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"[In] Robert Altman's fascinating and original send-up of Raymond Chandler's classic detective story, The Long Goodbye is a gloriously inspired tribute to Hollywood with an ending that's as controversial as it is provocative. Private eye Philip Marlowe faces the most bizarre case of his life, when a friend's apparent suicide turns into a double murder involving a sexy blonde, a disturbed gangster and a suitcase of drug money. But as Marlowe stumbles...
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"Businessman Charlie Blake is wound as tightly as the wristwatch he slavishly obeys. He's all "hurry, hurry, ding, ding, " free-spirited Brooklynite Sara Deever says. He's also perfect for her next human salvage project. She'll welcome Charlie into her romantic life for one month, and one only. Then, Mr. November must step aside for Mr. December."--Container.
5) Angel heart
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A New York City private investigator, is hired to solve the disappearance of a man known as Johnny Favorite. His investigation takes him to New Orleans, where he becomes embroiled in a series of brutal murders.
6) Harper
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Hard-boiled private investigator Lew Harper is hired to locate a missing millionaire.
7) Oxford blues
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A brash all-American young man goes to Oxford University for his education and finds his life complicated not only by the cultural shock, but by two young ladies (one English, and one American) each of whom he finds attractive.
8) Equus
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A middle-aged psychiatrist tries to find out why a young man has blinded six horses entrusted to his care.
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John Deakin is a secret agent posing as a thief on his way to jail. Boarding a special government train in handcuffs, he begins a terrifying journey that brings him face-to-face with death. Various passengers on an 1873 train across the frozen west to Fort Humboldt turn out to have smuggling and murder in mind.
10) The Big Sleep
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Robert Mitchum stars as Philip Marlowe in this re-imagining of the Raymond Chandler classic. When Marlowe takes on what appears to be a routine case of blackmail, the world-weary private eye uncovers a more sinister plot, one that spirals into murder.
11) The Blob
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A vile, malignant life-form crashes to earth in a cozy, rural American town and eats everything that moves.
12) The big sleep
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Hard-boiled private eye Richard Marlowe has his hands full when he gets involved in a web of sex, blackmail-- and murder.
13) Ffolkes
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A terrorist holds an off-shore drilling rig for ransom. A wealthy eccentric, Rufus Excaliber Ffolkes, volunteers to send in his crack team of soldiers.
14) The Medusa touch
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Novelist John Morlar claims to possess a terrifying power. When Morlar is savagely attacked in his London flat, Detective Brunel investigates and the trail leads him to Morlar's psychiatrist for answers. He learns that Morlar believes that he has telekinetic power, including the ability to make planes crash and buildings crumble. As Brunel digs into the case his worst fear may soon be realized: that Morlar's power is real and that he can wreak havoc...
15) The big sleep
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Philip Marlowe returns in the 1978's version which transposes novelist Raymond Chandler's famous detective tale from the Los Angeles of the past to present day England. What appears to be a routine blackmail case for Marlowe soon spirals into murder and madness.
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"Middle-aged Frederick Egerman has been patiently waiting a year for his young bride Anne to consummate their marriage. But unbeknownst to Frederick, his son Erich is also in love with Anne. To complicate matters, Frederick's former mistress Desiree Armfeldt arrives in town--but Desiree is having a clandestine affair with the husband of the Countess Mittelheim! The mismatched couples in this delightful bedroom farce are all invited to a country estate...
17) Absolution
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Psychological drama about an uncompromising priest at an English boys' school who becomes the victim of his own tyrannical behavior. Based on a true story.
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Where Eagles Dare: An American general is shot down over Germany during WWII and captured. Unknown to the Germans, he has full knowledge of the D-Day operation. British Intelligence puts together a team to rescue him, but an American is in the squad for reason unknown.
Kelly's Heroes : World War II soldiers learn of a fortune of gold bars that the Germans have stashed in enemy territory, and decide to steal the loot.
19) The Blob
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A vile, malignant life-form crashes to earth in a cozy, rural American town and eats everything that moves.
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The hardboiled Marlowe's latest cases, the search for an ex-convict's lost love, and the murder of a client, take on an even more sinister turn when they begin to connect, leading the private eye deeper and deeper into the seamy underbelly of 1940s Los Angeles. As the stakes are raised and the body count swells, it looks like Marlowe might be next on the list to take the big sleep.