Von Werra is an offbeat documentary which, while investigating the life of a historical figure, also explores the fine line...
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2002
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1984
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1984
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1983
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1983
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1983
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1983
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1983
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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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Based on an autobiographical novel by Elspeth Huxley, this 1981 film tells the story of the Grant family -- little Elspeth...
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1981
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The 13-part Danger UXB was the third presentation in the 1980-81 season of PBS' Masterpiece Theatre. Based upon the memoirs...
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1981
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1977
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Mission: Monte Carlo is a "movie" comprised of two episodes from the 1971 British/US TV series The Persuaders - which...
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1976
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1974
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This creepy, atmospheric horror film from England's Amicus Productions dispenses with much of the tongue-in-cheek...
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1973
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Vault of Horror is the first sequel to 1972's horror hit Tales from the Crypt. It is also known as Tales from the Crypt, Part...
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1973
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In this strange but fun genre hodgepodge, Prof. Van Helsing (Peter Cushing) is up against seven rotting vampires clad in gold...
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1973
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Four short stories by master of macabre Robert Bloch are related by the inmates of a mental institution. In the first story,...
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1972
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A top-secret government agency called the Web was the catalyst for the action in this weekly, hour-long British TV series....
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1972
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In a clever, gender-bending twist on the classic Robert Louis Stevenson tale, the research done by Dr. Henry Jekyll...
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1971
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The Persuaders were a pair of globe-trotting, sophisticated playboys who solved crimes of passion and espionage every week...
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1971
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One of a handful of Hammer "Dracula" films starring Christopher Lee, The Scars of Dracula begins as Count Dracula (Lee) rises...
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1970
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This sexy horror story from Britain's Hammer Films finds Ingrid Pitt playing three roles, the most notable being a lesbian...
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1970
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In this espionage film, an American detective becomes part of a British spy organization's attempt to free a Russian...
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1970
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1969
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Despite the security implicit in its name, the Ministry of Top Secret Information is the site of a brutal murder. This leads...
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1969
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A spaceman -- with a raygun -- for hire takes on a crooked land baron in this drama that moves Western themes into outer...
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1969
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Bette Davis plays a wealthy one-eyed widow (complete with designer eye patch) who gathers her sons together once a year to...
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1968
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Hammer recut and repackaged two installments of their popular television series Journey to the Unknown (one of the earliest...
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1968
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Nigel Kneale's Quatermass TV series spawned a brief film series produced over an eleven-year period; 1967's Quatermass and...
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1967
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1967
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Missing for two years, a scientist suddenly returns to his home, only to immediate vanish again. Aware that the poor man had...
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1966
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Though its title suggests a spoof of The Man from U.N.C.L.E., this Avengers episode actually concerns a young woman named...
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1966
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A golf course turns into a killing ground for an unfortunate British agent. Investigating, Steed and Emma discover that the...
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1966
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Regular viewers were in for a jolt when, early in the proceedings of the December 18, 1965, episode "Two's a Crowd," hero...
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1965
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For reasons unknown, a certain species of birds -- the martlets -- is disappearing from the face of the earth. Investigating...
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1965
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Originally (and appropriately) telecast in England on December 25, 1965, this episode was written by Tony Williamson. Plagued...
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1965
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Diana Rigg made her first Avengers appearance as lissome "amateur agent" Emma Peel in this episode, which was originally...
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1965
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A British sex farce, this movie stars Nyree Dawn Porter as a flirtatious young waitress, Eileen. Her seductive ways so arouse...
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1965
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1963
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In this suspenseful WW II thriller, the hard-bitten commander of a British battleship stationed in Alexandria Harbor early...
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1962
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This unusual western concerns the conflict between a priest and a Mexican bandito from A Night to Remember (1958) director...
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1961
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Versatile director Roy Baker tackles the question of racial bias in this dated but effective drama, a working-class version...
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1961
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The story of America's most notorious gangster mother is chronicled in this crime drama. The tale starts in Oklahoma during...
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1960
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This meticulous re-creation of the sinking of the Titanic was adapted by Eric Ambler from the best-selling book by Walter...
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1958
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The title character in this fact-based POW drama is Franz von Werra, played by Hardy Kruger. Shot down early in the war,...
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1957
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In this British crime drama, an escaped killer heads for the French coast to find a mysterious treasure reportedly buried in...
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1956
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Jacqueline, played by Jacqueline Ryan, is the daughter of a Belfast shipyard worker Mike McNeil, played by John Gregson. The...
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1956
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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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Brief and very much to the point, Inferno is a grim, fascinating tale of survival. Breaking his leg on a vacation trip,...
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1953
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Given to violent, unpredictable behavior, composer Richard Morton (Gary Merrill) is an accident waiting to happen. Attempting...
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1952
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Sex symbol Marilyn Monroe went dramatic in 1952's Don't Bother to Knock. Monroe plays Nell Forbes, a beautiful but suicidal...
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1952
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A foundering British submarine provides the basis for this gripping drama. The trouble begins when the sub strikes a mine....
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1951
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I'll Never Forget You is an updated remake of 1933's Berkeley Square; both films used John L. Balderston's stage play as a...
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1951
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Morning Departure isn't about a commuter train but instead the story of an imperiled submarine. On a routine postwar...
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1950
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1950
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A heated rivalry between two newspapers provides the basis for this mystery. The trouble begins when a corpse is discovered...
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1949
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In this ironically titled British WW II drama, a widowed housewife provides housing for two navy men while her daughters...
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1948
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Adapted by Eric Ambler from his own novel, The October Man centers around Jim Ackland (played by John Mills), who has been...
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1948
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1938
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