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Ring of Spies (1964) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Ring of Spies
other title: 003 contro Intelligence Service
The film is based on the actual events of the Portland Spy Ring trial in the U.K. A disgruntled Navy Clerk is transferred to a secret research establishment and is subsequently black-mailed/paid by Czech intelligence to procure secrets for them. He seduces the secretary who controls the most secret documents, and they enjoy the fruits of their treachery until the British authorities begin to close in on them.
Offbeat (1961) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Offbeat
other title: Colpo sensazionale / The Devil Inside
When Scotland Yard finds themselves up against a brick wall in tracking down a vicious gang of thieves and bank robbers, they call in Layton, a loner from MI5 to work his way into the gang and help bring them down.
A Christmas Carol (1999) [Movie] IMDb TMDB Skybridge WikiData
A Christmas Carol
other title: Canto di Natale / Et juleeventyr
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.
The Ruling Class (1972) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Ruling Class
director: Peter Medak actor: Peter O'Toole / Alastair Sim
other title: La classe dirigente / Dieu et mon droit
When the Earl of Gurney dies in a cross-dressing accident, his schizophrenic son, Jack, inherits the Gurney estate. Jack is not the average nobleman; he sings and dances across the estate and thinks he is Jesus reincarnated. Believing that Jack is mentally unfit to own the estate, the Gurney family plots to steal Jack's inheritance. As their outrageous schemes fail, the family strives to cure Jack of his bizarre behavior, with disastrous results.