During the French Revolution, a mysterious English nobleman known only as The Scarlet Pimpernel (a humble wayside flower) Read More »
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The Gypsy (1975) José Giovanni, Alain Delon, Paul Meurisse, Annie Girardot
Hugo Sennart is a French Gypsy, wanted by the police for theft. Read More »
Tabloid (2001) David Blair, Matthew Rhys, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, John Hurt
A slimy television host, who makes a living by embarrassing celebrities, is tricked into revealing some dark secrets of his own. Read More »
Busman’s Honeymoon (1940) Arthur B. Woods, Richard Thorpe, Robert Montgomery, Constance Cummings, Leslie Banks
Lord Peter Wimsey is an amateur detective. He is to be married to Harriet Vane, who writes crime novels, at a big Society wedding. Read More »
The Diary of a Chambermaid (1946) Jean Renoir, Paulette Goddard, Burgess Meredith, Hurd Hatfield
Celestine, the chamber-maid, has a new job in the country, at the Lanlaires. Read More »
Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940) John Cromwell, Raymond Massey, Gene Lockhart, Ruth Gordon
Biopic of Abe Lincoln, 16th President of he United States, from his early days in backwoods Kentucky to his election as President. Read More »
Primrose Path (1940) Gregory La Cava, Ginger Rogers, Joel McCrea, Marjorie Rambeau
Ellie Mae lives on Primrose Hill with her good-hearted and fancy free mother Read More »
Reds (1981) Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Edward Herrmann
American journalist John Reed (Warren Beatty) journeys to Russia to document the Boleshevik Revolution and returns a revolutionary. Read More »
Scarlet Street (1945) Fritz Lang, Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Dan Duryea
Chris Cross, 25 years a cashier, has a gold watch and little else. Read More »
Mascara (1987) Patrick Conrad, Charlotte Rampling, Michael Sarrazin, Derek de Lint
A respected police commissioner has a reputation as a fervent opera lover Read More »