Showing posts with label Alan Bates. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alan Bates. Show all posts

March 16, 2015

Whistle Down the Wind (1961) Trailer

Whistle Down the Wind


That "Parent Trap" Girl in Her Latest and Greatest

Whistle Down the Wind is a 1961 British film, directed by Bryan Forbes, screenplay by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall, from the novel by Mary Hayley Bell.

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Three children on a north Lancashire farm help hide an escaped criminal who they believe is actually Jesus Christ.

January 29, 2015

The Shout (1978) Trailer

The Shout


A film of intense perversity - the madness of the mind.

The Shout is a 1978 British horror film directed by Jerzy Skolimowski, based on a short story by Robert Graves that was adapted for the screen by Michael Austin.

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The Shout stars Alan Bates as a mysterious travelling man who invades the lives of a young couple, played by Susannah York and John Hurt. Hurt is a composer, who experiments with sound effects and various electronic sources in his secluded Devon studio. The couple provides hospitality to Bates, but his intentions are gradually revealed as more and more sinister. He claims he has learned from an Aboriginal shaman how to produce a "terror shout" that can kill anyone who hears it unprotected.
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December 21, 2014

King of Hearts (1966) Trailer

Le roi de coeur


De Broca's Crowning Touch!


King of Hearts (original French title: Le Roi de Cœur) is a 1966 French comedy-drama film directed by Philippe de Broca and starring Alan Bates.

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During the latter part of World War I, Private Charles Plumpick is chosen to go into the French town of Marville and disconnect a bomb that the German army has planted. However, Charles is chased by some Germans and finds himself holed up at the local insane asylum, where the inmates are convinced that he is the "King of Hearts." Feeling obligated to help the inmates, Charles attempts to lead them out of town, but they are afraid to leave and frolic about the streets in gay costumes. Will Charles be able to deactivate the bomb in time and save his newfound friends?Written by Rick Gregory <rag.apa@email.apa.org>

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