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1986
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This quaint horror anthology is loosely based on the works of horror novelist R. Chetwynd-Hayes -- who is portrayed by...
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1981
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This 1980 British production is based on the trashy romantic novel of the same name by Jackie Collins. Fabulously-successful...
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1980
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1980
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In this mystery, Scotland Yard sends out its best detective when several powerful business executives turn up dead. ~ Sandra...
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1978
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1977
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A notorious international thief, the authorities, and just about every other small time hoodlum imaginable pursue a man...
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1977
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Based on the best-selling novel by Dominique Aury (who wrote it under the pen name "Pauline Reage"), this erotic tale of...
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Sir Stephen
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1975
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1974
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On March 24, 1944, in the Ardeatine Caves outside Rome, one of the most infamous atrocities of World War II occurred -- the...
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1973
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1973
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In this WW II adventure, an American officer is captured by the Nazis in North Africa. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi...
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1970
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A classical music conductor lives with his mistress and her teenage daughter. When he and the daughter begin a love affair,...
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Maurice
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1969
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1968
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An international gang of criminals pulls off a heist of $2,000,000 in foreign currency. The head of the group is known as...
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Dr. Karim
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1968
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This drama centers upon a female thief and her robber band as they try to hide out from the cops on a deserted island. Their...
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1967
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This melodramatic Italian and French anthology is comprised of four unrelated short films directed by four different...
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1966
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In this sword-and-sandal epic, it is up to the plucky sister of a Roman emperor to figure out how to keep the barbarians...
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1964
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In this western, an entry in the "Winnetou" series based on Germany's Karl May's novels, follows the attempts of two con men...
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Forrester
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1964
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The villains in the British The Switch are members of a wristwatch-smuggling gang. Poor Zena Marshall knows too much, so the...
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1963
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In this crime drama a philandering woman finds herself in deep trouble when her diabetic lover is accidentally killed by a...
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1963
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In this swashbuckler, a sensuous female pirate takes over her retired father's ship and sails off for high-seas adventure...
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1962
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1961
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1960
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This average spy film stars Anthony Steel as Mike Gibson, a reporter who finds the safety of the free world on his shoulders...
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1960
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1959
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1959
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The mysterious Indian jungle provides the setting for this adventure where a one-legged hunter pursues a terrifying tiger, a...
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Desmond Tanner
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1958
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In this drama, a couple experiences marital turmoil because the husband is a hot-tempered race-car driver with a jealous...
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Mark Loring
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1958
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Bill Fraser
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1957
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Anita Ekberg amply fills the title role in the offbeat western Valerie. Clearly inspired by Rashomon, the film offers...
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Rev. Blake
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1957
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Anthony Steel stars in this fanciful wartime drama. Stationed in Libya, British soldier Steel is wounded, then nursed back to...
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David Holland
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1956
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This fourth film version of A.E.W. Mason's adventure yarn The Four Feathers relies heavily on stock footage from the more...
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Harry Faversham
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1955
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Escape from a German POW camp is the goal of the rescourceful Allied prisoners in this war film. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi...
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1955
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A Richard Armstrong novel was the source for the British sea melodrama Passage Home. Set in 1931, the film takes place aboard...
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1955
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Basil Dearden was co-producer and co-director of the British "slice of life" drama Out of the Clouds. Filmed in...
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Gus Randall
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1955
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No relation to the 1928 Lon Chaney vehicle of the same name, the British West of Zanzibar was filmed on location in East...
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Bob Payton
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1954
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The Sea Shall Not Have Them is our candidate for the most dramatic title of any British World War II film. Happily, the film...
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Flying Officer Treherne
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1954
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The Malta Story stars Alec Guinness as WW II camera reconnaissance pilot Peter Ross. Crash-landing in Malta, Ross presents...
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W/C John Harllctt
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1953
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Henry Durrisdeer
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1953
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The title character of Albert, R.N is portrayed by-well, by no one. Albert is a papier-mache dummy, constructed by the...
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Lt. Geoffrey Ainsworth
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1953
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Insp. Hugh Dobson
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1952
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The Hundred Hour Hunt was originally released in Britain as Emergency, then as Emergency Call. A woman lies in a hospital...
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Dr. Carter
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1952
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The British Something Money Can't Buy offers a few smaller-scale variations on themes previously explored in the 1946...
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Capt. Wilding
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1952
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Anthony Steel plays a humane British game warden who sets up an African wildlife preserve. Ivory poachers sign up for the...
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Robert Payton
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1951
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Bette Davis co-stars with her then-new husband Gary Merrill in the British melodrama Another Man's Poison. Adapted from...
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Larry Stevens
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1951
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Four relatives find themselves going to unusual lengths to inherit a fortune in this British comedy. Henry Russell...
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1951
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Based on a true story (believe it or don't!), The Wooden Horse is set in a wartime German prison camp. It being the duty for...
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John
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1950
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The mudlark is Andrew Ray, an illiterate London street urchin of the mid-19th century. Having seen a picture of Queen...
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Lt. Charles McHatten
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1950
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The action in the British Marry Me! centers around a marriage bureau. Utilizing the "omnibus" approach made popular by such...
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1949
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The Gay Lady is better known by its British title, Trottie True. Jean Kent stars as Trottie, a turn-of-the-century British...
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1949
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British film star Googie Withers took a break from the steamy melodramas that had previously been her specialty in Once Upon...
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1949
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British novelist Erik Linklater was well-represented in 1949, with adaptations of two of his best novels hitting the screen...
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1949
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The British Don't Ever Leave Me stars "cute" Jimmy Hanley as a would-be criminal who is dragooned into a kidnapping plot....
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1949
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A persistent case of hiccups causes all sorts of problems for a pretty young socialite in this comedy. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi...
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1949
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By 1949, British stage and film star A.E. Matthews was more widely celebrated for his advanced age (eighty) than his...
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1949
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This lush 18th century period romance, based on historical fact, was the first color film from Britain's famed Ealing...
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1948
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Portrait from Life is an over-orchestrated "guilty pleasure" from the glory days of British romance pictures. A German...
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1948
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