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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'.

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Harry Hawkwood (Ronald Shiner) is the son of 'Pa' Hawkwood, one of England's greatest crooks, and it's Harry's ambition to follow in father's footsteps and be as good as Dad. Alas! Harry has a kind heart, and it is only out of respect for the old man that his father's gang tolerates him.

When the gang decides to go for the Maddox jewels, Harry is given the job of "inside man" - will his good nature get the better of him once again?

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Roger Livesey brilliantly portrays a British officer, Clive Candy, through the trials and tribulations of three wars, three lovers and a lifelong friendship across enemy lines. During the Boer War, candy is sent to Berlin to trap a German spy.

There he befriends a German officer, Theo (Anton Walbrook), who marries the girl (Deborah Kerr) Candy is in love with. During the First World War, Candy marries a girl who resembles his lost love and helps Theo - now a POW - to get repatriated. Candy comes back in the Second World War as Brigadier General and once again encounters Theo. On joining a Home Guard exercise, Candy is captured, however, and the two are forced to either aid or betray each other.

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In a depression-ravaged northern English mining town, a group of miners refuse to work a dangerous seam. The ensuing struggle sees two friends escape their underground destiny; Davey Fenwick wins a university education, while Joe Gowlan leaves for a life of commerce.

As they grow up - one idealistic and determined, the other cunning and opportunistic -their paths and love lives clash and cross, before meeting in a thrilling climax back in their home town. This was the film that established the credentials of Carol Reed, arguably Britain's greatest ever director. Although he had already made several well-received films, here he had the budget, the stars and the source material (A.J. Cronin's impressive 1935 novel) to deliver the visual sense, character treatment and political sensitivity that would famously feature in his later films like The Third Man, Trapeze (1956), Our Man in Havana (1960), The Running Man (1963) and Oliver! (1968).

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Patrick McGoohan stars in this hip, cool reworking of Shakespeare's Othello, set amongst the jazz clubs of the early 1960's.

A steamy tale of jealousy, passion and brooding menace, McGoohan gives a strong performance as the manipulative, treacherous Johnny Cousin - a talented drummer who wields music as a weapon in his quest to draw a jazz diva out of her retirement. Directed by the BAFTA-winning Basil Dearden and with strong support from Keith Michell, Betsy Blair and Richard Attenborough, 'All Night Long' also showcases premiere jazz musicians of the fifties and sixties, including Dave Brubeck, Johnny Scott, Johnny Dankworth, Tubby Hayes and the legendary Charles Mingus. In London's East End the high, blank walls of warehouses tower on either side, giving the street an air of menace. But from one warehouse comes the cool sounds of jazz, the clink of glasses and the buzz of intelligent conversation. It's a party and the occasion is the first wedding anniversary of famous Jazzman Aurelius Rex and his wife Delia, who abandoned a highly successful singing career when she married him. Demon drummer John Cousin arrives, complete with drum kit, and he has ideas about Delia's retirement...

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Adapted from Graham Greene's novel, Alec Guinness stars in this classic spy spoof as Jim Wormold, an English expatriate who sells vacuum cleaners in Havana. His life is irrevocably changed as he is recruited by Hawthorne (Noel Coward), and pressed into service as an operative of M.I.

5, which he reluctantly agress to so he can earn extra money for his 17-year-old daughter. Wormold does not actually engage in any actual espionage. Instead, he invents facts on his reports and recruits fictitious agents. However thise reports are taken seriously in London and two additional agents, a radio operator and a secretary are despached to assist Wormold. He soon discovers that his imagination is going to take on life of its own...

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Squire William Corder, (Tod Slaughter) wins the affection of Maria Marten, (Sophie Stewart), but their happiness is cut short when she falls pregnant and demands that Corder marry her. At first he agrees, but his wicked mind is planning her murder in the 'Red Barn'.

When Maria turns up for their secret assignment she is murdered and buried beneath the barn floor. Squire Corder then departs for London, supposedly eloping with Maria Marten for a new life. But will Maria's rotting corpse stay hidden within the Red Barn? Maria Marten is based on the grisly, true story of her murder in 1827 by William Corder. His scalp is still displayed in Bury St Edmunds.

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One of the most significant films ever made about the Troubles in Ireland, 'Ourselves Alone' is a powerful story of love and conflicting loyalties set against the battle for Ireland's independence.

1921: as nationalists battle with the Royal Irish Constabulary and British Black and Tans, a young girl finds herself under terrible pressures; she is torn between loyalty to her brother, unbeknownst to her an IRA leader, her fiance, a police inspector, and his comrade and rival in love, a British Army captain...

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Jean Boucheron, a.k.a. the Rat, is a brilliantly elusive felon and a celebrity among the demi-monde of Montmartre.

Then, a fellow criminal who is about to be executed begs Jean (Anton Walbrook) to take care of Odile (Rene Ray), the lovely young daughter he has thus far shielded from the more sordid aspects of life. Odile goes to live with Jean but can she remain safe when he plans to steal a millionaire's pearls?

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When society hostess Ethel Durant (Katharine Pate) dies leaving a vast estate, the search begins for the rightful heir.

Believed to have died childless, it soon becomes clear that Ethel's life before her rise to fortune was shrouded in mystery and controversy, and that she did in fact give birth to a baby girl. With £500,000 going to the lawful descendant, it becomes a race against time to uncover a truth hidden for 30 years and fulfil the wishes of a remorseful mother.

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The serene life of Pam and John Allen is rocked to its core when a mysterious man begins stalking their every move with late night phone calls, sudden appearances and sinister behaviour.

It transpires that the man, Homer Trent, was a part of Pam's early life when she was brought up at an orphanage and has spent the last few years in prison for her rape. Now free, Trent is intent on taking back what he believes to be his property - Pam.

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A house stands full in the ugly glare of publicity, with a police cordon round it and morbidly curious crowds at the gates. Inside, Mary Charrington (Joan Marion) waits in horror and bewilderment for the next act in the tragedy.

Her husband Peter (Raymond Massey) is wanted for murder; the murder of a girl at a seaside bungalow. Following a series of killings, the popular press has dubbed them the work of a "Moon Maniac"... and now Peter is somewhere in the countryside, hiding and haunted by terror...