Number 17 - Leon M. Lion Anne Grey John Stuart Donald Calthrop Barry Jones and Ann Casson. Director Alfred Hitchcock

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Published on May 27, 2013

Several dodgy people are meeting each other in a mysterious house. A necklace was stolen, one or more of them are involved in this crime. The grotesque situation leads into a wild and action-packed chase between a bus and a train, which crashes spectacular in the harbor of London at the end.

Hitchcock actually did not want to make this movie. The original story, a play of J.J. Farjean was so bad and clichee-ridden, that he didn´t expect it to make a good movie. Hitchcock made ​​a virtue out of necessity and produced a grotesque! The charm of......

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 Though the opening credits confirm the picture's title is Number Seventeen, much of the promotional material (as per graphic above) and many databases refer to Number 17.

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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - John Barrymore, Martha Mansfield, Charles W. Lane and Nita Naldi. Directed by John S. Robertson. (1920)

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Published on Jun 25, 2015

"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" is a 1920 horror silent film, produced by Famous Players-Lasky and released through Paramount/Artcraft. The film is based upon Robert Louis Stevenson's novella "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and starring actor John Barrymore. The film was directed by John S. Robertson and co-starred Nita Naldi. The scenario was by Clara Beranger.

This story of split personality, has Dr. Jekyll a kind and charitable man who believes that everyone has two sides, one good and one evil. Using a potion, his personalities are split, creating havoc.
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Directed by John S. Robertson, produced by Adolph Zukor, written by Thomas Russell Sullivan, Clara Beranger and Robert Louis Stevenson (novel), starring John Barrymore, Martha Mansfield, Charles Lane and Nita Naldi.

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Grave of the Vampire - William Smith, Michael Pataki, Lyn Peters and Diane Holden. Directed by John Hayes (1974)

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Published on Jan 21, 2016

Grave of the Vampire 1974

Several years after his death by electrocution in the late 1930s, ghoulish rapist/murderer Caleb Croft (Michael Pataki) rises from his crypt and brutally assaults young Leslie Hollander (Kitty Vallacher). Leslie becomes pregnant by Croft and delivers a baby boy, whom she nurses with bottles of blood.  

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A Star Is Born - Janet Gaynor, Fredric March, Adolphe Menjou, May Robson, Andy Devine, Lionel Stander and Owen Moore.directed by William A. Wellman (1937)

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When a young actress (Janet Gaynor) arrives in Hollywood with hopes of stardom, a chance encounter places her under the wing of older actor Norman Maine (Fredric March). Adopting the stage name Vicki Lester, she co-stars with Norman in a major motion picture, but his success is clearly fading even a… More

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The Outlaw - Jack Buetel, Jane Russell, Thomas Mitchell, and Walter Huston. directed by Howard Hughes (1943)

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Published on Feb 23, 2016

Western legends Pat Garrett, Doc Holliday and Billy the Kid are played against each other over the law and the attentions of vivacious country vixen Rio McDonald.
Directors: Howard Hughes, Howard Hawks (uncredited)
Writer: Jules Furthman (screenplay)

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The 39 Steps - Robert Donat, Wylie Watson and Madeleine Carroll (1935)

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Published on Mar 24, 2013

This spy story takes the viewers into the Scottish Highlands. Richard Hannay, who is suspected of murder, tries to get to a secret formula using the memory genius Mr. Memory. The police and a foreign power are chasing him. He flees to Scotland and meets the lovely Pamela. After initial reluctance she helps him. Following a turbulent escape, Hannay finds the formula that reveals the true culprits and can finally rehabilitate himself.

This early Hitchcock Movie has a typical "Hitchcock Story"! It is the story of the innocent hero, who has to prove his own innocence and restore his reputation. In some later films (sabotage, North by Northwest, The Lady Vanishes) Hitchcock works with the same scheme.

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The Great St Louis Bank Robbery - Full movie Steve McQueen, Crahan Denton, David Clarke, James Dukas & Mollie McCarthy

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Published on Feb 23, 2016

A gang's plans for a St. Louis bank robbery are complicated when the sister of one of the thieves starts voicing her well-founded suspicions. The film is based on a 1953 bank robbery attempt of Southwest Bank in St. Louis. The film was shot on location in St. Louis in 1958 with some of the men and women from the St. Louis Police Department, as well as local residents and bank employees, playing the same parts they did in the actual robbery attempt.

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• Steve McQueen as George Fowler
• Crahan Denton as John Egan, the boss
• David Clarke as Gino, Ann's brother
• James Dukas as Willie, the driver
• Mollie McCarthy as Ann

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