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British thriller about an army deserter accused of murder.
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British thriller about a murder investigation.
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Returning home late one night from a business trip to Mexico, architect Frank Delgado finds the car of wealthy client Alan Richmond in his driveway. Suspecting that his wife Margo and Richmond are having an affair, Frank attacks Richmond when he steps outside and strangles him to death. Although stunned by his action, Frank drives Richmond’s body to the beach and, using a spade he brought from his home, buries the body in the sand. As he finishes the burial, Frank overhears a nearby, young, Latin couple’s argument escalate into a fight, but drives away without being seen. The next morning as the police receive a report of the discovery of two bodies at the beach, Frank and Margo are awakened by the arrival of Frank’s business partner Dick Hill, his wife Sonya and their friends, pornographic film director Goof and his wife Rita. Although reluctant, the tense Frank agrees to accompany the others to [...]
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Lavish production values enhance this earnest biography of the man who discovered America. March is effetive in the title role, playing opposite real-life wife Eldridge and an impressive cast of distinguised British actors
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the story of a single woman searching for love told through the eyes of her landlord.
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- Comments Off on Root of All Evil, The 1947
Drama about a woman who marries for money and power.
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Toy salesman’s life is transformed when he is accused of smuggling a watch through customs. Dir. D.W. Griffith.
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A documentary about the filming of one of Buster Keaton’s movies, “The Railrodder (1965)”. Keaton sings! He comes across as a wise, old man of the movies, full of anecdotes and mischief.
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- Comments Off on Snowbound 1948
A group of people search for Nazi treasure hidden in the Alps, based on Hammond Innes’ novel The Lonely Skier