Barry K. Barnes

Set just before the outbreak of WWII, this is the story of a test pilot who works for the (unnamed) enemy. Made in 1939, by the time it was released in 1940, war had been declared.

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An aristocrat won't economize, then his rich brother in law is found murdered in the grounds of the aristocrat's house

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Suzanne, Renee, Nina and Marta all hate being in prison, being slapped and treated badly, and so all the girls are trying to escape. Madame Appel just causes chaos all the time, with her harsh manners. When Yvonne with her free-thinking ways is put in charge of the school for misbehaving girls, and asks them to tell her their complaints, they don't believe her at first. Yvonne is in love and about to marry the establishment's doctor, and it does not help that one teenage girl falls for him - and is corresponded. It's a hard life for the girls, and for the new female warden.

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A newspaper reporter keeps beating the police to clues in a current murder case. This makes the police think he may be involved in the crime.

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During the First World War, a number of captured British officers attempt to escape a prisoner-of-war camp.

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Sir Percy is forced to return to France one last time, to rescue his wife from the clutches of the sinister Robespierre. It's clearly a trap, but nothing will keep the good Pimpernel from carrying out his mission.

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An exasperated clerk at a labour exchange tries to find jobs for two idle scroungers.

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