Rock Hudson
1) Blindfold
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Dr. Bartholomew Snow is a respected New York psychologist recruited to meet with scientist Arthur Vincenti who suffered from a mental breakdown, while the scientist completes a top secret military project. Due to the level of the classified work, Snow must be blindfolded when taken to Vincenti's location. When a group of enemy agents gets to the troubled scientist, Snow is the only one who can find him, and he may have to wear a blindfold.
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"In the isolated western region of North America, schooner captain Peter Keith and his wife, Dolores, prepare to set sail with their precious cargo of furs. When a ruthless businessman, Paul Blake, schemes to keep them docked until the weather becomes too foreboding to leave. Peter and Dolores must embark on a desperate expedition to escape the icy wilderness"--Container.
6) Tobruk
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Based on a real-life, little-known incident, this epic follows a convoy of British and German-Jewish commandos as they cross 800 miles of Libyan desert to blow up a key Nazi fortress at Tobruk guarded by General Rommel's best troops.
8) A fine pair
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Rock Hudson becomes hooked on crime and Claudia Cardinale in this breezy comedy caper. When Esmeralda Marini (Cardinale) pays a surprise visit to NYC police captain Mike Harmon (Hudson), the uptight cop agrees to help her as a favor to her father, an old friend he hasn't seen in years. She explains that she wants to break into an Austrian villa and return gems stolen by a friend, but Mike has no idea it's all a con to rob the house herself. As the...
11) Seminole
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Officer Lance Caldwell is assigned to Fort King in the Everglades. A boyhood friend of Seminole Indian chief Osceola, Caldwell opposes the maniacal Major Degan's plans to wipe out the local Seminole tribe. Caldwell is rescued by Osceola after a violent battle and is swiftly court-marshalled. When Osceola returns to Fort King in an attempt to initiate peace he is murdered and Caldwell framed for the crime. Can the truth prevail?
12) Giant
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Based on Edna Ferber's epic novel of a wealthy Texas cattle rancher who marries a strong-willed Virginia woman and the problems they encounter with politics and prejudices of the time. Bonus features include multiple documentaries.
13) The last sunset
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Journey to the Wild West with a haunted sheriff (Rock Hudson) as he joins an outlaw (Kirk Douglas) in a treacherous cattle drive and finds his heart captive to the wanted man's former lover.
14) The spiral road
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When an opportunistic physician (Rock Hudson) travels to the jungles of Java, a shocking meeting with a black magic witch doctor forces him to re-evaluate his selfish past.
15) Lover come back
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An adman and adwoman battle over a fake account and wind up in bed together.
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In the British East Africa country of Kenya, former childhood playmates Peter McKenzie and Kimani have maintained their deep friendship, even though they have a difference in race, class and tradition. Then the bloody Mau Mau spread violence and terror in an effort to sweep the British from the land, the uprising destroys their magnificent homeland. The men discover that even the strongest bond may be stronger than the beat of the drums or the crack...
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An ace fishing equipment salesman and renowned author on the subject can't stand the outdoors or fishing. A public relations representative for a major fishing tournament wants Rock to be the competition's star attraction. When he confesses he doesn't know the first thing about the sport, Prentiss and a con man attempt to give the expert a crash course on being a great outdoorsman.
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Criterion collection volume 96
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"Bathed in lurid Technicolor, melodrama maestro Douglas Sirk's Written on the Wind is the stylishly debauched tale of a Texas oil magnate brought down by the excesses of his spoiled offspring. Features an all-star quartet that includes Robert Stack as a pistol-packin' alcoholic playboy; Lauren Bacall as his long-suffering wife; Rock Hudson as his earthy best friend; and Dorothy Malone as his nymphomaniac sister."--