Finlay Currie
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Criterion collection volume 31
Language
English
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In the gloom of a country graveyard, a young boy encounters an escaped convict, a chance meeting that years later leads the boy to tragedy, mystery and wealth.
Series
Criterion collection volume 376
Language
English
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"When a Nazi U-boat crew, headed by the ruthless Lieutenant Hirth is stranded in Canada during the thick of World War II, the men evade capture by hiding out in a series of rural communities before trying to cross the border into the still-neutral United States"--Container.
Series
Criterion collection volume 94
Language
English
Description
A headstrong young woman travels to the Scottish Hebrides to marry a rich industrialist. On the way, she meets a young naval officer and realizes that some things are more important than money.
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English
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Jamaica Inn: Mary is an Irish orphan girl sent to stay with her aunt and uncle, proprietors of the notorious Jamaica Inn. Mary soon discovers that the inn has a terrible secret, and the strange abode is about the claim its next victim.
Kangaroo: An Irish immigrant to Australia and his daughter settle in the Outback where they seek their fortune. But thievery and deception abound in the cattle-rich countryside.
The deadly companions: A dancehall...
8) The mudlark
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English
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In 1875 London, a young boy who lives by scavenging on the banks of the River Thames finds a coin with an image of Queen Victoria and risks his life to meet her in person.
9) Hand in hand
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English
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Michael is a little Roman Catholic boy and Rachel is a little Jewish girl. As the two become fast friends, they must learn for themselves, and then remind those who might doubt it, that one God watches over all.
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English
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Phlegmatic, punctual Englishman Phileas Fogg believes in progress, science, and intellectual deduction. When a member of the Reform Club challenges him on the impossibility of completing a round-the-world tour in eighty days, he wagers his entire fortune to prove that he can do it. He is accompanied by his valet Passepartout, and followed by Mr. Fix, a detective who believes he is a notorious bank robber. Shot in 70mm, using the Todd-AO process (an...
Series
Criterion collection volume 368
Language
English
Description
In 1840s London, Dr. Thomas Bolton dares to dream the unthinkable: to operate on patients without causing pain. Unfortunately, the road to general anesthesia is blocked by a ruthless killer, as well as Bolton's devastating addiction to his own medicines.
12) Saint Joan
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Language
English
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Graham Green's adaptation of Bernard Shaw's play about the life of Joan of Arc.
13) The prisoner
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English
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An agent who has resigned from his country's secret service is taken prisoner and prevented from escaping the village that becomes his home.
15) British noir
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English
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They met in the dark: During WW2, a Royal Navy Commander stumbles upon a murdered woman and discovers a network of Nazi spies and Fifth-Columnists.
The October man: Jim Ackland, who suffers from a head injury sustained in a bus crash, is the chief suspect in a murder hunt after a young woman that he has just recently met is found dead on the local common, and he has no alibi for the time she was killed.
Snowbound: A British Army vet exposes a plot...