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A young bank clerk (Flavio Bucci), denied a loan by his employer, decides to exact his revenge on the local butcher (Ugo Tognazzi) who is not only a nasty, violent, greedy piece of work but also one of the bank's star customers.

Quitting his job, the clerk devotes all of his time to tormenting the butcher, stealing his possessions one by one, including his mistress (Daria Nicolodi).

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From acclaimed director Ken Loach comes this astonishing story of triumph and adversity in modern day Britain. Daniel Blake (Dave Johns) has worked as a joiner for most of his life in Newcastle. Now, for the first time ever, he needs help from the State.

He crosses paths with single mother Katie (Hayley Squires) who is battling to keep her two young children fed. Daniel and Katie find themselves in a no-man's land, striving to pull themselves out of the welfare bureaucracy of modern day Britain.

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Michel Simon plays Paul Braconnier, a man with designs on murdering his wife Blandine (Germaine Reuver) - a woman with similar designs on her husband.

When Braconnier visits Paris to consult with a lawyer about the perfect way of killing a spouse - that is, the way in which he can get away with it - an acid comedy unfolds that reaches its peak in a courtroom scene for the ages.

Legendary social club owner Brian Potter and his hapless band of staff and regulars are determined to make the Phoenix Club a success no matter what. Not even a racist folk band, an unforeseeable psychic or a drunken horse will get in the way of their dream that 'Clubland will never die'.

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Pioneering, immensely influential and often challenging, Armchair Theatre was ITV's flagship drama anthology series.

Bringing high-quality drama to the viewing public, the series easily demonstrated the network's potential to rival the BBC's drama output, with diverse and powerful plays showcasing some of Britain's most gifted writers. This release comprises four plays featuring performances by some of the era's most celebrated and accomplished actors including Clifford Evans, Kenneth Griffith, Robert Lang, Pauline Yates, Anna Massey, Ronald Hines, Beryl Reid, Ian Holm and Alfred Burke.

Featured Plays:
- Nothing to Pay (1962)
- The Cherry on the Top (1964)
- Light the Blue Touch Paper (1966)
- Edward the Confessor (1969)

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Double bill of westerns based on novels by Zane Grey.

West of the Pecos (1945)

Robert Mitchum stars in this well plotted, exciting Zane Grey Western. Thurston Hall and his daughter, Barbara Hale, are accosted by robbers en route to their Texas ranch from Chicago. This is only the start of their troubles as they encounter hold-ups, horse stampedes and outlaws. Hiring Robert Mitchum and his sidekick to run their ranch leads to further problems because of Mitchums checkered past. Plot twists and suspense highlight this old west classic.
Nevada (1944)
Robert Mitchum gives a powerful performance as a hard-bitten loner who must come to grips with his own fears, by confronting a vicious gang of outlaws terrorising the countryside. The values and timeless virtues that helped shape the American West and immortalised by Zane Grey in his many novels are in abundance in this exciting feature. Also stars Anne Jeffreys.

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Set in the 1920s, "The Quiet Man" stars John Wayne as Sean Thornton, an Irish-born American who has travelled to his birthplace of Inisfree to lay claim to his family farm.

Although warmly embraced by the denizens of the village, Thornton's outsider status is thrown into relief when the abrasive landowner Squire Will Danahan (Victor McLaglen) objects both to the turnover of the land, and to the handing over of his sister Mary Kate's (Maureen O'Hara) dowry to the man whose community stature now threatens to show up his own. What follows is a confrontation with custom and with the personal past, all before an unforgettable extended brawl sprawing the entire countryside whereupon nothing less hinges than the peace of Inisfree itself.

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When shop girl Anabel Sims (Betsy Drake) sets eyes on Dr Madison Brown, she's instantly smitten - and since he's played by the incomparable Cary Grant, who can blame her? The trouble is, the good doctor is content to remain a bachelor, so Anabel must use all her womanly wiles to ensnare her target.

Unfortunately, her efforts don't go according to plan and she gains a notoriety she hadn't bargained for - making it all the harder to get her man!

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Nancy (Laraine Day) appears to be the perfect bride for her fiancée John Willisand (Gene Raymond) everything is set for a perfect wedding ceremony...

until her former husband Harry Blair (Brian Aherne) approaches Willis and explains how Nancy ruined his life, eventually leaving him in a psychiatric ward. As Blair's story unfolds in flashbacks, he recounts how Nancy's previous lover, the renowned artist Norman Clyde (Robert Mitchum) warned him of Nancy's kleptomania, incessant lying and involvement with murder; and at the time, Blair refused to believe Clyde, believing him to be the jilted lover. But is Blair's story also that of the jilted lover; or is he trying to save Willis from marrying a woman with a dark secret?

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Released within months of Fellini's 'La Dolce Vita' and Antonioni's 'La Notte', Elio Petri's dazzling first feature 'L'Assassino' also stars Marcello Mastroianni, this time as dandyish thirtysomething antiques dealer Alfredo Martelli, arrested on suspicion of murdering his older, far wealthier

lover Adalgisa (Micheline Presle). But as the increasingly Kafkaesque police investigation proceeds, it becomes less and less important whether Martelli actually committed the crime as his entire lifestyle is effectively put on trial.

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One of Hitchcock's first, this film tells the dramatic story of life in revolution torn Ireland and the lives of the cash strapped Doyle family. Like most of their neighbours, life had been tough and many sacrifices had to be made to keep body and soul together.

But the Doyle's were in for a pleasant surprise when told of a large inheritance due to come their way. Elated by their sudden wealth and their standing in the community the family's existence moved up a couple of rungs, and they began to live the life of the idle rich, even though the inheritance had still to be confirmed. But it only takes one slip twixt cup and lip to destroy not only what you had, but also what you thought you had! Life can suddenly turn very cruel, making it even more difficult than it was before.

The reign of England's King John is threatened by Phillip of France who demands that John's nephew Arthur be placed on the throne. Pragmatic and decisive, King John moves to placate the French, but there are others who seek to dispute his authority.

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A haunting eerie journey to a place where souls stir and hearts go to mend themselves, "Genova" is the dark, brooding voyage of discovery for one family, torn apart by tragedy.

With its sun drenched vistas and shadow-cloaked alleyways, the Italian town of Genova provides a fresh start for Joe and his two young daughters. Seeking new lives after the sudden death of their mother they’re all looking for something. As Joe throws himself into study and possible new relationships, the teenage Kelly loses herself in the underbelly of this mysterious new world. But it’s youngest daughter Mary who is affected by this mystifying and alluring paradise. And then she sees the ghosts of her mother wandering the streets.

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It's been eleven years since the downfall of arch-criminal and master-of-disguise Dr. Mabuse (Rudolf Klein-Rogge), now sequestered in an asylum under the watchful eye of one Professor Baum (Oskar Beregi).

Mabuse exists in a state of "catatonic graphomania", his only action the irrepressible scribbling of blueprints that would realise a seemingly theoretical "Empire of Crime". But when a series of violent events courses through the city, police and populace alike start asking themselves with increasing panic: "Who is behind all this?!" The answer borders on the realm of the impossible...

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Psychopathic drifter Eunice searches the motorways of the north for a mysterious woman named Judith, leaving a trail of corpses in her wake. Arriving at the next service station she meets Miriam, the slow-witted, drab attendant behind the counter.

The pair are strangely drawn to each other and that night Eunice strips to reveal chains, piercings and tattoos, seduces her new companion then takes off again. Miriam, now infatuated, gives chase and finds herself a willing accomplice in a journey of sleazy sex and increasingly bloody carnage.