Cluny Brown. Poster of the 1946 movie and cover of the 1944 book
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Cluny Brown
Margery Sharp, 1944
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Ernst Lubitsch, 1946

A working-class girl and a Czech refugee meet in England before World War II. Cluny Brown is a free spirit, who lives in the moment. She has been told she has to learn her place, and in 1938 England, there is much protocol and there are rules to follow. She has a difficult time not being able to be herself until she meets Adam Belinski who finds her spontaneity intoxicating and refreshing.


Around the World in 80 Days. Poster of the 1956 movie and cover of the 1872 book, Around the World in Eighty Days
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Around the World in Eighty Days
Jules Verne, 1872
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Michael Anderson, John Farrow, 1956

In 1872, an English gentleman Phileas Fogg claims he can circumnavigate the world in eighty days. He makes a £20,000 wager with four skeptical fellow members of the Reform Club that he can arrive back eighty days from exactly 8:45 pm that evening. Together with his resourceful valet, Passepartout, they set out on the journey from Paris by a gas balloon.


Casino Royale. Poster of the 1967 movie and cover of the 1953 book
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Casino Royale
Ian Fleming, 1953
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Val Guest, Ken Hughes, 1967

James Bond, a legendary British spy who retired from the secret service 20 years previously, is visited by the head of British MI6, M; CIA representative Ransome; KGB representative Smernov; and Deuxième Bureau representative Le Grand. All implore Bond to come out of retirement to deal with SMERSH, who have been eliminating agents; Bond spurns all their pleas.