Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist (John Howard Davies) is born in a workhouse under the cruel management of Mr Bumble (Francis L. Sullivan), a sort of Victorian Mike Ashley. When Oliver runs away […]
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Sorry, Wrong Number
Thrillers have always exploited the latest methods of communication, whether people are witnessing murders over Skype (Unfriended), telephones (Phone Booth), pigeon (Bird Box) or cave paintings (Ice Age). 1948’s Sorry, […]
Rope
Set in a swanky New York apartment in 1948, Hitchcock’s first colour film opens with a pair of well-to-do men murdering their friend. They stuff the man’s corpse in a trunk before […]
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