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Laura (1944)
(1944) [PG]
Detective Mark McPherson investigates the killing of Laura, found dead on her apartment floor before the movie starts. McPherson builds a mental picture of the dead girl from the suspects whom he interviews. He is helped by the striking painting of the late lamented Laura hanging on her apartment... More
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The Firm
(1993) [M]
"A real thriller! Great cast, great story, great suspense!" -Joel Siegel, Good Morning America Three-time Oscar nominee Tom Cruise delivers the most electrifying performance of his career in this riveting film based on the international best-seller. Cruise plays Mitch McDeere, a brilliant and... More
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Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1978)
(1978) [M]
The first remake of the paranoid infiltration classic moves the setting for the invasion from a small town to the city of San Fransisco and starts as Matthew Bennell notices that several of his friends are complaining that their close relatives are in some way different. When questioned later... More
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Murder At The Gallop
(1963) [PG]
The old and wealthy Mr. Enderby dies of a heart attack but the ever suspicious Miss Marple has her doubts. Who or what gave him a heart attack? Enderby's poor relatives gather at the The Gallop, a combined boarding-house and riding school. Miss Marple also gets there to find out if any of them... More
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Murder She Said
(1961) [PG]
When Miss Marple (Margaret Rutherford) witnesses a murder on a passing train carriage the lack of a body means the police won't take her story seriously. Of course, she begins her own investigation. The killing took place while the train was passing Ackenthorpe Hall, so Miss Marple poses as a... More
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Murder Ahoy
(1964) [G]
Jane Marple (Margaret Rutherford) is a trustee overseeing a fund used to rehabilitate young criminals. When one of her fellow trustees is murdered, Miss Marple goes aboard the ship that is used to train the youngsters in her search for information. Despite the distress of the Captain (Lionel... More
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Reservoir Dogs (2 Disc Set)
(1992) [R]
Critically acclaimed for its raw power and breathtaking ferocity, it's the brilliant American gangster movie classic from writer-director Quentin Tarantino. They were perfect strangers, assembled to pull off the perfect crime. Their simple robbery explodes into a bloody ambush, and the ruthless... More
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High Heels (Tacones Lejanos)
(1991) [M]
A girl's mother returns after 15 years to find her daughter has married one of her (the mother's) old boyfriends. They try to mend their broken mother/daughter relationship and deal with their common lover. Released in the U.S. under the title High Heels, Tacones Lejanos was nominated for several... More
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Batman and Robin Series (2 disc set)
(1949) [PG]
All 15 episodes of the classic 1949 movie serial Join superheroes Batman (Robert Lowery) and Robin (John Duncan) as they help Commissioner Gordon (Lyle Talbot, Glen or Glenda:, Plan 9 From Outer Space) battle the Wizard, a villainous madman who steals a top-secret remote device allowing him to... More
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Wait Until Dark
(1967) [M]
Recently blinded woman is unwittingly in possession of a doll filled with drugs. A very mean narcotics dealer concocts an elaborate scheme to trick her into handing it over to him. A great psychological thriller with a twist- the audience knows exactly what's happening but gets to watch the... More
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I Confess
(1953) [PG]
Otto Kellar and his wife Alma work as caretaker and housekeeper at a Catholic church in Quebec. Whilst robbing a house where he sometimes works as a gardener, Otto is caught and kills the owner. Racked with guilt he heads back to the church where Father Michael Logan is working late. Otto... More
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Green For Danger
(1946) [G]
In a rural English hospital during WW2, a postman dies on the operating table and the nurse states she knows the murderer is dead too. The facetious Inspector Cockrill suspects one of the five doctors and nurses who were in the operating theater to be the assassin. But four poisonous pills have... More
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The Fog (1980)
(1980) [M]
The centenary of the small town of Antonio Bay, California has finally arrived. However, the events of 100 years ago are about to come back to haunt the town, because a conspiracy of the town's founders resulted in the deaths of several lepers in a shipwreck. The conspirators had planned to lure... More
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Duel
(1971) [PG]
What begins as an ordinary business trip becomes a terrifying life and death battle for David Mann (Dennis Weaver) in Duel, this classic early film from Steven Spielberg. Initially, Mann refuses to believe he is being followed by a huge diesel truck, but soon the unbelievable horror of the... More
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The Quiller Memorandum
(1966) [PG]
After the brutal murder of two British agents, secret agent Quiller (George Segal) is assigned to West Berlin where he must uncover the operations of the mysterious neo-Nazi organisation believed responsible. His methods of exposing this menace are as unorthodox as the ruthless men he encounters.... More
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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2 Disc Set)
(1979) [PG]
Who can spy on the spies? Some say George Smiley is in innocent retirement. Others say he was sacked after a Czech scandal. But all agree that nobody ever leaves the "circus" without some unfinished business. Brought out of retirement to trace an enemy infiltrator in the department where he was... More
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The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
(1946) [M]
When Nick Smith (Cecil Kellaway) hires drifter Frank (John Garfield) to work as a handyman at his roadside diner he unwittingly sets in motion a chain of events that will lead to his own murder. Nick's beautiful wife Cora (Lana Turner) persuades her lover Frank to join her in a plot to kill her... More
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Frenzy
(1972) [M]
A rapist-murderer terrorizes London and remains on the loose due to the misguided suspicions of the police toward a more "obvious" suspect. After the unfortunate condemnation of the innocent man to life imprisonment, a police inspector (Alec McCowan) continues to have his doubts. Directed by... More
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The 39 Steps
(1935) [G]
Richard Hannay is a Canadian visitor to 1930's London. After a disturbance at a music hall, he meets Annabella Smith who is on the run from foreign agents. He takes her back to his apartment, but they are followed and later that night Annabella is murdered. Hannay goes on the run to break the spy... More
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Gaslight
(1944) [PG]
Lights flicker and dim. Footsteps sound from a sealed-off attic. Mysterious events only vulnerable young Paula sees and hears make her fear she's losing her mind - exactly what treacherous spouse Gregory hopes. Directed by George Cukor, Gaslight shines as a superb exercise in suspense. Ingrid... More
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Shadows And Fog
(1992) [PG]
A killer lurks in the dark corners of an odd little European town--a mysterious stranger who brutally strangles his victims. When the circus comes to visit, the madman steps up his pace, commencing a ghastly murder spree. Meanwhile, a nondescript local man named Kleinman finds himself accused of... More
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The Player
(1992) [M]
Movie executive Griffin Mill (Tim Robbins) is receiving death threats from an anonymous screenwriter. Deducing that the letters are coming from rejected hopeful David Kahane (Vincent D'Onofrio), Griffin sets up an 'accidental' meeting with the writer and, during an argument, kills him. While the... More
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Patriot Games
(1992) [M]
Harrison Ford stars as Jack Ryan in this explosive thriller based on Tom Clancy's international best-seller. His days as an intelligence agent behind him, former CIA analyst Jack Ryan has traveled to London to vacation with his wife (Anne Archer, Fatal Attraction) and child (Thora Birch, All I... More
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Lady Vanishes, The (1979)
(1979) [PG]
On an express train travelling through pre-World War II Germany, American heiress Amanda Kelly (Cybill Shepherd) befriends a cute old nanny, Miss Froy (Angela Lansbury). But when Miss Froy disappears, everyone Amanda questions denies having ever seen her. Eventually Amanda persuades American... More
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The Wrong Man (1956)
(1956) [PG]
From Alfred Hitchcock, the Master of Suspense, a tense thriller based on the true tragedy of an honest man. When Christopher Balestrero decides to borrow money on his wife's insurance policy to pay urgent debts, a tragic chain of shattering events set in motion. Three insurance office clerks are... More
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Hound Of The Baskervilles, The (1959)
(1959) [PG]
Peter Cushing is a spendid Holmes and Andre Morell is the perfect Dr. Watson in this adaptation of the Conan Doyle classic from Hammer Studios and co-starring Christopher Lee. A fiendish evil lurks beneath the mist-shrouded cliffs of the fabled moors. In the form of a hellish hound, it feeds upon... More
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Charade
(1963) [PG]
Audrey Hepburn plays a Parisienne whose husband is murdered and who finds she is being followed by four men seeking the fortune her late spouse had hidden away. Cary Grant is the stranger who comes to her aid, but his real motives aren't entirely clear--could he even be the killer? The 1963 film... More
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Confidential Report (Mr Arkadin)
(1955) [PG]
Guy Van Stratten, a convicted American smuggler, leaves an Italian prison term with one asset, a dying man's words about the wealthy, mysterious and elusive Gregory Arkadin. Guy sets out in search of the enigmatic Arkadin and starts to scrutinize him through his lovely daughter Raina. To thwart... More
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Play Misty For Me
(1971) [M]
Clint Eastwood made his directorial debut with this contemporary thriller about psychotic obsession. Eastwood also takes the lead in the starring role as Dave Garver, a popular radio disc jockey who repeatedly receives on-air phone requests from a sexy female fan to "play Misty for me". When the... More
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JFK : Director's Cut (2 disc set)
(1991) [M]
Part fact and part opinion. New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison is highly suspicious of the official story presented by the FBI to explain JFK's assassination. When he takes it upon himself to investigate, he unearths a deadly conspiracy that may go deeper than he could have ever imagined. More
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