Christopher Lee
Actor
Films to Rent
Bitter Victory (1957)
- Dir. Nicholas Ray
Feat. Richard Burton, Curt Jurgens, Ruth Roman…
- Superior war drama is set around a WW2 mission by British commandos in North Africa, trying to retrieve vital papers from a German HQ before…
Curse of Frankenstein, The (1957)
- Dir. Terence Fisher
Feat. Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee
- The first true Hammer gothic horror and number one in the Frankenstein series bringing together the fantastic talents of Cushing (as the Baron) and…
Horror of Dracula (1958)
- Dir. Terence Fisher
Feat. Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing
- Quintessential Hammer horror is the first of six films with the peerless pairing of Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing as the razor–fanged Count…
Tale of Two Cities, A (1958)
- Dir. Ralph Thomas
Feat. Dirk Bogarde, Christopher Lee, Donald Pleasence…
- An intrepid Dirk Bogarde negotiates the rough and tumble of the French Revolution, in this, the version most faithful to the Charles Dickens novel.…
Corridors of Blood (Doctor from Seven Dials, The) (1958)
- Dir. Robert Day
Feat. Boris Karloff, Betta St. John, Finlay Currie…
- A gruesome enactment of medical experimentation in pre–Victorian London, with Karloff donning apron and scalpel to try and discover an…
Mummy, The (1959)
- Dir. Terence Fisher
Feat. Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee
- Peter Cushing confronts Christopher Lee in bandages in this stylish early Hammer.
Hound of the Baskervilles, The (1959)
- Dir. Terence Fisher
Feat. Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Andre Morell…
- Quite possibly the best Sherlock Holmes adaptation, with Cushing in the lead, investigating the horrors of the Baskerville killings. The 'Hammer'…
Horror Hotel (The City of the Dead) (1960)
- Dir. John Moxey
Feat. Christopher Lee
- A search party ventures to Salem county after an occult student disappears under mysteriously witchy circumstances. Eerie photography.
Beat Girl (1960)
- Dir. Edmond T. Greville
Feat. Gillian Hills, Adam Faith, Christopher Lee…
- Providing a rare peek into the British 'beat scene', this groovy juvenile delinquency drama proves there was teenage wildlife before the Beatles, and…
Scream of Fear (Taste of Fear) (1961)
- Dir. Seth Holt
Feat. Susan Strasberg, Ann Todd, Ronald Lewis…
- Christopher Lee's favourite Hammer film in exercise in sustained tension with Susan Strasberg as a paralysed young woman haunted by visions of her…