Charles Laughton
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of...
Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the beauty of Esmeralda, a young Romani girl. The hunchback Quasimodo, Frollo's protege and bell-ringer of Notre Dame, lives in peace among the bells in the heights of the immense cathedral until he is involved by the twisted magistrate in his malicious plans to free himself from Esmeralda's alleged spell, which he believes to be the devil's work.
Witness for the Prosecution
Tyrone Power stars in the first adaptation...
Tyrone Power stars in the first adaptation of Agatha Christie's stage play of the same name. Set in London, this classic American courtroom drama deals with the trial of a man accused for murder and won Elsa Lanchester a 1958 Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress.
The Night of the Hunter
Classic, black and white noir starring Robert...
Classic, black and white noir starring Robert Mitchum (Cape Fear) as serial-killer clergyman Harry Powell, who marries his cellmate's unsuspecting widow to find a hidden fortune.
Spartacus
Stanley Kubrick tells the tale of Spartacus...
Stanley Kubrick tells the tale of Spartacus (Kirk Douglas), the bold gladiator slave and Varinia (Jean Simmons), the woman who believed in his cause.
Hobson's Choice
David Lean's award-winning classic. Henry Hobson owns...
David Lean's award-winning classic. Henry Hobson owns and tyrannically runs a successful Victorian boot maker’s shop in Salford, England. A stingy widower with a weakness for overindulging in the local Moonraker Public House, he exploits his three daughters as cheap labour. When he declares that there will be ‘no marriages’ to avoid the expense of marriage settlements at £500 each, his eldest daughter Maggie rebels.
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against...
Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty. However, Bligh returns one year later, hell bent on avenging his captors.