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Double bill of BBC espionage drama mini-series based on the novels
by John Le Carré and starring Alec Guinness as master spy George
Smiley. In 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' (1979), Smiley has been
in 'retirement' for some time, some say owing to his mishandling of
the Czech scandal. However, the retiring superspy finds himself
summoned back to the 'Circus' (British secret service) when it
transpires that an enemy infiltrator is at work in the department.
Smiley returns once again to his old department in 'Smiley's
People' (1982) following the murder of his friend, General
Vladimir, a Russian who once worked for British Intelligence. When
it transpires that Vladimir was in fact a double agent, Smiley
becomes engaged in a battle of wills with his old adversaries at
the Moscow Centre.
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The Best of Hammer Collection (DVD)
Bette Davis, Wendy Craig, Jill Bennett, James Villiers, William Dix, …
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A collection of five Hammer horror films from the 1960s. In 'The
Nanny' (1965), a nanny (Bette Davis) is hired to look after a
ten-year-old who has just returned from a mental institution. The
boy's mother has just been poisoned and he believes the nanny is to
blame. When his aunt arrives and hears the boy's accusations she
sides with the nanny, claiming the boy is making it all up.
'Dracula: Prince of Darkness' (1965) is the sequel to the 1958 film
'Dracula'. Four English tourists are holidaying in the Carpathians
when they meet the unconventional Father Sandor (Andrew Keir) at an
inn. He warns them to avoid the local castle if they value their
lives, but the next day the quartet find themselves stranded in the
mountains after their driver abandons them. When a driverless
carriage arrives they board it, intending to travel to the nearest
village. However, the carriage instead takes them to the very
castle which Sandor warned them against, where they are welcomed by
Klove (Philip Latham), sinister manservant of Count Dracula
(Christopher Lee). 'Quatermass and the Pit' (1967) is the Hammer
version of the popular TV series. When prehistoric skulls and the
remains of an alien spaceship are discovered in the bowels of
London's Underground during an excavation, a weird and powerful
force is unleashed, and Professor Quatermass (Keir) is called in to
investigate. 'Frankenstein Created Woman' is the sequel to the 1964
film 'Evil of Frankenstein'. The Baron (Peter Cushing) has taken up
residence with well-meaning inebriate Doctor Hertz (Thorley
Walters). When Hertz successfully revives Frankenstein after
freezing his body, the latter deduces that the human spirit does
not leave the body after death, and can therefore be transmuted
into another form. He gets the chance to prove his theory when his
young assistant, Hans, is hanged for a murder he did not commit,
and Hans' disfigured lover, Christina, commits suicide in despair.
After performing cosmetic surgery on Christina, the two scientists
successfully transfer Hans's spirit into her body. However, Hans
now sets out to take revenge on those responsible for his death.
Finally, in 'The Devil Rides Out' (1967), the Duc de Richleau (Lee)
is concerned by the disappearance of his young friend Simon
(Patrick Mower) from the social scene. Accompanied by former army
colleague Rex (Leon Greene), de Richleau discovers that Simon has
joined a group of Devil worshippers, led by the evil Mocata
(Charles Gray). Through de Richleau's attempts to wrest Simon from
Mocata's influence, Rex becomes romantically involved with Tanith,
another member of the cult.
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (DVD)
Alec Guinness, Alexander Knox, Beryl Reid, Michael Aldridge, Michael Jayston, …
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Superspy George Smiley (Alec Guinness) has for some time been in
'retirement' - some say due to his mishandling of the Czech
scandal. However, the retiring masterspy finds himself summoned
back to the 'Circus' (British secret service) when it transpires
that an enemy infiltrator is at work in the department.
Four films based on the cartoon creations of Ronald Searle. In 'The
Belles of St Trinians' (1954), Miss Millicent Fritton (Alastair
Sim), headmistress of St Trinian's School for Girls, attempts to
stave off her creditors by 'looking after' the pocket money of a
wealthy sheikh's daughter currently enrolled at the school, and
investing it on the sheikh's horse, Arab Boy, in the local derby.
In 'Blue Murder at St Trinians' (1956), the anarchic schoolgirls
win a UNESCO prize trip to Rome. Upon arrival they become involved
with a jewel thief (Lionel Jeffries) who hides out with the school,
disguised as the headmistress. The jolly hockey sticks are being
waved with malicious force once again in 'The Pure Hell of St
Trinians' (1957). After they burn their school down, the girls are
sent to the Middle East, where an Arab sheik tries to lure them
into his harem. Flash Harry (George Cole) attempts to come to the
rescue, only to find himself stranded on a desert island with a
familiar member of the constabulary (Joyce Grenfell). In the 1966
film 'The Great St Trinians Train Robbery', a bunch of crooks take
on more than they can handle when they decide to bury the loot from
a successful robbery in the grounds of St Trinians. The
high-spirited girls (or 'hooligans' as they are sometimes known)
take it upon themselves to confront the highly-strung criminals,
with devastating and comic effect.
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