Eric Portman
Series
Language
English
Description
Amid 16th-century England₂s pomp and poverty, two lookalike lads, one a beggar and one young Edward VI, exchange identities for a lark. But their switch backfires and it₂s up to soldier of fortune Miles Hendon to turn the tables on a conspirator and return the correct lad to the throne.
Series
Criterion collection volume 341
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
"Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's beloved classic is a profoundly personal journey to Powell's bucolic birthplace of Kent, England. Set amid the tumult of the Second World War, yet with a rhythm as delicate as a lullaby, the film follows three modern-day incarnations of Chaucer's pilgrims -- a melancholy 'landgirl', a plainspoken American GI, and a resourceful British sergeant -- who are waylaid in the English countryside en route to the mythical...
Series
Criterion collection volume 376
Language
English
Description
"When a Nazi U-boat crew, headed by the ruthless Lieutenant Hirth is stranded in Canada during the thick of World War II, the men evade capture by hiding out in a series of rural communities before trying to cross the border into the still-neutral United States"--Container.
Publisher
American Home Treasures
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
A walk in the sun (1945): An isolated farmhouse in Italy is being held by the Nazis. A lone American battalion has orders to capture it ... at any cost. As they prepare to attack, each of the infantrymen reflects on whether he has what it takes to accomlish the mission - and live. -- We dive at dawn (1943): The exhausted crew of the British submarine, sea Tiger, must rally for one final, desperate mission: to sink the German battleship, Brandenburg....
Publisher
Cohen Media Group
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Cast a dark shadow: Teddy Bare is a charmer who finds the best way to wealth is to marry and bury his wives. He meets his match when he plots against his next intended victim.
Wanted for murder: A serial killer known as the Strangler taunts Scotland Yard as he continues to kill. Can they identify who this killer is before he strikes again?
Publisher
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"The Whisperers tells the story of an impoverished old woman living alone in a seedy apartment who enjoys a rich fantasy life as an heiress. When she discovers stolen money hidden by her son, she believes her fantasy has come true." -- Wikipedia.
10) The prisoner
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
An agent who has resigned from his country's secret service is taken prisoner and prevented from escaping the village that becomes his home.