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Wealthy mystery novelist Andrew Wyke (Laurence Olivier) invites lower-class hairdresser Milo Tindle (Michael Caine) to his elegant English mansion to discuss Milo's affair with Wyke's wife. But when Andrew proposes that Milo participate in a robbery scheme to benefit them all, the two rivals find themselves locked in an increasingly devious duel of wits and deceptions. Who is the player? Who is the pawn? And in the shocking and wicked final twist, who will win the deadliest game of all? - Director:
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Cast:
- Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine, Alec Cawthorne
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Following the events of Avengers: Endgame, Peter Parker (Tom Holland) returns in 'Spider-Man: Far from Home'. Our friendly neighbourhood Super Hero decides to join his best friends Ned, MJ, and the rest of the gang on a European vacation. However, Peter's plan to leave super heroics behind for a few weeks is quickly scrapped when he begrudgingly agrees to help Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) uncover the mystery of several elemental creature attacks. Spider-Man and Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal) join forces to fight the havoc unleashed across the continent but all is not as it seems. - Director:
- Jon Watts
- Cast:
- Tom Holland, Samuel L. Jackson, Jake Gyllenhaal
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Donald Sutherland and Kate Nelligan play star-crossed lovers torn between passion and allegiance in this heart-wrenching World War II-set thriller, played out against the Blitz-scarred 1940s backdrop of England and the windswept hills of the Scottish Islands. En route to the Fatherland with secrets that will stop the D-Day invasion, ruthless spy 'The Needle' (Sutherland) finds himself shipwrecked on the remote Storm Island. Here he becomes involved in a perilous affair with the beautiful but lonely Lucy (Nelligan), who lives there with her bitter, crippled ex-RAF husband, David (Christopher Cazenove). But can the fierce passion of illicit love survive the bitter realities of war? - Director:
- Richard Marquand
- Cast:
- Donald Sutherland, Stephen MacKenna, Philip Martin Brown
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The four remaining relatives of famed practical joker Henry Russell are brought together to hear his last will and testament, with a possible inheritance of £50,000 each if they can all complete an unusual challenge. The assignments are designed to reflect their greatest shortcomings, test their abilities to adapt and ultimately change for the better. Law-abiding retired army officer Deniston (Alastair Sim), secretly writes scandalous novels until he is given a week to get himself arrested for an actual crime and jailed for exactly 28 days. Haughty Agnes (Fay Compton) must find employment as a housekeeper in a middle-class home and retain her position for a month despite her disdain. Simon (Cuy Middleton), a penniless womanising rogue, would have to marry the first single woman he speaks to, such as the cigarette girl at the club he frequents (Audrey Hepburn). Finally, timid Herbert (George Cole) must hold up the bank he works at for two minutes with a mask and a toy pistol. Can they each conquer their task and grab the cash? - Director:
- Mario Zampi
- Cast:
- Alastair Sim, Fay Compton, Guy Middleton
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Yesterday (2019)All You Need Is Love
Jack Malik was just another struggling songwriter...but that was yesterday. After a mysterious blackout, Jack (Himesh Patel) discovers he is the only person on earth who remembers The Beatles! As he rockets to fame by passing off the Fab Four's songs as his own, Jack risks losing Ellie (Lily James) - the one person who has loved him and believed in him from the start. Before the door to his old life closes forever, Jack must decide if all he needs is love, after all. - Director:
- Danny Boyle
- Cast:
- Himesh Patel, Lily James, Sophia Di Martino
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In the autumn of 1888, Chief Inspector Abberline (Michael Caine) is sent to investigate the murder and mutilation of a prostitute. Others soon meet the same fate, and a press frenzy ensues. With "Jack the Ripper" terrorising London and both police and outraged public clamouring for a swift conclusion, Abberline and his partner, Godley (Lewis Collins), work doggedly through their list of suspects - more than one of whom has royal connections. - Director:
- David Wickes
- Cast:
- Michael Caine, Armand Assante, Ray McAnally
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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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"The Fallen Idol" tells the story of Philippe (Bobby Henrey), the young son of a diplomat who, trying to understand the adult world as seen through the eyes of a child, lies to defend those closest to him. When his butler friend Baines (Ralph Richardson) is suspected of murdering his wife, the vital information that Philippe holds falls on deaf ears... - Director:
- Carol Reed
- Cast:
- Ralph Richardson, Michèle Morgan, Sonia Dresdel
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Nutbourn College, the most established and respectable of boys' schools, is run by unyielding Headmaster Wetherby Pond. When a military mistake billets a girls' school to share the college's premises due to wartime restrictions, he is outraged. However, he soon discovers he has met his match when he encounters the Headmistress of the girls' school in question, the formidable Muriel Whitchurch. Initially the two are hostile to one another, but with a staff of dazed, eccentric teachers and a student body whose mischief knows no bounds, they are forced to pull together. Then, just when they thought the situation couldn't get any more complicated, they discover they are faced with two troublesome visits on the same day; one from a group of parents, who must believe the school is only for girls, and one from the Ministry, who must be presented with an all boys establishment! - Director:
- Frank Launder
- Cast:
- Alastair Sim, Margaret Rutherford, John Turnbull
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A scintillating Alastair Sim plays Hawkins, a timid watchmaker with a part time job - he is also a professional assassin who bumps off all the people we love to hate. But when pompous MP Sir Gregory Upshott (Raymond Huntley) is the intended target, bungling vacuum-cleaner salesman William Blake (George Cole) always gets in the way. As the time of the assassination draws ever closer, Hawkins tracks his victim to a dilapidated seaside hotel called The Green Man, the laughs and the tension steadily rise to a brilliant climax. - Director:
- Robert Day
- Cast:
- Alastair Sim, George Cole, Terry-Thomas
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Sidney Stratton (Alec Guinness), a humble inventor, develops a fabric which never gets dirty or wears out. This would seem to be a boon for mankind, but the established garment manufacturers don't see it that way; they try to suppress it. Nevertheless, Sidney is determined to put his invention on the market, forcing the clothing factory bigwigs to resort to more desperate measures. - Director:
- Alexander MacKendrick
- Cast:
- Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Cecil Parker
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As he plans a job that could result in his gang's biggest score ever, a longtime thief plans a way out of the life and the town while dodging the FBI agent looking to bring him and his bank-robbing crew down. In addition to heading an electrifying cast, Ben Affleck also directed and co-wrote this suspenseful, critically acclaimed crime thriller that unfolds - and often explodes - across gritty Boston locations. - Director:
- Ben Affleck
- Cast:
- Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm
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The Legacy (1978)The Legacy of Maggie Walsh
After travelling to England at the request of a mysterious patron, Maggie Walsh (Katharine Ross) and her boyfriend Pete (Sam Elliott) are involved in an accident. They're invited to recuperate at a huge country mansion, but they are not the only guests. Five others have gathered, some of the most powerful people in the world. Soon they will start dying, killed by an unknown power. An ancient evil is stirring and Maggie will uncover a dreadful truth. - Director:
- Richard Marquand
- Cast:
- Katharine Ross, Sam Elliott, John Standing
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Roderick Raskolnikov (Peter Lorre) has graduated from university as a noted expert in criminology, but nonetheless lives in extreme poverty. Desperate and anguished, he murders a miserly pawnbroker, stealing her valuables before fleeing into the night. The next day, he encounters Inspector Porfiry (Edward Arnold), the detective assigned to the murder, and is asked by Porfiry to consult on the case when an innocent man is arrested as a suspect. How long until the conflicted, guilt-ridden Raskolnikov arouses the master detective's suspicions? - Director:
- Josef Von Sternberg
- Cast:
- Edward Arnold, Peter Lorre, Marian Marsh
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Raw, violent and shocking, 'Scum' is a compelling story set in a contemporary Borstal. It tells of life in an institution run by violence and brutality rather than reason, where the boy who can fight his way to the top of the heap and reign as "Daddy" will gain the respect of the inmates and sadistic "screws" alike. - Director:
- Alan Clarke
- Cast:
- Ray Winstone, Mick Ford, Julian Firth
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