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ROMULUS FILM LIBRARY Park Circus handle worldwide, all media distribution and licensing of such classic British films as The African Queen and Room at the Top as well as more contemporary titles including Revelation. Romulus Films together with distribution company, Independent Film Distributors, were formed in 1948 by the legendary Sir John Woolf and his late brother James to produce and finance British films. Many of the films are available in new digital, 4K and HD versions and Park Circus and Romulus are working together to restore even more of the titles into high definition formats.
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ABDULLA THE GREAT (1955)
Dir: Gregory Ratoff Abdulla, absolute monarch of a wealthy Middle Eastern country, has everything a man could want. Everything, that is, until he falls for a beautiful model. She rejects his advances, however, along with his offers of riches and luxury, choosing instead an officer in the king’s army as her lover.
THE ADVENTURERS (1950) Dir: David Macdonald Peter Brandt is a soldier journeying across the countryside of South Africa after the Boer War. He is looking for a valuable collection of diamonds he found and hid during the war. Accompanying him is Clive Hunter, a man who is hoping to buy a disused gold mine for quick financial gain.
THE AFRICAN QUEEN (1951)
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Dir: John Huston Three movie giants come together in this cinematic classic, combining the masterful direction of John Huston with the fabulous chemistry of Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn in their only onscreen pairing. Bogart won a well-deserved Best Actor Oscar® for his role as disreputable riverboat captain Charlie, who forms an unlikely alliance with Hepburn’s straight-laced Rose. Based on the book by C.S. Forester, this wartime romantic adventure sees the pair forced to travel together down a hazardous East African river.
AFTER THE BALL (1957) Dir: Compton Bennett Vesta Tilley is the daughter of a music-hall Chairman who watches his shows from the wings with great enthusiasm. One day her father finds her dressed as a boy and singing to an imaginary audience made up of her toy dolls. Her act, he believes, is good enough to be performed in front of a live audience, leading to a career as the first male impersonator.
APPOINTMENT IN LONDON (1952) Dir: Philip Leacock Dirk Bogarde stars as Tim Mason, the officer of a British bomber squadron in WWII. A large-scale operation over Germany has been planned, and Tim is shocked to discover that he is not part of the team for the mission – higher authorities apparently think he is no longer at his best. When a member of his crew is injured just before take-off, Tim disobeys his orders and takes his colleague’s place as a gunner.
BEAT THE DEVIL (1953)
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Dir: John Huston Set to travel to Africa to investigate reports of uranium deposits, Billy and his wife find themselves stranded at a port in the Mediterranean as the ship they are travelling on undergoes repairs. Suspicions arise amongst their follow passengers as a series of incidents hit the travelling party and a murder occurs.
THE BESPOKE OVERCOAT (1955)
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Dir: Jack Clayton An Oscar® and BAFTA-winning short about the friendship between the impoverished clerk of a clothing warehouse and a kindly tailor. Friends for many years, Morry offers to produce a custom-made coat for his colleague Fender who has always longed to own one but has never had enough money.
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CARRINGTON VC (1954) Dir: Anthony Asquith David Niven plays Carrington VC, a British Army Major, who has serious financial problems. The War Office owes him a substantial amount of money but will not pay up, so he is driven to take drastic action: stealing some of the money he is due from the War Office safe. Threatened with being court martialled, he remains determined to go ahead and claim what is his.
CHANCE OF A LIFETIME (1950) Dir: Bernard Miles J Courtney Dickinson is the owner of an engineering firm who has a good relationship with his workers until one day Bolger, an arrogant and disruptive worker, is sacked. Following this, the staff go on strike and Dickinson accuses them of not working hard enough. After claiming that he would willingly exchange his position for theirs, Dickinson is surprised when his employees take him at his word and decide to start running the factory themselves.
COSH BOY (1952)
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Dir: Lewis Gilbert A gang of teenagers are earning money by mugging women on the streets of London. Ringleaders Roy and Alfie are making substantial profits until the police catch up with them. At their hearing, the Magistrate passes a fairly lenient sentence in suggesting that they join a Youth Club. There, Roy and Alfie use the building as a base for their growing operation.
DRY ROT (1956) Dir: Maurice Elvey Alf, Fred and Flash are three bookmakers in need of a change of luck. Following a particularly bad day when they owe money to all their clients, they come up with an idea. Cardinal, a wonder horse, is due to race the next week, and they decide to secretly switch this animal for another in order to turn a profit.
THE GALLOPING MAJOR (1951) Dir: Henry Cornelius Major Hill is a horse-lover who decides to set up a syndicate to buy a racehorse after a lucrative day at the track. After accidentally buying the wrong horse which proves useless on the flat, the Major and his acquaintances train it as a successful jumper and decide to enter the Grand National. But 36 hours before the race, their horse disappears.
THE GIFT HORSE (1952) Dir: Compton Bennett HMS Ballantrae is an ageing battleship known as ‘Gift Horse’. Brought out of retirement during the Second World War, she is assigned with the job of leading an attack on an important enemy base. Although the crew are initially sceptical about ‘Gift Horse’ and its capabilities, they must fight as best they can to triumph.
THE GOOD DIE YOUNG (1954) Dir: Lewis Gilbert A group of down-and-outs are convinced by the charismatic Rave to join his plot to hold up a post office van on the condition that there will be no violence. But everything goes wrong when a policeman approaches the thieves’ car and Rave opens fire. Shocked but still obeying Rave, the gang tries to escape, but their loyalty is tested
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THE GUINEA PIG (1948) Dir: Roy Boulting Jack Read is a Cockney boy chosen to attend a Public School as part of an educational experiment. Miserable and alienated from the other pupils for his different ways, Jack decides to run away – but a sympathetic young teacher, Mr. Lorraine, tries to change his mind.
I AM A CAMERA (1955) Dir: Henry Cornelius A young and naive author living in 1930s Berlin befriends a lively English girl, Sally Bowles. The two form a close friendship and he thoroughly enjoys her outrageous behaviour. Together they indulge in the freedom and decadence offered by Berlin at the time, but as support for Nazi fascism rises, the city as they know it begins to vanish.
I’LL GET YOU FOR THIS (1950) Dir: Joseph M. Newman Nick Cain is a well-known American gambler who arrives at a Mediterranean resort to a grand welcome from a local casino. The friendliness of his entrance, however, is soon marred when he is framed for murdering a US Treasury agent. Nick manages to escape, but decides to return in order to uncover the truth and prove his innocence.
INNOCENTS IN PARIS (1953) Dir: Gordon Parry A diverse group of British travellers arrive in Paris for the first time, each with different expectations of the celebrated city. Leaving the familiarity of post-War Britain behind, they set off in search of an unforgettable weekend.
THE INTERRUPTED JOURNEY (1949) Dir: Daniel Birt After reconsidering eloping with another woman at the last minute, John North pulls the emergency break on the train he is travelling on and returns home to his wife. When he arrives, he finds that the train has been involved in an accident in which many people died, including his mistress. When it is discovered that she had been murdered prior to the crash, John becomes the main suspect.
THE IRON PETTICOAT (1956)
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Dir: Ralph Thomas An unidentified Russian plane lands on German soil where the pilot is picked up by American authorities. To everyone’s surprise, the pilot is a woman - Vinka Kovelenko, a celebrated heroine of her country. She claims that she took off in a rage, with no idea of her destination. Sceptical about her story, the authorities assign Captain Chuck Lockwood to find out more about her. Despite falling in love, Chuck maintains his suspicions about Vinka’s motives.
JEDDA (1955) Dir: Charles Chauvel In the largely uninhabited lands of Northern Australia, Sarah, a childless white woman, adopts an Aborigine baby she calls Jedda. Sarah has plans for her daughter to marry a handsome stockman, but Jedda falls prey to the magnetism of an Aborigine and is tormented by the conflict between her upbringing and the pull of her native heritage.
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A KID FOR TWO FARTHINGS (1955)
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Dir: Carol Reed After spotting a young goat with a single horn, six-year-old Joe believes he has found the mythical unicorn and barters with the owner to buy it. Joe has been told that the magical creature will make all of his wishes come true and – to everyone’s surprise – unexplained events start to improve the fortunes of Joe’s struggling community.
THE LATE EDWINA BLACK (1951) Dir: Maurice Elvey Edwina Black is a mean-tempered woman who rules her household with cruel force, overbearing her husband, Gregory and her young companion, Elizabeth with the help of her malicious housekeeper, Ellen. When Edwina is suddenly taken ill and dies, the police perform a post-mortem and discover that she has died of arsenic poisoning. All three members of the household become suspects.
MIX ME A PERSON (1962) Dir: Leslie Norman After a young man is tried and convicted of killing a policeman, the barrister’s wife, a psychiatrist by occupation, believes the suspect to be innocent and decides to take on the case to succeed where her husband failed. She faces a race against time, with the death sentence looming ever nearer.
MOULIN ROUGE (1952)
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Dir: John Huston An Oscar®-winning drama about Toulouse-Lautrec, the crippled artist who forgets his worries by drinking and mingling at the Moulin Rouge nightclub in Paris, where he sits and sketches the scenes he sees. Lonely and convinced that he will be alone forever, he is delighted to meet Marie, a young girl in need of help. The two become lovers, but he soon learns she is being unfaithful.
REVELATION (2001) Dir: Stuart Urban An ancient relic called the Loculus has been fought over by the forces of light and darkness for 2,000 years. Missing for centuries, the sacred artefact mysteriously reappears in the present as a powerful secret society begins slaughtering innocents to obtain it. Billionaire mogul Magnus Martle is desperate to find and destroy the relic, reluctantly aided by his estranged son Jake, a computer decoding expert, and Mira, a student of alchemy.
RICHARD III (1955)
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Dir: Laurence Olivier A world-class British cast star in this epic, award-winning adaptation of Shakespeare’s play. It is the end of the 15th Century, and soon after Edward VI has been crowned King, his brother Richard starts plotting to obtain the throne. First he wins Lady Anne, then poisons Edward’s mind against their other brother, Clarence, and later has him killed. After murdering all who stand between him and the throne, Richard becomes King, but must finally face his enemies on the battlefield.
ROOM AT THE TOP (1959)
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Dir: Jack Clayton Joe Lampton arrives in a Yorkshire town to take up a place in the Borough Treasury Department, but has ambitions to elevate his position by any means possible. In doing so, he sets his sights on Susan, the pretty daughter of a local industrialist. When Susan’s father intervenes, Joe finds solace in the arms of an older woman.
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SAILOR BEWARE! (1956) Dir: Gordon Parry Albert Tufnell is a seaman on leave to marry Shirley Hornett. His mother-in-law to be causes much strife when she insists on taking charge of the wedding, the guests and the participants. Her behaviour causes Albert to have second thoughts, while Shirley decides that he is secretly having an affair with one of her bridesmaids and the wedding begins to look increasingly unlikely.
SHADOW OF THE EAGLE (1950) Dir: Sidney Salkow In the 18th Century, Catherine the Empress of Russia is determined to rid herself of a young Princess who claims to be the rightful heir to the Russian throne. She sends her most trusted Officer, Count Orloff, to kidnap her – but when Orloff falls in love with the Princess, the two must flee to escape execution.
THE SILENT ENEMY (1958) Dir: William Fairchild It is 1941, and Britain is sustaining serious army losses. Adding to their problems is the new form of warfare invented by the Italians: frogmen; a group of soldiers who travel underwater and attach explosives onto enemy ships. A young Naval Lieutenant, Crabbe, is a bomb disposal expert who is sent to Gibraltar to fight the threat.
THE SPANIARD’S CURSE (1958) Dir: Ralph Kemplen Guy Stevenson is an accused man fighting for his life. As he pleas to the jury, he repeats an old Spanish curse invoked by those wrongly convicted. He is found guilty and sentenced to death, but two observers decide that he is innocent. As the curse appears to take effect, the two amateur sleuths try to piece the puzzle together.
STORM OVER THE NILE (1955) Dir: Zoltan Korda, Terence Young The son of a prestigious general is forced to enter the army against his will, but after the death of his father he decides to leave his regiment as they set off for Sudan. Branded a coward by his friends who mockingly send him white feathers, he follows them into battle to prove himself a hero.
THEY CAN’T HANG ME (1954) Dir: Val Guest A well-known Civil Servant is sentenced to death for murdering a woman. But five days before he is to be hanged, he announces that he has some secret information that is vital to the security of the country and that he will only exchange for his freedom.
THREE MEN IN A BOAT (1956) Dir: Ken Annakin Three men decide to holiday on the Thames, having to cancel appointments with their wives, girlfriends and acquaintances in order to do so. As they set off for Hampton Court, they meet three attractive girls, and as the next few days pass they hope to meet them again.
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TIME IS MY ENEMY (1954) Dir: Don Chaffey Radley is a small-time crook who returns to his wife, Barbara, after a long absence to find her remarried, having believed him to be dead. She is now the wife of a wealthy publisher and Radley, realising she will want their marriage kept secret, blackmails her for hush money whilst entwining her in his criminal activities.
TIME LOCK (1957) Dir: Gerald Thomas It is 6 o’clock on a Friday evening at a South Yorkshire bank. Lucille Walker calls in to pick up her husband, Colin, accompanied by their six-year-old son, Stephen. After locking the doors, Colin pre-sets the time lock of the vault for Monday morning - 63 hours later. Just as they are about to leave, they notice that Stephen is missing. As the vault cannot be opened manually, it is a race against time to save the young boy.
TREASURE HUNT (1952) Dir: John Paddy Carstairs Sir Roderick Ryall is the roguish head of an eccentric Irish family. When he dies at the age of 95, he leaves his middle-aged children a fortune, but apparently only on paper. Their home, Ballyroden Hall, is their one asset. Forced to devise ways of making money, after much disagreement they reluctantly decide to open Ballyroden Hall up to paying guests.
TO DOROTHY, A SON (1954) Dir: Muriel Box Under a complicated bequest from her uncle, Myrtle stands to inherit $2,000,000 if her ex-husband does not produce a male heir, otherwise he will get the cash. Travelling from New York to England, she finally manages to track him down, but learns that his new wife is heavily pregnant.
THE VICIOUS CIRCLE (1957) Dir: Gerald Thomas After receiving a phonecall apparently from a movie mogul friend, Dr Howard Latimer, a Harley Street specialist, sets off to pick up an actress from the airport. A few days later, however, he arrives at his flat to find the star’s dead body there. The police are called in, and it becomes clear that Latimer is being set up.
WOMEN OF TWILIGHT (1952) Dir: Gordon Parry A young woman’s lover is arrested for murder just as she discovers that she is carrying his child. Following the publicity around the case, Vivianne is thrown out of her flat and is forced to rent a room in a decrepit boarding house for unmarried mothers.
WRONG ARM OF THE LAW (1962) Dir: Cliff Owen Peter Sellers stars as Pearly Gates, a Cockney thief who is head of the gang responsible for a series of London robberies. Everything goes well until the police start arriving with monotonous regularity to confiscate the loot. Pearly soon realises that there is a traitor in their midst, so he decides to make a deal with the police.
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PRIVATES ON PARADE BELLMAN AND TRUE
THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY
WITHNAIL AND I TIME BANDITS
HANDMADE FILM LIBRARY The Handmade Films library has over 100 films including Withnail and I, The Long Good Friday and Time Bandits. Formed in 1979 by George Harrison, over the years the company has worked with such stellar names as Bob Hoskins, Michael Caine, Maggie Smith, Terry Gilliam and Richard E. Grant. Its productions regularly feature in lists of the top British films of all times. Park Circus handle worldwide, all media distribution and licensing.
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ALICE (1982) Dir: Jacek Bromski and Jerzy Gruza A musical-fantasy modern retelling of Lewis Carroll’s ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’.
ALWAYS CRASHING IN THE SAME CAR (2007) Dir: Duncan Wellaway A wrong turn in the middle of the night tips the balance of power between two influential men in a way that will affect their relationship forever. This short was written by Zoe Ball and was the first time Richard E Grant and Paul McGann worked together since Withnail and I.
THE AMAZING MR. BLUNDEN (1972)
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Dir: Lionel Jeffries Supernatural children’s film. Near destitute after the death of her husband, a widow and her young children are approached by an elderly and mysterious solicitor, Mr. Blunden (Laurence Naismith), who asks the family to become the caretakers of a derelict, partly fire-damaged country mansion.
THE AMBASSADOR (1984) Dir: J. Lee Thompson Robert Mitchum plays a controversial U.S. ambassador to Israel who tries to solve the Palestinian question while being criticized by all factions, which takes a turn when his wife begins having an affair with a PLO chief. Rock Hudson (in his last theatrical movie role) plays Mitchum’s chief security officer.
BELLMAN AND TRUE (1987)
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Dir: Richard Loncraine Hiller, a computer expert, is bribed by a group of bank robbers to obtain details of the security system at a newly built bank. After obtaining the information for the thieves, Hiller is forced to entangle himself in the heist after his son is taken hostage by the group.
BULLSHOT (1983)
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Dir: Dick Clement Captain Hugh “Bullshot” Crummond is a World War I fighter pilot, Olympic athlete, racing driver, and part-time sleuth. He must save the world from the dastardly Count Otto van Bruno, his wartime adversary, and win the heart of the damsel in distress.
THE BLOCKHOUSE (1973) Dir: Clive Rees War drama based on the novel by Jean Paul Ciebert. Six men of different nationalities are trapped in an underground German blockhouse and although they have a plentiful supply of food and beverages, the victims must overcome loneliness and boredom in order to survive.
CALLIE AND SON (1981) Dir: Waris Hussein. Callie was a teenage mother in trouble. Fresh out of the delivery room, her son was taken from her and sold on the black-market. Vowing to find him some day, this is her story. Michelle Pfeiffer plays Callie’s son’s wife in an early career role.
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CARBON COPY (1981) Dir: Michael Schultz A culture clash comedy in which a white corporate executive (George Segal) is surprised to discover that he has a black teenage son (Denzel Washington in his first role) who wants be adopted into the almost-exclusively-white community of San Marino, California.
CHECKING OUT (1989)
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Dir: David Leland Ray Macklin is obsessed with his own mortality. When a close friend suddenly dies of a heart attack at a barbecue, Ray becomes convinced that every ache, pain and twinge he experiences is a sign of his own impending death. His unjustified fears lead him into ever more extensive hypochondria.
COLD DOG SOUP (1990)
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Dir: Alan Metter A mild-mannered stockbroker has his date with the girl of his dreams quickly derailed when her mother’s dog dies and they encounter an unusual taxi driver who persuades the couple that he can sell the animal’s corpse. Together they embark on a surreal journey taking in suspicious restaurants and voodoo rituals.
CONNECTING ROOMS (1970) Dir: Franklin Gollings Bette Davis and Michael Redgrave star in an exploration of the relationships of the residents of a seedy boarding house in London.
EMBASSY (1972) Dir: Gordon Hessler A Russian spy penetrates into the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon to try to kill a Soviet defector under asylum in the embassy.
FIVE CORNERS (1987)
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Dir: Tony Bill Just released from prison, local thug Heinz returns to his Bronx neighborhood to pick up where he left off: resuming his troubled relationship with his mother and rekindling his romance with Linda, the woman he was charged with assaulting. John Turturro, Jodie Foster and Tim Robbins star in early roles.
THE FOUR DIMENSIONS OF GRETA (1972) Dir: Pete Walker Low-budget comedy sexpoloitation film in which a young German journalist arrives in London to write an article about au-pair girls, but is requested by friends to investigate the whereabouts of their teenage daughter Greta. The first British film to be shot in 3D, it features four 3D film sequences.
GIRL STROKE BOY (1973) Dir: Bob Kellett The straightlaced parents of a boy who has, until now, shown no interest in the opposite sex, are surprised when he comes home with a girl/boy from the West Indies.
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THE GIRL WHO COULDN’T SAY NO (1968) Dir: Franco Brusati Childhood friends Franco and Yolanda accidentally meet again after 15 years and both know it is love. This comedy traces their troubled relationship as he fails to come to terms with her non-conformist ways.
HOW TO GET AHEAD IN ADVERTISING (1989) Dir: Bruce Robinson Richard E Grant stars as Denis Dimbleby, an unstable advertising executive who suffers a nervous breakdown while making an advert for pimple cream. His shoulder sprouts an evil, talking boil which speaks only to Bagley, is silent to the rest of the world, and seems to be growing. This caustic satire reunited the team behind cult classic Withnail and I.
IMAGES (1972) Dir: Robert Altman A schizophrenic housewife, engulfed by terrorizing apparitions, kills them off, not knowing if these demons are figments of her hallucinatory imagination or part of reality.
INTIMATE RELATIONS (1996)
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Dir: Philip Goodhew Set in post-war fifties suburbia, Mr & Mrs Beasly live a quiet respectable life with their daughter Joyce, however when they decide to take in handsome young lodger, Harold Guppy (Graves), things quickly begin to unravel. Julie Walters and Rupert Graves star.
THE LEGEND OF FRENCHIE KING (1971) Dir: Christian-Jaque Brigitte Bardot and Claudia Cardinale are outlaw sisters in the old West who inherit a ranch and try to settle down and develop relationships with the brothers in a neighboring family.
THE LONELY PASSION OF JUDITH HEARNE (1987)
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Dir: Jack Clayton Maggie Smith plays a lonely Irish spinster who meets a broken-down former NYC doorman (Bob Hoskins) on one of her frequent ‘inn crawls’. She thinks she may have found the companionship she so desperately craves, but he turns out to be a sleazy con artist, out to exploit her for all she is worth.
THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY (1980)
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Dir: John Mackenzie Heralded as one of the best British gangster films of all time, starring Bob Hoskins in his career-making role as a London crime boss on one long bloody day of terror, an Easter Good Friday, where his empire begins to crack and crumble. Helen Mirren plays his classy moll, Victoria.
THE MCMASTERS (1070) Dir: Alf Kjellin Western starring Brock Peters as Benjie, a black Union soldier and former slave who returns to his southern hometown to discover that he is a free man in name only.
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THE MISSIONARY (1982) Dir: Richard Loncraine Recalled to London after spending years in Africa, the Reverend Charles Fortesque (Michael Palin) is given a new and no less difficult mission. He will now be required to bring the Word of the Lord to the ladies of the night. Thus he goes forth amongst them, bringing help and assistance, offering food and finding them beds (usually his own).
MONA LISA (1986)
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Dir: Neil Jordan Five years after The Long Good Friday, Bob Hoskins returned to the gangster genre as George, a chauffeur hired by a mesmerisingly slimy gangland kingpin (Michael Caine) to transport a high-class prostitute from client to client. When she enlists his help in tracking down an old friend, he finds himself exploring a hellish underworld that he never knew existed.
MURPHY’S WAR (1971) Dir: Peter Yates Peter O’Toole stars as a lone survivor from a British naval ship obsessed with getting revenge on a German U-boat crew that massacred his shipmates in the water.
THE NAKED FACE (1984) Dir: Bryan Forbes Chicago psychiatrist Judd Stevens (Roger Moore) is drawn into a murder investigation after one of his patients is stabbed to the death in the middle of the city while wearing a coat he borrowed from the psychiatrist.
NUNS ON THE RUN (1990) Dir: Jonathan Lynn Charlie and Brian (Robbie Coltrane and Eric Idle) are two conmen who want to go straight but need one last heist to finance a life in Rio. However, their plans go awry when their getaway car breaks down in front of a convent. They bluff their way in and make a startling transformation - into Sisters Euphemia and Inviolata.
PERFECT FRIDAY (1970) Dir: Peter Hall A sexy, mischievous early ‘70s crime caper starring Stanley Baker as a bank manager who teams up with a glamorous, aristocratic couple (David Warner and Ursula Andress) to pull off the ultimate inside job.
POWWOW HIGHWAY (1989) Dir: Jonathan Wacks Buddy and Filbert leave the Reservation to take a road trip across the badlands of the American Midwest to save Buddy’s sister from unjust imprisonment. On the way, they encounter truth, love, magic, and healing. Based on the best selling book by David Seals this was reportedly George Harrison’s favourite Handmade produced film.
A PRIVATE FUNCTION (1984)
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Dir: Michael Mowbray Starring Michael Palin and Maggie Smith as a British couple who attempts to circumvent local food-rationing regulations with an illegally raised hog. This triggers a chaotic series of events in this satirical comedy set in post-World War II England. Written by Alan Bennett.
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PRIVATES ON PARADE (1983)
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Dir: Michael Blakemore The members of SADUSEA (Song And Dance Unit South East Asia) fall in and out of love while trying to dodge Malayan Communist bullets in the late 1940s. Not only that, they have to contend with a loony, bible bashing Major (John Cleese) who creates far more danger than the other jungle inhabitants.
THE RAGGEDY RAWNEY (1988)
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Dir: Bob Hoskins A young soldier - Tom (Dexter Fletcher) - deserts the army in fear of his life and his sanity. Disguised in women’s clothing and strange face paint, he is taken in by a band of travelling gypsies who believe him to be the ‘Rawney’, a magical old woman. Written, directed by and starring Bob Hoskins.
RUNAWAY TRAIN (1985) Dir: Andrei Konchalovsky Jon Voight and Eric Roberts earned Oscar nominations for their performances as convicts who escape into the icy Northeast wilderness aboard an out-of-control freight train.
SCRUBBERS (1982)
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Dir: Mai Zetterling This documentary-style drama examines the life of a young woman sentenced to Borstal, with a cast made up of several former inmates. It soon becomes clear that random violence and backbiting are the norm.
SHANGHAI SURPRISE (1986)
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Dir: Jim Goddard Glendon Wasey is a fortune hunter looking for a fast track out of China. Gloria Tatlock is a missionary nurse seeking the curing powers of opium for her patients. Fate sets them on a hectic, exotic, and even romantic quest for stolen drugs. But they are up against every thug and smuggler in Shangai. Sean Penn and Madonna star.
TIFFANY JONES (1973) Dir: Pete Walker A light-hearted and occasionally unclothed adaptation of a British comic strip in which a photo model in swinging London has a double life as a secret agent and tries to topple the fictional Eastern European dictatorship of Zirdana.
TIME BANDITS (1981)
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Dir Terry Gilliam An eleven-year-old is rescued from his dull, suburban life when an armoured knight and a gang of dwarves who emerge from his wardrobe and carry him off on a journey through space and time to meet some of history’s most famous characters including Napoleon Bonaparte (Ian Holm), Robin Hood (John Cleese) and King Agamemnon (Sean Connery).
A TIME FOR LOVING (1972) Dir: Christopher Miles Three stories all set in the same studio in Paris: In 1937, two lovers return after 15 years to the room where they used to be lovers. In 1939, the room is occupied by a medical student who has an affair with a much older doctor and in 1942, a young girl lives in the room and has an affair with a married man.
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TRACK 29 (1988)
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Dir: Nicholas Roeg Doctor’s wife Linda Henry (Theresa Russell) is bored with her surgeon husband Henry (Christopher Lloyd) and their sexless, childless marriage. When Linda meets mysterious young British hitchhiker Martin (Gary Oldman), she wonders if he could be the son she gave up for adoption at birth while she was still in her teens.
TRIPLE ECHO (1972)
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Dir: Michael Apted Deserting soldier dresses as a woman to escape detection; liking the female role he goes to a dance with another soldier and is exposed.
THE ULTIMATE SOLUTION OF GRACE QUIGLEY (1985) Dir: Anthony Harvey Katherine Hepburn stars as an elderly widow who lives alone in a dreary New York City apartment. She has twice tried and failed to commit suicide, so she decides to hire a hit man (Nick Nolte) to kill her – and then others like her who are old, alone and tired of living.
THE VIRGIN AND THE GYPSY (1970) Dir: Christopher Miles Adaptation of the D.H. Lawrence novella. Joanna Shimkus stars as Yvette, a young girl, living an unfulfilling life in a vicarage, with her father and sister. Her romantic curiosity is awakened by a chance encounter with a gypsy and his family.
THE VOICES (1973) Dir: David Billington The young son of Robert and Claire drowns while on an outing with his parents. Some years later while they visit a house in the country they see ghostly children. They run to their car to find it’s been wrecked and their dead bodies are inside...
WATER (1985) Dir: Dick Clement British comedy starring Michael Caine, Billy Connolly and Leonard Rossiter set in an ex-pat community in the Carribean where water is scarce and every drop is meant for drinking. However US oil interests and rebel leaders are determined to exploit the mineral spring.
WHERE DOES IT HURT? (1972) Dir: Rod Amateau In this classic hospital farce, Peter Sellers plays Dr. Albert T. Hopfnagel, a greedy, crooked doctor who has perfected the art of bill-padding, unnecessary surgery and kickbacks.
WITHNAIL AND I
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Dir: Bruce Robinson Camden Town, the end of the sixties. Two struggling, unemployed actors (Richard E Grant and Paul McGann) decide some respite is in order and so depart their miserable flat for a week in the Lake District one that will involve rain, booze, minimal supplies, a randy bull and an even randier Uncle Monty.
YOU CAN’T HAVE EVERYTHING Dir: A. Martin Zweiback A young American soldier desperately wants to lose his virginity before he’s shipped off to Vietnam. He meets a friendly young woman who appears willing to help him solve his “problem.” But there’s something she hasn’t told him...
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ACTION FILMS Action International Pictures was a film production and distribution company founded in 1986. AIP was founded by David Winters, David A. Prior and Peter Yuval. This catalogue contains late 80s and early 90s low budget action movies and forms part of the Handmade library. If you’re looking for guns, girls, secret missions, hostages and a whole lot of vengeance - these films are for you!
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ARMED FOR ACTION (1992) Dir: Bret McCormick For war veteran Sgt. Phil Towers, transporting known Mafia hitman David Montel from New York to Los Angeles seemed like a routine mission, only to be ambushed halfway across the country by ten of the mob’s top gunmen.
BATTLEGROUND (1989) Dir: David A. Prior The battle-tested Sergeants Casey and Lance have to accompany a young Lieutenant and a group of newly arrived teenage soldiers on a practice trip in the jungle. But the trip turns serious when they are discovered by Russian scouts and find half a company following hot on their heels.
BLOOD ON THE BADGE (1992) Dir: Bret McCormick A brutal war of terrorism is waged by Libyan Nationalists and arms have been stolen from a high security military arsenal. Detective Neal Farrow is assigned to the case and is caught up in a political black market scandal of murder and extortion.
BORN KILLER (1989) Dir: Kimberley Casey A weekend excursion for a a group of teenagers turns into a bloody life or death battle when they cross paths with two escaped convicts. Bloodied and beaten, the teens have only their wits and courage to protect them.
THE BOUNTY HUNTER (1990) Dir: Robert Ginty Duke Evans seeks revenge when a corrupt sheriff and his deputies kills one of his best friends and plot to steal land from the local African Americans. Alone, against the sheriff and the town, Duke fights to expose the plot and avenge his friends death.
CENTER OF THE WEB (1992) Dir: David A. Prior When John Phillips falls victim to a case of mistaken identity, no-one can protect him from the crime syndicate trying to kill him, or the corrupt police force trying to frame him. With only hours left, time is running out.
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CHASE (1988) Dir: David A. Prior Forced to become the hunted in a deadly game of tag, Steven Chase takes dangerous action when he breaks all the rules. The man with the gun is supposed to die... but this man has other ideas.
CODENAME VENGEANCE (1987) Dir: David Winters In a terrorist raid, rebels kidnap the wife and child of a third world country leader. Only US convict Monroe Bieler can save them. When he is released he shows the terrorists the real meaning of terror.
COP-OUT (1991) Dir: Lawrence L. Simeone When his brother is framed for murder, a detective quits the force and breaks all the rules in pursuit of the real killers. Teaming with a beautiful lawyer, they uncover city-wide corruption and betrayal in the process.
THE DANGEROUS (1995) Dir: Maria Dante, Rod Hewitt To avenge the death of a family member, a brother and sister adopt the code of Kamikaze, and are determined to kill drud dealers until they are killed themselves. Meanwhile ex-cop Billy Davalos winds up entangled in the desperate search for the killers as East meets West in final fiery confrontation.
DEAD END CITY (1988) Dir: Peter Yuval It is an urban nightmare come true as gang warfare rules the streets. A corrupt cop allows one gang to rule the streets, but one street-tough resident will not be bullied and the action explodes as he fights back.
DEADLY DANCER (1991) Dir: Kimberley Casey The exotic dancers at a favourite police watering hole are dying like flies. All clues point to officer Alden. With time running out Alden must not only clear his name, but also keep from being the next victim.
DEADLY PREY (1987) Dir: David A. Prior A group of mercenaries are kidnapping innocent people on the streets of Los Angeles and using them as human targets. That is until they kidnap the wrong man... Mike Danton, guerrilla fighter!
DEADLY REACTOR (1989) Dir: David Heavener After the nucleur holocaust the real horror begins. A vicious motocycle gang rules and civilisation is threatened. Only one man reacts.....
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DOUBLE THREAT (1993) Dir: David A. Prior When Monica Martel discovers that her “body double” Lisa Shane, a beautiful and younger stand-in, is having a torrid affair with her leading man she vows a bitter revenge climaxing in a brutal murder.
FATAL SKIES (1990) Dir: Thomas E. Dugan A diabolical plot to dump toxic waste into the water supply of a small town is put in jeopardy by a group of sky-diving teenagers.
THE FINAL SANCTION (1990) Dir: David A. Prior After war breaks out between the U.S. and Russia, the two countries decide to settle the conflict by putting its two best warriors into an arena in a fight to the death.
FIREHEAD (1991) Dir: Peter Yuval When a Russian cyborg with telekinetic powers terrorises a city, an elite government agency intervenes. A “regular guy” chemist teams up with a beautiful blonde agent to capture the menace but finds out that the true villain isn’t who he expected.
FUTURE FORCE (1989) Dir: David A. Prior David Carradine stars in this action packed futuristic adventure as the most powerful leader of the C.O.P.S. When murder and corruption are exposed within the organisation, he and his .357 magnum are the city’s only hope for protection.
FUTURE ZONE (1990) Dir: David A. Prior Tough C.O.P. John Tucker was the fastest gun in the new world until he was slaughtered. Now, thirty years later, his time travelling son armed with a .44 magnum blasts through time to change the course of history and save his father.
GOOD COP BAD COP (1994) Dir: David A. Prior Mace is a street-wise ex-cop who now tracks down criminals that jump bail. The mayor hires him to find the person that killed his daughter. He enlists the help of Sarah (Pamela Anderson) and the main suspect Mitch to find out the truth.
INVASION FORCE (1990) Dir: David A. Prior A movie crew accidentally discovers a terrorist camp. Armed only with prop guns and guts, the actors and film crew wage a desperate battle against very real bullets, bombs and high tech ballistics.
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JUNGLE ASSAULT (1989) Dir: David A. Prior Two Vietnam veterans with nothing left to lose are called back into the bloodiest action of their lives. Their assignment is to locate and destroy a terrorist base and rescue an American General’s daughter.
KILLER WORKOUT (1987) Dir: David A. Prior Two years ago, a young woman named Valerie was burned after entering a tanning salon. Now, her twin sister, Rhonda runs a local gym where all of a sudden, people are being murdered.
THE LAST RIDE (1991) Dir: Karl Krogstad A man hitches a ride with a truck driver not knowing that this murderous maniac’s destination is not the nearest city... but hell.
LOCK ‘N’ LOAD (1990) Dir: David A. Prior A diabolical scheme is unleashed upon America when war heroes are mysteriously transformed into deadly assassins.
LOST PLATOON (1990) Dir: David A. Prior A war correspondent discovers that the platoon that has saved his life is made up of immortal soldiers who thrive on war and live on human blood as vampires. His choice is whether to die or join them.
MANKILLERS (1987) Dir: David A. Prior Twelve women prisoners with nothing to lose take part in a suicide mission. Succeeding is their only key to freedom. Men soon learn that when the unbridled fury of these desperate women is unleashed, nothing can stop them.
MAXIMUM BREAKOUT (1991) Dir: Tracy Lynch Britton A dream vacation erupts into a hellish nightmare after a wealthy heiress is brutally abducted. Her captors leave no clues, no motives and no ransom. Only one man has the courage to fight for her life but will he, if it means sacrificing his own?
NIGHT TRAP (1993) Dir: David A. Prior In the midst of Mardi Gras revelry, New Orleans cop Mike Turner must track down a demonic killer whose recent string of carnage has left Mike speechless. But is he any match for a man who’s sold his soul to the devil to become virtually invincible?
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NIGHT WARS (1988) Dir: David A. Prior Two Vietnam veterans have realistic nightmares about the war. So real are these nightmares that they start getting injured in them, and bringing things back that they find in the dreams.
OPERATION WAR ZONE (1988) Dir: David A. Prior A squad of U.S. troops seek out a mysterious agent hiding out in the jungles of 1960s Vietnam. The agent has classified documents that could win the war.
ORDER OF THE EAGLE (1989) Dir: Thomas Baldwin A teenage Eagle Scout accidentally discovers the lost plans for America’s Star Wars missile defense program and becomes a target for a squad of ruthless industrial espionage hit men.
PHOENIX THE WARRIOR (1988) Dir: Robert Hayes First there was nuclear war... then conventional war... then the chromosome wars. No man survived. Now bands of savage women roam the ravaged landscape and only one shall rise above the rest in her quest to save the human race from extinction.
PRESUMED GUILTY (1991) Dir: Lawrence L. Simeone They say a man is presumed innocent until proven guilty. Not so Jesse who is being hunted down by a ruthless band of vigilantes when his only crime was falling in love with the sheriff’s daughter.
RAGE TO KILL (1988) Dir: David Winters The peaceful Caribbean island of St Heron becomes a violent battleground when a military coup puts bloodthirsty General Turner in control and he plots to build a secret Russian base.
RAPID FIRE (1989) Dir: David A. Prior All hell breaks loose when a vicious terrorist escapes from a maximum security military prison with the assistance of an unstoppable weapon. Disaster is here and only one man can stop it.
RAW NERVE (1991) Dir: David A. Prior Seven murders in ten days. The press call him “The Face”, the police call him unstoppable. No clues. No motives. No end to this madness in sight. Enter Jimmy Clayton, a thirty-six year old professional race car driver. He’s having visions of the murders, but no-one takes him seriously.
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THE REVENGER (1989) Dir: Cedric Sundstrom Set-up for manslaughter and sentenced to hard time, Michael Keller returns from prison to find his wife held hostage for $500,000 of drug money. Armed with only his wits and brute strength, Michael takes on the drug lords.
THE SHOOTERS (1989) Dir: Peter Yuval A comedy in which a group of misfit U.S. Army soldiers are chosen to represent their base at the annual war games competition. They are not expected to win.
SPACE MUTINY (1988) Dir: David Winters, Neal Sundstrom The enormous Southern Sun spaceship is taken over by evil mutineers who plan to scrap the ship and sell the crew and passengers into slavery. Against overwhelming odds, one man leads the battle against the deadly space rebels.
THAT’S ACTION (1990) Dir: David A. Prior Starring some of the industry’s hottest action stars, That’s Action takes you behind the scenes in Hollywood to see movie magic up close. Your screen will explode with everything from car stunts, tank battles, boat chases, to knife fights and many other thrilling action scenes and stunts.
TIME BURST (1989) Dir: Peter Yuval Three hundred years ago a man learned the secrets of the Samurai warrior - how to fight and live forever. Now his cover is broken and battling modern technology under the C.I.A., he must protect the secret and fight for his own life.
WHITE FURY (1990) Dir: David A. Prior A romantic weekend turns into a deadly nightmare when sadistic criminals invade and take a teenage couple hostage. Trapped inside a blinding snowstorm, they face torture and certain death. With sheer wit and raw courage they must out-race their captors for freedom.
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OTHER TITLES AVAILABLE FROM SCOTLAND WITH LOVE
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Made entirely of Scottish film archive, From Scotland With Love is a 75-minute film by award-winning director Virginia Heath with a transcendent score by Scottish musician and composer King Creosote. A journey into our collective past, the film explores universal themes of love, loss, resistance, migration, work and play. Ordinary people, some long since dead, their names and identities largely forgotten, appear shimmering from the depth of the vaults to take a starring role.
RICHARD III (1995)
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1930s set Shakespeare adaptation directed by Richard Loncraine and starring Ian McKellen. Newly restored in 2K.
VISITORS (2013)
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Godfrey Reggio (the Qatsi trilogy) has created a wordless portrait of modern life, exploring humanity’s trance-like relationship with technology, which, when commandeered by extreme emotional states, produces massive effects far beyond the human species. Visitors takes viewers on a journey to the moon and back to confront them with themselves.
WE CAN’T GO HOME AGAIN (1976)
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An experimental feature film directed by Nicholas Ray in collaboration with his film students at SUNY Binghamton. Called by some a visionary masterpiece, and by others a fool’s errand, this controversial film embodies Ray’s last explorations in the medium that he called “the cathedral of the arts.” The film explores the face of a community at a critical moment in our cultural-political history and offers a searing portrait of the filmmaker’s soul.
DON’T EXPECT TOO MUCH – A documentary tracing legendary director Nicholas Ray’s late career experiments with multiple image, journalistic filmmaking, and the film education undertaken in We Can’t Go Home Again.
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