Infameous (My soul to keep) (2014)

Actors: Kevin MacLeod (composer), Leonard L. Thomas (actor), Leonard L. Thomas (producer), Stanley V. Henson Jr. (producer), Stanley V. Henson Jr. (writer), Stanley V. Henson Jr. (director), Stanley V. Henson Jr. (actor), Sid Burston (actor), Kaira Akita (actress), Jwaundace Candece (actress), Kymedienne Jackson (actress), Bobby T (actor), Suzanne Mari (actress), Robin Michelle McClamb (actress), Rosa Acosta (actress),

Side Streets (1998)

Actors: Victor Argo (actor), Laurie Gershon (miscellaneous crew), Art Malik (actor), Mark Margolis (actor), Shabana Azmi (actress), Ismail Merchant (producer), Rosario Dawson (actress), Valeria Golino (actress), Leon (actor), Shashi Kapoor (actor), Peter McRobbie (actor), Kathleen Chalfant (actress), Peter Appel (actor), Jennifer Esposito (actress), Aunjanue Ellis (actress),

Plot: Staten Island Cab-driver, Bipin Raj, picks up a passenger, mistakes her for a movie star, but tells her that his brother, Vikram Raj, is a very well-known Bollywood mega-star with millions of fans, and is currently living with him and his family of his wife and two children. But all is not hunky dory in the Raj household, for Mrs. Chandra Bipin Raj, who initial thrill at meeting her mega-star brother-in-law, has shimmered down, and she is anxious for him to leave. Vikram Raj, no doubt may have been a handsome man in his younger years, but now he is alcoholic, grossly overweight, macho, and lazy. But all is not lost, for Vikram has several ardent fans visit him, and dance to his filmy songs and tunes, much to Chandra's exasperation. Then a few days later, Vikram claims that Al Pacino has phoned him and wants to meet and discuss a movie script. The Raj family give him a fond farewell. This short story as well as the story of a dress-designer; a drug-dealer working at a meat-shop; a beauty queen's slacker husband ET AL comprise of people of diverse cultures living their separate, yet inter-connected lives in this busy metropolis.

The Squeeze (1977)

Actors: Michael Apted (director), Stephen Boyd (actor), David Hemmings (actor), Edward Fox (actor), John Shirley (editor), Stacy Keach (actor), Carol White (actress), Zelda Barron (miscellaneous crew), Alan Ford (actor), Marjie Lawrence (actress), Michael O'Hagan (actor), Mary Richards (miscellaneous crew), Leon Greene (actor), Stewart Harwood (actor), Edna Tromans (miscellaneous crew),

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10 Rillington Place (1971)

Actors: John Hurt (actor), Richard Attenborough (actor), Sam Kydd (actor), André Morell (actor), Basil Dignam (actor), Richard Fleischer (director), Robert Hardy (actor), Edward Evans (actor), Reg Lye (actor), Howard Lang (actor), Martin Ransohoff (producer), Judy Geeson (actress), Rudolph Walker (actor), John Dankworth (composer), Jimmy Gardner (actor),

Plot: London, 1949. 'John Christie (IV)' (qv) is an unassuming, middle aged man who, along with his wife Ethel, manages the apartment building at 10 Rillington Place. His unassuming demeanor masks the fact of being a serial killer. His modus operandi is to act as a person with a medical background, lure unsuspecting women to his apartment on the pretense of curing them of some ailment, knock them unconscious with carbon monoxide gas, gain his sexual release through contact with the unconscious body, then strangle the victim dead before disposing of the body usually by burying it in his back yard. His next intended target is Beryl Evans, a young woman who has just moved into a flat in his building. Beryl's husband, Tim Evans, is an illiterate man who likes to put on airs. Already with an infant daughter named Geraldine, the Evanses learn they are going to have another baby, which they cannot afford to have, nor can they afford to abort the pregnancy. This problem, on top of the constant issue of lack of money in all aspects of their lives, places a strain on the marriage, of which all their neighbors are aware through the constant fighting they overhear. Christie will offer to perform the abortion for free. The difference with this intended murder is that Tim will be aware that his wife will have died, but Christie plans either to goad Tim into keeping silent since the abortion would have been illegal, an act to which Tim would have provided his consent, or pin the murder on Tim who would have motive. Will this change in modus operandi affect Christie's ability to kill Beryl, or kill her without detection?

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10 Rillington Place (1971)

Actors: John Hurt (actor), Richard Attenborough (actor), Sam Kydd (actor), André Morell (actor), Basil Dignam (actor), Richard Fleischer (director), Robert Hardy (actor), Edward Evans (actor), Reg Lye (actor), Howard Lang (actor), Martin Ransohoff (producer), Judy Geeson (actress), Rudolph Walker (actor), John Dankworth (composer), Jimmy Gardner (actor),

Plot: London, 1949. 'John Christie (IV)' (qv) is an unassuming, middle aged man who, along with his wife Ethel, manages the apartment building at 10 Rillington Place. His unassuming demeanor masks the fact of being a serial killer. His modus operandi is to act as a person with a medical background, lure unsuspecting women to his apartment on the pretense of curing them of some ailment, knock them unconscious with carbon monoxide gas, gain his sexual release through contact with the unconscious body, then strangle the victim dead before disposing of the body usually by burying it in his back yard. His next intended target is Beryl Evans, a young woman who has just moved into a flat in his building. Beryl's husband, Tim Evans, is an illiterate man who likes to put on airs. Already with an infant daughter named Geraldine, the Evanses learn they are going to have another baby, which they cannot afford to have, nor can they afford to abort the pregnancy. This problem, on top of the constant issue of lack of money in all aspects of their lives, places a strain on the marriage, of which all their neighbors are aware through the constant fighting they overhear. Christie will offer to perform the abortion for free. The difference with this intended murder is that Tim will be aware that his wife will have died, but Christie plans either to goad Tim into keeping silent since the abortion would have been illegal, an act to which Tim would have provided his consent, or pin the murder on Tim who would have motive. Will this change in modus operandi affect Christie's ability to kill Beryl, or kill her without detection?

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Putney Swope (1969)

Actors: Allen Garfield (actor), Antonio Fargas (actor), Bud S. Smith (editor), Elzbieta Czyzewska (actress), Robert Downey Sr. (producer), Robert Downey Sr. (director), Henri Pachard (producer), Robert Downey Sr. (writer), Peter Maloney (actor), Robert Downey Sr. (actor), Al Green (actor), Allan Arbus (actor), Eileen Peterson (actress), Bob Larkin (actor), Bert Lawrence (actor),

Plot: Dark satire in which the token black man on the executive board of an advertising firm is accidentally put in charge. Renaming the business "Truth and Soul, Inc.", he replaces the tight regime of monied white ad men with his militant brothers. Soon afterwards, however, the power that comes with its position takes its toll on Putney...

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Baby Love (1968)

Actors: Bernard Miles (actor), John Glen (editor), Marianne Stone (actress), Vernon Dobtcheff (actor), Diana Dors (actress), Dick Emery (actor), Keith Barron (actor), Michael Klinger (producer), Michael Klinger (writer), Sheila Steafel (actress), Guido Coen (writer), Guido Coen (producer), Bruce Robinson (actor), Ann Lynn (actress), Josie Fulford (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: Poor Luci, she is a 15 year old English schoolgirl about to embark on a promising career as the high-school mattress when she comes home one day from school to find her Mum as dead as a door knob in the tub. You see her Mum has cut her wrists after a long unrewarding career as the town mattress. Fortunately for Luci, her Mum's childhood friend is now a very successful upper-middle class doctor who has decided to take Luci home to his family (on a trial basis). Luci's new family (The Quayles) has a few issues. The father's libedo is on the wane and he has a stick permanently stuck up his butt. The mother was "convent schooled" and misses the good old days of snuggling up with a pretty young girl. The son is an amateur peeper without the libedo problem but also with a stick up his butt. Luci arrives in the midst of all this with her one suitcase, a bit unbalanced from her mother's recent suicide, and does everything she can to fit in with her new family - more or less. There isn't a whole lot of nudity or explicit sex. I've read that the film was originally given an "X" rating but don't let that fool you. This was 1968. Many films which would barely make an "R" rating today got an X in those days. In any event, it was released on video in the 1980s with an "R" rating and the copyright was abandoned in the U.S. in the mid 1990's. The video is "Deleted" in England.