This ghoulishly fun Grand Guignol horror piece from director Pete Walker features a tour-de-force performance by...
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1974
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This French spy thriller makes a number of surprising variations on familiar themes. Tibere (Lino Ventura) is a Soviet...
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Chief of M.I.5
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1973
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During World War II, unusual opportunities to escape the fate of most Jews sometimes presented themselves. In this film, a...
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1973
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John Huston directed this cold war spy thriller (from a script by Walter Hill) concerning a British agent trying infiltrate...
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1973
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This melodrama explores the relationship between tenants in a boarding house. Included are a street musician, an ex-school...
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1971
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This cult movie classic, also known as Schizoid, is a psychodrama murder mystery thriller involving LSD, psychoanalysis,...
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1971
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This erotic horror film from cult director Jesus Franco is based on the witch-hunting exploits of Lord Chief Justice Jeffreys...
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Earl of Wessex
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1970
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The first horror film from notorious British director Pete Walker, this is a brutal but rather pedestrian pulp thriller about...
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1970
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In this made-for-television version of Stevenson's classic tale of terror and suspense, a crazy doctor develops a formula...
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1968
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Based on an Edgar Wallace murder mystery this chiller centers on a Scotland Yard investigation of a series of puzzling deaths...
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Inspector Elliott
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1967
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After declaring a holy war to rid the Sudan of Anglo-Egyptian rule in the 1880s, the fanatical Sudanese leader Muhammad Ahmad...
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1966
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The third of many film and TV adaptations of the popular Agatha Christie novel And Then There Were None (Ten Little Indians...
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Gen. Mandrake
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1965
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This is the final entry in the Dr. Mabuse films a bad doctor wants to blow up Earth with a death ray and a giant concave...
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1964
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1963
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The Longest Day is a mammoth, all-star re-creation of the D-Day invasion, personally orchestrated by Darryl F. Zanuck....
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1962
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Michael Pemberton
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1960
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With dialogue ranging from flat to offensive and acting in the same range, this low-brow erotic crime drama by director...
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Johnny Solo
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1959
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1959
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This British WW II drama takes place in the wilds of Tunis. Major Gerrard (Leo Genn) is ordered to lead a desperate mission...
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1958
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In this WW II adventure, five brave Allies endeavor to escape from an Italian POW camp in North Africa. They succeed, but...
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1958
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The still-controversial L'Affair Dreyfuss of the late 19th century is the focal point of I Accuse! Jose Ferrer (who also...
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Maj. Picquart
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1958
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Previous film versions of Moby Dick insisted upon including such imbecilities as romantic subplots and happy endings. John...
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Starbuck
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1956
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Hot on the heels of Safari came another Columbia-released, African-filmed adventure, Beyond Mombassa. Matt Campbell...
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Ralph Hoyt
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1956
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It took over thirty years for D. H. Lawrence's "forbidden" novel Lady Chatterly's Lover to make it to the big screen,...
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Sir Clifford Chatterley
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1955
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Best known in 1955 as a sultry singer, Eartha Kitt returned to her dancing roots in this hour-long TV adaptation of Oscar...
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1955
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The Green Scarf may be set in France, but its cast, crew, and overall tone is impeccably British. Michael Redgrave, hidden...
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1954
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Because of its misleadingly sensual title and the participation of screenwriter/director F. Hugh Herbert (author of the...
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Roger Halyard
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1953
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Robert Sterling
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1953
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After causing the needless death of another officer during a near-miss air disaster, a distraught army officer resigns from...
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Maj. Snow
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1953
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Mr. Barlow
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1953
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Plymouth Adventure earned a footnote in film history as the last directorial effort by the prolific Clarence Brown....
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William Bradford
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1952
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Originally advertised as "Colossal Quo Vadis," this opulent MGM production is far and away the most elaborate of the many...
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Petronius
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1951
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1951
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The Magic Box was the English film industry's contribution to the 1951 Festival of Britain. Its all-star cast generously...
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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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Peter
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1950
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This sequel to the 1942 Oscar-winner Mrs.Miniver can be considered ill-advised, if only because the producers could never...
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Steve Brunswick
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1950
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William
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1950
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"A woman loses her mind and is confined to a mental institution." That's the usual TV-listing encapsulation of The Snake Pit...
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Dr. Mark Kik
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1948
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Based upon a story by William Mercer, The Velvet Touch stars Rosalind Russell as Valerie Stanton, a celebrated Broadway...
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Michael Morrell
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1948
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Adam Brent
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1947
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At a World War II emergency hospital, a postman dues under anesthetic during a relatively minor operation. One of the nurses...
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Mr. Eden
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1947
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George Bernard Shaw adapted his own play for the screen in this blithe film version of the romance between Caesar...
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1946
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The Immortal Battalion has a bit of a convoluted history. It started life as a training film, The New Lot, which ran 44...
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1944
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Like the military operation it celebrates, Tunisian Victory is a joint Anglo-American project. Produced by the British Film...
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1944
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The Constable of France
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1944
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The 54-minute Return of the Vikings is a British docudrama celebrating the valor of the Norwegians during the Nazi...
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1944
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Released worldwide by 20th Century Fox, Carol Reed's The Young Mr. Pitt is a static but sincere filmed biography of 19th...
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1942
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The Danish freighter Helvig approaches English waters in early 1940 and, in keeping with the needs of British security, it is...
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1940
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In this actioner, a flashy young lawyer successfully defends some saboteurs. His friends and family are appalled as are the...
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1940
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Rex Harrison plays a young Englishman who suffers periodic bouts of amnesia. When the plane he is riding in crashes, Harrison...
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Lanson
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1939
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In this suspense movie, a secretary marries her rich old boss. He suddenly dies and she finds herself the prime suspect in...
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1938
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1938
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In this crime drama, a police inspector pursues a Lord's secretary suspected of stealing his gold bullion. She is the prime...
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1938
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Directed by Raoul Walsh, When Thief Meets Thief chronicles the story of two ex-partners in crime who have fallen in love with...
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1937
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In this drama, "The Rat" is the moniker for a notorious jewel thief whose life suddenly changes when a friend facing life...
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1937
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In this courtroom drama a barrister's wife is tried for her husband's murder. To save the innocent woman, her husband's...
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1937
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Basil Gill depicts playwright Shakespeare in this drama featuring discussions with various friends along with scenes of his...
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1935
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