Wolf Mankowitz

Wolf Mankowitz

Total Credits at Criticker: 13 (Writer)

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    Casino Royale
    In an early spy spoof, aging Sir James Bond (David Niven) comes out of retirement to take on SMERSH. (imdb)
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    The Day the Earth Caught Fire
    British reporters suspect an international cover-up of a global disaster in progress... and they're right. (imdb)
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    The Assassination Bureau
    The Assassination Bureau has existed for decades (perhaps centuries) until Diana Rigg begins to investigate it. The high moral standing of the Bureau (only killing those who deserve it) is called into question by her. She puts out a contract for the Bureau to assassinate its leader on the eve of World War I. (imdb)
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    A Kid for Two Farthings
    In the busy wholesale-retail world of London's garment district. everyone, it seems, has unattainable dreams. Then a small boy - Joe - finds a unicorn, in fact a sickly little goat, with just one twisted horn in the middle of its forehead. This, he has been led to believe by a local tailor, Kandinsky, will bring everyone good fortune. (wikipedia)
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    The Hireling
    The story of a chauffeur who falls in love with an aristocratic woman.
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    The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
    Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself. (imdb)
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    Almonds and Raisins
    This documentary examines the dozens of Yiddish-language talking films made in the United States and Europe between the release of The Jazz Singer in 1927 and the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939. (imdb)
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    The Long and the Short and the Tall
    A bitter struggle within the Malaysian jungle of 1942. Cast with differing points of views and attitudes that, when caught in the crossfire of the Japanese might, and taking on a P.O.W., only highlights and ignites the predicament that sorts the men from the boys. This is jungle warfare with a conscience and towards its climax more than just blood, sweat and tears shall surface from the depths of this torrid jungle affair. (imdb)
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    Treasure Island
    Based upon the story by R. L. Stevenson, the film shows Orson Welles as Long John Silver, pirate chief, who would like to find hidden treasure. (imdb)
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    Where the Spies Are
    A country doctor dabbles in espionage to get a new car. (TCM.com)
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    Expresso Bongo
    Johnny Jackson, a sleazy talent agent, discovers teenager Bert Rudge singing in a coffee house. Despite Bert's protestation that he really is only interested in playing bongos, Johnny starts him on the road to stardom. The deal they cut, however, is highly exploitative of the young singer, and their relationship soon begins to go bad. (imdb)
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    The Bespoke Overcoat
    ender is a lowly clerk in the warehouse of clothing manufacturers Ranting and Co. His one ambition is to have an overcoat of his own. Refused one by the cold hearted Ranting he asks a tailor friend, Morry, to make him one instead. (imdb)
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    Tales of the Unexpected
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