Richard Fleischer
1) Dr. Dolittle
Series
Language
English
Description
Step into the English country home of the good doctor as he performs remarkable treatments on a variety of four-legged, fine-feathered patients. See his secret cures and watch as ordinary and exotic animals talk, dance, and sing.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In 1941 the Japanese are at odds with the United States on a number of issues which they are attempting to resolve via their Washington embassy. In case this diplomacy fails, the military are hatching plans for a surprise early Sunday morning air attack on the U.S. base at Pearl Harbor. American intelligence is breaking the Japanese diplomatic messages but few high-ups are prepared to believe that an attack is likely, let alone where or how it might...
Language
English
Formats
Description
Charlton Heston plays a cop in this 21st century science-fiction horror story. The setting is New York, teeming with 40 million citizens, most of whom are out of work. Environmental erosion is almost complete and voluntary death is encouraged by government-sponsored clinics. For their food, the people have grown to rely almost totally on a greenish, wafer-like substance called soylent. As Heston investigates the murder of a magnate in the dictatorial...
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
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Description
A trouble-shooting 19th century seaman is trying to discover why so many whaling ships have been disappearing of late. Teaming with a scientist and a diver, they set sail to investigate. They are promptly captured by the megalomaniac Captain Nemo, who skippers a lavish, scientifically advanced submarine.
Publisher
Turner Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A cop has been put in charge of protecting a gangster's girlfriend as she is being transported from Chicago to L.A. by train to testify before a grand jury. He has his work cut out, though, as there are hitmen on the train that are after her.
8) Mandingo
Publisher
Legend Films
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"A shocking look at plantation life in the Deep South. Mede is a slave whose master, Hammond Maxwell, intends on keeping him as a prizefighter. As Maxwell focuses his attention on his wenches and Mede's brutal training, his neglected wife turns her passions towards Mede himself."--Container.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"Cornered" (102 min.) From England to continental Europe to Buenos Aires, ex-RCAF pilot Dick Powell stalks the Nazi collaborator who murdered his bride. But one fact constantly surfaces during his quest: no one can describe the mysterious man.
"Desperate" (73 min.) Steve Brodie is a postwar Everyman sho accepts what he thinks is an honest trucking job, only to find he's the driver in a botched heist that puts Brodie and his bride (Audrey Long) on...
13) Fantastic voyage
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
An elite team of medical and scientific specialists race to save a top government scientist who is suffering from blood clot on the brain. Their mission is to be reduced along with their submarine-like craft to microscope size, enter the bloodstream of the ailing scientist, and journey to the brain to perform an emergency procedure. With only sixty minutes to complete their mission, the scientists find themselves fighting off an attack by white corpuscles,...
14) Barabbas
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Pardoned instead of Christ, Barabbas is haunted for the rest of his life. After watching his former lover, Rachel, being stoned to death for her belief in Jesus, Barabbas returns to his life of thievery. Arrested again, he is sent to the sulphur mines and then to gladiator school where he witnesses yet another friend give his life in the name of the Nazarene. It is only at the end, when Barabbas himself faces crucifixion, that he discovers his faith....
15) Betty Boop
Series
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
She first appeared on screen with the body of a woman and the head of a dog. Re-invented as 100% woman, the racy cartoon star became an American icon.
16) The jazz singer
Publisher
Republic Pictures Home Video
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
A cantor's son defies his father to pursue a career in popular music.
18) Trapped
Publisher
Miracle Pictures
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
A counterfeiter on the run from the Treasury Department. They're hot on his trail using every trick in the book and the G-men won't give up until he's locked up behind bars with the counterfeit plates destroyed.
19) The Vikings
Publisher
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
It is the Middle Ages, and nothing is more feared in England than Viking warriors. In one of many raids, Viking leader Ragnar kills the English king and forces himself on the Queen. With the King dead, his brother takes the thrown but unknown to anyone but a trusted servant, the Queen is now with child. In order to protect the boy, he is sent away to be raised in safety away from the new King. Twenty years later, the Vikings under are still raiding...
