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Simon And Laura
(1955) [G]

In the 1950's days of only BBC television, a wet-behind-the-ears producer has the idea of basing a family drama series on a real-life happily married actor couple. Unfortunately he chooses the Fosters, who need the money and so do the show. Actors they may be, but happily married they most surely...  More

Malta Story
(1953) [G]

In Malta Story, Alec Guinness stars as Peter Ross who lands in Malta and is attached to the local regiment. On studying aerial photographs he discovers that Italy is preparing to invade Malta. It is of vital importance that the island remains under the control of the Allies, and Peter is the man...  More

Victim
(1961) [M]

A plea for reform of England's anti-sodomy statutes, this film pits Melville Farr (Dirk Bogarde), a married lawyer, against a blackmailer who has photos of Farr engaging in sexual liasons with other men. Farr tracks down other gay men being extorted for money from the same blackmailer, one of...  More

Paper Moon
(1973) [PG]

Ryan O'Neal teams up with his daughter Tatum in this very bright, very warm and very funny period film for which Tatum won an Oscar in her first film role. Ryan O'Neal plays the smooth-talking con man Moses Pray, driving through depression-era Kansas with a carload of deluxe bibles, a gold tooth...  More

The Magnificent Seven
(1960) [PG]

When a small Mexican village is terrorised by the evil bandit Calvera (Eli Wallach) and his gang of bloodthirsty men, only The Magnificent Seven have the courage, the daring and the firepower to come to the rescue! The town's farmers have no guns, no money and not a violent bone in their bodies....  More

The Cowboys
(1972) [M]

John Wayne had brawled bareknuckle, gunned down desperadoes, fought jungle wars and piloted the skies. But The Cowboys gave him one of his juciest roles as a leather-tough rancher who, deserted by his regular help, hires 11 greenhorn schoolboys for a cattle drive across 400 treacherous miles....  More

The Inn Of The Sixth Happiness
(1958) [PG]

The Inn Of The Sixth Happiness is based on the life story of Gladys Aylward, a modern day saint whose unquenchable passion to do good took her half way around the world. Inspired by her dream to be a missionary, an English parlour maid journeys to China and opens an inn for tired, hungry mule...  More

Passage Home
(1955) [PG]

In 1931, tensions run high on a merchant ship when the Captain accepts an attractive girl as passenger from South America. Competent melodrama complete with drunken Captain and storm at sea.  More

The King Of Marvin Gardens
(1972) [M]

Two years after his star-making role in Five Easy Pieces, Jack Nicholson was reunited with director Bob Rafelson for this gritty story of small-time losers and big-time dreamers. Bruce Dern co-stars as Nicholson's older brother, a scam artist who's all style and no substance, and Ellen Burstyn...  More

The Last Detail
(1973) [R]

Jack Nicholson is at his anti-establishment best in this highly acclaimed dramatic comedy about three sailors on the loose. Two hard-boiled career petty officers, Buddusky (Nicholson) and Mulhall (Otis Young), are detailed to take a young sailor, Meadows (Randy Quaid), from a Virginia Naval Base...  More