Franklin J. Schaffner – MRQE

The War Lord

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

A knight in the service of a duke goes to a coastal village where an earlier attempt to build a defensive castle has failed. He begins to rebuild the duke’s authority in the face of the barbarians at the border and is making progress until he falls in love with one of the local women.

Welcome Home

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

An Air Force officer returns to his father, son and remarried wife in Vermont after 17 years in Vietnam.

Papillon

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

A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.

Planet of the Apes

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Astronaut Taylor crash lands on a distant planet ruled by apes who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds himself among the hunted, his life in the hands of a benevolent chimpanzee scientist.

Islands in the Stream

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

An isolated sculptor is visited by his three sons just before the start of WWII.

The Stripper

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

An aging former movie starlet whose Hollywood career went nowhere, now reduced to dancing with a third-rate touring show, finds herself stranded in a small town where she’s courted by an infatuated and naive local teenager.

Lionheart

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

A young knight sets out to join King Richards crusaders. Along the way, he encounters The Black Prince who captures children and sells them as slaves to the Muslims. It is Robert Narra’s sworn duty to protect the children and lead them to safety.

Mark of Cain

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A man is released from prison only to find a new kind of prison: society’s judgment of an ex-con’s continuing guilt. He now lives with his mother, his critical brother, and the story his mother told that he joined the army.

Yes, Giorgio

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

A famous opera singer, Giorgio Fini, loses his voice during an American tour. He goes to a female throat specialist, Pamela Taylor, whom he falls in love with.

Sphinx

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

Egyptologist Erica Baron finds more than she bargained for during her long-planned trip to The Land of the Pharoahs – murder, theft, betrayal, love, and a mummy’s curse!