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"Who killed Jenny Wren? Jenny plans to blackmail her rich and powerful paramours at a posh soirée. Instead, she is murdered. A career criminal at the gathering, knowing he must act before police arrive and accuse him, takes it upon himself to sift through the clues to discover the who of the whodunit. Combining elements of parlor mystery with the secret passages, stormy nights and strange apparitions of old-dark-house tales, [it] crafts a clever...
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Murder!: Based on the novel and play called Enter Sir John by Clemence Dane and Helen Simpson. It was Hitchcock's third all-talkie film. When a woman (Norah Baring) is convicted of murder, one of the men selected to serve on the murder trial jury (Herbert Marshall) believes the accused, an aspiring actress, is innocent of the crime and takes it upon himself to apprehend the real killer.
Rich and strange: Adapted by Hitchcock, his wife Alma, and Val...
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When Arf can't resist temptation and opens a package meant for his neighbor, its contents lead him to more trouble, a couple of crooks, and a buried treasure. Perhaps finding buried treasure and outwitting a couple of crooks will be enought to get him out of trouble.
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Lady Diviner volume 1
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"Diamonds, Death, and Devonshire tea ... in a magical Regency England... Miss Elinor Avely's proper upbringing cannot prepare her for the tiny, spinster vampire who crashes into her sitting room and demands to be fed with a sheep. Elinor already has enough troubles without having to catch ruminants. First, her secret gift for divining jewels has landed her in scandal, exiling her from London society. Second, a nobleman of dubious repute wants her...
165) Divine justice
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"Ruthless underworld criminal Rocco Robano's group of right wing fanatics, inspired by crazed evangelist Heinz Dieter, are responsible for mayhem and murder in the city of Cape Town. As they prepare to leave for their new home, Aurora, a protected community where the White Brothers, the Core, will live out their days in solidarity, they run amok in the city already cursed by xenophobia. Employed to find a set of missing uncut diamonds, ex-addict Rae...
166) Terror by night
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A precious jewel is stolen on the train and the owner is blamed for its disappearance. Sherlock Holmes will find out what really happened.
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One small girl; an unexpected detective; a handful of suspects. All aboard the night train, where no one is as they seem! As Max takes off on a thrilling journey across Europe by train, can seh unravel the mystery of a priceless missing diamond and find a way to bing the jewel thief to justice?
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Brother Orchid: When mobster Little John Sarto goes to Europe to develop "real class," his gang is taken over by another gangster who plans to kill Sarto upon his return; but Sarto manages to escape to a secluded monastery that preaches goodwill, love and forgiveness.
Petrified Forest: Travellers at a way station in the Arizona desert are held up by gangsters.
All Through the Night: A big shot gambler investigating the murder of his favorite German...
170) Lissy
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La región italiana de Alto-Adige es la parte más septentrional del condado y limita con Suiza y Austria. La majestuosa cadena montañosa de los Dolomitas abarca la zona creando paisajes hermosos e inhóspitos. Pero este lugar de belleza también esconde un lado malvado. Porque dentro de las sombras de los imponentes picos de los Dolomitas, un hombre ha forjado un reino de terror. Desde la Segunda Guerra Mundial, cuando solo era un niño, Herr Wegener...
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A collection of DVDs all gathered into one "binge box" for a spectacular movie night.
Fight club: A man sets up a fight club in which young men are paired off in bloody no-holds-barred bouts until one drops.
The usual suspects: A $91 million cocaine heist. A devastating boat explosion. Two survivors. U.S. Customs special agent David Kujan is determined to find out who and what's behind the melee. As he pieces together clues with the help of a half-charred...
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Yakuza: Harry Kilmer returns to Japan after several years in order to rescue his friend George's kidnapped daughter - and ends up on the wrong side of the Yakuza, the notorious Japanese mafia.
Angel face: When Mrs. Tremayne is mysteriously poisoned with gas, ambulance driver Frank Jessup meets her refined but sensuous stepdaughter Diane, who quickly pursues and infatuates him. When he shows signs of pulling away, Diane schemes to get him in so deep...
173) Genius on hold
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Examines the life of Walter Shaw, a telecommunications inventor who, prevented by corporate greed and government corruption from achieving success through obtaining the patents that he deserved, allowed himself to be exploited by the mafia, who had use for his inventions, and whose decline contributed to his son's turning to a life of crime as a jewel thief.
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