Percy Herbert

The MacKintosh Man

Admin — Mon, 01 Jan 1973 00:00:00 +0000

A member of British Intelligence assumes a fictitious criminal identity and allows himself to be caught, imprisoned, and freed in order to infiltrate a spy organization and expose a traitor; only, someone finds him out and exposes him to the gang…

Man in the Wilderness

Admin — Wed, 24 Nov 1971 00:00:00 +0000

In the early 1800’s, a group of fur trappers and Indian traders are returning with their goods to civilization and are making a desperate attempt to beat the oncoming winter. When guide Zachary Bass is injured in a bear attack, they decide he’s a goner and leave him behind to die. When he recovers instead, he swears revenge on them and tracks them and their paranoiac expedition leader down.

Captain Apache

Admin — Wed, 27 Oct 1971 00:00:00 +0000

An Indian discovers plans to assassinate the president when he was investigating another murder.

Too Late the Hero

Admin — Wed, 20 May 1970 00:00:00 +0000

A WWII film set on a Pacific island. Japanese and allied forces occupy different parts of the island. When a group of British soldiers are sent on a mission behind enemy lines, things don’t go exactly to plan. This film differs in that some of the ‘heroes’ are very reluctant, but they come good when they are pursued by the Japanese who are determined to prevent them returning to base.

Island of the Burning Damned

Admin — Mon, 01 May 1967 00:00:00 +0000

While mainland Britain shivers in deepest winter, the northern island of Fara bakes in the nineties, and the boys at the Met station have no more idea what is going on than the regulars at the Swan. Only a stand-offish visting scientist realizes space aliens are to blame.

Tobruk

Admin — Tue, 07 Feb 1967 00:00:00 +0000

In September 1942, the German Afrika Korps under Rommel have successfully pushed the Allies back into Egypt. A counter-attack is planned, for which the fuel dumps at Tobruk are a critical impediment. In order to aid the attack, a group of British commandos and German Jews make their way undercover through 800 miles of desert, to destroy the fuel dumps starving the Germans of fuel.

One Million Years B.C.

Admin — Mon, 28 Nov 1966 00:00:00 +0000

As the Earth wrestles with its agonising 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 civilisation.

Carry On Cowboy

Admin — Fri, 26 Nov 1965 00:00:00 +0000

Stodge City is in the grip of the Rumpo Kid and his gang. Mistaken identity again takes a hand as a “sanitary engineer” (plumber) by the name of Marshal P. Knutt is mistaken for a law marshal! Being the conscientious sort, Marshal tries to help the town get rid of Rumpo, and a showdown is inevitable. Marshal has two aids – revenge-seeking Annie Oakley and his sanitary expertise

Guns at Batasi

Admin — Fri, 30 Oct 1964 00:00:00 +0000

An anachronistic martinet RSM on a remote Colonial African army caught in a local coup d’etat must use his experience to defend those in his care.

Becket

Admin — Wed, 11 Mar 1964 00:00:00 +0000

King Henry II of England has trouble with the Church. When the Archbishop of Canterbury dies, he has a brilliant idea. Rather than appoint another pious cleric loyal to Rome and the Church, he will appoint his old drinking and wenching buddy, Thomas Becket, technically a deacon of the church, to the post. Unfortunately, Becket takes the job seriously and provides abler opposition to Henry.