The Old Curiosity Shop (2007)
A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to pay his debts, he and his granddaughter flee.
Genre: Drama
Director: Brian Percival
Actors: Adam Godley, Adrian Rawlins, Anna Madeley, Bryan Dick, Derek Jacobi, Gina McKee, Martin Freeman, Sophie Vavasseur, Toby Jones, Zoƫ Wanamaker
A Dangerous Woman (1993)
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Stranger in the House (1992)
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I Am Santa Claus (2014)
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Illuminata (1998)
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The Night Is Young (1935)
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Appointment with Death (1988)
Emily Boynton, stepmother to three children, blackmails the family lawyer into destroying a second will of her late husband that would have freed the children from her dominating influence. She…