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Weekend in Havana, starring Alice Faye, John Payne, Cesar Romero, Carmen Miranda - directed by Walter Lang

Week-end in Havana

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Week-end in Havana (1941), starring Alice Faye, John Payne, Cesar Romero, Carmen Miranda – directed by Walter Lang

Synopsis of Week-end in Havana

In Weekend in Havana, a salesgirl (Alice Faye) threatens to cause trouble when cruise ship runs aground and vacation is ruined.  As compensation, she gets a first class Havana holiday with the ship owner’s future son-in-law (John Payne).  As well as some unexpected attention from a conniving gambler (Cesar Romero) and his girlfriend (Carmen Miranda).

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Wake Me When It's Over (1960) starring Dick Shawn, Ernie Kovacs, Jack Warden, Margo Moore, directed by Mervyn LeRoy

Wake Me When It’s Over

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Wake Me When It’s Over (1960) starring Dick Shawn, Ernie Kovacs, Jack Warden, Margo Moore, directed by Mervyn LeRoy

Synopsis of Wake Me When It’s Over

 Wake Me When It’s Over – World War II vet Gus Brubaker, redrafted through a clerical error, arrives on a dead-end Japanese island and decides to liven things up by building a hotel and using the island girls as the staff. Until his court-martial …

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A film by Rene Laloux and Roland Topor - Fantastic Planet

Fantastic Planet

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Synopsis of Fantastic Planet

French/Czech co-production, the dream-like La Planete Sauvage concerns the degradation of the Oms, human-like creatures on the futuristic planet Yagam. The Oms are kept as pets and beasts of burden by the Draggs, 39-foot beings who comprise Yagam’s ruling class. The status quo is upset when Terr, one of the Oms, accidentally receives an education, whereupon he organizes the other Oms to demand equality with the Draggs

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Caprice (1967) starring Doris Day, Richard Harris, Ray Walston, directed by Frank Tashlin

Caprice

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Caprice (1967) starring Doris Day, Richard Harris, Ray Walston, directed by Frank Tashlin

Synopsis of Caprice

 In Caprice, Doris Day plays Patricia Fowler, a spy hired to work undercover at a cosmetics company to discover a new formula that the firm is planning to market. But it soon transpires makeup is not the only product they’re selling.  The company is involved in an international drug-smuggling ring and Patricia finds herself doing battle with ruthless agents. Joining forces with fellow spy Christopher White the pair take on evil genius Stuart Clancy.

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Dangerous Crossing, starring Jeanne Craine, Carl Betz, Michael Rennie

Dangerous Crossing

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Dangerous Crossing (1953), starring Jeanne Crain, Carl Betz, Michael Rennie

Synopsis of Dangerous Crossing

 In Dangerous Crossing, a young bride is set to begin her honeymoon aboard a luxury liner. Her happiness does not last when she finds that her husband has disappeared. Trouble is, no one else ever saw him board the ship with her.  And his name has mysteriously dropped from the passenger list.

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Curse of the Swamp Creature (1966) starring John Agar, Francine York

Curse of the Swamp Creature

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Curse of the Swamp Creature (1966) starring John Agar, Francine York

Synopsis of Curse of the Swamp Creature

In Curse of the Swamp Creature, a trio of criminals trick an oil surveyor into bringing them along on his trip to a swamp land. Where a mad scientist is trying to create a lizard/human hybrid to prove an evolutionary theory. By using unsuspecting victims as guinea pigs.  And throw into the mix a voodoo cult, that decides to get revenge on the mad scientist for treating them so badly.

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The Hasty Heart (1949) starring Richard Todd, Ronald Reagan, Patricia Neal - Warner Brothers most raved-about hit since "Johnny Belinda"

The Hasty Heart

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The Hasty Heart (1949) starring Richard Todd, Ronald Reagan, Patricia Neal

Synopsis of The Hasty Heart

 In The Hasty Heart, a group of Allied soldiers are recovering in a hospital of Burma, when a dour Scot is added to their ranks. The Scot is dying, unknown to himself.  Can the soldiers and nurse reach out to him?

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Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves, starring Rick Moranis

Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves

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Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves, starring Rick Moranis

Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves – in this sequel, Rick Moranis accidentally shrinks himself, his wife, and the neighbor parents. And have to get back to normal!

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