The Dresser (1983)
Drama
Personal assistant Norman struggles to get deteriorating veteran actor Sir through a difficult performance of King Lear.
Starring: Albert Finney, Tom Courtenay, Edward Fox, Zena Walker, Eileen Atkins, Michael Gough, Cathryn Harrison
Director: Peter Yates
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors / The Blood Suckers (1965)
Horror
Cinematographer turned director, Freddie Francis' cult horror tale stars Peter Cushing as the mysterious Dr. Schreck. Schreck boards a train and offers to tell his five fellow passengers their fortunes using his "House of Horrors" tarot cards. The deadly tales he tells includes werewolves, voodoo and a severed hand. Who is this sinister Doctor and where exactly is the train heading?
Starring: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Roy Castle, Max Adrian, Ann Bell, Michael Gough
Director: Freddie Francis
Horror Hospital / Computer Killers (1973)
Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi
Jason, a member of a 1960's pop group, decides he needs a break at a country retreat. On the train he meets Judy, niece of Aunt Harris who owns the place with her husband Dr Storm and who are using the guests for surgical mind-control experiments. So while Jason and Judy are pretty quickly making out, they are just as quickly working out how to get away.
Starring: Michael Gough, Robin Askwith, Vanessa Shaw, Ellen Pollock, Dennis Price, Skip Martin
Director: Antony Balch
The Fourth Protocol (1987)
Thriller
A Soviet spy smuggles parts for a nuclear bomb into England. His goal: detonate a device next to an American airbase and blame the Yanks. In an era when nuclear terrorism is an all-too-real threat, The Fourth Protocol makes for compulsive viewing.
Starring: Michael Caine, Pierce Brosnan, Ned Beatty, Joanna Cassidy, Julian Glover, Michael Gough
Director: John Mackenzie
Trog (1970)
Horror | Sci-Fi
Anthropologist Dr. Brockton (Joan Crawford) unearths a troglodyte (an Ice Age 'missing link" half-caveman, half-ape) and manages to domesticate him – until he's let loose by an irate land developer (Michael Gough) to go on a rampage and kidnap a little girl. Crawford's last feature film.
Starring: Joan Crawford, Michael Gough, Bernard Kay, Kim Braden, David Griffin
Director: Freddie Francis
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The Man in the White Suit (1951)
Comedy | Drama | Sci-Fi
An altruistic chemist invents a fabric that resists wear and stain as boon to humanity but both capital and labor realize it must be suppressed for economic reasons.
Starring: Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Cecil Parker, Michael Gough, Ernest Thesiger, Howard Marion-Crawford
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Out of Africa (1985)
Adventure | Biography | Drama | Romance
The most acclaimed motion picture of 1985 stars Robert Redford and Meryl Streep in one of the screen's great epic romances. Directed by Oscar winner Sydney Pollack, Out of Africa is the fascinating true story of Karen Blixen, a strong-willed woman who, with her philandering husband (Klaus Maria Brandauer), runs a coffee plantation in Kenya, circa 1914. To her astonishment, she soon discovers herself falling in love with the land, its people, and a mysterious white hunter (Redford). The masterfully crafted, breathtakingly produced story of love and loss earned Oscars for Best Picture, Director, Screenplay (based on material from another medium), cinematography, Original Score, Art Direction (Set Decoration) and Sound.
Starring: Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Michael Gough, Michael Kitchen, Leslie Phillips
Director: Sydney Pollack
Horror of Dracula / Dracula (1958)
Horror
Jonathan Harker takes employment with Count Dracula, ostensibly to catalog his vast library. In fact, he is on a mission to kill the Count, a vampire. Before he can do so however, the Count gains the upper hand and Harker soon finds himself as one of the walking dead. Dracula has taken an interest in Harker's fiancée, Lucy Holmwood and it is left to Harker's colleague, Dr. Van Helsing to protect her. He has difficulty convincing Lucy's brother, Arthur Holmwood, of the dangers or even the existence of vampires. Soon, however, Arthur's wife Mina is targeted by Count Dracula and he and Van Helsing race to find his lair before she is lost to them forever…
Starring: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Michael Gough, Melissa Stribling, Carol Marsh
Director: Terence Fisher
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Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz (2011)
Animation | Family
They're off to see the Wizard, the wonderful Wizard of Oz! Tom and Jerry soar over the rainbow and travel down the yellow brick road in this all-new animated retelling of the classic tale. You'll see your favorite characters: Dorothy, Toto, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, the Lion, the Wicked Witch of the West, the Wizard, the Munchkins and more. You'll hear many of your favorite songs, including Over the Rainbow. And you'll laugh at the antics of your favorite cat and mouse as they get twisted up in a twister, go paw-to-paw against flying monkeys and storm the Wicked Witch's castle in a heroic attempt to get Dorothy and Toto (and themselves) safely back to Kansas. After all, there's no place like home.
Starring: Grey DeLisle, Joe Alaskey, Michael Gough, Todd Stashwick, Rob Paulsen
Director: Spike Brandt
Batman Returns (1992)
Action | Crime | Fantasy | Thriller
Set at Christmastime, Gotham City and its holiday celebrations are under siege by the Penguin and a group of circus freaks. Things can't get worse when the Catwoman appears.
Starring: Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, Michael Gough
Director: Tim Burton
