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World War II Films of the 1940s has been written to provide a comprehensive study of more than two dozen films, made in Great Britain and America from 1940-49. Included are films dealing with the Army, Navy, and Air Force. Complete cast lists are provided, along with film director credits, running time, and synopses of each motion picture. A number of vever before seen photographs are also included. This book is the first in a series of four books dealing with the Second World War.

For the first time, a book has been written about the films involving Agatha Christie's famous amateur detective, Miss Jane Marple. Complete cast listings, directorial credits, running times, story synopses and reviews are provided, along with many photographs never seen before. The films cover the period of 1956 to 2013, and include those starring Dame Margaret Rutherford, Joan Hickson, Angela Lansbury, Geraldine McEwen, Julia McKenzie, Dame Gracie Fields and others.

The aim of this book is to provde coverage of films made during the 1950s dealing with the Second World War. There are a number of sub-genres in the films, such as those dealing with prisoner of war camps (like The Wooden Horse, Albert RN, Stalag 17, The Colditz Story, Bridge On the River Kwai, The One That Got Away, The Camp on Blood Island, Danger Within). While many of the films deal with the Army, the Navy is the focus in films like The Cruel Sea, Above us the Waves, and Battle of the River Plate, while the Air Force features in Angels One Five and Reach for the Sky. Spies and agents...

British Horror Films of the 1960s covers nearly 90 motion pictures made in England between 1960 and 1969.  There are complete cast lists, directorial credits, running times, and a synopsis of each film, along with over two thousand pictures, many never before having been seen.  This is the second in a series of three books on the British Horror film, with an introduction by the late Sir Christopher Lee.

Mystery films are primarily concerned with solving crimes, most often murders. Detectives are generally heavily featured, whether they are of the private variety or those who work for a police force of some kind. This central character frequently investigates an unsolved crime and unmasks the perpitrator. These films in general conceal the identity of the guilty party almost right up to the end, although some of them will allow the viewer to identify the culprit right from the start and then watch as the police or detective tries to trip him up.

For the first time in print, a book is available covering every film and television adaptation of films featuring the character Hercule Poirot. Beginning in 1931, the first three films starred Austin Trevor; later films include the famous Albert Finney Murder On the orient Express, and the entire 70 television adaptations starring David Suchet as Poirot. Tony Randall, Peter Ustinov, Alfred Molina, and others all played the Belgian on film. Cast lists, stoiry synopses, running time, reviews and comments, as well as many never before seen pictures are included herein.