denry's - Rented List

A young man joins the Auxiliary Fire Service in Blitz-era London. He soon finds himself part of a brave and dedicated team of volunteers who constantly risk their lives in the burning streets of the bomb-battered city...

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Major Bright (Basil Radford) and Captain Early (Naunton Wayne) are two hapless intelligence officers in the British army in post war Germany.

Sent back to England for a spot of leave they fail to notice that their new batman is actually war criminal Otto Fisch (Maurice Denham) and when he vanishes the two officers are quickly demobbed. Back on Civvy Street our two heroes set up a private detective agency, 'Bright and Early'. When they are invited to a weekend country house party for a cricket match they stumble across a robbery plot involving a diamond that Fisch has stolen. Will the two detectives finally catch Fisch and recover the diamond?

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The peaceful village of Dolwyn is known for its friendly folk and its simple ways. But this idyllic retreat in North Wales is about to be thrown into utter turmoil thanks to the arrival of a ruthless water company.

Due to geological difficulties the only way to complete their planned reservoir is to flood the village of Dolwyn. The campaign is lead by an embittered local who has returned from the big city and is intent on destroying the place he once called home. Are the village residents capable of fighting the industrialists and saving their home? Or is this truly the last days of Dolwyn?

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Luigi (Cesar Romero), the owner of a Soho gaming club, falls for Barbara (Kay Kendall), a beautiful socialite whose husband is a compulsive gambler.

As their romance blossoms Luigi finds his former girlfriend murdered - with the evidence pointing in Barbara's direction! Under suspicion and on the run, he must find someone to help him before his luck runs out for good...

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Mike Billings (Vincent Ball) is a journalist working on 'exposures' of Mayfair gambling parties, but so far with little success.

When he manages to infiltrate his first gambling party he's horrified to see his girlfriend Jenny (Betty McDowall) there in the company of notorious gambler Lucky Lewis (Brian Worth). When the party is raided by the police, Jenny leaves with Lucky. Next morning Lucky is found dead and - Jenny admits that she went back to his flat for drinks...

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Paulette Goddard stars as Mrs. Laura Cheveley, the femme fetale plotting to sully the reputation of distinguished politician Robert Chiltern (Hugh Williams) to spite his wife, Lady Chiltern (Diana Wynyard). Holding secret information that Chiltern's reputation and wealth was founded illicitly, Mrs.

Cheveley blackmails him into a fraudulent scheme to build a canal in Argentina for her own personal gains. Powerless to object, Chiltern agrees, putting at risk both his prestigious reputation and his standing as an 'ideal husband'.

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After being jilted by his fiance, Arthur Pilbeam wants a job where he won't encounter women. He is sent to a lighthouse on a remote Scottish island which is being run as a meteorological station and he is to be the only inhabitant. However, Jane, a young girl, has stowed-away on his boat.

She is looking for her uncle on the neighbouring island. Then model Bobbie turns up - her boat has been torpedoed. With the arrival of another boat load of survivors, bringing the total occupancy of the island up to 13, things are getting a little crowded. That's when they all start to disappear, one by one...

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Simon Gale (Dennis Price) returns from Uganda to find his cousin, Margaret (Pamela Alan), has been convicted of poisoning her husband, and her execution is only seven days away.

Refusing to believe in her guilt, Simon and Margaret's stepdaughter Jill (Rona Anderson) set out to find the real killer, questioning everyone remotely connected with the dead man. As far as Simon is concerned, everyone is a suspect, and when the man who had promised him vital information is found poisoned, he believes he has solved the mystery...

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Douglas Baines (Lyndon Brook), a wartime army deserter, is lying low in a shabby flat with his girlfriend Daisy (Jane Hylton) and the couple's small son, Jiffy. Returning home with a toy for Jiffy's second birthday, he learns that Daisy has had the boy adopted.

When she refuses to tell him where the boy is, he strangles Daisy and goes on the run...

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Behind 'the net', the wire fencing surrounding the top secret British research establishment Port Amberly, researchers have produced a new weapon that could change the balance of power of the Cold War.

Led by Professor Heathley (James Donald) an experimental supersonic jet aircraft code named M7 has been developed. All that remains is to test fly the prototype, and whilst Heathley wants to undertake testing himself his wife (Phyliis Calvert) and his boss believe it is too dangerous. The risks are increased by the presence of foreign agents who are trying to sabotage Heathley's work. Will they succeed or will Britain and her allies gain a crucial advantage in the Cold War?

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Newly docked in Marseille, Larry Ellis (Michael Craig) a suave merchant sailor, bears a striking resemblance to Steve Chancellor a renowned counterfeiter recently killed in a car crash.

In an effort to expose a gang of ruthless French crooks, the CIA recruit Ellis to pose as the deceased Chancellor and infiltrate the counterfeiters gang. During his quest Ellis encounters Chancellors girlfriend, cabaret singer Diane Gilbert (Julia Arnall) and quickly discovers the gang are planning to flood Britain with forged currency. However Ellis falls under suspicion as a double crosser as he struggles to get to the truth and unmask the ring leaders until the climatic finale!!

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For wealthy society lady Gloria Peabody (Esther Howard), life is one long round of glamorous parties.

She has no idea that someone in her entourage has been stealing her jewels and replacing them with cheap fakes! Her beautiful young secretary Joan (Rita Corday) suspects something is wrong - and enlists the help of the Falcon (Tom Conway) to uncover the thief. As the Falcon and his sidekick Goldie (Vince Barnett) investigate, there is a sudden and brutal murder. Is it connected to the jewel thief - or has the Falcon stumbled across an altogether different - and deadly - criminal with a passion for killing?

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Four men who last met in battle during the Allied invasion of Italy in 1943 are summoned to Foxgrove Manor, to hear a message recorded by their wartime commanding officer, Colonel Bacon (Anthony Bushell), shortly before his death.

He appeals to them to form a quartet dedicated to fighting injustice and the abuse of power, and has bequeathed a large sum of money for that purpose. London MP and amateur sleuth Ben Manfred (Jack Hawkins), American reporter Tim Collier (Dan Dailey), New York lawyer Jeff Ryder (Richard Conte) and Italian hotelier Ricco Poccari (Vittorio De Sica) agree to carry out the Colonel's dying wish, and their epic mission takes the 'Four Just Men' across Europe and beyond.

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Throughout the 1930's Jessie Matthews was Britain's best-loved musical film star, her dynamism and gamine charm captivating audiences on both sides of the Atlantic in a string of box-office hits.

Showcasing her unique talent and captivating charm, it is easy to see how she became so popular - and why she remains so to this day. 'Showcasing' some the era's finest cinema talent including director Victor Saville, writer Sidney Gilliat, and comedy star (and Matthews' husband) Sonnie Hale - the two films on this volume are presented...

Friday the Thirteenth (1933)
Six very different people are involved in a fatal omnibus accident; which two were killed on this unluckiest of days is eventually revealed in a compelling blend of humour and pathos.
First a Girl (1935)
A messenger girl and would-be entertainer whose big break arrives when she stands in for a drag artiste stricken with laryngitis...and finds life can get very complicated for a girl impersonating a boy impersonating a girl!

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With the ending of the Spanish Civil War, a dispirited band of volunteers from the International Brigades seeks refuge in France. But on reaching the frontier the band is disarmed, and all are detained as political prisoners.

Then come instructions from Vichy that all fit prisoners are to be sent to Morocco to work on the Sahara railway for the Germans. However, one man manages to escape to London with vital information for the Allies...