Considered a bit too sacrilegious for general consumption in 1963, the Boulting brothers' Heavens Above was simply ahead of...
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1963
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Based on the stageplay Pick-up Girl, this film adaptation by director Muriel Box retains enough of the verbose theatrical...
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Mrs. Collins
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1960
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For pretty Jean Francis (Lisa Gastoni), the nightmare begins when she inadvertently witnesses a robbery-murder. Rapson...
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1958
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In direct contrast to his later lush-budgeted international epics, director J. Lee Thompson turns his lenses towards the...
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Jess
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1958
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Jack Lemmon and Robert Mitchum star as Tony and Felix, co-owners of a tramp-steamer service in the West Indies. Threatening...
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1957
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Mary Hilton (Diana Dors) is a young salesgirl in the cosmetics department of a major London store, who chances to meet -- and...
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1956
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This forgettable piece of 1950s sleaze stars Cleo Moore as a voluptuous blonde who becomes a successful commercial...
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1956
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This anthology film tells three stories of love involving the passengers of an ocean liner at sea. In the first, "The Jealous...
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1953
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Something for the Birds is a toothless satire of Washington, filmed during the McCarthy era. For lack of a political target...
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1952
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Caged, considered the best woman's prison film ever made, represents a union between realistic socially conscious drama and...
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1950
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The Jackpot is a generally pleasing satire of quiz programs. James Stewart stars as Bill Lawrence, an average Joe who picks...
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1950
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Based loosely on the Dostoyevsky novel, The Gambler stars Gregory Peck as a sensitive 19th-century Russian author. His "great...
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1949
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A mother provides a lousy example for her daughter in this gritty, realistic drama. The mother is a mistress of manipulating...
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1948
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1948
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Steve Thompson (Burt Lancaster) returns home after a few years of knocking around the country following his divorce from...
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1948
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The spirit of love is back, and she's working in retail in this bubbly romantic musical comedy. Eddie Hatch (Robert Walker)...
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1948
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The riotous world of boxing provides the backdrop of this comedy that centers on young-fighter Kid Brody who is taken under...
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1937
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