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Stewart Granger and Jean Simmons star in this compelling thriller set in the fog-shrouded streets of Victorian London. As he buries his wife in a rain-soaked London churchyard, Stephen Lowry thinks he has committed the perfect murder. He's wrong. His quick-witted young maid Lily knows that he secretly poisoned his wife - and she has the proof. Now, as the price of her silence, she wants her mistresses' jewels, her mistresses' fine dresses and - most of all - her master himself. Can Stephen give Lily the love she craves? Can she trust a man who has already murdered once? As Stephen begins to court another woman, the thick London fog suddenly echoes to the cries of 'murder!' Featuring real life husband and wife Stewart Granger and Jean Simmons at the height of their international stardom, 'Footsteps in the Fog' is a first rate murder thriller with shocking twists that will keep you guessing until the very last moments. - Director:
- Arthur Lubin
- Cast:
- Stewart Granger, Jean Simmons, Bill Travers
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The Bloodthirsty Trilogy (1974)The Vampire Doll / Lake of Dracula / Evil of Dracula
Inspired by the runaway success of the British and American Gothic horror films of the sixties, Toho brought the vampiric tropes of the Dracula legend to Japanese screens with The Vampire Doll (Legacy of Dracula), Lake of Dracula, and Evil of Dracula - three spookily effective cult classics collectively known as 'The Bloodthirsty Trilogy'. In 'The Vampire Doll', a young man goes missing after visiting his girlfriend's isolated country home. His sister and her boyfriend trace him to the creepy mansion, but their search becomes perilous when they uncover a gruesome family history. 'Lake of Dracula' begins with a young girl suffering a terrifying nightmare of a vampire with blazing golden eyes. Eighteen years later, the dream is revealed to be a hellish prophecy when a strange package containing an empty coffin mysteriously turns up at a nearby lake. In 'Evil of Dracula', a professor takes up a new post at an all-girls school only to discover the school's principal conceals a dark secret and the pupils are in grave danger. - Director:
- Michio Yamamoto
- Cast:
- Kayo Matsuo, Akira Nakao, Atsuo Nakamura
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The Valley of Gwangi (1969)The Valley - Where Time Stood Still
Cowpokes head into a mysterious Mexican valley to head 'em up and move 'em out. But they're not looking for little doggies. They're looking for great big dinosaurs. James Franciscus stars in this thunderous adventure featuring amazing special effects by Ray Harryhausen. Franciscus plays a Wild West showman who leads his riding and roping crew into the title region where prehistoric giants still roam. Thanks to Harryhausen wizardry, fantastic creatures lunge, fight and rampage in scene after dazzling scene. Saddle up and join the excitement. - Director:
- Jim O'Connolly
- Cast:
- Robert Rietty, James Franciscus, Gila Golan
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Harlock: Space Pirate (2013)Kyaputen Hârokku
Far, far in the future, or perhaps the distant past...500 billion displaced humans long to return to the planet they still refer to as home. Captain Harlock is the one man standing between the corrupt Gaia Coalition and their quest for complete intergalaffic rule. Seeking revenge against those who wronged both mankind and himself, the mysterious space pirate roams the universe in his battle cruiser, the Arcadia, defiantly attacking,and pillaging enemy ships. Gaia Fleet leader Ezra sends his younger brother Logan, to infiltrate the Arcadia and assassinate Harlock. But Logan will soon discover that things are not always what they seem and that legends are born for a reason. - Director:
- Shinji Aramaki
- Cast:
- Yû Aoi, Ayano Fukuda, Arata Furuta
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Holland (Alec Guinness) is a shy, retiring man who works as a bank transfer agent for the delivery of gold bullion. One day he befriends Pendlebury (Stanley Holloway), a maker of souvenirs. Holland remarks that, with Pendlebury's smelting equipment, one could forge the gold into harmless-looking toy Eiffel Towers and smuggle them into France. Soon after, they gain the services of professional criminals Lackery (Sidney James) and Shorty (Alfie Bass) and the four plot what they believe will be the perfect crime - which turns out to be anything but! - Director:
- Charles Crichton
- Cast:
- Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sidney James
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A secret government experiment has produced unexpected results and now the last remaining victim and his young daughter are on the run. Their only defence is the psychic powers granted them by the experiment. The father has limited mind-control powers but his daughter (Drew Barrymore), whose mother was also psychic, has tremendous power over fire. - Director:
- Mark L. Lester
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- Drew Barrymore, David Keith, Freddie Jones
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Thrills abound in this high-speed suspense yarn as a determined terrorist (Timothy Bottoms) begins to turn America s amusement parks into battlefields. The tension mounts as affable safety inspector Harry Calder (George Segal) attempts to track down the saboteur who has targeted the country's most popular roller-coaster and its riders for senseless destruction. The edge-of-the-seat excitement mounts as the battle of wits between Calder and the terrorist builds to an explosive climax. - Director:
- James Goldstone
- Cast:
- George Segal, Timothy Bottoms, Richard Widmark
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Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Paul Zindel, Paul Newman's second film as director stars his wife Joanne Woodward as an abusive, over-bearing mother raising her two daughters, Matilda and Ruth (Nell Potts and Roberta Wallach), in an atmosphere of bitterness and hatred. 'The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds' is a powerful, searingly unsentimental and ultimately transformative drama, with a trio of towering performances from the three female leads at its core. - Director:
- Paul Newman
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- Joanne Woodward, Nell Potts, Roberta Wallach
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)Terminator 2
Arnold Schwarzenegger is back as the cyborg from the future in the most successful sequel of all time. Almost ten years have passed since Sarah Connor's ordeal began, and her son John, the future leader of the resistance, is now a healthy young boy. However, the nightmare begins again when a new, more deadly Terminator is sent back in time, its orders - to strike at John Connor while he is still a child. Sarah and John, however, don't face this terrifying Terminator alone. The human resistance has sent back another warrior from the future, its orders - to protect John Connor at any cost - the battle for tomorrow has begun... - Director:
- James Cameron
- Cast:
- Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong
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Magnificent Doll (1946)Frank Borzage's Magnificent Doll
Written by Irving Stone, whose popular biographical novels would inspire such films as Vincente Minnelli's 'Lust for Life' and Carol Reed's 'The Agony and Ecstasy'; 'Magnificent Doll' traces Madison's journey to the White House from her youth in Virginia at the end of the Revolutionary War to the famed episode in which, during the Battle of Bladensburg, she refused the leave her exalted residence without a portrait of George Washington. In between she is wooed by two great men of American politics, Senator Aaron Burr (David Niven) and his colleague, James Madison (Burgess Meredith). - Director:
- Frank Borzage
- Cast:
- Ginger Rogers, David Niven, Burgess Meredith
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Connie Dickson (Veronica Lake) plans to marry a sheep rancher, but her father teams up with land baron Frank Ivey (Preston Foster) to drive the man out of town. Fiery Connie, determined to fight Ivey to the bitter end, takes over her ex-fiance's land and hires Dave Nash (Joel McCrea) to run the ranch as her ramrod. Dave, a reformed drunk, insists on doing everything by the book. Little does he know that Connie has taken matters into her own hands, and gone behind his back. Armed with his cowboy code of honour, Dave manoeuvres a dangerous world of greed, lies, and murder in this old fashioned tale featuring two of Hollywood biggest stars of the 1940's. - Director:
- André De Toth
- Cast:
- Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Don Defore
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Neurotic, self-obsessed Robert Cole (Albert Brooks) is a successful film editor who splits up with his on-off girlfriend Mary Harvard (Kathryn Harrold), only to try and win her back when he finds he can't live without her. Mary may be the most patient girlfriend in the world, which could make her his perfect match. But will Robert make up his mind before it's too late? - Director:
- Albert Brooks
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- Albert Brooks, Kathryn Harrold, Tyann Means
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Once upon a time...or maybe twice, there was an unearthly paradise called Pepperland. A place where happiness and music reigned supreme. But all that was threatened when the terrible Blue Meanies declared war and sent in their army led by a menacing Flying Glove to destroy all that was good. Enter, John, Paul, George and Ringo to save the day! Armed with little more than their humour, songs, and of course, their yellow submarine, the Fab Four tackle the rough seas ahead in an effort to bring down the evil forces of bluedom. - Director:
- George Dunning
- Cast:
- Paul Angelis, John Clive, Dick Emery
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Lean on Pete (2017)Charley Thompson
Fifteen-year-old Charley (Charlie Plummer) lives with his alcoholic father Ray (Travis Fimmel) in a run-down house in the outskirts of Portland, Oregon. In an effort to help his dad stay afloat, Charley takes a job at a local racetrack where he befriends jaded trainer Del (Steve Buscemi) and burnt-out jockey Bonnie (Chloe Sevigny) while caring for an aging horse named Lean on Pete. But as things break down at home and Del announces Pete will be sold to an uncertain fate, the burden becomes too great for Charley to bear and he heads out into the vast American wilderness with Pete in tow. - Director:
- Andrew Haigh
- Cast:
- Steve Zahn, Travis Fimmel, Chloë Sevigny
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Live it up today, your time is up tomorrow. In the Year of the City 2274, humans forsake the ravaged outer environment by living in a vast, bubbled metropolis. There, computerized servo-mechanisms provide all needs and everyone can pursue endless hedonism. Endless, that is, until Lastday. That's when anyone who's 30 must submit to Carrousel, a soaring, spinning trip to eternity and supposed rebirth. The screen's first use of laser holography provides some of the sci-fi kicks in this post-apocalyptic saga honored with a Special Achievement Academy Award for Visual Effects. Michael York plays Logan 5, a government Sandman authorized to terminate Runners fleeing Carrousel. Logan is almost 30. Catch him if you can. - Director:
- Michael Anderson
- Cast:
- Michael York, Richard Kelton, Jenny Agutter
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