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the bloody judge (1970)

Aka Il trono di fuoco. Night of the Blood Monster. Witch Killer of Broadmoor. Witches' Trial. Trial of the Witches.
"W for witch, can you spell?"
Judge Jeffries (Christopher Lee) rules over an English court and gets perverse thrills out of condemning women to death as witches. At one such trial, Mary Grey (Maria Rohm) pleads for her sister's life, but when she rejects his advances, her sister is condemned to burn and she turns to a band of rebels to exact her revenge on the judge.
Well made horror, though not quite on the Witchfinder General level.

all coppers are (1972)

"A pint of bubbly please."
Sue (Julia Foster) bounces between married policeman Joe (Martin Potter), who won't leave his wife (Wendy Allnutt), and local villain Barry (Nicky Henson), who is pre-occupied with a big robbery.
Would be gritty 70's British drama, that lacks the gritty drama!

burnt offerings (1976)

"The house takes care of itself. "
The Rolf family, Marian (Karen Black), Ben (Oliver Reed), son (Lee Montgomery) and Aunt Elizabeth (Bette Davis), rent a rundown rural mansion, which has one catch, they have to look after the owners mother, who never leaves her attic room. All starts positively, but soon the family starts to exhibit unexplainable behavior, and after each event the house seems to regenerate slightly...
Overly long horror, that takes far too long to reach its blindingly obvious ending!

ambush in leopard street (1962)

"Daddy!"
Harry (Michael Brennan), a retired thief dreams of one last job when he learns of a diamond shipment, but his wife is set against it and his involving her younger brother Johnny (James Kenney). But this turns out not to be his biggest problem as a rival gang learns of the heist plans and wants in...
Efficient heist b-movie.

a candle for the devil (1973)

Aka Una vela para el diablo. It Happened at Nightmare Inn. Nightmare Hotel. Dread Stop At Nightmare Inn. The Sadista Sisters.
"Open the door I will hide the body."
Two puritan sisters (Aurora Bautista and Esperanza Roy) run a hotel in a rual Spainish village, but things turn for the worse when one of the sisters accidentally kills a guest, and the dead girls sister (Judy Geeson) turns up to stay....
Interesting and suspensful drama.

who killed the cat (1966)

"She's been robbing us all blind for years. And I for one have no regret at her passing."
Mrs Trellington (Vanda Godsell) dies, poisoned, and none of the other tenents regret her passing. But who actually killed her?
Interesting little crime drama, with plenty of twists to keep you guessing.

take me high (1973)

"...the best deal of your life"
Tim (Cliff Richard) is a Merchant banker posted to Birmingham in order to put the screws on a failing restaurant, but he soon falls for the owner (Deborah Watling) and plots a way to a few deals and invents the gourmet burger along the way.
Wheeler dealer Cliff, packed full of his songs to soundtrack this nice little romance.