The Purple Plain 1954 N/R, 100 min. Genre: Adventure
Director: Robert Parrish Cast: Gregory Peck, Win Min Than, Bernard Lee, Maurice Denham, Brenda De Banzie, Lyndon Brook, Anthony Bushell, Jack McNaughton, Peter Arne, Dorothy Alison
After crashing his plane in Burma, a World War II Royal Air Force pilot (Gregory Peck) has time to contemplate how he lost confidence in himself as a wartime pilot and ended up in his predicament.
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The Stranglers of Bombay 1960 N/R, 81 min. Genre: Adventure / Horror / Thriller
Director: Terence Fisher Cast: Andrew Cruickshank, Marne Maitland, Guy Rolfe, Paul Stassino, Jan Holden, Tutte Lemkow, Allan Cuthbertson, George Pastell, David Spenser, Ewen Solon, Michael Nightingale, John Harvey, Margaret Gordon, Jack McNaughton
People traveling to a British trading post in India are disappearing, and cargo is stolen. The company hires a stranger to solve the problem, which leads Captain Harry Lewis (Guy Rolfe), who is familiar with the company, to work independently to solve the mystery. Lewis finds that a religious cult, the Stranglers, that performs crazed rituals, is responsible for capturing travelers and stealing their money as the cult wreaks havoc on the area around Bombay.
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They Made Me a Fugitive 1947 N/R, 103 min. Genre: Drama aka: I Became a Criminal
Director: Alberto Cavalcanti Cast: Sally Gray, Trevor Howard, Griffith Jones, Rene Ray, Mary Merrall, Charles Farrell, Michael Brennan, Jack McNaughton, Cyril Smith, Vida Hope
Clem (Trevor Howard), an ex-RAF pilot, is bored in postwar England, so he joins a gang. He is framed by the gang leader after a failed heist and sent to jail. After escaping, he heads to London for revenge.
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Trent's Last Case 1952 N/R, 90 min. Genre: Mystery
Director: Herbert Wilcox Cast: Margaret Lockwood, Michael Wilding, Orson Welles, John McCallum, Sam Kydd, Miles Malleson, Hugh McDermott, Jack McNaughton, John Chandos, Henry Edwards
After international businessman Sigsbee Manderson (Orson Welles) is found dead, his wife Margaret (Margaret Lockwood) is accused of murdering him. Now, ace newspaper reporter Philip Trent (Michael Wilding) steps in to investigate. The story is told in flashbacks to reveal what really happened, and Trent concludes that Sigsbee committed suicide and left evidence to frame Margaret.
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Young Wives' Tale 1951 N/R, 78 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Henry Cass Cast: Joan Greenwood, Audrey Hepburn, Nigel Patrick, Derek Farr, Guy Middleton, Athene Seyler, Helen Cherry, Irene Handl, Jack McNaughton
Two couples share a London home following World War II, and the ensuing problems are amusing.
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| 1. The Purple Plain (1954)
2. The Stranglers of Bombay (1960)
3. They Made Me a Fugitive (1947) aka: I Became a Criminal
4. Trent's Last Case (1952)
5. Young Wives' Tale (1951)
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