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The Lady Eve
(1941) [PG]
Returning from a year up the Amazon studying snakes, the rich but unsophisticated Charles Pike meets con-artist Jean Harrington on a ship. They fall in love, but a misunderstanding causes them to split on bad terms. To get back at him, Jean disguises herself as an English lady, and comes back to... More
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The Front Page
(1974) [PG]
The only thing that matters in the newspaper business is getting a front page story. Ruthless newspaper editor Walter Burns (Walter Matthau) and his crack reporter Hildy (Jack Lemmon) believe that together they can cover any story. The only problem is that their team is getting broken up as Hildy... More
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The FJ Holden
(1977) [M]
"One of the most vital, energetic, honest and uncompromising of Australian films" - David Stratton. Suburban Australia in the late 70's. It was the era of the drive-in movie, the Chico Roll girl and the beloved FJ Holden. Boasting drunken fist fights, back seat sex, illegal drag racing, a classic... More
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The Major and The Minor
(1942) [G]
A classic screwball comedy replete with improbable scenarios and acerbic wit, Billy Wilder's first film as director was a hit that kick-started his long and hallowed career. Is She A Kid - Or Is She Kidding? In New York for only one year and already modern girl Susan Applegate has had 25 jobs.... More
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The Plank / It's Your Move
(1969) [G]
Two short films from Eric Sykes. In 'The Plank' (1967) a pair of inept workmen (Eric Sykes and Arthur Lowe) create havoc with a plank of wood. In 'It's Your Move' (1969) inept removal men create havoc when a married couple move into their first home. More
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The Ghost Breakers
(1940) [PG]
Paramount followed up its successful Bob Hope/Paulette Goddard co-star The Cat and the Canary (1939) by warming up another venerable "old dark house" stage play, Paul Dickey and Charles Goddard's The Ghost Breaker, pluralizing the title to accommodate both stars. This time Hope plays radio... More
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Bedazzled (1967)
(1967) [PG]
Co-written and co-starring Peter Cook and Dudley Moore in one of their early silver screen roles. Dudley Moore stars as Stanley Moon, an amiable but timid Wimpy Bar cook who agrees to sell his soul to the devil, if he can't 'make it' with the girl of his dreams, waitress Margaret Spencer (Eleanor... More
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Revenge of the Pink Panther
(1978) [PG]
In Revenge of the Pink Panther, for the final time, the bumbling but impeturbable Inspector Clouseau (Peter Sellers) maddens his long-suffering boss Dreyfus (Herbert Lom), sharpens his wits and martial skills with his manservant Cato (Burt Kwouk) and foils the bad guys without ever having a clue... More
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Hunted
(1952) [M]
After accidentally setting fire to his foster parents’ house, Robbie, a six-year-old boy, runs away. He searches for a hiding place and runs into a riverside warehouse. Clattering down the steps, he runs into the arms of a man, Chris Lloyd (Dirk Bogarde). Robbie sees a body lying nearby.... More
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Singin' In The Rain (2 disc set)
(1952) [G]
Silent movies are giving away to Talking Pictures - and a hoofer-turned-matinee idol (Gene Kelly) is caught in that bumpy transition, as well as his buddy (Donald O'Connor), prospective ladylove (Debbie Reynolds) and shrewish co-star (Jean Hagen). The musical masterwork Singin' In The Rain marks... More
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Come September
(1961) [G]
Rock Hudson stars with the ravishing Gina Lollobrigida in a “…racy, romantic romp” (Motion Picture Herald) set on the breathtaking Italian Riviera.Every September, this successful New York businessman (Hudson) visits his Italian villa to relax and to romance his Roman girlfriend... More
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The Three Ages
(1923) [G]
Love hasn’t changed much over the ages. Or has it? In Buster Keaton’s first independent feature film, he parodies love and romance across the prehistoric, roman and ‘modern’ ages. A keen satire of DW Griffith's Intolerance, this early classic from Keaton, arguably cinema's greatest-ever... More
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My Brother's Keeper
(1948) [PG]
George Martin and Willie Stannard are two prisoners on their way to a West Country gaol who find a way to escape. Martin is a hardened criminal but Stannard is a simple-minded youth awaiting trial. Despite being handcuffed together the two devise a clever plan to board a train in an attempt to... More
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The Longest Yard (The Mean Machine)
(1974) [M]
In this rough-and-tumble yarn filmed on location at the Georgia State Prison, the cons are the heroes and the guards are the heavies. Eddie Albert is the sadistic warden who'll gladly make any sacrifice to push his guards' semi-pro football team to a national championship. Burt Reynolds plays one... More
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There's a Girl in my Soup
(1970) [M]
Adapted from the long-running London West End comedy, There's A Girl In My Soup stars Peter Sellers as a handsome, 40-year-old TV personality and confirmed bachelor. However, he didn't bargain for a lovely nineteen-year-old American girl named Marion (Goldie Hawn). The plot thickens with liberal... More
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Carry On Camping
(1968) [PG]
Sid Boggle (Sid James) and his reluctant mate Bernie Lugg (Bernard Bresslaw) hit on the idea of a nudist camping holiday to spice things up with their girlfriends! But there's just one small problem... how can they persuade the girls to spend their holiday naked? But for Sid the fun really starts... More
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After the Fox
(1966) [G]
Vittorio De Sica directs Peter Sellers in this comedy penned by Neil Simon. Millions of dollars worth of gold bullion is on its way from Cairo to an unknown Italian destination. There is only one criminal mastermind capable of stealing it: Aldo Vanucci (Sellers), also known as "the Fox". Aldo... More
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Soft Beds, Hard Battles
(1974) [PG]
Peter Sellers plays multiple characters in this romp set in World War II. Madame Grenier is the head of a famous Parisian brothel. After most of her French clients go off to war (characters played by Sellers), she tells her girls that they are to be equally attentive to the arriving German... More
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The Bulldog Breed
(1960)
Butcher's assistant Norman is banned from entering a hospital to visit little orphaned Lindy. But he must get in somehow... More
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Bless This House
(1972) [G]
The movie of the successful TV series in which two arguing families discover that their respective offsprings have been having a secret affair and plan to marry. More
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To Paris with Love
(1955) [G]
Alec Guinness plays Sir Edgar Fraser, a widowed Scottish aristocrat who decides that it is time to introduce his 20-year-old son to the opposite sex. This, he decides, must be done in Paris, the most romantic city in the world. So off they go, and Sir Edgar is determined to find a beautiful,... More
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Carry On Loving
(1970) [PG]
The nineteenth installment in this famous series. When Sid James and Hattie Jacques open a marriage bureau, expect the usual frantic carrying on, with a calamitous climax of custard pie chaos. More
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Carry On Behind
(1975) [PG]
More hilarious antics from the Carry On team. A glamorous Russian archaeologist joins a British dig behind a remote caravan site. Chaos is inevitable. More
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Carry On England
(1975) [PG]
Make love not war! The Carry On team are part of an experimental mixed anti-aircraft battery during World War II. The Luftwaffe never had it so easy! Troops Ready (Jack Douglas), Willing (Judy Geeson) and Able (Patrick Mower) join forces to strike terror into the heart of the enemy and run rings... More
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Carry On Don't Lose Your Head
(1967) [M]
The Carry On Gang destroy everything sacred about the classic story of the Scarlet Pimpernel, which is set during the French Revolution. Sid James stars as the Black Fingernail, always one jump ahead of Citizen Camembert and Citizen Bidet... More
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The Knack . . . and How to get it
(1965) [M]
You either have it or you don't. The knack, that is, of seduction! From the director of the Beatles' movies A Hard Day's Night and Help! comes this "inventive and hilarious" (Time) romp through love and sex in 1960's London. Featuring Richard Lester's frenetic filmmaking style – careening from... More
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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
(1936) [G]
One of Frank Capra masterworks which garnered the director his second Academy Award ® win, Mr Deeds Goes To Town is an unforgettable ‘Capraesque’ comedy about a village innocent who inherits a fortune, only to discover it’s all more trouble than it’s worth! Starring Gary Cooper and Jean... More
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A Hole in the Head
(1959) [G]
A Hole in the Head is a "genuinely entertaining" (Newsweek), Oscar®-winning comedy, directed by the legendary Frank Capra at his uproarious best! Meet Tony (Frank Sinatra), a wannabe big shot who's constantly broke. And while the carefree widower may not have money, he is rich in one respect:... More
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It Should Happen to You
(1954) [G]
Can an aspiring model find happiness on a billboard?! That's what Gladys Glover (Judy Holliday) finds out in this delightful romantic comedy. Unable to find steady work as a model, Gladys devises an ingenious gimmick: she uses all of her savings to rent a large billboard overlooking New York... More
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