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Experience Orson Welles' timeless masterpiece, 'Touch of Evil', complete and uncut with restored footage for the first time ever! This exceptional film noir portrait of corruption and morally-compromised obsessions stars Welles as Hank Quinlan, a crooked police chief who frames a Mexican youth as part of an intricate criminal plot. Charlton Heston plays an honorable Mexican narcotics investigator who clashes with the bigoted Quinlan after probing into his dark past. A memorable supporting cast including Janet Leigh as Heston's inquisitive wife, Akim Tamiroff as a seedy underworld leader, Zsa Zsa Gabor and Marlene Dietrich as an enigmatic gypsy complete this fascinating drama engulfed in haunting cinematography and a magnificently eerie score by Henry Mancini. - Director:
- Orson Welles
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- Charlton Heston, Orson Welles, Janet Leigh
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Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman
Hollywood's best-known monsters collide in one of the great classic horror films of the 1940's. This terror-packed story features Bela Lugosi as the Frankenstein monster and Lon Chaney Jnr. as the cursed Wolfman. Beginning as a moody chiller, director Roy William Neill sets the stage for an unforgettable clash. The resurrected Wolf Man, seeking a cure for his malady, enlists the aid of mad scientist Patric Knowles, who claims he will not only rid the Wolf Man of his nocturnal metamorphosis, but will also revive the frozen body of Frankenstein's inhuman creation. - Director:
- Roy William Neill
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- Lon Chaney Jr., Ilona Massey, Patric Knowles
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Zulu (1964)Zulu - Die Schlacht von Rorke's Drift
Zulu is one of the great movies, an epic adventure of courage in the face of incredible odds. Based on a true story it tells the amazing tale of 100 British soldiers who stood fast against an overwhelming force of 4000 of the Zulu nation's mightiest warriors in the defence of Rorkes Drift in 1879. Set amongst the stunning South African scenery, 'Zulu' is a landmark action film and a fitting tribute to some of the most magnificent acts of heroism in the history of warfare. Michael Caine's role as the arrogant but courageous Lt. Bromhead brought him international fame, and there are powerful performances from other great British actors including Stanley Baker and Jack Hawkins. - Director:
- Cy Endfield
- Cast:
- Richard Burton, Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins
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Mogambo (1953)Могамбо
Big game trapper Victor Marswell (Clark Gable) has his hands full when the feisty Eloise Kelly (Ava Gardner) and a couple on safari descend on his company in Kenya...- Director:
- John Ford
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- Clark Gable, Grace Kelly, Ava Gardner
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Set in Marville, a women's internment camp in Nazi-occupied France, 'Two Thousand Women' is the exciting tale of a group of British women from varied backgrounds brought together under extraordinary circumstances. Forced to live together, the women have to put aside their social differences and band together to protect not just themselves, but three survivors from a British bomber shot down over France who bail out and land right in the middle of the camp's grounds. The women POWs swiftly hide the British airmen, but discovery is only ever seconds away and the tension mounting between them is palpable - especially when they discover that a Nazi spy lurks amongst them. When a lustful guard is killed by one of the airmen, a breakout seems the only option... - Director:
- Frank Launder
- Cast:
- Phyllis Calvert, John Snagge, Flora Robson
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Too Late for Tears (1949)Killer Bait
Jane Palmer (Lizabeth Scott) and her husband Alan (Arthur Kennedy) mysteriously have $60,000 literally dropped in their laps. The circumstances seem mighty suspicious to Alan, who wants to turn the money over to the police. But in a materialistic rapture, Jane won't let it go. She doesn't care where it came from, or what danger might ensue - not if it will bring her the luxury she craves. Enter shady Danny Fuller (Duryea, as cocky and menacing as ever), who claims the money belongs to him. Let the games begin! Roy Huggins' snappy script (adapted from his novel) is a complex, breezy and black-hearted homage to James M. Cain and Raymond Chandler. Rapacious housewife Jane Palmer is one of the juiciest female villains in Hollywood history, and Liz Scott's best role ever. - Director:
- Byron Haskin
- Cast:
- Lizabeth Scott, Don Defore, Dan Duryea
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Everybody's Woman (1934)La Signora Di Tutti
With the Nazi terror on the ascent, master filmmaker Max Ophuls fled to Italy in 1934 and made La signora di tutti (Everybody's Lady) - an exuberant, desperate melodrama that, although arriving early in Ophuls' body of work. Isa Miranda, one of Italy's greatest stars, plays the role of a star revisiting her life in flashback after a suicide attempt leaves her comatose. From the record revolving on a turntable in the picture's opening moments, Ophuls sets into motion one of those roundelays with fate that he alone could pull off with such eminent elegance. A precursor to the romantic themes that would culminate in Lola Montes, Ophuls' vertiginous La signora di tutti serves brilliantly as both an empathetic portrait of the femme fatale, and as an elevation of her glacial femininity to the level of sublime fetish. - Director:
- Max Ophüls
- Cast:
- Isa Miranda, Memo Benassi, Tatyana Pavlova
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A sinister and enthralling mystery thriller adapted from the novel by crime and suspense writer Agatha Christie. Starring Hayley Mills as an affluent heiress who marries a mysterious and charming chauffeur. Soon after moving into their dream house strange things begin to happen, culminating in a tragic death. Murderous twists and thrilling turns with a stunning climax set to shock even the most devoted Christie fans. - Director:
- Sidney Gilliat
- Cast:
- Hayley Mills, Hywel Bennett, Britt Ekland
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When the beautiful singer Mavis Marlowe (Constance Dowling) is slain in her chic apartment, the men in her life become suspects. There is Martin Blair (Dan Duryea), her alcoholic musician ex-husband, nursing a broken heart; there is the shady nightclub owner Marko (Peter Lorre) who has been sneaking around her place, and there is Kirk Bennett (John Phillips), the adulterer who found his mistress's dead body and fled the scene. When Bennett is convicted and sentenced to death, his long-suffering wife Catherine (June Vincent) joins forces with the heartbroken pianist Martin Blair to uncover the truth... - Director:
- Roy William Neill
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- Dan Duryea, June Vincent, Peter Lorre
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The Phantom Carriage (1921)Körkarlen
Legend has it that whoever is the last person to die on New Year's Eve will be destined to drive the Phantom Carriage, collecting dead souls for a year. When a drunkard is found at the stroke of midnight, the victim of a vicious fight, he is forced to relive his past to see how he and those around him have been destroyed by his selfish and destructive ways. Directed by pioneering Swedish film-maker Victor Sjostrom, The Phantom Carriage is arguably the most influential and enduring horror film of all time. Powerful acting and groundbreaking trick photography lend it an otherworldly atmosphere not since matched in modern cinema. Cited as being one of Ingmar Bergman's primary inspirations, The Phantom Carriage depicted death as a physical and industrious presence, something later echoed in The Seventh Seal. - Director:
- Victor Sjöström
- Cast:
- Victor Sjöström, Hilda Borgström, Tore Svennberg
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BlacKkKlansman (2018)Black Klansman
From visionary filmmaker Spike Lee comes the incredible true story of an American hero. In the early 1970's, Ron Stallworth (John David Washington) becomes the first African-American detective in the Colorado Springs Police Department. Determined to make a difference, he bravely sets out on a dangerous mission: infiltrate and expose the Ku Klux Klan. He recruits a seasoned colleague, Flip Zimmerman (Adam Driver), into the undercover investigation. Together, they team up to take down the extremist organisation aiming to garner mainstream appeal. 'BlacKkKlansman' offers an unflinching, true-life examination of race relations in 1970's America that is just as relevant in today's tumultuous world. - Director:
- Spike Lee
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- John David Washington, Adam Driver, Laura Harrier
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Captain Flagg (James Cagney) returns from the First World War trenches to the French village of Bar-le-Duc and the arms of his lover Charmaine (Corinne Calvet), intent on having a good time before returning to the front with the next batch of recruits. Little does he know that his new Top Sergeant is Quirt (Dan Dailey), Flagg's arch enemy in love, and sparring partner across the occupied territories. Charmaine soon takes a shine to Quirt and when he and Flagg are called back up to the front, their battle of wits soon becomes a race to get back to Bar-le-Duc and capture Charmaine's heart. - Director:
- John Ford
- Cast:
- James Cagney, Corinne Calvet, Dan Dailey
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The Shape of Water (2017)Cold War Project
From master storyteller, Guillermo del Toro, comes 'The Shape of Water', an otherworldly fairy tale set against the backdrop of Cold War-era America circa 1962. In the hidden, high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa (Sally Hawkins) is trapped in a life of isolation. Elisa's life is changed forever when she and co-worker Zelda (Octavia Spencer) discover a secret classified experiment. - Director:
- Guillermo Del Toro
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- Sally Hawkins, Alison Brooks, Michael Shannon
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Bigger Than Life (1956)One in a Million
One of the greatest American films of the 1950s and a high point in the careers of both the lead actor James Mason and director Nicholas Ray. Mason gives a towering performance as Ed Avery, a happily married schoolteacher who agrees to take a new 'miracle drug' when diagnosed with a potentially fatal disease. It is not long before the drug begins producing malevolent and murderous side-effects that bring to the fore all of Ed's long-repressed frustrations with his life. Mason's support is, exceptional: Barbara Rush as Ed's devoted wife, Christopher Olsen a s his cruelly punished son and Walter Matthau as his faithful colleague. One of cinema's most persuasive portraits of psychological turmoil, the film also succeeds magnificently as searing melodrama and subversive social critique, with Ray, his scriptwriters and cinematographer achieving a perfect balance between emotional realism and exprer;sionist allegory. - Director:
- Nicholas Ray
- Cast:
- James Mason, Barbara Rush, Walter Matthau
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An aging politician tries to get re-elected one last time in the changing world of the 1950's when TV started to play a bigger part in politics. Based loosely on the career of multi-term Boston Mayor James Michael Curley (Spencer Tracy), this film examines the good and evil inherent in politics and all the things that go into an election. Michael's uphill battle to stay in office is set against the political machinery that preyed on ethnic hatred and old-time money. - Director:
- John Ford
- Cast:
- Spencer Tracy, Jeffrey Hunter, Dianne Foster
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