A real life Touching The Void and as tense and dramatic as any densely plotted work of fiction The Conquest Of Everest features images shot by Tom Stobart and then higher up the mountain by George Lowe one of the mountaineering party who was Hillary's original climbing partner: his footage shows Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay as they head off alone in their famous push for the summit. The group's tense struggle to reach ever greater heights contrasts sharply with the breathtaking images of the surrounding mountains and Irish poet Louis MacNeice's narration. The history of the mountain that lies between Tibet and Nepal is explained - in Tibetan culture Everest is known as Chomolungma and is revered as the Mother Of The Universe while in Nepalese it is called Sagarmatha meaning Forehead Of The Sky. An outstanding example of the documentary genre this true-life account of the heroic ascent of the world's highest peak by the team led by Colonel John Hunt records the complex logistical planning behind the attempt as well as the ten failed attempts to reach the summit that had taken place in the previous thirty years. The 175 mile trek to the base of Everest and then the seemingly endless barriers of ice snow and rock are all captured in this remarkable film.
A beautiful woman and her gang of criminals attempt to match their wits with Sherlock Holmes in this murder/mystery set in Dartmoor and London's antique auction rooms.
After this movie you'll never offer a lift to a stranger again... Brilliantly directed by Ida Lupino this tense spine-chiller of a movie sees two pals Roy (Edmond O'Brien) and Gilbert (Frank Lovejoy) driving around without a care in the world. But fate takes a hand when they stop to offer a lift to hitch hiker Emmett Myers (William Talman) only to find that he isn't the type of travelling companion they thought he'd be. They grow even more alarmed when they see he sleeps with one eye open! But there are more surprises in store for the young men as the mood of their passenger turns darker with every mile. They decide they have to off-load this psychotic oddball but how? How can they make a move on him when he sleeps with one eye open!
Paying tribute to oil field legend 'Red' Adair Wayne plays Chance Buckman a colourful Texan who tames out-of-control infernos in exotic locations around the world. Between blazes Chance carries the torch for Madelyn the wife who left him 20 years earlier because of his dangerous lifestyle and assistant Greg has his hands full at the poker table and in the bedroom with Chance's spunky daughter Tish.
Die Wolgaschiffer (1958) Monumentalfilm mit John Derek, Elsa Martinelli, Dawan Addams u.v.m. Rasputin, der D�mon von Petersburg (1959) Monumentalfilm mit Edmund Purdom, Gianna Maria Canale, Giulia Rubini u.v.m. Judith, das Schwert der Rache (1958) Monumentalfilm mit Massimo Girotti, Isabelle Corey, Renato Baldini u.v.m. Aufstand der Legionen (1959) Monumentalfilm mit Jeanne Valerie, Jacques Sernas, Arnoldo Fo� u.v.m. Soraya, Sklavin des Orients (1964) Mo...
An old traditional family and a modern family battle over land in a small English village and destroy eachother. A rich family the Hillcrests are fighting against the spectacular Hornblower who sends away poor farmers to build factories on their land. When mrs. Hillcrest finds out that Chloe Hornclower was a prostitute she uses the secret to blackmail the spectacular and force him to stop his business....
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