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A reporter tries to prove that his wife is not responsible for the murder of a famous newspaper columnist. Task: Write a 150-190 word factual overview of the fi

As Kenya's Mau Mau uprising tears the country apart, former childhood friends Kimani (Sidney Poitier), a native, and Peter (Rock Hudson), a British colonist, fi

Tough guy fights gangsters and counterfeiters in pre-Castro Cuba. Role: Meticulous television and film archivist. Task: Write a factual, original 150-190 word o

A common shoe-shiner inherits a castle. Something his mean relatives dislikes. They try to scare him away with the help of fictional ghosts and other pranks. Co

A scandalous tale of politics, social inequality, interracial romance, and murder set on a fictitious British-owned Caribbean island. Topic: Film "Island in the

To earn extra money, a prim schoolteacher takes a second job as secretary to the uncouth owner of a boisterous nightclub. This Could Be the Night is a 1957 Amer

Three young sorority women try to find love with potential men, while worrying about changes in their way of life when integration begins at their college in 19

The English countryside provides the backdrop for the story of the Bennet family, who are of modest social standing, and in particular for the second daughter,

Salvatore and Romolo are two young and poor young men that are neighbours and friends. They live with their parents in Piazza Navona, Rome. They are poor but ha

In 1957, insurance investigator George Lazarus is tasked with interviewing twelve employees of the Deadly Sin Cigarette Company when his firm receives a suspici

While in Havana, a musician gets involved with a crippled man and his beautiful wife... with deadly results. Affair in Havana is a 1957 dramatic film directed b

Haute Couture model in Paris becomes involved in the activities of two rival jewel thief gangs. Nathalie is a 1957 French comedy and mystery film directed by Ch

Set in 1957, post-Windrush, and amidst the booming decade set alight by promise, the rhythm of rock and roll, swing, Hollywood starlets and fabulous fashion Thr

After three bumbling Soviet agents fail in their mission to retrieve a straying Soviet composer from Paris, the beautiful, ultra-serious Ninotchka is sent to co

Following the story of Vic Brown, a West Riding miner's son. It starts in 1957 with a casual affair with Ingrid Rotherwell, which develops into an emotional cri

In California, an old man grieves the loss of his wife, and dies the day after she is buried. However, the space soldier Eros and his mate Tanna use an electric

Set in the 1940s, City without Night follows the fortunes of Zhang Bohan who returns from studies in England to put his father-in-law’s textile factory back on

Alcoholic former cavalryman Hack Williams is arrested for killing an Indian, something he did not do. The townspeople, fearful of Apache reprisals, plan to hang

Private detective Dan Tanna drives around the streets of Las Vegas in a red 1957 Ford Thunderbird solving crimes and making Las Vegas a better place for residen

Tombstone Territory is an American Western series starring Pat Conway and Richard Eastham. The series' first two seasons aired on ABC from 1957 to 1959. The thi

A half-hour 1950s detective television series that took different forms and titles during its run. From October 1951 to June 1954, ABC Mystery Theater stars Tom

When the first manned flight to Venus returns to Earth, the rocket crash-lands in the Mediterranean near a small Italian fishing village. The locals manage to s

Tian Zhenhua arrives in Shanghai to coach a local women's basketball team. Number 5 on the team, Xiaoje, excels at basketball but is unsure of whether to contin

Jean and Bill are a married couple trying to scrape a living. Out of the blue they receive a telegram informing them Bill's long-lost uncle has died and left th