Oct 29th
Salem's Lot*
US TVM 1979. Warner Bros. 183m(2 parts).

A widowed writer returns to his home town the same time as a sinister antiques dealer and his mysterious business partner with vampiric inclinations...
Generally heavy-handed and derivative modern interpretation of Dracula, with some good moments, but rather choppingly edited, with most of the main characters disappearing half-way through with little explanation why, even in its protracted 3-hour version.

Written by: Paul Monash, from the novel by Stephen King.
Producer: Richard Kobritz.
Director: Tobe Hooper.
Starring: David Soul, James Mason, Bonnie Bedelia, Lance Kerwin, Lew Ayres, Julie Cobb, George Dzundza, Ed Flanders, Geoffrey Lewis, Barney McFadden, Elisha Cook Jnr, Kenneth McMillan, Fred Willard, Reggie Nalder.
Photography: Jules Brenner.
Music: Harry Sukman.

Oct 15th
Nightmare Alley**
US 1947. Twentieth Century Fox. 112m. bw

An opportunist learns the technique for psychic predictions at a fairground show, but ends up following the same path to ruin as his predecessor.
Unusual psychic melodrama, shot like a film noir but with the occasional undercurrent of the supernatural.

Written by: James Furthman, from the novel by William Lindsay.
Producer: George Jessel.
Director: Edmund Golding.
Starring: Tyrone Power, Coleen Gray, Joan Blondell, Helen Walker, Mike Mazurki, Ian Keith, Taylor Holmes.
Photography: Lee Garmes.
Music: Cyril Mockridge.

Preceded by:
Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB**
(US 1967. University of Southern California. 15m.; Lucas's notable and visually striking student film, which he polished up into slightly more coherent feature length form (this short comes on the THX 1138 Extras DVD).; w,d: George Lucas; s: Dan Natchseim, Joy Carmichael.)

Oct 7th
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square*
aka: The Biggest Bank Robbery; The Mayfair Bank Caper; The Big Scam
GB TVM 1979. Rank/S. Benjamin Fisz. 102m.

An ex-convict going straight is forced into helping with a robbery at the bank he has been given a job in.
Palatable heist comedy, rather plainly filmed and clunky in parts, but with interesting elements, including David Niven as a hardened variation of Raffles.

Written by: Guy Elmes.
Producer: S. Benjamin Fisz.
Director: Ralph Thomas.
Starring: Richard Jordan, David Niven, Elke Sommer, Oliver Tobias, Richard Johnson, Gloria Grahame, Hugh Griffith, John Rhys-Davies, Bruce Boa, Joss Ackland.
Photography: John Coquillon.
Music: Stanley Myers.