| Description |
2 videodiscs (363 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
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optical rdarm |
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stereo rdacpc |
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Dolby Digital |
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video file rdaft |
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DVD video |
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region 1 rdare |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
| System Details |
DVD; region 1; NTSC; Dolby Digital 2.0. |
| Cast |
Cosh boy: James Kenney, Joan Collins, Hermione Baddeley, Hermione Gingold, Betty Ann Davies, Robert Ayres. |
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Time is my enemy: Dennis Price, Renee Asherson, Susan Shaw, Patrick Barr, Duncan Lamont, Brenda Hogan, Alfie Bass, Agnes Laughlan, Bonar Colleano. |
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Time lock: Robert Beatty, Lee Patterson, Betty McDowall, Vincent Winter, Robert Ayres, Alan Gifford, Larry Cross, Sandra Francis, Gordon Tanner, Jack Cunningham, Victor Wood, Peter Mannering, Roland Brand, Sean Connery, Murray Kash, David Williams. |
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The interrupted journey: Valerie Hobson, Richard Todd, Christine Norden, Tom Walls, Alexander Gauge, Ralph Truman, Vida Hope, Dora Bryan. |
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The vicious circle: John Mills, Derek Farr, Noelle Middleton, Wilfrid Hyde White, Roland Culver, Mervyn Johns, Rene Ray, Lionel Jeffries, Lisa Daniely, David Williams, Diana Lambert, Hal Osmond, Gillian Moran. |
| Credits |
Cosh boy: Director of photography, Jack Asher ; editor, Charles Hasse ; music, Lambert Williamson ; costume designer, Felix Evans ; art director, Bernard Robinson. |
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Time is my enemy: Photography, Geoffrey Faithfull ; editor, Sam Simmonds ; wardrobe, Ronald Beck ; art director, George Davey. |
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Time lock: Director of photography, Peter Hennessy ; editor, John Trumper ; musical direction, Stanley Black ; wardrobe, Vi Murray ; art director, Norman Arnold. |
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The interrupted journey: Director of photography, Erwin Hillier ; supervising editor, Michael C. Chorlton ; music, Stanley Black ; wardrobe supervisor, Amy Binney ; art director, Ivan King. |
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The vicious circle: Director of photography, Otto Heller ; editor, Peter Boita ; music, Stanley Black ; wardrobe, Vi Murray ; art director, Jack Stevens. |
| Note |
"Cosh boy" based on the play "Master crook" by Bruce Walker. "Time is my enemy" based on the play "Second chance" by Ella Adkins. "Time lock" based on the play by Arthur Hailey. |
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"Cosh boy" released in the United States as "The slasher." "The vicious circle" also known as "The circle." |
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Originally released as motion pictures between 1949 and 1957. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
Cosh boy: A gang of teenage delinguents, led by Roy, is earning money by mugging women on the streets of London. The police catch up with them and at their hearing, the judge sentences them to a youth club to reform their ways. The boys use the club as the base for their growing operation. |
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Time is my enemy: Radley is a small-time crook, believed to be dead, who returns to his wife after a long absence to find her remarried to a wealthy publisher. When Radley kills a jeweler in a robbery, he is blackmailed by his partner, so in turn Radley blackmails his wife. |
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Time lock: A South Yorkshire bank employee's young son is accidentally sealed in a bank vault with a 63-hour time lock. The vault cannot be opened manually and with less than ten hours of oxygen left inside the safe, it becomes a race to save the boy. |
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The interrupted journey: After reconsidering eloping with another woman at the last minute, John North pulls the emergency brake on the train he is traveling on and returns home to his wife. Later on, after the train crashes and many of the passengers end up dying including his mistress, John becomes a suspect when the police discover that she had been murdered prior to the crash. |
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The vicious circle: Dr. Howard Latimer receives a telephone call apparently from his movie mogul friend, asking him to pick up film star Frieda Veldon at the airport and drive her to her hotel. A few days later, he arrives at his flat only to find Frieda's dead body. The police are called in and now he must solve the mystery himself in order to prove his innocence. |
| Contents |
Disc 1: Cosh boy / Romulus presents ; Riverside Studios Hammersmith ; a Daniel Angel production ; screenplay by Lewis Gilbert and Vernon Harris ; produced by Daniel M. Angel ; directed by Lewis Gilbert (1953, 75 min.) -- Time is my enemy / a Vandyke Picture ; screenplay by Alan McKinnon ; produced by Roger Proudlock ; directed by Don Chaffey (1954, 61 min.) -- Time lock / by Arthur Hailey ; Romulus presents ; a Beaconsfield production ; script by Peter Rogers ; produced by Peter Rogers ; directed by Gerald Thomas (1957, 70 min.). |
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Disc 2: The interrupted journey / British Lion Film Corp. Ltd presents ; a Valiant film ; original story and screenplay by Michael Pertwee ; produced by Anthony Havelock-Allan ; directed by Daniel Birt (1949, 77 min.) -- The vicious circle / Romulus presents ; a Beaconsfield production ; screenplay by Francis Durbridge ; produced by Peter Rogers ; directed by Gerald Thomas (1957, 80 min.). |
| Terms Of Use |
Home use only. |
| Subject |
Juvenile delinquents -- Drama.
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Crime -- England -- London -- Drama.
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Extortion -- Drama.
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Vaults (Strong rooms) -- Drama.
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Railroad accidents -- Drama.
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Murder -- Drama.
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Crime. (OCoLC)fst00882984
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Extortion. (OCoLC)fst00918984
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Juvenile delinquents. (OCoLC)fst00985367
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Murder. (OCoLC)fst01029781
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Railroad accidents. (OCoLC)fst01088560
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Vaults (Strong rooms) (OCoLC)fst01164634
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England -- London.
(OCoLC)fst01204271
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| Genre/Form |
Crime films. (OCoLC)fst01710477
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Detective and mystery films. (OCoLC)fst01710476
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Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
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Fiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710264
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Film adaptations. (OCoLC)fst01710491
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Film noir. (OCoLC)fst01710306
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Thrillers (Motion pictures) (OCoLC)fst01726193
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Film noir.
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Detective and mystery films.
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Thrillers (Motion pictures)
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Crime films.
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Film adaptations.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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| Added Author |
Gilbert, Lewis, 1920-2018, film director, screenwriter.
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Chaffey, Don, 1917-1990, film director.
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Thomas, Gerald, 1920-1993, film director.
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Birt, Daniel, 1907-1955, film director.
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Harris, Vernon, 1905-1999, screenwriter.
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Pertwee, Michael, screenwriter.
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Durbridge, Francis, screenwriter.
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Angel, Daniel M., 1911-1999, film producer.
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Proudlock, Roger, 1920-2003, film producer.
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Havelock-Allan, Anthony, film producer.
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MacKinnon, Allan, 1912-1955, screenwriter.
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Kenney, James, 1930- actor.
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Collins, Joan, 1933- actor.
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Baddeley, Hermione, 1908-1986, actor.
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Gingold, Hermione, 1897-1987, actor.
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Davies, Betty Ann, 1910-1955, actor.
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Ayres, Robert, 1914-1968, actor.
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Price, Dennis, 1915-1973, actor.
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Asherson, Renee, 1915-2014, actor.
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Shaw, Susan, 1929-1978, actor.
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Barr, Patrick, actor.
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Lamont, Duncan, 1918-1978, actor.
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Hogan, Brenda, 1928- actor.
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Bass, Alfie, actor.
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Lauchlan, Agnes, 1905-1993, actor.
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Colleano, Bonar, 1924-1958, actor.
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Beatty, Robert, 1909-1992, actor.
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Patterson, Lee, 1929-2007, actor.
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McDowall, Betty, 1924-1993, actor.
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Winter, Vincent, 1947-1998, actor.
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Gifford, Alan, 1911-1989, actor.
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Cross, Larry, 1913-1976, actor.
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Francis, Sandra, 1934-1981, actor.
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Tanner, Gordon, 1918-1983, actor.
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Cunningham, Jack, 1912-1967, actor.
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Wood, Victor, 1914-1958, actor.
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Mannering, Peter, 1925-2000, actor.
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Brand, Roland, 1929-1984, actor.
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Connery, Sean, actor.
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Kash, Murray, 1923-2009, actor.
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Williams, David, 1898-1984, actor.
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Rogers, Peter, 1914-2009, screenwriter, film producer.
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Hobson, Valerie, 1917-1998, actor.
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Todd, Richard, 1919-2009, actor.
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Norden, Christine, 1924-1988, actor.
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Walls, Tom, 1883-1949, actor.
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Gauge, Alexander, 1914-1960, actor.
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Truman, Ralph, 1900-1977, actor.
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Hope, Vida, actor.
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Bryan, Dora, actor.
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Mills, John, 1908-2005, actor.
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Farr, Derek, 1912-1986, actor.
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Middleton, Noelle, 1926-2016, actor.
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Hyde-White, Wilfrid, actor.
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Culver, Roland, 1900-1984, actor.
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Johns, Mervyn, actor.
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Ray, René, 1911-1993, actor.
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Jeffries, Lionel, actor.
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Daniely, Lisa, 1930-2014, actor.
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Lambert, Diana, 1934-1996, actor.
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Osmond, Hal, 1903-1959, actor.
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Peiró, Gillian, actor.
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Asher, Jack, 1916-1991, director of photography.
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Faithfull, Geoffrey, director of photography.
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Hennessy, Peter, 1916-1976, director of photography.
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Hillier, Erwin, 1911-2005, director of photography.
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Heller, Otto, 1896-1970, director of photography.
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Hasse, Charles, 1904-2002, editor of moving image work.
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Simmonds, Sam, -1967, editor of moving image work.
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Trumper, John, 1923-2004, editor of moving image work.
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Chorlton, Michael C., editor of moving image work.
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Boita, Peter, 1924-1997, editor of moving image work.
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Williamson, Lambert, composer (expression)
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Black, Stanley, composer (expression), musical director.
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Evans, Felix, costume designer.
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Beck, Ron (Costume designer), costume designer.
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Murray, Vi, costume designer.
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Binney, Amy, 1908-1994, costume designer.
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Robinson, Bernard, 1912-1970, art director.
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Davey, Bert, art director.
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Arnold, Norman, art director.
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King, Ivan, 1922- art director.
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Stevens, Jack, -1999, art director.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Walker, Bruce.
Master crook.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Adkins, Ella, 1904-1981.
Second chance.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Hailey, Arthur.
Time lock.
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British Lion Films, presenter.
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Romulus Films, presenter.
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Riverside Studios, production company.
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Vandyke Productions, production company.
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Beaconsfield Productions, production company.
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Valiant Films, production company.
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Kino Classics (Firm), publisher.
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Kino Lorber, Inc., film distributor.
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| Added Title |
British noir 2 |
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Container of (work): Cosh boy (Motion picture)
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Container of (work): Time is my enemy (Motion picture)
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Container of (work): Time lock (Motion picture)
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Container of (work): Interrupted journey (Motion picture)
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Container of (work): Vicious circle (Motion picture : 1957)
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Slasher.
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Circle.
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| Standard No. |
738329233839 |
| Music No. |
K23383 Kino Classics |
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