Judy Geeson
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English
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The story begins with an eerie midnight encounter between artist Walter Hartright and a ghostly woman dressed all in white who seems desperate to share a dark secret. The next day Hartright, engaged as a drawing master to the beautiful Laura Fairlie and her half sister, tells his pupils about the strange events of the previous evening. Determined to learn all they can about the mysterious woman in white, the three soon find themselves drawn into a...
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English
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Gerald Arbuthnot receives a promotion from Lord Illingworth, a worldly politician who has a sordid history of women, one of whom is Gerald's widowed mother. When their connection is revealed, the young man questions his past, present and future aspirations.
A Woman of No Importance opens with a high-class party featuring a group of society's most illustrious citizens. In the midst of the event, Gerald Arbuthnot enters and announces his new position...
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English
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Imagine an England where all the pubs are quaint, where the Windsors behave themselves (mostly), where the cliffs of Dover are actually white, and where Robin Hood and his merry men really are merry. This is precisely what visionary tycoon, Sir Jack Pitman, seeks to accomplish on the Isle of Wight, a "destination" where tourists can find replicas of Big Ben (half size), Princess Di's grave, and even Harrod's (conveniently located inside the tower...
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
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Description
Tells the tale of Heidi, a radio station DJ living in Salem, Massachusetts, who receives a strange wooden box containing a record, a gift from the Lords. Heidi listens, and the bizarre sounds within the grooves immediately trigger flashbacks of the town's violent past. Is Heidi going mad, or are the Lords of Salem returning for revenge on modern-day Salem?
6) Danger UXB
Publisher
Distributed by New Video
Pub. Date
p2005
Language
English
Description
During WWII, the Nazi's dropped some bombs that were not designed to detonate on imact. These unexploded time bombs, UXBs, posed one of the greatest risks to the people and property of England. It was the job of real-life heroes of the bomb disposal squads to defuse them. Danger UXB is the story of the loves and lives, victories and defeats, played against the background of a nation gripped by war.
Publisher
A&E
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
During WWII, the Nazi's dropped some bombs that were not designed to detonate on imact. These unexploded time bombs, UXBs, posed one of the greatest risks to the people and property of England. It was the job of real-life heroes of the bomb disposal squads to defuse them. Danger UXB is the story of the loves and lives, victories and defeats, played against the background of a nation gripped by war.
10) Brannigan
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Chicago police lieutenant Jim Brannigan is sent to the UK to escort organized crime boss Ben Larkin back to the USA but Larkin's hit men prepare an ambush for Brannigan.
11) Dominique
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Language
English
Description
Wealthy and greedy David Ballard (Cliff Robertson) wants his wife Dominique (Jean Simmons) out of his life...permanently. He begins subjecting her to cruel mind games, hoping to drive the poor woman insane. Convinced that she is actually being tortured by malevolent spirits, Dominique is eventually pushed to suicide. Far from grief-stricken, David soon finds the tables are turned when he becomes the victim of strange, haunting visions...but are they...
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
2010, c1987
Language
English
Description
In 1959, an innocent man, Timothy Evans, is charged with the gruesome slaying of his wife and baby. Convicted by the testimony of his landlord, John Christie, a mild-mannered ex-policeman, Evans is sentenced to hang. However, after the execution, evidence reveals that the real psychotic killer is continuing his mass murder spree. Public outcry over this true case led to Great Britain's abolishment of the death penalty.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Salem, Massachusetts radio DJ Heidi LaRoc ... receives a mysterious record labeled "a gift from The Lords." But when Heidi plays the disc, its bizarre sounds will trigger visions of the town's depraved past, release the darkness within her own damaged soul, and unleash the long-awaited vengeance of Satan himself"--Container.
14) Let Us In
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Language
English
Description
A spirited twelve-year-old girl and her best friend look to uncover the sudden disappearances of several missing teens in their small town.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Crime abounded in late Victorian and Edwardian times--from the streets of London to the country houses of nobility; from the royal apartments of Vienna to the hotel rooms of quiet Copenhagen. Sherlock Holmes took on many of the era's crooks, killers, blackmailers, and schemers, but so did the fictional sleuths of other celebrated writers of the time. (from container.) Stories by Baroness Orczy, George Griffith, Jacques Futrelle, E. Phillips Oppenheim,...