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Les Yeux du témoin (1959)

, 1h45
Réalisé par J. Lee Thompson
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Thriller, Policier
Acteurs John Mills, Horst Buchholz, Hayley Mills, Yvonne Mitchell, Anthony Dawson, Megs Jenkins
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Gillie, une fillette de 12 ans, a vu le jeune marin polonais Korchinsky abattre sa petite amie avec un révolver. Gillie lui subtilise l'arme, mais lorsque la police la découvre en possession du revolver, elle invente des histoires, car des liens particuliers se sont tissés entre elle et le meurtrier...

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The Flame Trees of Thika (1981)

Réalisé par Roy Ward Baker
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame
Thèmes Afrique post-coloniale
Acteurs Hayley Mills, Holly Aird, David Robb, Ben Cross, Sharon Maughan, John Nettleton
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Robin Grant(David Robb), his wife Tilly (Hayley Mills) and daughter Elspeth (Holly Aird) move to British East Africa (now called Kenya) to set up a coffee plantation. The meet Piet Roos, a Boer big game hunter and Njombo, a native who goes to work from them. The Grants face many travails in getting established, but these improve after they hire Sammy as the headman of the plantation. Hereward (Nicholas Jones) and Lettice {Sharon Maughan Palmer move to the area. There is a fight between Roos and Sammy. Then Njombo kills Kimon, who was the Palmer’s headman. As a result his chief strips him of his property and Sammy marries the girl Njombo wanted. Elspeth has a very interesting New Year’s Eve party with Mrs. Nimmo and a newcomer to the area Alec Wilson while her parents and the Palmers go to Nairobi. A big game hunter, Ian Crawford (Ben Cross) arrives in the area and becomes infatuated with Lettice Palmer, who gives a pony to Elspeth. We learn Lettice left her first husband to elope with Hereward and Elspeth develops an intense dislike for Hereward Palmer after he shoots a baby antelope on a hunt. Sammy arranges for a curse to be put on Njombo, and it literally takes an “Act of God” to get it lifted. After the railroad reaches Thika, Lettice gets a piano, but during a party held to celebrate its arrival, a leopard kills one of her dogs. During the hunt to get it, Hereward kills the leopard, but is almost killed by its mate, but saved by Roos. The Palmers, Tilly and Crawford go on a safari, during which Lettice and Crawford have an affair. Hereward and Crawford are about to have a brawl when Crawford’s servant stabs Hereward. As a result Crawford leaves and Lettice stays with Hereward. Then on August 4, 1914 the Grants learn war has been declared on Germany. Robin joins the army, while Tilly becomes a nurse and Elspeth goes to school, where she is bullied for being a know-it-all. She runs away back to Thika. Ian Crawford is killed. Then Robin is transferred to France so all the Grants leave Africa and return to Europe for the duration.

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Les Yeux du témoin (1959)

, 1h45
Réalisé par J. Lee Thompson
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Thriller, Policier
Acteurs John Mills, Horst Buchholz, Hayley Mills, Yvonne Mitchell, Anthony Dawson, Megs Jenkins
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