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[TRAILER] Victorian-era Englishman Phileas Fogg (David Niven) proclaims before his fellow members of a London gentleman's club that he can circumnavigate the globe in a mere 80 days, further boasting that he will bet the princely sum of 20,000 pounds on the success of his endeavor. With his stalwart manservant Passepartout (Cantinflas) alongside, he goes forth on his adventure, pursued by a dogged Police Inspector (Robert Newton) who suspects Fogg of chicanery. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Jan 23, 2023 - 3 comments

A British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court, hoping to prolong his fledgling romance with an American girl. [more inside]
posted by Law of Demeter on Dec 4, 2022 - 8 comments

A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers. [more inside]
posted by Carillon on Sep 23, 2021 - 5 comments

Five famous literary detective characters and their sidekicks are invited to a bizarre mansion to solve an even stranger mystery. [more inside]
posted by MoonOrb on Apr 8, 2016 - 13 comments

A bishop trying to get a new cathedral built prays for guidance. An angel arrives, but his guidance isn't about fundraising. [more inside]
posted by the man of twists and turns on Dec 11, 2015 - 7 comments