Patrick Holt
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Birthday: January 31, 1912
Deathday: October 12, 1993
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Alias John Preston
1955-12-14
Alias John Preston
Overview: A mysterious young man settles in a rural English town and immediately starts making a good impression. Before long he has insinuated himself into local life, is married and is serving on the board of the local hospital. Everything seems to be going well for him until a newly appointed consultant psychiatrist shows up and starts asking some probing questions.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-12-14
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No Blade of Grass
1970-06-20
No Blade of Grass
Overview: A strange new virus has appeared, which only attacks strains of grasses such as wheat and rice, and the world is descending into famine and chaos. Architect John, along with his family and friends, is making his way from London to his brother's farm in northern England where there will hopefully be food and safety for all of them.
Genres: Adventure Science Fiction Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-06-20
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When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth
1970-10-25
When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth
Overview: An ancient tribe attempts to sacrifice Sanna as an offering to the Sun god to save their tribe from dinosaurs. Tara, a young man from another tribe, saves Sanna and takes her along with him.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-10-25
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Philby, Burgess and Maclean
1977-05-31
Philby, Burgess and Maclean
Overview: Recruited by the Russians during their days at Cambridge, three young Englishmen rise to become high-ranked MI5 agents until their exposure in 1949.
Genres: Thriller Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-05-31
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Afternoon of a Nymph
1962-09-30
Afternoon of a Nymph
Overview: An agent invites his young starlet to a party, to meet all the right people. A chance to move on from the commercials she has been doing, to bigger roles and maybe stardom. However while she is there, she realizes there is a price to pay...
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-09-30
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Dead by Morning
1955-07-01
Dead by Morning
Overview: Gorgeous Kate Dax and her crime-writer husband, Andrew, investigate the murder of eccentric spinster Miss Tulip at a remote country cottage.
Genres: Crime Mystery Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-07-01
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13 East Street
1952-03-01
13 East Street
Overview: When police inspector Gerald Blake wants to infiltrate a London stolen-goods gang, he does a thorough job of it. First, he robs a jewelry store, gets caught and is sentenced to prison. Then he teams up with gang-member Joey to make their escape. Once in the gang, Blake identifies the boss, Larry, and most of the other thieves, but not the "inside man." As a big fur job looms closer, the detective's task is complicated by the playful but seductive advances of Judy, a dazzling blonde who happens also to be the jealous Larry's girl friend.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-03-01
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Girl in the Headlines
1963-11-15
Girl in the Headlines
Overview: Called in to investigate the murder of a model, Chief Inspector Birkett and Sergeant Saunders soon discover that the victim had been leading somewhat of an immoral life.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-11-15
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The Girl in the Picture
1957-01-01
The Girl in the Picture
Overview: A crime reporter investigating a murder discovers the case hinges on a mysterious woman he had photographed earlier.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-01-01
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Guilt Is My Shadow
1950-03-22
Guilt Is My Shadow
Overview: A woman is haunted by her conscience after she murders a man and then hides the body. Based on the novel 'You're Best Alone' by Norah Lofts.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-03-22
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The Men of Sherwood Forest
1954-11-01
The Men of Sherwood Forest
Overview: Robin Hood is persuaded by two nobles whom he believes to be loyal to King Richard to recover secret plans attaining to the rescue of the king from captivity in Germany. Though disguised as a troubadour, Robin is betrayed and captured. Lady Alys and the merry men help him escape in time to foil an intended ambush on King Richard as he returns from the Crusades.
Genres: Adventure History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-11-01
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The Stranger Came Home
1954-09-24
The Stranger Came Home
Overview: Someone knocked out a man and left him for dead during a fishing trip in Portugal. That someone is either his fetching wife, or two business partners, all sporting guilty faces after his unexpected return. Two more murders and a frame-up befall the quartet before an inspector closes the case.
Genres: Mystery Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-09-24
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Fortune Is a Woman
1957-03-13
Fortune Is a Woman
Overview: An insurance man discovers his ex-girlfriend and her husband's art-forgery/arson scam.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-03-13
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The Dark Avenger
1955-04-15
The Dark Avenger
Overview: Edward, Prince of Wales, son and heir to his father King Edward III of England, leads an English army to the French province of Aquitaine to protect the inhabitant from the ravages of the French. After defeating the French in battle, the defeated French plot to kill the prince. Failing in this, they kidnap his lady, the lovely Lady Joan Holland. Of course Prince Edward has to ride to the rescue, adopting numerous guises to save his paramour, which ultimately end in him leading his men into one final climactic battle against the French. (Also known as "The Warriors" and "The Black Prince").
Genres: Action Adventure Drama History Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-04-15
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Boys in Brown
1949-12-01
Boys in Brown
Overview: Jackie lives in poverty with his widowed mother. In a bid to escape poverty he gets involved in a robbery that sees him sentenced to three years in Borstal where he meets a tough crowd, tougher than anything on the outside.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-12-01
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Guns at Batasi
1964-10-30
Guns at Batasi
Overview: An anachronistic martinet RSM on a remote Colonial African army caught in a local coup d'etat must use his experience to defend those in his care.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-10-30
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When The Bough Breaks
1947-11-19
When The Bough Breaks
Overview: The bewildered wife of a bigamist allows her child to be adopted and then regrets it.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-11-19
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My Sister and I
1948-08-02
My Sister and I
Overview: A family is in need of a new house help so they employ a mysterious young woman. They soon realise all is not as it seems as the past comes back to haunt the woman of the house.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-08-02
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Night of the Prowler
1962-12-01
Night of the Prowler
Overview: An avaricious, ambitious fellow, desiring to hold the reins for a major auto company, must frame someone for murder before he can get what he wants. He chooses a reformed embezzler who works for the company.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-12-01
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The Gelignite Gang
1956-06-20
The Gelignite Gang
Overview: A tense thriller that tears the lid off Soho's underworld and reveals the cunning organization behind a gang of safe-breakers who will stop at nothing, not even murder, to achieve their goals.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-06-20
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Portrait from Life
1948-12-01
Portrait from Life
Overview: A British army officer becomes fascinated by the portrait of a young woman. He travels to Germany to find her, only to discover that she is suffering from amnesia.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-12-01
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Genghis Khan
1965-04-15
Genghis Khan
Overview: This is the story of the shy Mongol boy Temujin who,during the 13th century, becomes the fearless Mongol leader Genghis Khan that unites all Mongol tribes and conquers India,China,Persia,Korea and parts of Rusia,Europe and Middle-East.
Genres: History Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-04-15
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A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
1949-05-23
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
Overview: The lives of the members of a West Yorkshire cycling club are complicated by romantic entanglements and a series of bike thefts.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-05-23
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Marry Me
1949-06-07
Marry Me
Overview: The stories of several individuals who consult a marriage bureau, including a peer of the realm, his butler, a lonely school teacher, a French girl on the run from a violent boyfriend, a country vicar, and a newspaper reporter, sent by his editor, to do an undercover story.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-06-07
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Murder Reported
1957-04-28
Murder Reported
Overview: Ace reporter Jeff Holly is assigned to investigate the murder of a politician whose body was found stashed in a trunk. Holly's enthusiasm soon wanes when his editor insists that he take his daughter Amanda North with him to investigate. Fortunately, the girl has a real knack for investigative reporting and they make a good team. They even fall in love. They discover that the killer was the politician's rival.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-04-28
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The Challenge
1938-09-14
The Challenge
Overview: Dramatization of the first climbing of the Matterhorn in 1865.
Genres: Romance Adventure History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-09-14
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Stolen Assignment
1955-08-01
Stolen Assignment
Overview: Henry Crossley is an artist whose wife is spending a week's holiday with her aunt. But when her aunt comes to see him, worried because her niece has not arrived, a police investigation into her disappearance begins. It seems that Henry was fully occupied at the time his wife went missing; but is his alibi completely truthful?
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-08-01
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The Desperados
1969-02-28
The Desperados
Overview: A Confederate and his sons become postwar marauders and face another son who left them, in Texas.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-02-28
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John Wesley
1954-03-02
John Wesley
Overview: Rescued from a burning house as a child, John Wesley believes the experience marked him for a higher purpose, a 'brand from the burning'. The film follows Wesley's years at Oxford and as a clergyman, his disagreements with the church over the social position of the clergy, his mission to America, the founding of Methodism, and his bringing of the Gospel into the lives of ordinary people.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-03-02
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Sword of Honour
1939-08-13
Sword of Honour
Overview: A recruit at Sandhurst initially makes a poor impression, but goes on to prove himself by riding in the Grand National.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-08-13
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Diamonds on Wheels
1973-08-19
Diamonds on Wheels
Overview: Three kids get mixed up with jewel thieves and stolen diamonds in a 24-hour road rally.
Genres: Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-08-19
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The Mark of Cain
1947-03-14
The Mark of Cain
Overview: An attractive young French girl instigates rivalry between two brothers when she becomes the bride of the younger one. As the situation festers it leads to murder…
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-03-14
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Suspended Alibi
1957-02-01
Suspended Alibi
Overview: A married man having an affair visits a friend to establish an alibi for a rendezvous with his girlfriend. His friend is murdered the same night and he is accused of the crime.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-02-01
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Suspended Alibi
1957-02-01
Suspended Alibi
Overview: A married man having an affair visits a friend to establish an alibi for a rendezvous with his girlfriend. His friend is murdered the same night and he is accused of the crime.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-02-01
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Convoy
1940-09-28
Convoy
Overview: A tale of life on board a Royal Navy cruiser assigned to protect the vital convoys between America and England during WWII.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-09-28
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Man Charged
1971-10-12
Man Charged
Overview: A procedural routine murder investigation written by a former Detective Inspector
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-10-12
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Frieda
1947-06-19
Frieda
Overview: An RAF pilot who was shot down during WWII returns home to his English village with his new bride. The trouble is that she is the German lady who helped him escape.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-06-19
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The Magic Christian
1969-12-12
The Magic Christian
Overview: Sir Guy Grand, the richest man in the world, adopts a homeless man, Youngman. Together, they set out to prove that anyone--and anything--can be bought.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-12-12
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There's Always a Thursday
1957-03-01
There's Always a Thursday
Overview: A meek, lowly employee at a London brokerage firm sees his life change when he's suspected of being a notorious womanizer.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-03-01
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The Wild Geese
1978-06-28
The Wild Geese
Overview: A British multinational company seeks to overthrow a vicious dictator in central Africa. It hires a band of (largely aged) mercenaries in London and sends them in to save the virtuous but imprisoned opposition leader who is also critically ill and due for execution. Just when the team has performed a perfect rescue, the multinational does a deal with the vicious dictator leaving the mercenary band to escape under their own steam and exact revenge.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-06-28
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Priest of Love
1981-10-11
Priest of Love
Overview: Following the banning and burning of his novel, "The Rainbow," D.H. Lawrence and his wife, Frieda, move to the United States, and then to Mexico. When Lawrence contracts tuberculosis, they return to England for a short time, then to Italy, where Lawrence writes "Lady Chatterley's Lover."
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-10-11
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The Whistle Blower
1986-11-21
The Whistle Blower
Overview: A war veteran tries to investigate the murder of his son who was working as a Russian translator for the British intelligence service during the Cold War. He meets a web of deception and paranoia that seems impenetrable...
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-11-21
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The Magic Box
1952-01-01
The Magic Box
Overview: Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young and handsome William Green he changed his name to include his first wife's so that it sounded more impressive for the photographic portrait work he was so good at. But he was also an inventor and his search for a way to project moving pictures became an obsession that ultimately changed the life of all those he loved.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-01-01
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Fly Away Peter
1948-10-07
Fly Away Peter
Overview: Director Charles Saunders' low-key domestic comedy, adapted from A.P. Dearsley's play, centers on a middle-aged London couple who react in different ways as their four children grow up, fall in love and make career choices.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-10-07
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The Sea Wolves
1980-07-03
The Sea Wolves
Overview: A German spy is passing on information about the location of Allied ships in the neutral harbor of Goa, India, with catastrophic results. Unable to undertake a full military operation in the Portuguese stronghold, English intelligence brings out of retirement a crew of geriatric ex-soldiers, veterans from World War I, using their age as cover. These old soldiers are asked to take to the seas and pull off an unlikely undercover mission.
Genres: War Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-07-03
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The Challenge
1960-05-17
The Challenge
Overview: Jailed for his role in a gang heist and ditched by its female leader (Jayne Mansfield), a widower (Anthony Quayle) decides to keep the loot.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-05-17
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Hammerhead
1968-09-11
Hammerhead
Overview: An American agent has tracked down the stronghold of an evil criminal mastermind, determined to take over the world (what, another one ?).
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-09-11
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Playing Away
1987-01-02
Playing Away
Overview: To mark the conclusion of their "Third World Week" celebration, a cricket team in a small English village invites a black cricket team from South London to a charity game with comical results.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-01-02
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Hungry Hill
1947-01-07
Hungry Hill
Overview: Life becomes a tragedy for the wife of an Irish heir to a 19th-century family feud and fortune.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-01-07
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Ivanhoe
1952-07-31
Ivanhoe
Overview: Sir Walter Scott's classic story of the chivalrous Ivanhoe who joins with Robin of Locksley in the fight against Prince John and for the return of King Richard the Lionheart.
Genres: Adventure Romance History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-07-31
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The October Man
1947-08-28
The October Man
Overview: Jim Ackland, who suffers from a head injury sustained in a bus crash, is the chief suspect in a murder hunt, when a girl that he has just met is found dead on the local common, and he has no alibi for the time she was killed.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-08-28
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Too Hot to Handle
1960-12-01
Too Hot to Handle
Overview: A French reporter working on a steamy story about the secret strip joints found in London's Soho district becomes involved in the lives of the owner and star of a famous club.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-12-01
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The Frightened City
1961-09-01
The Frightened City
Overview: A small time thief is recruited by a mobster to help with the racketeering. He doesn't like the job, but with the mob on his back, a femme fatale in his bed and a sick friend to care for, he will have to keep all his wits about him.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-09-01
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Dangerous Comment
1940-05-18
Dangerous Comment
Overview: A young pilot, annoyed at not being selected to take part in a raid on an enemy target, moans to his fiancée, who in turn chatters to a friend at a cocktail bar.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-05-18
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I Was Monty's Double
1958-10-21
I Was Monty's Double
Overview: The incredible but true story of how an impersonator was recruited to impersonate General Montgomery to mislead the Germans about his intentions before the North Africa campaign.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-10-21
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Come Back Peter
1952-10-31
Come Back Peter
Overview: There's pandemonium in a country house when various relatives come to stay.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-10-31
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Circumstantial Evidence
1952-10-16
Circumstantial Evidence
Overview: Long after being deserted by her husband, Linda Harrison will soon be free to marry her lover, Michael Carteret. But when her husband suddenly reappears, he attempts to blackmail the couple with a threat of ruining Michael's career. When her husband is murdered, Michael appears to be the only obvious suspect - but will the circumstantial evidence be enough to sentence him to death?
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-10-16
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The Fighting Prince of Donegal
1966-10-01
The Fighting Prince of Donegal
Overview: Ireland 1587. Hugh O'Donnell inherits the title of The O'Donnell, the prince of Donegal, and tries to unite Ireland to make war on England. But then Hugh is kidnapped and imprisoned by the Viceroy of Ireland and held ransom for the Clans' good behavior. Hugh must escape prison and the Viceroy's villainous henchman, Captain Leeds, before he can fight.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-10-01
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The Master of Bankdam
1947-08-20
The Master of Bankdam
Overview: Generational family struggles for control of a family business in 19th century Yorkshire, and to be the Master of Bankdam.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-08-20
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Cromwell
1970-07-16
Cromwell
Overview: Disgusted with the policies of King Charles I, Oliver Cromwell plans to take his family to the New World. But on the eve of their departure, Cromwell is drawn into the tangled web of religion and politics that will result in the English Civil War.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-07-16
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Flashpoint Africa
1980-01-01
Flashpoint Africa
Overview: A black revolutionary group kidnaps a couple of young white women in a southern African state in the 1970s. They ask for a specific female reporter to interview them. She arrives and decides to stay with them until the girls are released.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-01
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Serena
1962-06-01
Serena
Overview: Scotland Yard investigate when a woman, apparently the estranged wife of a London painter, is murdered with a shotgun in rural Surrey at the same time as the artist's striking model with her long black hair disappears.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-06-01
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Flight from Singapore
1962-07-01
Flight from Singapore
Overview: Two British pilots begin an airline that serves the Singapore-to-Hong Kong route. One of their flights develops problems and crashes in the jungle. What makes matters even worse, is that aboard the crashed plane are desperately needed medical supplies…
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-07-01
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