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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 106 min.
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Plot: After a collision with a shipping container at sea, a resourceful sailor finds himself, despite all efforts to the contrary, staring his mortality in the face.
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Cast: Robert Redford. Directed by J. C. Chandor.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Maritime ∙ Action |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 123 min. B&W
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Plot: Based on Herman Melville's novella, this film depicts the struggle between good and evil based on innocent sailor Billy Budd's conflict with his ship's vicious master at arms.
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Cast: Terence Stamp, Robert Ryan, Peter Ustinov, Melvyn Douglas. Directed by Peter Ustinov.
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Categories: Admiralty ∙ Maritime ∙ Criminal Law |
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Rated: R Stars: *****
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Format: DVD 209 min.
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Plot: A German U-Boat commander struggles to keep his young crew alive during the height of World War II's Battle of the Atlantic. In German, with English subtitles.
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Cast: Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch, Martin Semmelrogge. Directed by Wolfgang Peterson.
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Categories: Military ∙ Maritime ∙ War |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 125 min.
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Plot: When a US Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardizes the ship, the first officer relieves him of command and faces court martial for mutiny.
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Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Van Johnson, Robert Francis, Fred MacMurray. Directed by Edward Dmytryk.
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Categories: War ∙ Maritime ∙ Criminal Law |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD 134 min.
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Plot: The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates.
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Cast: Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman, Faysal Ahmed. Directed by Paul Greengrass.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Biography ∙ Maritime |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: **1/2
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Format: DVD 99 min.
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Plot: A family in Chicago inherits the yacht formerly owned by Clark Gable and they decide to sail it from the island to Miami with the assistance of Captain Ron.
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Cast: Kurt Russell, Martin Short, Mary Kay Place. Directed by Thom Eberhardt.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Maritime ∙ Estates |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 116 min.
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Plot: On a US nuclear missile sub, a young first officer stages a mutiny to prevent his trigger happy captain from launching his missiles before confirming his orders to do so.
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Cast: Denzel Washington, Gene Hackman, George Dzundza, Viggo Mortensen, James Gandolfini, Matt Craven. Directed by Tony Scott.
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Categories: Action ∙ Military ∙ Maritime |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 76 min. B&W
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Plot: A young bride is set to begin her honeymoon aboard a luxury liner when she determines that her husband has disappeared and his name has mysteriously dropped from the passenger list.
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Cast: Jeanne Crain, Michael Rennie, Casey Adams, Carl Betz. Directed by Joseph M. Newman.
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Categories: Mystery/Suspense ∙ Maritime |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 103 min.
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Plot: The crew of a Danish cargo ship is hijacked by Somali pirates who proceed to engage in escalating negotiations with authorities in Copenhagen.
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Cast: Pilou Asbaek, Soren Malling, Dar Salim. Directed by Tobias Lindholm.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Maritime ∙ Negotiation |
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Rated: PG Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 142 min.
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Plot: A middle-aged lawyer needs some convincing that he was once the legendary Peter Pan.
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Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams, Julia Roberts, Bob Hoskins, Maggie Smith. Directed by Steven Spielberg.
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Categories: Children ∙ Maritime ∙ SciFi/Fantasy |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 87 min. B&W
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Plot: Fascinated by a beautiful woman, a seaman joins a bizarre yachting cruise and ends up mired in a complex murder plot.
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Cast: Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles, Everett Sloane, Glenn Anders, Ted de Corsia. Directed by Orson Welles.
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Categories: Mystery/Suspense ∙ Maritime ∙ Drama |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 135 min. B&W
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Plot: An escaped publicity leopard may be responsible for several killings/Strange deaths at sea may be due to an authority obsession.
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Cast: Dennis O'Keefe, Jean Brooks, Isabell Jewel, Richard Dix, Russell Wade, Edith Barrett. Directed by Jacques Tourneur/Mark Robson.
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Categories: Horror ∙ Safety ∙ Maritime |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 119 min.
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Plot: A famed oceanographer sets out to take revenge on the mythical shark that killed his partner.
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Cast: Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Cate Blanchett, Anjelica Huston, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Michael Gambon, Bud Cort. Directed by Wes Anderson.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Maritime ∙ Admiralty |
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Rated: PG Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 127 min.
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Plot: A young man finds himself stranded from a shipwreck with the last survivor, a ferocious Bengal tiger.
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Cast: Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Rafe Spall, Gerard Depardieu, Adil Hussain. Directed by Ang Lee.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Maritime ∙ Animal |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 108 min.
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Plot: Two people, each engaged to someone else, meet aboard a ship and instantly fall in love.
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Cast: Charles Boyer, Irene Dunne, Astrid Allwyn, Maurice Moscovich. Directed by Glenn Gordan Caron.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Domestic Relations ∙ Maritime |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 103 min.
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Plot: Account of wartime espionage based on the true story of an intelligence operation designed to mislead the Nazis prior to the 1943 Allied invasion of Sicily.
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Cast: Clifton Webb, Gloria Grahame, Stephen Boyd. Directed by Ronald Meame.
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Categories: History ∙ War ∙ Maritime |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 141 min.
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Plot: Stranded on the planet Mars, an astronaut must figure out how to survive until rescue.
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Cast: Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig, Jeff Daniels, Michael Peña, Sean Bean, Kate Mara, Sebastian Stan, Aksel Hennie, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Benedict Wong, Mackenzie Davis, Donald Glover. Directed by Ridley Scott.
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Categories: Action ∙ SciFi/Fantasy ∙ Maritime |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: *****
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Format: DVD 138 min.
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Plot: During the Napoleonic Wars, a brash British captain pushes his ship and crew to their limits.
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Cast: Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany, James D'Arcy, Edward Woodall, Chris Larkin, Max Pirkis. Directed by Peter Weir.
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Categories: War ∙ Maritime ∙ History |
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Rated: NR Stars: *****
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Format: DVD 132 min. B&W
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Plot: Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty.
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Cast: Charles Laughton, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone, Herbert Mundin. Directed by Frank Lloyd.
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Categories: Drama ∙ History ∙ Maritime |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 124 min.
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Plot: During WW2 a sub commander finds himself in unique circumstances.
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Cast: Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, Joan O'Brien, Dina Merrill. Directed by Blake Edwards.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ War ∙ Maritime |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 93 min.
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Plot: After breaking off her engagement to a naval officer because he lacks money and rank, a young woman regrets her decision when he returns with both.
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Cast: Sally Hawkins, Rupert Penry-Jones, Alice Krige, Julia Davis, Amanda Hale. Directed by Adrian Shergold.
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Categories: Romance ∙ Maritime |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 169 min.
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Plot: The pirates must sail off the edge of the map, navigate treachery and betrayal, and make their final alliances for one last decisive battle.
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Cast: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Stellan Skarsgard, Bill Nighy, Chow Yun-Fat. Directed by Gore Verbinski.
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Categories: Action ∙ Maritime ∙ Admiralty |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 143 min.
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Plot: A bloodthirsty band of pirates seeking a lost treasure of cursed gold find themselves beset by a rogue captain intent on thwarting their plans.
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Cast: Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley. Directed by Gore Verbinski.
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Categories: Action ∙ Maritime ∙ Negotiation |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 150 min.
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Plot: Jack Sparrow owes an unpaid debt to Davey Jones and crafts a plan so he doesn't have to pay it.
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Cast: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightly, Jack Davenport, Bill Nighy. Directed by Gore Verbinski.
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Categories: Action ∙ Maritime ∙ Admiralty |
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Rated: PG Stars: **1/2
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Format: DVD 114 min.
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Plot: The adventures of the sailor man and his friends in the seaside town of Sweethaven.
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Cast: Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall, Ray Walston, Paul Dooley. Directed by Robert Attman.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Maritime ∙ Comedy |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 91 min.
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Plot: Two out-of-work vaudeville performers who are on the lam are hired by a South Seas prince.
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Cast: Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Bing Crosby. Directed by Hal Walker.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ SciFi/Fantasy ∙ Maritime |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 126 min.
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Plot: A Soviet submarine gets stuck in New England at the height of the Cold War.
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Cast: Carl Reiner, Eva Marie Saint, Alan Arkin, Brian Keith, Jonathan Winters. Directed by Norman Jewison.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ International ∙ Maritime |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: Blu-ray/DVD (2 disc set) 194 min.
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Plot: A timeless love story born of tragedy that created an international phenomenon.
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Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates. Directed by James Cameron.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Maritime ∙ Domestic Relations |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: VHS 118 min. B&W
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Plot: A popular lawyer defends a naval cadet wrongly accused of stealing.
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Cast: Robert Donat, Margaret Leighton, Cedric Hardwicke, Basil Radford, Frank Lawton, Wilifrid Hyde-White, Neil North. Directed by Anthony Asquith.
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Categories: Maritime ∙ Education |
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Rated: G Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 104 min.
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Plot: In early 20th century England, a youngman is expelled from the royal naval academy and a legal battle to have him reinstated begins.
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Cast: Nigel Hawthorne, Jeremy Northam, Rebecca Pidgeon, Gemma Jones. Directed by David Mamet.
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Categories: Maritime ∙ Education |
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