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Double bill of two classic adaptations of Robert Louis Stevenson's
novel 'The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde', in which a
scientist investigates the nature of good and evil. The first, made
in 1932, stars Frederic March, who won the Academy Award for Best
Actor for his role as both the cultured man and the neanderthal.
The second version was made in 1941, with Spencer Tracy in the lead
role, and a strong supporting cast that included Ingrid Bergman and
Lana Turner.
Collection of five western feature films. 'The Searchers' (1956)
tells the story of Ethan Edwards (John Wayne), an ex-confederate
soldier who swears revenge after his brother's family is butchered
by Comanches and his niece (Natalie Wood) is kidnapped. Accompanied
by Martin Pawley (Jeffrey Hunter), Ethan sets out on an epic
seven-year search for the missing girl. In 'Pale Rider' (1985) a
community of gold mining prospectors comes under attack from a gang
of marauders who are after the prospectors' land. Young Megan
Wheeler (Sydney Penny) prays for help, which consequently arrives
in the form of the Preacher (Clint Eastwood), a grim, silent
stranger. In 'The Wild Bunch' (1969), set in 1913, a gang of
outlaws (William Holden, Ernest Borgnine and Warren Oates, amongst
others) ride into a Texan border town where the railroad office is
their target. The robbery turns into a blood-bath so the gang flee
to a desert hideout where they discover that their loot is
worthless... In 'Rio Bravo' (1959) Sheriff John T. Chance (Wayne)
is holding a murderous villain in his cell while waiting for a
magistrate to collect him for trial. The criminal's associates are
desperate to free him and will stop at nothing to achieve their
goal... 'How the West Was Won' (1962) traces the fortunes of
several generations of an American pioneer family as they move West
and cope with the Civil War. The film's several sections were made
by different directors, including Henry Hathaway and John Ford.
Spencer Tracy narrates, while Henry Fonda, Gregory Peck, James
Stewart and John Wayne top the all-star bill.
A collection of Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn films. 'Woman
of the Year' (1942) was the film which united the couple both off
screen and on. A high powered political columnist (Hepburn) falls
for a lowly sportswriter (Tracy) working on the same paper, even
though they are poles aparts socially and intellectually. However,
their relationship takes a turn for the worse after they marry,
with her unable to adapt to the role of housewife, and him driven
to drink by her intransigence. Hepburn won an Oscar for her role.
In 'Keeper of the Flame' (1942) a widely-revered politician dies
when his car runs off a bridge. Seasoned hack Steve O'Malley
(Tracy) begins researching a biography on the man, and, through the
revelations of his widow Christine (Hepburn), uncovers a number of
dark secrets about him. In 'Adam's Rib' (1949) Tracy and Hepburn
team up as a married couple finding themselves on opposite sides of
a court case. Whilst in 'Pat and Mike' (1952) Pat Pemberton
(Hepburn) is a PE teacher at a southern Californian college, who is
persuaded by shady sports promoter Mike Conovan (Tracy) to become a
professional athlete. As she flourishes in a number of disciplines,
the couple begin to fall in love - although there are plenty of
hurdles in the way of their eventual happiness.
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