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 Whispering Shadow: Volume 1 (1933)
5.5/10
Starring: Bela Lugosi, Robert Warwick, Henry B Walthall
A mysterious criminal known as The Whispering Shadow commits crimes by means of a gang he controls by television and radio rays. Jack Norton, whose br... Read more
The Three Musketeers Volume 2 (7-12) (1933)
8.1/10
Director: Armand Schaefer
Starring: John Wayne
Tom Wayne rescues Clancy, Renard and Schmidt in the Arabian desert and they join him in going after El Shaitan, a bad guy who is never seen as he trie... Read more
The Three Musketeers Volume 1 (1-6) (1933)
5.6/10
Director: Armand Schaefer
Starring: John Wayne
Tom Wayne rescues Clancy, Renard and Schmidt in the Arabian desert and they join him in going after El Shaitan, a bad guy who is never seen as he trie... Read more
Tarzan the Fearless (1933)
5.3/10
Director: Robert Hill
Starring: Larry 'Buster' Crabbe, Jacqueline Wells, Edward Woods
Buster Crabbe dons the loincloth this time as the Lord of the Jungle, helping a young girl find her father and discover a lost city. This delightful,... Read more
Three Musketeers: The Serial 1-6 (1933)
6.7/10
Director: Armand Schaefer
Starring: John Wayne, Francis X Bushman, Ruth Hall, Lon Chaney Jr
'One for all and all for one!' Daredevil thrills and spills abound, as John Wayne and the men of the Foreign Legion battle villainous El Shaitan and h... Read more
King Kong (1933)
7.9/10
Director: Ernest B Schoedsack, Merian C Cooper
Starring: Robert Armstrong, Fay Wray, Bruce Cabot
He is billed as "the eighth wonder of the world" and, in the sixty years since the movie's release, animator Willis O'Brien's awesome creature has all... Read more
The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
7.3/10
Director: Ernest B Schoedsack
Starring: Irving Pichel, Joel McCrea, Fay Wray, Leslie Banks
Schoedsack and Pichel's adaptation of the famous 1924 short story by Richard Connell that was filmed on the same jungle sets as 'King Kong'. On a dens... Read more
The Vanishing Legion (1931)
7.1/10
Director: Ford Beebe, B Reeves Eason
Starring: Harry Carey
A mysterious master criminal known as The Voice plots with his gang to sabotage the Milesburg Oil Company, but the rightful heir has a secret army of... Read more
The Lighting Warrior (1931)
Director: Armand Schaefer
Starring: Rin Tin Tin, Frankie Darro, George Brent
A Rin-Tin-Tin serial presented in 12 episodes. The mysterious Wolf Man is terrorizing settlers in a western town. With the help of Rinty, young Jimmy... Read more
The Black Pirate (1926)
7.2/10
Director: Albert Parker
Starring: Douglas Fairbanks Sr, Billie Dove, Anders Randolf
The definitive pirate movie and one of Douglas Fairbanks' most popular films is this silent swashbuckler about a nobleman who vows to avenge the death... Read more