Nigel Hawthorne
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Previously published in the print anthology Murder in the Mews: Four Cases of Hercule Poirot. A young woman commits suicide while her roommate is away for the weekend. However, the lead inspector is sufficiently doubtful about the cause of death to call for the help of Hercule Poirot.
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Based on the real-life story of a young naval cadet who is accused of stealing a five shilling postal order. Convinced of the boy's innocence, the Winslow family persuade the country's leading lawyer, Sir Robert Morton to take on the defense. As the case proceeds, it challenges many long-accepted legal notions and sets off a national frenzy--exacting a heavy price on the family.
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Provides an in-depth account of the country's history from 1924-53, the period of Stalin's rule. Told in ten parts, this astonishing documentary provides the real-life pictures, the witnesses, the documents, and the footage, and gives a remarkable insight into what led to the death of sixty-five million Soviets during Stalin's reign of terror.
5) Uncorked
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Frustrated by Ross, her unsuccessful boyfriend and his newest moneymaking scheme, wealthy Kendall goes to his country estate, during a holiday. His scheme is to sell off all the valuable wine in the family's collection and buy a mineral mine that has been closed for 30 years. But while there, his eccentric uncle enlists Kendall in a wild plan to throw Ross off track in order to help him find his true calling.
6) Tarzan
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Deep in the African jungle, a mama gorilla names an orphaned baby boy "Tarzan" and adopts him as her own. Tarzan develops all the instincts and prowess of a jungle animal. But with the sudden appearance of Tarzan's own kind, two worlds are about to become one.
8) Amistad
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Chronicles the 1839 revolt on board the slave ship Amistad bound for America. Much of the story involves the court-room drama about the slave who led the revolt.
10) Twelfth night
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Shipwrecked on an unfriendly Illyrian shore, Viola, believing her twin brother is dead, disguises herself in male attire and joins the retinue of the lovesick Duke Orsino.
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Vol. 1. "Kept isolated from the court by her domineering mother, Victoria seems unprepared for the throne when King William IV dies. But the teenage queen shows surprising strength and resolve, defying her mother's schemes to seize power, and puts her full faith in the political counsel of Lord Melbourne, the Prime Minister." -- container.
Vol. 2. "The changing political fortunes of Lord Melbourne finally afford Albert the opportunity to become involved...
14) Call me Claus
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Lucy is a cranky, volatile producer at a home shopping network in charge of hiring the station's on-air Santa Claus. The "real" Santa, who finds himself at the end of his 200-year contract, must convince Lucy that she is the perfect candidate to fill his shoes.
15) Demolition Man
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In 2032 archcriminal Simon Phoenix awakes from a 35 year deep freeze in CryoPrison to find a serene, non-violent Los Angeles ready for the taking. Officials seek an old-fashioned cop to fight an old fashioned criminal. They revive Sgt John Spartan.
17) Madeline
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Of the twelve little girls in Miss Clavel's Paris school, the smallest and most fearless one is Madeline, who is known for getting into all sorts of trouble.
20) Gandhi
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A look at the life of Indian statesman and nationalist Mahatma Gandhi, focusing especially on his theory of non-violent resistance.