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The Southern Star (1969) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Southern Star
director: Sidney Hayers actor: George Segal / Ursula Andress
other title: A Estrela do Sul / Der Stern des Südens
Comedy adventure based on a Jules Verne novel about the ups and downs of jewel thieves in the wilds of Africa circa 1900. George Segal is the appealing hero-heel and Ursula Andress is visually stunning as the lady in the proceedings. Orson Welles has a small role.
Black Arrow (1985) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Black Arrow
director: John Hough actor: Oliver Reed / Georgia Slowe
other title: La Flèche Noire / La Flecha Negra
In 15th century England, a civil war called Wars of the Roses is being fought between two rival houses who want the throne. Fresh from battle, a knight finds his family dead. He joins the outlaws led by the Black Arrow (Stephan Chase) to seek justice. The noble Black Arrow foils Sir Brackley's (Oliver Reed) plan to kill one ward (Benedict Taylor) and marry the other. This is a classic story by Robert Louis Stevenson turned into film by Disney pictures.
Murder Ahoy (1964) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Murder Ahoy
other title: Assassinio a bordo / Hvem sagde mord?
During an annual board of trustees meeting, one of the trustees dies. Miss Marple thinks he’s been poisoned after finding a chemical on him. She sets off to investigate at the ship where he had just come from. The fourth and final film from the Miss Marple series starring Margaret Rutherford as the quirky amateur detective.
The Longest Day (1962) [Movie] Douban IMDb WikiData TMDB Skybridge
The Longest Day
director: Ken Annakin / Bernhard Wicki actor: John Wayne / Robert Mitchum
other title: Il giorno più lungo / Den længste dag
The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day"