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Studio classic volume 5
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Governments and scientists race to unravel the mystery behind a visitor's appearance. Dr. Helen Benson is a renowned scientist who finds herself face-to-face with an alien called Klaatu. Klaatu has traveled across the universe to warn of an impending global crisis. She quickly discovers the deadly ramificications of Klaatu's claim that he is a 'friend to the Earth.' Now, she and her yourng stepson must find a way to convince the entity who was sent...
2) The haunting
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No one lives in the 90-year-old Hill House. Or so it seems. But come in. Four people come to the house to study its supernatural phenomena. Or has the house drawn at least one of them to it? The answer will unnerve each viewer.
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"This chilling adaptation of H. G. Wells' frightening novel [has] humans intrigued when a meteor-like object crashes to Earth but its occupants are definitely not friendly. The assault on Earth is underway, and the Martian machines -- hovering 'swan'-shaped vehicles of destruction' are both beautiful and terrifying as they cut a relentless path of annihilation"--Container.
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Murder!: Based on the novel and play called Enter Sir John by Clemence Dane and Helen Simpson. It was Hitchcock's third all-talkie film. When a woman (Norah Baring) is convicted of murder, one of the men selected to serve on the murder trial jury (Herbert Marshall) believes the accused, an aspiring actress, is innocent of the crime and takes it upon himself to apprehend the real killer.
Rich and strange: Adapted by Hitchcock, his wife Alma, and Val...
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"Captains courageous": A spoiled brat who falls overboard from a steamship gets picked up by a fishing boat, where he's made to earn his keep by joining the crew in their work. "Boys town": The story of Father Flanagan, the founder of Boys Town, and his battle to save boys who had been thrown away by society. When a rebellious boy comes to stay, Father Flanagan must save not only him, but Boys Town itself. "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde": Dr. Jekyll allows...