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1) Fail-safe
2) Deathtrap
Summary
Murder mystery set in a remote country house, concerning a play, its authors, and their road to success.
3) The Verdict
Summary
A cynical lawyer on the skids fights for justice when a mysterious accident at a hospital destroys the life of a vital young woman.
4) Serpico
Series
Summary
Adaptation of a true story where a young New York police officer refuses to extort money from criminals as the other officers do. His fellow police officers turn against him when he seeks to expose the situation during a grand jury investigation.
5) The Wiz
Summary
A discontented kindergarten teacher living in Harlem is lost in a blizzard and comes upon the wonderland of Oz. There she meets new friends, tries to find her way home, and finds that her life is not so bad after all.
6) Network
Summary
A satirical look at the politics and power struggles of television executives as a network news anchorman turns the tables on the "ratings."
Series
Summary
Hercule Poirot is a dapper detective for whom murder-solving is a precise, intellectual exercise. When a murder occurs aboard the Orient Express, Poirot agrees to interview all aboard the famous train's Calais coach, hoping to find the killer of an American millionaire before the local police arrive.
8) 12 angry men
Series
Criterion collection volume 591
Summary
A behind-closed-doors look at the American legal system as riveting as it is spare, the iconic adaptation of Reginald Rose's teleplay stars Henry Fonda as the initially dissenting member of a jury of white men ready to pass judgment on a Puerto Rican teenager charged with murdering his father. What results is a saga of epic proportions that plays out in real time over ninety minutes in one sweltering room. One of the most radical big-screen courtroom...
