Movie Serials, Series and Sequels
Serials
- The Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu (TV, 1956)
- Cast: Glenn Gordon, Lester Matthews, Clark Howat, Carla Balenda.
Based on the story by Sax Rohmer. The golden god of Dr. Fu Manchu / writer, Richard Landru director, Franklin Adreon -- The master plan of Dr. Fu Manchu / writer, Arthur Orloff ; director, William Witney. Television dramas about the villainous Chinese master criminal Dr. Fu Manchu and his nemesis Sir Nayland Smith. 60 min. Video/C 8283
Mask of Fu Manchu (1932; feature film) DVD 6521; vhs 999:1242
- Adventures of Tarzan (1921)
- Directed by Robert F. Hill and Scott Sidney. Cast: Elmo Lincoln, Louise Lorraine, Scott Pembroke, Frank Whitson, George Monberg. Fifteen chapters of a silent motion picture serial adapted from the concluding chapters of Burroughs' The Return of Tarzan. Tarzan travels to the city of Opar to foil the evil Rokoff and save Jane. The scene of Tarzan (Elmo Lincoln) fighting and killing the lion was a real one. The lion attacked Lincoln, who was forced to fight for his life and manged to kill the animal after stabbing it several times. The scene was left in the film.
186 min. 999:3784
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database - The New Adventures of Tarzan (1935)
- Director, Edward A. Kull. Cast: Herman Brix, Ula Holt, Frank Baker, Don Castello, Dale Walsh, Harry Ernest, Lew Sargent. In this 1935 motion picture serial Tarzan must go to Guatemala to help a friend find a lost jewel-covered statue. Hostile natives and the evil machinations of Raglon, a ruthless mercenary who wants the idol for his own sinister purpose, threaten the safety of the explorers and the very life of the mighty Tarzan as he valiantly attempts to retrieve the idol and save his companions. Chapter 1. A new adventure -- Ch. 2. Crossed trails -- Ch. 3. Devil's noose -- Ch. 4. River perils -- Ch. 5. Unseen hands -- Ch. 6. Fatal fangs -- Ch. 7. Flaming waters -- Ch. 8. Angry gods -- Ch. 9. Doom's brink -- Ch. 10. Secret signals -- Ch. 11. Death's fireworks -- Ch. 12. Operator 17. DVD 7301
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- Batman (1943)
- Directed by Lambert Hillyer. Cast: Lewis Wilson, Douglas Croft, J. Carrol Naish, Shirley Patterson.
This is the Batman that started it all in a 1943 movie serial. Watch as mild-mannered Bruce Wayne becomes Batman, the classic superhero who, with Robin, protects Gotham City from the evil schemes of Dr. Tito Daka. Based on the Batman comic magazine feature by Bob Kane, appearing in Detective comics and Batman magazines.
Contents: Electrical brain -- Bat's cave -- Mark of the Zombies -- Slaves of the rising sun -- Living corpse -- Poison pearl -- Phony doctor -- Lured by radium -- Sign of the sphinx -- Flying spies -- Nipponese trap -- Embers of evil -- Eight steps down -- Executioner strikes -- Doom of the rising sun. 259 min. DVD 7267
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- Black Widow (1947)
- Madame Sombra wants to help her tyrannical father become emperor of Earth and will stop at nothing to achieve her goal. Under the guise of the treacherous Black Widow Gang, she embarks on a mission to steal America's top-secret atomic weapons. Luring her victims into her "web" disguised as a fortune-teller, Sombra the "Spider Woman" eliminates her enemies by injecting them with deadly spider venom. 999:1250
- Buck Rogers (1939)
- Directed by Ford I. Beebe and Saul A. Goodkind. Cast: Buster Crabbe, Constance Moore, Jackie Moran, Jack Mulhall, Anthony Warde, Guy Usher, C. Montague Shaw, Henry Brandon, Wheeler Oakman, Philson Ahn. In this action packed science fiction serial in 12 chapters, Buck Rogers and young Buddy Wade, preserved in a state of suspended animation for 500 years, are brought back to life by future Earth scientists. They awaken in the year 2500 A.D. to find planet Earth in a state of emergency being ruled by Killer Kane and his super gangsters. Buck and Buddy solicit the help of the planet Saturn to rid the universe of this sinister tyrant. Thus, the spectacular intergalactic battles begin.
Contents: Tomorrow's world -- Tragedy on Saturn -- The enemy's stronghold -- The sky patrol -- The phantom plane -- The unknown command -- Primitive urge -- Revolt of the zuggs -- Bodies without minds -- Broken barriers -- A prince in bondage -- War of the planets. 241 min. Based on the comic strip by Dick Calkins
DVD 318
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- Fantômas (1913-1914)
- Directed by Louis Feuillade. Films from the silent serial crime saga with the evil Fantômas battling Inspector Juve. Based on novels by Pierre Souvestre and Marcel Allain. [Disc 1]. Fantômas(A l'ombre de la guillotine) (1913, 54 min.). Juve contre Fantômas(1913, 60 min.). Le mort qui tue (1913, 91 min.) -- [Disc 2]. Fantômascontre Fantomas (1914, 59 min.). Le faux magistrat (1914, 70 min.). Special features. Photography, Georges Guerin and Albert Sorgius. Cast: Rene Navarre, Edmond Breon, Georges Melchior, Renee Carl, Andre Luguet, Yvette Andreyor. Special features: Photo gallery, covers of the novels, sinister crime stories of the time, illustrated filmographies, a comparison of the original novels with the films, interviews with Marcel Allain, clips from the show "Pour le plaisir" (Rendez-vous avec Fantômas, created by Georges Franju, 1966) and "Bonnes adresses pour rever" (created by Roland Bernard, 1969). DVD 5868
- Flash Gordon
- Based on the comic strip by Alex Raymond.
Fiery Planet(1934)
- Director, Frederick Stephani. Cast: Larry "Buster" Crabbe, Jean Rogers, Priscilla Lawson, Charles Middleton, Frank Shannon. Flash Gordon battles Ming the Merciless and other terrible aliens. 999:1366
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe(1940)- Directed by Ford Beebe and Ray Taylor. Cast: Larry (Buster) Crabbe, Carol Hughes, Anne Gwynne, Charles Middleton. The earth is dying! A rocket over the planet is dropping a purple dust into the atmosphere, causing instant death! Flash Gordon and his companions head back to Mongo, the source of the plague. Upon landing, Flash discovers that none other than their arch enemy, Ming the Merciless, is the madman behind the carnage. He also learns of Polarite--the antidote which can only be found in Frigia. Flash and his companions head for Frigia pursued by Ming's soldiers. Contents: 1. The purple death -- 2. Freezing torture -- 3. Walking bombs -- 4. The destroying ray -- 5. The palace of terror -- 6. Flaming death -- 7. The land of the dead -- 8. The fiery abyss -- 9. The pool of peril -- 10. The death mist -- 11. Stark treachery -- 12. Doom of the dictator. 234 min. DVD 6957
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseFlash Gordon's Trip to Mars(1938)- Directed by Ford Beebe and Robert Hill. Cast: Larry (Buster) Crabbe, Jean Rogers, Charles Middleton, Frank Shannon, Beatrice Roberts. To save the earth from destruction by a giant ray lamp, Flash Gordon and friends travel to Mars, where they battle and eventually overcome their mortal enemy, Ming the Merciless. This early science fiction film features flying Martians, spaceship battalions, clay people who ooze from cave walls, a light bridge, and other special effects. 299 min. DVD 6958
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseFlash Gordon: Space Soldiers(1938)- Directed by Frederick Stephani and Ray Taylor Cast: Frank Shannon, "Buster" Crabbe, Charles Middleton, Jean Rogers, Priscilla Lawson. A mysterious planet comes hurtling through space and threatens to destroy the Earth. Flash Gordon blasts off to the planet Mongo with Dr. Hans Zarkov and Dale Arden, where he battles Ming the Merciless, Hawkmen, Lionmen, sacred Gockos, orangaphoids, melting rays, sky cities, rocket fleets, atom furnaces, and tournaments of death in order to rescue the world from impending doom. Contents: The planet of Peril -- The tunnel of terror -- Captured by Shark Men -- Battling the sea beast -- The destroying ray -- Flaming torture -- Shattering doom -- Tournament of death -- Fighting the fire dragon -- The unseen peril -- In the claws of the tigron -- Trapped in the turret -- Rocketing to Earth. In 1951, Flash Gordon reverted to King Features which produced a short-lived TV series (1953-1954). King Features renamed the 1936 motion picture from "Flash Gordon" to "Space soldiers" to avoid confusion. 245 min. DVD 6959
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseFlash Gordon (TV, 1953-1965)- Based on Alex Raymond's legendary sci-fi comic strip hero, these vintage television episodes present the journeys of space hero Flash Gordon (Steve Holland). Along with Dale Arden (Irene Champlin) and the brilliant Dr. Zharkov (Joe Nash), Flash struggles to keep the cosmos safe. 3 episodes, 30 min. each. DVD 2860
- Barshay, R. "Ethnic stereotypes in Flash Gordon." Journal of Popular Film and Television Vol III nr 1 (Winter 1974); p 15-30
Kinnard, Roy. "The Flash Gordon serials." Films in Review Vol XXXIX nr 4 (Apr 1988); p 194-203
Tracey, Grant. "Flash Gordon." Images, 4
Turner, George. "Making the Flash Gordon serials." American Cinematographer Vol LXIV nr 6 (June 1983); p 56-62,117-122
- Judex (silent, 1917)
- Directed by Louis Feuillade. One of cinema's first 'superheroes,' the mysterious Judex in these early silent films is torn between an oath of justice against the wealthy banker Favraux, who had earlier wronged his family, and his secret love of Favraux's daughter, Jacqueline. This framework is the basis of a series of extraordinary and engaging incidents involving Judex's brother, the evil Diana Monti and her accomplices, the detective Cocatin, and the charming Licorice Kid. Disc 1: Prologue -- 1. The mysterious shadow -- 2. The atonement -- 3. The fantastic dog pack -- 4. The secret of the tomb -- 5. The tragic mill -- Disc 2: 6. The Liquorice Kid -- 7. The woman in black -- 8. The underground passages of the Chateau-Rouge -- 9. When the child appeared -- 10. Jacqueline's heart -- 11. The water goddess -- 12. Love's forgiveness. Features a newly recorded score by Robert Israel. Also included: The music of Judex, an 18 minute featurette in which Robert Israel discusses scoring Judex and an essay by film historian Jan-Christopher Horak. 315 min. DVD 6178
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- Jungle Girl (1941)
- Directed by William Witney & John English. Cast: Frances Gifford, Tom Neal, Trevor Bardette, Frank Lackteen, Gerald Mohr, David Sharpe (stuntwork)
Fifteen chapters of a motion picture serial adapted from the Edgar Rice Burroughs' novel jungle girl packed with thrilling cliffhangers as opposing sides fought from chapter to chapter for a fortune in diamonds hidden in the African jungle. Contents: Death by woodoo -- Queen of the beasts -- River of fire -- Treachery -- Jungle vengeance -- Tribal fury -- The poison dart -- Man trap -- Treasure tomb -- Jungle killer -- Dangerous secret -- Trapped -- Ambush -- Diamond trail -- Flight to freedom.
267 min. DVD 6936Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Jungle Jim (1936)
- Directed by Ford Beebe and Clifford Smith. Cast: Grant Withers, Betty Jane Rhodes, Raymond Hatton, Paul Sutton, Evelyn Brent, Henry Brandon, Bryant Washburn.
In this motion picture serial, Jungle Jim leads a safari into darkest Africa, to find the whereabouts of Joan, a young heiress who disappeared in the jungle. Joan has fallen under the influence of The Cobra and become the ruler of a small native tribe. Jungle Jim rescues her from the tribe but they still have to get through the jungle without being caught by another safari that wants the girl dead so they can try to get hold of her inheritance. Contents: 1. Into the lion's den -- 2. The cobra strikes -- 3. The menacing herd -- 4. The killer's trail -- 5. The bridge of terror -- 6. Drums of doom -- 7. The earth trembles -- 8. The killer lion -- 9. The devil bird -- 10. Descending doom -- 11. In the cobra's castle -- 12. The last safari. Based on a comic strip by Alex Raymond, the creator of "Flash Gordon."
DVD 7639
- Berenstein, Rhona J. "White Heroines and Hearts of Darkness: Race, Gender and Disguise in 1930s Jungle Films."
Film History, Vol. 6, No. 3, Exploitation Film (Autumn, 1994), pp. 314-339 UC users only
- The Master Mystery (1920)
- Director, Burton L. King. Cast: Harry Houdini, Marguerite Marsh, Jack Burns, Ruth Stonehouse, Charles Graham.
A motion picture serial starring Houdini as government agent Quentin Locke who infiltrates a corrupt patents company, only to run into the gleaming terror of its robot protector, the Automaton. In order to save the beautiful Eva Brent and find a cure for the dreaded Madagascar Madness, Locke suffers an inhuman array of tortures and physical restraints. He is chained, tied with barbared wire, padlocked in a crate and thrown in the water, tied beneath a descending elevator, strapped to an electric chair, and bound in an elaborate Oriental torture chamber. Chapter titles: Disc 1. (1) Living Death -- (2) The Iron Terror -- (3) The Water Peril -- (4) The Test -- (5) The Chemist's Shop -- (6) The Mad Genius -- (7) Barbed Wire -- (9) The Madagascan Madness -- (11) The Net -- (12) The Death Noose -- Disc. 2 (13) The Flash of Death -- (14) The Tangled Web -- (15) Bound at Last [or] The Unmasking of the Automaton. Portions of the film no longer survive. Missing episodes 8 ("The challenge") and 10 ("The binding ring") are bridged with explanatory text. DVD 9731
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- The Perils of Pauline (1914)
- Directors, Louis J. Gasnier, Donald MacKenzie. Cast: Pearl White, Crane Wilber, Paul Panzer; Exploits of Elaine: Pearl White, Arnold Daly, Creighton Hale. When Pauline inherits a vast fortune her "perils" begin when a rogue named Koerner plots to separate her from her money. He goes on to employ all kinds of deadly devises as he attempts to kill her, but Pauline, a self-reliant and ever-so-modern woman, successfully survives them all. 127 min.
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- Installments of Perils of Pauline on Lost Serials anthology DVD X228
- Sarris, Andrew. "The Auteur Theory and the Perils of Pauline." Film Quarterly, Vol. 16, No. 4. (Summer, 1963), pp. 26-33.
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- The Phantom of the West (1931)
- Directed by D. Ross Lederman. Cast: Tom Tyler, Kermit Mayard, William Desmond, Dorothy Gulliver.
A 10 episode Mascot Serial. An escaped convict tells rancher Jim Lester that the real murderer of his father is hiding in a nearby town. A mysterious Phantom starts terrorizing the town, asking "Will you talk or must seven men pay for one man's crime?" Will the Phantom finally discover the identity of the killer? 161 min. DVD 7939
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- Radar Men from the Moon(1952)
- Directed by Fred C. Brannon. Cast: George Wallace, Aline Towne, Clayton Moore, Roy Barcroft. In this motion picture serial strategic targets on Earth are being destroyed by an unknown weapon. Government security head Henderson suspects it's an "atomic ray" originating from the moon! He assigns Commando Cody, scientist and man of action with a secret flying suit, to investigate. Soon, Cody is battling Earth thugs in the pay of Krog the moon man and making trips in his experimental rocket to the moon itself, in a perilous and all but singlehanded effort to thwart the planned invasion of Earth.
1. Moon rocket -- 2. Molton terror -- 3. Bridge of death -- 4. Flight of destruction -- 5. Murder car -- 6. Hills of death -- 7. Camouflaged destruction -- 8. The enemy planet -- 9. Battle in the stratosphere -- 10. Mass execution -- 11. Planned pursuit -- 12. Death of the Moon Man.
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- Le raid en avion (Der Flug um den Erdbal)(1924)
- Production, Ellen Richter; realisation, Willi Wolff. 1924 serial produced in France. DVD 9633-DVD 9638 (Bonus feature on anthology Retour de flamme. une seance de cinematographe)
- The Return of Chandu(1934)
- Directed by Ray Taylor. Cast: Bela Lugosi, Maria Alba, Clara Kimball Young, Lucien Prival. In this motion picture serial followers of the black magic Cult of Ubasti kidnap and plan to sacrifice the beautiful princess Nadji so they may conquer the world. The magician Chandu, his sister, niece and nephew, follow to the magic island of Lemuria to battle the evil priests of Ubasti. Originally produced as a 12 episode motion picture serial in 1934. DVD 7319
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- Secret Agent X-9(1945)
- Directed by Lewis D. Collins and Ray Taylor. Cast: Jan Wiley, Lloyd Bridges, Keye Luke, Victoria Horne, Edmund Cobb, Samuel S. Hinds. Thirteen chapters of a motion picture serial adapted from the the comic strip by artist Alex Raymond and writer Dashiell Hammett. In this action-packed serial secret agents from America, China and Australia join forces to stop the Nazis from getting a secret formula that would allow them to create synthetic fuel. Includes the entire 13 episode serial. Contents: Torpedo rendezvous -- Ringed by fire -- Death curve -- Floodlight murder -- Doom downgrade -- Strafed by a Zero -- High pressure deadline -- Dropping floor -- Danger point -- Japanese burial -- Fireworkds for deadmen -- Big gun fusillade -- Zero minute. 252 min. DVD 6937
- The Serial Squadron Lost Serial Collection
- Cast: Mary Fuller, Helen Holmes, Helen Gibson, Pearl White, Marguerite Snow, Arline Pretty, Warner Oland, Ruth Roland, Eddie Polo, Ben Wilson, William Desmond, Francis X. Bushman, Walter Miller, Ethlyne Clair. Features clips, short sequences and chapters from over 30 extremely rare film serials that may be lost forever, except for what you can see here. ... These scenes and chapters are presented as they might have been originally shown, each with a new opening title and music, and no intrusive narration or explanations. Stills and posters from some of the serials are also included. Contents: Disc 1. Leading Ladies: What happened to Mary, 1912 -- The hazards of Helen, 1914 -- Zudora, "The sleeping house", 1914 -- A woman in grey, 1920. Pearl White: The perils of Pauline, 1914 -- Pearl of the Army, 1916 -- The iron claw (ch.7), 1916 -- The fatal ring, 1917 -- The lightning raider (ch.1), 1919 -- Plunder (ch.9, ch.15), 1923 -- Terror (the perils of Paris), 1924. Ruth Roland: The tiger's trail, 1919 -- Ruth of the Rockies, 1920 -- White eagle, 1921 -- The timber queen, 1922 -- Haunted valley, 1923. Disc 2. Leading Men: Hurricane Hutch (trailer), 1921 -- Captain Kidd (ch.2, 11), 1922 -- The flame fighter (trailer, ch.2, 3), 1925 -- Officer 444, 1926 -- Return of the Riddle Rider (trailer), 1927 -- The Mystery Rider (trailer), 1928. More Perils: The shielding shadow, 1916 -- The third eye, 1920 -- The steel trail, 1923 -- The fast express, 1924 -- King of the jungle (trailer), 1927 -- The man without a face, 1927 -- Whispering Smith rides (trailer), 1927 -- A final reckoning (trailer), 1928 -- The haunted island (trailer), 1928 -- The scarlet arrow (trailer), 1928 -- The terrible people, 1928 -- Queen of the northwoods, 1929 -- The masked rider (trailer), 1919. DVD X228
- Shadow of Chinatown (1936)
- Directed by Robert Hill. Cast: Bela Lugosi ; Herman Brix, Joan Barclay, Luana Walters, Maurice Liu.
In San Francisco's Chinatown a mad scientist, Victor Poten, commandeers a gang of ruthless thugs and is in cahoots with the evil Sonya Rokoff, a stunning Eurasian beauty who instigates all sorts of heinous acts in her determination to ruin her competition, the merchants of Chinatown. Poten and Sonya are pitted against intrepid reporter, Joan Whiting and her stalwart hero, Martin Andrews, who faithfully rushes to rescue her when her aggressive and inquisitive nature lands her in the hottest of water. Fifteen episodes, approximately 18 minutes each. 282 min. DVD 612; vhs 999:999:1249Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- SOS Coast Guard (1937)
- Directed by William Witney and Alan James. Cast: Carleton Young, Allen Connor, George Chesebro, Ranny Weeks. In this motion picture serial America's valiant protectors of our nation's shores go to battle against sinister forces who want to control the world. DVD 7320
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- Trader Tom of the China Seas (1954 TV serial)
- Performers: Harry Lauter, Aline Towne, Lyle Talbot, Victor Sen Yung, Robert Shayne, Fred Graham. Episodes of the 1954 television adventure thriller series in which a daring island trader and a shpwrecked beauty work as undercover agents to protect Bumatra and help the United Nations safeguard the Asian corridor. 999:1230
- Les Vampires (1916)
- Directed by Louis Feuillade. Cast: Musidora, Edouard Mathe, Marcel Levesque, Jean Ayme, Fernand Herrmann, Stacia Napierkowska. 1. The severed head -- 2. The ring that kills -- 3. The red code book -- 4. The spectre -- 5. Dead man's escape -- 6. Hypnotic eyes -- 7. Satanas -- 8. The thunder master -- 9. The poisoner -- 10. The terrible wedding. A legendary 7 hour silent crime serial in 10 episodes describing the achievements of Les Vampires, a secret society of criminals led by Irma Vep. The gang uses kidnapping, poisonous gas, heavy artillery, sexual domination and murder to gain power over the elite of Paris. Special features: Inserted essay: The public is my master, Louis Feuillade and Les Vampires by Fabrice Zagury; For the children: a comedy sketch by the cast and crew of Les Vampires to raise funds for the French war orphans. Directed by Louis Feuillade (1916, 3 min.); Bout-de-Zan and the shirker: a comedy that features the child actor, Bout-De-Zan, from episode 8 of Les Vampires. Directed by Louis Feuillade (1916, 8 min.)
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- Zorro's Fighting Legion (1939)
- Directed by John English and William Witney. Republic Pictures. Cast: Reed Hadley, Sheila Darcy, William Corson. This 12-part motion picture serial places Don Diego in Mexico. Disguised as Zorro, he joins the conflict between the Mexican state and the Yaqui people. It seems a strange and mysterious figure in gold armor and mask is being worshipped by the Yaqui, who rally behind their new leader to steal gold shipments from their Mexican neighbors. Diego must find out who is behind the false golden god and expose him for the good of peace. Chapter 1. The golden god -- Ch. 2. The flaming "Z" -- Ch. 3. Descending doom -- Ch. 4. The bridge of peril -- Ch. 5. The decoy -- Ch. 6. Zorro to the rescue -- Ch. 7. The fugitive -- Ch. 8. Flowing death -- Ch. 9. The golden arrow -- Ch. 10. Mystery wagon -- Ch. 11. Face to face -- Ch.12. Unmasked. DVD 7299
Series and Sequels
- Airport Series
- For descriptions of individual films in this series SEE Disaster Films
Airport (1970)
- Directed by George Seaton. Cast: Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Jean Seberg, Jacqueline Bisset, George Kennedy, Helen Hayes, Van Heflin, Maureen Stapleton, Barry Nelson. 137 min. DVD 4630
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseAirport 1975 (1974)- Directed by Jack Smight. Cast: Charlton Heston, Karen Black, Geoge Kennedy, Gloria Swanson, HElen Reddy, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Susan Clark, Sid Caesar, Linda Blair, Dand Andrews, Roy Thinnes, Nancy Olson. 107 min. DVD 4630
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseAirport 1977 (1977)- Directed by Jerry Jameson. Cast: Jack Lemmon, Lee Grant, Brenda Vaccaro, Joseph Cotten, Olivia de Haviland, Darren McGavin, Christopher Lee, George Kennedy, James Stewart. 114 min. DVD 4630
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseAirport 1979: The Concorde (1979)- Directed by David Lowell Rich. Cast: David Warner, Mercedes McCambridge, Martha Raye, Avery Schreiber, Cicely Tyson. 114 min. DVD 4630
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- For descriptions of individual films in this series SEE Science Fiction
Alien (1979)
- Directed by Ridley Scott. Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, Yaphet Kotto. 116 min. DVD 2180; vhs 999:410
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseAliens (1986)- Directed by James Cameron. Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser. 154 min. DVD 2181; vhs 999:2114
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseAlien 3 (1992)- Directed by David Fincher. Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Charles S. Dutton, Charles Dance, Lance Henriksen. 115 min. DVD 2182; vhs 999:2115
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseAlien Resurrection (1997)- Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Ron Perlman, Dan Hedaya, J.E. Freedman, Brad Dourif. 108 min. DVD 2183; vhs 999:2116
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseAlien Quadrilogy: Supplemental Disc (c2003)- Presents supplemental features to the four films "Alien, Aliens, Alien 3 and Alien Resurrection plus an "Alien Evolution" documentary, and Ridley Scott interview. DVD 2184
- Austin Powers
- For descriptions of individual films in this series SEE Comedy
Austin Powers, International Man of Mystery (1997)
- Directed by Jay Roach. Cast: Mike Myers, Elizabeth Hurley, Michael York, Mimi Rogers, Robert Wagner, Seth Green, Fabiana Udenio, Mindy Sterling, Paul Dillon, Charles Napier. 90 min. DVD X844
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Austin Powers, The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)- Directed by Jay Roach. Cast: Mike Myers, Heather Graham, Michael York, Rob Lowe, Robert Wagner, Seth Green and Elizabeth Hurley. Intent on world domination, diabolical genius Dr. Evil travels back to 1969 and steals Austin's "mojo". 95 min. DVD X845
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Austin Powers, Goldmember (2002)- Directed by Jay Roach. Cast: Mike Myers, Beyoncé Knowles, Seth Green, Michael York, Robert Wagner, Mindy Sterling, Verne Troyer, Michael Caine. 105 min. DVD X846
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- Back to the Future Series
- For descriptions of individual films in this series SEE Science Fiction
Back to the Future (1985)
- Directed by Robert Zemeckis. 116 min. DVD 4291; vhs 999:966
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseBack to the Future II (1989)- Directed by Robert Zemeckis. 116 min. DVD 4291; vhs 999:967
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Back to the Future III (1990) - Directed by Robert Zemeckis. 118 min. DVD 4291; vhs 999:968
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- Batman Series
- For descriptions of individual films in this series SEE Fantasy Films
Batman (1989)
- Directed by Tim Burton. Cast: Jack Nicholson, Michael Keaton, Kim Basinger, Robert Wuhl, Pat Hingle, Billy Dee Williams, Michael Gough, Jack Palance. 126 min. DVD 4093
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseBatman (1989)- Directed by Tim Burton. Cast: Jack Nicholson, Michael Keaton, Kim Basinger, Robert Wuhl, Pat Hingle, Billy Dee Williams, Michael Gough, Jack Palance. 126 min. DVD 4093
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseBatman Begins (2005)- Directed by Christopher Nolan. Cast: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Gary Oldman, Cillian Murphy, Tom Wilkinson, Rutger Hauer, Ken Watanabe, Morgan Freeman. 140 min. DVD 5249
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseBatman Returns (1992)- Directed by Tim Burton. Cast: Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken. 126 min. DVD 4094
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseThe Dark Knight(2008)- Directed by Christopher Nolan. Cast: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Heath Ledger, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Morgan Freeman, Monique Gabriela Curnen, Ron Dean, Cillian Murphy, Chin Han, Nestor Carbonell, Eric Roberts, Ritchie Coster, Anthony Michael Hall. Special features (Disc 2): Gotham uncovered: creation of a scene; The dark knight IMAX scenes; Gotham tonight; The galleries; trailers. 153 min. DVD X749
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- Belle de Jour
- Belle de Jour (France / Italy, 1967)
- Directed by Luis Buñuel. Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, Michel Piccoli, Geneviève Page. Subtle, erotic film about a wealthy young surgeon's wife who indulges her masochistic fantasies by working as a part-time prostitute in a Paris brothel. 95 min. DVD 1104; vhs 999:1113 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Belle toujours (Portugal / France, 2006)
- Directed by Manoel de Oliveira. Cast: Michel Piccoli, Bulle Ogier, Ricardo Trêpa, Leonor Baldaque, Júlia Buisel.
A sequel to Luis Buñuel's 1967 film Belle de jour. Thirty-eight years after their last encounter, Henri thinks he sees Séverine, now a widow. He blackmails her into seeing him by threatening to reveal her dark secret-- that years ago she had been a prostitute. Special features: Interviews with Manoel de Oliveira, Michel Piccoli, Bulle Ogier and Ricardo Trêpa; featurette on the film's world premiere at the Venice Film Festival; trailer; film and set stills gallery; credits. 70 min. DVD X2153
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- Beverly Hills Cop
- Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
- Directed by Martin Brest. Cast: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Lisa Eilbacher, Ronny Cox, Steven Berkoff, James Russo, Jonathan Banks, Stephen Elliott, Gilbert R. Hill. 105 min. DVD X1034; vhs 999:3181
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseBeverly Hills Cop II (1987)- Directed by Tony Scott. Cast: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Jürgen Prochnow, Ronny Cox, John Ashton, Brigitte Nielsen, Allen Garfield, Paul Reiser. 102 min. DVD X1034
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseBeverly Hills Cop III (1994)- Directed by John Landis. Cast: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Hector Elizondo, Theresa Randle. 104 min. DVD X1034
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database - Directed by Martin Brest. Cast: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Lisa Eilbacher, Ronny Cox, Steven Berkoff, James Russo, Jonathan Banks, Stephen Elliott, Gilbert R. Hill. 105 min. DVD X1034; vhs 999:3181
- Billy Jack Films
- Billy Jack (1971)
- Directed by Tom Laughlin. 114 min. DVD X2003; vhs 999:1168
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseThe Born Losers(1967)- Directed by T.C. Frank. Cast: Tom Laughlin, Elizabeth James, Jeremy Slate, William Wellman Jr., Jane Russell. 113 min. DVD X2004
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseThe Trial of Billy Jack(1974)- Directed by Frank Laughlin. Cast: Tom Laughlin, Delores Taylor, Victor Izay, Teresa Laughlin, Bong Soo Han, William Wellman, Jr. 173 min. DVD X2005
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseBilly Jack Goes to Washington(1977)- Directed by T.C. Frank. Cast: Tom Laughlin, Delores Taylor, E.G. Marshall, Teresa Laughlin, Sam Wanamaker, Dick Gautier, John Lawlor, Peter Donat, Michael Irving, Lucie Arnaz. 173 min. DVD X2006
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database - Directed by Tom Laughlin. 114 min. DVD X2003; vhs 999:1168
- La Cage Aux Folles
- La Cage Aux Folles. (France / Italy, 1978)
- Directed by Edouard Molinaro. Cast: Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Serrault, Michel Galabru, Claire Maurier, Remi Laurent, Carmen Scarpitti, Benny Luke, Luisa Maneri. DVD 782; VHS 999:976
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Movie Review Query Engine- Sikov, Ed. "Homosexuals, Bandits, and Gangsters: Gay Images in La Cage aux Folles." Cineaste, vol. 11 no. 4. 1982. pp: 30-35.
Tavernier-Courbin, Jacqueline. "La Cage aux Folles as Comedy of Manners: From the Play to the Film." Thalia: Studies in Literary Humor, vol. 7 no. 2. 1984 Fall-Winter. pp: 44-50.
La Cage aux Folles II (France / Italy, 1981)- Director, Marcello Danon. Cast: Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Serrault, Marcel Bozzuffi, Paola Barboni, Giovanni Vettorazzo, Benny Luke. 100 min. DVD 783
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database - Directed by Edouard Molinaro. Cast: Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Serrault, Michel Galabru, Claire Maurier, Remi Laurent, Carmen Scarpitti, Benny Luke, Luisa Maneri. DVD 782; VHS 999:976
- Charlie Chan
- For descriptions of individual films in this series SEE The Movies, Race, and Ethnicity: Asians/Asian Americans
Black Magic (Meeting at Midnight)(1944)
- Directed by Phil Rosen. Cast: Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Frances Chan, Joseph Crehan. C 67 min. DVD 2705; VHS 999:1245
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseCharlie Chan at the Circus (1936)- Directed by Harry Lachman. Cast: Warner Oland, Keye Luke, George Brasno, Olive Brasno, Francis Ford, Maxine Reiner. 72 min. DVD 6774
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseCharlie Chan at the Olympics (1937)- Directed by Harry Lachman. Cast: Warner Oland, Katherine DeMille, Pauline Moore, Allan Lane, Keye Luke, C. Henry Gordon, Layne Tom. 77 min. DVD 6775
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseCharlie Chan at the Opera (1936)- Directed by Bruce Humberstone. Cast: Warner Oland, Boris Karloff, Keye Luke, Charlotte Henry, Thomas Beck, Margaret Irving. 68 min. DVD 6776
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseCharlie Chan at the Race Track (1936)- Directed by Bruce Humberston. Cast: Warner Oland, Keye Luke, Helen Wood, Thomas Beck, Alan Dinehart, Gavin Muir. 70 min. DVD 6773
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseCharlie Chan in Egypt (1935)- Directed by Luis King. Cast: Warner Oland, Pat Paterson, Rita Cansino (Hayworth), Stepin Fetchit. 72 min. DVD 5744
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseCharlie Chan in London (1934)- Directed by Eugene Forde. Cast: Warner Oland, Drue Leyton, Raymond Milland, Mona Barrie. 79 min. DVD 5743
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseCharlie Chan in Paris (1935)- Directed by Lewis Seiler. Cast: Warner Oland, Mary Brian, Thomas Beck, Erik Rhodes. 71 min. DVD 5745
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseCharlie Chan in Shanghai (1935)- Directed by James Tinling. Cast: Warner Oland, Irene Hervey, Charles Locher, Russell Hicks, Keye Luke. 71 min. DVD 5746
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseThe Chinese Cat (1944)- Directed by Phil Rosen. Cast: Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Joan Woodbury, Benson Fong, Ian Keith. 65 min. DVD 2702; VHS 999:1244
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseThe Jade Mask (1945)- Directed by Phil Rosen. Cast: Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Edwin Luke, Hardie Albright. 66 min. DVD 2706
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseMurder Over New York (1940) - Director Harry Lachman. Cast: Sidney Toler; Marjorie Weaver; Ricardo Cortez; Donald MacBride. 65 min.999:416
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseThe Scarlet Clue (1945)- Directed by Phil Rosen. Cast: Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Edwin Luke, Hardie Albright. 65 min. DVD 2704
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseThe Secret Service.(1944)- Directed by Phil Rosen. Cast: Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Gwen Kenyon Arthur Loft. 65 min. DVD 2707
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseThe Shanghai Cobra.(1945)- Directed by Phil Karlson. Cast: Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Benson Fong, James Cardwell, Joan Barclay. 64 min. DVD 2703
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database - Chinese Ghost Story
- A Chinese Ghost Story (Sinnui Yauman) (Hong Kong, 1987)
- Directed by Siu-Tung Ching. Featuring Leslie Cheung, Joey Wang, Wu Ma. The story of Ning Tsai-chen, a Chinese scholar who befriends and falls in love with Nieh Hsiao-chien, a she-ghost captured and tyrannized by the Tree Ogre. 97 min. DVD 842; VHS 999:2418
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseA Chinese Ghost Story III (Qian nu you hun III; Tao tao tao; Sinnui yauwan III; Qian nu you hun III) (Hong Kong, 1991) - Director, Siu-Tung Ching (Ching Siu-Tung); Hark Tsui. Cast: Tony Leung, Joey Wang, Jacky Cheung, Nina Li.In the heart of a weird wood stands Orchid Temple, a haunted place that is the doom of men. Beautiful spirits lure travelers to their doom. When the lowly monk Fong ventures to the temple, intent on driving the ghosts away, he instead falls in love with the beautiful Lotus. This forbidden passion places the couple in danger from both the local ghostbusters, and the forest's hideous supernational beings. 106 min. DVD 4884
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database - Directed by Siu-Tung Ching. Featuring Leslie Cheung, Joey Wang, Wu Ma. The story of Ning Tsai-chen, a Chinese scholar who befriends and falls in love with Nieh Hsiao-chien, a she-ghost captured and tyrannized by the Tree Ogre. 97 min. DVD 842; VHS 999:2418
- Cocoon
- Cocoon (1985)
- Directed by Ron Howard. Cast: Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Brian Dennehy, Jack Gilford, Steve Guttenberg, Maureen Stapleton, Jessica Tandy, Gwen Verdon, Herta Ware, Tahnee Welch. 117 min. DVD X1771
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseCocoon: The Return (1988)- Directed by Daniel Petrie. Cast: Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Courteney Cox, Hume Cronyn, Jack Gilford, Steve Guttenberg, Barret Oliver, Maureen Stapleton, Elaine Stritch, Jessica Tandy, Gwen Verdon, Tahnee Welch. 116 min. DVD X1771
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database - Directed by Ron Howard. Cast: Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Brian Dennehy, Jack Gilford, Steve Guttenberg, Maureen Stapleton, Jessica Tandy, Gwen Verdon, Herta Ware, Tahnee Welch. 117 min. DVD X1771
- Conan the Barbarian
- Conan the Barbarian (1981)
- Directed by John Milius. Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones, Sandahl Bergman, Max Von Sydow, Ben Davidson, Cassandra Gaviola, Gerry Lopez, Mako, Valerie Quennessen, William Smith. 129 min. DVD 4640
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseConan the Destroyer (1984)- Directed by Richard Fleischer. Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Grace Jones, Wilt Chamberlain, Sarah Douglas. 101 min. DVD 4640
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database - Directed by John Milius. Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones, Sandahl Bergman, Max Von Sydow, Ben Davidson, Cassandra Gaviola, Gerry Lopez, Mako, Valerie Quennessen, William Smith. 129 min. DVD 4640
- Dawn of the Dead
- For descriptions of individual films in this series SEE Horror Films
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
- Directed by George A. Romero. Cast: David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott H. Reiniger, Gaylen Ross. 127 min. DVD 2399
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseDay of the Dead (1985)- Directed by George A. Romero. Cast: Lori Cardille, Terry Alexander, Joe Pilato, Richard Liberty. 101 min. DVD 2398
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseNight of the Living Dead (1968)- Directed by George A. Romero. Cast: Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Keith Wayne, Judith Ridley. 90 min. DVD 3161; vhs 999:825
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database - Dead or Alive
- Dead or Alive (Hanzaisha) (Japan, 1999)
- Directed by Takashi Miike. Cast: Riki Takeuchi, Sho Aikawa, Renji Ishibashi, Hitoshi Ozawa, Shingo Tsurumi. 105 min. DVD 8354
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseDead or Alive 2: Birds (Tôbôsha) (Japan, 2000)- Directed by Takashi Miike. Cast: Show Aikawa, Riki Takeuchi, Edison Chen, Kenichi Endo, Teah. 97 min. DVD 8355
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseDead or Alive: Final (Japan, 2002)- Directed by Takashi Miike. Cast: Show Aikawa, Riki Takeuchi, Edison Chen, Kenichi Endo, Teah. 97 min. DVD 8356
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database - Directed by Takashi Miike. Cast: Riki Takeuchi, Sho Aikawa, Renji Ishibashi, Hitoshi Ozawa, Shingo Tsurumi. 105 min. DVD 8354
- Die Hard Series
- For descriptions of individual films in this series SEE Action/Adventure Films
Die Hard(1988)
- Directed by John McTiernan. Cast: Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Alexander Godunov, Bonnie Bedelia. 113 min. DVD 1242
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseDie Hard 2: Die Harder (1990)- Directed by Renny Harlin. Cast: Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, William Atherton, Reginald Veljohnson, Franco Nero, William Sadler, John Amos. 124 min. DVD 1243
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseDie Hard with a Vengeance (1995)- Directed by John McTiernan. Cast: Bruce Willis, Jeremy Irons, Samuel L. Jackson, Graham Greene.131 min. DVD 1244
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database - Dirty Harry Films
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Dirty Harry (1971)
- Directed by Don Siegal. Cast: Clint Eastwood, Harry Guardino, Reni Santori, John Vernon, Andy Robinson, John Larch, John Mitchum. A violently inclined San Francisco police inspector is the only cop who is able to arrest a rooftop sniper. When the man is released through lack of evidence, he takes private revenge. In the course of the action, Eastwood cruises by North Beach and Washington Square. The East Harbor's Marina Green is the first stop in a chase that has Eastwood racing to telephone booths across the city. The rivals have a final meeting at Larkspur Landing. 102 min. DVD 3804; also DVD 9857; vhs 999:500
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Magnum Force (1973)- Directed by Ted Post. Cast:Clint Eastwood, Hal Holbrook, Mitchell Ryan, David Soul, Felton Perry, Robert Urich. Detective Harry Callahan is pitted against an unexpected lawbreaker: one who carries a badge. Sharpshooting rookie motorcycle cops have turned vigilante, rubbing out crooks the courts can't touch. Their real enemy is the system. Unfortunately for them, the system is what Harry is sworn to protect. 124 min. DVD 9854
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The Enforcer (1976)- Directed by James Fargo. Cast: Clint Eastwood, Harry Guardino, Bradford Dillman, Tyne Daly. Detective Harry Callahan has a new partner, Inspector Kate Moore, who has two jobs: tracking down a band of armed-and-wacko terrorists and winning Harry's confidence. (97 min. DVD 9856
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Sudden Impact (1983)- Directed by Clint Eastwood. Cast: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, Bradford Dillman, Paul Drake. In the aftermath of a brutal rape, a beautiful woman has begun to hunt down her attackers. Harry has to find her and stop her before she kills again or her attackers find her. 117 min. DVD 2013
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The Dead Pool (1988)- Directed by Buddy Van Horn. Clint Eastwood, Patricia Clarkson, Liam Neeson, Evan Kim, Jim Carrey. Dirty Harry Callahan must stop a sick secret contest to murder local celebrities, which includes himself as a target. He is up against media attention, an enraged hit men, and a new killer, who's attempting to throw off the dead pool game anyway possible. Callahan has to find the connection between the killings and then the perpetrator, before the game can be declared over. 91 min. DVD 9855
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- Dr. Mabuse Series
- For descriptions of individual films in this series SEE Gangster, Detective, Crime, and Mystery Films
Dr. Mabuse, The Gambler (Mabuse der Spieler) (1922)
- Directed by Fritz Lang.
DVD 6131; DVD 846 229 min.
VHS 999:1965 pt. 1-2: Part 1. 141 min., Part 2. 156 min.
VHS 999:191 pt. 1-2: shorter edited version (186 min.) Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseTestament of Dr. Mabuse (Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse) (1933)- Director, Fritz Lang. 104 min. DVD 6550; vhs 999:1100
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseTestament of Dr. Mabuse (1962)- Director, Werner Klingler. Cast: Gert Frobe, Senta Berger, Helmut Schmid. In this crime thriller, evil genius Dr. Mabuse hypnotizes the director of an insane asylum. 85 min. DVD 661
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseThe 1000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1000 Augen des Dr. Mabuse) (1960)- Director, Fritz Lang. Cast: Dawn Addams, Peter van Eyck, Wolfgang Preiss, Gert Frobe, Werner Peters. 99 min. DVD 661
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database - Doctor X
- For descriptions of individual films in this series SEE Horror Films
Doctor X (1932)
- Directed by Michael Curtiz. Cast: Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Lee Tracy, Preston Foster, John Wray, Harry Beresford. 76 min. DVD 6522
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseReturn of Doctor X (1931)- Directed by Vincent Sherman. Cast: Wayne Morris, Rosemary Lane, Humphrey Bogart, Dennis Morgan, John Litel, Lya Lys, Huntz Hall. 61 min. DVD 6522
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database - Elizabeth
- Elizabeth (UK, 1998)
- Directed by Shekhar Kapur. Cast: Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Fiennes, Richard Attenborough, John Gielgud. 149 min. DVD 4821 999:2435
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseMovie Review Query EngineElizabeth: The Golden Age (UK, 2007) - Directed by Shekhar Kapur. Cast: Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Jordi Molla, Samantha Morton, Eddie Redmayne, Clive Owen. Sequel to: Elizabeth. Special features: Deleted scenes; "The reign continues: the making of Elizabeth: the golden age" featurette; "Inside Elizabeth's world" featurette; "Commanding the winds: creating the Armada" featurette; "Towers, courts and cathedrals" featurette; audio commentary with director Shekhar Kapur. 115 min. DVD X495
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database - Directed by Shekhar Kapur. Cast: Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Fiennes, Richard Attenborough, John Gielgud. 149 min. DVD 4821 999:2435
- The Evil Dead
- For descriptions of individual films in this series SEE Horror Films
- The Evil Dead (1981)
- Directed by Sam Raimi. Cast: Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Hal Delrich, Betsy Baker, Sarah York.
85 min. DVD 7529
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- England, Marcia. "Breached Bodies and Home Invasions: Horrific representations of the feminized body and home." Gender, Place & Culture: A Journal of Feminist Geography; Apr2006, Vol. 13 Issue 4, p353-363, 11p UC users only
- The Evil Dead 2 (1987)
- Directed by Sam Raimi. Cast: Bruce Campbell, Sarah Berry, Dan Hicks, Kassie Wesley. 84 min. DVD X637
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- The Fly
- For descriptions of individual films in this series SEE Horror Films
The Fly (1986)
- Directed by David Cronenberg. Cast: Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis. 96 min. DVD 4013; vhs 999:2011
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The Fly 2 (1989)- Directed by Chris Walas. Cast: Eric Stoltz, Daphne Zuniga, Lee Richardson, Harley Crosse, John Getz. 105 min. DVD 4013; vhs 999:2011
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database - 48 Hours
- 48 Hours (1982)
- Directed by Walter Hill. Cast: Nick Nolte, Eddie Murphy, Annette O'Toole, Frank McRae, James Remar, David Patrick Kelly, Sonny Landham. 97 min. DVD X1888; vhs 999:3563
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseAnother 48 Hours (1990)- Directed by Walter Hill. Cast: Eddie Murphy, Nick Nolte, Brion James, Kevin Tighe, Ed O'Ross. 97 min. DVD X1888
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database - Directed by Walter Hill. Cast: Nick Nolte, Eddie Murphy, Annette O'Toole, Frank McRae, James Remar, David Patrick Kelly, Sonny Landham. 97 min. DVD X1888; vhs 999:3563
- Game of Death
- Game of Death (Si wang you ju)(Hong Kong / USA, 1978)
- Directed by Robert Clouse. Cast: Bruce Lee, Gig Young, Dean Jagger, Colleen Camp, Hugh O'Brian, Chuck Norris. Billy Lo (Bruce Lee), is a young kung fu movie star with a flourishing career and a promising future. As the leader of a syndicate known for its exploitation of entertainers, Dr. Land jumps at the chance to capitalize on Billy's celebrated status and that of his singer-girlfriend. Refusing to sign with Land, Billy's martial arts mastery is put to the test when he is brutally harassed by Land's men in an attempt to change his mind. In a stunning showdown, Billy goes one-on-one with a villainous stream of deadly kung fu fighters in a final bid for his freedom. (Bruce Lee's last film work, he died during production of the film). 100 min. DVD 6855
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseGame of Death II (Si wang ta)(Hong Kong, 1981)- Directed by Ng See Yuen. Cast: Bruce Lee, Tong Lung, Roy Chiao, Wong Ching Lei. In this dark tale of revenge, Bruce Lee "returns" as Billy Lo, whose best friend Chin Ku dies of a sudden illness. But suspicion of foul play arises when a gang tries to steal Ku's coffin at the funeral using a helicopter. When Lo's younger brother Bobby Lo hears about the incident, he leaves his Buddhist master to investigate the truth. His trail soon leads him to the Castle of Death, the last place Chin Ku was seen alive. There, he meets and befriends an unlikely ally--a cruel and merciless martial arts expert who is also the tower's master. But when the master dies under mysterious circumstance, Lo ends up dueling with someone far more terrifying. Created post-humously using Bruce Lee fight scenes originally filmed for Game of Death (1978) 96 min. DVD 6856
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database - Directed by Robert Clouse. Cast: Bruce Lee, Gig Young, Dean Jagger, Colleen Camp, Hugh O'Brian, Chuck Norris. Billy Lo (Bruce Lee), is a young kung fu movie star with a flourishing career and a promising future. As the leader of a syndicate known for its exploitation of entertainers, Dr. Land jumps at the chance to capitalize on Billy's celebrated status and that of his singer-girlfriend. Refusing to sign with Land, Billy's martial arts mastery is put to the test when he is brutally harassed by Land's men in an attempt to change his mind. In a stunning showdown, Billy goes one-on-one with a villainous stream of deadly kung fu fighters in a final bid for his freedom. (Bruce Lee's last film work, he died during production of the film). 100 min. DVD 6855
- Ghost Busters
- For descriptions of individual films in this series SEE Horror Films
Ghostbusters (1984)
- Directed by Ivan Reitman. Cast: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis. 105 min. DVD 8150
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseGhostbusters 2 (1989)- Directed by Ivan Reitman. Cast: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, Annie Potts, William Atherton, Ernie Hudson. Special features: 2 episodes from the animated series "The real Ghostbusters : Citizen ghost" and "The real Ghostbusters : Partner in slime". 124 min. DVD 8151
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database - Gidget
- Gidget (1958)
- Directed by Paul Wendkos. Cast: Sandra Dee, Cliff Robertson, James Darren, Arthur O'Connell. 95 min. DVD 9671
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Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961)- Directed by Paul Wendkos. Cast: James Darren, Michael Callan, Deborah Walley, Vicki Trickett, Carl Reiner, Peggy Cass, Eddie Foy Jr. 102 min. DVD 9671
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Gidget Goes to Rome (1961)- Directed by Paul Wendkos. Cast: James Darren, Cindy Carol, Jessie Royce Landis, Cesare Danova, Joby Baker. 101 min. DVD 9671
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- Directed by Paul Wendkos. Cast: Sandra Dee, Cliff Robertson, James Darren, Arthur O'Connell. 95 min. DVD 9671
- The Godfather
- For descriptions of individual films in this series SEE Gangster/Crime Films
Godfather I (parts 1 & 2) (1971-74)
- Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Cast: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Talia Shire, Diane Keaton. 171 min. DVD X627 (newly remastered); copy 2: DVD 908
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseGodfather II (parts 1 & 2) (1971-74)- Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Cast: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, Talia Shire, Diane Keaton, Lee Strasberg. 200 min. DVD X628 (newly remastered); copy 2: DVD 908
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseGodfather III (1990)- Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Cast: Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Andy Garcia, Eli Wallach, Joe Mantegna, Bridget Fonda. 169 min. DVD X629 (newly remastered); copy 2: DVD 908
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database - Godzilla (Gojira)
- For descriptions of individual films in this series SEE Horror Films
Godzilla King of the Monsters (Gojira) (1954, dubbed in English)
- Directed by Morse & Honda. (Starring: Raymond Burr.) 79 min. DVD 6378; vhs 999:809
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseGodzilla vs. King Ghidora (Japan, 1991, dubbed in English)- Directed by Kazuki Omori. 103 min. 999:3089
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseGodzilla vs. Mothra (Japan, 1964, dubbed in English)- Directed by Ishiro Honda. Cast: Akira Takarada, Hiroshi Koizumi, Yuriko Hoshi, Yoshibumi Tajima, Kenji Sahara, Emi & Yumi Ito, Yu Fujiki, Jun Tazaki, Kenzo Tadake, Susumu Fujita, Yoshio Kosuge, Yutaka Sada. 87 min. DVD 6379
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseGodzilla's Revenge (Japan, 1969, dubbed in English)- Directed by Ishiro Honda. Cast: Tomonori Yazaki, Kenji Sahara, Eisei Amamoto, Sachio Sakai, Kazuo Suzuki. 70 min. DVD 6381
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database[Godzilla] Terror of Mechagodzilla (Mekagojira no gyakushu) (Japan, 1975, dubbed in English)- Directed by Ishiro Honda. Cast: Akihiko Hirata, Tomoko Ai, Katsuhiko Sasaki, Katsumasa Uchida, Goro Mutsumi. 78 min. DVD 6380
- The Grudge (Ju-On)
- Ju-On (The Grudge) (Japan, 2000)
- Directed by Takashi Shimizu. Cast: Megumi Okina, Misaki Ito, Misa Uehara, Yui Ichikawa, Kunji Tsuda, Takako Fuji. 92 min. DVD 3159
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- Japanese horror cinema / edited by Jay McRoy. Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, 2005 (Main Stack PN1995.9.H6.J36 2005b; PFA PN1995.9.H6.J36 2005b)
Newman, K. "The Grudge." Sight & Sound v. ns14 no. 12 (December 2004) p. 48, 50UC users only
Osmond, A. "The Grudge (Ju-On)." Sight & Sound v. ns14 no. 6 (June 2004) p. 59-60UC users only
The Grudge 2 (USA, 2006)- Directed by Takashi Shimizu. Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Amber Tamblyn, Edison Chen, Arielle Kebbel, Jennifer Beals, Teresa Palmer, Misako Uno, Sarah Roemer, Matthew Knight, Takako Fuji, Ohga Tanaka, Joanna Cassidy. 108 min. DVD 8092
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The Grudge 3 (USA, 2009)- Directed by Toby Wilkins. Cast: Johanna Braddy, Gil McKinney, Emi Ikehata, Jadie Hobson, Beau Mirchoff, Marina Sirtis, Matthew Knight, Shawnee Smith. 90 min. DVD X1647
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- Directed by Takashi Shimizu. Cast: Megumi Okina, Misaki Ito, Misa Uehara, Yui Ichikawa, Kunji Tsuda, Takako Fuji. 92 min. DVD 3159
- Grumpy Old Men
- Grumpy Old Men (1993)
- Directed by Donald Petrie. Cast: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret, Kevin Pollak, Ossie Davis, Daryl Hannah, Burgess Meredith, Buck Henry. 104 min. DVD X1774
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseGrumpier Old Men (1995)- Directed by Howard Deutch. Cast: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret, Sophia Loren, Kevin Pollak, Daryl Hannah. 101 min. DVD X1774
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database - Directed by Donald Petrie. Cast: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret, Kevin Pollak, Ossie Davis, Daryl Hannah, Burgess Meredith, Buck Henry. 104 min. DVD X1774
- Hannibal Lecter Films
- For descriptions of individual films in this series SEE Horror Films
Silence of the Lambs(1991)
- Directed by Jonathan Demme. Cast: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn. 118 min. DVD 5475; vhs 999:1998
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseManhunter (1994)- Directed by Michael Mann. Cast: William Petersen, Kim Greist, Joan Allen, Brian Cox, Dennis Farina, Stephen Lang, Tom Noonan. 120 min. VHS 999:2303
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseHannibal (UK / USA, 2001)- Directed by Ridley Scott. Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore, Ray Liotta, Frankie R. Faison, Giancarlo Giannini, Francesca Neri, Zeljko Ivanek, Gary Oldman. 131 min. DVD 4641
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database - Harry Potter
- For descriptions of individual films in this series SEE Science Fiction/Fantasy
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (UK / USA, 2007)
- Directed by David Yates. Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Maggie Smith, Emma Thompson, Ralph Fiennes, Alan Rickman, Gary Oldman, Helena Bonham Carter, Imelda Staunton, Michael Gambon. 138 min. DVD X557
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (UK / USA / Germany, 2002)- Directed by Chris Columbus. Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Kenneth Branagh, John Cleese, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Richard Griffiths, Richard Harris, Jason Isaacs, Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw, Maggie Smith, Julie Walters. 161 min. DVD 4847
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (UK / USA, 2005)- Directed by Mike Newell. Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Robbie Coltrane, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, Brendan Gleeson, Jason Isaacs, Gary Oldman, Miranda Richardson, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith. 157 min. DVD 5287
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (UK / USA, 2004)- Directed by Alfonso Cuaron. Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Robbie Coltrane, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, David Thewlis, Gary Oldman. 142 min. DVD 4848
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseHarry Potter and the Sorcer's Stone (UK / USA, 2001)- Directed by Chris Columbus. Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, John Cleese, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Richard Griffiths, Richard Harris, Ian Hart, John Hurt, Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw, Maggie Smith, Julie Walters. 152 min. DVD 4846
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database - Home Alone
- For descriptions of individual films in this series SEE Comedy
Home Alone (1990)
- Director, Chris Columbus. Cast: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, Catherine O'Hara. 105 min. vhs 999:3877
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database Home Alone 2 (1929)- Director, James Parrott. Cast: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, Tim Curry, Brenda Fricker, Catherine O'Hara. 120 min. vhs 999:3878
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database - Indiana Jones
- For descriptions of individual films in this series SEE Action/Adventure
Raiders of the Lost Ark(1981)
- Directed by Steven Spielberg. Cast: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Ronald Lacey, John Rhys-Davies, Denholm Elliott. DVD 4610; also VHS 999:1284
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseIndiana Jones and the Temple of Doom(1984)- Cast: Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Amrish Puri, Roshan Seth, Philip Stone, Ke Huy Quan. 118 min. DVD 4611; VHS 999:1285
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseIndiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)- Directed by Steven Spielberg. Cast: Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Denholm Elliott, Alison Doody, John Rhys-Davies, Julian Glover. 126 min. DVD 4612; VHS 999:1286
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseIndiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)- Directed by Steven Spielberg. Cast: Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, Karen Allen, Shia LaBeouf, Ray Winstone, John Hurt, Jim Broadbent. 122 min. X385
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database - Infernal Affairs
- Infernal Affairs (Mou gaan dou) (Hong Kong, 2002)
- Directed by Wai Keung Lau and Siu Fai Mak. Cast: Tony Leung, Andy Lau, Anthony Wong, Eric Tsang. 101 min. DVD 7613
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseInfernal Affairs II (Mou gaan dou II) (Hong Kong, 2002)- Directed by Wai Keung Lau and Siu Fai Mak. Cast: Anthony Wong, Eric Tsang, Carina Lau, Francis Ng, Edison Chen, Shawn Yue, Hu Jun. 119 min. DVD 7614
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseInfernal Affairs III (Mou gaan dou III, Chung gik miu gaan) (Hong Kong, 2003)- Directed by Wai Keung Lau and Siu Fai Mak. Cast: Tony Leung, Chiu-Wai, Andy Lau, Leoni Lai, Chen Daoming, Kelly Chen, Anthony Wong, Eric Tsang. 118 min. DVD 7615
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database - Directed by Wai Keung Lau and Siu Fai Mak. Cast: Tony Leung, Andy Lau, Anthony Wong, Eric Tsang. 101 min. DVD 7613
- Invisible Man
- For descriptions of individual films in this series SEE Horror Films
Invisible Man (1933)
- Directed by James Whale. 71 min. DVD 504; VHS 999:716
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseThe Invisible Man Returns (1940)- Directed by Joe May. 82 min. 999:1140
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- James Bond
- For descriptions of individual films in this series SEE Action/Adventure
Quantum of Solace (UK / USA, 2008)
- Directed by Marc Foster. Cast: Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, Judi Dench, Giancarlo Giannini, Gemma Arterton, Jeffrey Wright, David Harbour, Jesper Christensen. 100 min. DVD X1643
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseCasino Royale (USA / UK / Germany / Czech Republic, 2006)- Directed by Martin Campbell. Cast: Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen, Judi Dench, Jeffrey Wright, Giancarlo Giannini, Caterina Murino, Simon Abkarian, Isaach De Bankole, Jesper Christensen, Ivana Milicevic, Sebastien Foucan. 144 min. DVD 7221
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseDiamonds Are Forever (UK, 1971)- Directed by Guy Hamilton. Cast: Sean Connery, Jill St. John, Charles Gray, Lana Wood, Jimmy Dean, Bruce Cabot, Bernard Lee. 120 min. DVD 6724; DVD 5889 (single-disc version)
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseDie Another Day(UK / USA, 2002)- Directed by Lee Tamahori. Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Halle Berry, Toby Stephens, Rosmund Pike, John Cleese, Judi Dench. 132 min. DVD 3532
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseDr. No(UK, 1962)- Directed by Guy Hamilton. Cast: Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Joseph Wiseman, Jack Lord, Bernard Lee, Anthony Dawson, John Kitzmiller, Zena Marshall, Eunice Gayson. 110 min. DVD 6779; DVD 5904 [single-disc version]; vhs 999:3145
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For Your Eyes Only(UK / USA, 1981)- Directed by John Glen. Cast: Roger Moore, Carole Bouquet, Topol, Lynn-Holly Johnson, Julian Glover, Cassandra Harris, Jill Bennett, Michael Gothard, John Wyman, Jack Hedley, Lois Maxwell, Desmond Llewelyn. 128 min. DVD 6767
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseFrom Russia With Love (UK, 1963)- Directed by Terence Young. Cast: Sean Connery, Pedro Armendariz, Lotte Lenya, Robert Shaw, Bernard Lee, Daniela Bianchi, Eunice Gayson, Walter Gotell, Francis De Wolff, George Pastell. 115 min. DVD 6770; DVD 5905 [single-disc version]
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseGoldeneye(UK / USA, 1995)- Directed by Martin Campbell. Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean, Izabella Scorupco, Famke Janssen, Joe Don Baker. 130 min. DVD 6766
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseGoldfinger(UK, 1964)- Directed by Guy Hamilton. Cast: Sean Connery, Gert Frobe, Honor Blackman, Shirley Eaton. 110 min. DVD 6723; single-disc version DVD 1673
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseLicence to Kill(UK, 1981)- Directed byGuy Hamilton. Cast: Roger Moore, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Seymour, Clifton James, Julius W. Harris, Geoffrey Holder, David Hedison, Gloria Hendry, Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell. 122 min. DVD 6790
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseLive and Let Die(UK / USA, 1989)- Directed by John Glen. Cast: Timothy Dalton, Carey Lowell, Robert Davi, Talisa Soto, Anthony Zerbe. 133 min. DVD 6790
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseThe Living Daylights(UK / USA, 1987)- Directed by John Glen. Cast: Timothy Dalton, Maryam d'Abo, Joe Don Baker, Art Malik, John Rhys-Davies, Jeroen Krabbe. Timothy Dalton debuts as Agent 007. 131 min. DVD 6790
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseThe Man with the Golden Gun(UK, 1974)- Directed by Guy Hamilton. Cast: Roger Moore, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland, Maud Adams, Herve Villechaize, Clifton James. 125 min. DVD 6739
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseMoonraker (UK / France, 1979)- Directed by Lewis Gilbert. Cast: Roger Moore, Lois Chiles, Michael Lonsdale, Richard Kiel, Corinne Clery. 121 min. DVD 6781
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Never Say Never Again (UK / USA / West Germany, 1983)- Directed by Irvin Kershner. Cast: Sean Connery, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Max Von Sydow, Barbara Carrera, Kim Basinger, Bernie Casey, Alec McCowen, Edward Fox. 133 min. DVD 5870
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Octopussy(UK / USA, 1983)- Directed by John Glen. Cast: Roger Moore, Maud Adams, Louis Jourdan, Kristina Wayborn, Kabir Bedi. 131 min. DVD 6782
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseOn Her Majesty's Secret Service(UK, 1969)- Directed by Peter Hunt. Cast: Geogre Lazenby, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas, Gabriele Ferzetti, Ilse Steppar, Lois Maxwell, George Baker, Bernard Lee, Bernard Horsfall, Desmond Llewelyn. 142 min. DVD 6769
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseThe Spy Who Loved Me(UK, 1977)- Directed by Lewis Gilbert. Cast: Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, Curt Jurgens, Richard Kiel, Caroline Munro. 126 min.DVD 6791
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseThunderball (UK, 1965)- Directed by Terence Young. Cast: Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Adolfo Celi, Luciana Paluzzi. 130 min. DVD 6787; DVD 5891 [single-disc version]
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseTomorrow Never Dies (UK / USA, 1997)- Directed by Roger Spottiswoode. Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Jonathan Pryce, Michelle Yeoh, Teri Hatcher, Joe Don Baker, Judi Dench. 119 min. DVD 6783
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseA View to a Kill (UK / USA, 1985)- Directed by John Glen. Cast: Roger Moore, Tanya Roberts, Grace Jones, Patrick Macnee, Chistopher Walken. 131 min. DVD 6789
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseThe World Is Not Enough (UK / USA, 1999)- Directed by Michael Apted. Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Sophie Marceau, Robert Carlyle, Denise Richards, Robbie Coltrane, Judi Dench. 128 min. DVD 6738
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseYou Only Live Twice (UK, 1967)- Directed by Lewis Gilbert. Cast: Sean Connery, Akiko Wakabayashi, Tetsuro Tamba, Mie Hama, Teru Shimada, Karin Dor, Lois Maxwell, Desmond Llewelyn, Charles Gray, Bernard Lee, Donald Pleasence. 117 min. DVD 6780; DVD 5890 [single-disc version]
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database - Legally Blonde
- Legally Blonde (2001)
- Director, Tom Shadyac. Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair, Matthew Davis, Victor Garber, Jennifer Coolidge, Holland Taylor, Ali Larter. Based on the characters created by Amanda Brown. 92 min. DVD X113
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseLegally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003)- Director, Charles Herman-Wurmfeld.. Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Sally Field, Regina King, Jennifer Coolidge, Bruce McGill, Dana Ivey, Bob Newhart, Luke Wilson. 95 min. DVD X114
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database - Director, Tom Shadyac. Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair, Matthew Davis, Victor Garber, Jennifer Coolidge, Holland Taylor, Ali Larter. Based on the characters created by Amanda Brown. 92 min. DVD X113
- Lord of the Rings
- For descriptions of individual films in this series SEE Science Fiction/Fantasy
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
- Directed by Peter Jackson. Cast: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, John Rhys-Davies, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Sean Bean, Ian Holm, Andy Serkis. 178 min. DVD 1254
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseThe Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)- Directed by Peter Jackson. Cast: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, John Rhys-Davies, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Sean Bean, Ian Holm, Andy Serkis. 175 min. DVD 1843
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)- Directed by Peter Jackson. Cast: Elijah Wood, Ian Mckellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, John Rhys-Davies, Bernard Hill, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, Hugo Weaving, Miranda Otto, David Wenham, Karl Urban, John Noble. 200 min. DVD 2773
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database - Mad Max Series
- For descriptions of individual films in this series SEE Science Fiction
Mad Max (1979)
- Directed by George Miller. 93 min. DVD 6077; vhs 999:1952
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985)- Directors, George Miller & George Ogilvie. Cast: Mel Gibson, Tina Turner, Angelo Rossitto, Helen Buday, Bruce Spence, Rod Zuanic. 108 min. DVD 6078; vhs 999:3153
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseThe Road Warrior (1982)- Directed by George Miller. Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence, Michael Preston, Max Phipps, Vernon Wells. 94 min. DVD 323; VHS 999:2533
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database - Man With No Name films(Clint Eastwood spaghetti westerns)
- For descriptions of individual films in this series SEE Westerns
Fistful of Dollars (1964)
- Directed by Sergio Leone. Cast: Clint Eastwood, Marianne Koch, John Wels, W. Lukschy, S. Rupp, Joe Edger. 99 min. DVD 4545; vhs 999:276
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseFor a Few Dollars More (1965)- Directed by Sergio Leone. Cast: Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volonte, Josef Egger, Mara Krup. 131 min. DVD 4547
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseThe Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)- Directed by Sergio Leone. Cast: Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef, Aldo Giuffre. 162 min. DVD 4546; vhs 999:832:1&2
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database - Matrix Series
- For descriptions of individual films in this series SEE Science Fiction
The Matrix (1999)
- Directed by Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski. Featuring: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Joe Pantoliano. 136 min. DVD 118
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database Movie Review Query EngineMatrix Reloaded (2003)- Directors, Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski. Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Keanu Reeves, Jada Pinkett Smith, Gloria Foster, David Kilde, Daniel Bernhardt, Monica Bellucci, Ian Bliss, Paul Cotter, Matt McColm. 138 min. DVD 2093
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseMatrix Revolutions (2003)- Directors, Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski. Cast: Mary Alice, Monica Bellucci, Ian Bliss, Essie Davis, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Harold Perrineau, Jada Pinkett smith, Keanu Reeves, Hugo Weaving, Lambert Wilson. 129 min. DVD 2472
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database - Mommy
- Mommy (1994)
- Written and directed by Max Allan Collins. Cast: Patty McCormack, Jason Miller, Brinke Stevens, Michael Cornelison, Majel Barrett, Mickey Spillane, Sarah Jane Miller, Rachel Lemieux. 89 min. DVD 5044
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseMommy 2: (1996)- Written and directed by Max Allan Collins. Cast: Patty McCormack, Paul Petersen, Gary Sandy, Brinke Stevens, Mickey Spillane, Arlen Dean Snyder, Michael Cornelison, Rachel Lemieux, Sarah Jane Miller, Todd Eastland, Paula Sands, Del Close, Laurence Coven, Pamela Cecil. 88 min. DVD 5044
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database - Written and directed by Max Allan Collins. Cast: Patty McCormack, Jason Miller, Brinke Stevens, Michael Cornelison, Majel Barrett, Mickey Spillane, Sarah Jane Miller, Rachel Lemieux. 89 min. DVD 5044
- Mr. Moto
- For descriptions of individual films in this series SEE The Movies, Race, and Ethnicity: Asians/Asian Americans
Mr. Moto's Last Warning (1939)
- Director, Norman Foster. Cast: Peter Lorre, George Sanders, Robert Coote, John Carradine, Virginia Field, Ricardo Cortez. DVD 7542; vhs 999:1248
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database Mr. Moto Takes a Chance (1938)- Director, Norman Foster. Cast: Peter Lorre, Rochelle Hudson, Robert Kent, J. Edward Bromberg, Chick Chandler, George Regas, High Priest, Fredrik Vogeding, Al Kikume, Gloria Roy, James B. Leong. 63 min. DVD 5912
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database Mysterious Mr. Moto (1939)- Directed by Norman Foster. Cast: Peter Lorre, Mary Maguire, Henry Wilcoxon, Erik Rhodes, Harold Huber, Leon Ames. 63 min. DVD 5911
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database Thank You, Mr. Moto (1937)- Director, Norman Foster. Cast: Peter Lorre, Thomas Beck, Pauline Frederick, Sidney Blackmer, John Carradine, Jayne Regan. 67 min. DVD 5913
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database Think Fast, Mr. Moto (1937)- Director, Norman Foster. Cast: Peter Lorre, Virginia Field, Thomas Beck, Sig Ruman, Murray Kinnell, John Roges, Lotus Long, George Cooper, J. Carrol Naish, Frederick Vogeding. 66 min. DVD 5914
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database - Mr. Wong
- Director, William Nigh. For descriptions of individual films in this series SEE The Movies, Race, and Ethnicity: Asians/Asian Americans
Phantom of Chinatown. (1941)
- Directed by Phil Rosen. Cast: Keye Luke, Lotus Long, Grant Withers. 62 min. DVD 125; vhs 999:1232
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database The Fatal Hour (1940) 68 min. DVD 125Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database Doomed to Die (1940)- DVD 125
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database Mr. Wong in Chinatown (1939) DVD 125; vhs 999:1246Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database The Mystery of Mr. Wong (1939)- 69 min. DVD 125
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database Mr. Wong, Detective (1938)- DVD 125; vhs 999:1247
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- Rimoldi, O.A. "The detective movies of the 30s & 40s." Films in Review; Vol.XLIV nr.5-6 (May-Jun 1993); p.164-173
- Naked Gun
- For descriptions of individual films in this series SEE Comedy Films
The Naked Gun (1988)
- Directed by David Zucker. Cast: Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, Ricardo Montalban, O. J. Simpson. 85 min. DVD X856; vhs 999:2741
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The Naked Gun 2-1/2: The Smell of Fear (1991) - Directed by David Zucker. Cast: Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, Robert Goulet, O.J. Simpson, George Kennedy. 85 min. DVD X856; vhs 999:2742
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Naked Gun 33-1/3: The Final Insult (1994) - Directed by Peter Segal; featuring Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, George Kennedy, O.J. Simpson, Fred Ward. 83 min. DVD X856; vhs 999:2743
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database - A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Nightmare Series
- For descriptions of individual films in this series SEE Horror Films
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
- Writer/director, Wes Craven. Featuring John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Heather Langenkamp, Johnny Depp, Robert Englund. 92 min. DVD 475
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseA Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)- Directed by Jack Sholder. Featuring Mark Patton, Kim Myers, Robert Rusler, Clu Gulager, Hope Lange, Robert Englund. 87 min. DVD 476
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseA Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)- Directed by Chuck Russell. Featuring Heather Langenkamp, Patricia Arquette, Larry Fishburne, Robert Englund. 96 min. DVD 477
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseA Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)- Directed by Renny Harlin. Featuring Robert Englund, Ken Sagoes, Rodney Eastman, Lisa Wilcox, Andras Jones. 99 min. DVD 478
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseA Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989)- Directed by Stephen Hopkins. Featuring Robert Englund, Lisa Wilcox, Erika Anderson, Valerie Armstrong, Michael Ashton. 90 min. DVD 479
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseFreddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)- Directed by Rachel Talalay. Featuring Robert Englund, Lisa Zane, Shon Greenblat, Yaphet Kotto, Roseanne, Tom Arnold, Alice Cooper, Johnny Depp. 96 min. DVD 480
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseWes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)- Directed by Wes Craven. Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp, Miko Hughes, David Newsom, John Saxon, Jeffrey John Davis, Matt Winston. 112 min. DVD 481
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseThe Nightmare Series Encyclopedia (c1999)- A filmed encyclopedia on the Nightmare series including: Primetime, a documentary exploring the Nightmares; The Labyrinth which unlocks the mysteries of the series through a maze of intense menus; interviews with all seven directors, actors, horror fans, and professors; all seven theatrical trailers; multiple music videos; an MTV appearance by Freddy; Behind-the-scenes footage. DVD 482
- Ocean's 11
- For descriptions of individual films in this series SEE Adventure Films
Ocean's Eleven(1960)
- Director Lewis Milestone. Cast: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Peter Lawford, Angie Dickinson. DVD 7899
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseOcean's Eleven(2001)- Director Steven Soderbergh. Cast: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Andy Garcia, Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Elliott Gould, Eddie Jemison, Bernie Mac, Shaobo Qin, Carl Reiner, Julia Roberts. DVD 5771
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseOcean's Twelve(2004)- Director Steven Soderbergh. Cast: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Andy Garcia, Don Cheadle, Bernie Mac, Julia Roberts. DVD 5772
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseOcean's Thirteen(2007)- Director Steven Soderbergh. Cast: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Elliott Gould, Bernie Mac, Al Pacino, Don Cheadle, Casey Affleck, Eddie Jemison, Scott Caan, Shaobo Qin, Carl Reiner, Eddie Izzard, Michael Mantell, Ellen Barkin, Andy Garcia. 122 min. DVD 9160
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database - The Omen
- For descriptions of individual films in this series SEE Horror Films
The Omen(2006)
- Directed by John Moore. Cast: Liev Schreiber, Julia Stiles, Mia Farrow, Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, Amy Huck, Pedja Bjelac, Carlo Sabatini, Bohumil Svarc. 110 min. DVD X447
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseDamien Omen II(1978)- Directed by Don Taylor. Cast: William Holden, Lee Grant, Jonathan Scott-Taylor, Robert Foxworth, Nicholas Pryor. 107 min. DVD X481
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseOmen III: The Final Conflict (1981)- Directed by Graham Baker. Cast: Faye Grant, Michael Woods, Michael Lerner, Madison Mason, Asia Vieira. 107 min. DVD X482
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseOmen IV: The Awakening(1991)- Directed by Jorge Montesi, Dominique Othenin-Girard. Cast: Faye Grant, Michael Woods, Michael Lerner, Madison Mason, Asia Vieira. 97 min. DVD X483
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database - One Missed Call
- For descriptions of individual films in this series SEE Horror Films
One Missed Call (Chakushin ari) (Japan, 2003)
- Director Takashi Miike. Cast: Kou Shibasaki, Shinichi Tsutsumi, Kazue Fukiishi, Renji Ishibashi, Yutaka Matsushige, Goro Kishitani. 113 min. X606
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One Missed Call 3 (Chakushin ari final) (Japan, 2006)- Directed by Manabu Asou. Cast: Maki Horikita, Meisa Kuroki, Itsuji Itao, Jang Gun Suk. Based on the book by Yaushi Akimoto. Bonus features: Documentaries 1 & 2, "One missed call final : love story", making of, mini program. 87 min. DVD X615
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database - Our Gang (Little Rascals)
- Our Gang's Greatest Hits (1924-31)
- Produced by Hal Roach. Four silent and two sound "Our Gang" comedy films originally produced between 1924 and 1931. Contents: 1. Lodge Night (silent, 1923, 22 min.): The kids form their own lodge named the Cluck Cluck Klams. When one of them is kidnapped the Gang comes to the rescue. 2. Big Business (silent, 1924, 15 min.): The Gang opens up a barbershop complete with manicure lady, shoeshine boy and laundry service. 3. Buccaneers (silent, [192-?], 18 min.): The Our Gang bunch goes to sea as pirates. 4. Shivering Spooks (silent, 1926, 16 min.): A group of fake spiritualists chase Our Gang into a haunted house. 5. School's Out (sound, 1931, 21 min.): Jackie has a crush on his teacher so he circulates a petition to keep school open all summer. When a stranger comes looking for the teacher, the Our Gang members follow him to the swimming hole and steal his clothes. 6. Bear Shooters (sound, 1930, 20 min.): The Gang, dressed like African explorers, are off to shoot wild bears. Featuring Joe Cobb, Allen Hoskins, Mickey Daniels, Mary Kornman, Jackie Davis. 113 min. 999:2044
Our Gang (1926)- Produced by Hal Roach. Two 'Our Gang' films from 1926. Contents: Thundering Fleas: A wedding turns into a circus when the "little rascals" of Our Gang turn loose a "thundering herd" of fleas. Shivering Spooks: A group of fake spiritualists chase Our Gang into a haunted house. Featuring Allen Hoskins, Joe Cobb, Mary Kornman, Johnny Downs, Scotter Lowry, Bobby Young, Jay R. Smith, Jackie Condon. Silent films with musical accompaniment. 57 min. 999:2042
[Our Gang] Racist Little Rascals (1938-1944)- A rare collection of early Our Gang and Little Rascals television episodes poking fun at colored folks. Videodisc release of eight episodes of the Our Gang comedies, originally produced between 1938 and 1944, and shown on television as the Little Rascals. Contents: Big ears, director, Robert McGowan (21 min.) -- Lad and a lamp, director, Robert McGowan (17 min.) -- Anniversary trouble, director, Gus Meins (18 min.) -- Little sinner, director, Gus Meins (18 min.) -- Three smart boys, director, Gordon Douglas (10 min.) -- Mush and milk, director, Robert McGowan (18 min.) -- Spooky hooky, director, Gordon Douglas (11 min.) -- Kid from Borneo, director, Robert McGowan (18 min.). Starring the Our Gang characters, including Spanky, Alfalfa, Stymie, Darla, Porky, Buckwheat, Butch, Wheezer, Chubby, Waldo, and Hattie McDaniel. 131 min. DVD 2442
Return of Our Gang (1923-1925)- School play (Stage fright) / Joe Cobb, Ernie Morrison, Jack Davis, Mickey Daniels, Mary Kornman, Jackie Condon, Allen Hoskins, Jannie Hoskins, Andy Samuels (1923) -- Summer daze (The Cobbler) / Mickey Daniels, Jack Davis, Ernie Morrison, Jackie Condon, Mary Kornman, Allen Hoskins, Pete the pup (1923) -- Dog days / Mickey Daniels, Joe Cobb, Allen Hoskins, Mary Kornman, Eugene Jackson, Jackie Condon (1925) Organ score by Rosa Rio. School play: Our Gang must act in the upcoming school play set in ancient Rome, while garbed in an array of silly outfits. Summer daze: A two-reeler with the first segment featuring a zany boxing match between a fat bully and his blonde challenger. In the second segment a couple of Gang members head off for a day in the country and Farina who decides to tag along, consumes his own weight in pilfered melons. Dog days: The boys are busy training their pets to perform tricks but Joe's dog only sits and refuses to respond. He redeems himself by rescuing Mary who's trapped in a runaway carriage. Video/C 999:2043
Little Rascals Collection.- Starring the Our Gang characters, including Spanky, Alfalfa, Stymie, Darla, Porky, Buckwheat, Butch, Wheezer, Chubby, Waldo, etc. The Our Gang (aka The Little Rascals) film comedy shorts were noted for showing children behaving in a relatively natural way, notably putting boys, girls, whites and blacks together in a group as equals, something that "broke new ground," for films and American society. Created by Hal Roach. Originally produced as motion picture shorts in 1930 and 1931. DVD X516
- Disc 1: Contents: Small talk -- Railroadin' -- Lazy days -- Boxing gloves -- Bouncing babies -- Moan and groan, inc. -- Shivering Shakespeare -- The first seven years -- When the wind blows -- Bear shooters.
Disc 2: Contents: A tough winter -- Pups is pups -- Teacher's pet -- School's out -- Helping Grandma -- Love business -- Little daddy -- Bargain days -- Fly my kite -- Big ears.
Disc 3: Contents: Shiver my timbers -- Dogs is dogs -- Readin' and writin' -- Free eats -- Choo choo -- Spanky -- The pooch -- Hook and ladder -- Free wheeling -- Birthday blues.
Disc 4: Contents: Lad an' a lamp -- Fish hooky -- Forgotten babies -- The kid from Borneo -- Mush and milk -- Bedtime worries -- Wild poses -- Hi neighbor -- For Pete's sake -- The first round-up.
Disc 5: Contents: Honkey donkey -- Mike fright -- Washee-ironee -- Mama's little pirate -- Shrimps for a day -- Anniversary trouble -- Beginner's luck -- Teacher's beau -- Sprucin' up -- Little papa.
Disc 6: Contents: Little sinner -- Our gang follies -- The pinch singer -- Divot diggers -- Lucky corner -- Second childhood -- Arbor day -- Bored of education -- Two too young -- Pay as you exit -- Spooky hooky -- Reunion in rhythm -- Glove taps.
Disc 7: Contents: Hearts are thump -- Rushin' ballet -- Three smart boys -- Roamin' holiday -- Night 'n' gales -- Fishy tales -- Framing youth -- The pigskin palooka -- Mail and female -- Our gang follies -- Bear facts -- Three men in a tub -- Came the brawn -- Feed 'em and weep -- The awful tooth -- Hide and shriek -- Canned fishing.
Bonus Disc: Contents: Dog Heaven (1927 silent short) -- Spook spoofing (1928 silent short) -- Barnum & Ringling, Inc. (1928 silent short) -- The story of Hal Roach and Our Gang -- Racism and the Our Gang comedies -- Catching up with The Rascals. Documentary films including fascinating commentaries on the Our Gang films, insightful behind-the-scenes features, fond memories shared by cast members and three of the very first Our Gang silent shorts.
Story of Hal Roach and Our Gang: Features interviews with former Little Rascals stars and historians Richard Bann and Richard Lewis Ward, showing how Hal Roach came to create these groundbreaking comedies.
Racism and the Our Gang comedies: A first-hand account of how Hal Roach's Our Gang broke down the barriers of racism in early 1930s America with black and white children interacting as equals.
- Produced by Hal Roach. Four silent and two sound "Our Gang" comedy films originally produced between 1924 and 1931. Contents: 1. Lodge Night (silent, 1923, 22 min.): The kids form their own lodge named the Cluck Cluck Klams. When one of them is kidnapped the Gang comes to the rescue. 2. Big Business (silent, 1924, 15 min.): The Gang opens up a barbershop complete with manicure lady, shoeshine boy and laundry service. 3. Buccaneers (silent, [192-?], 18 min.): The Our Gang bunch goes to sea as pirates. 4. Shivering Spooks (silent, 1926, 16 min.): A group of fake spiritualists chase Our Gang into a haunted house. 5. School's Out (sound, 1931, 21 min.): Jackie has a crush on his teacher so he circulates a petition to keep school open all summer. When a stranger comes looking for the teacher, the Our Gang members follow him to the swimming hole and steal his clothes. 6. Bear Shooters (sound, 1930, 20 min.): The Gang, dressed like African explorers, are off to shoot wild bears. Featuring Joe Cobb, Allen Hoskins, Mickey Daniels, Mary Kornman, Jackie Davis. 113 min. 999:2044
- Our Man Flint
- For descriptions of individual films in this series SEE Adventure Films
Our Man Flint (1966)
- Directed by Daniel Martin. Cast: James Coburn, Lee J. Cobb, Gila Golan, Edward Mulhare. Superspy Derek Flint is on a mission to track down the criminal organization known as Galaxy. Special features include commentary by film historians Eddie Friedfeld and Lee Pfeiffer. Based on a story by Hal Fimberg. 108 min. DVD DVD X965
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseIn Like Flint (1967) - Directed by Gordon Douglas. Cast: James Coburn, Lee J. Cobb, Jean Hale, Andrew Duggan. Superspy Derek Flint is on a mission to track down the criminal organization known as Galaxy. Special features include commentary by film historians Eddie Friedfeld and Lee Pfeiffer. 114 min. DVD DVD X966
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database - The Parent Trap
- The Parent Trap (1961)
- Directed by David Swift. Cast: Hayley Mills, Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith, Joanna Barnes, Una Merkel, Charlie Ruggles. 129 min. DVD 9449
Information about this film from the Internet Movie DatabaseThe Parent Trap II (1986)- Directed by David Swift. Cast: Hayley Mills, Tom Skerritt, Carrie Kei Heim, Bridgette Andersen. 81 min. DVD 9449
Information about this film from the Internet Movie Database - Directed by David Swift. Cast: Hayley Mills, Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith, Joanna Barnes, Una Merkel, Charlie Ruggles. 129 min. DVD 9449
- Philip Marlowe, Private Eye. (1986)
- Based on short stories by Raymond Chandler. Originally produced for television by Chandlertown Productions Inc. For descriptions of individual films in this series SEE Gangster, Detective, Crime, and Mystery Films
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye. Blackmailers Don't Shoot. (1986)
- Director, Robert Iscove. Featuring Powers Boothe, Melody Anderson, Allan Royal, Peter Dvorsky, Robert Morelli, John Winston Carroll, August Schellenberg. 51 min. (With "Red Wind.") Video/C 7273
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye. Guns at Cyrano's. (1986)- Director, Robert Iscove. Featuring Powers Boothe,Roxanne Hart, Cec Linder, Mark Humphrey, Angelo Rizacos, John Ireland. 51 min. (With "Pickup on Noon Street.") Video/C 7271
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye. Pickup on Noon Street. (1986)- Director, Robert Iscove. Featuring Powers Boothe, Robin Givens, Kate Trotter, Christopher Newton, Ken Pogue, Gene Clark, Al Waxman. 51 min. (With "Guns at Cyrano's.") Video/C 7271
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye. Red Wind. (1986)- Director, Robert Iscove. Featuring Powers Boothe, Linda Griffiths, Maury Chaykin, Frank Pellegrino, R. H. Thompson. 51 min. (With "Blackmailers Don't Shoot.") Video/C 7273
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye. Spanish Blood. (1986)- Director, Robert Iscove. Featuring Powers Boothe, Helen Shaver, Ron Van Hart, Mavor Moore, Dixie Seatle, John Vernon. 51 min. (With "Trouble is My Business.") Video/C 727
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye. Trouble is My Business. (1986)- Director, Robert Iscove. Featuring Powers Boothe, Kate Reid, Jennifer Dale, Booth Savage, Paul Hecht. 51 min. (With "Spanish Blood.") Video/C 727
- Planet of the Apes Series
- For descriptions of individual films in this series SEE Science Fiction
Planet of the Apes (1968)
- Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. 112 min. DVD 5593; vhs 999:1561
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Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1969)- Directed by Ted Post. 100 min.DVD 5594; vhs 999:1562
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Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)- Directed by Don Taylor. 98 min. DVD 5595; vhs 999:1563
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)- Directed by J. Lee Thompson. In this fourth Planet of the Apes film, the apes have become servants and errand-runners. When the humans show no gratitude for the apes' help, the apes revolt and vanquish their cruel masters. 88 min. DVD 5596; vhs 999:1564
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Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)- Directed by J. Lee Thompson. 86 min. DVD 5597; vhs 999:1565
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseBehind the Planet of the Apes- 1998. 120 min. DVD 5598
Planet of the Apes (2001)- Directed by Tim Burton. Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth, Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Clarke Duncan, Kris Kristofferson, Estella Warren, Paul Giamatti. 124 min. DVD 943
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database - Rambo
- For descriptions of individual films in this series SEE War Films
First Blood (1982)
- Directed by Ted Kotcheff. Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Charles Napier, Steven Berkoff, Julia Nickson-Soul. John Rambo, an ex-Green Beret hero and now a peacetime misfit, is haunted by memories of Vietnam. 96 min. DVD 9951; vhs 999:2227
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseRambo: First Blood, Part II (1985) - Directed by George P. Cosmatos. Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Brian Dennehy. 96 min. DVD 9951; vhs 999:2227
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseRambo III (1988) - Directed by Peter Macdonald. Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Marc de Jonge, Kurtwood Smith, Spiros Focas. 102 min. DVD 9951
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseRambo: (2008) - Directed by George P. Cosmatos. Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Julie Benz, Paul Schulze, Matthew Marsden, Graham McTavish, Rey Gallegos, Tim Kang, Jake La Botz, Maung Maung Khin, Ken Howard. 91 min. DVD 9951
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database- The Ring (Ringu)
- For descriptions of individual films in this series SEE Horror
Ringu (Ring) (Japan, 1998)- Directed by Hideo Nakata. 96 min. DVD 2852
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Ringu 2(Ring 2) (Japan, 1999)- Directed by Hideo Nakata. 95 min. DVD 2851
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- Mr. Ripley
- See also Remakes of the films below.
Ripley's Game (Italy / UK / USA, 2002)- Directed by Liliana Cavani. Cast: John Malkovich, Dougray Scott, Ray Winstone, Lena Headey, Chiara Caselli. Based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith. 111 min. DVD X2176
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseThe Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)- Directed by Anthony Minghella. Cast: Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Philip Seymour Hoffman, James Robhorn. Based on the novel The talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith. 139 min. DVD 280
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database- [Bob Hope and Bing Crosby] Road Movies
- For descriptions of individual films in this series SEE Adventure
- Cohan, Steven. "Queering the Deal: On the Road with Hope and Crosby." In: Out Takes: Essays on Queer Theory and Film / edited by Ellis Hanson. pp: 23-45. Durham [N.C.]: Duke University Press, 1999. Series Q (Main Stack PN1995.9.H55.O88 1999)
Mielke, Randall G. Road to box office : the seven film comedies of Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour, 1940-1962 Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c1997. (PFA : PN2287.C76 M53 1997)
Road to Morocco (1942)- Directed by David Butler. Cast: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Anthony Quinn. 82 min. DVD X1028; vhs 999:2039
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseRoad to Singapore (1940)- Directed by Victor Schertzinger. Cast: Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour, Bob Hope, Charles Coburn, Judith Barrett, Anthony Quinn, Jerry Colonna. 86 min. DVD X1030
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseRoad to Utopia (1946)- Directed by Hal Walker. Cast: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Hillary Brooke, Douglass Dumbrille, Jack LaRue, Robert Barrat, Nestor Paiva. Narrator: Robert Benchley. 82 min. DVD 7606
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseRoad to Zanzibar (1941)- Directed by Victor Schertzinger. Cast: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Una Merkel. Narrator: Robert Benchley. 92 min. DVD X1031
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database - Robocop Series
- For descriptions of individual films in this series SEE Science Fiction
Robocop (1987)
- Directed by Paul Verhoeven. Cast: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Robocop, Daniel O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith, Miguel Ferrer. 103 min. DVD 678; VHS 999:1498
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseRobocop 2 (1990)- Directed by Irvin Kershner. Cast: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Daniel O'Herlihy, Tom Noonan, Belinda Bauer, Gabriel Damon. 116 min. DVD 1250
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseRobocop 3 (1993)- Directed by Fred Dekker. Cast: Robert John Burke, Nancy Allen, Rip Torn. 105 min. DVD 1251
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database- Rocky
- For descriptions of individual films in this series SEE Sports Movies
Rocky(1976) - Directed by John G. Avildsen; Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, Burgess Meredith. 119 min. DVD 6557; vhs 999:2049
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Rocky II(1979) - Directed by Sylvester Stallone. Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, Burgess Meredith. 119 min. DVD X1096
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Rocky III(1982) - Directed by Sylvester Stallone. Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, Burgess Meredith, Tony Burton, Mr. T. 100 min. DVD X1097
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Rocky IV(1985) - Directed by Sylvester Stallone. Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, Brigitte Nielsen, Dolph Lundgren. 91 min. DVD X1098
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Rocky V(1990) - Directed by John G. Avildsen. Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Tommy Morrison, Sage Stallone, Burgess Meredith. 111 min. DVD X1099
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Rocky Balboa(2006) - Directed by Sylvester Stallone. Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Burt Young, Antonio Tarver, Geraldine Hughes, Milo Ventimiglia. 102 min. DVD DVD X1100
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- Samurai Trilogy
- For descriptions of individual films in this series SEE Japanese Cinema
- Director, Hiroshi Inagaki. Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Rentaro Mikuni, Kuroemon Onoe, Koji Tsuruta, Mariko Okado, Kaoru Yachigusa, Michiko Saga. A sweeping saga of the legendary seventeenth-century samurai, Musashi Miyamoto, set against the turmoil of a devastating civil war.
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954) 93 min. DVD 2731 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseSamurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955) 104 min. DVD 2731 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseSamurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956) 115 min. DVD 2731 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database - Director, Hiroshi Inagaki. Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Rentaro Mikuni, Kuroemon Onoe, Koji Tsuruta, Mariko Okado, Kaoru Yachigusa, Michiko Saga. A sweeping saga of the legendary seventeenth-century samurai, Musashi Miyamoto, set against the turmoil of a devastating civil war.
- Saw Series
- For descriptions of individual films in this series SEE Horror Films
Saw (2004)
- Directed by James Wan. Cast: Cary Elwes, Danny Glover, Monica Potter, Michael Emerson, Ken Leung, Tobin Bell. 103 min. DVD 2098
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseSaw II (2005)- Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman. Cast: DDonnie Wahlberg, Franky G, Glenn Plummer, Dina Meyer, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Beverley Mitchell, Erik Knudsen, Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith. 95 min. DVD 7498
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database - Scream Series
- For descriptions of individual films in this series SEE Horror Films
Scream (1996)
- Directed by Wes Craven. Cast: David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Matthew Lillard, Rose McGowan, Skeet Ulrich, Jamie Kennedy, Henry Winkler, Drew Barrymore. 111 min. DVD 2097
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseScream 2 (1997)- Directed by Wes Craven. Cast: David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox [Arquette], Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jamie Kennedy, Laurie Metcalf, Jerry O'Connell, Jada Pinkett, Liev Schreiber. 120 min. DVD 2098
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseScream 3 (2000)- Directed by Wes Craven. Cast: David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox Arquette, Patrick Dempsey, Jenny McCarthy, Emily Mortimer, Parker Posey, Deon Richmond. 117 min. DVD 2099
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseScream: The Ultimate Collection (1996-1999)- Featuring David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox Arquette. Presents "the complete insider's guide to the suspense trilogy that changed the face of fear." DVD: "Behind-the-Scream" documentary, outtakes from Scream, the cutting room, screen tests of Neve Campbell, Jamie Kennedy, Skeet Ulrich; Sunrise Studios trailers. DVD-ROM: trivia game, character web, ScreamSaver, website, screenplay and shot list. DVD 2100
- Shaft
- For descriptions of individual films in this series SEE The Movies, Race & Ethnicity: African Americans
Shaft (2000)
- Director, John Singleton. Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Vanessa Williams, Richard Roundtree, Jeffrey Wright, Christian Bale, Busta Rhymes, Dan Hedaya. 99 min. DVD 428
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseShaft in Africa (1973)- Directed by John Guillermin. Cast: Richard Roundtree, Vonetta McGee, Frank Finlay, Neda Arneric, Debebe Eshetu. 112 min. DVD 9664
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database - Sherlock Holmes
- For descriptions of individual films in this series SEE Gangster, Detective, Crime, and Mystery Films
The Adventures of of Sherlock Holmes. (1939)
- Directed by Alfred L. Werker. Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Ida Lupino, Alan Marshall. Professor 82 min. DVD 2561
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The Adventures of of Sherlock Holmes. (TV, 1984)- Cast: Jeremy Brett, David Burke.
- Disc 1. A scandal in Bohemia -- The dancing men -- The naval treaty -- The solitary cyclist -- Disc 2. The crooked man -- The speckled band -- Disc 3. The blue carbuncle -- The copper beeches -- Disc 4. The Greek interpreter -- The Norwood builder -- Disc 5. The resident patient -- The red headed league -- The final problem. 690 min. DVD 2483
The Hound of the Baskervilles Directed by Sidney Lanfield, 1939. Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Richard Greene, Wendy Barrie, Lionel Atwill. 80 min. DVD 4321
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Memoires of Sherlock Holmes: The Carboard Box. (TV, 1994)- Cast: Jeremy Brett,Cast: Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, Rosalie Williams. 50 min. Video/C 6762
Memoires of Sherlock Holmes: The Dying Detective. (TV, 1994)- Cast: Jeremy Brett,Cast: Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, Rosalie Williams. 50 min. Video/C 6760
Memoires of Sherlock Holmes: The Golden Pince-Nez. (TV, 1994)- Cast: Jeremy Brett, Frank Finlay, Charles Gray, Rosalie Williams, Anna Carteret, Patricia Kerrigan, Nigel Planer. 50 min. Video/C 6765
Memoires of Sherlock Holmes: The Mazarin Stone. (TV, 1994)- Cast: Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, Charles Gray, Rosalie Williams. 50 min. Video/C 6764
Memoires of Sherlock Holmes: The Red Circle. (TV, 1994)- Cast: Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, Rosalie Williams. 50 min. Video/C 6763
Memoires of Sherlock Holmes: The Three Gables. (TV, 1994)- Cast: Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, Rosalie Williams. 50 min. Video/C 6761
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes. Directed by Billy Wilder, 1970. Cast: Robert Stephens, Colin Blakely, Genevieve Page, Christopher Lee. 125 min. DVD 1765
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseSherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon Directed by Roy William Neill, 1942. Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Lionel Atwill, Kaaren Verne, William Post Jr., Dennis Hoey. 68 min. DVD 4309
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Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror Directed by Roy William Neill, 1942. Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Evelyn Ankers, Henry Daniell, Thomas Gomez, Reginald Denny, Montagu Love. 66 min. DVD 4309
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Sherlock Holmes Faces Death Directed by Roy William Neill, 1943. Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Hillary Brooke, Dennis Hoey, Arthur Margetson, Halliwell Hobbes, Mina Phillips, Milburn Stone. Based on "The Musgrave ritual" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. 68 min. DVD 4309
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Sherlock Holmes in Dressed to Kill Directed by Roy William Neill, 1946. Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Patricia Morrison, Edmond Breon, Frederic Worlock, Carl Harbord, Patricia Cameron, Holmes E. Herbert, Harry Cording, Leyland Hodgson, Mary Gordon, Ian Wolfe. 72 min. DVD 4311
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Sherlock Holmes in House of Fear Directed by Roy William Neill, 1943. Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Aubrey Mather, Dennis Hoey, Paul Cavanagh, Holmes Herbert, Harry Cording, Sally Shepherd. Based on "The Adventure of the Five Orange Pips." 69 min. DVD 4310
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Sherlock Holmes in Pearl of Death Directed by Roy William Neill, 1944. Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Dennis Hoey, Evelyn Ankers, Miles Mander, Ian Wolfe, Charles Francis. Based on "The Six Napoleons." 69 min. DVD 4310
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Sherlock Holmes in Pursuit to Algiers Directed by Roy William Neill, 1945. Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Marjorie Riordan, Rosalind Ivan, Morton Lowry, Leslie Vincent, Martin Kosleck, Rex Evans, John Abbott, Gerald Hamer, Wee Willie Davis, Frederic Worlock. 65 min. DVD 4311
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Sherlock Holmes in The Scarlet Claw Directed by Roy William Neill, 1944. Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Gerald Hamer, Paul Cavanagh, Arthur Hohl, Miles Mander, Kay Harding. 74 min. DVD 4310
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Sherlock Holmes in Terror by Night Directed by Roy William Neill, 1946. Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Alan Mowbray, Renee Godfrey, Dennis Hoey. 60 min. DVD 4312
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Sherlock Holmes in The Spider Woman Directed by Roy William Neill, 1942. Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Gail Sondergaard, Dennis Hoey, Vernon Downing, Alec Craig, Arthur Hohl, Mary Gordon. London is in a panic over a series of apparent "Pajama Suicides." 63 min. DVD 4310
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Sherlock Holmes in Washington Directed by Roy William Neill, 1942. Cast:
Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Henry Daniell, George Zucco, Marjorie Lord.71 min. DVD 4309
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Sherlock Holmes in The Woman in Green Directed by Roy William Neill, 1945. Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Hillary Brooke, Henry Daniell, Paul Cavanagh. 68 min. DVD 4312
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database - The Shiek
- The Sheik(1921)
- Directed by George Melford. Cast: Rudolph Valentino, Agnes Ayres, Adolph Menjou. Based on the novel by Edith M. Hull; adaptation by Monte M. Katterjohn. 79 min. DVD 1283; vhs 999:1969
Credits and other information from Internet Movie DatabaseThe Son of the Sheik (1926)- Directed by George Fitzmaurice. Cast: Rudolph Valentino, Agnes Ayres, Vilma Banky, George Fawcett, Montague Love, Karl Dane, Bull Montana, Binunsky Hyman. 68 min. DVD 1283
Credits and other information from Internet Movie Database - Directed by George Melford. Cast: Rudolph Valentino, Agnes Ayres, Adolph Menjou. Based on the novel by Edith M. Hull; adaptation by Monte M. Katterjohn. 79 min. DVD 1283; vhs 999:1969
- Spider-Man Series
- Spider-Man (2002)
- Directed by Sam Raimi. Cast: Tobey Maguire, Willem Dafoe, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Cliff Robertson, Rosemary Harris. 121 min. DVD 9332
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Spider-man 2 (2004)- Directed by Sam Raimi. Cast: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Alfred Molina, Rosemary Harris, J.K. Simmons, Donna Murphy. 128 min. DVD 9335
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Spider-man 3 (1978)- Directed by Sam Raimi. Cast: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Thomas Haden Church, Topher Grace, Bryce Dallas Howard, Rosemary Harris, J.K. Simmons, James Cromwell. 139 min. DVD 8843
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database - Directed by Sam Raimi. Cast: Tobey Maguire, Willem Dafoe, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Cliff Robertson, Rosemary Harris. 121 min. DVD 9332
- Star Trek Series
- For descriptions of individual films in this series SEE Science Fiction
TV videography for description of TV series
Star Trek, The Motion Picture (1980)
- Directed by Robert Wise. Featuring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Deforest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Majel Barrett, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, Persis Khambatta, Stephen Collins. 143 min. DVD X498; vhs 999:2362
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseStar Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)- Directed by Nicholas Meyer. Featuring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelly, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, Bibi Besch, Merritt Butrick, Paul Winfield, Kirstie Alley, Ricardo Montalban. 113 min. DVD X499; vhs 999:2364
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseStar Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)- Directed by Leonard Nimoy. Featuring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Merritt Butrick, Nichelle Nichols, Christopher Lloyd. 105 min. DVD X500; vhs 999:2365
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseStar Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)- Directed by Leonard Nimoy. Featuring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, Catherine Hicks. 119 min. DVD X501; vhs 999:2366
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseStar Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)- Directed by William Shatner. Featuring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, George Takei, David Warner, Laurence Luckinbill. 107 min. DVD X502; vhs 999:2367
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseStar Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)- Directed by Nicholas Meyer. Featuring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, George Takei, Kim Cattrall, David Warner, Christopher Plummer. 113 min. DVD X503; vhs 999:2368
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseStar Trek: Generations (1994)- Directed by David Carson. Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Malcolm McDowell, William Shatner, James Doohan, Walter Koenig. 117 min. DVD X504
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseStar Trek: First Contact (1996)- Directed by Jonathan Frakes. Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, Levar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Alfre Woodard, James Cromwell, Alice Krige. 111 min. DVD X505
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseStar Trek: Insurrection (1998)- Directed by Jonathan Frakes. Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, Levar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, F. Murray Abraham, Donna Murphy, Anthony Zerbe. 102 min. DVD X506
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseStar Trek: Nemesis (2002)- Directed by Stuart Baird. Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Tom Hardy. 116 min. DVD X507
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database - Star Wars Series
- For descriptions of individual films in this series SEE Science Fiction
Star Wars, Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)
- Directed by George Lucas. 133 min. DVD 3947; vhs 999:2457
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database Star Wars, Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002)- Directed by George Lucas. Cast: Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Ian McDiarmid, Samuel L. Jackson, Christopher Lee, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Frank Oz. 143 min. DVD 3948
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database Star Wars, Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005) - Directed by George Lucas. Cast: Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Ian McDiarmid, Samuel L. Jackson, Christopher Lee, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Frank Oz. 140 min. DVD 4687
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope (1977) - Directed by George Lucas. Cast: Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, Billy Dee Williams, Alec Guinness, Peter Cushing. 124 min.DVD 2993; vhs 999:731:1
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database Star Wars, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) - Directed by George Lucas. Cast: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, David Prowse, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, Frank Oz. 128 min. DVD 2994; vhs 999:731:2
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database Star Wars, Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983) - Directed by George Lucas. 134 min. DVD 2995; vhs 999:731:3
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database Star Wars Trilogy (Episodes IV-VI): Bonus Materials (2004)- Go behind the scenes, and experience the journey from the earliest versions of the script to the blockbuster debut of the films that changed the face of cinema. Explore the creation of the Star Wars films, the development of the classic characters, and the birth of the lightsaber, through documentaries, featurettes, interviews, rare footage, theatrical trailers, stills collections and poster art. Contents include the documentary "Empire of Dreams: the Story of the Star Wars trilogy", and 3 featurettes: "Characters of Star Wars," "Birth of the Light Saber," "The Force is With Them: the Legacy of Star Wars." Also included are Trailers and TV spots, a video game and still galleries, and the Episode III preview for "The Return of Darth Vader". 236 min. DVD 2996
[Star Wars] A Galaxy Far, Far Away - Star Wars movies have sold more tickets and made more money than any other films in history. This documentary goes deep into what drives this phenomenon through interviews with fans, movie executives, producers and other celebrities to shed new light on the film trilogy that has captivated generations of moviegoers, offering new insight into why these fast-paced science fiction films struck such a powerful chord that crossed race, gender and age lines. 2000. 62 min. Video/C 8491
- Superman
- For descriptions of individual films in this series SEE Science Fiction/Fantasy
Superman (1978)
- Directed by Richard Donner. Performer: Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman, Ned Beatty, Jackie Cooper, Glenn Ford, Trevor Howard, Jack O'Halloran, Valerie Perrine, Maria Schell, Terence Stamp, Phyllis Thaxter, Susannah York. 154 min. DVD 2249
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseSuperman II (1980)- Directed by Richard Lester. Cast: Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Ned Beatty, Jackie Cooper, Sarah Douglas, Margot Kidder, Jack O'Halloran, Valerie Perrine, Susannah York, E.G. Marshall. 127 min. DVD 2250
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseSuperman III (1983)- Directed by Richard Lester. Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Jackie Cooper, Marc McClure, Annette O'Toole, Annie Ross, Pamela Stephenson, Robert Vaughn, Margot Kidder. 125 min. DVD 2251
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseSuperman IV (1987)- Directed by Sidney J. Furie. Cast: Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Jackie Cooper, Mark McClure, Jon Cryer, Sam Wanamaker, Mark Pillow, Mariel Hemingway, Margot Kidder. 90 min. DVD 2252
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database - Tarzan
- For descriptions of individual films in this series SEE Action/Adventure
- Earnhart, Brady.
"A Colony of the Imagination: Vicarious Spectatorship in MGM's Early Tarzan Talkies." Quarterly Review of Film & Video, Aug2007, Vol. 24 Issue 4, p341-352, 12p UC users only
Fury, David. Kings of the jungle : an illustrated reference to "Tarzan" on screen and television Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c1994.
(MAIN: PN1995.9.T3 F87 1994)
Morton, Walt. "Tracking the sign of Tarzan : trans-media representation of a pop-culture icon." In: You Tarzan : masculinity, movies, and men / edited by Pat Kirkham and Janet Thumim. New York : St. Martin's Press, 1993. (Main Stack PN1995.9.M46.Y68 1993; Moffitt PN1995.9.M46.Y68 1993)
Tarzan, Silver Screen King of the Jungle (video) 2004. 80 min. (Media Resources Center DVD 2724)
Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)- Directed by W.S. Van Dyke. Featuring Johnny Weismuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Neil Hamilton, C. Aubrey Smith, Doris Lloyd, Cheetah. 99 min. DVD 2724
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseTarzan and His Mate (1934)- Directed by Cedric Gibbons. Featuring Johnny Weismuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Neil Hamilton, Paul Cavanagh, Cheetah. 104 min. DVD 2724
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database- Henderson, Clara. "'When Hearts Beat Like Native Drums:' Music and the Sexual Dimensions of the Notions of 'Savage' and 'Civilized' in Tarzan and His Mate, 1934" Africa Today, Winter2002, Vol. 48 Issue 4, p90, 35p UC users only
Tarzan Escapes (1936)- Directed by Richard Thorpe. Featuring Johnny Weismuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Cheetah. 90 min. DVD 2724; vhs 999:3844
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseTarzan Finds a Son! (1939)- Directed by Richard Thorpe. Featuring Johnny Weismuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Johnny Sheffield, Cheetah. 82 min. DVD 2724; vhs 999:3843
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseTarzan's Secret Treasure (1941)- Directed by Richard Thorpe. Featuring Johnny Weismuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Johnny Sheffield, Cheetah. "Civilized" folks clash over gold, a metal not worth a coconut to the Ape Man. 81 min. DVD 2724
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseTarzan's New York Adventure (1942)- Directed by Richard Thorpe. Featuring Johnny Weismuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Johnny Sheffield, Cheetah. A different jungle awaits in Tarzan's New York adventure. 71 min. DVD 2724
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database - Terminator Series
- For descriptions of individual films in this series SEE Science Fiction
The Terminator (1984)
- Directed by James Cameron. 107 min. DVD 43
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseTerminator 2, Judgement Day (1992)- Directed by James Cameron. 139 min. DVD 47; VHS 999:849
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseTerminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)- Directed by Jonathan Mostow. Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Claire Danes, Kristanna Loken, David Andrews, Mark Famiglietti, Earl Boen, Moira Harris, Chopper Bernet. 109 min. DVD 6059
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database - The Thin Man Series
- For descriptions of individual films in this series SEE Gangster, Detective, Crime, and Mystery Films
The Thin Man (1934)
- Directed by W.S. VanDyke. Featuring William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O'Sullivan, Nat Pendleton, Minna Gombell. The jaunty whodunit that made William Powell and Myrna Loy the champagne elite of sleuthing. 90 min. DVD 4154; vhs 999:405
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database After the Thin Man (1936)- Directed by W.S. VanDyke. Featuring William Powell, Myrna Loy, James Stewart, Elissa Landi, Joseph Calleia. 112 min. DVD 4155
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database Another Thin Man (1939)- Directed by W.S. VanDyke. Featuring William Powell, Myrna Loy, Virginia Grey, Otto Kruger, C. Aubrey Smith. 102 min. DVD 4156
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)- Directed by W.S. VanDyke. Featuring William Powell, Myrna Loy, Barry Nelson, Donna Reed, Sam Levene. A jockey who threw a race is murdered in the locker room. Nick & Nora Charles are off to the races on another case of murder, mirth and perfect martinis. 97 min. DVD 4157
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database The Thin Man Goes Home (1944)- Directed by Richard Thorpe. Featuring William Powell, Myrna Loy, Lucile Watson, Gloria de Haven, Ann Revere. 101 min. DVD 4158
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database Song of the Thin Man (1947)- Directed by Edward Buzzell. Featuring William Powell, Myrna Loy, Keenan Wynn, Dean Stockwell, Philip Reed. 86 min. DVD 4159
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database- Alias Nick & Nora [Documentary]DVD 4153
- Three Musketeers
- For descriptions of individual films in this series SEE Action/Adventure
The Three Musketeers (1974)
- Directed by Richard Lester. Cast: Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Richard Chamberlain, Michael York, Frank Finlay, Christopher Lee, Geraldine Chaplin, Fay Dunaway, Georges Wilson, Nicole Calfan, Sybil Danning, Gitty Djamal, Simon Ward, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Charlton Heston. 107 min. DVD 4598
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseThe Four Musketeers (1975)- Directed by Richard Lester. Cast: Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Richard Chamberlain, Michael York, Frank Finlay, Christopher Lee, Geraldine Chaplin, Fay Dunaway, Georges Wilson, Nicole Calfan, Sybil Danning, Gitty Djamal, Simon Ward, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Charlton Heston. 107 min. DVD 4598
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database - Toy Story
- For descriptions of individual films in this series SEE Animation
Toy Story (1995)
- Directed by John Lasseter (Disney). Voices: Tom Hanks (Woody), Tim Allen (Buzz Lightyear), Don Rickles (Mr. Potato Head), Jim Varney (Slinky dog), Wallace Shawn (Rex), John Ratzenger (Ham). 81 min. DVD 2557
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseToy Story 2 (1999)- Directed by John Lasseter (Disney). Voices: Tom Hanks (Woody), Tim Allen (Buzz Lightyear), Don Rickles (Mr. Potato Head), Jim Varney (Slinky dog), Wallace Shawn (Rex), John Ratzenger (Ham). 95 min. DVD 2558
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database - 29 Days/Weeks Later
- For descriptions of individual films in this series SEE Horror Films
28 Days Later (UK, 2002)
- Directed by Danny Boyle. Cast: Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Christopher Eccleston, Megan Burns, Brendan Gleeson. 113 min. DVD 2274
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database28 Weeks Later (UK / Spain, 2007)- Directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo. Cast: Robert Carlyle, Rose Byrne, Jeremy Renner, Amanda Walker, Shahid Ahmed, Harold Perrineau, Catherine McCormack, Garfield Morgan, Emily Beecham, Idris Elba. 113 min. DVD X2163
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database - X-Men
- For descriptions of individual films in this series SEE Fantasy Films
Whispering Corridors (Yeogo goedam) (1998)
- Director, Ki-hyeong Park. Cast: Lee Mi-Yeon, Kim Kyu-Ree, Choi Se-Yeon. 105 min. DVD 8758
Whispering Corridors 2: Memento Mori (Yogo koedam: tubontchae iyagi) (1999)- Directed by Tae-Yong Kim and Kyu-Dong Min. 99 min. DVD 1499
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database>Whispering Corridors 3: Wishing Stairs (Yeogo goedam 3: Yeowoo gyedan) (2003)- Director, Yoon Jae-Yeon.. Cast: Song Ji-Hyo, Park Han-Byeol, Jo An. 97 min. DVD X1965
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- X-Men
- For descriptions of individual films in this series SEE Fantasy Films
The Mark of Zorro (1940)
- Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. Cast: Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Basil Rathbone, Gale Sondergaard, Eugene Pallette, J. Edward Bromberg, Montagu Love. 93 min. DVD 6690; vhs 999:1968
Credit and other information from Internet Movie DatabaseX-Men (2000)- Directed by Bryan Singer. Cast: Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry, Famke Janssen, James Marsden, Bruce Davison, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, Ray Park and Anna Paquin. 104 min. DVD 5699; also DVD X1600
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X-Men 2 (2003)- Directed by Bryan Singer. Cast: Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry, Famke Janssen, James Marsden, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, Brian Cox, Alan Cumming, Bruce Davison, Anna Paquin. 134 min. DVD X1601
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- Zorro
- For descriptions of individual films in this series SEE Action/Adventure
The Legend of Zorro (2005)
- Directed by Martin Campbell. Cast: Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Rufus Sewell, Nick Chinlund. 129 min. DVD 5628
Credit and other information from Internet Movie DatabaseThe Mark of Zorro (1940)- Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. Cast: Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Basil Rathbone, Gale Sondergaard, Eugene Pallette, J. Edward Bromberg, Montagu Love. 93 min. DVD 6690; vhs 999:1968
Credit and other information from Internet Movie DatabaseThe Mark of Zorro (1920, silent)- Directed by Fred Niblo. Cast: Douglas Fairbanks, Marguerite de la Motte, Noah Beery, Robert McKim, George Periolat. 90 min. DVD 6730; vhs 999:1436
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The Mask of Zorro (1998)- Directed by Martin Campbell. Cast: Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Anthony Hopkins, Stuart Wilson, Matt Letscher. 137 min. DVD 5629
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