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A film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meager skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch.

Runtime

45m

Director

Buster Keaton

Cast

Kathryn McGuire, Joe Keaton

A man who loves games and theatre invites his wife's lover to meet, setting up a battle of wits with potentially deadly results.

Runtime

2h 18m

Director

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Cast

Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine, Alec Cawthorne

David Sumner, a mild-mannered academic from the United States, marries Amy, an Englishwoman. In order to escape a hectic stateside lifestyle, David and his wife relocate to the small town in rural Cornwall where Amy was raised. There, David is ostracized by the brutish men of the village, including Amy's old flame, Charlie. Eventually ...

Runtime

1h 56m

Director

Sam Peckinpah

Cast

Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan

An insurance representative is seduced by a dissatisfied housewife into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, a claims investigator.

Runtime

1h 47m

Director

Billy Wilder

Cast

Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson

Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman's identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher runs into ominous trouble while casting his latest project.

Runtime

2h 27m

Director

David Lynch

Cast

Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Ann Miller