Classic Movies: The Story Of
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Classic Movies: The Story Of, Classic Movies: Escape From New York (1981)

Season 4, Episode 6

In the dystopian future of Escape from New York, the island of Manhattan has been turned into a maximum-security prison. Walled in, the criminals have been left to their own devices. Once you go in, you don't come out.
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Classic Movies: The 39 Steps
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Go on a journey to find out what makes The 39 Steps not only a quintessential thriller, but also an espionage thriller, a wronged man story and a first in the action thriller genre.

Classic Movies: The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp
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Released in 1943, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, is an extremely exceptional epic, which is exactly what makes it a masterpiece.

Classic Movies: Passport To Pimlico
S4 E3 • 44m • HDClosed Captioned Alt TextU

One of the great British comedies the plot of Passport to Pimlico is gloriously absurd. A combination of fantasy and realism told with a light touch.

Classic Movies: Highlander (1986)
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Highlander is one of a kind, a strange and haunting fantasy epic about immortality and sword fights. Rediscovered again and again since its release in 1986.

Classic Movies: The Railway Children
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Adapted from the book by legendary children's author E. Nesbit, it is a cinematic rite of passage that makes us remember the mysteries of childhood in a testing adult world.

Classic Movies: Escape From New York (1981)
S4 E6 • 43m • HDClosed Captioned Alt Text12

In the dystopian future of Escape from New York, the island of Manhattan has been turned into a maximum-security prison. Walled in, the criminals have been left to their own devices. Once you go in, you don't come out.

  • About this episode
  • In the dystopian future of Escape from New York, the island of Manhattan has been turned into a maximum-security prison. Walled in, the criminals have been left to their own devices. Once you go in, you don't come out.
  • PGHD
  • CrewLyndy Saville (Director)
  • GenreFactual
  • Seasons6
  • StudioSky Arts

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