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Enjoy this great double bill of classic 1950s British crime thrillers from Corsair Pictures, both scripted by acclaimed screenwriter Brock Williams. Unseen since they were first screened, these lost gems of British cinema have now been rediscovered and digitally restored and remastered.

Meet Mr. Malcolm (1954)
Celebrated crime writer Colin Knowles (Richard Knowles) finds himself at the centre of a baffling real-life mystery when his estranged wife Louie (Sarah Lawson) asks for his help. Her new boss has gone missing at his grand country home - and when his body is found, the hunt is on for a devious and twisted murderer. Sinister letters from London refer to a 'double crime'. Who will be the killer's next victim? Film is a gripping, Agatha Christie-style country house whodunnit with a fiendish twist!
I'm a Stranger (1952)
Written and directed by acclaimed British screenwriter Brock Williams, 'I'm a Stranger' is one of Corsair Picture's very best comedy crime capers! When his grandfather dies, George Westcott (Patrick Doonan) returns home from India to collect his inheritance - only to find that the will has mysteriously gone missing. As his greedy relatives try to seize the estate, George gets the help of a movie star (Greta Gynt), a window cleaner, James Hayter and a police inspector (Herbert Ross) to track down the missing will. It seems that justice will prevail - but is George Wescott really George Wescott?

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It's a post wartime story of French resistance and a traitor; Anton Diffring is excellent as a concert pianist rather than his usual nasty Nazi and Christopher Lee is very good without his cape and fangs! Mr Wolfit gives a typical Wolfit turn but most interesting is perhaps the director Michael

McCarthy, who also wrote the screenplay and passed away in 1959 at the tender age of 42 and seemed well set to go on to bigger and better things.

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Gritty 1950's police drama which sees the forces of law and order do battle with organised crime. Carol Martin (Anne Valery) is found dead in a canal in what appears to be a straightforward case of suicide.

When she was found however, Carol was wearing a silver necklace stolen during a recent robbery in Harrow; she was also the girlfriend of local 'jewellery fence' Jim Danvers (John Chandos). Superintendent Harcourt (Eddie Byrne), is close to retiring from the police force, but when he discovers that Danvers may be involved in Carol's death, and the robbery, he sees one last chance at putting his arch nemesis behind bars. But in doing so will Harcourt put himself and his family in danger from Danvers ruthless criminal gang?

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Based on a true story, 'Appointment with Venus' is a fine example of the indomitable British spirit during World War 2 in the face of Nazi tyranny.

The Nazis occupied the Channel Islands in 1940 and amongst the population on the tiny island of Amorel is Venus, a pedigree cow, whose ability to produce high quality milk is legendary. So well-known is Venus that she has even come to the attention of Hitler who wants to send her to Germany to breed with the Teutonic herds he claims are the best in the world. To deny Hitler and boost morale at home, British Special Forces, led by Major Moreland (David Niven) and ably assisted by Nicola Fallaize (Glynnis Johns) and the Islanders, mount a dangerous operation to rescue Venus and return her to England. A superb ensemble cast includes Kenneth More, Bernard Lee and Richard Wattis.

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The newly arrived prison warder, Thomas Crimmin, is convinced that capital punishment by the state is justified. A few days later, a quare fellow condemned man is executed protesting his innocence.

At the same time, his wife, Sylvia Syms, brings crucial new evidence to the prison governor's attention that could prove her husband's innocence. The finality of the death penalty forces Crimmin to question his deep beliefs and reassess the sanctity of human life.

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Following the unexplained death of a reporter, Brian Gaunt (Charles Farrell), the cartoonist on the 'Daily World', begins his own investigation.

Assisted by his reporter fiancee, they find one clue leading to the operations of an international arms ring: it is the word 'Saska', which Gaunt incorporates into his next newspaper cartoon in the hope that it will bring results. It does...but not what he expects!

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A young girl Ada Shore, arrives at Skerryvore University in Scotland in search of her long lost uncle who was once a subversive Irish poet but is now working under another name as the University Gate Keeper.

Ada is mistaken by the Principal, Asher, as his new secretary and she goes along with the impersonation. Asher and Ada fall in love which incurs the disapproval of the puritanical Professor Hayman.

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A silent-era idol whose enormous popularity was undiminished by the advent of sound, John Stuart stars as a former doctor who meets with unexpected adventure when he joins the crew of a tramp steamer in this rare early British talkie.

When 'Gentleman' Burton (John Stuart) boards the Capri his aura of mystery makes the crew curious about his origins - and makes him especially attractive to the Captain's daughter (Moira Lynd). But he little realises the danger that is to unfold when the Captain (David Miller) conceals diamonds on board as a favour...

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Bob Mitchell (Robert Cummings), an American playboy newly arrived in Hong Kong, is the recipient of an enigmatic written message, found on the body of a dead man. The message reads simply: 'Five Golden Dragons'.

It is Mitchell's introduction to an illicit gold-trafficking operation, and he soon finds himself in the midst of a power struggle between a secretive global crime syndicate and brutal local mobsters...

When twelve-year-old Fennis Wilson (Sally Ann Howes) unintentionally becomes a child star she is delighted by the fantastic life she begins to lead. But all too soon, she makes the heartbreaking discovery that her success has shattered her previously happy family life...

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When heavy fog prevents any flights from leaving London Airport, a group of passengers are put on a bus driven by Percy Lamb (Frankie Howerd) to drive to another airport.

The fog is that heavy Percy doesn't know where he is going or that he is carrying stolen gold bullion that the robbers and police are relentlessly pursuing.

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Jane Wyman plays drama student Eve Gill, who tries to clear a friend (Richard Todd) being framed for murder by becoming the maid of flamboyant stage star Charlotte Inwood (Marlene Dietrich).

Filming in his native England, Hitchcock merrily juggles elements of humour and whodunit and puts a game ensemble (Alastair Sim, Sybil Thorndike, Joyce Grenfell, Kay Walsh and daughter Patricia Hitchcock) through its paces. No one turns a theatre into a bastion of dread like Hitchcock and 'Stage Fright' is proof positive.

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The premise involves a young couple, David and Catherine Robinson (Leslie Phillips and a young Geraldine McEwan), who have to turn their large country house into a money-making proposition.

Their solution is to invite the kids of the rich and famous to spend a summer enjoying all the loving care and attention they miss at home. After the youngsters arrive, David quickly realizes what the offensive little punks need is some real discipline, and so the summer begins. An amiable British farce that has a semblance of the St. Trinian's series, 'No Kidding' is surprisingly sophisticated fare that also scores a number of interesting points about greed, privilege and class.

The organising force of a family of musical prodigies, Robert Mansell (Edward Underdown) is a frustrated composer in search of one thing - personal happiness. This search, however, has landed him in the divorce courts - and the judge's summary does not paint him in a favourable light...

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While perusing the books of an engineering company, fastidious auditor Frank Manning (Dermot Walsh) encounters rum goings on when he is approached by a woman who claiming she is being blackmailed. She begs him to find certain letters and he eventually agrees.

Having obtained the letters, he takes them to a specified address where, to his horror, he finds a man, fully clothed, dead in the bath...