Action
The enduring popularity of the action movie has drenched the genre in cliche yet glorious invention abounds around the globe - fighting is the international language. Fashionable styles of film-making come and go but action movies just change their shoes and remain centre-stage.
Great glittering galaxies of genre from across the Alice universe have been gleaned to assemble a suitably kick-ass selection of ballistic ballet and poetic pugilism to scintillate the delicate senses of our discerning clientele. Are you ready to rumble? Are you feeling lucky, Sir/Madame? Our suggestions for a hearty evening of action are listed below.
Pictured: Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang springs into action. Sean Connery as agent 007 in "Diamonds are Forever" (1971).
The Black Swan (1942)
6.9/10
Director: Henry King
Starring: Laird Cregar, Maureen O'Hara, Tyrone Power, Thomas Mitchell, George Sanders, Ant...
Tyrone Power is his usual stylish and articulate self in this classic swashbuckling pirate tale adapted from Sabatini's novel. The starry cast, music... Read more
Adventure Of Captain Marvel (1941)
Director: John English, William Witney
Starring: Tom Tyler, Frank Coghlan Jr, William Benedict, Louise Currie
To protect a magic talisman from being used for evil, a teenage boy named Billy Batson is given the power to become an adult superhero, Captain Marvel... Read more
Jungle Girl (1941)
6.7/10
Director: John English, William Witney
Starring: Frances Gifford
Dr. John Meredith has been driven from civilization by the criminal activities of his twin brother Bradley Meredith. With his infant daughter, he sett... Read more
Holt Of The Secret Service (1941)
6.7/10
Director: James W Horne
Starring: Jack Holt, Evelyn Brent, Tristram Coffin
A murderous gang of counterfeiters has kidnapped the government's best engraver and is forcing him to print virtually undetectable phony money. The Se... Read more
The Loyal 47 Ronin (1941)
7.3/10
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Starring: Yoshizaburo Arashi, Utaemon Ichikawa
A timeless tale of honor and revenge, told in two parts by master director Kenji Mizoguchi. 'The Loyal 47 Ronin' tells the true story of a loyal group... Read more
Western Union (1941)
6.8/10
Director: Fritz Lang
Starring: Robert Young, Randolph Scott, Dean Jagger, Virginia Gilmore, John Carradine, Sli...
Vance Shaw (Randolph Scott) wants to put his criminal past behind him and gets his chance when he is hired to protect workers constructing telegraph p... Read more
They Died With Their Boots On (1941)
7.3/10
Director: Raoul Walsh
Starring: Olivia de Havilland, Errol Flynn, Arthur Kennedy, Gene Lockhart, Anthony Quinn,...
Errol Flynn stars as the eccentric yet (in this version) heroic General George Armstrong Custer, beginning with his time at West Point and ending, nat... Read more
North West Mounted Police (1940)
6.5/10
Director: Cecil B DeMille
Starring: Gary Cooper, Madeleine Carroll, Paulette Goddard, Preston Foster, Robert Preston...
In 1885, a Texas Ranger travels to Canada to arrest a trapper who's wanted for murder and who's stirring up the Natives in a rebellion against the Can... Read more
King Of The Royal Mounted (1940)
7.4/10
Director: William Witney, John English
Canadian Tom Merritt has discovered a substance, Compound X, that will cure infantile paralysis, which he extracts from a mine at Caribou, Canada. A c... Read more
Drums Of Fu Manchu (1940)
6.8/10
Director: William Witney, John English
Starring: Henry Brandon
The nefarious Dr. Fu Manchu searches for the keys to the tomb of Genghis Khan, in order to fulfill a prophecy that will enable him to conquer the worl... Read more