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Lying just off the coast of China, the exotic island of Macao is one of the most dangerous and corrupt places in the world. A haven for gamblers, smugglers, fugitives and killers, it's a place where everything - and everyone - has a price.

On a morning like any other morning on Macao, three strangers arrive in port - fugitive drifter Nick Cochran (Robert Mitchum), jaded nightclub singer Julie Benson (Jane Russell) and international salesman Lawrence Trumble (William Bendix). But on Macao no one may be who they say they are. One of the new arrivals is an undercover police officer. Now big time casino owner and racketeer Vincent Halloran (Brad Dexter) must find out who - and fast. He's already killed one cop, a fortune in contraband is missing - and he's beginning to feel the Macao heat...

The biography of British 'Blonde Bombshell', Diana Dors.

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The speakeasy era never roared louder than in this gangland chronicle that packs a wallop under action master Raoul Walsh's direction.

Against a backdrop of newsreel-like montages and narration, it follows the life of jobless war vetran Eddie Bartlett (James Cagney) who turns bootlegger, dealing in 'bottles instead of battles'. Battles await eddie within and without his growing empire. Outside are territorial feuds and gangland bloodlettings. Inside is the treachery of double-dealing associate (Humphrey Bogart). It would be 10 years before Cagney played another gangster (in White Heat), a time in which gangster movies themselves became rare. 'He used to be a big shot'. Panama Smith (Gladys Goerge) says at the finale, marking Bartlett's demise...and signalling the end of Hollywood's focus on the gangster era.

Summer 1939. Influential families in Nazi Germany have sent their daughters to a finishing school in an English seaside town to learn the language and be ambassadors for a future looking National Socialist. A teacher there sees what is coming and is trying to raise the alarm. But the authorities believe he is the problem.

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Former private eye Harry Kilmer (Robert Mitchum) knows a lot about Japan - and the gangsters who keep an iron grip on its gambling, prostitution and protection rackets. He knows there's a right way to approach the brutal underworld.

And he knows there's one thing powerful mobsters respect: greater power.

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"I Was a Spy" tells the true story of Belgian nurse Marthe Cnockaert (Madeline Carroll) who saved the lives of soldiers on both the German and allied side. Marthe was also a spy who risked her life for her country.

In 1915 while Belgium is occupied by the Germans, Marthe Cnockhaert becomes a volunteer nurse at a military hospital in Roulers, treating both German and captured allied soldiers. She becomes a spy for the allies, which leads to a romance with Stephan, a German officer who is the secret leader of the liberation movement. After many daring adventures, Marthe is captured, but the gallant Stephan turns himself in so that she will not be executed. Marthe is imprisoned for the duration of the war, and when she is freed by the allies, she cries with joy as she realizes the good that has come from her and Stephan s sacrifices.

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The neon-drenched, smoke-filled LA of 1941 forms the background for this acclaimed adaptation of Raymond Chandler's novel. Philips Marlowe (Robert Mitchum) has two cases on his books - and they may not be as unconnected as they seem.

Giant-sized Moose Malloy is straight out of jail and looking for Velma, his chorus-line girlfriend. Marlowe takes sympathy on him and agrees to track her down but all he finds is a dead-end. Meanwhile, smooth gigolo Lindsay Marriott is eager to buy back a rare jade necklace from thieves and hires Marlowe as protection during the transaction. Before he knows it, Marlowe finds himself surrounded by murder, intrigue and a secret but deadly connection...

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It's tough driving 1,200 sheep across 400 miles of hostile outback. But for drovers Paddy and Ida Carmody and son Sean, it's the only job there is. Poor in possessions, they're rich in freedom, adventure and love.

Four-time Academy Award winner Fred Zinnemann directs this warmhearted tale of 1920 Australia. Robert Mitchum and Deborah Kerr play Paddy and Ida, a devoted couple suddenly at odds. She and Sean (Michael Anderson Jr.) want a farm of their own. But settling down is more than Paddy's untethered spirit can bear.

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Before Elvis, before Elton John, Madonna and Lady Gaga, there was Liberace (Michael Douglas) - pianist and flamboyant star of stage and television. Synonymous with showmanship and extravagance, he lit up every stage he performed on, gaining millions of fans across the globe.

Feature is the outrageous and gloriously entertaining true story of Liberace and his secret love affair with the young and handsome Scott Thorson (Matt Damon) - an intense rollercoaster ride of hedonistic fun, flamboyance and excess.

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Burgess Meredith (Rocky) plays Ernie Pyle a real life war correspondent to screen legend Robert Mitchum's Lt./Capt Bill Walker an officer leading his men through war torn Europe. Meredith narrates this Pulitzer prize winning story of the G.I. (Shorthand for Government Issue.

) portraying the everyday trials and tribulations of warriors in the field of battle.

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Nick and Nora Charles cordially invite you to bring your own alibi to The Thin Man, the jaunty whodunit that made William Powell and Myrna Loy the champagne elite of sleuthing, Bantering in the boudoir, enjoying walks with beloved dog Asta or matching each other highball for highball and clue for

clue, they combined screwball romance with mystery. The resulting triumph nabbed four Academy Award nominations (including Best Picture) and spawned five sequels. Credit W.S. " Woody" Van Dyke for recognizing that Powell and Loy were ideal together and for getting the studio's okay by promising to shoot this splendid adaptation of Dashiell Hammett's novel in three weeks. He took 12 days. They didn't call him "One-Take Woody" for nothing.

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Deported gangland boss Nick Ferraro has hatched a scheme to re-enter the States and take charge of his crime racket. Dan Milner is a professional gambler who is roughed up by Ferraro's hoods and then offered $50,000 to leave America and head to the remote Mexican resort of Morros Lodge.

En route, Milner bumps into the beautiful Lenore Brent, a nightclub singer and mistress of Hollywood star Mark Cardigan. As Milner settles into the rich playground of Morros Lodge, his every move is watched by Thompson, one of Ferraro's henchmen. Realising that he may be in over his head, Milner decides to make his own enquiries as to the identity of his paymaster. But Nick Ferraro is not the type of man to be investigated...

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Dr. Jeff Cameron (Robert Mitchum) breaks the golden rule when he falls in love with his patient, the beautiful heiress Margot Lannington (Faith Domergue). After a whirlwind romance, he goes to confront her father who seems determined to separate them.

Five minutes later he receives the biggest shock of his life - and Edward Lannington (Claude Rains) lies dead...
Now Jeff and Margot are on the run for murder, with 500 miles of bad road between them and the Mexican border. It's a road with many sudden twists and chilling revelations - as Jeff begins to realise that Margot has more secrets she's keeping from him...

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Set against a backdrop of the dangerous and often brutal days of the early Western pioneers, David Harvey (William Holden) is a widower with a young son, living on an isolated Ohio farm.

David wants his son to be raised the way his wife wanted, with schooling, Bible study and proper manners, so he consults the preacher at a nearby settlement who recommends that a bonded servant Rachel (Loretta Young) would make him a suitable wife. David takes Rachel on to cook and clean for him as a marriage of convenience, and although he treats her well, there is no affection between them, until his smooth-talking friend, Jim Fairways (Robert Mitchum) arrives. When Jim shows an obvious interest in Rachel, David begins to realise that there is a woman in his house.

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"One of Our Aircraft Is Missing" is a dramatic and suspenseful story based on the actual methods by which the Dutch smuggled "crashed" British airmen back to England.

Six such airmen parachute from their crippled plane into a wood and are discovered by children who take them to a farm where the Dutch question them at length before offering to help. They endure many narrow escapes from the Nazis before they reach a sea port. Their attempted journey across the Channel is fraught with many dangers and an unexpected turn of events.