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The Criminal

The Criminal

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Film Age rating: 12 Year: 1960 IMDB Rating: 6.8

When a robbery at a racetrack goes wrong ex-con Johnny Bannion is caught and sent back to prison. He won't tell the rest of the gang where he has stashed the loot leading to violent consequences.

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Night Mail

Night Mail

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Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1936 IMDB Rating: 6.8

This documentary short examines the special train on which mail is sorted, dropped and collected on the run, and delivered in Scotland on the overnight run from Euston, London to Glasgow.

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David

David

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Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1951 IMDB Rating: 6.8

Told with authenticity and perception, David looks back on the life of a school caretaker in a Welsh mining town, from the marriage and birth of his son to the trauma of a pit accident. David was the...

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On the Beat

On the Beat

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Film Age rating: 2 Year: 1962 IMDB Rating: 6.8

Norman Pitkin wants to be a policeman like his father was, but he fails the height test (amongst others). One day he gets out his father's old uniform and "walks the beat". This leads to a level of ch...

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Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst

Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst

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Film Age rating: 9 Year: 1957 IMDB Rating: 6.8

While sailing lawfully up the Yangste in 1949, the British warship Amethyst found its return to the open sea blocked by Communist Chinese shore batteries that unexpectedly opened fire. In charge, Liet...

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Paranoiac

Paranoiac

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Film Age rating: 12 Year: 1963 IMDB Rating: 6.8

Simon Ashby is a wealthy psychotic who is is coddled by his aunt in their palatial mansion outside of London. One day, Ashby's long lost brother mysteriously arrives at the house, but events prove tha...

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Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

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Film Age rating: 16 Year: 1960 IMDB Rating: 6.8

England, 1891. Ascending writer Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) meets Lord Alfred Douglas, a young nobleman. Over the years, they will maintain an intimate relationship that will be openly criticized by Alfre...

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The Blue Lamp

The Blue Lamp

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Film Age rating: 9 Year: 1950 IMDB Rating: 6.8

P.C. George Dixon is a long-serving traditional copper who is due to retire shortly. He takes a new recruit under his aegis and introduces him to the easy-going night beat. Dixon is a classic ordinary...

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Young and Innocent

Young and Innocent

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Film Age rating: 7 Year: 1937 IMDB Rating: 6.8

Robert Tisdall finds on the beach the corpse of a woman he knew. Others wrongly conclude that he is the murderer. Fleeing, he desperately attempts to prove that he is not the killer. A young woman bec...

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