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Midnight Manhunt (1945) starring William Gargan, Ann Savage, George Zucco

Midnight Manhunt

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Midnight Manhunt – a dead gangster, worth $5,000 dead or alive, is ffound dead in a wax museum. And it’s a case of who’s got the body! The murderer? The reporter? Her reporter boyfriend? The office boy?

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Executive Suite (1954) starring William Holden, June Allyson, Barbara Stanwyck, Frederic March, Walter Pidgeon

Executive Suite

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Executive Suite (1954) starring William Holden, June Allyson, Barbara Stanwyck, Frederic March, Walter Pidgeon

Synopsis

Executive Suite – the president of Tredway Corp. has unexpectedly died. Long live the new president. But who will the exec be? There’s no official line of succession, and so insider back-stabbing begins.

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Little Women (1933) starring Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett, Frances Dee, Jean Parker

Little Women (1933)

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Little Women is a “coming of age” drama tracing the lives of four sisters: Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. During the American Civil War, the girls father is away serving as a minister to the troops. The family, headed by their beloved Marmee, must struggle to make ends meet, with the help of their kind and wealthy neighbor, Mr. Laurence, and his high spirited grandson Laurie.

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Beat the Devil (1953) starring Humphrey Bogart, Gina Lollobrigida

Beat the Devil

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John Huston’s Beat the Devil stars Humphrey Bogart as Billy Dannreuther, the front man for a group of swindlers stranded in an Italian port town, scheming to take ownership of uranium-rich land in Africa. Also stranded is a naive British couple, Mr. and Mrs. Chelm (Edward Underdown and Jennifer Jones). Flirtations and a web of lies ensue among the group, testing romantic loyalty and allegiances among them.

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Chandu the Magician (1932) starring Bela Lugosi, Edmund Lowe, Irene Ware

Chandu the Magician

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A film version of the popular radio serial, Chandu, The Magician is a fun, entertaining drama with some of the best special effects of its time. Our hero Frank Chandler (Chandu) tries to keep his supernatural powers a secret from his dear sister Dorothy and her family. But Dorothy’shusband have been kidnapped by the villainous Roxor who wants to force him, to reveal the secret of his death ray. Chandu’s magical feats keeps him one step ahead of Roxor. But he falls prey to Roxor when the villain snatches Chandu’s sweetheart, Princess Nadji.

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Britannic (2000) starring Edward Atterton, Amanda Ryan

Britannic

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Britannic is a highly fictionalized telling of the story of the sinking of the Britannic, sister ship of the Titanic.

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Brian's Song (1971) starring James Caan, Billy Dee Williams

Brian’s Song

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Brian’s Song is a truly great film about an unlikely friendship between two football players. How they’re thrown together, and become both friends and competitors at the same time. And when one suffers an injury that could end his career, the other helps him rehabilitate – to beat him fair and square. And then, the other friend faces cancer …

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Two Smart People (1946) starring Lucille Ball, John Hodiak

Two Smart People

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Two Smart People combines the best of film noir, crime caper and romance in this little gem with Lucille Ball, John Hodiak and Lloyd Nolan.

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The Boys from Brazil (1978) starring Laurence Olivier, Gregory Peck, James Mason

The Boys from Brazil

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In The Boys from Brazil, an elderly Nazi hunter is notified of something odd happening in Brazil. Is it the rebirth of the Third Reich? Or is it something far worse?

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