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Objective Burma is a Second World War action drama starring Errol Flynn, James Brown, William Prince, George Tobias and Henry Hull in a story about a group of American soldiers parachuting into Japanese-occupied Burma during the Second World War with a mission to destroy a radar station. Objective Burma was directed by Raoul Walsh in 1945. Objective Burma is notorious on two counts: firstly it is the first film to depict a character pulling a grenade pin out with his teeth - something no soldier ever does - and secondly in one scene one of the 'dead' Japanese soldiers moves his foot from having the heel pointing outwards to a more comfortable position pointing inwards.
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Ocean's Eleven is a crime caper starring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Junior, Peter Lawford, Angie Dickinson, Richard Conte and Cesar Romero in a story about a master criminal's plan to rob five Las Vegas casinos simultaneously on New Years Eve. Ocean's Eleven was directed by Lewis Milestone in 1960.
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Octopussy is a James Bond action adventure starring Roger Moore and Maude Adams in a story about a British secret agent fighting a rich businesswoman with her own private army. Octopussy was directed by John Glen in 1983.
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Odd Man Out is a crime drama starring James Mason, Robert Beatty and Robert Newton in a story about an IRA officer who goes into hiding with his friend after escaping from prison, and the police hunt for him. It was directed in 1946 by Carol Reed.
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Odds Against Tomorrow is a crime drama starring Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, Shelley Winters, Ed Begley and Gloria Grahame in a story about a night club singer who, under pressure from gambling debts, teams up with a racist ex-convict and a corrupt ex-policeman to rob a bank. Odds Against Tomorrow was directed by Robert Wise in 1959.
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Odette is a drama starring Anna Neagle, Trevor Howard, Marius Goring, Peter Ustinov and Bernard Lee in a story about a widowed French woman recruited by intelligence officers for a spy mission to France during the Second World War. Odette was directed by Herbert Wilcox in 1950.
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Office Space is a comedy starring Ron Livingstone and Jennifer Aniston in a story about an office which suffers at the hands of a patronising boos until he visits a hypnotist. Office Space was directed by Mike Judge in 1999.
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Official Denial is a science-fiction thriller starring Parker Stevenson and Holly Brisley in a story about a man kidnapped by aliens. Official Denial was directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith in 1993.
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Old Yeller is a Disney family drama starring Dorothy McGuire, Fess Parker, Jeff York, Chuck Connors, Beverly Washburn, Tommy Kirk and Kevin Corcoran in a story based on the novel by Fred Gipson about a family living in 19th century Texas who adopt a stray yellow dog until one day a cowboy arrives and claims the animal. Old Yeller was directed by Robert Stevenson in 1957.
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Oliver Twist is an adaptation of the classic Dickens' story of the same name. It stars Alec Guinness and Robert Newton in the story of an orphan who runs away from the workhouse to London. Oliver Twist was directed by David Lean in 1948.
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Oliver! is a musical based upon the book Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens. It stars Ron Moody, Oliver Reed and Mark Lester in the story of an orphan in 19th century London and his exploits with a gang of pickpockets. Oliver! was directed b y Carol Reed in 1968.
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On Deadly Ground is an action adventure starring Steven Seagal, Michael Caine, Joan Chen and John C McGinley in a story about an unscrupulous tycoon threatening the environment of Alaska. On Deadly Ground was directed by Steven Seagal in 1994.
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On Golden Pond is a drama starring Henry Fonda, Katharine Hepburn, Jane Fonda, Doug McKeon and Dabney Coleman in a story about an American couple being left a surrogate grandchild when their daughter goes to Europe with her new lover. On Golden Pond was directed by Mark Rydell in 1981.
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On Her Majesty's Secret Service is a James Bond spy adventure starring George Lazenby, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas and Ilse Steppat in a story about James Bond tracking down a super-criminal who is threatening world peace. On Her Majesty's Secret Service was directed by Peter Hunt in 1969.
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On Moonlight Bay is a comedy musical starring Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Jack Smith and Leon Ames in a story about a tomboy who falls for an unconventional student which her father doesn't approve of. On Moonlight Bay was directed by Roy Del Ruth in 1951.
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On Seventh Avenue is a drama starring Wendy Makkena, Stephen Collins, Damian Chapa, Liz Coke and Lara Harris in a story about a designer's daughter taking over his fashion house after he is beaten up by the mob for missing a protection racket payment. On Seventh Avenue was directed by Jeff Bleckner in 1996.
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On The Beach is a drama starring Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire and Anthony Perkins in a story about a group of survivors, from a nuclear holocaust that has wiped out the Northern Hemisphere, picking up a radio signal apparently from California. On The Beach was directed by Stanley Kramer in 1959.
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On The Beat is a comedy starring Norman Wisdom in a story about a car park attendant who dreams of becoming a policeman, only he's too short. On The Beat was directed by Robert Asher in 1962.
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On The Buses is a comedy starring Reg Varney, Doris Hare, Anna Karen, Michael Robbins, Stephen Lewis and Bob Grant in a film version of the 1970s television comedy series in a story about bus drivers feeling threatened after women drivers are employed. On The Buses was directed by Harry Booth in 1971.
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On The Fiddle is a comedy starring Alfred Lynch, Sean Connery, Cecil Parker, Stanley Holloway, Wilfrid Hyde White, Lance Percival and John Le Mesurier in a story about a confidence trickster who persuades a friend to join the air force with him to run money-making rackets. On The Fiddle was directed by Cyril Frankel in 1961.
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On The Run is an adventure film about two children trying to prevent the kidnapping of an African Prince. It stars Dennis Conoley and Robert Kennedy. Directed by Pat Jackson.
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On The Town is a musical starring Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Vera Ellen in a story about three sailors on 24-hour shore leave in New York City. On The Town was directed by Stanley Donen in 1949.
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Once Upon A Dead Man is a crime drama starring Rock Hudson, Susan Saint James, Jack Albertson and Rene Auberjonois in a story about a police commissioner who gets involved with the theft of an Egyptian sarcophagus when he attends a charity auction. Once Upon A Dead Man formed the pilot for the television series 'McMillan and Wife'. Once Upon A Dead Man was directed by Leonard Stern in 1971.
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Once Upon A Time In The West is a spaghetti western starring Henry Fonda, Claudia Cardinale, Jason Robards, Charles Bronson, Frank Wolff and Gabriele Ferzetti in a story about a killer hired to ensure the progress of a railroad opposed by a widow. Once Upon A Time In The West was directed by Sergio Leone in 1968.
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Once You Meet A Stranger is a thriller starring Jacqueline Bisset, Theresa Russell and Robert Desiderio in a story about two women who meet on a train and jokingly make a murder pact, only one of the women takes the joke seriously. Once You Meet A Stranger was directed by Tommy Lee Wallace in 1996.
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One Christmas is a family drama starring Katharine Hepburn and Henry Winkler in the story of a boy whose hopes of seasonal joy are shattered when he is sent to spend Christmas with the father he has never met. One Christmas was directed by Tony Bill in 1994.
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One Fine Day is a comedy starring Michelle Pfeiffer and George Clooney in a story about two professional single parents who meet by chance while looking after their young children. One Fine Day was directed by Michael Hoffman in 1996.
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One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest is the tale of rebellion in a mental hospital. It stars Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher.
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest was directed by Milos Forman in 1975.
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One Good Turn is a comedy starring Norman Wisdom, Joan Rice, Shirley Abicair, Thora Hird and William Russell in a story about a man's efforts to save an orphanage and provide presents for the children leads him into a series of adventures. One Good Turn was directed by John Paddy Carstairs in 1954.
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One In A Million is the true story of Ron LeFore a reformed petty criminal who became a baseball star. It stars Levar Burton and Madge Sinclair. Directed by William A Graham.
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One Magic Christmas is a drama starring Mary Steenburgen in a story about a young mother who becomes depressed when her husband loses his job and the family faces eviction, but then an angel appears to show her the true meaning of Christmas. One Magic Christmas was directed by Philip Borsos in 1985.
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One Million Years BC is an adventure starring Raquel Welch and John Richardson in a story set in prehistoric times. One Million Years BC was directed by Don Chaffey in 1966.
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One Minute To Zero is a drama starring Robert Mitchum and Ann Blyth in a story about a United Nations official who learns the truth about war when she falls for an American colonel charged with the evacuation of civilians during the Korean War. One Minute To Zero was directed by Tay Garnett in 1952.
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One More Train To Rob is a western starring George Peppard, Diana Muldaur, John Vernon and France Nuyen in a story about a train robber determined to be avenged after being framed by a member of his gang. One More Train To Rob was directed by Andrew V McLaglen in 1971.
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One of our Dinosaurs is Missing is a comedy starring Peter Ustinov, Helen Hayes, Clive Revill, Derek Nimmo, Joan Sims and Bernard Bresslaw in a story about a British aristocrat who steals a secret Chinese microfilm and is subsequently kidnapped by Chinese agents determined to recover the film.
One of our Dinosaurs is Missing was directed by Robert Stevenson in 1975.
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One True Thing is a drama starring Renee Zellweger, Meryl Streep and William Hurt in a story about a young woman being forced to quit her job so that she can look after her sick mother. One True Thing was directed by Carl Franklin in 1998.
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One, Two, Three is a comedy starring James Cagney, Horst Buchholz, Arlene Francis and Pamela Tiffin in a story about an American sales rep trying to sell Coca-Cola behind the Iron Curtain. One, Two, Three was directed by Billy Wilder in 1961.
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Only You is a romantic comedy starring Marisa Tomei and Robert Downey Jr in a story about a woman about to be married receiving a phone call from her fiance's friend who it was predicted would be her future soul mate. It was directed by Norman Jewison in 1994.
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Ooh...You Are Awful is a comedy starring Dick Emery, Derren Nesbitt, Ronald Frasier, William Franklyn and Cheryl Kennedy in a story about a conman trying to trace the money his dead partner and him stashed before he was imprisoned. Ooh...You Are Awful was directed by Cliff Owen in 1972.
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Open Heart is a medical drama starring Megan Follows, Raoul Bhaneja, Joseph Ziegler, Nicole Mallet and Roxanne Jean in a story about patients dying at an under-funded hospital. Open Heart was directed by Laurie Lynd in 2004.
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Open Your Eyes is a thriller starring Eduardo Noriega., Penelope Cruz, Chete Lera and Fele Martinez in a story about a man who when he tries to dump his latest girl friend, she crashes her car with him in it leaving him disfigured and arrested on suspicion of murder. Open Your Eyes was directed by Alejandro Amenabar in 1997.
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Operation Amsterdam is a Second World War adventure starring Peter Finch, Eva Bartok, Tony Britton, Alexander Knox, Malcolm Keen and Christopher Rhodes in a story based upon true events about Allied forces removing industrial diamonds from Amsterdam before the Germans arrive in the city. Operation Amsterdam was directed by Michael McCarthy in 1958.
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Orlando is a historical fantasy starring Tilda Swinton, Billy Zane and John Wood in a story based on the novel by Virginia Woolf about an immortal aristocrat who takes a journey through 400 years of English history. Orlando was directed by Sally Potter in 1992.
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Otherworld (Y Mabinogi) is a part-animated adventure starring Ioan Gruffudd, Daniel Evans, Jenny Livsey, Matthew Rhys, Sue Jones-Davies, Peter Gruffydd, Robert Gwyndaf, Mali Harries and Philip Madoc in a story based upon the Welsh myths of Y Mabinogi (The Mabinogion) about three troubled teenagers who discover a portal in the ocean and decide to try and enter it themselves and find themselves in the mythical land of Otherworld. Otherworld was directed by Derek W Hayes in 2003.
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Our Betters is a comedy starring Gilbert Roland and Constance Bennet.
Our Betters was directed by George Cukor.
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Our Girl Friday is a comedy starring Joan Collins, Kenneth More and George Cole. It is the story of three men and a woman shipwrecked on a desert island. Our Girl Friday was directed by Noel Langley.
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Our Man Flint is a comedy starring James Coburn, Lee J Cobb and Gila Golan in a story about international playboy, and the world's greatest secret agent, Derek Flint, summoned to battle a group of mysterious scientists. Our Man Flint was directed by Daniel Mann in 1966.
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Our Man In Havana is a satire starring Alec Guinness, Burl Ives, Maureen O'Hara and Ernie Kovacs in a story about a vacuum-cleaner salesman asked to supply intelligence information to a spy, and not being aware of any real intelligence information supplies made-up information. Our Man In Havana was directed by Carol Reed in 1959.
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Our Relations is a comedy starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in a story about two respectably married friends who get into trouble when their no-good twin brothers arrive in town. Our Relations was directed by Harry Lachman in 1936.
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Out For a Kill is an action adventure starring Steven Seagal, Corey Johnson, Michelle Goh, Kata Dobo and Elaine Tan in a story about an archaeology professor being framed in an international criminal conspiracy. Out For a Kill was directed by Michael Oblowitz in 2003.
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Out Of Sight is a romance starring George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez and Ving James in a story about a bank robber who escapes from prison and falls in love with the federal marshal he takes hostage. Out Of Sight was directed by Steven Soderbergh in 1998.
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Outbreak is a thriller starring Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, Morgan Freeman and Cuba Gooding Jr in a story about a lethal African virus turning up in a Californian town. Outbreak was directed by Wolfgang Petersen in 1995.
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Outland is a sci-fi action adventure starring Sean Connery, Peter Boyle, Frances Sternhagen, James Sikking and Kika Markham in a story about a newly appointed space marshal on Jupiter's third moon keen to restore order at a mining colony where drug dealing has led to violence. Outland was directed by Peter Hyams in 1981.
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Outside Providence is a comedy starring Alec Baldwin, Shawn Hatosy, Tommy Bone, Samantha Lavigne and Jonathan Brandis in a story based upon the novel by Peter Farrelly about an unruly American teenager being sent to boarding school where he soon discovers he has more in common with his school mates than he first thought. Outside Providence was directed by Michael Corrente in 1999.
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Overdrive is an action thriller starring Steve Guttenberg and Robert Wagner in a story about a champion racing driver helping a female secret agent to escape assassins sent to kill her. Overdrive was directed by Lev L Spiro in 1997.
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Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story is a crime drama starring Jean Smart, Park Overall, Tim Grimm and Ernie Lively in a story based on the true story of an American prostitute convicted of murdering seven men during the 1990's. Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story was directed by Peter Levin in 1992.
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Overnight Delivery is a romantic comedy starring Reese Witherspoon and Paul Rudd in a story about a man who, suspecting that his girlfriend is being unfaithful, travels across America to see her. Overnight Delivery was directed by Jason Bloom in 1996 .
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Oxygen is a crime thriller starring Maura Tierney, Adrien Brody, Terry Kinney and Dylan Baker in a story about a policewoman seeking a kidnapper who has buried his victim alive somewhere in Manhattan. Oxygen was directed by Richard Shepard in 1999.
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