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Strait-laced Henry Sterling's (George Cole) peaceful life is periodically shattered by his wastrel brother's antics. But when he attends a local theatre to pay his brother's bouncing cheque he stays to watch the show - and ends up being hypnotised into thinking he's a devil-may-care philanderer!

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Following the closure of a gypsum mine in the Nevada town she calls home, Fern (Frances McDormand) packs her van and sets off on the road in this "exquisite film" (Joe Morgenstern, The Wall Street Journal).

Exploring an unconventional life as a modern-day nomad, Fern discovers a resilience and resourcefulness unlike any she's known before long the way, she meets other nomads who become mentors in the vast landscape of the American West.

Redford stars as Joe Turner, a junior analyst in the C.I.A., scrutinising published texts from around the world for coded messages. But once he discovers an unusual anomaly, his own existence comes crashing down, with every error carrying potentially fatal consequences.

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Arthur (Arthur Askey), Stinker (Richard Murdoch) and Albert (Graham Moffatt) - a trio of reprobate students - are in danger of expulsion from Oxford for conduct unbecoming.

After due consideration they hatch a cunning plan to save their bacon - the only problem is that it entails convincing the Dean (J.H. Roberts) that Arthur is actually Albert's wealthy Aunt Lucy (Jeanne De Casalis)!

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Based on real-life events that took place in the 1880's when Hereford cattle were first introduced to the American West.

Martha Price (Maureen O'Hara) and her daughter Hilary (Juliet Mills) enlist the help of Sam 'Bulldog' Burnett (James Stewart), a wandering ranch hand, to carry out the dream of Martha's late husband who died en route to America. His dream was to introduce Hereford cattle by transporting a lone bull, Vindicator, to Texas to breed it with longhorn cattle. Martha, Hilary and Sam set out on the road to Texas with the bull, but the trail is fraught with dangers and Sam has to rescue the women from a series of Western-style ambushes and abductions.

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"Promising Young Woman" is a bold new vision that has ignited a debate starring Academy Award Nominee Carey Mulligan as 'Cassie': a wickedly smart but singularly focused woman, who in order to overcome events from her past lives a double life by night. Following an unexpected encounter.

Cassie is given the chance to right the wrongs of the past.

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In the small coastal town of St. Malo, Brittany, the body of a 10-year-old girl is found murdered. Suspicion falls on the dour Rene Sterne (Jacques Gamblin) a once famous painter, now art teacher, who was the last person to see her alive.

His marriage to the buoyant Vivianne (Sandrine Bonnaire), already under strain beneath the weight of gossip and rumour, is further tested when shallow but successful novelist, journalist, and TV host Germain-Roland Desmot (Antoine de Caunes) arrives, a flamboyant ladies' man with a vacation home in St. Malo and an interest in Vivianne. A powerful psychological thriller that puts both the characters and the community under a microscope.

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Katharine Hepburn stars as Lady Cynthia Darrington, a pioneering female aviator. When she meets distinguished - and married - politician Sir Christopher Strong (Colin Clive) at a party, she is immediately drawn to him. Unable to resist each other, they undertake an intense and emotional affair.

But as their passions escalate, so too does the risk of discovery - and if polite society ever learns of their liaison then they could be very badly hurt...

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The Marx Brothers - Chico, Groucho, Harpo and Zeppo - are one of the cornerstones of American comedy. Starting out in vaudeville, they conquered Broadway and the big screen in their own inimitable style, at once innovative, irreverent, anarchic, physical, musical, ludicrous and hilarious.

With the advent of the 'talkies', the Brothers signed to Paramount Pictures and brought their stage act to cinema audiences. They made five films in five years, all of which are collected here: 'The Cocoanats' (1929), 'Animal Crackers' (1930), 'Monkey Business' (1931), 'Horse Feathers' (1932) and one of the greatest comedies of all time, 'Duck Soup' (1933). The Paramount era represents the Marx Brothers at their absolute finest, retaining all of the energy and controlled chaos of their stage shows. Plots are unimportant - it's the gags, set-pieces and one-liners that matter: "Why a duck?", "Hello, I Must Be Going", "Hooray for Captain Spaulding", "That's the bunk!", 'Horse Feathers', "Swordfish" scene and classic mirror sequence in 'Duck Soup'.

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Alfred Hitchcock's movie "The Ring" is a classic 'love triangle' story of a woman trapped between prize fighting suitors.

Jack (Carl Brisson) is at the top of his boxing game, but his newest challenger is more interested by his pretty fiancee than he is to get into the ring with the champ! The ultimate conflict of jealousy ensues!

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Ramon Novarro makes his final appearance as an M-G-M leading man in this sumptuous musical comedy costarring British stage legend Evelyn Laye and featuring the songs of Sigmund Romberg and Oscar Hammerstein II, including the hits 'The Night Is Young' and 'When I Grow Too Old to Dream'.

Advised to sow his royal oats before his arranged marriage to a princess he barely knows, Archduke Paul (Novarro) needs a decoy if hes to continue seeing Countess Zarika (Rosalind Russell), whose family the emperor hates. Engaging ballerina Lisl Gluck (Laye) to act as a front, Paul agrees to produce her boyfriends ballet in exchange for her loyal service. Moving into his villa, Lisl carries out her part of the bargain, while Paul soon discovers that his phony romance may not be as phony as he thinks.

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Joan Greenwood reprises her hit stage performance as a frustrated housewife in the film adaptation of this popular West End farce. Co-starring Nigel Patrick and Derek Farr - and showcasing a memorable early performance from Audrey Hepburn...

Compelled to live together due to the post-war housing shortage, the Pennants and the Bannings just about get along...but add in a brace of babies, a succession of nannies and a shy-but-pretty lodger, and the situation very soon starts to unravel!

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One of the most shocking films of Hollywood's golden age, 'The Sniper' pits Adolphe Menjou (State of the Union) against Arthur Franz (The Caine Mutiny) in a deadly game of cat and mouse.

When misogynist delivery man Eddie goes on a killing spree, murdering women through the sights of his sniper rifle, it falls to detective Frank Kafka to second-guess his motives and put a stop to his rampage. Directed by Edward Dmytryk (Murder, My Sweet), this chilling and controversial film noir is a favourite of Martin Scorsese, and has provided a prototype for films from Magnum Force to Se7en.

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Jane Wyman stars in 'Three Guys Named Mike', a charming romantic comedy in which she has to choose from three suitors called Mike! Jane Wyman brings her considerable charms to the role of Marcy Lewis, a pretty but accident-prone airhostess who has three potential suitors, in Three Guys Named Mike.

Van Johnson plays the role of Mike Lawrence, a science student who is also working on the side as a bartender, who has romantic inclinations for Marcy. However Mike faces competition from two other Mikes Mike Tracy (played by Barry Sullivan) in the role of a wheeler-dealer advertising executive, and then there's Mike Jamieson (Howard Keel), a very handsome airline pilot who is also vying for Marcy's romantic attentions! As Marcy's confidence in her job increases, so her views about men change... which Mike will she finally choose? 'Three Guys Named Mike' is an ageless charming romantic comedy, which never ceases to delight!

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Over 40 years after Sam Peckinpah's classic western was released, missing footage has been located and restored.

The new scenes complete the electrifying depiction of an obsessive Union officer (Charlton Heston) who leads a squad of rebel prisoners, ex-slaves and criminals into Mexico to hunt down a band of murderous Apaches.