5 Movies Starring Patrick McGoohan

Mary, Queen of Scots

Mary, Queen of Scots

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1972-03-29

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

128 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (2927 Reviews)

Director:

Charles Jarrott

Cast:

Writer:

John Hale (original screenplay)

Fullplot:

Mary Stuart, who was named Queen of Scotland when she was only six days old, is the last Roman Catholic ruler of Scotland. She is imprisoned at he age of 23 by her cousin Elizabeth Tudor, the English Queen and her arch adversary. Nineteen years later the life of Mary is to be ended on the scaffold and with her execution the last threat to Elizabeth's throne has been removed. The two Queens with their contrasting personalities make a dramatic counterpoint to history.

A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot

A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1975-12-19

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy, France, West Germany

Runtime:

126 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (3473 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Damiano Damiani (screenplay)

Ernesto Gastaldi (screenplay)

Ernesto Gastaldi (story)

Fulvio Morsella (screenplay)

Fulvio Morsella (story)

Fullplot:

Expert conman Joe Thanks teams up with half-breed Bill and naive Lucy to steal $300,000 from the Indian-hating Major Cabot. Their elaborate plan is full of disguises, double-crosses, and chases, but Joe always seems to know what he's doing.

Silver Streak

Silver Streak

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1976-12-03

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

114 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (12200 Reviews)

Director:

Arthur Hiller

Fullplot:

A somewhat daffy book editor on a rail trip from Los Angeles to Chicago thinks that he sees a murdered man thrown from the train. When he can find no one who will believe him, he starts doing some investigating of his own. But all that accomplishes is to get the killer after him.

Scanners

Scanners

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1981-01-14

Languages:

English

Countries:

Canada

Runtime:

103 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (31928 Reviews)

Genres:

HorrorSci-Fi

Fullplot:

Darryl Revok is the most powerful of all the scanners, and is the head of the underground scanner movement for world domination. Scanners have great psychic power, strong enough to control minds; they can inflict enormous pain/damage on their victims. Doctor Paul Ruth finds a scanner that Revok hasn't, and converts him to their cause - to destroy the underground movement.

Mary, Queen of Scots

Mary, Queen of Scots

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1972-03-29

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

128 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (2923 Reviews)

Director:

Charles Jarrott

Cast:

Writer:

John Hale (original screenplay)

Fullplot:

Mary Stuart, who was named Queen of Scotland when she was only six days old, is the last Roman Catholic ruler of Scotland. She is imprisoned at he age of 23 by her cousin Elizabeth Tudor, the English Queen and her arch adversary. Nineteen years later the life of Mary is to be ended on the scaffold and with her execution the last threat to Elizabeth's throne has been removed. The two Queens with their contrasting personalities make a dramatic counterpoint to history.

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