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Peter Lorre
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A trouble-shooting 19th century seaman is trying to discover why so many whaling ships have been disappearing of late. Teaming with a scientist and a diver, they set sail to investigate. They are promptly captured by the megalomaniac Captain Nemo, who skippers a lavish, scientifically advanced submarine.
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A British family on holiday becomes involved in a political assassination plot and kidnapping. The first of Alfred Hitchcock's psychological thrillers.
"A man and his wife receive a clue to an imminent assassination attempt, only to learn that their daughter has been kidnapped to keep them quiet." -- Internet Movie Database.
3) Casablanca
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The romantic lovers' triangle between the impossibly heroic Czech Resistance leader Victor Laszlo, his beautiful wife Ilsa and her ex-lover, cynical American Rick Blaine is still the same old story, but it's never looked better.
5) M
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A psychopathic murderer of young girls terrorizes a German city causing public hysteria and intense police investigations, which in turn disrupts organized crime. The contrasting worlds of the police and the underworld are juxtaposed as they both resolve to hunt, capture, and try the murderer.
Based on an actual case, M is an exploration of the most dreaded type of all deviant personalities. The random killer. A psychopathic murderer of young girls...
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Sam Spade is a partner in a private-eye firm who finds himself hounded by police when his partner is killed while tailing a man. The woman who asked his partner to follow the man turns out to be someone who is not what she says she is, and is really involved in something to do with the 'Maltese Falcon', a gold-encrusted life-sized statue of a falcon, the only one of its kind.
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Road to Bali: In the only "Road" film to appear in colour, Road To Bali sees two song-and-dance men hurriedly leaving Melbourne to work as divers. On the way to Bali, they journey to an idyllic island where they compete with each other for the affection of Princess Lala. Meanwhile, some shady locals become interested in the dive after it produces a chest of priceless jewels. Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour also star in this musical comedy.
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"Among America's great comedians, Red Skelton is certainly the most beloved, along with his gallery of characters, including Clem Kadiddlehopper, San Fernando Red, and of course Freddie the Freeloader. Red Skelton entertained us with his charm, wit and warmth for decades, on stage, on radio, in the movies, and on his hit television program. Movie and television stars lined up to appear on his television show, week after week, year after year, entertaining...
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Book summary: Kenton's career as a journalist depended on his facility with languages, his knowledge of European politics, and his quick judgment. Where his judgment sometimes failed him was in his personal life. When he finds himself on a train bound for Austria with insufficient funds after a bad night of gambling, he jumps at the chance to earn a fee to help a refugee smuggle securities across the border. He soon discovers that the documents he...
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"From Hollywood's golden era of film noir comes this must-own collection of twenty classic mobster films and documentaries. In the gangster's underworld of racketeering, murder and corruption, you never know who's on what side of the law or if your next hit may be your last. Catch these crime thrillers from a world where the city streets are tough, the temptations of instant but illegal wealth are strong, and family ties are even stronger"--Container....
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