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Science fiction, suspense,
-horror, the supernatural,
‘crime detection and
psychological. drama,
Classics = Dark and
Dangerous is a series of six

powerful half-hour dramas ©

adapted for the screen from
‘great mystery stories by
major writers.

‘The . series, starting
.Thursday, January 20 at
9:30. p.m. on CBC-TV,
combines the talents of
. prominent directors and
leading actors, together
with magnificent settings
and original music scores.
Four’ of the films, were
produced in England; two in

_ Canada (The Ugly Little

Boy and The Mannikin).
On Thursday, January 20,
- Christopher Plummer stars
in Silver Blaze as Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle's legendary
detective, Sherlock Holmes.
“The favorite for the
Wessex Cup has disap-
peared’, says Holmes,

- turning from his newspaper

to fix a piercing eye on the
faithful .Dr. Watson
(Thorley Walters) across
_ the breakfast table, ‘‘and his
trainer has been foully
murdered’.
’ Plummer plays the role
_with style and authority in
this absorbing story, filmed
in the English countryside in
settings which capture the
-postalgic air of the 19th

Century. Silver Blaze is}.

directed by John Davies and
adapted by Julian Bond.
British actor Kenneth
More heads the cast list of
The Rocking Horse Winer,
to be telecast on CBC-TV
Thursday, January 27, in the
series Classics Dark and
Dangerous. a
Paul, a sensitive child, is
constantly aware of the
violent arguments which
erupt between his parents
because they cannot afford

to. live in the style his-

mother feels fits her
position. Convinced by her
that their Jack of luck is to
blame, the child grows
obsessed by the need to be
lucky. Secretly, shared only
by his old rocking horse, he
begins a frenzied series of
excursions into a_ wild,
mystical world, from which
he emerges spent and
exhausted.. ,

To the amazement of his
-Uncle Oscar (Kenneth
More) “who becomes the
“poy’s confidant, he suddenly
displays an uncanny ability
to. predict the outcome of
horse races, and = ac-
cumulates a large sum of
money from his winnings at
the track. With Oscar's aid,
he arranges for his mother
to receive it anonymously.
‘Building with dramatic
intensity, the powerful
psychological drama moves
to its final, tragic conclusion
as the boy predicts his last

. winner. Directed by Peter

‘Medak, it was adapted by

Julian Bond from the stpry

by. D.H. Lawrence.
John Hurt. and Charles

. Gray appear in The Island

“scheduled for CBC-TV on
Thursday, February 3 in the
series Classics Dark and
Dangerous. Caplain Sim-
monds’ affair with the
beautiful and wealthy Mrs.
Santander has been in-
terrupted only by the
exigencies of his service to
the army; Now, on overnight
leave,-a visit to“‘the island”

holds enticing prospects,
But there is something
vaguely odd in the reluctant
attitude of the solitary
boatman .-with . whom
Simonds makes the
crossing. And on his arrival
at the house, he finds the
impeccably courteous
butler solicitous but
strangely evasive. A series
of small incidents leads to a
growing sense of uneasiness
and apprehension. With
taut, deliberate pacing, this
film. version of the
suspenseful story by L.P.
Hartley (author of The Go-
Between and The Hireling),
draws the viewer into a
situation that grows in-
creasingly spine-tingling —

“Classics Dark and Da

until finally, the audience
has only seconds to react to
the sudden, sharp spring of
the storyteller's trap, The
film was directed and
adapted by Robert Fuest.

What is the- mysterious
epidemic that is attacking
the quiet village of Maxley,
and.is menacing the lives of
many of its people? Glynis
John appears in Mrs.
Amwort on CBC-TV,
Thursday, February 10, the

fourth in the series Classics

Dark and Dangerous. When
David Benson -arrives to
visit his uncle, he is more
intrigued by the charms of
the glamorous Mrs, Am-
worth, who has captivated
the townspeople — with one

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occult, is disturbed by. her
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grave in the local cemetery.
When David is stricken by
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