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When a cop is murdered on patrol small-time crook Frank Wiecek takes the rap and is sentenced to life. Eleven years later hard-boiled reporter P.J. O'Neal is assigned to look into the case but finds the authorities unwilling to co-operate. As he digs deeper he begins to believe they got the wrong man but must now find the evidence to prove it. Based on a true story, Henry Hathaway's classic film noir sees James Stewart give one of his most celebrated and powerful performances as the sceptical reporter who becomes obsessed with a fight for justice. - Director:
- Henry Hathaway
- Cast:
- James Stewart, Richard Conte, Lee J. Cobb
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Dr. Luther Brooks (Sidney Poitier) is assigned to treat two prisoners, the Biddle brothers, who were shot during an attempted robbery. Ray Biddle (Richard Widmark) refuses to be treated by the black doctor, and when his brother John dies under Luther's care, Ray becomes consumed with vengeance. His anger and hatred ignites racial tensions within the community, and events quickly spiral out of control. - Director:
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Cast:
- Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell, Stephen McNally
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The Lady from Shanghai (1947)Take This Woman / Black Irish
Hired to work on a yacht belonging to the disabled husband of femme fatale Rita Hayworth, Welles plays an innocent man drawn into a dangerous web of intrigue and murder.- Director:
- Orson Welles
- Cast:
- Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles, Everett Sloane
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Dana Andrews stars as Mark Dixon, a corrupt cop, in this gritty noir thriller shot on the rain-slicked streets of New York. Already in trouble for his brutal methods, alienated from his colleagues, he pursues a gang leader with vindictive zeal and accidentally kills a possible murder suspect. His guilt deepens when he falls in love with the dead man's wife and her father, an innocent cab driver, finds himself accused of the murder. Dixon finds the ultimate redemption - at a price. Otto Preminger brings a welcome sympathy and complexity to every character on-screen, from the nervous police informer through to the cocky mobster, the exasperated police chief, and Dixon himself, burdened with self-hatred as the son of a thief. Joseph LaShelle's photography lends a seedy glamour to the run-down lodging houses, cheap cafe's and night-time exteriors. - Director:
- Otto Preminger
- Cast:
- Dana Andrews, Charles Tannen, Gene Tierney
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Bobby Walker (Ben Affleck) thought he had it all until the 2009 economic climate changes and his life is turned upside down. Brutal cuts are made across the industry with thousands of employees taking the hit, including Bobby who is left unemployed along with colleagues Gene (Tommy Lee Jones) and Phil (Chris Cooper). "The Company Men" reminds us of the crippling effect a bruised economy can have on a community but it's never too late to start over and true happiness is not something that can be bought. - Director:
- John Wells
- Cast:
- Ben Affleck, Chris Cooper, Tommy Lee Jones
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Overworked true crime magazine editor George Stroud (Ray Milland) has been planning a vacation for months. However, when his boss, the tyrannical media tycoon Earl Janoth (Charles Laughton), insists he skips his hols, Stroud resigns in disgust before embarking on an impromptu drunken night out with his boss's mistress, Pauline York (Rita Johnson). When Janoth kills Pauline in a fit of rage, Stroud finds himself to have been the wrong man, in the wrong place, at the wrong time: his staff have been tasked with finding a suspect with an all too familiar description...Stroud's very own! - Director:
- John Farrow
- Cast:
- Ray Milland, Maureen O'Sullivan, Charles Laughton
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Man has split the atom and ushered in a new era. But how could he know he would also create Them!? A landmark movie about giant radiation-mutated ants that gets better with age and boasts remarkable Academy Award - nominated special effects. Starring James Whitmore, James Arness and Edmund Gwenn, Them! begins in New Mexico with a child wondering in shock, a ransacked general store - and a battered corpse full of enough formic acid to kill 20 men. It ends with an epic struggle in the 700 miles of storm drains under Los Angeles, where the insect hordes are beaten. But they're not conquered because they spawned a generation of films about radioactive creatures. Some approximate the terror but few have equaled the artistry of Them! - Director:
- Gordon Douglas
- Cast:
- James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon
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Petty crook Nick Bianco (Victor Mature) is arrested at the scene of a robbery and takes the rap without squealing. When he learns that his accomplice has betrayed him, he decides to go against the criminal code and become an informant. But when his testimony against psychopathic killer Tommy Udo (Richard Widmark) puts his family in danger, Nick is forced to take matters into his own hands. - Director:
- Henry Hathaway
- Cast:
- Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy, Coleen Gray
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"Forbidden Planet" is the granddaddy of tomorrow, a pioneering work whose ideas and style would be reverse-engineered into many cinematic space voyages to come. Leslie Nielsen plays the commander who brings his space-cruiser crew to Planet Altair-4, home to Dr. Morbius (Walter Pidgeon), his daughter (Anne Francis), a dutiful robot named Robby...and a mysterious terror. Featuring sets of extraordinary scale and the first allelectronic musical soundscape in film history, 'Forbidden Planet' is in a movie orbit all its own. - Director:
- Fred M. Wilcox
- Cast:
- Walter Pidgeon, Marvin Miller, Anne Francis
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Brilliant Victorian aristocrat and scientist Sir Hugo Cunningham (Robert Stephens) has a morbid fascination with photographing the dead. But when his son's death in a horrific boating accident is caught on film he discovers that a mysterious creature (called the Asphyx) appears at the point of death to consume the soul. Sir Hugo theorises that if he can capture the Asphyx when it appears and lock it away he can achieve immortality. Together with his soon to be son in-law Giles (Robert Powell) Sir Hugo embarks on a dangerous and all-consuming quest to give his family eternal life. But as his obsession takes over, his experiments start to go wrong... - Director:
- Peter Newbrook
- Cast:
- Robert Powell, Robert Stephens, Jane Lapotaire
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H.G. Wells' fantastic account of life on the moon is vividly brought to the screen by special effects master Ray Harryhausen in this amazing sci-fi epic featuring extraterrestrial creatures. The film begins with a team of United Nations astronauts planning an upcoming moon mission. The astronauts are both confused and intrigued by a man (Edward Judd) who claims he, his fiancee and a scientist journeyed to the moon 65 years ago and were attacked by "Selenites", grotesque, human-like ant forms that live in immense crystal caverns. Now it's up to the U.N. team to attempt a lunar landing that could be more horrifying than ever believed possible. - Director:
- Nathan Juran
- Cast:
- Edward Judd, Martha Hyer, Lionel Jeffries
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"Code 8" is set in a world where 4% of the population is born with varying supernatural abilities, but instead of being billionaires or superheroes, they face discrimination and live in poverty, often resorting to crime. Connor Reed (Robbie Amell), a power-enabled young man, is struggling to pay for his ailing mother's health treatment. Fighting to earn enough money as a day laborer, Connor is lured into a lucrative criminal world by Garrett (Stephen Amell) who works for Lincoln City's reigning drug lord. Garrett helps Connor sharpen his powers in order to execute a series of crimes while a militarized police unit hunts them down. - Director:
- Jeff Chan
- Cast:
- Kari Matchett, Robbie Amell, Penny Eizenga
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On a remote mountaintop, a rebel group of commandos perform military training exercises while watching over a prisoner (Julianne Nicholson) for a shadowy force known only as 'The Organization'. After a series of unexpected events drives them deep into the jungle, fracturing their intricate bond, their mission slowly begins to collapse. Set against a stunningly beautiful but dangerous landscape, Alejandro Landes' awe-inspiring film is a breathtakingly epic vision that will leave you both mesmerised and utterly gripped. - Director:
- Alejandro Landes
- Cast:
- Sofia Buenaventura, Julián Giraldo, Karen Quintero
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After uncovering a massive conspiracy, an embattled NYPD detective (Chadwick Boseman) joins a citywide manhunt for two young cop killers. As the night unfolds, he soon becomes unsure of who to pursue - and who's in pursuit of him. When the search intensifies, authorities decide to take extreme measures by closing all of Manhattan's 21 bridges to prevent the suspects from escaping. - Director:
- Brian Kirk
- Cast:
- Chadwick Boseman, Sienna Miller, J.K. Simmons
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Film recounts the adventures of Gustave H., a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars; and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting; a raging battle for an enormous family fortune; a desperate chase on motorcycles, trains, sleds, and skis; and the sweetest confection of a love affair - all against the backdrop of a suddenly and dramatically changing Continent. - Director:
- Wes Anderson
- Cast:
- Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric
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