Summary: In Agatha Christie's most twisted tale, a spy-turned-private-detective is lured by his former lover to catch her grandfather's murderer before Scotland Yard exposes dark family secrets.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV CROSummary: Agatha Christie's world-famous mysteries are adapted in a series of French TV movies. Set in the 1930s, these iconic stories introduce two new investigators in classic Christie style: Superintendent Larosière, whose passion for beautiful women is matched only by his love of solving puzzling crimes, and his young colleague Inspector Lampion, whose modern sensibilities sometimes clash with those...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MHZ Networks, LLC. 2016
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV LITSummary: Sparkling cyanide: An elderly husband and wife are unlikely looking secret agents brought in to investigate the murder of a powerful soccer club manager's beautiful trophy wife at a glitzy champagne event. Why didn't they ask Evans?: A local vicar finds a man lying fatally injured and unconscious on the rocks at the foot of a cliff. His last words before passing were spoken clearly to the vicar...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV AGASummary: Belgian detective Hercule Poirot has just finished a case in Istanbul and is returning home to London on board the luxurious Orient Express. The thrill of riding the famous train ends abruptly when a wealthy man is discovered dead.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn 2017
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3 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY MURSummary: A police superintendent asks Hercule Poirot to investigate a case where a man may have been convicted for a murder he didn't commit; the headmistress at an all girls' school asks Poirot to solve the murders that have been committed there; the cast and crew of "Poirot" discuss the making of the episodes and bringing the detective to the screen.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2009
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A charming, evocative drama about a group of travelers in Italy who find solace and friendship after being thrown together by tragedy.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Video 2003
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MYCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie My 2003Summary: Agatha Christie becomes involved in solving the murder of a woman bludgeoned on a train; in the winter of 1928, Agatha Christie travels to Iraq, where she falls in love with an attractive archaeologist and has to unravel a series of murders; in the midst of personal turmoil, Agatha Christie decides to kill off her famous character, Hercule Poirot, and sell the manuscript to a wealthy...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV AGACopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE AGASummary: These four lavish productions are all-new adaptations of Christie classics.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2009
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Kansas City publicist Darcy ventures to the Emerald Educational Trust for the job of a lifetime. Here she will help VP Glen Goodman and his team find the know-how, courage, and heart to help a charity in need for Christmas. Darcy and Glen begin to realize they have everything in common. Will a surprise revelation at the big Christmas gala put an end to their promising romance before it really...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Summary: While vacationing in Egypt, Poirot intervenes when a jilted woman harasses her former friend and ex-boyfriend, but their Nile River cruise turns deadly nonetheless.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DEASummary: When a photographer from New York City and a rancher from Wyoming meet through the auspices of her friend and his sister, the only thing they seem to have in common is dislike.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: GoodTimes DVD 2007
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA STRSummary: The most wonderful time of the year: The overwhelming tasks that go along with Christmas have taken the joy out of the holidays for busy single mom Jennifer Cullen. Then her Uncle Ralph arrives at her home with the young, handsome Morgan Derby. Morgan's love of Christmas, and life, is contagious and as Jennifer glumly navigates through the holidays, she soon realizes that what she needs most is...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Gaiam Americas, Inc. 2013
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD 10 MSummary: Three act tragedy: While visiting the Cornish coast, Poirot attends a dinner where one of the guests suddenly dies. The clocks: A pretty secretary arrives at a residence for a temporary typing job, only to find a man's corpse on the floor. But why are there four strange clocks in the room? Hallowe'en party: A children's party turns into the murder of 13-year-old Joyce Reynolds, who had boasted...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed exclusively by Acorn Media 2011
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The investigation of two horrific mass murders leads to the capture and trial of the psychotic pseudo-hippie Charles Manson and his 'family'.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HELSummary: An embittered scrooge of a woman plans to sell her small town, with no regard for how it will affect the townspeople. As the sale approaches, a kindhearted angel arrives to persuade her to mend her ways and redeem herself. Can music, magic, and memories change her mind?
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DOLCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY DOLCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Seasonal Adult Collection, Call number: DVD MOVIE DOLSummary: The gambler: Kenny Rogers stars as the high-rolling frontier gambler Brady Hawkes, who has been summoned to Yuma, California, to rescue the son he never knew. Along the way, he befriends Billy Montana, a young Easterner who fancies himself a professional poker player. Brady teaches Billy a few lessons--about cards and also about life--and the two men end up forming a strong team.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WESTERN GAMSummary: Perl spent WWII in charge of the woman's infirmary at Auschwitz. Hoping to leave her nightmares behind her after the liberation, she applies for American citizenship in 1946. However, she is hauled into military court to explain how much she "collaborated" with the Nazis during the war. The U.S. officials are especially disturbed by the number of illegal abortions Perl performed at the camp....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2004
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA OUTSummary: See how it all began, and discover the secret behind the legend of Disney's most inspiring new Crown Princess! Frozen in time and trapped inside the Amulet of Avalor for over forty years, Elena has finally found the one brave princess who can set her free: Sofia! Together with magical flying jaquins, spirit animal Zuzo, and young wizard-in-training Mateo, Princess Elena must unite her people,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ELECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY ELESummary: A live performance of the classic musical. An aspiring nun in pre-WWII Austria leaves the abbey to become a governess for the widower Captain von Trapp's seven children and finds herself falling in love.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013