Terence de Marney

Phantom Ship -- The mystery of the half-brig Mary Celeste is a true and tragic tale of the sea. She sailed from New York with a crew of eight on November 5, 1872. A month and a day later, the ship was found under full sail without a person aboard. The lifeboat and some navigational instruments were gone but the provisions and all the crew's belongings were still in place. The ship's log offered no explanation. No trace of the captain and his family or the crew was ever found. 'Phantom Ship,' the American edition of the British 1935 Hammer horror film 'Mystery of the Mary Celeste,' offers a cinematic telling of this famous seafaring riddle starring 'Dracula's' Bela Lugosi as seaman Anton Lorenzen, a religious zealot who may just be the key to this mystery.

Danny Kaye stars as Ernie Williams, a timid U.S. soldier in World War II who bears a striking resemblance to a British colonel. When his commanders ask him to impersonate the man -- to deceive the enemy about his real activities -- Ernie complies. What his higher-ups don't tell Ernie is that he's also been targeted by assassins and that the colonel's mistress, Sgt. Stanhope (Diana Dors), is a Nazi agent.

Director Stanley Kubrick tells the tale of Spartacus (Kirk Douglas), the bold gladiator slave and Varinia (Jean Simmons), the woman who believed in his cause. Challenged by the power-hungry General Crassus (Laurence Olivier), Spartacus is forced to face his convictions and the power of Imperial Rome at its glorious height. The inspirational true account of man's eternal struggle for freedom, Spartacus combines history with spectacle to create a moving drama of love and commitment.

Rebellious slave Spartacus is purchased by Lentulus Brutus and forced to fight as a gladiator for the entertainment of Marcus Licinius Crassus. Includes original musical overture opening.