Martine Beswick
Biography: Martine Beswick (born 26 September 1941) is an English-Jamaican actress and model perhaps best known for her roles in two James Bond films, From Russia with Love (1963) and Thunderball (1965), who went on to appear in several other notable films in the 1960s. From 1980 through 1993 she altered the spelling of her last name as Beswicke. In 2019, she was inducted into the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards' Monster Kid Hall of Fame. Description above from the Wikipedia article Martine Beswick, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Birthday: September 26, 1941
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Thunderball
1965-12-11
Thunderball
Overview: A criminal organization has obtained two nuclear bombs and are asking for a 100 million pound ransom in the form of diamonds in seven days or they will use the weapons. The secret service sends James Bond to the Bahamas to once again save the world.
Genres: Adventure Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-12-11
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Hammer Glamour
2013-10-21
Hammer Glamour
Overview: This documentary features interviews with several leading ladies from Hammer's peak period, who share illuminating and amusing anecdotes about the various films they worked on.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-10-21
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One Million Years B.C.
1966-11-24
One Million Years B.C.
Overview: As the Earth wrestles with its agonizing birth, the peoples of this barren and desolate world struggle to survive. Driven by animal instinct they compete against the harsh conditions, their giant predators, and warring tribes. When two people from opposing clans fall in love, existing conventions are shattered forever as each tribe struggles for supremacy and Man embarks on his tortuous voyage of civilization.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-11-24
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Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde
1971-10-17
Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde
Overview: In foggy London Dr Jekyll experiments on newly deceased women determined to discover an elixir for immortal life. Success enables his spectacular transformation into the beautiful but psychotic Sister Hyde who stalks the dark alleys of Whitechapel for young, innocent, female victims, ensuring continuation of the bloodstained research. With each transformation Sister Hyde becomes the more dominant personality, determined to eventually suppress the frail, ineffectual Dr Jekyll forever.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-10-17
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Melvin and Howard
1980-09-19
Melvin and Howard
Overview: The story of hard-luck Melvin Dummar, who claimed to have received a will naming him an heir to the fortune of Howard Hughes.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-09-19
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Invasion of the Scream Queens
1992-01-01
Invasion of the Scream Queens
Overview: Women who have made a career out of starring in the B horror and science fiction genres are interviewed, and clips and trailers from their films are shown.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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Trancers II: The Return of Jack Deth
1991-08-22
Trancers II: The Return of Jack Deth
Overview: Once again someone from the future has come back to create an army of Trancers, human zombies who do what they're told without question or pause. Now officer Jack Deth, a cop from the future stranded in the past, must once again go forth to stop them. This sci-fi action sequel chronicles his courageous actions as he struggles to save the future. His difficulties are compounded when his boss sends his first wife back from the future to help Deth who has unfortunately, married a 20th-century girl.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-08-22
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Evil Spirits
1990-01-01
Evil Spirits
Overview: A dark comedy thriller that manages to skillfully blend humor and mystery into one incredible film from its thrilling beginning to the shocking climax! The superb all-star cast is a unique collection of characters who find themselves with one very special thing in common -- they are all boarders of Mrs. Ella Purdy (Karen Black) and totally dependent upon her gracious nature. The suspense mounts as, one-by-one, they fall sacrifice to ominous secrets enshrined within the walls of her foreboding house! Murder and mayhem prevail throughout the tense but often humorous situations as each victim draws nearer to his or her fate.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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The Horror of It All
1983-02-23
The Horror of It All
Overview: A collection of film clips from horror movies and interviews with the actors and directors who made them.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-02-23
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Seizure
1974-11-15
Seizure
Overview: A disturbed author's house party becomes a scene of carnage when three of his homicidal creations appear.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-11-15
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Magic Island
1995-12-19
Magic Island
Overview: Jack Carlisle is a disillusioned 13-year old boy. His mother is always away at work since his father left. He decides to run away, as his mom won't miss him. As he is ready to leave, his nanny, convinces him to read this 'magic book'. The book is about a pirate adventure on Magic Island. As Jack reads the book, he is sucked into the world and goes on numerous adventures with Prince Morgan, while fleeing the evil Blackbeard the Pirate. He is even saved by Lily, a beautiful mermaid, whom he falls in love with.
Genres: Family Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-19
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A Bullet for the General
1967-01-13
A Bullet for the General
Overview: El Chuncho's bandits rob arms from a train, intending to sell the weapons to Elias' revolutionaries. They are helped by one of the passengers, Bill Tate, and allow him to join them, unware of his true intentions.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1967-01-13
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Slave Girls
1967-02-25
Slave Girls
Overview: Leader of a tribe of amazon women, Queen Kari, has vanquished a rival tribe and rules them with savage ruthlessness and cruel arrogance. A hunter stumbles onto the enclave and falls for one of the slaves, so unleashing the anger and envy of the possessive, sadistic Queen.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-02-25
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From a Whisper to a Scream
1987-09-25
From a Whisper to a Scream
Overview: The uncle of an executed murderess relates four stories of his hometown, Oldfield, to a reporter. In the first, an elderly man pursues a romance with a younger woman, even to the grave and beyond. In the second, a wounded man on the run from creditors is rescued by a backwoods hermit who holds the secret to eternal life. In the third, a glass-eating carny pays the ultimate price for looking for love on the outside. And in the fourth, a group of Civil War soldiers are held captive by a household of orphans with strange intentions for them.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-09-25
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Cyclone
1987-06-05
Cyclone
Overview: Rick has developed the ultimate motorcycle, the Cyclone. It is a $5 million bike equipped with rocket launchers and laser guns. Rick meets his fate and it is up to his girlfriend Teri to keep the Cyclone from falling into the wrong hands. Teri can trust no one but herself.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-06-05
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The Penthouse
1967-10-03
The Penthouse
Overview: A married man and his young mistress suffer sadistic torture when Tom, Dick and Harry invade their penthouse.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-10-03
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The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
1980-06-04
The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
Overview: Xaviera Hollander has to navigate some sleazy studio politics to see the production of the film version of her memoirs.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-06-04
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Hollywood Blue
1970-11-18
Hollywood Blue
Overview: A collection of vintage erotica from Hollywood movies is intercut with street interviews and newsreel footage.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-11-18
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John the Bastard
1967-11-16
John the Bastard
Overview: Johnny Donald, a cynical seducer of women, discovers he is actually the son of Don Diego Tenorio, a wealthy Mexican landowner. Accompanied by his trusty servant Morenillo, he travels south in search of vengeance and riches, but manages to deflower and make enemies all along the way until he finally meets his match in the person of a Mormon assassin and a stone statue.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1967-11-16
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Bride of Monster Mania
2000-01-01
Bride of Monster Mania
Overview: Host Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, satisfies the yearnings of viewers with a taste for terror in this one-hour special devoted to movies' ultimate bad girls. From witches to vampires, female monsters and robots to women possessed and women from outer space, Bride Of Monster Mania unearths dazzling film footage, rare photos and exclusive interviews to pay homage to the scream sirens who have succeeded in seducing moviegoers for decades.
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-01
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Saturnalia
2022-06-03
Saturnalia
Overview: A cave-girl from outer space wreaks havoc after she is brought to life by a top secret super-weapon that transforms drawings into real people.
Genres: Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-06-03
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The Incredible World of James Bond
1965-11-26
The Incredible World of James Bond
Overview: This promotional film was aired on American television on 26 November 1965, one month before the release of Thunderball (1965). Narrated by Alexander Scourby, the 48 minute documentary aired as a one hour special. It included footage of the filming at Silverstone Racetrack, Northamptonshire and of the fight aboard the Disco Volante at Pinewood Studios; media coverage of Martine Beswick, Luciana Paluzzi and Claudine Auger; and archive footage of Ian Fleming at 'Goldeneye', Jamaica.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-11-26
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Longstreet
1971-02-23
Longstreet
Overview: The pilot for the 1971 - 1972 series of the same title. Mike Longstreet, an insurance investigator in New Orleans loses his sight and his wife in an explosion and is determined to track down his wife's killers.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-02-23
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Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell
1978-10-31
Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell
Overview: A dog that is a minion of Satan terrorizes a suburban family.
Genres: Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-10-31
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Please Stand by for Murder
1975-03-10
Please Stand by for Murder
Overview: The wife of a TV executive thinks she might have committed a murder and is tormented by a stalker while locked inside an empty TV station.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-03-10
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From Russia with Love
1963-10-10
From Russia with Love
Overview: Agent 007 is back in the second installment of the James Bond series, this time battling a secret crime organization known as SPECTRE. Russians Rosa Klebb and Kronsteen are out to snatch a decoding device known as the Lektor, using the ravishing Tatiana to lure Bond into helping them. Bond willingly travels to meet Tatiana in Istanbul, where he must rely on his wits to escape with his life in a series of deadly encounters with the enemy.
Genres: Action Thriller Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-10-10
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The Kiss of Death
1974-08-22
The Kiss of Death
Overview: Adaptation of a novel by Carolina Invernizio.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-08-22
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Wide Sargasso Sea
1993-04-16
Wide Sargasso Sea
Overview: In the wake of Jamaican emancipation, French colonist Annette Cosway falls into poverty and marries racist Englishman Paul Mason. But when Annette's young son dies in a fire started by former slaves, Mason flees to England, leaving his grief-stricken wife and her Creole daughter Antoinette behind. Soon Antoinette learns she must marry to claim her inheritance and sets her sights on Rochester, an Englishman eerily similar to Mason.
Genres: Thriller Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-04-16
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My Husband Is Missing
1978-12-05
My Husband Is Missing
Overview: A young wife journeys to North Vietnam in an effort to find her husband, an American flier reported missing in action, and is joined by a cynical Canadian correspondent on the trail of a human interest story.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-12-05
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Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014-10-06
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Overview: A documentary about the rise and fall of the Cannon Film Group, the legendary independent film company helmed by Israeli cousins Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-10-06
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The Last Italian Tango
1973-01-01
The Last Italian Tango
Overview: A woman feeds her husband with scraps and gives the best food to her lover, whom she hides in the attic. The husband abandons her and goes and lives with a young girl who drags him into a sadomasochistic relationship.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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Strange New World
1975-07-13
Strange New World
Overview: In the near future, a group of scientists living in a space ship wake up from a hibernation state and come back to an apocalyptic Earth.
Genres: Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-07-13
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Bond Girls Are Forever
2002-11-06
Bond Girls Are Forever
Overview: Through vintage film clips of past Bond movie epics, and with the participation of several former "Bond Girls" as interviewees (among them Dr. No's Ursula Andress and Diamonds Are Forever's Jill St. John), the documentary traces the evolution of the typical James Bond heroine from decorative damsel in distress to gutsy (but still decorative) participant in the action.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-11-06
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Critters 4
1992-08-20
Critters 4
Overview: A super strain of genetically engineered mutants are designed to take over the universe, hungry to conquer the galaxy, with an appetite for mankind.
Genres: Comedy Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-08-20
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Night of the Scarecrow
1995-08-08
Night of the Scarecrow
Overview: A group of drunk teenagers accidently set free the spirit of a warlock, which possesses a scarecrow. The scarecrow goes on a bloody rampage killing the descendents of the men who had killed the warlock a century before. A newcomer and the daughter of the mayor try to stop it before it is too late and the warlock can reincarnate...
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-08-08
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The Solarnauts
1967-01-01
The Solarnauts
Overview: A pilot for an unproduced British science fiction space adventure series.
Genres: Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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Santa's Christmas Crash
1995-01-01
Santa's Christmas Crash
Overview: Santa's sled crash-lands in the desert where some children and a herd of magic camels help get him back in the air.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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House of the Gorgon
2019-01-25
House of the Gorgon
Overview: A young woman must save herself and her family when her fiancé unleashes an ancient horror.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-01-25
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Life on the Edge
1992-05-19
Life on the Edge
Overview: Earthquakes and aftershocks forces a group of residents stranded at a party to reevaluate their lives, as one grueling situation after another, prompts surprise and comedy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-05-19
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Inside 'From Russia with Love'
2000-06-23
Inside 'From Russia with Love'
Overview: A behind the scenes look at the James Bond film "From Russia with Love".
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-06-23
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Saturday Night Out
1964-04-01
Saturday Night Out
Overview: Five seamen and a passenger are intent on making the most of the 14 hours they will spend in London.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-04-01
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Balboa
1983-01-02
Balboa
Overview: A battle between a man's determination to bring legal gambling to an island off the California coast and a local councilman's equally strong determination to stop him. The catch is they both love the same woman.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-02
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Miami Blues
1990-04-20
Miami Blues
Overview: After Junior is released from prison, he plans on starting a new life in Miami. But when he kills a man in the airport, he flees the scene and finds Susie, a mild-mannered prostitute searching for stability. The two opposites become romantically involved, and Junior steals a badge and gun from a veteran detective. Using the officer's identity, Junior embarks on a crime spree and convinces Susie that he is the perfect man.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-04-20
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Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
2012-09-29
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
Overview: There’s only one person who so accurately personifies movie magic in the history of film, and that man is special effects maestro Ray Harryhausen. Focusing on the man behind the landmark effects on films like Clash Of The Titans, One Million Years B.C., Jason And The Argonauts and many more, this in-depth film features interviews with the great man himself, and with an array of animators and directors influenced by his work including Guillermo del Toro, Peter Jackson, Nick Park, Terry Gilliam, James Cameron and Steven Spielberg. The film also features unseen footage of tests and experiments recently uncovered.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-09-29
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Terence Young: Bond Vivant
2000-05-16
Terence Young: Bond Vivant
Overview: Documentary on the career of director Terence Young.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-05-16
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Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
2020-08-18
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
Overview: The definitive documentary on the history of nudity in feature films from the early silent days to the present, studying the changes in morality that led to the use of nudity in films while emphasizing the political, sociological and artistic changes that shaped that history. Skin will also study the gender inequality in presenting nude images in motion pictures and will follow the revolution that has created nude gender equality in feature films today.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-08-18
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Sean Connery: In His Own Words
2015-08-18
Sean Connery: In His Own Words
Overview: Featuring archive interviews with Sean Connery from over 50 years in the business. Friends, actors and directors including Robert Carlyle, Dougray Scott, Laurence Fishburne, Terry Gilliam and George Lucas pay tribute to Scotland's greatest movie star as he celebrates his 85th birthday.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-08-18
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Crime Club
1975-04-03
Crime Club
Overview: A Washington DC club comprises specialists who band together to combat crime.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-04-03
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Cowgirls vs. Pterodactyls
2021-01-22
Cowgirls vs. Pterodactyls
Overview: After her husband is taken by a malicious pterodactyl, a schoolteacher enlists the help of a prostitute and a gunslinger to rescue him.
Genres: Action Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-01-22
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The Tenth Month
1979-09-16
The Tenth Month
Overview: An unmarried, middle-aged woman accidentally gets pregnant by an internationally renowned pianist and decides to keep and raise the baby on her own.
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-09-16
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Behind the Scenes with 'Thunderball'
1995-05-16
Behind the Scenes with 'Thunderball'
Overview: A behind the scenes look at the James Bond film "Thunderball".
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-05-16
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