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Calling Philo Vance (1940) William Clemens, James Stephenson, Margot Stevenson, Henry O’Neill
Philo is in Vienna working for the US Government to see if Archer Coe is selling aircraft designs to foreign powers. Read More »
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date (1940) Sidney Salkow, Warren William, Frances Robinson, Bruce Bennett
Complicated plot involving missing stamp collection and kidnapped businessman Read More »
Nora Prentiss (1947) Vincent Sherman, Ann Sheridan, Kent Smith, Bruce Bennett
Quiet, organised Dr Talbot meets nightclub singer Nora Prentiss when she is slightly hurt in a street accident. Read More »
Butley (1974) Harold Pinter, Alan Bates, Jessica Tandy, Richard O’Callaghan
A day in the life of Ben Butley. But definitely not a day to remember for this T.S. Eliot scholar at the University of London. Read More »
The Jack Bull (1999) John Badham, John Cusack, John Goodman, L.Q. Jones
The Jack Bull is about a normal Horse trader Myrl Redding (John Cusack) who cherishes the law and his rights. Read More »
The Trip to Bountiful (1985) Peter Masterson
Carrie Watts is living the twilight of her life trapped in an apartment in 1940’s Houston Read More »
The Racket (1951) John Cromwell, Mel Ferrer, Robert Mitchum, Lizabeth Scott, Robert Ryan
The large federal crime syndicate has proceeded in to town, teaming up with local crime boss Nick Scanlon. Read More »
Sweepings (1933) John Cromwell, Lionel Barrymore, Eric Linden, William Gargan
Daniel Pardway, starting with almost nothing after the great Chicago fire, builds the biggest department store in town. Read More »
It’s a Big Country: An American Anthology (1951) Clarence Brown, Don Hartman, Ethel Barrymore, Keefe Brasselle, Gary Cooper
The story, told in eight episodes, covers different facets of the American Spirit Read More »