1907-1994
Series
Language
English
Description
A surreal tale of erotic passion and danger set amid the tumult of carnival in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Spain. Through a series of flashbacks, Captain Costelar recounts to the young Antonio Galvan the story of his harrowing affair with the notorious seductress Concha Perez, warning his listener to gird himself against her charms.
82) Gator
Language
English
Description
A convicted moonshiner is blackmailed into becoming an undercover government agent in a criminal organization.
86) Jamaica Inn
Language
English
Description
Maureen O'Hara's first film is the brooding story of a nobleman who leads a cutthroat ship-looting band of men. Charles Laughton is a magnificent villain and Hitchcock glories in the moody atmosphere.
An Irish orphan girl lives on the rugged coast of Cornwall with her uncle. After several vessels smash on the deadly rocks, she begins to suspect that it's more than accidental. By the time she realizes what's going on, she is a target for the marauding...
87) Jamaica Inn
Series
Language
English
Description
Jamaica Inn: Set on the Cornish coast of England in 1819. Mary comes to Jamaica Inn to stay with her aunt and uncle after the death of her mother. She falls in love with a police officer who is undercover in a group of pirates, trying to expose the leader of the gang.
Rich and strange: Fred and Emily Hill are a middle-class couple who lead routine lives until they receive an inheritance and decide to take off on an adventure trip around the world....
88) Skidoo
Language
English
Description
"Tough Tony Banks, a retired gangster ... reluctantly comes out of retirement to silence his old friend and squealer. ... Tony's [San Francisco] suburban haven comes crashing down as his daughter ... takes up with a hippie ... and [Tony's] wife ... gives them permission to move into their house with their hippy friends. The all-star cast includes ... Groucho Marx in his final role as the mob boss named God"--Container.
93) The hasty heart
Language
English
Description
The war is suddenly over for two Allied soldiers injured in Burma and sent to a remote jungle hospital. Facing the battle of recovery, the easy-going Yank and the proud yet stubborn Scotsman form a bond with the other patients and Army staff.
94) Junior Bonner
Series
Language
English
Description
"With his bronco-busting career on its last legs, Junior Bonner heads to his hometown to try his luck in the annual rodeo. But his fond childhood memories are shattered when he finds his family torn apart by his greedy brother and hard-drinking father. Now Junior must break the wildest bull in the West to bring his family together for one final moment of cowboy glory."--Container.
Series
Language
English
Description
Young Louisa Ginglebusher is recruited from a local orphanage to become an usherette at a movie theater. Encouraged by her kindly guardian to spread her wings, Louisa decides to lead the life of a fairy tale angel and in her quest to do good she tries to redirect money from a rich playboy to a struggling lawyer.
Series
Criterion collection volume 750
Language
English
Description
A striking crime drama based on a novel by Dorothy B. Hughes. A tough-talking former GI who comes to a small New Mexico town to shake down a gangster who killed his best friend; things quickly turn nasty.
Language
English
Description
Von Ryan's express (widescreen, 1965, 117 min.): Ryan, an American POW, leads his fellow prisoners on a dangerous escape from the Germans in Italy. Having seemingly made errors of judgment, Ryan has to win the support of the mainly British soldiers he is commanding.
Tora! tora! tora! (widescreen, 1970, 144 min.): A dramatization which chronicles the bombing of Pearl Harbor from both the Japanese and American points of view.
Blue Max (widescreen,...
Language
English
Description
The farmer's wife: Samuel is a widower whose daughter is now married. He unsuccessfuly searches for a companion. All the while, his sweet housekeeper, Minta, secretly pines for Samuel's affection. It will take elaborate intervention before Samuel comes to his senses. The sorcerer's apprentice: When circus magician Victor Sadini and his wife, Irene, take in Hugo, a runaway, things take a disastrous turn. In an attempt to kill off her husband, Irene...
100) Batman, the movie
Series
Language
English
Description
When Batman and Robin get a tip that Commodore Schmidlapp is in danger aboard his yacht, they launch a rescue mission. But the tip is a set-up by four of the most powerful villains ever, who seek to defeat the Dynamic Duo once and for all.