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Tom Murray (Gordon Jackson) and his new bride's wedding day takes a turn for the worse when a mysterious woman arrives uninvited with a startling revelation - she claims to be Tom's wife.

Annette (Lisa Daniely) is a French woman who Tom had a wartime romance with at the end of the Second World War after he was injured near Normandy and she nursed him back to health. It is then that Annette claims the marriage took place, something Tom has no memory of. She is willing to divorce Tom but only with a £10,000 settlement. Blackmailed and with his promising medical career in the balance should the story reach the papers, Tom must hunt down the facts to determine if Annette is really telling the truth.

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Having been told he has only two years to live due to a heart condition Henry Paulson (Charles Victor), a bored bank clerk, makes a decision about his life.

Fed up with his job and feeling unloved by his wife (Phyllis Morris) Henry Paulson hits upon a plan to steal money from the bank and escape to South America to live out his days in a blaze of fun and wealth. Whilst stealing the money however Paulson is discovered by the bank manager who he proceeds to imprison in his own office. On the run Paulson seeks refuge in an Eastbourne hotel but will he escape and rebuild his shattered life?

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When a dead body is fished out of the Thames reporter Michael Billing (Robin Bailey) is assigned to the story. Whilst at first the story seems bland and unimportant Billing soon discovers that the body was that of a high profile Egyptian diplomat.

This leads Billing to the Egyptian Embassy where he is greeted by a receptionist, the late diplomat's fiancée. Overcome with grief, she is replaced by undercover reporter Jenny Drew (Susan Shaw). Jenny quickly uncovers a web of illegal activity and with the help of Inspector Corcoran (Liam Redmond) the two reporters are drawn deeper into the conspiracy. Up against high profile suspects can they crack the case?

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Steve, (Alex Nicol) a US security officer, finds that his brother in London is involved in a racket to smuggle a priceless painting out of the country. Things hot up, a murder is committed and the brothers are caught up in the affair.

They have to fight hard to expose the gang behind the smuggling and murder.

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A series of daring robberies has laken place on Rue des Anges, a quiet street in the town of La Bandelette. Standing by an open window in his study, Sir Maurice Lawes (Wilfred Hyde White) sees a gendarme beaten to death and the killer, who also sees Lawes, escape in a car.

The next evening, the residents hear a shattering scream from Janice Lawes (Petula Clark) when she finds her father murdered. Chief Inspector Caron (Cuido Lorraine) of the French police and private investigator Dermot Kinross (Dan OHerlily) are puzzled as to who would want to kill the kindly Lawes?

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Double bill of classic British crime.

Barbados Quest (1955)

After being conned into buying a forgery of the famous Barbados overprint stamp an avid collector hires private detective Tom Martin (Tom Conway) to track down the source of the forgeries in London. In a race again time and with danger round every corner Martin and his faithful sidekick Barney (Michael Balfour) must solve the case before the body count rises...
I'm a Stranger (1952)
George Westcott (Patric Doonan) arrives in London from India to claim a sizeable inheritance only to discover his grandfather's will is missing. A film star (Greta Gynt), a window cleaner (James Hayter) and a police inspector (Hector Ross) help him defeat the disinherited branch of the family and find the will, but is George all he seems...

Gregory Peck stars as a journalist assigned to write a series of articles on anti-Semitism. Searching for an angle, he finally decides to pose as a Jew - and soon discovers what it is like to be a victim of religious intolerance.

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Directed by Terence Fisher, this 1957 production filmed at Southall Studios tells the story of tough, hard drinking newspaper reporter Crosbie, (Pat O'Brien) who loses his job and his wife after one bender too many...

Learning his son needs an expensive operation, Crosbie goes to ask for his job back only to discover his ex editor has been murdered. How can he save his son? Also stars Lois Maxwell, George Coulouris and Freddie Mills with Tommy Steeles' debut on screen performance.

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Insomniac Peter Watson (Richard Attenborough) lives in a state of perpetual crisis - lodging in a run-down boarding house he becomes ever more manic and unpredictable.

When he hits out at another tenant the police get involved and Watson finds himself trapped in an escalating drama in which the actions of those around him may help him...or harm him.

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Eve (Natasha Parry), Carole (Diana Dors), Georgie (Petula Clarke) and Mary (Jane Hylton) all work in the same local factory. Their only means of escape from the daily grind are the Saturday nights they spend at the Chiswick Palais, dancing to big band jazz.

Eve is just looking for a good time, enjoying the attention from her many male admirers, Carole is searching for a future husband, Georgie dreams of one day dancing professionally, and Mary has seen it all before. Together they share their hopes and aspirations leading up to the biggest event on their calendar, the Chiswick Palais dance contest.

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Lucille (Ursula Howells), the heartless wife of banker Robert Ainsworth (Griffith Jones) is engaged in two extra-marital affairs with penniless artist Clive Franklyn (John Van Eyssen) and married bookmaker John Langford (Philip Gilbert).

Her husband becomes suspicious and begins to follow his wife, ultimately to a rendezvous on a dusky Hampstead Heath. But just as he is about to confront his wife he slips and is apparently knocked unconscious. Later that evening the body of Lucille is found strangled on the Heath and Detective Inspector Marshall (Ewen Solon) is put in charge of the investigation. Robert resists telling the police he had been following his wife and relies on fellow banker Gilbert Morgan (Carl Bernard) to provide him with a bogus alibi while he sets about proving his innocence.

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Investigating the disappearance of an eminent scientist, the Doctor and his companions follow his trail to the London headquarters of International Electromatics, a global supplier of electronic equipment run by the formidable Tobias Vaughan.

Teaming up with the newly-formed United Nations Intelligence Taskforce - UNIT - under the command of Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, it soon becomes apparent that Vaughan is working to his own sinister agenda. As Cybermen invade in cities all over the world, can the Doctor convince Vaughan to help him defeat their plan for global domination?

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When a mail bag full of post that was taken in a robbery is discovered fifteen years later, a Post Office employee and local reporter decide to deliver the letters to their original intended addressees.

This solitary incident has profound ramifications on several of the recipients and this film tells the story of how just five of those letters changed peoples lives forever.

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A most entertaining film showing Britain in the fifties. In this early work with the help of an excellent cast, the director shows his skills in making a fairly simple plot most entertaining.

Laurence Harvey is 'Mag Maguire' a likeable fairground boxer and Maxwell Reed, 'Eddie Racer' a motorbike daredevil rider. The mutual love interest is the lovely Susan Shaw.

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A later collaboration between James Mason and Carol Reed, 'The Man Between' is often considered a companion piece to The Third Man thanks to its atmospheric portrayal of a city struggling to survive in a grim post-war reality of poverty and mistrust The action is transposed to a divided Berlin, and

to the beginning of the Cold War. Unlike the devilish Harry Lime, Mason's world-weary dealer Ivo Kern is ultimately still a decent man, compelled by his love for a naive schoolteacher (Claire Bloom) to make one last misguided trip through the Brandenburg Gate, with potentially tragic consequences.