Patrick Allen – MRQE

Persecution

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A cat lover (Lana Turner) kills her husband, blackmails her lover (Trevor Howard) and torments her son (Ralph Bates).

Bullet to Beijing

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

When long-time British agent Harry Palmer loses his job because the Cold War is over, he’s promptly approached by a Russian bossman, Alex. In St. Petersburg Alex tells Harry of his plan for Russia’s future, which is threatened because a deadly biochemical weapon called the Red Death has been stolen from him. He’ll pay Harry handsomely to retrieve it. An ex-spy friend tips Harry off that it’s being sent to Beijing by train, aboard which we begin to learn whose side everyone’s really on.

The Sea Wolves

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

This true story follows the exploits of a top-secret British military mission to destroy Nazi radio ships in a neutral harbor during WWII. The daring plan is led by British Intelligence officers Col. Lewis Pugh (Gregory Peck) and Capt. Gavin Stewart (Roger Moore). Since the ships are in neutral territory the British Military command, while encouraging the scheme, must deny any knowledge of it if it fails. Pugh and Stewart enlist the aid of retired officer Col. Bill Grice (David Niven) and some of his former soldiers. On the pretext of being on a fishing expedition, these seemingly drunken old men in civilian clothing must board and destroy 3 Nazi ships, whose radio transmissions have resulted in Nazi submarines sinking allied ships. While Stewart arranges a diversion onshore, Pugh and Grice carry out the dangerous raid on and destruction of the Nazi ships.

Puppet on a Chain

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Special agent Taube is on the case of a deadly heroin smuggling operation. This one is notable for an amazing power boat chase through the canals and waterways of Amsterdam

The Body Stealers

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A British military paratrooper disappears in mid-air during a jump from an army plane. Two investigators, Patrick Allen and Neil Connery, try to unravel how this happened. What they uncover is an alien plot to steal the bodies of earthlings by snatching them out of the air.

Night of the Big Heat

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

While mainland Britain shivers in deepest winter, the northern island of Fara bakes in the nineties, and the boys at the Met station have no more idea what is going on than the regulars at the Swan. Only a stand-offish visting scientist realizes space aliens are to blame.

Flight from Singapore

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A light British plane is forced down with passengers and a cargo of vital blood serum.

The Traitors

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The cat and mouse game between government agents and a spy ring that has taken secret documents from a plane crash in Germany, not far from an US military research centre.

Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Peter Carter, his wife Sally and their young daughter Jean move to a sleepy Canadian village, where Peter has been hired as a school principal. Their idyll is shattered when Jean becomes the victim of an elderly, and extremely powerful, paedophile. The film was neither a box office nor a critical success, it garnered criticism for breaking a significant public taboo.

Tread Softly Stranger

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Unable to pay his bookie, a man returns to his hometown where his embezzler brother and girlfriend plot a robbery that ends in tragedy.