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1) D.O.A
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When a California businessman shows up at the San Francisco police station to report a murder, the police captain asks him who was murdered. His reply: 'I was.' So begins the tale of a man who is poisoned at a dark jazz club and, with only hours left to live, is determined to find out who poisoned him and why.
2) Papillon
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Based on the true story of Henri Charriere, also known as Papillon, which is French for 'butterfly' (the character even sports a large tattoo of a butterfly). A petty criminal, Papillon is wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to life in a French penal colony in 'Guiane' (French Guiana, South America). Papillon is determined to escape but attempt after attempt meets with difficulty, resulting in eventual recapture. He continues his attempts to...
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Night of the Living Dead opens with chaos-the brains of the recently deceased have become mysteriously reanimated, causing the dead to rise and feed on human flesh. While visiting their father's grave, Barbra (Judith O'Dea) and her brother Johnny (Russell Streiner) are attacked by a strange shuffling man. Barbra runs into a farmhouse where she encounters Ben (Duane Jones), and they must find a way to save themselves from the horde of zombies. Hailed...
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"Businessman Charlie Blake is wound as tightly as the wristwatch he slavishly obeys. He's all "hurry, hurry, ding, ding, " free-spirited Brooklynite Sara Deever says. He's also perfect for her next human salvage project. She'll welcome Charlie into her romantic life for one month, and one only. Then, Mr. November must step aside for Mr. December."--Container.
6) Gaslight
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A susceptible young woman marries a suave, romantic man never suspecting that he is a murderous scoundrel, obsessed with finding the jewels hidden in her London home. She becomes the helpless victim as slowly, insidiously, he drives her to the brink of insanity.
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Framed for manslaughter after he breaks a story about city corruption, reporter Frank Ross is sure he₂ll prove his innocence. But that₂s not how the system works at Rocky Point Penitentiary. There, cellblock guards are vicious, the jute-mill labor is endless, and the powers Ross fought on the outside conspire to keep him in. Frank₂s hope has turned to hopelessness. And he₂s starting to crack.
8) In name only
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Wealthy New Yorker Alec Walker meets a young widow, Julie Eden, and a romantic relationship quickly develops. However, Alec has not told her that he is already locked into a loveless marriage to the avaricious Maida, who has contrived to convince his parents she is the ideal wife. A coincidental car crash alerts the two women to each other's existence, a situation to which they each react very differently. Maida, who married Alec for his money and...
9) Summer stock
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There is an unusual harvest at Falbury Farm: beans, hay, and show tunes. It₂s a bumper crop, too, with Judy Garland and Gene Kelly leading all the hoofing, singing and sparking. In her final MGM musical, Garland plays Jane Falbury, a farm owner more than a bit riled when her aspiring-actress sister shows up with a theatrical troupe that wants to stage a musical in the family₂s barn. Any guess who becomes the show₂s sudden star after its lead...
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He was a riverboat pilot, reporter, penniless prospector, Civil War dropout, would-be entrepreneur, loving family man, and world traveler. It turns out the man who created adventures for Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn and a Connecticut Yankee led a mighty adventurous life himself. Traced here is Twain's remarkable life.
11) Berlin express
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Filmed amid the actual bombed out ruins of Frankfurt and Berlin after World War II, this film recounts the dangerous attempts to unify Germany as four post-war heroes from Britain, France, Russia and the U.S. battle die-hard Nazis to rescue an anti-fascist German statesman.
12) Dream wife
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Tarji is beautiful and trained from birth to anticipate her husband's every need and she is Clemson Reed's bride-to-be. So why is he whispering romantic endearments to another woman?
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"Here comes the bride -- there goes the groom! The night before Mary Clay's wedding, her flaky fiancé Dillon elopes with someone else. Mary's friend Jeff grabs his chance to buck up the jilted bride -- and pitch some woo. Then Dillon reenters Mary's life and she must choose between the two men"--Container.
14) Four daughters
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"This story of music professor Adam Lemp, his four daughters and the men that love them aims straight at the heart and scores an unerring hit. Poignant, laced with laughter and flawlessly acted, it catches viewers up in the quiet but powerful lives of ordinary people"--Container.
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"Everybody sing. Everybody dance. Or, failing that, everybody step in place during the famed 'Singin' in the Rain' finale. A torrent of talent takes the screen in the first all-star Talkie Era showcase of heretofore silent-screen players.Fans in Los Angeles and New York were treated to movie marquees that included live showgirls. Once in the theater, they were treated to the on-screen delights of Joan Crawford singing and Charlestoning, Laurel and...
16) Idiot's delight
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"They first meet in Omaha. They meet again years later at the Swiss border and at the edge of World War II. Smalltime hoofer Harry Van and his one-time honey Irene, now passing herself off as a Russian aristocrat and clinging to the arm of a munitions baron, strike sparks in this witty, cogent clash of love and war"--Container.
17) Our Miss Brooks
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A teacher in a high school tries to date the shy biology teacher while constantly butting heads with the principal and renting a room in someone else's house.
18) Private lives
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"Having barely survived the warfare of their wedlock, Amanda and Elyot decide to play it safe, choosing dull mates to marry the second time around. But pedestrian is no match for passion, especially when mixed with proximity -- as in adjoining honeymoon suites! Off they go, leaving stunned new spouses to console each other. But it isn't long before the brawls begin again"--Container.
19) Rome adventure
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"Tired of stuffy New England, Prudence Bell longs for a Rome adventure. So she heads for the Eternal City and encounters a handsome student, a dashing older man, and competition from a wily woman of the world"--Container.
20) The shining hour
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Joan Crawford plays a New York siren who marries a prosperous farmer (Melvyn Douglas) and moves to Wisconsin. There she is drawn to his handsome brother (Robert Young), even as she befriends the brother's selfless wife (Margaret Sullavan). Her life is made miserable by the older sister who disapproves of her and is out to ruin her marriage.
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