Sheldon Lawrence Movies
- 1963
In this suspenseful espionage film a British agent and a man from NATO attempt to bust a communist spy ring. Following the discovery of a roll of top secret microfilm following a plane crash, the two finds themselves embroiled in a complex web of treachery and double agents. Fortunately, they survive all and bring the rogue spies to justice. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1962
In this drama a naive young British chanteuse heads for the Big Apple in hopes of fulfilling her dreams of stardom. She had been invited there by a handsome producer, but soon after arriving becomes disillusioned when she realizes that the lascivious "producer" is more interested in her body than he is her singing ability. She rebuffs his advances and the angry fellow then tries to force her to become a stripper. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1961
In this crime drama, an FBI agent and a vengeful sister pursue diamond thieves who pulled their latest caper by placing a time-bomb aboard a plane piloted by the woman's brother. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1961
In this drama, a private eye is determined to find an illusive Nazi war criminal. After a long, often frustrating pursuit, he finally finds the villain hiding in the apartment of a nightclub singer. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1961
In this drama, an American agent for the OSS after the war, hides a large treasure in Czechoslovakia for a Nazi general. The general commits suicide before getting the jewels. The general's top aide then convinces the American to help him get them back. They enlist the aide of the general's daughter, a hooker and find the valuable stones. Later the Yankee and the hooker are double-crossed by the aide who was working with the prostitute's roomie. The roommate then kills the aide, and escapes on the Munich Express. The agent also boards the quickly moving train. He almost has his hands on the box of jewels when it slips from his fingers and falls into the rushing river below. As the cops arrive and take the roommate away, the agent and the general's daughter decide to start a new life together. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1960
Identity Unknown concentrates on the grief-stricken relatives of passengers killed in a plane crash. In the first portions of the film, the anguished relatives are forced to wait while the identity of the victims is established. The story then fragments into a series of flashbacks, detailing the lives of the victims and those they leave behind. The film was produced by Edward and Harry Lee Danziger, past masters in the field of British lower-berth programmers. Watch for a young Nyree Dawn Porter in a minor role. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1960
The 1960 British film Girls of Latin Quarter offers a few then-popular Calypso tunes amidst its treacly storyline. Bernard Hunter plays a nerdish young sprout who inherits a fortune. In order to collect his legacy, he must take over the failing family farm and turn it into a winning proposition. To raise funds, Hunter goes the Mickey Rooney route and stages a Big Show. Co-starring as a dancer in Girls of Latin Quarter is a young, pre-Charles-Bronson Jill Ireland. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1960
W. Lee Wilder, the lesser-known brother of Billy Wilder, directed this unexceptional story based on the actual history of French serial killer Henri Landru. The killer (played by George Sanders) has been changed here from an ordinary, inconsequential man to a suave antique dealer with a passion for Odette (Corinne Calvet), a nightclub singer whose only interest in him is monetary. The plot places Odette's need for money at the basis of Landru's maniacal killing spree but as the duped, female victims are dispatched one after another, the horror of it all never quite coalesces into gripping suspense. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- George Sanders, Corinne Calvet, (more)
With dialogue ranging from flat to offensive and acting in the same range, this low-brow erotic crime drama by director Terence Young stars Jayne Mansfield as Midnight Franklin, a star stripper in a Soho club that is in serious rivalry with another strip joint. A reporter gets involved in the strip scene while writing a story on the clubs, and in the end he has quite a lot to write about. The competition between the two clubs heats up, and after one of the owners is the unknowing instrument in the death of a young (illegally young) stripper, both rival clubs head for a crash. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jayne Mansfield, Leo Genn, (more)
- 1958
In this British comedy, an American falls in love with a British woman whose father hates all Yankees. The soldier's best buddy tries to mediate between the father and the soldier, but he fails. When the girl's younger brother stumbles into a mine field, the soldier saves him, causing the old man to reconsider and offer his blessing. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1958
Kenneth More portrays a British gunsmith who travels to the American West. After winning a rigged poker game, More is appointed sheriff of Fractured Jaw, a wide-open town where law officers are plugged and planted on a regular basis. He befriends hard-bitten saloon gal Jayne Mansfield, who doesn't give the gentlemanly More much chance of survival. Using his wits, and blessed with a generous amount of raw luck, Sheriff More escapes death at every turn, finally becoming the "blood brother" of a previous hostile Sioux tribe. With the help of his Native American friends, More brings law and order to Fractured Jaw. The film's main advantages are Kenneth More, who is superb as always, and Jayne Mansfield, giving one of her best and least mannered performances. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Kenneth More, Jayne Mansfield, (more)
- 1958
This thriller centers on the possession of a valuable new metal that is able to withstand nuclear radiation. It had been invented by a Belgian metallurgist, but he was murdered by an international ring of thieves who make some of the valuable alloy into a cigarette case that is placed on an unknowing jewel thief in hopes that he will inadvertently sneak it into East Germany. Unfortunately, he decides to sell the case back to the ring leader and is almost killed. Fortunately, he escapes and gets the case to the proper authorities. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1958
In this suspenseful mystery, an innocent nurse working at a convalescent home finds herself accused of killing several patients. She begins her own investigation to prove her innocence and finds that the victims were all being blackmailed. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1957
In this horror movie, a scientist resuscitates the head of 16th-century seer Nostradamus by transplanting it onto the body of a man suffering from a brain tumor for the benefit of an avaricious financier who wants the prophet to give him the power of prediction in business. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Robert Hutton, George Coulouris, (more)
- 1957
In this suspense movie, a Yankee mercenary is hired to blow up an Arab dignitary. A gun battle thwarts the bombing and the mercenary's lover gives her life to protect the Arab. The grieving soldier the goes after the man who hired him. The two foes shoot each other dead. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1957
In this British detective yarn, a Yankee sleuth teams up with Scotland Yard to catch the culprits behind a successful counterfeiting ring. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1956
After a brief fling at Hollywood stardom, John Ireland set up camp in England and Europe. It was in England that Ireland was top-billed in Black Tide, aka Stormy Crossing. The bulk of the film's storyline is carried by villain Derek Bond. After murdering his lover, cross-channel swimmer Joy Webster, Bond attempts to do same to her other boyfriend, Sheldon Lawrence. Ireland plays an Interpol detective who stems Bond's homicidal hijinks. Black Tide was produced by Monty Berman in his pre-Saint days. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- John Ireland, Derek Bond, (more)
