Vern Haskell's (Arthur Kennedy) life is shattered when his fiancé Beth is raped & murdered by a ruthless gunman. Without knowing the exact identity of the killer he tracks him down to Chuck-a-Luck, a sanctuary for outlaws run by saloon singer Altar Keane (Marlene Dietrich) & her lover Frenchy (Mel Ferrer). Masquerading as a bandit on the run, Vern attempts to uncover his girlfriend's killer, a task which can only be achieved by seducing information out of Altar. Director Fritz Lang adds an expressionistic touch to this unusually dark Western. ...

Loafer Pete Thompson (Rhys Ifans) is forced out of his lethargy when he inherits his father's publishing business
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Gerald Samper is not a lucky man. Ghost writer of terrible celebrity memoirs & lethally bad cook, he now watches as his beloved house falls off a hill in Tuscany. But he & his guests have been saved from certain death by an apparition
- in the form of a certain deceased English princess with great legs.
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Who is John Galt? This famous rhetorical question rings through Ayn Rand's best--selling novel as the people's anthem of despair in depressed economic times. Set in the future, the novel follows capitalist magnates as they battle looters, strikers, & the impending ruin of the United States' economy. ...

All six episodes from the first series of the Vic Reeves & Bob Mortimer revival of ' Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)'. In ' Drop Dead' detective Marty Hopkirk (Reeves) is killed on the job & then comes back as a ghost to help his partner Jeff Randall (Mortimer) solve the case. ' Mental Apparition Disorder' has Marty's bereaved fiancée Jeannie (Emilia Fox) investigate some thefts at a local casino. ' The Best Years of Your Death' sees Jeff & Jeannie go undercover at a boarding school. ' Paranoia' finds the agency protecting the author of a soon-to-be-published book about terrorism & security. 'A Blast From the Past' has Marty approach the end of his supernatural tuition course. & in 'A Man of Substance' Jeff goes to the country to investigate the case of a missing husb&. ...

The complete second series of the Vic Reeves & Bob Mortimer revival of the supernatural detective series. In ' Whatever Possessed You?' Jeannie & Jeff investigate some suspect goings-on at a haunted hotel. ' Revenge of the Bog People' sees Jeff & Jeannie visit a sinister musuem when they agree to investigate the death of an egyptologist. 'O Happy Isle' concerns the death of young gay man on the Isle of Strait. ' Painkillers' has the spectrally-assisted sleuths visit a pain laboratory. ' Marshall & Snellgrove' finds Jeff & Jeannie taking on fellow detectives Marshall & Snellgrove when both crimefighting duos are hired to investigate the same case. ' The Glorious Butranekh' sees the sleuths on the trail of a kidnapped baby. Finally, in ' Two Can Play That Game', Jeff explores an empty department store. ...

Collected two series' of the remade '60's supernatural detective duo starring Vic Reeves & Bob Mortimer. The original premise was that Hopkirk, a living detective was aided greatly by his white-suit-clad partner
- Randall, who was long dead. The abilities of the average ghost, as you may imagine, made his work a lot easier & made for more than a few laughs along the way. Tom Baker also starred as the sleuth's mentor. Episodes included: Series 1
- ' Drop Dead', ' Mental Apparition Disorder', ' The Best Years of Your Death', ' Paranoia', 'A Blast from the Past' & 'A Man of Substance'. Series 2
- ' Whatever Possessed You?', ' Revenge of the Bog People', 'O Happy Isle', ' Painkillers', ' Marshall & Snellgrove', ' The Glorious Butranekh' & ' Two Can Play at That Game'.


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