The Riddler returns, using a European monarch as part of his plot to destroy the Dynamic Duo. As well as make himself rich, of course.
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The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas is about a search for the Yeti. It asks the questions: Who is the real monster? Which is the more human, Yeti or man? Botanist Dr. John Rollason (Peter Cushing) joins the exploration task force. Crass, American showman Tom Friend (Forrest Tucker) has formed the expedition. But not for the altruistic reason he pretends. Soon after setting up camp, a large beast attacks the group. Trapper Ed Shelley (Robert Brown) shoots and kills it. The dead creature is stored in a cave to attract a live specimen. Be careful what you ask for …
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Holly Martins (Joseph Cotton, Citizen Kane ), a naïve writer of pulp westerns, arrives in Vienna to meet his old friend Harry Lime (the incomparable Orson Welles). But he finds that Lime has apparently been killed in a suspicious accident. Martins, too curious for his own good, hears contradictory stories about the circumstances of Limes’ death. As witnesses disappear, he finds himself chased by unknown assailants. Complicating matters are the sardonic Major Calloway (Trevor Howard, Brief Encounter), head of the British forces, and Lime’s stage actress mistress, Anna Schmidt (Alida Valli). Will Martin’s curiosity lead him to discover things about his old friend that he’d rather not know?
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If he can care for little butterflies,
Why can’t he care for me?
If he can stare for hours at April skies,
Why can’t he stare at me?
A Patch of Blue – A black man’s burgeoning love affair with a blind white girl is complicated by her racist, controlling mother.
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In Doctor Who: Earthshock, The Doctor, Adric, Nyssa, and Tegan are embroiled in an attack on Earth in 2526. Bombs, deadly androids, and dinosaur bones!
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In Kingdom of the Spiders, William Shatner stars as a veterinarian. He’s puzzled by the deaths of farm animals when he discovers colonies of deadly tarantulas surrounding a rural community.
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Futureworld is the sequel to Westworld – the playground for the ultra-rich, where nothing can go wrong. But this time, it may be on purpose …
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Dormi, dormi, dormi, good night and sleep well, my love,
Dormi, dormi, dormi, angels are watching above;
Till the dawn on tiptoe steals over your window sill,
May ev’ry bright star attend thee
And befriend thee with its light.
This little song may I send thee,
Dormi, dormi, my love, good-night.
The Bishop’s Wife is a delightful Christmas movie, about an overworked bishop, who prays to God for help. And he gets an angelic answer. The answer he needs, not what he expected.
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