The Monkey's Paw
Jun 01, 1948A curio dealer sells a monkey's paw that can grant the possessor three wishes but warns that disaster will follow.
Thriller
Brenda Hogan
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Lost
Jan 31, 1956U.S. Embassy employee Lee Cochrane and his wife, Sue, receive a shock when they discover that their 18-month-old son, Simon, has disappeared in London. He was last seen with their nanny, and the couple seemingly have no leads that might help police Detective Craig in his investigation. The media sensationalizes the incident, causing an unnecessary distraction as the couple prepares to confront the culprit face-to-face.
Crime
Saturday Island
Mar 20, 1952When their hospital ship sinks in the South Pacific during WWII, military nurse Elizabeth Smythe and Marine Michael Dugan find themselves stranded — and soon enough, falling in love — on an idyllic tropical island. But when British pilot William Peck crash-lands on their cozy little atoll, Dugan suddenly discovers he has a rival in love.
Adventure
L'Admirable Crichton
Jun 11, 1957Cricthon , un majordome attaché au respect des conventions sociales, a beaucoup de mal à accepter les idées progressistes de son maitre : Lord Loam. Quand celui-ci provoque un scandale en voulant traiter ses domestiques comme ses égaux, il est décidé que la famille partira en croisière. Mais un soir de tempête, le bateau fait naufrage, et le petit groupe se retrouve sur une île perdue. Rapidement, les codes sociaux vont s’inverser...
Adventure
Noose
Sep 28, 1948Set in post Second World War Britain, Noose is the story of black market racketeers who face attempts to bring them to justice by an American fashion journalist, her ex-army fiancée and a gang of honest toughs from a local gym. When a corpse turns up at black market front The Blue Moon Club, Yank reporter Carole Landis starts snooping, much to gang boss Joseph Calleia’s annoyance. And soon there’s a hit man on the way...
Crime
Time Is My Enemy
Sep 01, 1954A happily-married woman is blackmailed by her first husband, who she wrongly believed was killed in the Blitz.
Crime
The Guinea Pig
Oct 26, 1948A working-class boy wins a scholarship to a public school, as part of a post-World War Two experiment in bringing boys of different social classes together.
Drama
Adam et Evelyne
May 31, 1949Sur le point de mourir, un joueur invétéré implore son ami Adam de prendre soin de sa fille Evelyne, pensionnaire d'un orphelinat. Adam, fidèle à sa promesse, accueille la demoiselle sous son toit. Très vite, les ennuis commencent. Evelyne, en effet, prend Adam pour son père, et celui-ci n'a pas le courage de la détromper. D'autre part, Moira, la petite amie d'Adam, considère la jeune fille comme une rivale en puissance. Cédant à une pulsion sadique, elle révèle à Evelyne ses peu glorieuses origines...
Romance
Encore
Jun 11, 1951Encore is a 1951 anthology film composed of adaptations of three short stories by W. Somerset Maugham: "The Ant and the Grasshopper", directed by Pat Jackson and adapted by T. E. B. Clarke; "Winter Cruise", helmed by Anthony Pelissier, screenplay by Arthur Macrae; "Gigolo and Gigolette", directed by Harold French, written by Eric Ambler. It is the last film in a Maugham trilogy, preceded by Quartet and Trio.
Comedy
The Fatal Night
Apr 12, 1948A young American accepts a bet to spend a night in a haunted house in Mayfair.
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