Seton I. Miller
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English
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"It's a Brazzle Dazzle day when an orphan named Pete and his best friend Elliott (an invisible dragon), wander into the seaside village of Passamaquoddy. Although Pete befriends the lighthouse keeper and her salty old father, the townspeople think he is behind the 'accidents' that keep happening. But after a daring rescue, everyone believes in Pete's fire-breathing buddy"--Container.
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Criterion collection volume 649
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English
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En route to London after being released from a mental institution, Stephen Neale stops at a seemingly innocent village fair, after which he finds himself caught in the web of a sinister underworld with possible Nazi connections.
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English
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The endearing story between Pete and his invisible dragon friend Elliott as they develop a special bond and share a magical friendship, with memorable characters and heartwarming songs including the 1977 Academy Award best original song nominee, 'Candle On The Water.'
6) The Sea Hawk
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English
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The film was stirringly topical in its day. When Queen Elizabeth (Flora Robson) exhorts her country to maintain fighting readiness against tyranny "now and forever," audiences knew forever had come: Hitler had launched his World War II air siege of England.
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Criterion collection volume 819
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English
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Boxer Joe Pendleton dies 50 years too soon due to a heavenly mistake, and is given a new life as a millionaire playboy.
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Studio classic volume 38
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English
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Pirate Morgan is pardoned and made the new governor of Jamaica on one condition - he must stop his fellow pirates from doing their criminal actions.
9) Scarface
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English
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"One of the most influential movies of all time, the original Scarface is an exciting story of organized crime's brutal control over Chicago during the prohibition era [about] Tony Camonte, an ambitious criminal with a ruthless drive to be the city's top crime boss. This compelling tale of ambition, betrayal and revenge is a groundbreaking masterpiece that influenced all gangster films to follow."--Container.
10) Ministry of fear
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Criterion collection volume 649
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English
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En route to London after being released from a mental institution, Stephen Neale stops at a seemingly innocent village fair, after which he finds himself caught in the web of a sinister underworld with possible Nazi connections.
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English
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The swashbuckling romantic lover Don Juan is sent back to Spain in disgrace, where he discovers the oppression of the people and wins the heart of the queen; set in seventeenth-century England, a surgeon becomes a pirate after he is arrested and condemned to slavery for caring for a rebel against the king; Lord Robin of Locksley protects the Saxon peasants from the Norman lords and wins the heart of Maid Marian; in the days when England controlled...
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English
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Joe is a boxer who is headed for a championship fight when he is killed in a plane crash. Unfortunately for Joe, he was not supposed to die in the crash, but was instead brought up to heaven too soon by an overeager angel. It is now up to Mr. Jordan, the angel's boss, to find Joe a new body and give him another chance to fight for the title. Joe meets an idealistic young woman to whom he is immediately smitten, and she gives him a reason to live beyond...
14) My gal Sal
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English
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"The short but colorful life of turn-of-the-last-century tunesmith Paul Dresser is given a lavish treatment as Rita Hayworth and Victor Mature give star wattage to this delightful and snappy musical"--Container.
17) Fighter squadron
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English
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"U.S. airman Ed Hardin pilots a damaged P-47 Thunderbolt toward a perilous but successful belly flop landing at his fighter-group base in the English countryside. The battered aircraft may never wing into the skies again. Hardin will. 'Notify the taxpayer to get me another one,' he quips. Hardin tempers his flyboy recklessness when the men of the squadron are entrusted to his leadership"--Container.
18) Bengal brigade
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English
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Set during British India in 1857, Captain Claybourne (Rock Hudson) is faced with restoring his reputation after being harshly disciplined for disobeying orders.
19) Dawn patrol
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English
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Tormented over his sending eager young recruits to their deaths, Major Brand is heavily criticized by his ace pilots, Dick Courtney and Douglas Scott. But when the major is promoted and Courtney assumes command, he finds himself in the same situation as his predecessor when he dispatches Scott's inexperienced brother on an ill-fated mission, a sacrifice of war for which he must soon make amends. This film is the "talkie" debut for director Howard...
20) The Black Swan
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English
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A buccaneer tries to stop the pirate ship the Black Swan, a ship on which he was once an officer.