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Miranda
1948 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsPhysician Paul Marton (Griffith Jones) is drowning when an alluring mermaid named Miranda (Glynis Johns) suddenly rescues him in this fanciful drama. Afterward, Miranda insists that he take her for a visit to London -- which the doctor manages by disguising her in a wheelchair. While Miranda captures plenty of male attention there -- and arouses the suspicions of the doctor's wife (Googie Withers) -- she soon begins pining for her watery home.
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The Water Babies
1978 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsIn 1850s England, chimney sweep Tom is blamed for a crime he didn't commit. A rich girl named Ellie knows the truth and tries to help Tom, to no avail. When he attempts to escape, he falls into Dead Man's Pool, and everyone's convinced he's a goner. Instead, he's underwater in the world of the Water Babies, where he asks the powerful Cracken for help clearing his name. James Mason lends his voice to this animated classic.
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Made in Heaven
1952 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 StarsDevoted newlyweds Julie (Petula Clark) and Basil Topham (David Tomlinson) are entered in the village's annual competition to see which married couple can stay the happiest for a year. But the arrival of luscious Hungarian maid Marta (Sonja Ziemann) threatens their chances. The Tophams also cope with interfering in-laws, a bumbling vicar and his sister, and the disappearance of the prize: a huge side of bacon.
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Easy Money
1948 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsThis biting comedy-drama set in post-World War II England revolves around four people whose lives change forever when they win big in the local football pool. In the first story, a suburban family is split by quarrels over their anticipated luxuries. Other threads follow a clerk who tries to stand up to his wife, a singer who persuades her boyfriend to forge a winning ticket, and a disgruntled musician who seeks revenge on an obnoxious conductor.
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My Brother's Keeper
1948 | NR | 2.5 out of 5 StarsBound together by a sturdy pair of handcuffs, hardened criminal George (Jack Warner) and naïve youngster Willie (George Cole) escape from prison and go on the lam, reluctantly forming a shaky alliance to remain a step ahead of the police and the eager reporters on their trail. With absolutely no qualms about murdering innocent civilians in his way, George grows frustrated trying to dump Willie's dead weight and strike out on his own.
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