Ralph Truman
1) El Cid
Series
Publisher
Weinstein Company
Language
English
Description
Eleventh-century Spain is divided into Christian kingdoms and Moorish strongholds. The young Rodrigo Diaz de Bivar, who has been dubbed El Cid by his followers, vows to see his country at peace, free from the invader. Showing clemency to some emirs, he faces treason charges at court. His accuser, Gomez, father of his fiancee, Chimene, dies in the resulting duel. Chimene's avowed vengeance plot fails and Rodrigo is given her hand. When King Ferdinand...
2) Oliver Twist
Series
Criterion collection volume 32
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
After escaping from the dreary workhouse where he has spent his childhood, Oliver runs away to London, only to fall in with Artful Dodger, Fagin, and their gang of young thieves. It is only with the revelation of Oliver's true identity that his troubles finally end. Includes original theatrical trailer.
Publisher
The Film Detective
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Sherlock Holmes' fatal hour: A card cheat is threatened with exposure into joining a criminal enterprise that Holmes believes is controlled by Professor Moriarty.
The triumph of Sherlock Holmes: Holmes, retired to Sussex, is drawn into a last case when arch enemy Moriarty arranges with an American gang to kill a country gentleman with a mysterious past.
Silver Blaze: Holmes takes a vacation and visits his old friend Sir Henry Baskerville. His vacation...
Publisher
Kino Classics
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Cosh boy: A gang of teenage delinguents, led by Roy, is earning money by mugging women on the streets of London. The police catch up with them and at their hearing, the judge sentences them to a youth club to reform their ways. The boys use the club as the base for their growing operation.
Time is my enemy: Radley is a small-time crook, believed to be dead, who returns to his wife after a long absence to find her remarried to a wealthy publisher....
