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"Manhunt" is a captivating mini series based on the true story of a murder investigation that kept the people of Britain gripped - and defined a detective's career. Starring Martin Clunes (Doc Martin) as DCI Colin Sutton, the story begins in August 2004 when a young woman's body is found.

Sutton is appointed senior investigating officer but initially struggles: there's no forensics, motive or witnesses. Painstaking detective work finally delivers a suspect - Levi Bellfield (Celyn Jones), but now the hunt is on for enough evidence to arrest him and make sure he's found guilty at trial. 'Manhunt' follows the compelling story of how DCI Sutton charged one of Britain's most notorious killers with two murders, as well as an attempted murder, whilst also impelling Surrey police to consider Bellfield as prime suspect in the high-profile murder of Milly Dowler.

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Christmas 1954. Wealthy philanthropist Rachel Argyll (Anna Chancellor) is murdered at her family estate Sunny Point. Her adopted son Jack Argyll (Anthony Boyle), a young delinquent, is arrested for her murder. He vehemently protests his innocence. Eighteen months later, Dr.

Arthur Calgary (Luke Treadaway), a mysterious scientist, walks onto the velvety lawns of Sunny Point claiming to have just returned from an expedition to the Arctic. Even more extraordinary is his claim to hold the alibi that can prove Jack's innocence. But Jack died in prison before the case could come to trial, and the Argyll family is reluctant to dig up the secrets of the past. Rachel's widower Leo (Bill Nighy) is about to marry his secretary Gwenda (Alice Eve) and none of Rachel's other adopted children Mary (Eleanor Tomlinson), Mickey (Christian Cooke), Tina (Crystal Clarke) or Hester (Ella Purnell), nor longstanding housekeeper Kirsten (Morven Christie), is willing to reopen that most horrendous chapter of their lives. However, the shattering implications of Calgary's story are too big to avoid; if he is telling the truth then the wrong person was arrested for Rachel's murder. And if Jack is innocent, then it must have been somebody else at Sunny Point. Somebody still out there....

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One of the most popular movie musicals ever made, 'Funny Girl' follows the early career of stage comedienne Fanny Brice - a role that earned Barbra Streisand the 1968 Oscar for Best Actress. As the film opens, only her mother believes Fanny can make it in show business.

When she gets her first break at Keeney's Music Hall, her hilarious debut as a roller-skating chorus girl gets her hired as a comedienne. A year later Fanny is working for Florenz Ziegfeld in his famous Follies and brings down the house with an outrageous and unplanned number. Fanny becomes a star, falls in love and marries Nick Arnstein (Omar Sharif), a handsome gambler whose luck doesn't hold up. The film's many memorable songs include 'Don't Rain on My Parade' and the Streisand classic 'People'.

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The Step Brothers are reunited - this time playing the world's greatest detective and his loyal sidekick and biographer - as Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly star as Holmes and Watson. Together, they join forces to solve a murder at Buckingham Palace.

They soon realize that they only have 5760 minutes to solve the case, or the Queen will be next.

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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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After witnessing a mob hit, Frank Johnson (Ross Elliott) goes on the run, fearing for his life. Inspector Ferris (Robert Keith) and Detective Shaw (Frank Jenks) are suspicious when they interview his uncooperative and seemingly uncaring wife, Eleanor (Ann Sheridan).

But when Eleanor is approached by tabloid reporter Danny Leggatt (Dennis O'Keefe) offering to help find her husband, it appears Leggatt is not all he seems! The riveting twists and turns, together with the acerbic wit and charisma of the leading lady, keeps this thriller bubbling along as we head for a dramatic final showdown.

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Widely considered to be one of Britain's greatest filmmakers, Humphrey Jennings has long been celebrated as the director of works which beautifully capture the everyday heroism in times of war and peace.

This, the first of three volumes which collect together Jennings entire output, gathers 14 films from 1934 1940 and provides a fascinating insight into his early days as a filmmaker learning and developing his craft. It features the critically acclaimed Spare time and the rousing London Can Take It!, as well as some previously neglected works and alternative versions, many of which are made available for the first time since their original release.

Documentary Films Comprise:
- Post Haste (1934)
- Locomotives (1934)
- The Story of the Wheel (1934)
- Farewell Topsails (1937)
- Penny Journey (1938)
- Speaking from America (1938)
- The Farm (1938)
- Making Fashion (1938)
- Spare Time (1939)
- S.S. Ionian (1939)
- The First Days (1939)
- Spring Offensive (1940)
- Welfare of the Workers (1940)
- London Can Take It! (1940)

Jennifer Lawrence is Dominika, a former ballerina forced to enter Sparrow School, a secret government program that thrusts her into a treacherous espionage game between Russia and the CIA. She emerges trained as a lethal agent, but is trapped in a world she desperately wants to escape.

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Regarded by many to be the best incarnation of the Baker Street sleuth, Douglas Wilmer gives a career-defining performance in this celebrated BBC series.

The first story, 'The Speckled Band', was originally produced as part of the BBC drama strand 'Detective', but an entire series based on the works of Arthur Conan Doyle soon followed. Holmes' loyal companion, Dr. John Watson, is brilliantly played by the great Nigel Stock, while guest stars include the likes of Peter Wyngarde (Department S, The Innocents) and PatrickTroughton (Doctor Who).

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Hans (Lewis Kirk) was a grade A student, but now he is an SS officer stationed at the infamous Auschwitz Birkenau concentration camp. Charged by his superior officer with building a new, efficient gas chamber Hans slowly starts to realize the atrocity of what he is constructing.

When he befriends one of the intended victims little does he know that she has a secret that could change his life forever. 'The Guard of Auschwitz' is a harrowing story of the human spirit's ability to survive even the most horrific of situations.

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When Richard Logan, the partner in a safe making firm is found unconscious on an old deserted bomb site, he finds that he has no recollection of the last three weeks.

Then he discovers that the private detective, hired by his wife, has been found murdered, and a safe that his firm installed in a large country house has been cleverly opened and the contents missing. So with the help of his wife, he sets to uncover the truth.

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The letter of the title is written with a poisonous pen: the three women (portrayed by Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, and Ann Sothern) receive a note stating that one of their husbands has run off with a woman named Addie Ross - which husband in particular, however, remains unmentioned, though each

husband had their own affinity for Ross. And so amid the women's mounting anxiety commences a series of flashbacks, each telling the story of how the three individual marriages had come in their own way to be so strained at the present...

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Pretty Anne Fielding (Dulcie Gray) has her pick of men. There's her boyfriend, the sophisticated Victor (Eric Portman), and now there's Jack... He's the humble bus conductor who comes to her rescue after the bus stalls and delays her journey by an hour.

She was on her way to meet Victor at the Hampstead Heath fairground and Jack gallantly escorts her there. Sparks fly between the pair as they share ice cream and enjoy the fair while keeping an eye out for Victor. When they finally reunite, Anne and Victor head for home at the same time a young woman is found dead on the Heath. She appears to be the latest victim of The Strangler', a notorious serial killer who has already struck five times before. With Jack seen storming away from the scene and Victor's handkerchief found near the body, the police seize both men to appear in the lineup of potential suspects. A crazed game of cat and mouse ensues and Anne soon finds herself in serious danger. The police are up against time in this race to draw the threads together - but in the end, which neck will they close around? Will the police get their killer before he gets Anne?

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Odeon Entertainment is proud to release some of the forgotten classics from the Golden Age of British Cinema. Double bill of British crime dramas.

The Painted Smile (1962)

After a drunken night out with the boys, Tom (Tony Wickert) takes the voluptuous Jo (Liz Fraser) back to her place. But as they enter her bedroom Jo discovers that her boyfriend has been stabbed to death and threatens to accuse Tom of the stabbing unless he helps dispose of the body. After arriving home the next morning and remembering very little, Tom learns that he is wanted for murder by the police. In order to prove his innocence, Tom has to stay one step ahead of the police in a race against time to discover the true identity of the killer.
Rag Doll (1961)
Pop star turned actor Jess Conrad plays singing crook Jo Shane who attracts the eye of naive runaway Carol (Christina Gregg) in this film slice of delinquent crime nostalgia. When Carol falls in love with Jo, he uses his charm to turn her against her new-found keeper Wilson (Kenneth Griffith). But when he tries to break into Wilson's home the robbery goes tragically wrong...

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Set in 1946, this engrossing drama follows Rachael Morgan (Keira Knightley), a British woman whose colonel husband (Jason Clarke) is charged with rebuilding war-ravaged Hamburg.

When she joins him there during the bitter winter months, she learns they will be sharing their home with a German widower (Alexander Skarsgard) and his troubled daughter. Before long, the unusual arrangement intensifies political divides and stirs deep personal wounds. In this increasingly charged environment, enmity and grief give way to unexpected passion and betrayal.