British throne. Unfortunately, her only...
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1964
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Considered a bit too sacrilegious for general consumption in 1963, the Boulting brothers' Heavens Above was simply ahead of...
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1963
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This British comedy drama of the lower classes features actors with such thick cockney accents that some prints of the film...
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Fred Gooding
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1963
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Based on a BBC television program, this underworld drama set in London's Soho district created a different sort of role for...
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1963
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1962
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Director Sidney J. Furie was betwixt and between his Canadian TV work and his theatrical-film prominence vis-a-vis...
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1962
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Robert Wagner stars as insensitive Southern landowner who gets a much-overdue dose of humility and democracy when he's...
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1956
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1955
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