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Debonair David Niven is a nobel scoundrel in this romantic, swashbuckling drama of royal intrigue inside the court of Charles II. Niven plays the Duke of Brampton who, though trusted by Charles, is actually planning to overthrow the shaky Restoration monarch. But, despite careful scheming, the Duke is in for a few surprises: the brainy and vengeful Lady Mary (Ann Blyth) and the infamous highway robber Michael Dermott (Edmund Purdum)- the one many...
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The FBI investigates a German international spy ring in the days leading up to World War II. The story is a brisk connect-the-dots tale that ties German-American Bund operatives (Francis Lederer, George Sanders and Paul Lukas among others) to Berlin. Chief among those connecting the dots: FBI Agent Edward Renard.
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From its seemingly placid opening, it keeps piling one eerie and disquieting detail upon another, creating the rarest of achievements, an utterly believable masterpiece of horror! The classic, havoc-filled take of mind reading and hypnotism will have one completey hypnotized, and shaken to the core! The "monsters" of this film are a band of innocent-faced, platinum blond children, all of whom are born in a small, peaceful village on the same day.
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The manner and cowardice of Albert Lory, a mother-fixated, slovenly school teacher in an unnamed country in Europe, are the subjects of his students' cruel jokes. Yet Lory's true inner courage is brought to light when the Nazis try to bribe him to keep his mouth shut in a court where he is being tried for a murder he did not commit. Instead, in the face of Nazi threats, he stands and delivers an impassioned speech on the preciousness of liberty.
6) Moonfleet
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Eighteenth century smugglers beseige a small English village. A gothic melodrama of smuggling, intrigue and upper class decadence seen through the eyes of an eleven-year-old boy.
7) Ivanhoe
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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 three Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Robert Taylor plays the title role, and Elizabeth Taylor and Joan Fontaine also star in a rousing adaption of Sir Walter Scott's novel. The film's jousting...
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"Ask mother" says the message scrawled in lipstick at a muder scene by an unknown serial killer who preys on women. It's a sensational story - if it bleeds, it leads - and a news conglomerate offers a big promotion to the high-level company exec who solves the case. So begins the wheeling, dealing and backstabbing of the competing media hotshots as they vie to unmask the so-called Lipstick Killer.
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Miscreants beware! The Falcon is on the hunt! Suave, sophisticated, hard-boiled and high-minded, amateur sleuths Gay and Tom Lawrence.
The gay Falcon: "A society sleuth tries to break up an insurance scam"--Www.tcm.com, viewed March 27, 2015.
A date with the Falcon: "The gentleman detective postpones his wedding to find a cache of stolen diamonds"--Www.tcm.com, viewed March 27, 2015.
The Falcon takes over: "A society sleuth and a lady reporter...
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"Love-struck Consuelo Croyden can't trust herself around dashing Tony Barling. So she hires songwriter Terry Trindale, who's just as nuts about her as she is about Tony, to pose as her beau, and step in when Tony's charms make Consuelo forget she's a lady"--Container.