Phyllis Dietrichson is trapped in a loveless marriage to a man who inspires in her nothing but contempt, but rather than leave him Phyllis decides to kill him and collect on the insurance policy she's had set up with the help of her lover, and naive partner in crime, insurance salesman Walter Neff. The only flaws in their plan are the company's reluctance to pay out so much, the diligence of Neff's increasingly suspicious colleague, (and his 'little man'), and the exemplary ruthlessness of Ph find out more...

A true classic of the era, a shadowy, nerve-wracking thriller. Ingrid Bergman is the naive young woman being driven to insanity by her husband whose criminal identity is unknown to her... find out more...

Arrested for the fatal beating of an old lady, petty thief and prostitute Barbara Graham is truculent and aggressive with the police who arrest her as a suspect, but when the evidence against her begins to pile up Barbara relises it's not just her innocence she's going to have to fight for, it's her very life. 'I Want To Live' is a harrowing but utterly addictive story, with an Oscar winning tour de force by Susan Hayward in the central role.

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Murder, mystery and obsession combine to produce a much studied noir classic. Please note that the DVD only contains 'Mildred Pierce'. find out more...

A tense and typically Hitchcockian thriller with Joan Fontaine as the nervous wife of Cary Grant growing ever more convinced that he's about to do her in. Tightly scripted and big on atmosphere, with a plot that twists, turns and leaves the viewer just as uncertain until the clever finale. find out more...