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In director Robert Altman’s final masterpiece, A Prairie Home Companion tells the tale of a much loved US radio show still surviving in the age of television.

Garrison Keillor joins forces with an all star cast in this tale of the last ever live recording of one of America’s broadcasting institutions. The show broadcasters, WLT, have been bought out by Texan conglomerate who decide to axe the show and its cast. Garrison Keillor as hangdog MC leads the veteran performers including Yolanda and Rhonda – the Johnson sisters and Dusty and Lefty, The Old Trail Hands, as they make their final performance and reminisce of times gone by.

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After stealing a cache of diamonds, jeweller Sam Carter (Nigel Patrick) is chased across a series of European capitals by Detective March (Jack Palance), a mysterious beauty named Trudi (Anita Ekberg), and a pair of thugs.

With supporting turns from British screen legends Sid James (Wicked as They Come) and Donald Pleasence (The Devil's Men), 'The Man Inside' was co-produced by Albert 'Cubby' Broccoli and co-written by Richard Malbaum, soon to be driving forces behind the James Bond series.

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When atomic scientist Dr. Meacham (Rex Reason) is chosen to take part in a top-secret research experiment in a remote lab, he quickly discovers that he is really involved in an evil scheme by alien Metalunans to take over Earth. After he and the gorgeous Dr.

Adams (Faith Domergue) make their escape shortly before the lab explodes, they are whisked away in a flying saucer to Metaluna, where they are blamed for the destruction. Will interstellar negotiation save the day, or will the scientists be forced to take part in a treacherous battle to the death?

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On the run from the authorities, the dashing Angel O'Reilly (Dorothy Lamour) finds herself lost and cash-strapped in Mexico, reluctantly accompanied by the shady Boris Cassall (George Rigaud).

Soon, she lands a job as a nightclub singer after duping a club owner into believing she's a Spanish countess. One night, honest banker Tom Grant (Patric Knowles) stumbles into the temptress' show with his estranged wife Helen (Ann Dvorak), toting Manolo, a Mexican bullfighter, on her arm. Tom loves Helen. Helen loves Manolo. Manolo loves Angel - and so does Boris. Meanwhile, Angel increasingly finds herself drawn to Tom.

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'Becoming Hitchcock: The Legacy of Blackmail', a brand new 72-minute documentary from award-winning filmmaker Laurent Bouzereau (Faye, Music by John Williams, Five Came Back) and narrated by historian, critic and filmmaker Elvis Mitchell, reflects the development of Alfred Hitchcock's signature

style, through the making of one of his benchmark films, 'Blackmail' (1929). The documentary highlights the birth of the "Hitchcock Touch" at a period when talking pictures first emerged and explores his trademark themes, such as murder, suspense and cool blondes. While focusing on 'Blackmail', the documentary reveals how this film also foreshadows the director's later masterpieces, from 'Psycho' to 'North by Northwest' and from 'The Birds' to 'Frenzy'.

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Playing himself, the incomparable Bob Hope reigns as top comic banana over one of the most star-studded casts ever assembled. Joining him are Bing Crosby, Gary Cooper, Alan Ladd, Barbara Stanwyck, and many, many more, in a comedy classic set amid the 'reality' of a Hollywood studio in the 1940s.

Starlet wannabe, Amber La Vonne is mistaken for her friend, the beautiful and talented Catherine Brown. While the zany Amber flubs her way from audition to screen test to stage debut, Catherine can't seem to keep her - head above water. Along the way, the madness stops only long enough for musical numbers by Pearl Bailey, Spike Jones and His City Slickers, The Mulcays, and a rare puppetoon version of 'Romeow and Juliacat'. Topped off by an A-list all star variety revue, this is one of the most madcap and hilarious comedies ever filmed.

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Glasses are smashing, fingers are snapping and everyone's dancing to the sultry music of the bouzoukies! It's just another glorious moment in the carefree world of Illia (Melina Mercouri), Greece's most radiant lady of the night.

Sensuous Illia adores her life, and every man in her seaport paradise adores her. But when Homer (Jules Dassin), a stuffy American intellectual, sails into town and tries to reform her, Illia shows him that she's one free spirit who's happy with her wild life and not about to be tamed.

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On the Boardwalk of Dreams, everyone has a fantasy. Once the Queen of Resorts, Atlantic City has become the seedy Queen of Rackets. And with the legalisation of gambling, small-time gangsters like Lou (Burt Lancaster) are the losers; running numbers for the Mob can no longer offer a livelihood.

But aging Lou's life changes abruptly when he becomes involved with Dave (Robert Joy), a young dope dealer, and his estranged wife, the beautiful and ambitious Sally (Susan Sarandon). Working at the Casino oyster bar whilst taking a rigorous course in blackjack dealing, she dreams of a glamorous new life in the casinos of Monte Carlo. When Dave is killed, Lou and Sally find themselves thrown together in a real-life escapade involving love, money, dope and danger.

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From the legendary filmmaking duo Powell and Pressburger, 'The Small Back Room' is the story of the troubled love affair between a tormented back room scientist and a beautiful secretary, told against a background of ministerial intrigue and empire building.

Sammy Rice (David Farrar) was the army's finest bomb disposal officer until he was injured in the war and left with a false foot. Now part of a specialist 'back room' team, he dismantles the booby-trapped devices being dropped by Nazi bombers. He falls in love with Susan (Kathleen Byron), a colleague, and the two begin a secret affair. However, embittered by life, he feels inferior; inferior as a lover, inferior as a man unable to wear uniform; inferior in his work for, although a brilliant scientist, he allows himself to be exploited by his power-hungry boss. Haunted by his past, he drowns his sorrows in whiskey. Sammy's life is descending into disarray when the news comes; a bomb has exploded with catastrophic consequences, and another has been found. Faced with the biggest challenge of his career, Sammy must confront his demons and take his own life in his hands to solve the mystery of the bomb's lethal mechanism.

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In this classic cold war spy spoof, Anthony Perkins plays a Russian spy sent out to steal sensitive information from NATO about military mobilization.

Without much intelligence of his own, he falls head over heels in love with Penelope Lightfeather (Brigitte Bardot) also known as agent 0038-24-36 who aides him as they scamper through the French countryside trying to avoid counter-intelligence agents and distrustful communist operatives. Confusion reigns supreme.

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Jacques (Gérard Oury), a rich industrialist, sneaks around an apartment where he bundles up and disposes of a dead body. His troubles started three months ago, his wife, Gloria (Jeanne Moreau), was having an affair...

To get his revenge he sends Gloria anonymous letters in a scheme to turn her against her lover, a scheme that leads to murder. Ingeniously plotted, this methodical noir by Édouard Molinaro (Witness in the City) bathes in atmospheric chiaroscuro while its pulpy thrills, adapted from the novel by Frédéric Dard (Paris Pick-up), keeps the audience guessing until the final moments.

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Insurance inspector Oliver Branwell (Jack Hawkins) arrives at Lowis Manor to investigate a fire that broke out there on Christmas Eve.

He rings the bell and to his amazement he is face-to-face with Sarah (Arlene Dahl), the woman he once loved in Hong Kong and who one day disappeared from his life for no apparent reason. Love resurfaces and when Tracey (Dennis Price), the owner of the manor and Sarah's husband, dies in a second fire, the couple is reunited. Nevertheless, Oliver suspects Sarah of having tricked him and murdered Tracey with a view to attaining her ends. Fortunately his suspicions are allayed and he can marry Sarah and they are very happy - until a blackmailer starts to prey on them.

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Screen legends Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray star in this timeless, heart-warming Christmas classic that can be enjoyed any time of year! Lee Leander (Stanwyck) is a pretty shoplifter on trial for swiping an expensive bracelet from a local jewellery store.

When her trial is postponed until after New Year, the sympathetic Assistant District Attorney John Sargent (MacMurray) bails her out of jail. When he invites her to his family's home for the holidays, she discovers the warmth and love she's never had but always wanted. Featuring a wonderful supporting cast of Beulah Bondi, Sterling Holloway and Elizabeth Patterson, plus a charming script by Preston Sturges and superb direction by Mitchell Leisen, 'Remember the Night' is a not to be missed classic.

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On a trip to Europe, her prize in a "fixed" beauty contest, Kathy Allen (Arlene Dahl) meet advertising man Tim O'Bannion (Philip Carey), who is attracted by her beauty but repelled by her ruthlessness towards men.

In London, she ruins the career of photographer Larry Buckham (Michael Goodliffe) and compromises Tim's boss Stephen Collins (Herbert Marshall). About to steal Collins from his wife, Kathy learns that the wife's father, elderly John Dowling (Ralph Truman), owns the world-wide advertising agency, so she marries him. Later she accidentally kills him when she mistakes him for a prowler, but she is found guilty of murder and sentenced to die. Will this innocent gold-digger be executed?

"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", Mark Twain’s unforgettable boyhood hero, is sure to please young and old alike. This vividly nostalgic tale of boyhood adventures in Missouri is timeless, combining danger, young romance, and suspense into one memorable story and outstanding classics.