Midnight Video 30: Night Tide, The Driver's Seat and Brimstone and Treacle

Show 30!  Gadzooks - who woulda thunk it?  Well even if you didn't, we've done it now and it's  in keeping with the spirit of Midnight Video that we offer up to you precious listeners, three very enticing slices of overlooked gems from the ocean of cult cinema.
Before he developed a penchant for Pabst Blue Ribbon and winding up Sicilians, Dennis Hopper played a wide-eyed sailor in search of love on shore leave who falls under the spell of young lady who may or may not be a mermaid, in the dream-like Night Tide.
Post Burton, Elizabeth Taylor starred in an Italian produced adaptation of Muriel Spark's Booker nominated The Driver's Seat.  Taylor's existential angst, wardrobe and choice of companions are something to behold in this little seen film that is essential viewing if you listen to this show.
And wrapping up proceedings, the final film in our British Rock Stars in the Movies sees The Police's Sting come toe-to-toe with cinematic stalwarts Denholm Elliott and Joan Plowright in Dennis Potter's Brimstone And Treacle.