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The Slime People

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The Slime People (1963) starring Robert Hutton, Les Tremayne The Slime People – a cheesy, bad 1960’s monster movie – one of those movies perfect to sit with a group of friends & mock mercilessly!
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Doctor Who – The War Games

Doctor Who - The War Games (1963) starring Patrick Troughton
Doctor Who – The War Games (1963) starring Patrick Troughton The War Games is the final serial of Patrick Troughton as The Doctor. It’s a very well-done, ten-part serial. It deals with himself, Jaimie, and Zoe landing the TARDIS in what appears to be the middle of the...
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Lilies of the Field

Lilies of the Field (1963) starring Sidney Poitier, Lilia Skala, Stanley Adams
Lilies of the Field (1963) starring Sidney Poitier, Lilia Skala, Stanley Adams At its core, Lilies of the Field is about resurrection and unexpected fulfillment. Coming together under the guidance of an unseen hand (“he build the chapel”) … Disparate people find more to life than what had...
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Jason and the Argonauts

Jason and the Argonauts (1963) starring Todd Armstrong, Nancy Kovack
Jason and the Argonauts (1963) starring Todd Armstrong, Nancy Kovack Synopsis Jason and the Argonauts is the classic fantasy tale of the fearless sailor who must find the Golden Fleece before he can claim his throne. Fighting an army of skeletons, harpies, the hydra, and a bronze giant...
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Man in a Hurry

Malcolm Tucker, Sheriff Andy Taylor, Barney Fife sing "The Little Brown Church" - one of the sweetest moments in "Man in a Hurry"
Man in a Hurry – The Andy Griffith Show season 3 Man in a Hurry is one of the best episodes of the entire Andy Griffith Show series. A too-busy businessman’s car breaks down in Mayberry, and he gets a taste of life in the slow lane.
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The Haunting

The Haunting (1963) starring Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Russ Tamblyn, Richard Johnson
The Haunting (1963) starring Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Russ Tamblyn, Richard Johnson In The Haunting, four people go into an old mansion that’s supposedly haunted — Hill House. They arrive as psychic investigators, since the house has a long history of death. They slowly discover that the horrific...
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The Great Escape [World War II]

The Great Escape, starring Steve McQueen, Dickie Attenborough, Donald Pleasance, James Garner, Charles Bronson, David McCallum, James Coburn, Gordon Jackson
The Great Escape (1963), starring Steve McQueen, Dickie Attenborough, Donald Pleasance, James Garner, Charles Bronson, David McCallum, James Coburn, Gordon Jackson The Great Escape – a variety of Allied prisoners try to escape from a Nazi prisoner of war camp. But the entire camp needs to escape at the same...
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Doctor Who: The Daleks

Doctor Who: The Daleks (1963) starring William Hartnell, Carole Ann Ford, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill
Doctor Who: The Daleks (1963) starring William Hartnell, Carole Ann Ford, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill In Doctor Who: The Daleks, the TARDIS lands in an alien, petrified jungle. Beyond it lies a mysterious, deserted city. The Doctor insists on exploring, but soon the crew begins suffering from radiation...
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Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child

Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child (1963) starring William Hartnell, Carol Ann Ford, William Russel, Jaqueline Hill
Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child (1963) starring William Hartnell, Carol Ann Ford, William Russel, Jaqueline Hill An Unearthly Child is the very first Doctor Who episode. It introduces the First Doctor (William Hartnell), his granddaughter Susan, and her teachers Ian and Barbara. At first, the teachers are concerned...
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