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Christopher Lee
Christopher Lee was born on May 27th, 1922 in London, England. He was enlisted in the Royal Air Force during World War II, and desired a career in acting upon his return. He was initially discriminated against for his tall stature of 6 feet 5 inches (195.6cm), but his success despite this has made him one of the tallest leading actors of all time, along with Rock Hudson and Vince Vaughn. He made his film debut in Corridor of Mirrors (1948), playing the role of Charles. After Hammer Films Productions’ The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), in which he played The Creature, was well-received, he was cast in various other Hammer productions. He is quite famous for his villainous performances in Dracula (1958), the role he is most famous for, and The Mummy (1959), both of which he costarred with his good friend Peter Cushing. Lee played Dracula in numerous sequels as well, until he retired from Hammer Films Productions in the 1970s. He explained, “I stopped appearing as Dracula in 1972 because in my opinion the presentation of the character had deteriorated to such an extent, particularly bringing him into the contemporary day and age, that it really no longer had any meaning.”
He remained in the film business, however, and moved to Hollywood in the 1970s. His 1970s films included The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), The Three Musketeers (1973), and To the Devil, A Daughter (1976), though none of them were quite memorable. He then returned to England when his career began to fizzle.
He resurrected his career in the early 2000s, and was in prominent films including Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002) and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), as well as the two other films in the trilogy. In 2005 he played Dr. Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) with Johnny Depp. Lee is said to have performed in more films than anyone else of his generation.
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Lee was knighted during filming -
4 September 2010
-Horror movie legend Christopher Lee baffled American crewmembers on the set of upcoming movie The Resident - he was knighted during filming.-
-The actor takes on a guest role in the movie, which is part of a new batch of thrillers being produced by the revamped Hammer F
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Lee's assets frozen after losing DVD battle -
24 March 2010
-A judge in Spain has frozen Sir Christopher Lee's assets and ordered him to hand over £640,000 to an illustrator who accused the veteran actor of failing to pay him for work on a DVD.-
-Gerardo Moreno filed suit against the Lord of the Rings star alleging he was ow
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Christopher Lee - filmography
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Dark Shadows
(2012)
Starring: Johnny Depp, Eva Green, Bella Heathcote
Director: Tim Burton
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In 1752, the Collins family sails from Liverpool, England to North America. The son, Barnabas, grows up to be a wealthy playboy in Collinsport, Maine and is the master of Collinwood Manor. He breaks the heart of a witch, Angelique Bouchard, who turns him into a vampire and buries him alive. In 1972,..read more »
 
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Dark Shadows - Blu-ray
(2012)
Starring: Johnny Depp, Eva Green, Bella Heathcote
Director: Tim Burton
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Entombed for 200 years after betraying vengeful witch Angelique Bouchard (Eva Green), 18th Century vampire Barnabas Collins (Johnny Depp) returns to Collinwood Manor in 1972, only to find his estate in ruins and his family plagued by macabre secrets in Tim Burton's re-boot of the popular ..read more »
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Season of the Witch - Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: Ulrich Thomsen, Nicolas Cage, Ron Perlman
Director: Dominic Sena
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As the Black Plague rages across 14th century Europe, one brave knight Behman, is tasked with transporting a girl suspected of being a witch.
Believing she is wrongly accused, Behman and a group of wary followers fight through a mystical and treacherous landscape to a hallowed place, where her ..read more »
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The Wicker Tree
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Christopher Lee, Graham McTavish, Honeysuckle Weeks
Director: Robin Hardy
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Gospel Singer Beth (Brittania Nichol) and and her cowboy boyfriend, Steve (Henry Garrett), a pair of idealistic young Christians leave their Texas home to preach door-to-door in the Scottish Highlands. The locals prove unresponsive to the word of God and so it's a great relief when the couple ..read more »
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Season of the Witch
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Ulrich Thomsen, Nicolas Cage, Ron Perlman
Director: Dominic Sena
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As the Black Plague rages across 14th century Europe, one brave knight Behman, is tasked with transporting a girl suspected of being a witch.
Believing she is wrongly accused, Behman and a group of wary followers fight through a mystical and treacherous landscape to a hallowed place, where her ..read more »
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Burke And Hare - Blu-ray
(2010)
Starring: Tim Curry, Simon Pegg, Isla Fisher
Director: John Landis
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The infamous 19th century tale of two grave robbers (Simon Pegg and Andy Serkis) working for the Edinburgh Medical College is adapted for comedic purposes with this John Landis-helmed production. Piers Ashworth and Nick Moorcroft (St. Trinian's) penned the black comedy, which follows true-life ..read more »
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The Heavy
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Gary Stretch, Vinnie Jones, Stephen Rea
Director: Marcus Warren
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Marcus Warren's directorial début THE HEAVY is a slick British thriller, in which a brotherly bond is stretched to breaking point. Sibling rivalry has seen Mitchell and Christian Mason (Gary Stretch and Adrian Paul) move into very different fields. Fresh out of prison and with limited options, ..read more »
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The Heavy - Blu-ray
(2009)
Starring: Gary Stretch, Vinnie Jones, Stephen Rea
Director: Marcus Warren
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Marcus Warren's directorial debut THE HEAVY is a slick British thriller, in which a brotherly bond is stretched to breaking point. Sibling rivalry has seen Mitchell and Christian Mason (Gary Stretch and Adrian Paul) move into very different fields. Fresh out of prison and with limited options, ..read more »
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Shell Shock
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Colin Farrell, Paz Vega, Christopher Lee
Director: Danis Tanovic
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A man bearing the unseen scars of war struggles to recover amidst a family in chaos in this drama from writer and director Danis Tanovic. Mark Walsh (Colin Farrell) is a photojournalist who has earned a reputation for working in some of the most unforgiving locations on Earth, so when his editor ..read more »
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Tales Of The Unexpected - Vol. 1 - 4
(4 discs)
(2000)
Starring: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Anna Neagle
Director: none
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Contains 16 episodes of the mystery/suspense, sci-fi series by Roald Dahl: "The Vorpal Blade," "The Tribute," "The Best Chess Player In The World," "The Wrong 'Un," "Hit And Run," "Have A Nice Death," "The Reconciliation," "Wink Three Times," "The Verger," "The Surgeon," "Time To Die," "Skeleton in ..read more »
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Treasure Island
(1990)
Starring: Charlton Heston, Christian Bale, Richard Johnson
Director: Fraser Clarke Heston
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Young Jim Hawkins, while running the Benbow Inn with his mother, meets Captain Billy Bones, who dies at the inn while it is besieged by buccaneers led by Blind Pew. Jim and his mother fight off the attackers and discover Billy Bones' treasure map for which the buccaneers had come. Jim agrees to ..read more »
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The Return of the Musketeers
(1989)
Starring: Michael York, Oliver Reed, Frank Finlay
Director: Richard Lester
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It's 1649: Mazarin hires the impoverished D'Artagnan to find the other musketeers: Cromwell has overthrown the English king, so Mazarin fears revolt, particularly from the popular Beaufort. Porthos, bored with riches and wanting a title, signs on, but Aramis, an abbot, and Athos, a brawler raising ..read more »
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Top Secret
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Val Kilmer, Lucy Gutteridge, Michael Gough
Director: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
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The second of Zucker-Abraham-Zucker's theatrical-feature spoofs (Airplane was the first, discounting the patchwork Kentucky Fried Movie), Top Secret! lampoons practically every film genre. Specifically, however, this is a hybrid of an Elvis movie and a World War II underground resistance thriller. ..read more »
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House Of The Long Shadows
(1982)
Starring: Desi Arnaz Jr., Christopher Lee, Richard Todd
Director: Pete Walker
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Desi Arnaz Jr. plays Kenneth Magee, the young writer who bets that he can bat out a mystery play in one evening. Magee squirrels himself away in a forbidding old mansion where, unbeknownst to him, a bizarre family reunion is scheduled to commence. As the participants begin dropping like flies, ..read more »
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Goliath Awaits
(1981)
Starring: Mark Harmon, Christopher Lee, Eddie Albert
Director: Kevin Connor
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Though it strains credibility to the breaking point, the made-for-TV Goliath Awaits proved a ratings success when it was first syndicated via "Operation Prime Time" on November 16, 1981. Mark Harmon plays oceanographer Peter Cabot, who intends to salvage valuable treasures from the ocean liner ..read more »
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Hammer House Of Horror - Complete
(4 discs)
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing
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The Hammer House Of Horror - Complete Collection contains the entire run of the "Hammer House Of Horror" television series from Hammer Studios. Episodes in the four-disc DVD box set include: "The Silent Scream", "Carpathian Eagle", "Witching Time", "The House That Bled to Death", plus many more. ..read more »
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The Passage
(1979)
Starring: Anthony Quinn, James Mason, Malcolm McDowell
Director: J. Lee Thompson
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Director J. Lee Thompson directed this World War II adventure drama from a script by author Bruce Nicolaysen who adapted the screenplay from his novel The Perilous Passage. Anthony Quinn stars as a brave Basque mountaineer who is hired by the American military to guide Professor Bergsson (James ..read more »
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The Silent Flute
on DVD
(1978)
Starring: David Carradine, Jeff Cooper, Roddy McDowall
Director: Richard Moore
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This film, co-written by Bruce Lee, tells the story of Cord a rebellious martial artist on his quest to find the Book of Enlightenment. On his journey he must determine friend from foe as he travels through a land inhabited by mysterious characters all committed to testing his body, mind and soul ..read more »
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The Uncanny
on DVD
(1977)
Starring: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Ray Milland
Director: Denis Heroux
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Wilbur Gray, a horror writer, has stumbled upon a terrible secret, that cats are supernatural creatures who really call the shots...
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Shock Waves
(1977)
Starring: Clarence Thomas, Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee
Director: Ken Wiederhorn
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A demented Nazi scientist creates a race of undrownable mutants. Though thought to be destroyed, years later they reappear in the form of unstoppable SS zombies. An all-star cast of acclaimed actors, including Brooke Adams (DAYS OF HEAVEN) and John Carradine (THE HOWLING), lend clout to this ..read more »
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At The Earth's Core
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Doug McClure, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing
Director: Kevin Connor
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When eccentric Victorian scientist Dr Abner Perry (Peter Cushing, Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope) and his assistant develop a high powered drill they decide to test its capabilities in a remote Welsh Mountain. The drill proves too powerful and plunges the duo into a vast cavern at the earthÂ’s ..read more »
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And Now The Screaming Starts
(1973)
Starring: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Herbert Lom
Director: Roy Ward Baker
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In the 1973 cult classic AND NOW THE SCREAMING STARTS, an inconsiderate young couple moves into a house already inhabited by a dismembered and disgruntled hand . Catherine (Stephanie Beacham) is a lovely young bride set to start a new life with her wealthy new husband Charles (Ian Ogilvy.) But a ..read more »
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Nothing But The Night
on DVD
(1972)
Starring: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Diana Dors
Director: Peter Sasdy
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Atmospheric chiller NOTHING BUT THE NIGHT-- based on the novel CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT by John Blackburn -- stars Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing as a Scotland Yard inspector and a forensics expert sent to investigate a series of mysterious deaths among the elderly caretakers of a Scottish ..read more »
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Asylum
(1972)
Starring: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Britt Ekland
Director: Roy Ward Baker
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Four tales of terror are revealed to a new doctor by four mental asylum inmates. Each tale leads to a puzzling mystery which is solved during the final tale.
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Twins Of Evil
on DVD
(1971)
Starring: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Mary Collinson
Director: John Hough
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Classic Hammer Studios vampire tale. Starring stunning identical twins Mary and Madeleine Collinson as the "Twins of Evil". Both look exactly alike - which one was the twin of evil? Victims of a vampire curse lead to a witch-hunt headed by Peter Cushing, a fanatical Puritan leader of a bizarre ..read more »
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Scars Of Dracula
on DVD
(1970)
Starring: Dennis Waterman, Dennis Waterman, Christopher Matthews
Director: Roy Ward Baker
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The Prince of Darkness casts his undead shadow once more over the cursed village of Kleinenberg when his ashes are splashed with bat's blood. And two innocent victims search for a missing loved one, loved to death by the mistress of Dracula. But after they discover his bloodstained corpse in Castle ..read more »
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The Bloody Judge
(1970)
Starring: Leo Genn, Maria Schell, Christopher Lee
Director: Jess Franco
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"The Bloody Judge", Jesus Franco's version of the classic "Witchfinder General", stars horror icon Christopher Lee. The film is a dark look at the infamous witch-hunter, Judge George Jeffreys.
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Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
on DVD
(1969)
Starring: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Simon Ward
Director: Terence Fisher
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The key image of this film occurs early on, as a hideous monster removes its face, only to reveal itself as Baron Frankenstein in a mask. Hammer's fifth installment in the series sees the transformation of doctor into monster complete. Peter Cushing's portrayal of the Baron here is all insanity and ..read more »
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Castle Of The Walking Dead
on DVD
(1967)
Starring: Christopher Lee, Lex Barker, Karin Dor
Director: Harald Reinl
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After a public execution, the good people of a small Transylvanian community think they have finally rid themselves of the murderous Count Regula, known to his victims as Dr Sadism ......they were wrong! Even being drawn and quatered does not cripple this sadist. Thirty-five years later, he comes ..read more »
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Island of Terror
(1966)
Starring: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Edward Judd
Director: Terence Fisher
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Doctors Brian Stanley and David West are called to investigate a series of deaths on a remote island. On their arrival, they are shocked to discover puncture marks on the corpses, suggesting that the victims were not killed by disease, but instead by some sort of indestructible creature...
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The Brides Of Fu Manchu
on DVD
(1966)
Starring: Douglas Wilmer, Rupert Davies, Roger Hanin
Director: Don Sharp
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Fu Manchu (Christopher Lee) and his followers abduct the daughters of prominent scientists and remove them to his remote island headquarters. Nayland Smith comes to the rescue in his attempt to thwart Fu Manchu's death ray.
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Dracula Prince Of Darkness
on DVD
(1965)
Starring: Christopher Lee, Andrew Keir, Barbara Shelley
Director: Terence Fisher
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In this Hammer Productions take on the Dracula legend, travellers visit Carlstad, ignoring many warnings, and end up spending the night at a local castle. They soon find out that the gracious host, Klove (Philip Latham), has a hidden agenda. Apparently the castle's owner, Count Dracula (Christopher ..read more »
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Crypt of the Vampire
(1964)
Starring: Christopher Lee, Adriana Ambesi, Ursula Davis
Director: Camillo Mastrocinque
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Count Karnstein sends for a doctor to help his sick daughter Laura. Her nurse believes she is possessed by the spirit of a dead ancestor; Carmilla. A young woman becomes intrigued by the mysterious deaths surrounding Laura after a carriage accident outside the castle forces her to stay. They become ..read more »
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Taste Of Fear
on DVD
(1961)
Starring: Susan Strasberg, Ronald Lewis, Ann Todd
Director: Seth Holt
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Hammer thriller in which, after narrowly surviving a drowning accident, wheelchair bound Penny Appleby goes to live with her widowed stepmother on the French Riviera, where she soon begins to question her sanity after seeing her father's corpse in the grounds.
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Brides Of Dracula
on DVD
(1960)
Starring: Martita Hunt, Freda Jackson, Christopher Lee
Director: Terence Fisher
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Hammer Films and director Terence Fisher followed the excellent Horror of Dracula with this well-made, richly-colored sequel which suffers only from the conspicuous lack of Dracula himself -- since Horror's Christopher Lee had declined participation in further Dracula sequels for the time being. In ..read more »
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Two Faces Of Dr Jekyll
on DVD
(1960)
Starring: Oliver Reed, Christopher Lee, Paul Massie
Director: Terence Fisher
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Absorbed in research directed towards isolation of the two natures of a man, Dr. Jekyll degenerates into Mr. Hyde, a vengeful maniac. While Hyde wants revenge against a gambler whom his wife is in love with, Dr. Jekyll, revolted by his second nature, takes steps to do away with his evil self. Based ..read more »
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Suspect
on DVD
(1960)
Starring: Tony Britton, Virginia Maskell, Ian Bannen
Director: John Boulting, Roy Boulting
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After years of research scientists are ready to reveal their greatest triumph - a virulent germ that can stamp out bubonic and syphus epidemics. However, the Authority invokes the Official Secrets Act and gags the team, claiming that in the wrong hands this formula could be used for germ warfare. A ..read more »
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Cone Of Silence
on DVD
(1960)
Starring: Michael Craig, Bernard Lee, Peter Cushing
Director: Charles Frend
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Veteran pilot George Gort (Bernard Lee) faces a Court of Inquiry as the result of the crash of a Phoenix jet airliner He is severely cross-examined by Sir Arnold Hobbes Q.C. (Gorge Sanders) and found guilty of a pilot error. The pressure mounts on Gort when Captain Judd (Peter Cushing) accuses him ..read more »
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Dracula
(1958)
Starring: Peter Cushing, Robert Urquhart, Hazel Court
Director: Terence Fisher
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Dracula (1958) is the first of the studio's many vampire movies, a stylish and exciting adaptation of Bram Stoker's original with Lee and Cushing as The Count and Van Helsing respectively.
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Revenge Of Frankenstein
on DVD
(1958)
Starring: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Francis Matthews
Director: Terence Fisher
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When Dr. Frankenstein escapes the guillotine he returns to his sepulchral experiments, starting over with fresh body parts and assisted by a hunchbacked dwarf. Running a clinic for the wealthy, he secretly creates another creature from various body parts and places the brain of his hunchbacked ..read more »
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Time Without Pity
on DVD
(1957)
Starring: Leo McKern, Lois Maxwell, Alec McCowen
Director: Joseph Losey
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In TIME WITHOUT PITY, director Joseph Losey delivers yet another multi-layered, atmospheric thriller. The film follows an alcoholic father (Michael Redgrave) who struggles to save his innocent son from the gallows, even as a cruel rival (Leo McKern) continues to keep him on the defensive. This was ..read more »
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The Abominable Snowman
on DVD
(1957)
Starring: Forrest Tucker, Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee
Director: Val Guest
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This is a so-so early Hammer horror film from Nigel Kneale, who also wrote The Quatermass Experiment. Forrest Tucker and botanist Peter Cushing lead an expedition to the Himalayan Mountains (actually the Pyrenees, but who's complaining?) in search of the legendary Yeti. Several mysterious locals ..read more »
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The End Of The Affair
on DVD
(1955)
Starring: Deborah Kerr, Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee
Director: Edward Dmytryk
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Recently freed from his MGM contract, Van Johnson headed to England to star in a series of pictures, the first of which was The End of the Affair. Adapted by Lenore Coffee from the novel by Graham Greene, the film casts Johnson as Maurice Bendrix, the clandestine lover of married Briton Sarah Miles ..read more »
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Hamlet - Blu-ray
(1948)
Starring: Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Eileen Herlie
Director: Laurence Olivier
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Before Kenneth Branagh, before Mel Gibson, Laurence Olivier gave the definitive portrayal of 'the man who could not make up his mind'. In 15th-century Denmark, young Prince Hamlet is racked by torment and indecision after seeing a vision of his deceased father. The late king's ghost informs his son ..read more »
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Hamlet
on DVD
(1948)
Starring: Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Eileen Herlie
Director: Laurence Olivier
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In the opening scene of Hamlet, Laurence Olivier describes the play in a voice-over as "the tragedy of a man who couldn't make up his mind". But Olivier's screen adaptation is considerably more thoughtful and complex than this thesis would suggest. The contradictions and ambiguities of the title ..read more »
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House of the Long Shadows
(1938)
Starring: Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing
Director: Pete Walker
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An American writer goes to a remote Welsh manor on a $20,000 bet: can he write a classic novel like "Wuthering Heights" in twenty-four hours? Upon his arrival, however, the writer discovers that the manor, thought empty, actually has several, rather odd, inhabitants.
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Christopher Lee - Revelation
Starring: Christopher Lee
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Legendary movie star, Christopher Lee solo album on DVD. Mr. Lee, with singing credits in numerous movies and operatic excerpts throughout his distinguished career, and fresh from his successful collaboration with metal band Rhapsody, has taken another adventurous leap with his new album "Revelation".
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...ior Lugosi version?) doesn't help, but with a sexually charged performance from Christopher Lee, this is a not-too-bad addition to their burgioning franchise. A sad nemesis in...
