Silt: Mike Hodges

Morons from Outer Space

In this partially successful Brit sci-fi comedy, four invading aliens cannot really think their way out of a paper bag, much less conquer Earth with their superior knowledge (apparently also non-existent). Of the aliens, Desmond (Jimmy Nail) is particularly thick-headed

Flash Gordon

In this update of the 1930s comic strip, Flash Gordon is a football hero who is skyjacked aboard Dr. Hans Zarkov’s rocketship along with beautiful Dale Arden. The threesome are drawn into the influence of the planet Mongo, ruled by

Prayer for the Dying, A

Martin Fallon is an IRA bomber who tries to blow up a troop truck but instead kills a bus load of school children. He loses heart and quits the movement and goes to London trying to leave the U.K. and

I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead

A former gangster reenters the criminal underworld after his brother suspiciously commits suicide. Will Graham is a gangster who has left the life of crime and is living in the countryside. He comes out of hiding to investigate the death

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