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Burma, 1942. Captain Langford (Stanley Baker) leads the remnants of his unit through the steaming jungle swamps, pursued by Japanese soldiers. Langford and his men secure a small village and discover a map which Langford believes holds crucial information about Japanese troop movements.

He is prepared to murder a Burmese informer and innocent villagers to unlock the map's secrets. The tables are turned when Langford is captured by the similarly ruthless Major Yamazaki (Philip Ahn). He reminds the Captain that in total war, honour is the first casualty...

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Collection of four 1930s British dramas.

The Lash (1934)

Hearty morality tale about a self-made millionaire (Lyn Harding) and the weakling son (John Mills) who lets him down at every turn. Even jumping a ship bound for Australia to return to England and continue an affair with a married woman (Joan Maude). Finally the millionaire gives his son a savage beating with a stockman's whip. But has either learnt anything? Only time will tell.
Big Ben Calling (1935)
Hughie Green Comedy Musical in which a Radio shop proprietor, a songwriter and a cafe proprietress start a pirate radio station to help save themselves from financial disaster. They lead the police a merry dance until their secret location is uncovered.
Flood Tide (1934)
A shot on location story of life on the Thames Estuary in the 1930's. After doubts all round Ted (Leslie Hatton), son of a lock keeper, decides he does want to marry Betty (Janice Adair), daughter of a bargee, while the bargee, Bill (George Carney) is more worried about how to win the cup at the Bargee's Regatta.
The Captain's Table (1936)
On a transatlantic cruise ship, a musicians wife is found strangled. Suspects are plentiful, but, with the help of one of them, a detective who poses as a steward, the ship's captain (Percy Marmont) finally discovers the killer. Lively pocket crime drama that moves quickly and makes one wonder why Marmont directed so little.

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Criminal Matt Kirk (Aldo Ray) makes a daring escape on his way to prison with the help of his gang. When their boat's propeller becomes fouled they drift ashore on the tiny island of Pinchgut and take the island's caretaker and his family hostage.

With their cover soon blown, the island is surrounded by armed police and a state of siege ensues.

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Jim Bronton (Leslie Banks) is an insurance agent who helps his clients maximise their fire insurance claims. When Bronton gets a tip off that the Sonners warehouse is ablaze he quickly gets to the scene and recovers the company's books from the burning building.

When Bronton realises Sonners (George Merritt) has committed arson he blackmails Sonners into letting him represent his case Bronton makes a killing on the claim. Bronton's dubious activities however bring his business to the attention of the Lloyds insurance brokers who he continues to outsmart. When he marries the daughter of a Lloyds broker with expensive tastes he is forced to consider a dangerous proposal that could end in tragedy.

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A former cabaret player who later became a household name, gap-toothed cad and 'absolute shower' Terry Thomas firmly established himself as one of Britain's best-loved comedians.

Films Include:
- School For Scoundrels
- Private's Progress
- Make Mine Mink

- Too Many Crooks
- The Naked Truth
- Brothers In Law

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Barbara Vining (Glynis Johns) is an impressionable teenage schoolgirl who has her first crush on her handsome Latin teacher Stephen Barlow (Leo Genn). Barlow meanwhile is married to a beautiful but insecure American Kay (Gene Tierney).

When Barbara disappears after a late night tutoring session at the Barlow home suspicion abounds. The pressure builds on Barlow as the Police launch an investigation and he is forced to step down from his post as teacher. The strength of Barlow's marriage is tested to the full as are the inter-relationships within the Vining family. Will Barbara be found and how will the respective families cope with the highly charged outcome?

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Desius Heiss (Oscar Homolka) is the French-born owner of an antique shop on Sly Corner who bears a grudge against society. His imprisonment and torture on Devil's Island has left him with scars down his back from repeated whippings.

With little care for the authorities, Heiss has allowed his shop to become a centre of criminal activity and enjoys a secret career as a receiver of stolen goods. His daughter, Margaret (Muriel Pavlow) is a violin virtuoso and knows nothing of her father's criminal activities. But when the antique shop's assistant, Archie Fellowes (Kenneth Griffith), discovers the illicit trade in stolen goods, he threatens to blackmail Heiss. Desperate to keep his criminal activities a secret from his daughter, Heiss decides to silence the blackmailer. But when Inspector Robson (Johnnie Schofield) takes a close interest in the Shop at Sly Corner, Heiss must stay one step ahead of the police if he values his neck.

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A married newspaper editor, Paul Pearson (Patrick Holt), is having an affair with Diana (Naomi Chance), a female reporter. Pearson has been using an old army friend, Bill Forrest (Bryan Coleman), as an alibi, telling his wife (Honor Blackman) that he is with Forrest while he really visits Diana.

When Pearson decides to end the affair he asks Forrest to cover for him one more time but when on the same night Forrest is murdered suspicion naturally falls on Pearson, and his web of deceit begins to unravel!

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The Topham family live a blissfully happy life together in the lovely market town of Dunmow in deepest Essex. Recently married Basil Topham (David Tomlinson) and his beautiful wife Julie (Petula Clark) are patiently waiting for their house to be built by local builders.

Until then, they are forced to live with Basil s parents and eccentric grandfather (A.E Matthews). Basil and Julie have been entered into the Dunmow Flitch, a competition for the happiest married couple and all seems idyllic with our newly-weds. That is until a beautiful maid Marta (Sonja Zieman) arrives from Hungary to run the Topham family home and inadvertently throws everything into chaos!!

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Terry Milligan (Peter Reynolds) is a greedy small time crook who fences through another local villain Bernie Shelton (Sydney Tafler). Shelton has plans for a violent bank robbery and Milligan wants 'in' Milligan joins the gang as a getaway driver but the job does not go to plan.

With the Police closing in Milligan seeks solace with local 'tart' Della (Sandra Dome) but will greed get the better of them both?

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Two brothers, Johnny (Patric Doonan) and Ted (Bryan Forbes) work in their disabled father's garage. Johnny is the hard-working brother and takes time to care for his father while Ted is a drunk and a womaniser.

The two brothers have a strained relationship which deteriorates further when Ted introduces his girlfriend, night club singer Lucky (Sandra Dorne) to Johnny. Family life becomes more complicated when police search for the unknown killer of a man in a dance hall fight, and then by a bookie pressuring Ted to pay his gambling debts.

Wealthy Frederick Loren and his wife invite five people to spend a night in a haunted house. Whoever manages the feat will receive $10,000, but collecting the money isn't as easy as it seems...

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When an unexploded WWII bomb is unexpectedly detonated in Pimlico, it reveals a buried cellar full of treasures, including an ancient document proving that the area is in fact part of Burgundy, France and thus foreign territory.

In an attempt to regain control, the British Government set up borders and cut off all services to the area, but the 'Burgundians' are determined to fight back!

Robert Beatty stars in this 1953 Nettlefold production. A hit and run victim is operated on by Dr Fenton, (Beatty) but the patient is later murdered and the good doctor is under suspicion. Gang moll 'Della' (Elizabeth Sellars) a member of the drug ring falls for the doctor and attempts to save him.

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David Niven plays Charles 'Copper' Carrington, a British Army Major and war hero promoted to higher rank during peacetime. Compelled to use his own money for his expense account, he finds himself owed a substantial amount by the War Office, who are somewhat slow in paying up...

Carrington becomes convinced that he will never see his money again and so, witnessing himself descend into serious financial problems, he is forced to take drastic action.