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Duration: 1 hour, 33 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Melodrama about a calculating femme fatale. Arriving in San Francisco, she embarks on two affairs - with a wealthy businessman and a brooding novelist. Show more

Contributors

Christabel Caine:
Joan Fontaine
Nick Bradley:
Robert Ryan
Curtis Carey:
Zachary Scott
Donna Foster:
Joan Leslie
John Caine:
Harold Vermilyea
Aunt Clara:
Virginia Farmer
Director:
Nicholas Ray
Producer:
Robert Sparks

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Murder, She Wrote

Series 5

Episode 10: Weave a Tangled Web

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC One Yorkshire

Murder mystery series about a sleuthing writer. At a high-class New York party, Jessica is startled to meet a Cabot Cove citizen who is leading a double life.

Contributors

Jessica Fletcher:
Angela Lansbury
Miles Austin:
Mel Ferrer
Ralph Proctor:
James Sutorius
Seth Hazlitt:
William Windom

Duration: 1 hour, 25 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

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Unusual western about a young man hunting for the brutal killers of his fiancee. A rare foray into the genre for director Fritz Lang. Show more

Contributors

Vern Haskell:
Arthur Kennedy
Altar Keane:
Marlene Dietrich
Frenchy Fairmont:
Mel Ferrer
Geary:
Jack Elam
Chuck-a-Luck Dealer:
John Raven
Baldy Gunder:
William Frawley
Producer:
Howard Welsch
Director:
Fritz Lang

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Duration: 3 hours, 18 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Lavish adaptation of Tolstoy's novel concerning the complex story of two men's love for one woman, set against Napoleon's attempt to conquer Russia. Show more

Contributors

Pierre Bezukhov:
Henry Fonda
Natasha Rostova:
Audrey Hepburn
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky:
Mel Ferrer
Napoleon:
Herbert Lom
Helene Kuragina:
Anita Ekberg
Anatol Kuragin:
Vittorio Gassman
Nikolai Rostov:
Jeremy Brett
Prince Mikhail Andreevich Rostov:
Barry Jones
Field Marshal Kutuzov:
Oskar Homolka
Platon Karataev:
John Mills
Lisa Bolkonskaya:
Milly Vitale
Prince Bolkonsky:
Wilfred Lawson
Maria Bolkonskaya:
Anna Maria Ferrero
Sonia Rostova:
May Britt
Director:
King Vidor
Composer:
Nino Rota
Director of photography:
Jack Cardiff

Duration: 2 hours, 52 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

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Historical epic starring Alec Guinness and Sophia Loren. After Marcus Aurelius is poisoned, his cruel son Commodus becomes emperor and quickly reveals a tyrannical streak. Show more

Contributors

Marcus Aurelius:
Alec Guinness
Lucilla:
Sophia Loren
Timonides:
James Mason
Ballomar:
John Ireland
Cleander:
Mel Ferrer
King of the Armenians:
Omar Sharif
Julianus:
Eric Porter
Director:
Anthony Mann