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House of Secrets (1956)Triple Deception
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!! - Director:
- Guy Green
- Cast:
- Michael Craig, Anton Diffring, Gérard Oury
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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? - Director:
- Ray McCarey
- Cast:
- Tom Conway, Rita Corday, Vince Barnett
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The 4 Just Men: Series (1960)The Four Just Men
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. - Director:
- Don Chaffey
- Cast:
- Richard Conte, Dan Dailey, Jack Hawkins
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The Jessie Matthews Revue: Vol.1 (1935)The Jessie Matthews Revue: Friday the Thirteenth / First a Girl
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!- Director:
- Victor Saville
- Cast:
- Jessie Matthews, Sonnie Hale, Muriel Aked
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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... - Director:
- Mutz Greenbaum
- Cast:
- Anton Walbrook, Margaretta Scott, Mary Morris
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Masters of Venus (1962)Children's Film Foundation: Masters of Venus
As the rocketship Astarte is being prepared for its inaugural trip to Venus, a mysterious pair of saboteurs appear hell-bent on thwarting its mission. Pat (Mandy Coxell) 'and Jim (Robin Stewart), the children of the Astarte's designer, Dr Bailantyne (Norman Wooland), stumble upon this plot, and accidently find themselves launched into space with the ship's two-man crew. Upon landing on Venus the Astarte's crew encounter a race of beings descended from the survivors of the lost city of Atlantis. But how will they be received by their hosts? And will they ever make'it back to Earth? Join us on, this thrilling journey to find out... - Director:
- Ernest Morris
- Cast:
- Norman Wooland, Mandy Harper, Robin Stewart
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Recently orphaned Mary Yellan (Maureen O'Hara in her first major film role) arrives at Jamaica Inn from Ireland to live with her aunt. Unaware that it serves as the headquarters for a murderous gang responsible for shipwrecks along the Cornish coast, she soon finds herself embroiled in backstabbing, conspiracy and villainy presided over by the local squire, Sir Humphrey Pengallan (Charles Laughton). - Director:
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Cast:
- Maureen O'Hara, Robert Newton, Charles Laughton
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Farewell Again (1937)Troopship
Starring Flora Robson and Leslie Banks - and featuring an early performance from Robert Newton - 'Farewell Again' joins a regiment of the 23rd Royal Lancers on the happy occasion of a long-awaited reunion with loved ones back in Southampton - and charts the consequences of an unexpected order which sees them forced to return to duty in the Near East just hours later. By turns humorous, poignant and dramatic, this exceptionally popular film was made with the assistance of the War Office... - Director:
- Tim Whelan
- Cast:
- Leslie Banks, Flora Robson, Sebastian Shaw
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When she has a fight, with her husband, Lucy (Muriel Pavlow) runs out of the house, and into a night of terror. She heads for the local cinema, and in doing so, becomes the only eyewitness to a couple of crooks, who are robbing the cinema's safe. In her haste to escape the thieves, she is knocked down by a passing bus, and is taken to the local hospital. The two crooks follow, and wait for a chance to finish her off, and thus eliminate the only person who can tie them to the robbery. - Director:
- Muriel Box
- Cast:
- Donald Sinden, Muriel Pavlow, Belinda Lee
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The house of the Seven Gables has a bloody history, dating back to when Colonel Pyncheon falsely accused a poor carpenter, Matthew Maule, of witchcraft. After Maule is hanged, Colonel Pycnheon usurps his land and builds the luxurious Pyncheon home on it. But with his dying breath Maule has laid a curse on all who live at Seven Gables, and when the Colonel dies shortly afterwards, the Pyncheon family is condemned to live in the shadow of the 'Maule Curse'. - Director:
- Joe May
- Cast:
- George Sanders, Margaret Lindsay, Vincent Price
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A global byword for cinematic quality of a quintessentially British nature, 'Ealing Studios' made more than 150 films over a three decade period. A cherished and significant part of British film history, only selected films from both the Ealing and Associated Talking Pictures strands have previously been made available on home video format - with some remaining unseen since their original theatrical release. The Ealing Rarities Collection redresses this imbalance - featuring new transfers from the best available elements, in their correct aspect ratio, this multi-volume collection showcases a range of scarce films from both Basil Dean's and Michael Balcon's tenure as studio head, making them available once more to the general public.
Meet Mr. Lucifer (1953)
Knocked unconscious while playing the Devil, an actor finds himself somewhere considerably hotter - where his host has something to say about television...
Cheer Boys Cheer (1939)
Ironside, an inferior brewer, enlists his son John in a ruse to acquire venerable rival Greenleaf's; but a romance between John and Greenleaf's lovely daughter intervenes.
Whom the Gods Love (1936)
The story of Mozart and his wife Constance, set against a background of court intrigue and professional jealousy, with music conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham.
A Honeymoon Adventure (1931)
An exciting tale of international crooks and stolen plans, in which an inventor is kidnapped by foreign agents whilst honeymooning in Scotland.- Director:
- Arnold Ridley
- Cast:
- Stanley Holloway, Geoffrey Keen, Peggy Cummins
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Dr. Bob Murray (Robert Urquhart) and his wife Ginny (Zena Walker) move into an old country house where Bob is to assist the local GP. In the days that follow, Ginny has strange visions that can only be explained as extra-sensory perception - and a with it comes a strong belief that her life is in mortal danger... - Director:
- Terry Bishop
- Cast:
- Zena Walker, Robert Urquhart, Lisa Daniely
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Valley of Eagles (1951)Valley of the Eagles
Nils Ahlen (John McCallum), a Swedish scientist, discovers a sensational method to transform the impulse of sound into electrical power. The industrial and war potential of his discovery is enormous. His wife Helga (Mary Laura Wood) disappears with his young assistant, Sven Nystrom (Anthony Dawson) and secret parts of his invention are stolen. The Police Inspector (Jack Warner) and his force soon discover the escape route taken by the fugitives - towards the Northern frontiers. Leaving the roads and marks of man-made civilisation, both parties take to the desolate, bitter and trackless wastes where Lapp tribes and their reindeer herds eek out a precarious living. Eventually the forces of the sub-arctic tell in favours of the hunters who, in a breathtaking climax, gain their quarry. - Director:
- Terence Young
- Cast:
- Jack Warner, Nadia Gray, John McCallum
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"Hope Street", the feel-good police drama set in Northern Ireland, returns for a new series. The story picks up six months after the car crash at the end of season one. Following his brush with death, Inspector Finn O'Hare (Ciarán McMenamin) is a haunted man, but he's in fierce denial that anything's wrong with him. The police officers are joined by a new detective, Al Quinn (Stephen Hagan), who is a laid-back breath of fresh air - until his wilful daughter turns up and plunges him into a moral and ethical dilemma. As the series progresses, Al struggles to juggle his duty as a police officer with protecting his daughter - unaware Police Constable Callum McCarthy (Niall Wright) is always watching. The series combines traditional serial narrative with a quirky, compelling self-contained crime story in each episode, always remaining positive, bighearted and life-affirming. - Director:
- Dez McCarthy
- Cast:
- Rachel Tucker, Ellie Lavery, Louis McCartney
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The prequel to ATV's famous boardroom drama 'The Power Game', 'The Plane Makers' follows the fortunes of the Scott Furlong airplane development company and its managing director, the ruthless John Wilder (Patrick Wymark). This set contains all surviving episodes. After months of work, a new passenger airliner, The Sovereign, is almost ready for its first flight. When John Wilder discovers that the Sovereign's French competitor is due for its maiden flight he gives orders to get the plane off the ground in two days, a decision he may come to regret... - Director:
- James Ferman
- Cast:
- Jack Watling, Patrick Wymark, Norma Ronald
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