Classic Adventure
Remember those moments where the main character finds himself in a difficult or precarious dilemma, or confronted with a shocking revelation, those thrill-a-minute extravaganzas, those rip-roaring spectacles, swashbuckling and derring-do action, cliff-hanger endings .... that was what Saturday Matinees were made of.
Below is a compilation of the 'essence' of this wonderful genre. See also 'Cliff-Hanger Serials'
The Guns of Navarone ( Blu-ray ) (1961)
7.6/10
Director: J Lee Thompson
Starring: Anthony Quayle, Anthony Quinn, David Niven, Gregory Peck, Irene Papas, James Dar...
Gregory Peck, David Niven, and Anthony Quinn star as a team of Allied military specialists recruited for a dangerous but imperative mission: to infilt... Read more
The Hurricane (1937)
7.3/10
Director: John Ford
Starring: Dorothy Lamour, Jon Hall, Mary Astor, C Aubrey Smith, Thomas Mitchell, Raymond M...
In the colonial era, island native Terangi (Jon Hall) spends a blissful honeymoon with his bride, Marama (Dorothy Lamour). Soon after, however, their... Read more
The Invisible Woman (1940)
Director: Edward Sutherland
Starring: Virginia Bruce, John Barrymore, John Howard
Eccentric Professor Gibbs, brilliant but impractical, invents an invisibility machine and advertises for a guinea pig. What he gets is Kitty Carroll,... Read more
The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977)
6.1/10
Director: Marty Feldman
Starring: Ann-Margret , James Earl Jones, Marty Feldman, Michael York, Peter Ustinov, Ter...
Set in England and Morocco in 1906, Marty Feldman's "remake" mocks all the do-or-die extravaganzas we've known and loved as he portrays Digby, identic... Read more
The Last Round-up (1947)
6.3/10
Director: John English
Starring: Gene Autry
Gene responds to cattle rustling by stringing barbed wire all around his range. In order to end the cattle rustling, Gene Autry becomes one of the... Read more
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)
7.3/10
Director: Henry Hathaway
Starring: Gary Cooper, Franchot Tone, Richard Cromwell
Majestic in its scope, this rousing, superlative adventure details the camaraderie between British soldiers on the Northwest frontier of India. Gary C... Read more
The Lone Ranger / The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold (1956)
Director: Stuart Heisler, Lesley Selander
Starring: Clayton Moore, Jay Silverheels
"Who was that masked man?" Nowhere in the pages of history can one find a greater champion of justice - beginning with his radio debut, then movie se... Read more
The Long Ships (1964)
6.1/10
Director: Jack Cardiff
Starring: Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, Russ Tamblyn
A thrilling seafaring saga in which Viking warrior Richard Widmark and Moorish Chieftain Sidney Poitier race to find a fabled treasure known as the Go... Read more
The Lost Jungle: Volume 1 (1934)
4.8/10
Director: Armand Schaefer
Starring: Clyde Beatty
Animal trainer Clyde Beatty heads a rescue party in search of his girl, Ruth, and her father who get lost looking for an uncharted island. His dirigib... Read more
The Lost Jungle: Volume 2 (1934)
7.7/10
Director: Armand Schaefer
Starring: Clyde Beatty
Animal trainer Clyde Beatty heads a rescue party in search of his girl, Ruth, and her father who get lost looking for an uncharted island. His dirigib... Read more