Subgenre Sampler
Cult TV: 186 Films to Buy & Rent
- Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (TV Series) (1967)
- Dir. Gerry Anderson
- The complete series of Gerry Anderson's most technically accomplished sci–fi puppet, Captain Scarlet, who has limitless clones of himself…
- Prisoner, The (TV Series) (1967-1968)
- Feat. Patrick McGoohan
- Patrick McGoohan stars as No.6, a man who wakes to find himself the pawn of a mysterious big brother organisation in this 60's soaked sci–fi…
- Saint, The - Fiction Makers (1967)
- Dir. Roy Ward Baker
Feat. Roger Moore, Sylvia Syms
- Roger Moore's successful TV portrayal provides the basis of this feature–length version of 'The Saint'. A gang of jewel–thieves plans a…
- Speed Racer (TV Series) (1967)
- One of the most complex early anime series to be dubbed from Japanese into English, set around the comic adventures of driver Speed and his supercar,…
- Adam Adamant Lives! (TV Series) (1966)
- Feat. Gerald Harper, Juliet Harmer, Jack May
- A lost classic of British television starring Gerald Harper as an intrepid Edwardian Gentleman–Adventurer frozen by his nemesis ‘The Face’,…
- Baron, The (TV Series) (1966-1967)
- Dir. Roy Ward Baker, Robert Asher
Feat. Steve Forrest, Sue Lloyd, Colin Gordon
- The escapades of John Mannering, aka "The Baron", a Texan–born ranch owner based in London, once a thief, but now reformed as an operative for…
- Danger Man (TV Series) (1966)
- Dir. Peter Yates, Don Chaffey
Feat. Patrick McGoohan
- Before THE PRISONER, Patrick McGoohan played a prototype of the same character as the cool and calculated John Drake, a special agent who keeps up…
- Doctor Who (TV Series) [Patrick Troughton] (Dr. Who) (1966-1969)
- Feat. Patrick Troughton, Patrick Troughton, Patrick Troughton…
- After the disappearance of William Hartnell, the cult BBC series continued with Patrick Troughton assuming the mantle of the enigmatic…
- Fury of the Dragon (1966-1976)
- Dir. William Beaudine
Feat. Bruce Lee, Van Williams
- A 'sequel' to 1974's THE GREEN HORNET, which cobbles together four more episodes from Bruce Lee's 1966 TV series of the same title. Stylised tone is…
- Mission: Impossible (TV Series) (1966- 1973)
- Dir. Bernard L. Kowalski
Feat. Peter Graves, Steven Hill, Barbara Bain…
- Forget Tom Cruise, this is the real McCoy – '60s fashion, gadgets, and plots worth talking about the day after.
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