Barnaby and Me

Barnaby and Me 1977

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Barnaby and Me is a 1978 Australian TV movie about a girl and her talking koala who are pursued by criminals.

1977

The Big Killing

The Big Killing 1965

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Peter Ashbury is a young man who lives on Palm Beach, Sydney, with an expensive wife Mary and house he cannot afford. Their neighbours and close friends are Liz and Charles Barcher. He makes a £25,000 bet to murder Liz, the wife of the wealthy Charles. When the wife dies, blame attaches to Peter and then to his wife Mary.

1965

Macbeth

Macbeth 1960

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Three witches tell the Scottish general Macbeth that he will be King of Scotland. Encouraged by his wife, Macbeth kills the king, becomes the new king. Civil war erupts to overthrow Macbeth, resulting in more death.

1960

I Have Been Here Before

I Have Been Here Before 1964

1

A German professor un-nerves the residents when he claims to have been in a small Yorkshire moors inn sometime previously.

1964

Macbeth

Macbeth 1965

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Another take on the 1960 version, with a different production team and some of the same cast.

1965

Antony and Cleopatra

Antony and Cleopatra 1959

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After the murder of her lover Caesar, Egypt's queen Cleopatra needs a new ally. She seduces his probable successor Mark Antony. This develops into real love and slowly leads to a war with the other possible successor - Octavius.

1959

The Tell-Tale Heart

The Tell-Tale Heart 1961

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A ballet based on the Edgar Allen Poe story. A woman murders an old man and is haunted by the sound of his heart.

1961

Because He's My Friend

Because He's My Friend 1978

1

An American military man moves his family to Australia to undergo training in submarine warfare, providing new challenges for his wife and their developmentally disabled son.

1978

The Interpretaris

The Interpretaris 1966

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An evil scientist, Parta Beno, who has been found guilty of imprisoning and reducing in size inhabitants of various planets. As punishment he is exiled to a remote asteroid, with the only amenities being a crude laboratory. All the specimens that Parta Beno collected were sent back to their home worlds by the World Council, except those few that the Council had no knowledge of, let alone any idea about the planets from whence they came. The hand-picked crew of 'The Interpretaris' were given the mission of returning these aliens to their home planets.

1966

The Quatermass Experiment

The Quatermass Experiment 1967

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"The Quatermass Experiment" was a 1967 Australian teleplay based on a novel by Nigel Kneale - "The Quatermass Experiment".

1967