Vampyros Lesbos

High And Low

Kurosawa drew on the thriller King's Ransom by Ed McBain for this contemporary study of the inequalities and hierarchical rigidity of modern Japan. In the first half of the film, set in a single room, an industrialist agonises on whether to pay the huge ransom demanded by kidnappers who have mistakenly snatched his chauffeur's son instead of his own. The second half of the film, shot in a frenzied, restless style on sleazy urban locations, concentrates on the police hunt for the kidnapper. Kurosawa's sympathies are not clear-cut and the film gains layers of ambiguity.

Scooby Doo - And The Alien Invaders

The gang are stranded in a remote desert town that is crawling with flying-saucer buffs, secretive scientists and less-than-friendly extraterrestrials. After being chased by aliens and beamed aboard a UFO, something even weirder happens to Shaggy and Scooby - they fall head-over-heels in love!

Texas Rangers, The

Made with the full cooperation of the real-life Texas Rangers, this sprawling historical western stars Fred MacMurray as Jim Hawkins, one of three outlaws working the Lone Star State in the years following the American Civil War. Both Jim Hawkins and his partner in crime, Wahoo Jones (Jack Oakie), decide to go straight, but their bandit pal, Sam McGee (Lloyd Nolan), has not quite seen the light as they have. Eventually, Jim and Wahoo join the fledgling Texas Rangers, an organisation dedicated to bringing law, order and honest government to their state - all the while, McGee cuts a swath of terror with his new gang. When the two reformed outlaws are assigned to bring in their old friend Sam, Jim stalls but Wahoo accepts. McGee has a nasty surprise in wait for his former associate and death is on the table. Needless to say, Jim vows to bring McGee to justice, dead or alive...

Better Tomorrow, A

Mark is a mobster. His partner in crime, Ho, has a brother, Kit, who is a cop. Ho is doublecrossed and his father is murdered and Ho is imprisioned. His friend Mark is determined to avenge his friend but is crippled in a shoot-out. After Ho leaves prison he finds his friend Mark reduced to washing cars. Mark, Ho and Kit must face their destiny in a blazing gun battle.

Last Resort

Upon arriving in Gatwick with her young son Artiom, impulsive Moscowvite Tanya is devastated to find that she has been abandoned by her English fianc?. Virtually imprisoned alongside political asylum seekers she is desperate to escape. When she meets Alfie, an amusement arcade manager, her fortunes, at last, begin to improve.