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Wall Street trader Jerry (Fredric March) is in love with his secretary, Julia (Claudette Colbert), but she turns him down to marry Philip (Monroe Owsley). A year later, realising the mistake she has made, she borrows money from Jerry, leading Philip to become dangerously jealous...

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One of Britain's leading psychiatrists has committed suicide. His teenage daughter (Pamela Franklin) is convinced that her father was murdered - and enlists the help of one of her father's patients, news reporter Alex Stedman (Stephen Boyd) to uncover the truth.

As Stedman delves into the lives of his three suspects - a tormented art dealer (Richard Attenborough), a beautiful, lonely woman (Diane Cilento) and one of Britain's most respected judges (Jack Hawkins) - he has to battle with his own, re-emerging psychological terrors - and unravel 'The Third Secret'...

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After the war, Matt Gordon (Fred MacMurray) returns to Singapore to retrieve a fortune in smuggled pearls. Arrived, he reminisces in flashback about his prewar fiancée, alluring Linda (Ava Gardner), and her disappearance during the Japanese attack. But now Linda resurfaces...

with amnesia and married to rich planter Van Leyden (Roland Culver). Meanwhile, sinister fence Mauribus (Thomas Gomez) schemes to get Matt's pearls.

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Wyatt Earp has long fascinated filmmakers. The legendary lawman been portrayed across the years by many great actors, from Henry Fonda, Burt Lancaster and James Stewart to Kurt Russell, James Garner and Kevin Costner.

His very first appearance in a motion picture came in 1939 with 'Frontier Marshal', played by Western icon Randolph Scott. 'Frontier Marshal' tells the infamous tale of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corrall and Earp's friendship with Doc Holliday (Cesar Romero), providing plenty of inspiration for John Ford's classic 'My Darling Clementine'.

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Traversing the criminal underworld of the north-east of England some ten years before 'Get Carter', Johnny Mellor's band of ruthless criminals attempt to get away with murder, but as the police close in, the gang begins to fall apart, with each member seeking a way out - and in their panic, no one

realizes there is one adversary they have all overlooked.

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Stand and pledge loyalty - or prepare to lie cold beneath your shields. Chivalrous knight Wilfred of Ivanhoe is determined to restore Richard the Lion-Hearted to England's throne. Gallantry and costumed pageantry combine in this crowd-pleasing nominee for 3 Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

Robert Taylor plays the title role, and Elizabeth Taylor and Joan Fontaine also star in a rousing adaptation of Sir Walter Scott's novel. The film's jousting tournament is a galloping display of steeds and stouthearted men. Most spectacular of all is the siege of Torquilstone Castle, a wave-after-wave onslaught of arrows, fire, boulders, battering rams and blades. To the battlements!

Amid accusations of talent-wasting, composer Arthur Sullivan (Maurice Evans) joins forces with dramatist W.S. Gilbert (Robert Morley) and impresario Richard D'Oyly Carte (Peter Finch) in a partnership to create what ultimately became some of the most innovative and successful music ever created.

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"The Colditz Story" is an outstanding factual prisoner of war film directed by Guy Hamilton, starring John Mills as Officer Pat Reid and Eric Portman as Colonel Richmond.

It is based on the book written by Pat Reid, a British army officer who was imprisoned in Oflag IV-C, Colditz Castle, in Germany during the Second World War and who was the Escape Officer for British POWs within the castle. Colditz Castle in the heart of Saxony, was the fortress to which the German High Command sent officers who had attempted to escape from conventional prison camps. They regarded it as impregnable yet they threatened the death penalty for anyone attempting to break out. British officer Pat Reid leads an escape through one of the castle's subterranean tunnels. Only three of the prisoners survive; the next step is to get out of Germany itself.

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Any Johnny Reb who tries to escape the Union prison outpost of Fort Bravo faces the unforgiving Arizona Territory desert stretching before him…and the even more unforgiving pursuit of Bravo's resolute Captain Roper (William Holden).

Yet there's a common foe that may unite the Civil War rivals: the fierce Mescalero horsemen waging guerilla war against Blue and Gray alike.

Fatherless Bartholomew Collins (Tommy Rettig) dreams that his nefarious piano teacher, Dr. Terwilliker (Hans Conried) plans to enslave 500 boys and force them to play an enormous piano with 5,000 keys. He enlists the help of a plumber to convince his brainwashed mother of Dr. T.'s frightening agenda.

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Tortured by thoughts that her husband Jake (Peter Finch) may be having an affair Jo Annitage (Anne Bancroft) has a nervous breakdown in Harrods and her life begins to crumble all about her.

But is her husband's infidelity really to blame? Or does Jo have deeper, more complex problems? Why does she have so main children - and is her seemingly perfect life all it appears on the surface?

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Set in a remote village in 17th Century England, farm labourer Ralph Gower (Barry Andrews) accidentally stumbles across a devilish skull whilst ploughing a field. Ralph reports his findings to the Judge (Patrick Wymark) but when they return, the skull has vanished.

Very soon the children of the village start acting strangely, led by Angel Blake (Linda Hayden) they form a murderous coven and when mysterious growths of hair (called the Devil's Skin) start appearing on their bodies, all hell breaks loose...literally!

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Widely considered one of Britain's greatest filmmakers, Humphrey Jennings has long been celebrated as one of cinema's true poets.

This, the second of three volumes which brings together his entire directorial output, features five films made between 1941-1943 which show Jennings at the peak of his tragically short but outstanding career. From the rousing call to arms of "The Heart of Britain" and "Words for Battle" to the poetic evocation of daily life in "Listen to Britain", and the powerfully resonating drama of "Fires Were Started" and "The Silent Village", the films included in this set offer a lyrical portrait of the nation at war and a moving celebration of Britishness.

Films Comprise:
- The Heart of Britain (1941)
- Words for Battle (1941)
- Listen to Britain (1941)
- Fires Were Started (1943)
- The Silent Village (1943)

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James Cagney takes the lead in this biopic of silent horror film star Lon Chaney, star of 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame' and 'The Phantom of the Opera'.

Born to deaf, mute parents, Chaney, mildly successful as a mime and juggler in vaudeville, employs and later marries his assistant Cleva Creighton (Dorothy Malone). But Cleva's disgust on discovering Chaney's parents are deaf mutes is soon compounded when she gives birth to their son, believing he too will be deaf. With Chaney's vaudeville career taking off, Cleva, psychologically frail, walks out on her husband and son, forcing a cash-strapped Chaney to place his son in a home. Determined to get his son back, Chaney travels to Hollywood and immerses himself in as much work as he can find, soon building a reputation for himself as a respected and talented artist. Now remarried, and with his life back on track, Chaney's world is turned upside down once more when Cleva reappears demanding the return of her son.

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Ann Carter (Deanna Durbin) is a small town girl who dreams of becoming a professional singer. Luck smiles on her when she goes to visit her stepbrother Martin (Pat O'Brien) in New York City. It turns out that he's found a job as the butler for a famous composer Charles Gerard (Franchot Tone).

However, there's just one problem Charles refuses to audition anyone in his house. Undeterred, Ann manages to get a job as the maid in his luxury penthouse, secretly hoping that by innocently singing as she dusts and cleans her beautiful voice will get her noticed. It does get her noticed and her own stepbrother decides to fire her! Meanwhile, Charles has also been attracted to Ann's singing and to the young lady herself...