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A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Sunset BoulevardWhen Leonard Vole is arrested for the sensational murder of a rich, middle-aged widow, the famous Sir Wilfrid Robarts agrees to appear on his behalf. Sir Wilfrid, recovering from a near-fatal heart at...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Witness for the ProsecutionA rich woman and a calculating insurance agent plot to kill her unsuspecting husband after he signs a double indemnity policy. Against a backdrop of distinctly Californian settings, the partners in cr...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Double IndemnityBud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mi...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent The ApartmentTwo musicians witness a mob hit and struggle to find a way out of the city before they are found by the gangsters. Their only opportunity is to join an all-girl band as they leave on a tour. To make t...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Some Like It HotAn arrogant reporter exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to revitalize his career.
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Ace in the HoleIt's a dreary Christmas 1944 for the American POWs in Stalag 17 and the men in Barracks 4, all sergeants, have to deal with a grave problem—there seems to be a security leak.
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Stalag 17Don Birnam, a long-time alcoholic, has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother and...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent The Lost WeekendLinus and David Larrabee are the two sons of a very wealthy family. Linus is all work – busily running the family corporate empire, he has no time for a wife and family. David is all play – technicall...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent SabrinaNester Patou, a naive police officer, is transferred to the red light district in Paris and organizes a raid on a dodgy hotel running as a brothel. In doing so he inadvertently disrupts the corrupt sy...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Irma la Douce