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Directed by Herbert WilcoxOrigin United-kingdomActors Michael Wilding,
Margaret Lockwood,
Orson Welles,
John McCallum,
Miles Malleson,
Hugh McDermottRating59%
A major international financier is found dead at his Hampshire home. The Record newspaper assigns its leading investigative reporter, Phillip Trent, to the case. In spite of the police cordon, he manages to gain entry to the house by posing as a relative. While there he manages to pick up some of the background to the case from Inspector Murch, the Irish detective leading the investigation. Despite Murch's suggestion that the death is suicide, Trent quickly becomes convinced that it was in fact murder., 1h44
Directed by Elliott NugentOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Films about music and musicians,
Musical filmsActors Bing Crosby,
Jane Wyman,
Julie Newmar,
Ethel Barrymore,
Robert Arthur,
Natalie WoodRating60%
Widower Jordan Blake is a successful Broadway producer and songwriter, but he has been neglecting his teenaged children, Jerry and Barbara., 1h58
Directed by John Boulting,
Roy Boulting,
Cliff OwenOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
BiographyActors Robert Donat,
Margaret Johnston,
Maria Schell,
Robert Beatty,
Margaret Rutherford,
Janette ScottRating69%
In 1921, William Friese-Greene, in dire financial straits and separated from his wife, but still working, attends a film conference in London. He is saddened that all the attendees are businessmen interested only in moneymaking. He attempts to speak, but no-one is interested and he sits down. He thinks back to his early pioneering days., 1h17
Directed by Roy Ward BakerOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
CrimeActors Linda Darnell,
Gary Merrill,
Hildegard Knef,
June Vincent,
Hugh Beaumont,
Donald RandolphRating59%
A composer, Richard Morton experiences blackouts and cannot account for his actions. He seems to recall a woman's screams and a conversation with his wife, Emily, but it's all a blur., 1h44
Directed by Robert Siodmak,
Vernon SewellOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Swashbuckler,
Action,
AdventureThemes Seafaring films,
Transport films,
Pirate filmsActors Burt Lancaster,
Nick Cravat,
Eva Bartok,
Torin Thatcher,
James Hayter,
Margot GrahameRating70%
In the Caribbean, late in the 18th century, Captain Vallo (Burt Lancaster), a pirate known as "The Crimson Pirate", and his crew capture a ship of the King's navy. The ship is carrying Baron Gruda (Leslie Bradley), the special envoy to the King, who is on his way to the Island of Cobra to help crush a rebellion by rebels opposed to the King's rule. Vallo proposes to make money by selling the weapons on the ship to El Libre, the leader of the rebels. Baron Gruda then proposes to pay Vallo money if he can capture El Libre and bring him to him. Vallo accepts and Baron Gruda and his crew are released, Vallo keeping their ship and releasing Gruda and his men onto his own. While some of the pirates complain that this is not pirate business, they soon come around when they find out the amount of money to be made.Directed by Kurt NeumannOrigin USAGenres Drama,
ComedyThemes Sports films,
Martial arts films,
Boxing filmsActors Gerald Mohr,
Lalo Ríos,
Rita Moreno,
Robert Osterloh,
Robert Arthur,
Jack ElamRating62%
The film focuses on a young Mexican-American named Tommy (Lalo Rios). resident in Los Angeles´s neighborhood. He feels unable to progress in American society, dominated by white Anglophones. Therefore, to achieve popularity, he decides to become a boxer, thus achieving fame and honor. But when he believes he has earned the respect of the "Anglos", he discovers that they are only interested in his reputation, because they still consider him an outsider because of their ancestry and skin colour. Only two white men treat him decently: his manager Pete (Gerald Mohr) and trainer Freddy (Robert Osterloh). However, they also have a personal interest in him. The manager quits due to disappointment over Tommy's unconditional love for Lucy (Rita Moreno), the daughter of a punch-drunk bum.