Mary Maude

The Four Feathers (1978)

, 1h40
Réalisé par Don Sharp
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Guerre, Aventure
Thèmes Afrique post-coloniale, Politique
Acteurs Beau Bridges, Jane Seymour, Robert Powell, Simon Ward, Harry Andrews, Richard Johnson
Rôle Mrs. Faversham
Note63%

Lieutenant Harry Faversham (Beau Bridges) is the latest scion of a prominent military family. A deeply sensitive boy, he is much traumatised by the early death of his kind-hearted mother. Though he never wants to be a soldier, he feels obliged to join the army. Though no coward (as he will later show), he has no interest in an army career. Having met and become engaged to Ethne, he decides to resign his commission. The fact that war in the Sudan is coming is irrelevant to this decision. During their engagement ball on the final day of his army career, Faversham receives telegrammes summoning him and three of his brother officers (Durrance, Willoughby and Trench) back to the regiment prior to being sent to the Sudan. As determined as ever to leave the army, Faversham burns the telegrammes so that he can pretend not to have been summoned back to the regiment before his commission expires. Willoughby sees him burning papers and notices that he is embarrassed to have been taken by surprise in doing so. On later realising that Faversham was burning the telegrammes from the army, Willoughby assumes that Faversham has done so because he is afraid of going to the Sudan. Durrance, Willoughby and Trench then send Faversham three white feathers, betokening cowardice, and turn their backs on him. When Faversham tries to explain to Eithne what has happened, she also reaches the same mistaken conclusion and gives him a fourth white feather. Following his regiment's deployment, Faversham realizes he has made a grave mistake and, having toyed with suicide, finally resolves to redeem his honour.

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La Terreur des morts-vivants (1978)

, 1h24
Réalisé par Norman J. Warren
Genres Horreur
Acteurs James Aubrey, John Nolan, Cinzia Monreale, Glynis Barber, Tricia Walsh-Smith, Michael Craze
Note52%

Après la projection de son dernier film, suivie d'une séance d'hypnose, un aristocrate est attaqué à l'épée par sa soeur. La malédiction de la sorcière Mad Molly, capturée dans un piège à loups et brûlée par l'un de ses ancêtres vient d'être relancée.

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Scorpio (1973)

, 2h17
Réalisé par Michael Winner
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Thriller, Action, Aventure, Espionnage
Thèmes Espionnage, Politique
Acteurs Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Paul Scofield, John Colicos, Gayle Hunnicutt, J. D. Cannon
Rôle Anne
Note63%

Film d'espionnage sur la suspicion d'un agent de la CIA soupçonné d'être un agent double au profit des soviétiques.

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Crucible of Terror (1972)

, 1h31
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Horreur
Acteurs Mary Maude, James Bolam, Ronald Lacey, Betty Alberge, John Arnatt, Judy Matheson
Note43%

Jack Davies, an art dealer from London, does a deal with a friend of his Michael Clare, the son of a gifted artist Victor Clare. Michael smuggles out some of his father's works and Davies sells them for a large sum at his gallery, splitting the profit between them. Davies and Michael Clare are both in need of more money and realising that Victor Clare's works are worth a fortune they decide to acquire some more. Unfortunately, Victor Clare is a recluse, who lives in isolation above an abandoned tin mine in Cornwall. As it would be impossible to smuggle out any more of the paintings without being noticed, Davies decides to offer the artist a deal for hard cash.

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