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When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer) is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) is mysteriously enlisted to investigate.

From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.

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Not since Judy met the boy next door in St. Louis has there been a heaping of tuneful, romantic Midwestern American life like this! Doris Day and Gordon MacRae team for spoonin', croonin' and swoonin' 'On Moonlight Bay', based on Booth Tarkington's Penrod stories.

"Try not to walk like a first baseman", Mama (Rosemary DeCamp) tells tomboy Marjorie (Day) as she prepares to date college man Bill (MacRae). The advice takes. The lovebirds hear wedding bells ahead, just as soon as Bill gets his Sheepskin. But World War I rages "over there", and Papa (Leon Ames) rages at home after a flap with his prospective son-in-law. Will harmony return to this Hoosier home? Surely Day and MacRae will make musical harmony. And 'On Moonlight Bay' will have you sailing along.

Silent movies are giving way to talking pictures - and a hoofer-turned-matinee idol (Gene Kelly) is caught in that bumpy transition, as are his buddy (Donald O'Connor), prospective ladylove (Debbie Reynolds) and shrewish costar (Jean Hagen).

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Fabienne (Catherine Deneuve), an ageing movie star, is about to publish her long-awaited memoirs. Sparks immediately fly when her daughter Lumir (Juliette Binoche) returns to Paris from New York to confront this rose-tinted version of their family history.

However, as the past is gradually addressed, their strained relationship takes a journey toward possible reconciliation. Also starring Ethan Hawke, 'The Truth' paints a moving portrait of family dynamics and human relationships.

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Following on from the success of 'Les Parapluies de Cherbourg' comes 'Les Demoiselles de Rochefort' - Jacques Demy's large-scale tribute to the Hollywood musical featuring screen legend Gene Kelly The story centres on twin sisters Delphine and Solange (played by real-life sisters Catherine Deneuve

and Frangoise Dorleac) who, tired of their humdrum existence, dream of finding success and romance in Paris. The superb ensemble, also featuring Danielle Darrieux, Michel Piccoli, Jacques Perrin, George Chakiris and Grover Dale, weave and wander around the town, looking for and just missing the love of their lives.

Nicky and his friends find their youth club threatened by a property tycoon who intends to buy it and tear it down. Determined not to be beaten, they sing and dance to raise money to save the club.

When a small-town idealist Longfellow Deeds (Gary Cooper) goes to New York to collect a $20 million inheritance, he finds romance with wisecracking journalist Babe Bennett (Jean Arthur), becomes the target of ruthless businessmen and relatives, and finally decides to give his fortune away because it's so much trouble.

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Police detective Mark McPherson (Dana Andrews) is drawn into Manhattan high society as he investigates the death of stunning ad exec Laura Hunt (Gene Tierney), apparently shotgunned in her own apartment.

The slithery suspects are numerous, led by effete, snobbish columnist Waldo Lydecker (Clifton Webb), and Laura's philandering fiancee Shelby (Vincent Price), who's also been cavorting with Laura's wealthy aunt (Judith Anderson). McPherson begins to fall in love with Laura through a portrait in her home and the memories relayed by those who knew her...just as it becomes apparent that even the basic facts of the case might not be what they seemed.

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"Jojo Rabbit" follows a lonely German boy Jojo (Roman Griffin Davis), whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his mother Rosie (Scarlett Johansson) is hiding a Jewish girl Elsa (Thomasin McKenzie) in their attic.

Aided by his wildly idiotic imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler (Taika Waititi), Jojo must confront his blind nationalism.

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"Shall We Dance", scored by George Gershwin, contains one of the best known and fondly remembered dance routines ever performed, on roller skates, by Astaire and Rogers to "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off".

The hit film also includes exhilarating performances to "They Can't Take That Away from Me" and "Change Partners". Fred Astaire plays a Russian ballet dancer, chasing Ginger Rogers, a famous Hotcha Dancer and the girl of his dreams.

James Stewart, Jean Arthur and Claude Rains star in this award-winning 1939 classic about an idealistic, small-town politician who heads to Washington and suddenly finds himself single-handedly battling ruthless politicians out to destroy him.

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Fred Astaire dances through magical musical numbers and teams with George Burns and Gracie Allen in a star turn; this is the creation of a tour-de-force of comedy and laughter.

Graced by the beauty of the legendary Joan Fontaine, playing Lady Alyce Marshmorton the owner of Tottney Castle who finds herself in a romantic dilemma. This film is an interesting slice of 1930' s cinema history and an exemplary light comedy of the period. Reginald Gardner and Montagu Love compliment the cast adding grace, style and a sophisticated atmosphere. All this is done in the devil-may-care madcap style of the louche' world of the thirties.

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This brand new edition of Rodgers and Hammerstein's much-loved Oklahoma! gives you the opportunity to watch the whole film or just your favourite songs, with or without Sing-along subtitles.

In sunny Oklahoma, farmhands Curly (Gordon McRae) and Will (Gene Nelson) fall for local girls Ado (Gloria Grahame) and Laurey (Shirley Jones). The path to true love is thwarted, however, by nasty farmhand Jud Fry (Rod Steiger). This joyous celebration of frontier life combines tender romance and violent passion in the Oklahoma Territory of the 1900's, with a timeless score filled with unforgettable songs, such as "Oh, What a Beautiful Momin'", "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top", "People Will Say We're in Love" and "Oklahoma!".

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Cliff Richard makes his sensational big screen debut in "Serious Charge" - and sings three great songs including his first UK Number One Smash Hit - 'Living Doll'! "Serious Charge" sees Cliff Richard playing Curley Thompson, a young tearaway in a small English town just looking for kicks.

Everyone thinks he's bad - except the local vicar, Reverend Phillips (Anthony Quayle). He can see the good in Curley and stands up for him before the courts. Unfortunately, Curley's older brother Larry (Andrew Ray) is an out-and-out hoodlum, with a switchblade in his hand and nothing but contempt for his home town of 'Deadsville, England'. When Reverend Phillips first humiliates him in the local youth club and the confronts him about his pregnant girlfriend, Larry snaps. He accuses the Reverend of sexual assault - a serious charge that seems to have been witnessed by respected church-worker Hester (Sarah Churchill). Suddenly, the vicar finds himself on the receiving end of a bitter hate campaign - but he has more friends than he realises.

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Frank Capra's adaptation of James Hilton's novel that follows British diplomat and historian Robert Conway (Ronald Colman) as he comes to the rescue of four refugees during the Chinese Revolution. The refugees - his younger brother, George (John Howard), scientist Alexander P.

Lovett (Edward Everett Horton), con man Henry Branard (Thomas Mitchell) and ailing prostitute Gloria Stone (Isabel Jewell) - escape the revolution on a plane, but instead of flying to safety they end up crashing in the Himalayas. Upon climbing out of the wreckage the passengers find themselves in the hidden city of Shangri-La, a paradisiacal place where the air is clean and time stands still.