Tales of the Unexpected (1979)

Summary: Short dramas each with a twist of some kind; across the first four seasons most of these are from short stories by Roald Dahl.

Release Date: March 24, 1979

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Horror

Runtime: 0 h 25 min

MPAA: TV-14

Production: Anglia Television

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

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Penmarric (1979)

Summary: Maud Penmar Castallack wages war on her cousin Giles for many years in her determination to secure Penmarric for her son, Mark. But Mark is a man of passion and is beholden to his own desires, being torn between two women.

Release Date: October 12, 1979

Genres: Drama, Family

Runtime: 0 h 50 min

Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

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The Wild Geese (1978)

Summary: A British banker hires a group of British mercenaries to rescue a deposed African President from the hands of a corrupt African dictator.

Release Date: November 11, 1978

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama

Director: Andrew V. McLaglen

Writers: Reginald Rose

, Daniel Carney

Runtime: 2 h 14 min

MPAA: R

Production: The Rank Organisation

Countries: Switzerland, United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 10,000,000

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King of the Wind (1990)

Summary: In 1727, an Arab colt is born with the signs of the wheat ear and the white spot on his heel, evil and good and thus begins the life of Sham.

Release Date: May 25, 1990

Genre: Adventure

Director: Peter Duffell