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Three of France's most beloved fictional detectives are on the case in 'Full House' (Brelan d'as), a portmanteau policier from director Henri Verneuil (The Sicilian Clan).

First, Monsieur Wens (Raymond Rouleau), created by Stanislas-André Steeman (Quai des Orfèvres), is puzzled by a case in which the chief suspect seems to have the perfect alibi - he was with Wens at the time of the murder. Secondly, Peter Cheyney's Lemmy Caution (John van Dreelan) becomes entangled with a femme fatale as he tackles a jewel robbery. The final segment focuses on George Simenon's Inspector Maigret, as Michel Simon (L'Atalante) solves a murder from his sickbed with the aid of an altar boy. Verneuil's masterful triple-helping of post-war Gallic noir boasts a screenplay co-written by Jacques Companêez (Casque d'or) and André Tabet (Witness in the City).

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A global byword for cinematic quality of a quintessentially British nature, Ealing Studios made more than 150 films over a three-decade period.

A cherished and significant part of British film history, only selected films from both the Ealing and Associated Talking Pictures strands have previously been made available on home-video format - with some remaining unseen since their original theatrical release. 'The Ealing Studios Rarities Collection' redresses this imbalance. Featuring new transfers from the best available elements, in their correct aspect ratio, this multi-volume collection showcases a range of scarce films from both Basil Dean's and Michael Balcon's tenure as studio head, making them available once more to the general public.

The Secret of the Loch (1934)
An elderly professor seeks to prove the existence of the Loch Ness Monster. His claims meet with hostility, but one reporter decides to test them for himself.
The Loves of Joanna Godden (1947)
Googie Withers stars as a young woman who flouts convention by choosing to run the farm she inherited, and by rejecting the man she is expected to marry...
Birds of Prey (1930)
A former police commissioner becomes the target of a revenge plot by two men he had helped convict years before.
Davy (1957)
A young music-hall entertainer aspires to stardom on his own terms, but faces a dilemma as to whether he should go it alone or stick with his family troupe.

In a sedate Massachusetts suburb circa 1970, unemployed family man and amateur art thief J.B. Mooney (Josh O'Connor) sets out on his first heist. With the museum cased and accomplices recruited, he has an airtight plan. Or so he thinks.

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Factory worker Ryosuke Yoshii (Masaki Suda) quits his job to pursue a new career as an unscrupulous online reseller, becoming increasingly ruthless as he turns a profit from desperate customers.

Eventually, though, those customers have had enough of being ripped off by Yoshii - and go looking for him to exact their revenge.

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Angel is a sensational romantic period drama brought to you by highly acclaimed director, Francois Ozon. In this previously unseen extended edition Romola Garai gives a 'superb performance' as Angel Deverell, a youthful, imaginative writer whose only flaw is her fascination with fantasy and romance.

After she meets her publisher she has a stratospheric rise to fame. But with celebrity comes heartache and it's not long before cracks begin to appear in Angel's fantasy world... Angel learns you can fill your world with romance, but you can't buy true love...

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A British Indian Army colonel is blamed for giving orders that resulted in a massacre of his troops. Dishonourably discharged from the army he returns to London.

His four sons, Rodney, a student at Oxford, Wyatt, a London barrister, Chris, an aviator and playboy, and Geoffrey, an attache at the British Embassy in Washington, rally round to support him. He tells them he is the victim of a conspiracy by an arms syndicate, before he is found dead, apparently having killed himself. John Ford directed this sprawling saga that treks from India to South America, London, Egypt and the USA as the young men seek to uncover the truth about their revered father.

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John Ford's epic story of boiling passions amongst the burning sands, in which twelve battered, fighting men battle it out to the death.

Set during the First World War, a small British Army group is set out on a mission to the Mesopotamian desert but disaster strikes when their commanding officer is shot by an Arab sniper. Unaware of their intended destination, their Sergeant (Victor McLaglen) takes charge and decides to head north to meet up with their brigade. Sheltering at an oasis, they wake up the next morning to discover their lookout dead and their camp surrounded by Arab tribesmen. Left at the mercy of the Arabs and being slowly picked off one-by-one, the men begin to crack under the desert heat and life-or-death situation. As their supplies run low Sanders (Boris Karloff) begins to doubt his sanity but unbeknownst to the soldiers a rescue patrol is only days away...

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Adapted from Nobel Laureate Wladyslaw Reymont's classic 1897 novel, 'The Promised Land' is the story of three friends - one Polish, one German and one Jewish - united in their ruthless pursuit of fortune.

With stunning camerawork and sumptuous design, Wadja depicts the explosive energy of a world being transformed by rampant industrialisation. Often cited as the greatest Polish film ever, this visceral examination of unbridled capitalism remains morally and politically incisive today. Nominated for the Best Foreign Film Oscar and presented here in its original uncut cinema version, Wajda's lavish epic is a Dickensian tale of greed, human cruelty and betrayal.

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In 1917, Lionel (Paul Mescal) a young, talented music student-meets David (Josh O'Connor) at the Boston Conservatory, where they bond over a deep love of folk music.

Years later, Lionel receives a letter from David, leading to an impromptu journey through the backwoods of Maine to collect traditional songs. This unexpected reunion, ensuing love affair, and the music they collect and preserve, will shape the course of Lionel's life far beyond his own awareness.

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Just as 18-year-old Londoner Erin (Claire Foy) sets off to spend summer in Israel with her best friend Eliza (Perdita Weeks), she enearths an old diary belonging to her seriously ill grandfather, Len (Christian Cooke).

Intrigued by the life of this old man she barely knows, she takes the diary with her, and is stunned to learn of his part in the post-WWII British peace-keeping force in what was then Palestine. Left to her own devices when Eliza begins National Service in the Israeli army, Erin witnesses the complexities of life - for both Jews and Arabs - in this troubled land. And as Len's story comes to life from the pages of the diary, Erin discovers the disturbing truths about his time in Palestine and the atrocities he witnessed in the 1940s. Retracing Len's steps in modern-day Israel, Erin sets out on a heart-breaking journey in an effort to understand…

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"Letters from Baghdad" is the story of a true original, Gertrude Bell (voice of Tilda Swinton), sometimes called the "female" Lawrence of Arabia. The film tells the dramatic story of this British spy, explorer and political powerhouse.

Using stunning, never-seen-before footage of the region, the film chronicles her extraordinary journey into both the uncharted Arabian desert and the inner sanctum of British colonial power. The story is told entirely in the words of Gertrude Beil and her contemporaries, excerpted from their intimate letters, private diaries and official documents. It is a unique look at both a remarkable woman and the tangled history of Iraq. The film takes us into a past that is eerily current.

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Anthony Quinn stars as Inuk, an Eskimo whose daily routine is a constant struggle to survive in one of the most hostile and hauntingly beautiful of climates. As Inuk's family grows in number, white trappers with new weaponry begin to encroach on Inuit land.

When the clash of cultures results in the accidental death of a missionary, Inuk must use all his skills to keep one step ahead of the two Mounties determined to bring the killer to justice.

Based on the true story of the Iron Prefect, Cesare Mori (Giuliano Gemma), who was sent to Sicily for an Eliot Ness-The Untouchables style clean up of the mafia. Mori approaches organised crime on the island with uncompromising force even in the face of mass murders designed to scare him off.

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Henri (Jean Gabin) is brought in following a successful stint in the US to head up operations by gang boss Lisky (Marcel Dalio).

Tasked with increasing sales and reforming the drugs distribution network, he unpicks every aspect of the business, but pushers don't want to change and the cops are on his tail. From the creator of Rififi, Auguste Le Breton, and brought to the screen by Henri Decoin (Not Guilty), the influence of American noir is given a French translation as we see the then-nascent drugs trade depicted in remarkable detail. Out of the inky shadows scenery chewing support is given by a rich cast of wonderful character actors including Lino Ventura (Illustrious Corpses), Albert Rémy (The Train) and Magali Noël (Rififi).

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Julie Christie plays the part of 'Darling' in this story of a stylish amoral model. There are three men in her life, each of whom willingly or involuntarily helps her on her way to the top.

Dirk Bogarde plays a TV interviewer, an honest man striving to tell illusion from reality; Laurence Harvey, an advertising executive, totally cynical about manipulating society's values; and Roland Curram, a gay magazine photographer battening parasitically on glossy society. There is also a 'fourth man' - the one whom Darling marries, only to find herself a prisoner of the smart world she has conquered. Although Darling thinks she can exploit society to her own advantage, she ends up exploited - manipulated by men who are, aptly enough, professional image-makers at a time in British life when the image said it all (or so it was thought). And at the centre of it all, incarnating the decade which saw the ascension of the model girl to the status of international idol, Julie Christie gives the sort of indelible performance that made many of her subsequent roles look like Darling's distant cousins or historical ancestors.