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The Lady Vanishes - was released on: 1 November 1938.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- Margaret Lockwood… Iris Henderson
- Michael Redgrave… Gilbert
- Paul Lukas… - played the character of: Dr. Hartz
- Dame May Whitty… - played the character of: Miss Froy
- Cecil Parker… Mr. Todhunter
- Linden Travers… - played the character of: ‘Mrs.’ Todhunter
- Naunton Wayne… - played the character of: Caldicott
- Basil Radford… - played the character of: Charters
- Mary Clare… Baroness
- Emile Boreo… Boris - Hotel Manager
- Googie Withers… Blanche
- Sally Stewart… Julie
- Philip Leaver… Signor Doppo
- Selma Vaz Dias… Signora Doppo (as Zelma Vas Dias)
- Catherine Lacey… The Nun (as Catherine Lacy)

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

Travellers on a trans-European train are delayed for a night due to bad weather in a small fictional country called Mandrika. The passengers cram into the small village hotel where socialite Iris Henderson meets an old governess called Miss Froy. Shortly after the journey restarts, Miss Froy disappears. Written by Col Needham {col@imdb.com}

Blind Husbands - was released on: 21 October 1919.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- Sam De Grasse… - played the character of: Dr. Armstrong
- Francelia Billington… - played the character of: Margaret Armstrong
- Erich von Stroheim… - played the character of: Lieutenant Erich von Steuben
- Gibson Gowland… - played the character of: Silent Sepp (as T.H. Gibson Gowland)
- Fay Holderness… The ‘Vamp’ Waitress
- Ruby Kendrick… A Village Blossom
- Valerie Germonprez… The Newlywed
- Jack Perrin… The Newlywed
- Richard Cummings… The Village Physician
- Louis Fitzroy… The Village Priest
- William De Vaull… Man from ‘Home’
- Jack Mathis… Man from ‘Home’
- Percy Challenger… Man from ‘Home’

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

An Austrian military officer and roue’ attempts to seduce the wife of a surgeon. The two men confront each other in a test of abilities that ends surprisingly. Written by Jim Beaver {jumblejim@prodigy.net}

Spoorloos - was released on: 27 October 1988.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu… - played the character of: Raymond Lemorne
- Gene Bervoets… - played the character of: Rex Hofman
- Johanna ter Steege… - played the character of: Saskia Wagter
- Gwen Eckhaus… Lieneke
- Bernadette Le Saché… Simone Lemorne
- Tania Latarjet… Denise Lemorne
- Lucille Glenn… Gabrielle ‘Gaby’ Lemorne
- Roger Souza… Manager
- Caroline Appéré… Cashier
- Pierre Forget… Farmer Laurent
- Didier Rousset… TV Journalist
- Raphaeline… Gisele Marzin
- Robert Lucibello… Teacher
- David Bayle… Lemorne (16 Years)
- Doumee… Lady ‘Prisunic’ (as Doumée)

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

Rex and Saskia are on holiday, a young couple in love. They stop at a busy service station and Saskia disappears. Rex dedicates the next three years trying to find her. Then he receives some postcards from her abductor, who promises to reveal what has happened to Saskia. The abductor, Raymond Lemorne, is a chilling character to whom Rex is drawn by his intense desire to learn the truth behind his lovers disappearance. The truth is more sinister than he dared imagine. Written by Matthew Stanfield {mattst@cogs.susx.ac.uk}

Monty Python and the Holy Grail - was released on: 10 May 1975.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- Graham Chapman… - played the character of: King Arthur / - played the character of: Voice of God / Middle Head / Hiccoughing Guard
- John Cleese… Second Swallow-Savvy Guard / - played the character of: The Black Knight / Peasant 3 / - played the character of: Sir Lancelot, the Brave / Taunting French Guard / - played the character of: Tim the Enchanter
- Eric Idle… Dead Collector / Peasant 1 / Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-as-Sir Launcelot / First Swamp Castle Guard / Concorde / Roger the Shrubber / Brother Maynard
- Terry Gilliam… Patsy / - played the character of: Green Knight / - played the character of: Old Man from scene 24 (Bridgekeeper) / Sir Bors / Animator / Gorrilla Hand
- Terry Jones… Dennis’s Mother / - played the character of: Sir Bedevere / Left Head / Voice of Cartoon Scribe / Prince Herbert
- Michael Palin… First Swallow-Savvy Guard / Dennis / Peasant 2 / Right Head / - played the character of: Sir Galahad the Pure / Narrator / King of Swamp Castle / Brother Maynard’s Brother / Leader of The Knights who say NI!
- Connie Booth… The Witch
- Carol Cleveland… Zoot / Dingo
- Neil Innes… First Monk / Singing Minstrel / Page Crushed by the Rabbit / Peasant #4
- Bee Duffell… Old Crone
- John Young… Dead Body / Historian Frank
- Rita Davies… Historian’s Wife
- Avril Stewart… Dr. Piglet
- Sally Kinghorn… Dr. Winston
- Mark Zycon… Prisoner

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

The movie starts out with Arthur, King of the Britons, looking for knights to sit with him at Camelot. He finds many knights including Sir Galahad the pure, Sir Lancelot the brave, the quiet Sir Bedevere, and Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-as-Sir Lancelot. They do not travel on horses, but pretend they do and have their servants bang coconuts to make the sound of horse’s hooves. Through satire of certain events in history (witch trials, the black plague) they find Camelot, but after literally a quick song and dance they decide that they do not want to go there. While walking away, God (who seems to be grumpy) come to them from a cloud and tells them to find the Holy Grail. They agree and begin their search. While they search for the Grail, scenes of the knight’s tales appear and why they have the name they have. Throughout their search they meet interesting people and knights along the way. Most of the characters die; some through a killer rabbit (which they defeat with the holy hand grenade), others from not answering a question right from the bridge of Death, or die some other ridiculous way. In the end, King Arthur and Sir Bedevere are left and find the Castle Arrrghhh where the Holy Grail is. They are met by some French soldiers who taunted them earlier in the film, so they were not able to get into the castle. Written by Zucco

To Be or Not to Be - was released on: 6 March 1942.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- Carole Lombard… - played the character of: Maria Tura
- Jack Benny… - played the character of: Joseph Tura
- Robert Stack… Lieut. Stanislav Sobinski
- Felix Bressart… Greenberg
- Lionel Atwill… Rawitch
- Stanley Ridges… Professor Siletsky
- Sig Ruman… Col. Ehrhardt
- Tom Dugan… Bronski
- Charles Halton… Producer Dobosh
- George Lynn… Actor-Adjutant
- Henry Victor… - played the character of: Capt. Schultz
- Maude Eburne… Anna
- Halliwell Hobbes… Gen. Armstrong
- Miles Mander… Major Cunningham

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

In occupied Poland during WWII, a troupe of ham stage actors (led by Joseph Tura and his wife Maria) match wits with the Nazis. A spy has information which would be very damaging to the Polish resistance and they must prevent it’s being delivered to the Germans. Written by Ken Yousten {kyousten@bev.net}

Burlesque on Carmen - was released on: April 1916.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- Charles Chaplin… Darn Hosiery
- Edna Purviance… Carmen
- Jack Henderson… Lillas Pastia
- Ben Turpin… Remendados
- Leo White… A Civil Guard
- John Rand… - played the character of: Escamillo
- May White… Frasquita
- Bud Jamison… Soldier of the Guard
- Lawrence A. Bowes… Soldier
- Frank J. Coleman… Soldier
- Wesley Ruggles… A Vagabond

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

This is a parody of two “Carmen”s, Bizet’s opera and a movie (1915) starring Geraldine Farrar. Smugglers come ashore. Their leader sends the gypsy Carmen to lure Don Jose (called Darn Hosiery) away so they can get the contraband to town. There are grand swordfights, deaths, returns to life. Written by Ed Stephan {stephan@cc.wwu.edu}

Finding Nemo - was released on: 30 May 2003.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- Albert Brooks… - played the character of: Marlin (voice)
- Ellen DeGeneres… - played the character of: Dory (voice)
- Alexander Gould… - played the character of: Nemo (voice)
- Willem Dafoe… - played the character of: Gill (voice)
- Brad Garrett… - played the character of: Bloat (voice)
- Allison Janney… - played the character of: Peach (voice)
- Austin Pendleton… - played the character of: Gurgle (voice)
- Stephen Root… - played the character of: Bubbles (voice)
- Vicki Lewis… - played the character of: Deb / - played the character of: Flo (voice)
- Joe Ranft… - played the character of: Jacques (voice)
- Geoffrey Rush… - played the character of: Nigel (voice)
- Andrew Stanton… - played the character of: Crush (voice)
- Elizabeth Perkins… - played the character of: Coral (voice)
- Nicholas Bird… - played the character of: Squirt (voice)
- Bob Peterson… - played the character of: Mr. Ray (voice)

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

Marlin (a clown fish) is a widower who only has his son Nemo left of his family after a predator attack. Years later, on Nemo’s first day of school, he’s captured by a scuba diver and taken to live in a dentist office’s fish tank. Marlin and his new absent-minded friend Dory set off across the ocean to find Nemo, while Nemo and his tankmates scheme on how to get out of the tank before he becomes the dentist’s niece’s new pet. Written by TonyB

The Pianist - was released on: 3 January 2003.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- Adrien Brody… - played the character of: Wladyslaw Szpilman
- Thomas Kretschmann… - played the character of: Captain Wilm Hosenfeld
- Frank Finlay… - played the character of: Father
- Maureen Lipman… - played the character of: Mother
- Emilia Fox… - played the character of: Dorota
- Ed Stoppard… - played the character of: Henryk
- Julia Rayner… - played the character of: Regina
- Jessica Kate Meyer… - played the character of: Halina
- Michal Zebrowski… Jurek
- Wanja Mues… - played the character of: SS Slapping Father
- Richard Ridings… Mr. Lipa
- Nomi Sharron… Feather Woman
- Anthony Milner… Man Waiting to Cross
- Lucy Skeaping… Street Musician
- Roddy Skeaping… Street Musician

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

A brilliant pianist, a Polish Jew, witnesses the restrictions Nazis place on Jews in the Polish capital, from restricted access to the building of the Warsaw ghetto. As his family is rounded up to be shipped off to the Nazi labor camps, he escapes deportation and eludes capture by living in the ruins of Warsaw. Written by Anonymous

Dip huet seung hung - was released on: September 1990.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- Yun-Fat Chow… - played the character of: Ah Jong (as Chow Yun Fat)
- Danny Lee… Insp. Li Ying / Little Eagle
- Sally Yeh… Jennie
- Kong Chu… Fung Sei (as Chu Kong)
- Kenneth Tsang… Sgt. Tsang Yeh (as Tsang Kong)
- Fui-On Shing… Wong Hoi (as Shing Fui On)
- Wing-Cho Yip… Wong Dung-Yu
- Fan Wei Yee… Paul Yau
- Barry Wong… Chief Insp. Dou / Tu
- Parkman Wong… Insp. Chan Bok
- Siu-Hung Ng… A killer
- Sing Yeung… Bodyguard A
- Siu Hung Ngan… Bodyguard B
- Kwong Leung Wong… Wong Tong

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

A violent Hong Kong action film, this is the story of an assassin, Jeffrey Chow (aka Mickey Mouse) who takes one last job so he can retire and care for his girlfriend Jenny. When his employers betray him, he reluctantly joins forces with Inspector Lee (aka Dumbo), the cop who is pursuing him. Together, the new friends face the final confrontation of the gangsters out to kill them. Written by Jeff Hansen {jmh@umich.edu}

Skammen - was released on: 23 December 1968.

The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:

- Liv Ullmann… Eva Rosenberg
- Max von Sydow… Jan Rosenberg
- Sigge Fürst… Filip
- Gunnar Björnstrand… Col. Jacobi
- Birgitta Valberg… Mrs. Jacobi
- Hans Alfredson… Lobelius
- Ingvar Kjellson… Oswald
- Frank Sundström… Chief interrogator
- Ulf Johansson… The doctor
- Vilgot Sjöman… The interviewer
- Bengt Eklund… Guard
- Gösta Prüzelius… The vicar
- Willy Peters… Elder officer
- Barbro Hiort af Ornäs… Woman in the boat
- Agda Helin… Merchant’s wife

Here is a summary of the film’s plot:

During civil war, two musicians retreat to a rural island to farm. They are apolitical; a neighbor sometimes gives them a fish; wine is a luxury. They love each other, but there are problems: the war upsets Jan, he is weepy, too sensitive; Eva wants children, he does not. The war suddenly arrives: rebels attack, neighbors die. When the other side restores order, Jan and Eva are arrested as collaborators. After frightening and roughing them up, the local colonel releases them; then he begins appearing at their farmhouse: to talk or to pursue Eva? He gives her money. The rebels return; chaos ensues. Jan becomes violent and murderous; they flee. Can they escape? If so, to what? Written by {jhailey@hotmail.com}