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Novelist James Clavell wrote, produced, and directed this 1967 British film (based on a novel by E.R. Braithwaite) about a rookie teacher who throws out stock lesson plans and really takes command of his unruly, adolescent students in a London school. Poitier is very good as a man struggling with the extent of his commitment to the job, and even more as a teacher whose commitment is to proffering ...

Manufacturer: RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video
Starring: Sidney Poitier, Christian Roberts, Judy Geeson, Suzy Kendall, Lulu
Directed By: James Clavell

Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Starring: Robin Ellis, Angharad Rees, Clive Francis, Jill Townsend, Judy Geeson
Directed By: Philip Dudley, Roger Jenkins

Manufacturer: Starmaker Entertainment
Starring: Barbara Eden, Josh Taylor, Judith-Marie Bergan, Judy Geeson, Jenny O'Hara
Directed By: Robert Michael Lewis

The life and times of history's most famous escape artist and magician, Harry Houdini.

Manufacturer: Turner Home Ent
Starring: Johnathon Schaech, Stacy Edwards, Paul Sorvino, Rhea Perlman, David Warner
Directed By: Pen Densham

This 1976 adventure story set in World War II concerns a Nazi plot to kidnap Churchill from his retreat--or murder him if need be. The large, great cast and a director, John Sturges, who's been down this road of ensemble action before (The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape) make this project exciting if not as memorable as Sturges's more famous works. The weak ending doesn't help. ...

Manufacturer: Live / Artisan
Starring: Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland, Robert Duvall, Jenny Agutter, Donald Pleasence
Directed By: John Sturges

Novelist James Clavell wrote, produced, and directed this 1967 British film (based on a novel by E.R. Braithwaite) about a rookie teacher who throws out stock lesson plans and really takes command of his unruly, adolescent students in a London school. Poitier is very good as a man struggling with the extent of his commitment to the job, and even more as a teacher whose commitment is to proffering ...

Starring: Sidney Poitier, Christian Roberts, Judy Geeson, Suzy Kendall, Lulu
Directed By: James Clavell

This latest entry into Disney's pantheon of canine cinema has an English duke expiring within the first 20 minutes and leaving his estate and title to his manservant's dog ,Hubert, rather than to his greedy nephew and wife. Once kids recover from the sadness of the lovable codger's demise, they will enjoy the high jinks as the servant, Chives (James Doohan, a.k.a. "Scotty" to Star ...

Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
Starring: John Neville, James Doohan, Courtnee Draper, Jeremy Maxwell, Oliver Muirhead
Directed By: Philip Spink

Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Starring: Joan Crawford, Ty Hardin, Diana Dors, Michael Gough, Judy Geeson
Directed By: Jim O'Connolly

Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Starring: Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson, John Hurt, Pat Heywood, Isobel Black
Directed By: Richard Fleischer

Fortunately, John Wayne had two vastly more interesting feature films (Rooster Cogburn and The Shootist) left in him following this disposable, leaden 1975 fish-out-of-water story. Wayne phones in his performance as a Chicago cop, Jim Brannigan, whose hunt for a fugitive in London is mostly an excuse for cross-cultural conflicts and comedy. Richard Attenborough adds local color as a ...

Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Starring: John Wayne, Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson, Mel Ferrer, John Vernon
Directed By: Douglas Hickox