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Allied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II

The story of the life and work of the Canadian fur trapper turned conservationist who claimed to be an aboriginal North American

An elderly Charlie Chaplin discusses his autobiography with his editor, recounting his amazing journey from his poverty stricken childhood to world wide success after the ingenious invention of the Little Tramp

A dramatization of the British Expeditionary Forces 1940 retreat to the beaches of France and the extraordinary seaborne evacuation that saved it from utter destruction by Nazi Germany

The life of the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest

A bitter love story between a talented writer and a gentle nurse

In Brighton in 1935, small time gang leader Pinkie Brown murders a journalist and later desperately tries to cover his tracks but runs into trouble with the police, a few witnesses, and a rival gang

The first secret is what we dont tell people, the second secret is what we dont tell ourselves, and the third secret is the truth The death of a psychologist is investigated by his teenage daughter and a former patient

Operation Market Garden, September 1944 The Allies attempt to capture several strategically important bridges in the Netherlands in the hope of breaking the German lines

In 1926, a U S Naval engineer gets assigned to a gunboat on a rescue mission in war torn China

Operation Market Garden, September 1944 The Allies attempt to capture several strategically important bridges in the Netherlands in the hope of breaking the German lines

A humorously musical retelling of the Biblical story of Joseph

South African journalist Donald Woods is forced to flee the country, after attempting to investigate the death in custody of his friend, the black activist Steve Biko

A lawyer and a little girl must prove that a man claiming to be Santa Claus is the real thing

Renowned producer director Otto Preminger captures international terrorism in this film about five teenage girls who are kidnapped from a yacht by the P L O Stars Peter OToole and Richard Attenborough

At a British Regimental party in Colonial India, the widow of Captain Scarlett is assaulted in the garden, and she accuses one of the newly arrived junior Lieutenants of the crime

Due to an accident, a seaplane operated by a small airline company ditches off an island in the Pacific and the surviving passengers must find a way to be rescued

John Wilson is troubled with pain and and an inability to sleep He tries to light the gas fire and seeks help from another lodger, artist Nicholas, who is spending the night with his model, and is reluctant to be disturbed Another

A trio of ex servicemen begin smuggling innocuous black market items into post war Britain, but through greed they graduate to more sinister cargo

In 1940, the Captain of an old Royal Navy destroyer struggles with his crew, as well as the Nazis

A young factory worker decides to stand up against his workmates and fellow union members when they want to hold a wildcat strike

Anachronistic strict Regimental Sergeant Major Lauderdale Sir Richard Attenborough, on a remote colonial African army caught in a local coup detat, must use his experience to defend those in his care

While her husband works, the wife of a bra manufacturer leads a secret life with her lover, whom she conveniently hides in her attic

British propaganda film from WWII stressing the importance of the navigator on RAFs bomber crews

Hopefuls try out before a demanding director for a part in a new musical

C S Lewis, a world renowned Christian theologian, writer and professor, leads a passionless life until he meets spirited poet Joy Gresham from the U S

Based on the real life case of the British serial killer John Christie, and what happened to his neighbors Tim and Beryl Evans

A ventriloquist is at the mercy of his vicious dummy while he tries to renew a romance with his high school sweetheart

When a leak of information in the African section of British Intelligence is discovered, security man Daintry is brought in to investigate

A young man searches for the proper owner of a ring that belonged to a U S World War II bomber gunner who crashed in Belfast, Northern Ireland on June 1, 1944

A medium and her husband stage a kidnapping in order for her to pretend to solve the crime and achieve fame

The working class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the three boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench warfare

In post WW2 England, a taxi driver is ostracized by society after hes accused of murdering a school girl and his untried lawyer must find the real killer to save his client from the hangman

After a plane crash in the Sahara, one of the survivors says hes an airplane designer and they can make a flyable plane from the wreckage

Chicago Police Lieutenant Jim Brannigan is sent to the U K to escort organized crime boss Ben Larkin back to the U S , but Larkins hitmen prepare an ambush for Brannigan

The wine taster and merchant Martin Lynch Gibbon is married to the shallow and spoiled Antonia Lynch Gibbon, and loves his mistress Georgie Hands Antonia is under therapy with Martins best friend, the psychiatrist Palmer Anderson