An Agatha Christie tale told four times on film, this is still the best. Ten guests on an isolated island are murdered one by one. The only clue is a children's nursery rhyme. A black comedy-mystery with terrific performances, 'And Then There Were None' is adapted beautifully by acclaimed French director Rene Clair.
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BULLITT (1968)
Certification15 Our Rating
One of the classic thrillers of the late sixties as a copper is assigned to protect a key state witness in a gangster trial. When the witness is killed the hunt is on for who knew where he was. A tense action packed thriller with one of the great car chases of all time.
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CALL NORTHSIDE 777 (1948)
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Based on a true story, the film begins in 1932 with the killing of a Chicago cop and the sentencing of two young men for his murder. Fast-forward eleven years, and the boss of the Chicago Times newspaper is intrigued to find an advert by the mother of one of the killers, Frank Wiecek, asking for information about the crime, clearly Wiecek's mother thinks her son is innocent. PJ O'Neal (Stewart), one of the Times' top reporters, is dispatched to find out whether Mrs Wiecek's opinion is clouded by
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CAT O' NINE TAILS (1971)
Certification12 Our Rating
A blind man overhears a crime and winds up in a web of murder blackmail and industrial espionage. Haunting and sinister music by Morricone, gruesome set pieces and starlets in short skirts assist the cult feel of the era and cinematic style of Point Blank.
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FANTOMAS (1913)
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In the Shadow of the Guillotine (54 minutes), Juve versus Fantomas (59 minutes), The Murderous Corpse (90 minutes), Fantomas versus Fantomas (59 minutes), The False Magistrate (70 minutes).
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FAREWELL MY LOVELY (1944)
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A classic noir adaptation of a Chandler novel with Dick Powell as the hardboiled, wise-cracking, incorruptible Marlowe in a seedy, decadent LA of shifting loyalties, unseen evil, phoneys, criminals, old money and family skeletons. Superb dialogue and definitive noir camerawork.
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GREEN FOR DANGER (1946)
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August 1944. German flying bombs are raining down on London and directly under their flight path is a small cottage hospital. Inside the tension is almost unbearable for the dedicated team of surgeons and nurses, and not just because of the 'doodlebugs' and near misses, the close-knit community is torn apart by jealousy, emotional turmoil, the horrors of war and terrible secrets. When the local postman is brought in, delirious but trying to impart an urgent message, the murders begin. The eccent
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KISS ME DEADLY (1955)
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After the subsequent murder of a scared running girl he picked up on the highway Mickey Spillane's anti-hero, dodgy private eye Mike Hammer, smells money and follows the threads on a seedy trip through the LA underworld.
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LA FEMME INFIDELE (1968)
Certification15 Our Rating
The first film in Chabrol's cycle of films based on unfaithfulness leading to murder has plenty of Hitchcock references but not used in a cliched way. The husband hires a private eye to follow his wife and then murders her lover....
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LAURA (1944)
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A dark, intriguing thriller. The enigmatic Laura becomes an object of obsession to a hard-bitten journalist and is found dead shortly before her wedding. As the mystery deepens with every twist and turn, the detective on the case also falls under the spell of the tragic beauty. Classic film noir.
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