The Black Tent (1956)
Drama | Romance | War
In the African desert, a British soldier romances the native chief's daughter and helps the tribe fight off a Nazi attack.
Starring: Donald Sinden, Anthony Steel, Anna-Maria Sandri, André Morell, Donald Pleasence, Ralph Truman
Director: Brian Desmond Hurst
Halloween (1978)
Horror | Thriller
Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.
Starring: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Kyes, P.J. Soles, Charles Cyphers, Kyle Richards
Director: John Carpenter
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers / Halloween: The Origin of Michael Myers / Halloween 6 (1995)
Horror | Thriller
Six years after he was presumed dead in a fire, Myers has returned to kill again.
Starring: Donald Pleasence, Paul Rudd, Marianne Hagan, Mitchell Ryan, Kim Darby, Bradford English
Director: Joe Chappelle
Halloween II / Halloween 2 (1981)
Horror
Dr. Loomis and Sheriff Brackett are again searching the dark streets for Micheal Myers but meanwhile Laurie Strode is taken to the Haddenfield Hospital where she is still not safe. Micheal, being shot by Dr. Loomis six times, is also still looming in the shadows hunting for her yet this time, there is a reason why he is after her.
Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, Charles Cyphers, Jeffrey Kramer, Lance Guest, Pamela Susan Shoop
Director: Rick Rosenthal
Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)
Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Mystery | Sci-Fi
Tony (Ike Eisenmann) and Tia Malone (Kim Richards) are two orphan children with psychic powers. Their clairvoyance prompts evil millionaire Aristotle Bolt (Ray Milland) to lure them to his mansion to exploit their powers. While escaping, they meet a friendly camper (Eddie Albert) and begin to unravel the mystery of their origin. Soon, all three are fleeing townspeople who have branded the children witches. Eventually someone with greater power leads the children home.
Starring: Lance Kerwin, Eddie Albert, Ray Milland, Donald Pleasence, Kim Richards, Ike Eisenmann
Director: John Hough
The Count of Monte-Cristo (1975)
Adventure | Drama | History
A young officer, falsely imprisoned by his jealous "friends," escapes and uses a hidden treasure to exact his revenge.
Starring: Richard Chamberlain, Trevor Howard, Louis Jourdan, Donald Pleasence, Tony Curtis, Kate Nelligan
Director: David Greene
Wake in Fright / Outback (1971)
Drama
Wake in Fright is the story of John Grant, a teacher who arrives in the outback mining town of Bundanyabba planning to stay overnight before catching the plane to Sydney. But a long detour of gambling, alcohol and brutality change Grant's plans.
Starring: Donald Pleasence, Gary Bond, Jack Thompson, John Meillon, Chips Rafferty, Sylvia Kay
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Fantastic Voyage (1966)
Adventure | Family | Sci-Fi
A diplomat is nearly assassinated. In order to save him, a submarine is shrunken to microscopic size and injected into his blood stream with a small crew. Problems arise almost as soon as they enter the bloodstream.
Starring: Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch, Edmond O'Brien, Arthur Kennedy, Donald Pleasence, Arthur O'Connell
Director: Richard Fleischer
THX 1138 (1971)
Sci-Fi | Thriller
A chilling exploration of the future is also a compelling examination of the present in George Lucas' THX 1138, starring Robert Duvall as a man whose mind and body are controlled by the government. THX makes an harrowing attempt to escape from a world where thoughts are controlled, freedom is an impossibility and love is the ultimate crime.
Starring: Robert Duvall, Donald Pleasence, Sid Haig, Maggie McOmie, Don Pedro Colley, Ian Wolfe
Director: George Lucas
Prince of Darkness (1987)
Horror
A research team finds a mysterious cylinder in a deserted church. If opened, it could mean the end of the world.
Starring: Donald Pleasence, Lisa Blount, Victor Wong, Jameson Parker, Dennis Dun, Alice Cooper
Director: John Carpenter
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
Horror | Thriller
TEN YEARS AGO, HE CHANGED THE FACE OF HALLOWEEN. TONIGHT, HE'S BACK. A decade ago, he butchered 16 people trying to get to his sister. He was shot and incinerated, but still the entity that Dr. Sam Loomis (the legendary Donald Pleasence) calls "Evil on two legs" would not die. Tonight, Michael Myers has come home again…to kill! This time, Michael returns to Haddonfield for Jamie Lloyd (Danielle Harris of HALLOWEEN 5 and THE LAST BOY SCOUT) – the orphaned daughter of Laurie Strode – and her babysitter Rachel (Ellie Cornell of HALLOWEEN 5 and HOUSE OF THE DEAD). Can Loomis stop Michael before the unholy slaughter reaches his innocent young niece? Michael Pataki, Sasha Jenson and Kathleen Kinmont co-star in this smash sequel that marked the long-awaited return to the original storyline and remains infamous for its startling twist ending and graphic violence
Starring: Donald Pleasence, Ellie Cornell, Danielle Harris, Sasha Jenson, Beau Starr, Michael Pataki
Director: Dwight H. Little
The Night of the Generals (1967)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller | War
The murder of a prostitute in Nazi occupied Warsaw draws Wehrmacht Major Grau into an investigation where the evidence points to one of three high ranking Generals. The trail leads Grau from Warsaw to Paris and straight into the 1944 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler, of which two of the Generals are deeply involved. Grau's case goes unfinished and it is not until 1965 when the true killer is brought to justice.
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay, Donald Pleasence, Joanna Pettet, Philippe Noiret, Charles Gray
Director: Anatole Litvak
The Great Escape (1963)
Adventure | Drama | History | Thriller | War
In 1943, the Germans opened Stalag Luft North, a maximum-security prisoner-of-war camp, designed to hold even the craftiest escape artists. In doing so, however, the Nazis unwittingly assembled the finest escape team in military history who worked on what became the largest prison breakout ever attempted. Based on a true story.
Starring: Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, James Donald, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence
Director: John Sturges
You Only Live Twice (1967)
Action | Adventure | Crime | Thriller
After a mysterious rocketship seizes manned space missions from Earth's orbit, suspicions mount and the world superpowers are hurled toward the brink of war. Their only hope rests with James Bond (Agent 007), who races to stop the space-jackings' true mastermind, Ernst Stavro Blofeld, chief of the evil SPECTRE organization. Blofeld is bent on instigating global warfare from his massive headquarters nestled in an inactive volcano located in a Japanese island. As the countdown begins, Bond joins forces with the gorgeous Japanese agent Kissy Suzuki and scores of Ninja warriors, to mount a daring raid on Blofeld's lair and prevent a calamitous world war.
Starring: Sean Connery, Akiko Wakabayashi, Mie Hama, Donald Pleasence, Tetsurō Tamba, Teru Shimada, Karin Dor
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Escape from New York / New York 1997 (1981)
Action | Sci-Fi
In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a prison which houses the world's most brutal inmates. And when the President of the United States crash lands inside, only one man can bring him back: Snake Plissken, a notorious outlaw and former Special Forces war hero who, in exchange for a full pardon, descends into the decayed city and wages a blistering war against the captors. But time is short: in 24 hours, an explosive charge planted inside Snake's body will end the mission — and his life — unless he succeeds.
Starring: Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Isaac Hayes, Adrienne Barbeau
Director: John Carpenter
Cul-de-sac (1966)
Comedy | Drama | Thriller
A retired businessman and his young, vivacious wife are living quietly on small British Island until two gangsters on the run stumble into their home and into their lives.
Starring: Donald Pleasence, Françoise Dorléac, Lionel Stander, Jack MacGowran, Iain Quarrier
Director: Roman Polanski
Dracula (1979)
Horror | Romance
Romanticized adaptation of Bram Stoker's classic. Set in 1913 England, the blood-sucking, but handsome, charming and seductive, Count Dracula seeks an immortal bride.
Starring: Frank Langella, Laurence Olivier, Donald Pleasence, Kate Nelligan, Trevor Eve, Jan Francis, Janine Duvitski, Tony Haygarth
Director: John Badham
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All Quiet on the Western Front / Hallmark Hall of Fame: All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)
Drama | War
This is the devastating story of a generation destroyed, following the lives of Germany schoolboys goaled by their schoolmaster to join the "glorious" war. Their disenchantment begins with brutal basic training and when they see the crippled casualties being rushed to hospital as they board a train to the frontline they have the first glimps of the grim-visaged reality of war.
Starring: Richard Thomas, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Ian Holm, Patricia Neal
Director: Delbert Mann
Halloween 5 / Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989)
Horror | Thriller
MICHAEL LIVES. AND THIS TIME, THEY'RE READY! Now Remastered In HD And Featuring An All-New Audio Commentary! Because Hell would not have him, Michael Myers survived the mine explosion thought to have killed him. One year later, his traumatized young niece Jamie (Danielle Harris of HALLOWEEN 4) is horrified to discover she has a telepathic bond with her evil Uncle…and that Uncle Michael is on his way back to Haddonfield. But Dr. Loomis (the late, great Donald Pleasence) has a new plan to destroy The Boogey Man in his childhood home using Jamie as bait. Tonight, the carnage begins again: Michael Myers is back with a vengeance! Ellie Cornell and Beau Starr return for this hit sequel that features grisly gore by K.N.B. EFX Group (ARMY OF DARKNESS, SCREAM, HOSTEL), and is now fully remastered in DiviMax™ for the ultimate in Michael Myers mayhem
Starring: Donald Pleasence, Danielle Harris, Ellie Cornell, Beau Starr, Jeffrey Landman, Tamara Glynn, Don Shanks
Director: Dominique Othenin-Girard
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The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
Adventure | Drama | Thriller | War
When the Nazi high command learns in late 1943 that Winston Churchill will be spending time at a country estate in Norfolk, it hatches an audacious scheme to kidnap the prime minister and spirit him to Germany for enforced negotiations with Der Führer. Heinrich Himmler assigns Col. Max Radl to mastermind the operaton. He enlists the aid of Nazi Col. Kurt Steiner, who has been imprisoned for subordination and is awaiting sentence, by offering him a chance to save his life. Liam Devlin, an IRA lifer who hates the British, also signs on for the mission. Steiner and his commando team parachute into the small village of Sudley disguised as Polish soldiers and appear to the populace to be paratroopers running through exercises. As they await the arrival of Churchill, one of the commandos rescues a boy from drowning in a nearby river, inadvertently revealing his Nazi colors in the process. Steiner realizes that some changes will have to made in his timetable. Adaptation of Jack Higgins's best-selling suspense novel.
Starring: Michael Caine, Donald Pleasence, Robert Duvall, Donald Sutherland, Jenny Agutter
Director: John Sturges
