With a cruel, keen edge, this taut social drama slices deeply into Thatcher's England to expose a grim underbelly of racism,...
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1989
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Babylon is a gritty, neorealist account of the lives of a group of West Indian youths living in London. Blue (Brinsley Forde)...
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1980
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Tired of the humdrum routine at a staid British woman's prison, brassy American chorine Angela Booth (Beverly Michaels) busts...
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Angela Booth
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1956
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1956
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Six convicts plan a prison break and are successful, though their ringleader (William Bendix) is injured in the attempt. He...
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1955
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Despite its lurid title, Betrayed Women is more subdued than the usual "babes behind bars" melodrama. The scene is a Southern...
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Honey
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1955
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Though Wicked Woman may look like one of those heavy-breathing Hugo Haas-directed melodramas, the film was in fact directed...
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Billie Nash
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1953
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Clara
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1951
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Pickup was the first self-financed directorial effort by the redoubtable Hugo Haas. The film falls neatly into the pattern...
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Betty
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1951
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MGM's Three Little Words is a "twin" musical biopic, covering the lives and careers of songwriters Bert Kalmar and...
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1950
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Director Mervyn Leroy lends a burnished MGM gloss to this sordid tale of infidelity among rich New York East Siders....
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1949
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