And Then There Were None 1945  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Thriller
Director: Rene Clair
Cast: Barry Fitzgerald, Walter Huston, Louis Hayward, June Duprez, Roland Young, C. Aubrey Smith, Judith Anderson, Mischa Auer, Richard Haydn, Queenie Leonard, Harry Thurston
A mysterious host invites 10 people to spend a weekend in a house on a deserted island . Once assembled, the guests hear a record that accuses them all of past murders. Then the guests become murder victims, one by one. From an Agatha Christie story, this was remade several times as "Ten Little Indians." This one, however, remains one of the best.
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Calcutta 1947  N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Farrow
Cast: Alan Ladd, Gail Russell, William Bendix, June Duprez, Lowell Gilmore, Edith King, Benson Fong, Gavin Muir, Don Beddoe, John Whitney
Neale Gordon (Alan Ladd) and Pedro Blake (William Bendix) search the hotels and markets of Calcutta in search of clues surrounding the murder of their friend.
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None But the Lonely Heart 1944 N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Clifford Odets
Cast: Cary Grant, Ethel Barrymore, June Duprez, Barry Fitzgerald, Jane Wyatt, Dan Duryea, George Coulouris, Konstantin Shayne, Helen Thimig, Morton Lowry
For this film, Ethel Barrymore won the Oscar as Best Supporting Actress for her role of the dying mother whose son, Ernie Mott (Cary Grant), strives to help in her hour of need.
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They Raid by Night 1942  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet
Cast: Lyle Talbot, June Duprez, Victor Varconi, George N. Neise, Charley Rogers, Paul Baratoff, Leslie Denison, Crane Whitley, Sven Hugo Borg, Eric Wilton, Pierce Lyden, John(2) Beck
British Commando Capt. Robert Owen (Lyle Talbot) leads a mission to Norway where he plans to overpower the Gestapo and use their uniforms when he and his men rescue a Norwegian General (Paul Baratoff) from a Nazi prison camp.
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 The Thief of Bagdad 1940  N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell, Tim Whelan
Cast: Sabu, John Justin, June Duprez, Conrad Veidt, Rex Ingram, Miles Malleson, Mary Morris, Hay Petrie, Allan Jeayes, Morton Selten, Bruce Winston, Adelaide Hall, Roy Emerton
Abu (Sabu) is a young boy who is tossed into a Bagdad dungeon for stealing. He is joined by Prince Ahmad (John Justin) who the evil Grand Vizier Jaffar (Conrad Veidt) has deposed as ruler of the realm. Together, Abu and Ahmad manage to escape to Bazra where Ahmad falls in love with a beautiful princess (June Duprez). But, the wicked Jaffar appears on the scene with intentions of marrying the princess and sails off with her as his prisoner. Ahmad and Abu follow them, and along the way Ahmad opens a bottle containing a genie (Rex Ingram). Abu outwits the genie, but will his powers be enough to help Ahmad get to the magical Land of Legend where he can regain the crown?
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Tiger Fangs 1943  N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Sam Newfield
Cast: Frank Buck, June Duprez, Duncan Renaldo, Howard Banks, J. Farrell MacDonald, Alex Havier, Arno Frey, Dan Seymour, Pedro Regas
It is World War II, and the Nazis have drugged tigers so they will eat rubber plant workers in Malayan jungles in order to deplete the Allies of rubber supplies for the war effort. Enter big game hunter Frank Buck who will bring an end to Nazi actions and strike a blow for the Allies.
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| 1. And Then There Were None (1945)
2. Calcutta (1947)
3. The Four Feathers (1939)
4. None But the Lonely Heart (1944)
5. They Raid by Night (1942)
6. The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
7. Tiger Fangs (1943)
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