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One of the most chilling films ever made, this British anthology follows a group of visitors to a remote country manor as they relate their nightmares to one another. An antique looking glass reflects an ancient crime, in "The Haunted Mirror"; a "Christmas Party" is visited by a ghost; "The Ventriloquist's Dummy" begins taking on a life of it's own; there's terror on the green, in "Golfing Story"; and, a race car driver has a grisly vision of the future, in "Hearse Driver." Mervyn Johns, Sally Ann Howes, Michael Redgrave star. 103 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English; Subtitles: English. Two-disc set.

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The USS Reluctant carries cargo along World War II's forgotten Pacific seaways. Beyond the horizon, the real war passes its stir-crazy crew by. Mister Roberts, directed by John Ford and Mervyn LeRoy, is the classic story of men fighting to survive -- not war's dangers, but its indignities. Henry Fonda's reprise of his Tony -winning Broadway role returned him to movies after seven years away. Jack Lemmon won his first Academy Award * as hapless, lecherous Ensign Pulver. James Cagney's petty, scrappy Captain makes a fierce adversary. In his final film, William Powell makes world-weary Doc a sage for the ages. Mister Roberts has moments of unforgettable humor. But sadness tempers the comedy. No shot is fired. No blood is spilled. Yet Mister Roberts endures as one of our most truthful war sagas.