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A.D.A.M. - Sunday Night Theatre 1973
A man builds an automated and computerised house for his disabled wife. Unfortunately things go drastically wrong and the computer (Automated Domestic Appliance Monitor) starts to take on a life of it's own, becoming interested in his wife
Quality: 7.5/10 *time-coding onscreen throughout
Stars: Georgina Hale, Mark Jones, Madge Ryan, Anthony Jackson
Dir: Michael Lindsay-Hogg
The Baby And The Battleship - 1956
After a mix-up Able Seaman Knocker White finds himself literally left holding the baby. Unable to return it before his ship sails, he enlists the help of his best friend Puncher Roberts to smuggle the child aboard
Quality: 7.5/10
Stars: John Mills, Richard Attenborough, Andre Morell, Michael Hordern
Dir: Jay Lewis
Chains - 1949
A husband kills his wife's ex-boyfriend and flees to America, but is caught and brought back to Italy to stand trial. If his wife confesses to adultery he will get off with a 'crime passionnel' plea, if not, he's had his chips. Great location photography
Quality: 8.5/10, Italy, Subs, aka Catena
Stars: Amedeo Nazzari, Yvonne Sanson, Aldo Nicodemi
Dir: Raffaello Matarazzo
Dear Murderer - 1947
A businessman plans to kill his cheating wife's lover and make it look like suicide, in this very superior crime thriller. Portman excels as the calculating killer
Quality: 8/10
Stars: Eric Portman, Greta Gynt, Dennis Price, Maxwell Reed, Hazel Court, Jack Warner
Dir: Arthur Crabtree
The Elizabeth Smart Story - 2003
Based on the true story of the June 2002 kidnapping of teenager Elizabeth Smart by a Cult in Salt Lake City, Utah
Quality: 9/10, US tvm
Stars: Dylan Baker, Lindsay Frost, Amber Marshall
Dir: Bobby Roth
Fury Of The Congo - 1951
Jungle Jim must protect rare pony-like animals whose glands produce a powerful narcotic. On the way he fights pesky hunters, a giant spider and gets a girl
Quality: 9/10, discreet tv logo
Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Sherry Moreland, William Henry
Dir: William Berke
Love 65 - 1965
A film director has problems coping with his wife and marriage. The daughter is their only connecting link. He is looking for love and sex elsewhere. A married woman becomes his new partner for a while
Quality: 8.5/10, Sweden, Subs, aka Karlek 65
Stars: Keve Hjelm, Ann-Marie Gyllenspetz, Ann-Marie Gyllenspetz
Dir: Bo Widerberg
The Magic City - 1954
A young man living in the slums constantly tries to make ends meet, hoping for a better day. Because of debts, he gets tangled up in smuggling. His morals are tested as he tries to find a way out
Quality: 8/10, Greece, Subs, aka Magiki Polis
Dir: Nikos Koundouros
Pitfall - 1948
An insurance investigator falls for the charms of sexy femme fatale Mona, while her boyfirend languishes in jail - but it's only a matter of time before his luck runs out. Absolute classic Noir!
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Dick Powell, Lizabeth Scott, Raymond Burr, Jane Wyatt
Dir: André De Toth
Mrs Stone's Thing - 1970
Housewife Martha wonders why her husband, George spends so much time at parties, then is all "sexed out" for days afterwards. She discovers that he's been going to swingers' orgies, and in an attempt to salvage her marriage, persuades him to take her with him to a party.. At first she doesn't care for it, but little by little she begins to get into it. Softcore sex time-capsule. Contains nudity
Quality: 8/10
Stars: Victor Rich, Karen Johnson, Lida
Dir: Joseph F Robertson
Underworld Beauty - 1958
After being released from prison, a gangster retrieves diamonds by cutting them out of the person who swallowed them, before a rival gang get to them. Super-stylish stuff
Quality: 9/10, Japan, Subs, aka Ankokugai No Bijo
Stars: Michitarô Mizushima, Mari Shiraki, Shinsuke Ashida
Dir: Seijun Suzuki
Woman They Almost Lynched - 1953
Laying on the Missouri-Arkansas border, its female mayor and city council take no side in the ongoing Civil War and they're prepared to hang any troublemaker, Yankee or Confederate, who stirs the townsfolk up
Quality: 9/10, US renegade Western
Stars: John Lund, Audrey Totter, Brian Donlevy
Dir: Allan Dwan