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In 1869 Kentucky, a young boy and his friends set out to find a treasure chest hidden by his late father in the Florida Everglades during the Civil War

Hercule Poirot attends a dinner party in which one of the guests clutches his throat and suddenly dies The cause seems to be natural until another party with most of the same guests produces another corpse

Lady L is an elegant, elderly lady who recalls the past loves and lusty adventures she has lived through

Detective Charlie Chan helps SFPD solve the many bizarre murders His clumsy grandson Lee, whos getting married, helps him Is the Dragon Queen behind this

When a former prison wardress who dominates the lives of her three adult stepchildren and her daughter is found dead at an archaeological dig near the Dead Sea, there are a great many suspects

During a murder hunt game at a country house, to which Hercule Poirot is invited as an expert, a real murder occurs

A suspected Western spy steals a secret microfilm from China and hides it in the skeleton of a museum dinosaur, prompting a frantic search for it by various interested parties

An American movie actress, best known for playing dumb blondes, is Scotland Yards prime suspect when her husband, Lord Edgware, is murdered The great detective, Hercule Poirot, digs deeper into the case

Trying to find how a millionaire wound up with a phony diamond brings Hercule Poirot to an exclusive island resort frequented by the rich and famous When a murder is committed, everyone has an alibi

A boy develops a disease so rare that nobody is working on a cure, so his parents decide to learn all about it and tackle the problem themselves

Paroled London fraudster Marcus Pendleton Sir Peter Ustinov poses as a computer specialist in order to work for an insurance company that entirely relies on its corporate server

A conman gets mixed up with a group of thieves who plan to rob an Istanbul museum to steal a jewelled dagger

During the early sixteenth century, idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in the Catholic Church, begins the dialogue that will lead to the Protestant Reformation

Dr Anansa Linderby Beverly Johnson is kidnapped in a medical mission in Africa by a slave trader From this moment, her husband will do anything to recover her and to punish the bad guys, but that will be not an easy task

On the Carolina coast, Godolphin Colleges new track coach lodges at Blackbeards Inn, run by the Daughters of the Buccaneers, who claim to be descendants of the notorious pirate, and who risk losing their hotel to the local mobster

The official sequel to the original shockumentary, presenting new and bizarre behavior from around the world, including cruelty, graphic gore, and strange rituals

When she is reduced to appearing in a circus, a notorious beauty thinks back on her past loves

Three Devils Island escapees hide out in the house of a kindly merchant and repay his kindness by helping him and his family out of several crises

In World War II, desert hotel proprietors Emad and Yasmin are caught between the warring armies and have to constantly shift their political allegiance to whichever army happens to control the area

Short of cash for his private clinic, a French psychiatrist accepts money from a NATO Intelligence agent to shelter a defecting Soviet bloc scientist but enemy spies are closing in

As Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board Can Poirot identify the killer before the ship reaches the end of its journey

A documentary produced in 1979 to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Albert Einstein Narrated and hosted by Peter Ustinov and written by Nigel Calder, the film takes place at the University of Texas McDonald Observatory where

A tiny, otherwise inconsequential and powerless European country called Concordia holds the deciding vote in a crucial United Nations resolution As the U S and Soviet Union try to manipulate Condordia so that its vote aligns with t

When a good hearted sailor accidentally kills the master at arms, his superiors have to decide whether to hang him or set him free

In Australias Outback during the early twentieth century, the impoverished Carmody family lives a nomadic life out of their wagon, but the mom and son want to settle, while the dad is against it

In 1796, Captain George Bryan Beau Brummell of the 10th Royal Hussars Regiment offends the Prince of Wales with his straightforward outspokenness and gets fired from the Army but is chosen as the Princes personal advisor