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Siege of Sydney street: in 1911 a standoff is sparked between Russian anarchists and police. The frightened man: a furniture-antique shop owner earns cash from handling stolen goods to send his son to Oxford, but the son gets thrown out, returns to his father, and gets involved with bad guys. Crimes at the dark house: a madman kills the recipient of an inheritance to gain his estate, but not everyone believes he is the rightful heir. The hooded terror:...
2) The chase
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The escape of Bubber Reeves from prison affects the inhabitants of a small Southern town.
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In 1948, rural Georgia, Coweta County is watched over by its legendary, indomitable Sheriff Lamar Potts. No felony had every gone unsolved while Sheriff Potts was in charge. In the next county, though, there is a vast estate know as The Kingdom. It's ruled by one man, John Wallace, whose power is absolute and beyond the law. But when Wallace chases one of his underlings to deliver ruthless punishment, he makes a critical mistake. He crosses over into...
4) Funny face
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The destruction of his grandparents' home leads a young man to take revenge under a masked persona.
5) The split
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The L.A. Coliseum is the target of a crew of thieves that stage a daring daylight robbery only to fall out when over a half million dollars goes missing and each one is accusing the other of having the money.
6) Investigation of a citizen above suspicion: Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto
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Criterion collection volume 682
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"The Kafkaesque tale of a Roman police inspector ... investigating a heinous crime-which he himself committed"--Container.
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He flew with World War I's Lafayette Escadrille. Later, he made his Hollywood introduction by landing a plane on Douglas Fairbanks' property and went on to a remarkable 40-year career that includes these snappy, pre-Code works. Stepping out of the shadows are Ruth Chatterton as brothel madam Frisco Jenny and Loretta Young as a desperate moll in the dazzlingly stylistic Midnight Mary (made at Metro but very much in the Warner mode)--Container.
8) Montana
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A high-octane tale of betrayal, redemption, and honor, charting the unlikely bond between streetwise teenage drug courier Montana and Dimitrie, a Serbian ex-commando, who plot revenge against a powerful crime lord and his nemesis from the Balkan conflict.
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Wisper, a successful black businessman and bar owner, lives with his family in an affluent white neighborhood. A self-made man and proud of it, Wisper has a personal photographer who follows him everywhere. Everywhere, that is, except when he visits his mistress, Melonie. One night, he comes home from Melonie's place to find his wife and children murdered and, despite his alibi, the cops consider Wisper a prime suspect.
10) Crashout
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Six ruthless convicts break out of prison and frantically try to avoid an extensive manhunt. Once the coast is clear, the gang sets out on a long and dangerous journey by foot, train, and car to retrieve bank loot. After barely surviving two deadly incidents, the men take refuge in a farmhouse as the action reaches a fever pitch. Ironically, the men start to realize that it's not the law that they need to worry about, but each other.
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A murder occurs in a small town in Southeast China and a local mechanic, known for his honesty, comes under suspicion. When the police target him to take the fall, he's forced to try to exonerate himself, uncovering a number of disturbing facts that are much bigger than the initial crime.
12) Swamp lion
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All sense of morality is thrown out of the window in this neo-western crime drama, as parents Jim and Bee do whatever it takes to save their cancer sick son, even if it means drug trafficking across the US/Mexican border.
13) The brotherhood
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Go deep inside the seldom-seen world of the mafia's inner circle with an explosive story of honor, loyalty, and betrayal. Frank Ginetta is a middle-aged mafioso loyal to the syndicate and dedicated to preserving its ₁old ways.₂ His volatile younger brother Vince, however, is determined to make his way and earn the respect of ₁the family₂ at any cost. The two brothers soon learn just how great the price can be when Vince is ordered by the mob...
15) McCanick
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An out of control narcotics detective with a secret past hunts down a harmless low level criminal who knows the real truth about his past.
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Fourteen-year-old Echo and her mother Ivy, a tarot card reader, live a quiet life in a rural area. When reclusive Kurt moves down the road to restoring an abandoned farmhouse, an accident leads to Echo's murder, and suddenly three lives collide in mysterious and wicked ways. Kurt assumes he can hide his secret under the ground. But Echo burrows into his head until he can feel her in his bones.
18) Desperate living
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Things get rocky at the Gravel household when paranoid Peggy Gravel and her murderous maid, Grizelda, kill Peggy's husband. They escape from the law, only to wind up in the crazy town of MorTVille, where Queen Carlotta presides over a sleazy collection of misfits, including the vivacious Muffy St. Jacques. When the queen disinherits her daughter, Princess Coo-Coo, the citizens of MorTVille decide that it's time for a few changes.
19) Undercover blues
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A pair of super-spies on maternity leave are pressured into doing a case, with baby in tow.
20) Wild card
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A bodyguard goes after the sadistic thug who beat his friend, only to find that the object of his wrath is the son of a powerful mob boss.
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