Ray Milland
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Language
English
Description
Captain Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond has just returned to England. As he is driving home, a young woman jumps out in front of his car. He tries to revive her, but hears a shout for help, then gunshots. As he goes to investigate, the woman drives away with his car. He is soon able to trace her to Greystone Manor, and he goes there to meet her. She urges him to help her get out of a desperate situation.
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Language
English
Description
The murder of a Wax Museum proprietor and some other strange goings-on in the vicinity prompt a police investigator to determine whether the killer is one of the principles who wants to own the museum or if Jack the Ripper has returned to killing after a hiatus of ten years.
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Language
English
Description
Academy Award winners Grace Kelly and Ray Milland star with Robert Cummings in one of Alfred Hitchcock's greatest thrillers--Dial M for Murder. When playboy tennis pro Tony Wendice (Milland--The Lost Weekend) discovers his rich wife, Margot (Kelly--Rear Window, To Catch a Thief),is having an affair with handsome American Mark Hallidy (Cummings--The Carpet baggers), he devises an ingenious plot to murder her. But when his scheme takes an unexpected,...
Author
Language
English
Description
Set just after the close of the Civil War, a former Confederate officer (Ray Milland) joins a vaudeville target-shooting show to avoid detection by the Union army. Working his way West, he falls in league with a group of Southern copper-miners being harassed as they try to make a living.
Publisher
SGL Entertainment
Pub. Date
1954.
Language
English
Description
Ex-tennis pro Tony Wendice (Ray Milland) wants to have his wealthy wife, Margot (Grace Kelly), murdered so he can get his hands on her inheritance. When he discovers her affair with Mark Halliday (Robert Cummings), he comes up with the perfect plan to kill her. He blackmails an old acquaintance into carrying out the murder, but the carefully-orchestrated set-up goes awry. Now Wendice must frantically scheme to outwit the police and avoid having his...
6) Frogs
Publisher
MGM
Pub. Date
1972.
Language
English
Description
Jumping with action, suspense and Southern Gothic charm, this cult-classic stars Ray Milland, Sam Elliott and Joan Van Ark...who are all only a lily pad away from croaking when nature -- led by thousands of murderous frogs -- decides to fight back!
Publisher
MGM
Pub. Date
1963.
Language
English
Description
Dare To Look Into The Eyes Of Madness! When the brilliant Dr. Xavier (Ray Milland) concocts a serum to improve human sight, he stumbles upon a formula for x-ray vision. Inspired by its medical potential, but shunned by his short-sighted colleagues, the doctor tests the potion on himself, only to discover that his ability to see through walls, clothing and flesh is slowly eclipsed by an insatiable desire to look still further - even if it means seeing...
8) The lady Eve
Series
Criterion collection volume 103
Language
English
Description
Barbara Stanwyck sizzles, Henry Fonda bumbles, and Preston Sturges runs riot in one of the all-time great screwballs, a pitch-perfect blend of comic zing and swoon worthy romance that Sturges wrote, directed, and produced.
11) Love story
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English
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Description
Harvard Law student Oliver Barrett IV and music student Jennifer Cavilleri share a chemistry they cannot deny - and a love they cannot ignore. Despite their opposite backgrounds, the young couple put their hearts on the line for each other. When they marry, Oliver's wealthy father threatens to disown him. Jenny tries to reconcile the Barrett men, but to no avail. Oliver and Jenny continue to build their life together. Relying only on each other, they...
12) The uninvited
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2013?]
Language
English
Description
A pair of siblings from London purchases a surprisingly affordable, lonely cliff-top house in Cornwall, only to discover that it actually carries a ghostly price soon they're caught up in a bizarre romantic triangle from beyond the grave. A tragic family past, a mysteriously locked room, cold chills, bumps in the night-this gothic Hollywood classic has it all.
14) Ministry of fear
Series
Criterion collection volume 649
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
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.
15) The big clock
Series
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
A hotshot crime magazine editor inadvertently becomes the subject of a murder investigation after spending an evening with his boss' mistress.
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Newly released in 3D, a suspenseful story of love, adultery, blackmail and murder. A wealthy woman in London has an affair while her husband is away. She is subsequently blackmailed, and her husband attempts to have her murdered. One of Alfred Hitchcock's most famous films.
18) The Thief
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
An atomic scientist and communist agent is caught by an FBI man while stealing vital documents, and is forced to kill him. While on the run from government agents he kills another man when cornered by the FBI, is overcome with remorse and turns himself in. The whole film is without dialogue, with only the musical score and magnified sound effects to create the feeling of tension and danger.
19) The lost weekend
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
A would-be writer's dissatisfaction with his life leads him on a three-day binge. This film gives an uncompromising look at the devastating effects of alcoholism.
