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A French Mistress 1960 The boys of Melbury Primary School are plunged into turmoil when the new French Master turns out to be a Mistress Madelin Leforges the French Mistress effect on the boys is swift and amazing Suddenly everyone wants extra French Lessons just to glimpse the teacher in revealing

Doomwatch 1972 The waters surrounding an island become contaminated by chemical dumping, and people who eat fish caught in those waters become deformed and violent

Station Six Sahara 1963 In the Sahara, at an oil pipeline pumping station belonging to Medina Oil Company, five technicians man the facility Kramer, a German, is the foreman Two Brits, Fletcher and Macey, and Santos, a Hispanic, are the other employees The fifth man, a German named Martin, arrives a

The Risk (1960) UK scientists find a cure for plague but their government, fearing its military-biological potential, keeps the discovery secret until a scientist is duped into giving it to a foreign power.

The Sailor from Gibraltar (1967) Alan, after quarreling with his girlfriend Sheila, becomes intrigued by Anna, a mysterious widow who's searching for a sailor she had known many years before. Alan and Anna begin the search on board a yacht bound for Greece, but they don't find the sailor. After a st

Mister Moses (1965) The latter-day Mister (Joe) Moses is a snake-oil pitchman who is chased out of an African village and is found, literally, in the bull-rushes by Julie Anderson, daughter of missionary Reverand Anderson who has learned that he is a diamond smuggler and threatens to expose him to h

The Drivers Seat (1974) Lise, a mentally unbalanced middle-aged woman travels toward a fatal destiny that she had helped to arrange, as if her own extinction will bring a meaningful existence to its wished-for end - a premeditated search for someone, anyone, with whom she could form a dangerous liai

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1980) Dr. Henry Jekyll, a respectable Victorian scientist, concocts a drug which releases another side to his personality - a brutal, murderous alter ego.

Penelope (1966) When James met Penelope at a club, it took all of three weeks before they were married. But after the marriage, other women became attracted to James and he kept getting promoted, which took him away from Penelope. So Penelope puts on a disguise and robs her husband's bank. Her psych

Too Late the Hero (1970) A WWII film set on a Pacific island. Japanese and allied forces occupy different parts of the island. When a group of British soldiers are sent on a mission behind enemy lines, things don't go exactly to plan. This film differs in that some of the 'heros' are very reluctant,

From Beyond the Grave (1974) Anthology film from Amicus adapted from four short stories by R. Chetwynd-Hayes strung together about an antique dealer who owns a shop called Temptations Ltd. and the fate that befalls his customers who try to cheat him. Stories include "The Gate Crasher" with

Waking Ned Devine (1998) The lucky winner of the national lottery is Ned Devine, so taken by his good fortune that he now can't be waked, because he died from the shock of it! News of the win spread quickly in the scenic little Irish village of Tully More, but not the secret news of Ned's demise. Wi

The Hill (War Drama 1965) WWII, in a British disciplinary camp located in the Libyan desert. Prisoners are persecuted by Staff Sergeant Williams, who made them climb again and again, under the heavy sun, an artificial hill built right in the middle of the camp. Harris is a more human and compassiona