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The life of celebrated American writer Harry Street flashes back before his eyes as he lies dying from a wound suffered at the foot of Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro. As he is tended to by his traveling companion, Helen, he recalls many things: his first wife and Paris literary inspiration, Cynthia Green; his second wife, Countess Liz; and his formative years with Uncle Bill. Ernest Hemingway's classic tale was listed as one of the top ten films of...
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An O.S.S. training officer, bent upon discovering a German traitor within his ranks, is at the same time completing highly dangerous espionage assignments. The risks increase when one of his men is murdered from within, and the officer, convinced he knows who the murdering infiltrator is, vows revenge.
9) Night people
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"After World War II, an American GI is kidnapped by Soviets who hope to exchange him for two ex-Nazis hiding in West Berlin."--Container.
11) Goodbye Charlie
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"Shot by a jealous husband and lost at sea, Charles finds himself returned to the world as a woman named Charlie."--Container.
12) Sitting pretty
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As part of his research for a book on suburban life, the self-described genius Mr. Belvedere takes a job as a babysitter for three hard-to-handle children.
14) Wabash Avenue
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After being cheated out of a dance hall business, Andy Clark tries to get revenge by stealing its star performer, Ruby Summers.
15) Slave ship
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The skipper of an early slave trading vessel operating along the African coast attempts to get out of the business by getting rid of his crew and hiring a new one, only to find out that such a corrupt path is not so easily changed. Mutiny, swashbucklers, and a beautiful bride make this high seas adventure an unforgettable one.
16) Remember the day
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An elderly schoolteacher reminisces about a nominee for president who use to be her student.
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Professor Henry Barnes decides he's lived long enough and contemplates suicide. His attitude is changed by Peggy Taylor, a chipper young mother-to-be who charms him into renting out his attic as an apartment for her and her husband Jason, a former GI struggling to finish college.
18) A royal scandal
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"Russia's Catherine the Great falls in love with a handsome young army officer who is really a revolutionary plotting her downfall"--Container.
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