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2) Notorious
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"With this twisted love story, Alfred Hitchcock summoned darker shades of suspense and passion by casting two of Hollywood's most beloved stars starkly against type. Ingrid Bergman plays Alicia, an alluring woman with a checkered past recruited by Devlin (Cary Grant), a suave, mysterious intelligence agent, to spy for the U.S. Only after she has fallen for Devlin does she learn that her mission is to seduce a Nazi industrialist (Claude Rains) hiding...
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Miracle Pictures Division of PMC Corp. de
Pub. Date
2005.
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English
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Earle Williams, a convict about to be executed, escapes, throwing the Criminal Court Building into chaos. Newspaper reporters attempt to "scoop" the story by holding Williams in a roll top desk in the press room.
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His girl Friday: Ace reporter Hilde Parks is ready to quit journalism and get married, but events--and her ex-husband editor--conspire to prevent it.
Penny serenade: A couple tries to hold their marriage together as they experience troubles while trying to start a family and a new business.
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Studio classic volume 38
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A psychological thriller set in the world of New York City ballet. An insecure ballet dancer wins the lead in Swan Lake but slowly loses her grip on sanity when a seductive newcomer is out to steal her role.
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Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
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Story of a small time hustler, a down and out playwright, and an unsuccessful dancer who plan on bilking a man. It turns out the intended victim is contemplating suicide because his wife cheated him, caused him to lose his job, and ran off with another man. They change their aims and instead help him out of his troubles.
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Fox film noir volume 11
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005.
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English
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Nick Bianco is a small-time crook who gets caught during a jewel heist. Despite some urging, he refuses to rat out the team, assuming they would take care of his family. When his wife commits suicide, he rats out his partners and seeks revenge.
11) Scarface
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Universal Studios
Pub. Date
[2003]
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English
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Tells the story of organized crime's control of the city of Chicago during prohibition and the ruthless drive of Tony Carmonte (Muni) to become the city's top gangster.
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Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
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English
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A secretary accepts an impulsive marriage proposal from an army private just before he is dispatched overseas to fight in World War II. When she receives news of his death, her suffering becomes unbearable ... until a miracle occurs.
Series
Criterion collection volume 136
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Dr. Constance Petersen is a psychiatrist with a firm understanding of human nature - or so she thinks. That is until the mysterious Dr. Anthony Edwardes becomes the new chief of staff at the Green Manors Mental Asylum. The bookish and detached Constance plummets into a whirlwind of tangled identities and feverish psychoanalysis, where the greatest risk is to fall in love.
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Criterion collection volume 750
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2015
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English
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A striking crime drama based on a novel by Dorothy B. Hughes. A tough-talking former GI who comes to a small New Mexico town to shake down a gangster who killed his best friend; things quickly turn nasty.
17) Nothing sacred
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Miracle Pictures
Pub. Date
[2002, 1937]
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English
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A young woman diagnosed with "radium poisoning" is given a last fling in New York City for two weeks, but it all turns into a publicity hoax.
18) Circus world
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[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
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At the turn of the century, circus owner Matt Masters (John Wayne) takes his circus on tour to Europe in search of his long-lost love, Lili Alfredo (Rita Hayworth). With him are Lili's daughter, Toni (Claudia Cardinale) whom she abandoned years earlier and whom he has raised as his own, and his faithful friend, Cap Carson (Lloyd Nolan). The circus is lost in a sinking ship, but Masters manages to salvage part of it and with the help of some European...
