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Based on the real-life 1925 trial featuring Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan. Famous lawyer Henry Drummond battles fundamentalist Matthew Brady in a Tennessee courtroom when schoolteacher Bertram Cates is put on trial for violating the Butler Act, a state law that prohibits public school teachers from teaching evolution.
2) Accident
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The complex relationships among an Oxford professor, one of his students, and the young woman who captivates both of them is the subject of this difficult but rewarding drama. Director Joseph Losey and writer Harold Pinter had previously collaborated on 1963's The Servant, and they surrounded this recasting of a Nicholas Mosley novel with a similar atmosphere of ominous mystery. The story is presented through flashbacks and disconnected memories that...
4) Topaze
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After years of dedicated service, Professor Topaze is summarily fired for flunking his worst student, who happens to be the son of the powerful Baron, a wealthy businessman who stands to make a fortune by peddling a worthless health tonic. All the Baron needs is one man with lots of academic credentials and few scruples to endorse his sparkling water.
5) Arabesque
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A high-speed, high-class tale of international intrigue starring screen icons Gregory Peck and Sophia Loren. An American hieroglyphics professor is hired by a mysterious Arab oil magnate to decipher a secret message. When the hidden meaning is revealed, the chase is on as he and the oil magnate₂s exotic yet unpredictable companion find themselves caught in the middle of an assassination plot.
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A twisted mystery noir in which married college professor Andrew Gentling is inveigled by old flame Catherine Sykes into a midnight drive. The very next day, Catherine vanishes. Andrew's friend Martha convinces him that he's a prime suspect and should investigate before he's arrested. But this only puts Andrew in a deadlier kind of danger when the trail leads him to the crime-ridden streets of San Francisco.
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During the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, the normal routines of a rural elementary school are thrown into a panic when the alarm sirens go off, warning them of an imminent nuclear attack. Mrs. Andrews, the sixth grade teacher, leads her group of students through the countryside to a bomb shelter. When they arrive at the shelter, they divide the rations and assume various duties, not knowing if they are in the middle of a nuclear holocaust or if it was...
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During the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, the normal routines of a rural elementary school are thrown into a panic when the alarm sirens go off, warning them of an imminent nuclear attack. Mrs. Andrews, the sixth grade teacher, leads her group of students through the countryside to a bomb shelter. When they arrive at the shelter, they divide the rations and assume various duties, not knowing if they are in the middle of a nuclear holocaust or if it was...
10) Inherit the wind
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Screen legends Jack Lemmon (The Apartment) and George C. Scott (Hardcore) electrify the screen in this stunning remake of the most dazzling courtroom drama of all time. When a courageous schoolteacher dares to introduce his students to Darwin's theory of evolution, his small Bible Belt town won't stand for it. Fearing that this "blasphemy" will poison the minds of their children, the devout townspeople lock the teacher behind bars. Enter Henry Drummond...