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The Heartbroke Hitman (2014)

Actors: Dominic Banks (actor), Scott Barrington (actor), James Canvin (actor), Damian Cooper (actor), Jeremy Drakes (actor), Mike Facherty (actor), David France (actor), Charlie Parris (actor), Brett Penny (actor), Tom Vickers (actor), Steel Wallis (actor), Skye Barrington (actress), Katy Federman (actress), Alexandra Metaxa (actress), Alix Wilton Regan (actress),

Genres: Comedy,
Taglines: Stop killing time and choose a life

Othello (2001)

Actors: Timothy Birkett (actor), Andrew Charleson (actor), Howard Coggins (actor), Richard Coyle (actor), Allan Cutts (actor), Christopher Eccleston (actor), Nick Ewans (actor), Tim Faraday (actor), Christopher Fox (actor), Tim Frances (actor), Bob Friend (actor), Nicholas Gecks (actor), John Harding (actor), Carlton Jarvis (actor), Joss Ackland (actor),

Plot: This modern crime drama uses the names of the homonymous Shakespeare play's main characters which inspired its plot. White London Metropolitan Police commissioner Sinclair Carver promises to maintain law and order and further racial integration by recruiting and promoting black and Asian officers, but is taped in the lavatory by a tabloid reporter telling his assistant commissioner Ben Jago there is no black with a brain as big as his dick, and is thus forced to resign. When the death of the black Billy Coates in custody causes racial unrest, John Othello, the only authoritative black police officer, manages to prevent riots by pointing to the press and promising to solve the case; the government names him successor to Carver over his friend Jago's head. The ambitious Ben doesn't show his furious disappointment, but must have his revenge. His plots starts by making sure racists harass Othello's white wife Desdemona, so he can have her 'well guarded' by smooth white superintendent Michael Cass, and then makes John believe he's a bit too friendly with her. Meanwhile he makes sure the Coates investigation ends in an innocent young cop's suicide and a mistrial. Now he plants false DNA proof of Dessie's infidelity - will Othello, who believes his world is crashing down, actually bring it on himself in despair?

Keywords: based-on-play, character-name-in-title, interracial-relationship, modern-day-adaptation, police-commissioner, shakespeare's-othello, shakespeare-in-modern-dress
Genres: Drama,

Quotes:

[first lines]::Ben Jago: It was about love, That's what you've got to understand. Don't talk to me about race, don't talk to me about politics, It was love, simple as that. She loved him as well as she knew how, he loved her more than any man should love a woman. Tragedy, right? No other word for it. I loved him too, you know.

Greenfingers (2000)

Actors: T.R. Bowen (actor), Timothy Carlton (actor), Warren Clarke (actor), Elwin 'Chopper' David (actor), Charles De'Ath (actor), Donald Douglas (actor), Danny Dyer (actor), Ian East (actor), Adam Fogerty (actor), Dominic Frisby (actor), Peter Guinness (actor), Paterson Joseph (actor), David Kelly (actor), David Lyon (actor), Chris Barnes (actor),

Plot: Clive Owen stars as a prison inmate who goes into an experimental "open" prison where the inmates walk around freely and get job training for their impending releases. While there, he discovers he has a talent for growing flowers. His talent is recognized by a gardening guru who encourages him and four other inmates to enter a national gardening competition.

Keywords: ash-scattering, based-on-true-story, bee-sting, bloody-nose, board-meeting, book-signing, boyfriend-girlfriend-relationship, breaking-and-entering, brushing-teeth, cancer
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Romance,
Taglines: A blooming comedy Based on a true story

Quotes:

Georgina: That's what I like about plants - they don't answer back.

Colin: Roses are red, violets are blue. I'm about to f*** up. So what else is new?

Fergus Wilks: [Waking up and seeing the flower on the nightstand, then seeing Colin] What's that old thing doing back here?::Colin: It wasn't ready for the outside world.

In the Red (1998)

Actors: Robert Austin (actor), Jonathan Bridge (actor), Andrew Burt (actor), Leo Dolan (actor), Kevin Eldon (actor), Peter Hobday (actor), Arthur Kelly (actor), Graham Kent (actor), Geoffrey McGivern (actor), Alistair McGowan (actor), Michael Onslow (actor), Bruno Ouvrard (actor), Paul Ryan (actor), James Saxon (actor), Paul Ansdell (actor),

Plot: A series of killings of bank managers has London in a turmoil, all the way up to Parliament. And the killer regularly calls about his handiwork, but only to a street-wise, and usually rather tipsy, radio reporter, about to be sacked for his habitual irreverence toward his station and the BBC. And while everything seems to point to a lead singer of a rock group famous for the "In The Red" music which has been connected to the killings, in typical British mystery fashion, there are also other sub-plots to be considered.

Keywords: bank-manager, based-on-novel, dominatrix, money, murder, police, radio, satire, sergeant, serial-killer
Genres: Crime, Thriller,

Out of Order (1987)

Actors: Mark Audley (actor), George Baker (actor), Tim Bentinck (actor), Steve Biddle (actor), Gary Bleasdale (actor), Buster Bloodvessel (actor), John Byrn (actor), Peter Cellier (actor), Michael Cooke (actor), Michael Crook (actor), Jason Cunliffe (actor), John Dixon (actor), Glynn Edwards (actor), Tom Fahy (actor), Dicken Ashworth (actor),

Genres: ,

The Masks of Death (1984)

Actors: Peter Cushing (actor), Anton Diffring (actor), Eric Dodson (actor), Marcus Gilbert (actor), James Head (actor), Russell Hunter (actor), Gordon Jackson (actor), Ray Milland (actor), John Mills (actor), Dominic Murphy (actor), Anne Baxter (actress), Georgina Coombs (actress), Jenny Laird (actress), Susan Penhaligon (actress), James Cossins (actor),

Plot: Sherlock Holmes has retired. But when MacDonald asks him to take on another case, he says yes. There has been some mysterious murders, and there are no visible causes for the deaths. At the same time Holmes gets this case, Graf Udo Von Felseck gives him another case: find a young and missing prince to prevent war between Germany and England. But Von Felseck is not as honest as he seems...

Keywords: 1800s, corpse, death, detective, investigation, kidnapping, london-england, murder, private-detective, sherlock-holmes
Genres: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller,

Quotes:

Dr. John H. Watson: No sane man wants war.::Sherlock Holmes: That is the trouble, Watson. There are otherwise sane men who do want war.

Sherlock Holmes: You are my only friend, Watson. You have such a grand gift of silence.

Hennessy (1975)

Actors: Alan Barry (actor), Christopher Blake (actor), Paul Blake (actor), Paul Brennan (actor), David Collings (actor), Peter Copley (actor), Peter Egan (actor), Paul Gregory (actor), John Hallam (actor), Ian Hogg (actor), Trevor Howard (actor), Richard Johnson (actor), Charles Kay (actor), Al Lampert (actor), Graham Ashley (actor),

Genres: Action, Drama, Thriller,
Taglines: The Most Intensive Manhunt Ever Mounted!

The Best House in London (1969)

Actors: Eric Barker (actor), John Bird (actor), Walter Brown (actor), Hugh Burden (actor), John Cleese (actor), Maurice Denham (actor), Arnold Diamond (actor), Bill Fraser (actor), Clement Freud (actor), Tommy Godfrey (actor), David Hemmings (actor), David Hemmings (actor), Arthur Howard (actor), Peter Jeffrey (actor), Neal Arden (actor),

Genres: Comedy,
Taglines: From top to bottom ... it's the best place in town !

A Study in Terror (1965)

Actors: Peter Carsten (actor), Herman Cohen (actor), Michael Collins (actor), Terry Downes (actor), Frank Finlay (actor), Dudley Foster (actor), John Fraser (actor), Donald Houston (actor), Barry Jones (actor), Jeremy Lloyd (actor), Robert Morley (actor), John Neville (actor), Patrick Newell (actor), Cecil Parker (actor), John Cairney (actor),

Plot: When Watson reads from the newspaper there have been two similar murders near Whitechapel in a few days, Sherlock Holmes' sharp deductive is immediately stimulated to start its merciless method of elimination after observation of every apparently meaningless detail. He guesses right the victims must be street whores, and doesn't need long to work his way trough a pawn shop, an aristocratic family's stately home, a hospital and of course the potential suspects and (even unknowing) witnesses who are the cast of the gradually unraveled story of the murderer and his motive.

Keywords: 1880s, 19th-century, abattoir, alternative-history, aristocrat, based-on-novel, blackmail, british-mystery, brothel, burning-house
Genres: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller,
Taglines: Sherlock Holmes meets Jack the Ripper! Here comes the original caped crusader!

Quotes:

Dr. John Watson: Someone should have sent for us before this, Holmes.::Sherlock Holmes: Someone has. The woman who sent me that instrument case.::Dr. John Watson: Oh, but then why doesn't she come out into the open?::Sherlock Holmes: Being a woman, she uses a women's art. She intrigues us to White Chapel.

Lord Carfax, Richard Osborne: What's all this about, Holmes, how did you get here?::Sherlock Holmes: I followed this young lady.::Sally: I saw no one.::Sherlock Holmes: That is exactly what you'd expect to see when I follow someone.

Dr. John Watson: But how on Earth did you get out of it, Holmes?::Sherlock Holmes: You know my methods, Watson, I am well known to be indestructable.

Rupert: I do believe this damn whore's lifted my purse.

Max Steiner: Nobody steals in my pub, except me!

Sherlock Holmes: My dear Mycroft, this is a surprise! Watson, some sherry... Is this a social call?::Mycroft Holmes: Yes, yes, oh yes, purely social. [pause] How are you?::Sherlock Holmes: Very well. [pause] Well, now that the social call is over, hadn't we better get down to business?

Mycroft Holmes: For Heaven's sake, stop sawing away on that infernal instrument! It was a sad day when Mother gave it to you, a sad day for her, a sad day for you, a sad day for us all... What I cannot understand is why, since you've had that violin with you so long, you never learned to play!

Annie Chapman: Chunky?::Chunky: Yes, Annie?::Annie Chapman: You can have it for nothing if you want to, I'm feeling real lonely tonight, Chunky.::Chunky: Oh, no thanks, love, I'm too busy, honest.::Annie Chapman: Oh.

Duke of Shires: Where did you get this case?::Sherlock Holmes: I believe it to have come from a White Chapel pawn shop, sir.::Duke of Shires: A Pawn shop. No more than I predicted for him...::Sherlock Holmes: For whom, sir?::Duke of Shires: My eldest son, Michael.::Sherlock Holmes: Do you know of his present address?::Duke of Shires: He is dead.::Sherlock Holmes: Oh, of what accident or sickness, your grace?::Duke of Shires: Disobedience. From the day he left this house against my wishes, he has been dead, sir.::Sherlock Holmes: You mean disowned, your grace.

Sherlock Holmes: Come, Mister Beck, your face reacts faster than your brain. You remember very well...

Mister Drake's Duck (1951)

Actors: Bruce Belfrage (actor), Ballard Berkeley (actor), John Boxer (actor), Frederick Bradshaw (actor), Peter Butterworth (actor), Gilbert Davis (actor), Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (actor), Harry Fowler (actor), Tom Gill (actor), Danny Green (actor), Arthur Hill (actor), Wilfrid Hyde-White (actor), Sam Kydd (actor), Richard Littledale (actor), Reginald Beckwith (actor),

Plot: Mr. Drake and his wife live a nice, quiet life on their Sussex farm, until one of their ducks lays a radioactive egg made of uranium! When the government finds out about this, the Armed Forces storm onto the farm in a frantic search for the duck responsible.

Keywords: duck, farm, husband-wife-relationship, satire
Genres: Comedy, Sci-Fi,
Taglines: The hilarious story of the duck that lays ATOMIC eggs!