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Tunes of Glory (1960)
Two of Britain"s Finest Actors Lock Horns to the Death.
This is one of the finest British movies ever made.
If it had been an American movie, it is my opinion that it would have walked away with many "Oscars" in 1960.
Watch this film only if you like to watch masters of the craft of acting at work.
The end will stay with you forever.
Bodyline (1984)
A story of one mans quest to win
If you like to watch cricket then this is a show for you.
An excellent Australian mini series that could do with being repeated and repeated.
This series is not and never has been available on tape or dvd.
Based on True events.
The show is based upon a series of cricket matches between England and Australia for the Ashes. Played in Australia between 1932-1933.
The Australians were the top team of the times and England just were not good enough to beat them, that is until they made a certain Douglas Jardine the English captain.
He was the man for the time and he did the unthinkable. He brought the ashes back to England and was hailed a hero.
He devised a style of bowling that the Australians did not like and indeed it was very dangerous and called Bodyline as the aim was to bowl at the body and not the stumps.
Some of the English bowlers even refused to bowl at the man. If this was the case they were dropped and another bowler used.
After returning from Australia and using Bodyline in England Mr Douglas Jardine was stripped of his captaincy and dropped from the English team never to play for England again.
Bodyline Bowling was then made illegal.
He was the man for the time and boy could English cricket do with him back.
Little Red Monkey (1955)
An old fashioned British cold war spy movie
This very British film was a "B" picture given headlines because of the title song which was a massive hit in both the Uk and in the States.
Only read below if you want to know about The little red monkey.
The little red monkey was in fact a very very small/tiny adult russian spy who because of his size could enter small areas thought safe agains five foot plus size humans.
He was only called "The Midget" in the film and he was played by Leonard franks.
This was the basis of the movie.
If you ever get to watch this film, do not expect too much and you will not be disappionted.
The music is freely on line to download from various sites in the UK. Just type in "the little red monkey" into a search engine and up will pop lots of links.