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A classic adventure of a young orphan sent to live at the dark and foreboding English estate of her widowed uncle and his crippled son. Led by a strong will and a stubborn temperament, Mary Lennox discovers the existence of a secret garden, the history of which slowly reveals the mystery of her uncle and his son's embittered lives. Eventually, the beloved garden becomes the only hope for their happiness and restoration from the haunting grip of the...

Retelling of John F. Kennedy's wartime exploits as skipper of a battle-scarred PT boat. The assignment: harass the enemy and buy time for a U.S. Navy still on the drawing boards. In August 1943, PT 109 was sliced in half by a japanese destroyer. Kennedy led his surviving crew through a sea aflame from gasoline, towing one badly burned sailor miles to the nearest island.

An intriguing film noir about a novelist out to expose the injustices of capital punishment. Working with his fiancee's father, a newspaper publisher, he frames himself for murder, intending to produce exonerating evidence at the last moment. But the publisher suddenly dies, the evidence is lost, and that's only the first twist in a brilliantly layered plot ideally suited to Lang's talents.

Hard-luck gambler Dan Milner is in sudden luck. He'll get $50,000 to hang out at a posh Mexican resort. $5,000 now and the big payoff when the reason he's been sent there is revealed. Of course, the gangsters making the offer don't expect him to live long enough to collect.