Peter Madden

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Doctor Zhivago (1965)

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The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Lean
CAST:  Omar Sharif  •  Julie Christie  •  Geraldine Chaplin  •  Rod Steiger

The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Lean
CAST:  Omar Sharif  •  Julie Christie  •  Geraldine Chaplin  •  Rod Steiger

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)

Five strangers board a train and are joined by a mysterious fortune teller who offers to read their Tarot cards. Five separate stories unfold: An architect returns to his ancestoral home to find a werewolf out for revenge; a doctor discovers his new wife is a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Freddie Francis
CAST:  Christopher Lee  •  Peter Cushing  •  Donald Sutherland  •  Bernard Lee

Five strangers board a train and are joined by a mysterious fortune teller who offers to read their Tarot cards. Five separate stories unfold: An architect returns to his ancestoral home to find a werewolf out for revenge; a doctor discovers his new wife is a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Freddie Francis
CAST:  Christopher Lee  •  Peter Cushing  •  Donald Sutherland  •  Bernard Lee

Fiend Without a Face (1958)

An American airbase in Canada provokes resentment from the nearby residents after fallout from nuclear experiments at the base are blamed for a recent spate of disappearances. A captain from the airbase is assigned to investigate, and begins to suspect that an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Crabtree
CAST:  Marshall Thompson  •  Kynaston Reeves  •  Kim Parker  •  Stanley Maxted

An American airbase in Canada provokes resentment from the nearby residents after fallout from nuclear experiments at the base are blamed for a recent spate of disappearances. A captain from the airbase is assigned to investigate, and begins to suspect that an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Crabtree
CAST:  Marshall Thompson  •  Kynaston Reeves  •  Kim Parker  •  Stanley Maxted

Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)

Dr Simon Helder, sentenced to an insane asylum for crimes against humanity, recognises its director as the brilliant Baron Frankenstein, the man whose work he had been trying to emulate before his imprisonment. Frankenstein utilises Helder's medical knowledge for a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terence Fisher
CAST:  Peter Cushing  •  Shane Briant  •  Madeline Smith  •  David Prowse

Dr Simon Helder, sentenced to an insane asylum for crimes against humanity, recognises its director as the brilliant Baron Frankenstein, the man whose work he had been trying to emulate before his imprisonment. Frankenstein utilises Helder's medical knowledge for a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terence Fisher
CAST:  Peter Cushing  •  Shane Briant  •  Madeline Smith  •  David Prowse

Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)

A deformed tormented girl drowns herself after her lover is framed for murder and guillotined. Baron Frankenstein, experimenting with the transfer of souls, places the boy's soul into her body, bringing Christina back to life. Driven by revenge, she carries out a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terence Fisher
CAST:  Peter Cushing  •  Susan Denberg  •  Thorley Walters  •  Robert Morris

A deformed tormented girl drowns herself after her lover is framed for murder and guillotined. Baron Frankenstein, experimenting with the transfer of souls, places the boy's soul into her body, bringing Christina back to life. Driven by revenge, she carries out a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terence Fisher
CAST:  Peter Cushing  •  Susan Denberg  •  Thorley Walters  •  Robert Morris

The Kiss of the Vampire (1963)

Honeymooning in Bavaria, a young couple becomes stranded and is forced to stay the night in the area. Doctor Ravna, owner of the impressive chateau that sits imposingly above the village, invites them to dinner that evening. Their association with Ravna and his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Sharp
CAST:  Clifford Evans  •  Noel Willman  •  Edward de Souza  •  Jennifer Daniel

Honeymooning in Bavaria, a young couple becomes stranded and is forced to stay the night in the area. Doctor Ravna, owner of the impressive chateau that sits imposingly above the village, invites them to dinner that evening. Their association with Ravna and his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Sharp
CAST:  Clifford Evans  •  Noel Willman  •  Edward de Souza  •  Jennifer Daniel

The Wicked Lady (1945)

A married woman finds new thrills as a masked robber on the highways.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leslie Arliss
CAST:  Margaret Lockwood  •  James Mason  •  Patricia Roc  •  Griffith Jones

A married woman finds new thrills as a masked robber on the highways.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leslie Arliss
CAST:  Margaret Lockwood  •  James Mason  •  Patricia Roc  •  Griffith Jones

Exodus (1960)

Ari Ben Canaan, a passionate member of the Jewish paramilitary group Haganah, attempts to transport 600 Jewish refugees on a dangerous voyage from Cyprus to Palestine on a ship named the Exodus. He faces obstruction from British forces, who will not grant the ship ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Otto Preminger
CAST:  Paul Newman  •  Eva Marie Saint  •  Lee J. Cobb  •  Ralph Richardson

Ari Ben Canaan, a passionate member of the Jewish paramilitary group Haganah, attempts to transport 600 Jewish refugees on a dangerous voyage from Cyprus to Palestine on a ship named the Exodus. He faces obstruction from British forces, who will not grant the ship ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Otto Preminger
CAST:  Paul Newman  •  Eva Marie Saint  •  Lee J. Cobb  •  Ralph Richardson

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)

Holmes and Dr. Watson take on the case of a beautiful woman whose husband has vanished. The investigation proves strange indeed, involving six missing midgets, villainous monks, a Scottish castle, the Loch Ness monster, and covert naval experiments.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Billy Wilder
CAST:  Robert Stephens  •  Colin Blakely  •  Geneviève Page  •  Christopher Lee

Holmes and Dr. Watson take on the case of a beautiful woman whose husband has vanished. The investigation proves strange indeed, involving six missing midgets, villainous monks, a Scottish castle, the Loch Ness monster, and covert naval experiments.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Billy Wilder
CAST:  Robert Stephens  •  Colin Blakely  •  Geneviève Page  •  Christopher Lee

The Road to Hong Kong (1962)

When Chester accidentally memorises and destroys the only copy of a secret Russian formula for a new and improved rocket fuel, he and Harry are thrust into international intrigue, trying to stay alive while keeping the formula out of enemy hands.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Panama
CAST:  Bing Crosby  •  Bob Hope  •  Joan Collins  •  Robert Morley

When Chester accidentally memorises and destroys the only copy of a secret Russian formula for a new and improved rocket fuel, he and Harry are thrust into international intrigue, trying to stay alive while keeping the formula out of enemy hands.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Panama
CAST:  Bing Crosby  •  Bob Hope  •  Joan Collins  •  Robert Morley

Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972)

1547, King Henry VIII's life has taken a turn for the worse and he is forced to look back over his life and the many loves which had brought him his three children, only one of which was the desired male heir to secure the Tudor dynasty.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Waris Hussein
CAST:  Keith Michell  •  Donald Pleasence  •  Charlotte Rampling  •  Jane Asher

1547, King Henry VIII's life has taken a turn for the worse and he is forced to look back over his life and the many loves which had brought him his three children, only one of which was the desired male heir to secure the Tudor dynasty.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Waris Hussein
CAST:  Keith Michell  •  Donald Pleasence  •  Charlotte Rampling  •  Jane Asher

He Who Rides a Tiger (1965)

Peter Rayston, has been in and out of prison most of his life. At 30, he is released for the eighth time, after serving a sentence for housebreaking. Immediately, he goes back to his old life, providing for his expensive tastes by executing a series of daring burglaries  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Crichton
CAST:  Tom Bell  •  Judi Dench  •  Paul Rogers  •  Kay Walsh

Peter Rayston, has been in and out of prison most of his life. At 30, he is released for the eighth time, after serving a sentence for housebreaking. Immediately, he goes back to his old life, providing for his expensive tastes by executing a series of daring burglaries  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Crichton
CAST:  Tom Bell  •  Judi Dench  •  Paul Rogers  •  Kay Walsh

From Russia with Love (1963)

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Agent 007 is back in the second installment of the James Bond series, this time battling a secret crime organization known as SPECTRE. Russians Rosa Klebb and Kronsteen are out to snatch a decoding device known as the Lektor, using the ravishing Tatiana to lure ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terence Young
CAST:  Sean Connery  •  Daniela Bianchi  •  Lotte Lenya  •  Robert Shaw

Agent 007 is back in the second installment of the James Bond series, this time battling a secret crime organization known as SPECTRE. Russians Rosa Klebb and Kronsteen are out to snatch a decoding device known as the Lektor, using the ravishing Tatiana to lure ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terence Young
CAST:  Sean Connery  •  Daniela Bianchi  •  Lotte Lenya  •  Robert Shaw

Command Performance (1937)

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DIRECTION:  Sinclair Hill
CAST:  Arthur Tracy  •  Lilli Palmer  •  Mark Daly  •  Finlay Currie

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DIRECTION:  Sinclair Hill
CAST:  Arthur Tracy  •  Lilli Palmer  •  Mark Daly  •  Finlay Currie

The Picasso Summer (1969)

A San Francisco couple travels to France in search of Pablo Picasso.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Serge Bourguignon  •  Robert Sallin
CAST:  Albert Finney  •  Yvette Mimieux  •  Luis Miguel Dominguín  •  Theo Marcuse

A San Francisco couple travels to France in search of Pablo Picasso.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Serge Bourguignon  •  Robert Sallin
CAST:  Albert Finney  •  Yvette Mimieux  •  Luis Miguel Dominguín  •  Theo Marcuse

On the Buses (1971)

Stan gets a little annoyed when his Mum and Sister keep buying expensive items on hire purchase, but the money he earns for overtime working as a bus driver means that he can afford it... just! His job is secure, as bus drivers are hard to come by, and his overtime ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harry Booth
CAST:  Reg Varney  •  Doris Hare  •  Michael Robbins  •  Anna Karen

Stan gets a little annoyed when his Mum and Sister keep buying expensive items on hire purchase, but the money he earns for overtime working as a bus driver means that he can afford it... just! His job is secure, as bus drivers are hard to come by, and his overtime ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harry Booth
CAST:  Reg Varney  •  Doris Hare  •  Michael Robbins  •  Anna Karen

The Conquest of the Air (1936)

This early docudrama uses dramatic re-enactment, working models of early flying machines, and archival footage to trace man's attempts to fly from ancient times through the 1930's.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zoltan Korda  •  Alexander Esway  •  John Monk Saunders
CAST:  Frederick Culley  •  Laurence Olivier  •  Franklin Dyall  •  Henry Victor

This early docudrama uses dramatic re-enactment, working models of early flying machines, and archival footage to trace man's attempts to fly from ancient times through the 1930's.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zoltan Korda  •  Alexander Esway  •  John Monk Saunders
CAST:  Frederick Culley  •  Laurence Olivier  •  Franklin Dyall  •  Henry Victor

A Matter of Murder (1949)

An embezzler is implicated in his girlfriend’s murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Gilling
CAST:  Maureen Riscoe  •  Charles Clapham  •  John Le Mesurier  •  John Barry

An embezzler is implicated in his girlfriend’s murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Gilling
CAST:  Maureen Riscoe  •  Charles Clapham  •  John Le Mesurier  •  John Barry

Tom Brown's School Days (1940)

When private tutor Thomas Arnold (Sir Cedric Hardwicke) becomes headmaster at Rugby, a boy's preparatory school in England, he puts into place a policy of strict punishment for unruliness and bulying. Arnold finds an ally in Tom Brown (Jimmy Lydon), a new student ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Stevenson
CAST:  Cedric Hardwicke  •  Freddie Bartholomew  •  Jimmy Lydon  •  Josephine Hutchinson

When private tutor Thomas Arnold (Sir Cedric Hardwicke) becomes headmaster at Rugby, a boy's preparatory school in England, he puts into place a policy of strict punishment for unruliness and bulying. Arnold finds an ally in Tom Brown (Jimmy Lydon), a new student ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Stevenson
CAST:  Cedric Hardwicke  •  Freddie Bartholomew  •  Jimmy Lydon  •  Josephine Hutchinson

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)

A rebellious youth sentenced to a reformatory for robbing a bakery rises through the ranks of the institution through his prowess as a long distance runner. During his solitary runs, reveries of his life and times before his incarceration lead him to re-evaluate ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tony Richardson
CAST:  Michael Redgrave  •  Tom Courtenay  •  Avis Bunnage  •  Alec McCowen

A rebellious youth sentenced to a reformatory for robbing a bakery rises through the ranks of the institution through his prowess as a long distance runner. During his solitary runs, reveries of his life and times before his incarceration lead him to re-evaluate ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tony Richardson
CAST:  Michael Redgrave  •  Tom Courtenay  •  Avis Bunnage  •  Alec McCowen
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