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The Man is Oldenshaw: an immodest, ex-Oxford type with a mind trained to devour information like a computer. He rose to prominence during the planning of D-Day. His partner is Dimmock, a former student of the Ohio Institute of Criminology: Oldenshaw's red-brick equal.

Room 17 is the secret centre of operations for the Department of Special Research, a unit set up to study the criminal mind and handle cases that have baffled the police and security services. Answerable only to the Prime Minister, 'The Men in Room 17' pull the strings that make the undercover world dance, without even leaving the confines of their Whitehall office.

In one of the finest comedic performances of her career Marilyn plays a delicious, yet decidedly vision-impaired, young model, who, along with her two equally scheming friends, rents out a Manhattan penthouse in the hope of hooking a rich husband.

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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.

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Bertrand (Rossano Brazzi), an accountant employed by a large London firm, is called to the office of the Managing Director, Dreuther (Robert Morley), to explain a mistake in the accounts.

Dreuther is highly impressed by the young accountant's skilful explanation of the error and, hearing that Bertrand is soon to marry his spirited young fiancée, tells him to spend the honeymoon not in Bournemouth, but Monte Carlo - at the company's expense! However, events in the fabulous Mediterranean paradise do not work out quite as Bertrand had envisaged...

A starstruck provincial waitress wins the local beauty contest to ride as Lady Godiva in the town pageant. She goes on to win first prize in the Fascination Soap Beauty Contest and immediately finds herself plunged into a strange new world of privilege, glamour...and not a little danger!

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Is the 1960's BBC drama series which portrayed the boardroom battles and frontline dangers of a fictional British oil company, Mogul Oil. The series, one of the BBC's most successful ever, ran for 7 years and attracted a huge audience worldwide.

These digitally remastered episodes, including the very first one transmitted, are those that survive from the pioneering first series.

Kelly's Eye
Company secrecy is compromised when news of a Mogul oil strike in the North Sea is leaked to the Press. Director of Operations Brian Stead (Geoffrey Keen) wants the culprit sacked and knows that only Head of the North Sea Operations Peter Thornton (Ray Barrett) is tough enough to investigate the breach among the hard men on the rig.
Young Turk
Robert Driscoll (Barry Foster) is a marketing man sent to take over negotiations for an important Middle East oil concession...after the local Mogul representative is killed in the desert.
Tosh and Nora
Tosh Brinkwater (John Tate) is a hard-living middle aged seaman. When he marries and becomes a father, he decides to change his ways and take a shore job. But when you re a cog in the Mogul machine, good intentions don t always pay off.
Out of Range
The desert is like the sea. It takes possession of a man s soul. For a young geologist (Terence Edmond) seeking to prove himself it is exciting. But like the sea, the desert is dangerous.
Stoneface
Driscoll is working under highly charged circumstances in northern Canada. When Mogul hires an Iroquois Indian for an important job, deep seated prejudices boil to the surface.

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After a successful day at the races, Major Arthur Hill (Basil Radford) and Harold Temple (Hugh Griffith) decide to raise a £300 syndicate to buy a certain racehorse. With excited help from their friends (Janette Scott, Jimmy Hanley, Rene Ray, Joyce Grenfell, A. E.

Matthews) they get the money, but things don't go so smoothly from here. First, they accidently buy the wrong horse which proves to have more of an affinity for jumping than racing. They then decide to train it themselves as a jumper under the new name "The Galloping Major". However, on the night before the Grand National, the horse mysteriously disappears...

A girl has been murdered. A woman cannot remember a man who claims to be her husband. Her uncle hosts a radio murder mystery show called "The Unsuspected". Who killed the girl? Why? And who is this mystery husband?

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A global byword for cinematic quality of a quintessential^ British nature, Ealing Studios made more than 150 films over a three-decade period.

A cherished and significant part of British film history, only selected films from both the Ealing and Associated Talking Pictures strands have previously been made available on home-video format - with some remaining unseen since their original theatrical release. 'The Ealing Studios Rarities Collection' redresses this imbalance. Featuring new transfers from the best available elements, in their correct aspect ratio, this multi-volume collection showcases a range of scarce films from both Basil Dean's and Michael Balcon's tenure as studio head, making them available once more to the general public.

The Feminine Touch (1956)
Under the watchful eye of Matron, five young women begin their nursing careers in the National Health Service.
Young Man's Fancy (1939)
Those were the days! When a music hall was a hall of music, whose saccharine and plaintive numbers made everyone weep - from duke to dustman!
There Ain't No Justice (1939)
Jimmy Hanley stars as a young boxer whose family faces financial difficulty. A big-time promoter promises fame and fortune - but is he all he claims to be?
The Silent Passenger (1935)
In his first film sighting, Lord Peter Wimsey, Dorothy L. Sayers' famous amateur sleuth, sets out to prove the innocence of an acquaintance accused of murder.

On her father's death, cloistered schoolgirl Candida (Barbara Ferris) inherits a house and a small sum of money, and leaves for Paris set on fun and adventure! Her unwordly upbringing, however, leads her into trouble leaving her to rely heavily on Savage (Harry Andrews), the caretaker.

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Kitty Vane (Merle Oberon), Alan Trent (Fredric March), and Gerald Shannon (Herbert Marshall) have been inseparable friends since childhood. Kitty always knew that one day she would marry one of them, but she wanted to wait until the beginning of World War I before deciding on Alan.

Gerald, somewhat hurt by the news, gives them his blessing, approving their desire to marry. But Alan is called up and they must postpone the wedding until he is granted a new permit. Kitty, who does not want to be separated, decides to accompany him. This fact will cause a misunderstanding between the two boys with terrible consequences that will change the lives of the three friends forever.

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Beneath the towering peaks of the Swiss Alps, in peaceful White Cradle Valley, stands an inn owned by Magda (Madeleine Carroll) and her philandering husband Rudolf (Michael Rennie). During the war, many small French children are evacuated to the valley.

One of these refugees, a boy named Roger (Michael McKeag) who has lost both parents, is billeted with Rudolf and Magda. When the time comes for the children to return to France, Magda very much wishes to adopt Roger, but her husband has taken a dislike to the boy...

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Chided by his boss for a conspicuous lack of sensational stories, Lewis Bevan (Richard Bird) takes matters into his own hands to revive his flagging career.

When the fiancee of his boss's daughter, Mary, is implicated in the murder of a good-time girl, Bevan's run of sensationalist stories all but ensures the unfortunate man's guilt. Mary, however, suspicious of Bevan's extraordinary knowledge of the case, tries to persuade the police to investigate further...

Polish sailor Korchinsky (Buchholz) is furious to discover his lover has left him for another man and shoots her. The crime is witnessed by 10-year-old Gillie (Hayley Mills) who steals the gun. Investigating officer Graham (John Mills) is in pursuit when Korchinsky abducts Gillie.

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During 1850, in the gold fields of Australia, the wealthy Sir Percival Glyde (Tod Slaughter) is murdered by the hammering of a tent peg through his ear. Tod Slaughter assumes the identity of Sir Percival's estate in London but discovers that it is mortgaged to the bank for £315,000.

Cheated of his ill-gotten gains he schemes a marriage to Laurie Fairlie (Sylvia Marriott). His devilish plan is to murder his new wife and substitute her with the deranged and dying daughter of real Sir Glyde. But will his double deception be uncovered? The film is largely acknowledged as the best adaptation of Wilkie Collins 'The Woman in White'.