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Emergency Call (1952)The Hundred Hour Hunt
A medical thriller about a police inspectors frantic search for a donor with a rare blood type willing to save a young girls life. The hospital's chief surgeon Dr. Carter (Anthony Steel), aided by Scotland Yard's Inspector Lane (Jack Warner), launch a nationwide hunt to save the leukaemia sufferer's life. - Director:
- Lewis Gilbert
- Cast:
- Jack Warner, Anthony Steel, Joy Shelton
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The Assassination of Trotsky (1972)Das Mädchen und der Mörder - Die Ermordung Trotzkis
Mexico City, 1940. Communist parades are celebrating May day. In a hotel room near Zocalo Square there are two people who are destined to play a major part in the events leading to the assassination of Leon Trotsky, the ageing idealist and 'dedicated Marxist and atheis' banished from Russia by Josef Stalin who has been given sanctuary by the Mexican Government - Frank Jacson, travelling on a Canadian passport, who claims to be a Belgian in Mexico avoiding national service, and Gita Samuels, a one-time translator. Jacson shows no outward signs of being interested in politics but is pathologically opposed to Trotsky and is involved with those who wish to silence him. In a suburb if Coyaocan, Trotsky and his wife live in a heavily protected villa. On the evening of May 23, a group of militant Stalinists invade the villa and fire machine guns at Trotsky's bed. Trotsky and his wife escape unharmed but now the job of disposing of Trotsky is left to Jacson and heraeeds the assistance of Gita to gain access to his target. But Gita, a supporter of Trotsky becoming suspicious... - Director:
- Joseph Losey
- Cast:
- Richard Burton, Alain Delon, Romy Schneider
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Shooting Fish (1997)The Entrepreneurs
In their mid-twenties, Dylan (Dan Futterman) and Jez (Stuart Townsend) are two orphans who are over qualified and under employed. Dylan is a fast talking Yank. Jez is a tongue-tied technical genius with a bad haircut. Tired of the "rich get richer" syndrome, they decide to exploit it. Their aim is to make a million pounds each and London is their oyster. They use every coupon, enter every free prize draw, and scam anyone who can afford it. But into their lives comes Georgie (Kate Beckinsale) who has her own mission, just as driving, just as inventive, but far more altruistic. She needs money - a lot of money...and in Jez and Dylan she's struck gold! - Director:
- Stefan Schwartz
- Cast:
- Dan Futterman, Peter O'Sullevan, Stuart Townsend
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Narrated by Peter Ustinov, this captivating adaptation of Henry Williamson's famous novel is widely regarded as one of the greatest nature-themed films of all time. Only after rejecting several offers from Walt Disney did Williamson find a trusted director in British wildlife filmmaker David Cobham, and 'Tarka the Otter' was released to huge acclaim in 1979. Following the adventures of a male otter as he matures, plays, learns to fend for himself, has pups of his own, hunts and is in turn hunted, the film presents a playful, sometimes poignant but un-sentimentalised portrayal of the natural world and man's often cruel interventions within it. - Director:
- David Cobham
- Cast:
- Peter Ustinov, Peter Bennett, Edward Underdown
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A tragicomedy where everyone is caught up in loving someone who already loves somebody else. One summer, aristocratic actress Irina (Annette Bening) takes her lover, the successful novelist Boris Trigorin (Corey Stoll), to her lakeside retreat. Nina (Saoirse Ronan), a naive girl who lives on a neighbouring estate, falls in love with the older Boris, who basks in her adulation. Meanwhile, Masha (Elisabeth Moss) is obsessed with Irina's son Konstantin (Billy Howie), who loves Nina. - Director:
- Michael Mayer
- Cast:
- Annette Bening, Corey Stoll, Glenn Fleshler
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Impoverished British bank clerk, John Ross (Jack Watling) is hopelessly in love with drop-dead gorgeous Irene James (Pat Kirkwood). Ross will do anything to win Irene's affections including embezzlement. She ends up marrying him, but she can't give up her true love, slimy counterfeiter Jimmy Smart (Sydney Tafler). By the time Ross realises that his former fiancee Vera Lamb (Joy Shelton) was the right girl all along, it's a shade too late. The magnificent Thora Hird steals the show in 'Once a Sinner' as the fickle Irene's slatternly mother. - Director:
- Lewis Gilbert
- Cast:
- Patricia Kirkwood, Jack Watling, Joy Shelton
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The winning actor brilliantly portrayed a complex man with complex emotions. His exciting performance was all at once compelling, stunning and magical. Michael Sheen won the 2006 Royal Television Society best actor award for his heart-breaking portrayal of Kenneth Williams, a consummate entertainer who was loved by everyone but himself. From the intimacy of his diaries and other sources, Martyn Hesford's Fantabulosa! creates a portrait of a fastidious performer who hankered after recognition, adulation and companionship throughout his career. Yet although he could create a thousand voices and characters, he was unable to live comfortably within his own skin. - Director:
- Andy De Emmony
- Cast:
- Michael Sheen, Cheryl Campbell, Peter Wight
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Leviathan (2014)Leviafan
The new film from Andrey Zvyagintsev, the visionary director of "The Return" and "The Banishment", tells the tragic tale of Kolya, who employs a lawyer friend to help fight his case for ownership of the land on which he and his family live when the nefarious town mayor attempts to seize it. But standing up against such men begins a whirlwind of dire consequences, infusing every area of Kolyas life and all he holds dear. A visually arresting epic which takes an unflinchingly direct look at modern day Russia and the corruption that seethes in even its quietest corners, "Leviathan" will not only open your eyes but also stay in your mind for years to come. - Director:
- Andrey Zvyagintsev
- Cast:
- Aleksey Serebryakov, Elena Lyadova, Roman Madyanov
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Orders to Kill (1958)Der lautlose Krieg
Orders to Kill is a psychological drama about a young American bomber pilot (played by Paul Massie, winner of the Most Promising Newcomer to Film Award at the 1959 BAFTA Film Awards) who is sent to Nazi-occupied France to kill a Paris lawyer (Eddie Albert: Roman Holiday) believed to be betraying his colleagues in the French Resistance. Before being parachuted into France the young pilot is given a rigorous training for his assignment of murder. He finds his selected victim is a gentle henpecked husband, who dotes on his daughter, and he begins to feel that the man may not be guilty... but where will his moral dilemma lead him? - Director:
- Anthony Asquith
- Cast:
- Eddie Albert, Paul Massie, Lillian Gish
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Wuthering Heights (1992)Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights
Emily Bronte's timeless tale of love and passion comes alive in this stirring new film version starring Juliette Binoche and Ralph Fiennes. Shot on location in Yorkshire, this is the first screen adaptation to present Bronte's complete story of two generations of the Earnshaw and Linton families, as their lives and fortunes intertwine in a complex web dominated by the passionate relationship between doomed lovers Heathcliff and Cathy. - Director:
- Peter Kosminsky
- Cast:
- Juliette Binoche, Ralph Fiennes, Janet McTeer
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World's Fastest Indian (2005)El amo del viento
After a lifetime of perfecting his classic Indian motorcycle, Burt sets off from the bottom of the world to test his bike at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. With all the odds against him, he set a new speed record and captured the spirit of his times. Burt Munro's 1967 world record remains unbroken and his legend lives on today. - Director:
- Roger Donaldson
- Cast:
- Anthony Hopkins, Diane Ladd, Iain Rea
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The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)Love Lies Bleeding / Meaningful Glances / Strange Love
This dark melodrama based on the John Patrick story, Love Lies Bleeding, stars Barbara Stanwyck as the wonderfully wicked Martha Ivers, a wealthy and domineering woman who controls a small town after inheriting a large family fortune. She lives with her weakling husband, a district attorney running for mayor, played by Kirk Douglas in his feature film debut - a role that's an unusual departure from his later work. What no one in the town knows, however, is that Stanwyck and Douglas are bound by a dark secret involving murder. gripping and suspenseful, this film noir also stars Van Heflin as Martha's old love who returns to town after an 18-tear absence, whom Douglas thinks is there for one reason: blackmail. - Director:
- Lewis Milestone
- Cast:
- Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott
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Mr. Polly (Sir John Mills) is a sensitive soul. Sacked from his job for daydreaming he despairs of ever finding another when his father's death suddenly brings him a large inheritance, and with it he embarks on a cycling adventure. Along his travels he meets and falls desperately in love with a young girl, but the relationship turns sour when her friends hear of it. Spumed, he hastily marries his cousin Miriam (Betty Ann Davies), and settles in a sleepy town where he opens a draper's shop. But his beliefs are eroded when, fifteen years on, bad debt and his floundering marriage bring him to a personal crossroads where he must make some major decisions. - Director:
- Anthony Pelissier
- Cast:
- John Mills, Betty Ann Davies, Megs Jenkins
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Joanne Froggatl plays Suzy, a young British soldier who struggles to adapt to civilian life after serving in Iraq. Haunted by the responsibility she feels for the death of an Iraqi child, she becomes obsessed with the safety of her own daughter, feeling the need to protect her against a threat that doesn't seem to exist As her paranoia builds, Suzy's behaviour becomes increasingly erratic until, finally, she puts her own child in danger. - Director:
- Brian Welsh
- Cast:
- Shah Amin, Begum Coskun, Teresa Critchley
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'Snowden' is a riveting personal look at one of the most polarising figures of the 21st century, the man responsible for what has been described as the most far-reaching security breach in U.S. intelligence history. 'Snowden' opens the door on the untold story of Edward Snowden, examining the forces that turned a conservative young patriot eager to serve his country into a historic whistle-blower and posing provocative questions about which liberties we are willing to give up in order for our government to protect us. - Director:
- Oliver Stone
- Cast:
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo
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