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Murder AhoyMurder Ahoy (1964)
Dir. George Pollock
Feat. Margaret Rutherford, Lionel Jeffries, Charles Tingwell
Rutherford dons Miss Marple's hat again, this time boarding a ship to uncover more murders and a ring of thieves.
Murder Most FoulMurder Most Foul (1964)
Dir. George Pollock
Feat. Margaret Rutherford, Ron Moody, Charles Tingwell
Fourth and final film in the Agatha Christie/MGM set. Rutherford appears again as Miss Marple, defiant as the only member of a jury who believes the…
Satan Bug, The (1964)
Dir. John Sturges
Feat. Alistair Maclean, Richard Basehart
Set in a hushed desert landscape of secret government laboratories and ominous rock–formations, this Cold War paranoia–thriller…
Seance On a Wet AfternoonSeance On a Wet Afternoon (1964) Aro Favourite
Dir. Bryan Forbes
Feat. Kim Stanley, Richard Attenborough
This British classic boasts a rare performance by the amazing Kim Stanley as a gently off–her–rocker matron who goads her meek husband…
Seven Days in MaySeven Days in May (1964) Recommended
Dir. John Frankenheimer
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster
Kirk Douglas stumbles upon a conspiracy led by General Burt Lancaster, to bring down the US President (who goes and signs treaties with the…
TopkapiTopkapi (1964) Aro Favourite
Dir. Jules Dassin
Feat. Melina Mercouri, Peter Ustinov, Maximilian Schell
A classy comic–romantic spin on the director’s RIFIFI shot on location in Turkey and Greece, that climaxes with another brilliantly exacted…
Birds, TheBirds, The (1963) Aro Favourite
Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren, Jessica Tandy
Hitch's masterful rendering of Daphne Du Maurier's novella contains some of his most memorable set pieces, as the population of a seaside resort come…
Doulos, LeDoulos, Le (The Finger Man) (1963) Recommended
Dir. Jean-Pierre Melville
Feat. Jean-Paul Belmondo, Serge Reggiani
Eschewing the French New Wave movement in favour of homage to the then ‘passe’ genre of film noir, dir. Jean–Pierre Melville adds shades of…
Francis Durbridge Presents...Francis Durbridge Presents... (1963)
Feat. Nigel Hawthorne, Denis Quilley, Gerald Harper
A collection of mystery writer Francis Durbridge's works for BBC television. Billed as 'event' thrillers they featured an enjoyable mix of…
High and LowHigh and Low (1963) Aro Favourite
Dir. Akira Kurosawa
Feat. Toshiro Mifune
Adapted from a crime–novel by Ed McBain, this kidnapping–thriller is a central work in dir. Kurosawa’s series of film noirs, combining…

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