Reginald Marsh Movies
- 1987
- R
A trio of agents are summoned by Interpol to trail the villain Harry Pimm (Sylvester McCoy) in this low-budget spy feature. Elliot Cromwell (Robert Ginty), Sergeant Terry O'Shea (Victoria Barrett), and Major Shan (Shakti) combine forces to track down the international crime boss ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Robert Ginty, Victoria Barrett, (more)
- 1978
- PG
The religious conversion of British actress Joan Winmill is chronicled in this bio-pic. Told via flashback her life up until that moment is chronicled from her miserable childhood, her mother's death, and a cousins death. Her bout with clinical depression resulting in suicidal tendencies is also chronicled. Apparently the problem was genetic as her grandmother also suffered a nervous breakdown related to the problem. Also depicted is her affair with Robert Kennedy. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Belinda Carroll, Roland Culver, (more)
- 1972
This historical drama is an account of the early life of Winston Churchill (Simon Ward), including his childhood years, his time as a war correspondent in Africa, and culminating with his first election to Parliament. ~ Linda Rasmussen, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Simon Ward, Robert Shaw, (more)
- 1968
In this upbeat children's film, an enterprising pack of children decide to run the newspaper of an ailing father. Mayhem ensues until they figure it all out. Then they end up doing a marvelous job until the sick man gets better. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1967
One of the lower points of Joan Crawford's latter-day career curve (though nothing to compare with the later embarrassment of Trog!), this lurid, low-rent thriller nevertheless gives Crawford the opportunity to chew acres of scenery in a campy Marlene Dietrich-style get-up. She portrays the ringmaster of a cheesy traveling circus troupe whose stars are being whacked in a variety of flamboyant ways (many of which are depicted in the garish trailer, particularly Michael Gough's spike-in-the-head scene). Despite the exploitation potential in this lurid Grand Guignol scenario, this film is fairly light on scares or gore -- and far too heavy on circus stock footage. A sequel of sorts to producer Herman Cohen's Horrors of the Black Museum, this one is a slight improvement, thanks to Crawford's outrageous, over-the-top performance. ~ Cavett Binion, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Joan Crawford, Ty Hardin, (more)
Fledgling filmmaker (and future film historian) Kevin Brownlow worked in collaboration with Andrew Mollo for nearly ten years to create It Happened Here. Shot on 16-millimeter stock in stark quasi-documentary fashion, the film is predicated on the postulation that Germany had invaded--and defeated--England in World War II. Brownlow and Mollo's vision of this nightmarish world is perfect in every detail, right down to the German road signs in rural Britain. The plotline is carried by Pauline Murray, playing a nurse who uncovers Nazi atrocities perpetrated on Polish and Russian hospital patients. Begun in 1957 when Brownlow was an 18-year-old editing apprentice, It Happened Here was finally completed in 1964, and released theatrically two years later. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Pauline Murray, Sebastian Shaw, (more)
- 1964
In this crime drama, a Mafioso decides to go straight and turn states evidence against the mob. The mob retaliates by kidnapping the squealer's son. To get him back, the ex-gangster enlists the aid of a dancer, a worker for the American embassy, and Scotland Yard. At the end of it all, the boy is returned and the Mafia is temporarily destroyed. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1963
In this espionage thriller, an agent on his way back to London from Baghdad must deliver an important coded message to an operative. Though ordinarily a routine assignment, the agent finds his life jeopardized when word that he has a photographic memory leaks out. Suddenly he finds himself pursued by enemy agents from all over. Later his boss asks the agent and his lover to allow themselves to be captured so the British agents can move in and capture the enemy spies. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1962
Investigating a series of student suicides at a prestigious university, Steed soon discovers that the deaths were all murders. He further learns that the cause of it all is a secret political organization that strong-arms students into joining its ranks. Posing as a coed, Steed's assistant Venus Smith (Julie Stevens puts her own life on the line for God and Country (and also finds time to sing a couple of songs). Written by James Mitchell, "School for Traitors" originally aired in England on February 9, 1963; it remained unseen in America until February 22, 1991. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1961
Jigsaw was based on Hilary Waugh's play Sleep Long My Love. The scene is Brighton: A woman's body is found in an isolated beach house. The local constabulary painstakingly assemble the "jigsaw" of random clues to reconstruct the woman's history and her last moments on earth, hoping this will lead them to the killer. Though essentially a mystery, the storyline hides nothing from the viewer; the clues are there if you're willing to pick up on them. At 107 minutes, the film is long but never tiresome. With so many films titled Jigsaw floating around the TV schedule, this 1961 production can be characterized as "the good Jigsaw." ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jack Warner, Ronald Lewis, (more)
- 1959
In this comedy, a common chemist lives up to his lineage (he's a direct descendant of Dr. Jekyll), and creates a concoction which changes him into a suave jewel thief. After pulling off a caper, the thief becomes his original self and then helps bring in a gang of robbers. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1959
Originally telecast as part of the British Saturday Serial anthology, The Voodoo Factor starred Maurice Kaufman as dedicated disease specialist Dr. David Whittaker. The supernatural revivification of a 200-year-old Polynesian spider goddess threatened to unleash a deadly malaria-style virus upon the world. All that stood between mankind and its destruction was the tireless Dr. Whittaker, who had of course been targeted for early extermination by the Goddess' fanatical followers. The six half-hour episodes of The Voodoo Factor were shown from December 12, 1959 to January 16, 1960. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Maurice Kaufman, Maxine Audley, (more)
