Martin Benson
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The King and I
(1956)Featuring Yul Brynner's 1956 Best Actor OSCAR-winning performance and the unforgettable Rodgers and Hammerstein score, this beloved classic is based on the real story of English school teacher, Anna Leonowens (Deborah Kerr), who comes to teach at the royal court in Siam. Though she finds herself at odds with the stubborn monarch (Brynner), over time, Anna and the king begin to fall in love.

Captain Clegg
(1962)Peter Cushing, Yvonne Romain, and Patrick Allen star in Hammer Films’ Night Creatures, a suspenseful story about a bone chilling curse terrorizing a small town. Captain Collier (Allen), leader of the Royal Navy dispatched at the crown’s request is on a mission to investigate reports of illegal liquor bootlegging in one of the kingdom’s coastal towns. Upon arrival, their mission poses many challenges, among them being mysterious marsh phantoms who ride by night spreading terror to the town. Cpt. Collier’s suspicions are turned towards the town’s vicar, the Rev. Dr. Blyss (Cushing) who seems to be withholding key knowledge. With unexpected twists and turns and disturbing hallucinations the men endure, it’s a challenge till the end to catch the crooked priest in the act and solve the mystery of the haunting poltergeist.

Battle Beneath the Earth
(1967)An American scientist uncovers a plot by the Chinese army to install a system of tunnels underneath major U.S. cities rigged with atomic bombs.

The Omen
(1976)American diplomat Robert adopts Damien when his wife, Katherine, delivers a stillborn child. Father Brennan warns Robert that Damien will kill Katherine's unborn child. Shortly thereafter, Brennan dies and Katherine miscarries when Damien pushes her off a balcony. As more people around Damien die, Robert investigates Damien's background and realizes his adopted son may be the Antichrist.

Gorgo
(1961)A 65-foot prehistoric monster is captured in the Irish Sea and sold to a circus in London where its irate and much larger mother goes looking for it.