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Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome(1947) DVD

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Action/Adventure > General

John Rawlins

Boris Karloff; Ralph Byrd; Anne Gwynne;

America’s famous comic book policeman came to life on the silver screen during the 1940’s with four film appearances. The last in the series was this ...

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Eva(1948)

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World Cinema > Drama

Gustaf Molander

Birger Malmsten; Eva Stiberg; Eva Dahlbeck;

Many years have passed since an accident led to the death of his friend, but Bo is still plagued by nightmares. Having moved to a remote island to dea...

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Postman Always Rings Twice, The(1946) DVD

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Drama > General

Tay Garnett

Lana Turner; John Garfield; Cecil Kellaway;

A torrid tale of lust and murder, based on the novel by James M. Cain.

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Flash Gordon Conquers The Universe - Chapters 1 To 6(1940) DVD

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Childrens > General

Ray Taylor

Larry 'Buster' Crabbe; Carol Hughes; Charles Middleton;

Six chapters from the series which finds Ming the Merciless unleashing a weapon with the purpose of destroying planet Earth. Flash Gordon sets out to ...

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Sherlock Holmes - The Pearl Of Death(1944) DVD

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Mystery/Whodunnit > General

Roy William Neill

Basil Rathbone; Nigel Bruce; Dennis Hoey;

Holmes and Watson go in search of the famous Borgia pearl and attempt to rid society of the arch criminal Giles Conover...

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Pittsburgh / Dakota(1942) DVD

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Drama > General

Lewis Seiler

Marlene Dietrich; Randolph Scott; John Wayne;

Two features. In 'Pittsburgh' a beautiful woman becomes the driving force behind two men and their ambition to better themselves. Competing for her lo...

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Letter To Three Wives, A(1949) DVD

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Drama > General

Joseph L Mankiewicz

Jeanne Crain; Linda Darnell; Ann Sothern;

Three women are drawn together as they receive a letter from the mysterious Addie Ross, who claims that she will be leaving town with one of the women...

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Obsession(1949) DVD

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Drama > General

Edward Dmytryk

Robert Newton; Sally Brown; Wayne Naughton;

Clive Riordan, a London Psychiatrist, becomes throughly fed up with the endless stream of lovers his wife, Storm, seems to enjoy. He plans revenge aga...

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Santa Fe Trail(1940) DVD

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Westerns > General

Michael Curtiz

Errol Flynn; Ronald Reagan; Olivia De Havilland;

Two army buddies from West Point's class of 1854 are rivals in love. They are assigned the task of tracking down John Brown and his followers. Introdu...

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War Of The Wildcats / In Old California(1942) DVD

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Westerns > General

Albert S Rogell

John Wayne; Martha Scott; Albert Dekker;

Two features. In 'War Of The Wild Cats' an independent school mistress travels to Oklahoma where she meets a rich oilman and a cowboy, who battle over...

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Thunder Rock(1942) DVD

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Drama > General

Roy Boulting

Michael Redgrave; Barbara Mullen; James Mason;

A writer tries to reveal what is happening in Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy but is unable to do so. Frustrated he retires to a lighthouse in the Grea...

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My Favourite Brunette(1947) DVD

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Comedy > General

Elliott Nugent

Bob Hope; Dorothy Lamour; Peter Lorre;

The story of a bumbling photographer who gets mixed up in a spy caper.

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Inspector General, The(1949) DVD

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Music/Performing Arts > Musicals & Music Films

Henry Koster

Danny Kaye; Walter Slezak; Elsa Lanchester;

Set in the 1800s an illiterate stooge, from a travelling show, wanders into a strange town in Russia and is mistaken for the dreaded Inspector General...

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Flash Gordon Conquers The Universe - Vol. 2 - Episodes 5 - 8(1940) DVD

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Childrens > General

Larry 'Buster' Crabbe; Carol Hughes; Charles Middleton;

Four more episodes of the classic series. 'The Palace Of Terror', 'Flaming Death', 'The Land Of The Death' and 'The Fiery Abyss'.

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Whirlpool(1949) DVD

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Drama > General

Otto Preminger

Gene Tierney; Jose Ferrer; Richard Conte;

Ann Sutton is the wife of a successful psychoanalyst and is arrested for shoplifting. She is saved from any scandal by a somewhat dubious hypnotist an...

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One Of Our Aircraft Is Missing(1941) DVD

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War > General

Michael Powell

Hugh Burden; Eric Portman; Hugh Williams;

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She Wore A Yellow Ribbon(1949) DVD

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Westerns > General

John Ford

John Wayne; Joanne Dru; John Agar;

A classic John Ford western, with John Wayne at his best. He portrays a cavalry officer about to retire after a final fight with the indians.

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Penny Serenade(1941) DVD

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Drama > Romantic

George Stevens

Cary Grant; Irene Dunne; Beulah Bondi;

A light-hearted romantic drama in which a couple meet, fall in love, quarrel, and reunite. Their first baby is lost in a tragic disaster so they choos...

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Sherlock Holmes - Dressed To Kill / The Many Faces Of Sherlock Holmes(1946) DVD

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Mystery/Whodunnit > General

Roy William Neill

Basil Rathbone; Nigel Bruce;

A beautiful woman and her gang of criminals attempt to match their wits with Sherlock Holmes in this murder/mystery set in Dartmoor and London's antiq...