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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.

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An immensely popular British crime film, Basil Dearden's 'The Blue Lamp' was scripted by ex-policeman T.E.B Clark, the writer who arguably did the most to define Ealing Studio's post-war identity.

The film marked the first appearance of the character of Jack Warner (Jack Warner) - later to be immortalized in 'Dixon of Dock Green'. The story follows two London policemen whose daily routine is interrupted by a botched robbery and subsequent murder hunt.

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The Rainbow Jacket tells the story of a shamed jockey who is banned from racing after taking a bribe. Undeterred by his misfortune he takes on a young protégé and decides to train him up as the next champion.

But as financial ruin rears its ugly head will they give in to corruption or finally beat the odds?

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Heroine Blanche Fury (Valerie Hobson) is an impoverished governess who marries into wealth and sets herself up as the mistress of a vast estate. Enter Heathcliffe-like stable boy Philip Thorn (Stewart Granger), who intends to run the estate and eventually claim Blanche as his own.

After a torrid, bodice-ripping romance between Blanche and Philip, the story segues into a no-names-please reenactment of the infamous 19th-century 'Rush Murder'.

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This dark melodrama based on the John Patrick story, Love Lies Bleeding, stars Barbara Stanwyck as the wonderfully wicked Martha Ivers, a wealthy and domineering woman who controls a small town after inheriting a large family fortune.

She lives with her weakling husband, a district attorney running for mayor, played by Kirk Douglas in his feature film debut - a role that's an unusual departure from his later work. What no one in the town knows, however, is that Stanwyck and Douglas are bound by a dark secret involving murder. gripping and suspenseful, this film noir also stars Van Heflin as Martha's old love who returns to town after an 18-tear absence, whom Douglas thinks is there for one reason: blackmail.

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Miles Ravencourt (Laurence Harvey) is an amoral aristocrat who needs to pay off his gambling debt and plans to carry out the robbery of a mail van.

So he enlists the help of 3 troubled men, all equally desperate for money: American ex-GI Joe (Richard Basehart) who hopes to use his share of the haul to bring his British wife to the US professional boxer Mike (Stanley Baker) who finds himself unable to work in his chosen profession when his hand is broken, while his life savings are stolen by his disreputable brother in law and American airman Eddie (John Ireland) has left his wife upon discovering that she is unfaithful.

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A sunny day, a quiet road, rural France: the genre defying scene is set for unsettling, atmospheric terror...Young English nurses Jane (Pamela Franklin) and Cathy (Michele Dotrice) are on a cycling holiday, unaware that another tourist girl was brutally slain in the same region two years earlier.

They happen upon a mysterious man, Paul (Sandor Eles), who seems interested in them. Cathy is intrigued by the man, but suspicious Jane wants to continue on the journey. The two split apart after arguing the point, but, when Jane returns to the village where they're staying, her friend is nowhere to be found. Frantic, she searches for Cathy. Will she find her in time?

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The story of 'Diamond City' takes place in the South African diamond fields during the latter half of the 19th Century and indeed much of the filming took place on the actual land where the events actually took place.

Stafford Parker (David Farrar) is a self appointed peace-keeper in Hopetown, nearest settlement to the diamond fields. It is 1870, and when news spreads of a big find Stafford Parker hurries off to see the old chief, in whose land the find was made. Stafford asks the old chief (Norris Smith) to grant him the concession to work the new diamond fields as the sole agent. Whilst they are talking, the old man's nephew arrives with a counter proposal from his employer, the unscrupulous rum-dealer and illicit diamond buyer, Muller (Niall McGinnis). Stafford gets the concession but has to convince Muller to accept his authority in a fist fight. Muller appears to agree to Stafford registering the claims and administering the town, however he continues to plot and scheme. When...

John Mills stars as the young, illegitimate son of a naval officer who heroically and singlehandedly plots the destruction of a German Warship in World War One

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Henry St. James believes he has the perfect set up. As the captain of an international ferry going between Gibraltar and Morocco, his job is pleasant and easy. His life could even be described as boring but for one fact: he's managing two lives - and women - on either end of the ferry line.

When he ports in Gibraltar, his wife Maud has dinner ready for him at their cosy home. When in Morocco, he enjoys dining out and dancing the bolero with fiery sexpot wife Nita. Things of course can't be this good for too long and soon this carefree captain's paradise starts to unravel as the women want to break out of their assigned roles.