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The Adventures Of Don Quixote (1973)

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Alvin Rakoff actor: Rex Harrison / Frank Finlay …

A self-proclaimed "knight" and his hapless squire travel the Spanish countryside, attacking "giants" that are really windmills in his attempt to win the love of the fair Dulcinea.

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On Friday at Eleven (1961)

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Alvin Rakoff actor: Nadja Tiller / Rod Steiger …

other title: Il mondo nella mia tasca / Un vendredi à onze heures passées …

An enigmatic woman recruits a gang of specialised criminals to rob a US Army payroll armoured truck bound for Marseilles. However, things don't go exactly as planned.

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A Talent for Murder (1983)

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Alvin Rakoff actor: Angela Lansbury / Laurence Olivier …

other title: 68 gialli per un omicidio / Mord nach Plan

A famed mystery writer and her doctor ex-lover solve her daughter-in-law's murder.

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The Comedy Man (1964)

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Alvin Rakoff actor: Kenneth More / Cecil Parker …

other title: Siempre hay un mañana

A middle-aged stock actor goes to London to try the big time. After much frustration, he lands a job doing TV commercials, gaining wealth and recognition. He eventually gives it all up to return to stage work and keep his pride.

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The Treasure of San Teresa (1959)

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Alvin Rakoff actor: Eddie Constantine / Dawn Addams …

other title: Rhapsodie in Blei

After World War II, an ex-spy returns to Germany to search for a cache of jewels he hid in a Czechoslovakian convent.

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King Solomon's Treasure (1979)

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Alvin Rakoff actor: Britt Ekland / David McCallum …

other title: König Salomons Schatz / El tesoro del rey Salomón

Three adventurers lead an expedition into darkest Africa in search of the treasure of King Solomon, and on the way encounter hostile natives, volcanoes, dinosaurs and a lost Phoenician city ruled by a beautiful queen.

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Three Dangerous Ladies (1977)

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Don Thompson / Alvin Rakoff … actor: Glynis Johns / Ronee Blakley …

Three unrelated horror shorts from 1975 UK horror anthology series "Classics Dark and Dangerous" edited together into one horror film anthology with three segments. Each story features a woman who willingly or unwillingly spreads evil.

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Passport to Shame (1958)

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Alvin Rakoff actor: Diana Dors / Herbert Lom …

other title: Passaporto per l’inferno / Passeport pour la honte

British melodrama about a cabbie befriending a girl caught up in the white slave trade.

TV

The First Olympics: Athens 1896 (1984)

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Alvin Rakoff actor: David Ogden Stiers / Hunt Block …

other title: Als Amerika nach Olympia kam / Las primeras Olimpiadas: Atenas 1896 …

This two part mini-series shows the trials and tribulations all the participants endured to be a part of the very first Olympic Games in Athens in 1896. It focuses on the individuals from the many countries around the world that joined together to lay the foundation of the modern Summer Olympic Games.

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Dirty Tricks (1981)

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Alvin Rakoff actor: Elliott Gould / Kate Jackson …

other title: Diabolico imbroglio / Juego sucio …

A Harvard University student finds a strange letter that seems to be signed by George Washington. When trying to contact an expert (Prof. Chandler) to authenticate it, he is murdered but the letter disappears. Then Chandler, who does not know anything about the case, gets chased by the mafia and haunted by a TV reporter (Polly Bishop).

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Crossplot (1969)

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Alvin Rakoff actor: Roger Moore / Martha Hyer …

other title: Circolo vizioso / Tödlicher Salut …

A successful London ad-exec hires a beautiful Hungarian girl to pose for some modeling shots, little realising that she has overheard an assassination plot and is now being hunted by some dangerous killers.