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1) Murder in three acts ; produced by Paul Wagner ; teleplay by Scott Swanton ; directed by Gary Nelson
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English
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Movie star Charles Cartwright's houseguests drink martinis: clear, cold, and one of them poisoned. Rev. Babbington imbibes the fatal cocktail. But who would want to kill a kindly old clergyman?
2) Violette
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Français
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"The daughter of a respectable middle-class couple, Violette Nozière leads a disreputable double life. Far from being the innocent young girl her parents mistake her for, she spends her nights with dissolute young men in the Latin Quarter of Paris. To acquire money for her latest lover, Violette resolves to commit an unthinkable crime."--Container.
4) Angel face
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English
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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.
5) Crank
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English
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Chev Chelios is a professional assassin working for the West Coast crime syndicate. Chev is planning to quit the crime syndicate so he can spend more time with his girlfriend Eve. But for Chev, things go very bad when he learns he has been injected with a poison called "The Beijing Cocktail" by his rival Verona. The poison will kill Chev if his heart rate drops. Chev has to protect Eve and he sets out to find answers as well as exacting revenge on...
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English
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Fourteen years after the wife of the renowned painter Amyas Crale was sent to the gallows for poisoning her husband, their daughter Lucy returns from Canada. Lucy carries with her a letter that suggests that her mother might have been innocent. Poirot agrees to dig up the past, but he warns Lucy that she may not like what he finds.
7) The letter
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English
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Martine Jamison (Winona Ryder) is a NY theatre director beginning rehearsals for a new play starring her boyfriend opposite an young beauty. As rehearsals continue, Martine has periods of disorientation that quickly deteriorate into vivid hallucinations. As she becomes convinced Raymond is trying to poison her. As Martine's mental state devolves, she begins to rewrite her play, and art and life become inseparable.
8) D.O.A
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English
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Time is running out for Dexter Cornell. He has just twenty-four hours to find out who poisoned him and why. In his bizarre and deadly search everyone has a secret and is a suspect, even the woman who loves him.
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English
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When his niece dies of the same mysterious symptoms that killed her father, no one suspects the little girl may have been poisoned. No one, that is, except her uncle, Whitney Cameron. He believes the child's stepmother may be her killer. Discovering that she intends to inherit her husband's estate by eliminating both her stepchildren, Whitney proceeds with a perilous plan to prevent his greedy sister-in-law from getting away with murder.
10) The invitation
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English
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When six of Roland Levy's friends accept an invitation to dine on his private island, they know it will be an extraordinary evening. Roland fascinates his guests with stories of his recent travels and the spiritual awakening he experienced in the Andes. He then reveals that he has poisoned them, just as he was poisoned before having his own epiphany. In order to get the antidote, each person must confess to the untruths they have built their lives...
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Español
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An old woman has been poisoned by her relatives in order to speed up their inheritance just to find out that she has left everything to her cat.
Una viejita ha sido envenenada por sus parientes con el fin de apresurar la herencia que esperan. Sin embargo se llevan la sorpresa de que su víctima le ha dejado todo su dinero a su gatita "miau."
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English
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Ten people--eight strangers and two married domestics--attend a posh weekend at a remote castle. Each has unwittingly been invited to his or her own murder. A familiar nursery rhyme of ten Indian figurines is affixed to a serving plate at the castle. After the fatal poisoning of a guest, one figurine goes missing. One down, nine to go.
13) White knuckles
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English
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A sweet career housewife has been married to the same crotchety man for 40 years and she just can't take another day of it. She starts to poison his food, just to see if he might change. When he falls gravely ill, both are awakened to the raw reality of a life or death choice. This parable about forgiveness culminates in a shocking and transcendent moment captured exactly as it happened.
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English
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One of the most diabolical mysteries ever concocted comes to vivid life in this all-star version of the classic Agatha Christie thriller! Summoned to an isolated, elegant hotel in the middle of the desert, several strangers find themselves accused at dinner of heinous crimes that have escaped punishment ... until now. Now they're being murdered off one by one in a pattern from a chilling nursery rhyme, and suspicion grows as they realize the killer...
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日本語
Description
Jimmy Kudo knows the dark corridors of humanity and the twisted mind of criminals like no other detective. His skills have earned him plenty of enemies. He pays the price by being poisoned and left for dead. Jimmy gets a new start, awakened to find himself transformed. Now, as a small boy he is given the perfect cover. Now known as Conan Edogawa, he is on the trail of his assailants. The worst of man will be displayed as Conan cuts through the underworld...
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Español
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The beautiful and kindhearted princess Snow White charms every creature in the kingdom except one, the Queen, her jealous stepmother. When the Magic Mirror proclaims Snow White as the fairest one of all, she must flee into the forest. There, she befriends the lovable seven dwarfs, Doc, Sneezy, Grumpy, Happy, Bashful, Sleepy and Dopey. The Queen finds Snow White and tricks her with an enchanted apple. Only the magic of true love's kiss can save her....
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日本語
Description
Jimmy Kudo knows the dark corridors of humanity and the twisted mind of criminals like no other detective. His skills have earned him plenty of enemies. He pays the price by being poisoned and left for dead. Jimmy gets a new start, awakening to find himself transformed. Now, as a small boy, he is given the perfect cover. Now known as Conan Edogawa, he is on the trail of his assailants. The worst of man will be displayed as Conan cuts through the underworld...
Series
Language
日本語
Description
Jimmy Kudo knows the dark corridors of humanity and the twisted mind of criminals like no other detective. His skills have earned him plenty of enemies. He pay the price by being poisoned and left for dead. Jimmy gets a new start, awakened to find himself transformed. Now, as a small boy he is given the perfect cover. Now known as Conan Edogawa, he is on the trail of his assailants. The worst of man will be displayed as Conan cuts through the underworld...
19) Crank
Language
English
Description
Chev Chelios is a professional assassin working for the West Coast crime syndicate. Chev is planning to quit the crime syndicate so he can spend more time with his girlfriend Eve. But for Chev, things go very bad when he learns he has been injected with a poison called "The Beijing Cocktail" by his rival Verona. The poison will kill Chev if his heart rate drops. Chev has to protect Eve and he sets out to find answers as well as exacting revenge on...
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English
Description
Out of the past: Former private detective Jeff Bailey is trying to lead a quiet life, but his past comes back to haunt him and he finds himself framed for murder.
Angel face: 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...
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