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21) Angel Heart
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The time is the 1950s: seedy Brooklyn private eye Harry Angel is hired by shady Louis Cyphre to locate a pop singer who reneged on a debt. Harry ventures into Harlem, the first step of a Heart of Darkness-inspired odyssey.
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Français
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"Louis Malle called his gorgeous and ground-breaking PHANTOM INDIA the most personal film of his career. And this extraordinary journey to India, originally shown as a miniseries on European television, is infused with his sense of discovery, as well as occasional outrage, intrigue, and joy"--Container.
24) Kaleidoscope
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English
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A caper full of suspense, love and comedy about a gambler who cheats his way from the Riveria to Geneva to London and a dress designer who's father is a detective with Scotland Yard.
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English
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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.
26) Homeboy
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English
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A boxer who finally gets his big break finds that his life as well as his career is put on the line by the devious dealings of his manager.
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English
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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.
28) Homeboy
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English
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A boxer who finally gets his big break finds that his life as well as his career is put on the line by the devious dealings of his manager.
29) Garbo talks
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English
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"A dying mother's last wish to meet Greta Garbo costs her son his job, his marriage and his dignity.
30) Breakheart Pass
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English
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At the height of the frontier era, a locomotive races through the Rocky Mountains on a classified mission to a remote Army post. But one by one, the passengers are being murdered! Their only hope is John Deakin (Bronson), a mysterious prisoner-in-transit who must fight for his life--and the lives of everyone on the train--as he uncovers a deadly secret that explodes in a torrent of shocking revelations, explosive brawls and blazing gun battles.
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English
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Montana Badlands rancher David Brazton is a self-made man, through years of tireless effort and determination; he has transformed his vast and rugged land into a thriving, prosperous empire. So when his livestock, fortune and family are threatened by a ruthless horse thief, Braxton takes matters into his own hands by hiring a sadistic bounty hunter to track down the outlaw.
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English
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Somebody up there likes me: The inspiring tale about Rocky Graziano's rise from poverty and rage to the middleweight title.
Harper: Lew Harper, a cool private investigator, is hired by a wealthy California matron to locate her kidnapped husband.
Cool hand Luke: Prisoner loner Luke Jackson wins the respect of his fellow inmates when he refuses to cower before the chain gang boss.
The mackintosh man: A British Intelligence agent assumes a fictitious...
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Shout select volume 42
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English
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Farewell, my lovely: "Philip Marlowe is involved in a case of deception, double-cross and murder. When Moose Malloy, a giant ex-con fresh from prison, asks to find his missing sweetheart, Marlowe winds up unconscious on the floor with a dead man next to him. The case could very well cost Marlowe his life." -- Container.
Big sleep: "Philip Marlowe is caught in a deadly case of blackmail. General Sternwood, an aged and wealthy American, is being blackmailed...
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English
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"Battleground": A squad of the 101st Airborne Division copes with being trapped in the besieged city of Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge. "The dirty dozen": During World War II, a rebellious U.S. Army Major is assigned a dozen convicted murderers to train and lead them into a mass assassination mission of German officers. "Where eagles dare": Allied agents stage a daring raid on a castle where the Nazis are holding an American General prisoner...