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Colonel Mostyn of the British Intelligence Service suspects there is a leak in his department and hires an American expatriate to eliminate various targets working for the Soviets

My Geisha (1962) Paul Robaix is a well known director, married to Lucy Dell, a famous movie star. Robaix wants to make a movie of the classic play Madame Butterfly, but he doesn't want his wife to play the leading part, as in his previous pictures. Producer Sam Lewis and Lucy Dell think up a scheme to get her in the picture after all. Lucy disguises as a Geisha, and gets the leading part in the pi

In 2001 Jack Cardiff 1914 2009 became the first director of photography in the history of the Academy Awards to win an Honorary Oscar But the first time he clasped the famous statuette in his hand was a half century earlier when h

In Kenya, when young Tina befriends a lion and embraces local customs, her mother summons Tinas American father to help bring Tina back to civilization and give her a civilized upbringing

While investigating a murder case, a detective stumbles upon a rare stamp swindle involving the victims twin sister

A young man with artistic talent lives in a close knit coal mining town and finds himself inhibited by his emotionally manipulative mother

A British doctor working in a Canadian hospital, has to assist in a delicate brain operation on a South American President, who is in hiding from a gang of assassins

Vacationing Englishman Oliver Larker stumbles upon a plot to kill a young American tourist in Spain

The misadventures of a young idealist man in Dublin, Ireland in the early twentieth century

A vagabond Viking adventurer and a Moor both compete to find The Mother of All Voices, a legendary golden bell near the Pillars of Hercules

A band of mercenaries led by Captain Curry travel through war torn Congo across deadly terrain, battling rival armies, to steal 50 million in uncut diamonds But infighting, sadistic rebels and a time lock jeopardize everything

A scientist experiments with crossing humans and plants, for which he uses his students

A married woman leaves her husband and zooms off on her motorcycle to see her lover