Ace in the hole

Ace in the hole [videorecording] / a Paramount picture; written by Billy Wilder, Lesser Samuels, Walter Newman; produced and directed by Billy Wilder.

An early look at the impact of mass media in the public arena, featuring the story of a cynical and manipulative journalist.

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Alfred Hitchcock's Shadow of a doubt

Alfred Hitchcock's Shadow of a doubt [videorecording] / Universal Picture Company and Skirball production; produced by Jack H. Skirball; directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

Joseph Cotten stars as Uncle Charlie, a calculating and charming killer who hides out in his relatives' small hometown. There, he befriends his favorite niece and namesake, Young Charlie. But she begins to suspect he may be the famed Merry Widow murderer. A deadly game of cat and mouse ensues as the psychopathic killer plots the death of his young niece to protect his secret.

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Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a train

Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a train [videorecording] / [presented by] Warner Bros. Pictures; screen play by Raymond Chandler and Czenzi Ormonde; directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

Guy Haines, a tennis star who hates his wife, is approached on a train by a stranger, Bruno Anthony, who hates his father. Anthony offers a plan: each could kill the other's victim. No motive, no clue would link the two murders save the casual meeting of strangers on a train.

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Alfred Hitchcock's the wrong man

Alfred Hitchcock's the wrong man [videorecording] / Warner Bros. Pictures presents; screenplay by Maxwell Anderson and Angus MacPhail; directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

The first Hitchcock film based on a true story. A nightclub musician is falsely accused of a robbery, an accusation that ruins his life.

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Angel face

Angel face [videorecording] / Howard Hughes Productions; Howard Hughes presents an RKO Radio Picture; screenplay by Frank Nugent and Oscar Millard; produced and directed by Otto Preminger.

When Mrs. Tremayne is mysteriously poisoned with gas, ambulance driver Frank Jessup meets her refined but sensuous stepdaughter Diane, who quickly pursues and infatuates him. Under Diane's seductive influence, Frank is soon the Tremayne chauffeur, but he begins to suspect danger under her surface sweetness. When he shows signs of pulling away, Diane schemes to get him in so deep he'll never get out.

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The asphalt jungle

The asphalt jungle [videorecording] / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; produced by Arthur Hornblow, Jr.; screenplay by Ben Maddow, John Huston; directed by John Huston.

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Behind locked doors

Behind locked doors [videorecording] / Pathe Films; produced by Eugene Ling; screenplay by Eugene Ling; directed by Oscar "Budd" Boeticher.

A journalist fakes mental illness to have himself committed to an asylum where he believes a crooked judge is hiding.

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The Big combo

The Big combo [videorecording] / Security Pictures, Inc.; Theodora Productions, Inc.; Allied Artists Pictures Corporation; directed by Joseph Lewis; produced by Sidney Harmon; writer, Philip Yordan.

Discouraged by his superior officers, but helped by a ganster's former girl friend, a dedicated detective lieutenant doggedly continues his investigation to obtain evidence that would convict the head gangster of a crime syndicate.

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The big heat

The big heat [videorecording] / Columbia Pictures Corporation; director, Fritz Lang; producer, Robert Arthur; screenplay, Sydney Boehm.

An honest police sergeant risks his life and his job when his investigations lead to the exposure of the crime syndicate that controls the city administration.

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The big knife

The big knife [videorecording] / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; produced and directed by Robert Aldrich.

"Hollywood superstar Charlie Castle has it all ... except a way out. When he tries to leave show business, his tyrannical studio boss Stanley Hoff blackmails him with a lethal, covered-up secret that could land him in jail. A loose-lipped starlet also knows too much, and when she starts talking, Hoff plans murder."--Container.

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