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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.

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When Ernest Tilley's (Richard Attenborough) daughter is killed in a hit-and-run, he vows he'll do what it takes to avenge her death. Armed with a homemade bomb he tracks down the killer to an airport and boards the same flight. Once in the air, he threatens to blow up the plane.

As they desperately try to find the bomb the dramatic story of each of the other passengers unfolds. Emotions run high as they confront the reality of their situation. A husband confesses to cheating on his wife. Romance blossoms between two flight attendants. A divorced couple realise that they're still very much in love and a widow admits that she never loved her wealthy husband. Up in the air their fate now lies in their own hands. Can Ernest, a man who has lost everything, be stopped in time?

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Worried when her boss goes missing secretary Fay, (Carol Marsh) seeks the help of society sleuth "The Toff" (John Bentley). The Toff finds a dead body... and is attacked in a hotel during his search for missing boss Draycott (Tony Britton).

Aided throughout by Inspector Grice (Valentine Dyall) and The Toffs wonderfully camp butler (Roddy Hughes).

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'Floodtide' is a romantic drama from 1949 directed by Frederick Wilson, about the son of a Scottish farmer who dreams of a life in the city. Against his father's wishes, David Shields (Gordon Jackson) obtains a job in the shipyards where his flair for design moves him swiftly up the ladder.

This is resented by many of his colleagues, as is his impatience and dislike for performing menial tasks. However, David designs a revolutionary ship which impresses his boss (Jack Lambert), whose daughter (Rona Anderson) he is deeply in love with. Will he succeed in all he wishes to achieve?

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Dark and Brooding 1950s British thriller starring Edward Bnderdown as Inspector Viner of Scotland Yard sent to a sleepy English seaside town in Kent to investigate a brutal double murder, only to fall in love with the killers' next target.

Following the murder of small-time black-marketeer, Mostyn, the shadowy 'Dark Man' (Maxwell Reed) also kills the one person who can identify him; a taxi driver who drove him to Mostyn's farmhoese. After shooting the driver in a secluded wood another eye-witness passes by, budding actress Molly Lester (Natasha Parry). Inspector Jack Viner (Edward Underdown) is assigned to the case and swiftly falls in love with Molly. Meanwhile, the 'Dark Man' continues to shadow Molly. Will Viner catch the 'Dark Man' before he commits his third murder?

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Dulkis: planet of harmony and enlightenment. Home to the peaceful Dulcians. An oasis of calm in the cosmos - and completely defenceless. The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe arrive to find Dulkis enslaved by the cruel Dominators and their deadly robotic servants, the Quarks.

The pacifist Dulcians offer no resistance. Can even the Doctor save a people who are willing collaborators in their own destruction?

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When childhood friends and army comrades Dave Robinson (Bill Rowbotham) and Ted Peters (Richard Attenborough) return home from WWII, they make very different choices for their new civvy lives.

Ted gets an honest job as a taxi driver, and saves for his wedding to childhood sweetheart Joy (Sheila Sim). Dave, however, wants easy cash and soon becomes involved with a gang. When Dave runs into money troubles with the mob boss, a henchman is sent to finish him off. Stumbling from his gun wounds, he seeks shelter in the back of Ted's empty taxi and collapses, lifeless. Suspicions fly as Scotland Yard investigates the murder. The police suspect Dave's underworld connections. The mob suspects that Ted knows their guilt. And Ted himself suspects who the real killer might be...