Karel Stepanek

An aeronautical engineer predicts that a new type of airplane will fail after a certain amount of time in the air, and then he finds himself onboard one of the doomed planes while headed to a crash site.

A vacuum cleaner salesman is recruited by the British secret service to act as a spy in Havana.

Four marathon runners (one from England, one from the U.S., a Czech and an Australian Aborigine) prepare to run in the Olympic games. The film follows each one and shows what their motivations are for running in the games.

Four marathon runners (one from England, one from the U.S., a Czech and an Australian Aborigine) prepare to run in the Olympic games. The film follows each one and shows what their motivations are for running in the games.

THE GAMES is set during the Rome Olympics of 1960. The film zeroes in on four contestants in the 26-mile marathon race: Brit Harry Hayes (Michael Crawford), American Scott Reynolds (Ryan O'Neal), Czech Pavel Vendek (Charles Aznavour) and Australian Sunny Pintubi (Athol Compton). Scenes of the grueling training sessions are placed in context with the personal dramas of the four men. Hayes is being driven to the breaking point by trainer Stanley Baker, Reynolds is suffering from a dangerous heart condition, Vendek is past forty but obliged to compete by his government and Pintubi is an Aborigine fighting a lifelong battle against prejudice. Erich Segal, himself a former Olympic marathoner, adapted the screenplay of The Games from the novel by Hugh Atkinson.

Yul Brynner stars as U.S. Secret Service agent Peter Novak in Sam Wanamaker's London-based thriller. Novak goes undercover with Scotland Yard officer Thompson (Edward Woodward) to halt a murderous gang of counterfeiters known as the Golden Goose. Although Peter is unsure about John's loyalties, the two infiltrate the gang and win the trust of thug Nick "The Owl" Harrison (Charles Gray) before enduring a series of double-crosses.

Action-packed story of a small group of military agents who are ordered to blow up a secret Nazi missile facility during WWII. Fast-paced explosive thriller stars George Peppard ("Breakfast at Tiffany's," "How the West Was Won," TV's "The A-Team"), Oscar-nominee Trevor Howard ("The Third Man," "Brief Encounter"), Oscar-winners John Mills ("Ryan's Daughter," "Swiss Family Robinson") and Sophia Loren ("Two Women," "Grumpier Old Men") and Paul Henreid ("Casablanca"). Directed by Oscar-nominee Michael Anderson ("Around the World in 80 Days").

An action-packed story of a small group of military agents who are ordered to blow up a secret Nazi missile facility during WWII.

An action-packed story of a small group of military agents who are ordered to blow up a secret Nazi missile facility during WWII.

Action-packed story of a small group of military agents who are ordered to blow up a secret Nazi missile facility during WWII. Fast-paced explosive thriller stars George Peppard ("Breakfast at Tiffany's," "How the West Was Won," TV's "The A-Team"), Trevor Howard ("The Third Man," "Brief Encounter"), John Mills ("Ryan's Daughter," "Swiss Family Robinson") Sophia Loren ("Two Women," "Grumpier Old Men") and Paul Henreid ("Casablanca"). Directed by Michael Anderson ("Around the World in 80 Days").

Recruited by the British Secret Service, vacuum cleaner salesman Jim Wormold (Alec Guinness) becomes an unlikely agent in Cuba. To avoid working while cashing the checks, Wormold spins a web of lies about foreign government secrets. When the locals coppers decode his fake messages, all hell breaks loose in Havana and Wormold must become the spy he dreads in order to survive his own swindle.

Needing money to satisfy his daughter Milly's (Jo Morrow) expensive tastes, Wormold (Alec Guinness), the Havana-based agent for a vacuum cleaner company, allows himself to be recruited into the British Secret Service by Hawthorne (Noel Coward). But, when his phony reports about "recruiting" fictitious agents and "discovering" mysterious installations cause his income and "expenses" to pile up, Wormold's secret service boss "C" (Ralph Richardson) sends Beatrice (Maureen O'Hara) to help him. Though enamored of Milly, Cuban police Captain Segura (Ernie Kovacs) discovers Wormold's plot and threatens to have him deported, making him a target for other spies. Under the circumstances, Wormold and Beatrice gladly head fore London to report to "C", where they are told his chicanery must never be revealed because it would be too scandalous. So, instead, Wormold is given a medal as he and Beatrice decide to marry.