Alison Parker (Cristina Raines), a model with a suicidal past, moves into an apartment building secretly owned by the Catholic Church. She begins having visions and fainting spells, and her strange new neighbors, including a reclusive, blind priest (John Carradine), a cheerful old man who loves his cat (Burgess Meredith), and two overly-forward lesbians (Sylvia
In the near future, where corporations rule, the populous is kept docile with comfortable surroundings and the diversion of the brutal sport, rollerball. Jonathan E. (James Caan) is the greatest player the game has ever had, but before the playoffs, Bartholomew (John Houseman) of the Energy Corporation, tells him to retire. Not understanding why and bitter over
Window washer J. Pierpont Finch (Robert Morse) finds the self help book, âHow to Succeed in Business Without Really Tryingâ at a magazine stand and decides to use its advice to become a corporate executive in less than a week. Through the help of the guide, plus his own brashness and trickery, he moves quickly
Private detective Lew Harper (Paul Newman) is hired by rich invalid Mrs. Sampson (Lauren Bacall) to find her degenerate and neurotic husband who disappeared a day ago. Helping, or hindering, his investigation is Sampsonâs spoiled daughter Miranda (Pamela Tiffin), the family pilot (Robert Wagner), and Sampson’s lawyer (Arthur Hill). The trail passes by an aging
A Princess goes missing after an assassination attempt, and turns up in Japan, claiming to be a 5000 year old prophetess from outer space (Venus in the subtitled version, Mars in the dubbed). She predicts that Rodan will rise from a volcano, Godzilla will destroy a ship, and a space monster named King Ghidrah will
American journalist Larry Stanford (Peter Dyneley), on assignment in Tokyo, is given an experimental injection by obsessed, amoral scientist Dr. Robert Suzuki (Tetsu Nakamura). The drug brings out Standford’s baser instincts, and he abandons his wife (Jane Hylton) and takes to excessive drinking and sleeping with local prostitutes that Suzuki supplies. Suzuki sends his mistress
Alex Marsh (John Agar), a scientist working on a nerve/hypno gas combination, accidentally exposes himself to his experiments and finds that anyone he touches dies. As he desperately works on an antidote, he begins to mutate, making it harder and harder for him to communicate, which makes things even worse for him when the police
Assassin Harry Hawkins (Alastair Sim), who specialized in eliminating insufferable blowhards, comes out of retirement to bump off egotistical Sir Gregory Upshott (Raymond Huntley). Unfortunately for Hawkins, a minor mistake has put incompetent vacuum-cleaner salesman, William Blake (George Cole), and sexy bride-to-be, Ann Vincent (Jill Adams), on his tail. They all head to The Green Man inn,
The street-hoods are eagerly awaiting news of where Nathan Detroit (Frank Sinatra) is holding the illegal crap game. Nathan needs a thousand dollars to secure a location and doesn’t have the money. When big time gambler Sky Masterson (Marlon Brando) brags that he can pick up any girl, Nathan sees an opportunity and bets him
Itâs the start of another term for the gin-making, thieving, violent girls of St. Trinians. Head mistress Millicent Fritton (Alastair Sim in one of the great drag performances) is mainly concerned with how to get enough cash for the school to remain open, and bets the schoolâs money on a race horse owned by a
This is one of those movies that has made its mark on modern culture while few people of recent generations have seen it. âGaslightingâ has become a verb, used normally in a political context and often dealing with feminism. Of course the terms current usage defines something quite mild compared to what happens in the