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Ex-cop Nick Cassidy escapes from prison to plan the ultimate heist: steal a $40 million diamond from cutthroat businessman David Englander, and in the process prove his innocence. From the ledge of the famous Roosevelt Hotel, with the whole world watching, Cassidy plays a clever game of cat & mouse with the NYPD while his dutiful brother Joey works against the clock to extract the diamond and clear his brother's name.
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Ingrid, a smart, free-spirited, and somewhat narcissistic artist kills her deceitful lover in a crime of passion. Even while serving a prison sentence, she exerts control over her adoring teenage daughter, Astrid, who's forced to spend her teenage years in a series of foster homes before becoming her own person. Explores the strange relationship of Ingrid and Astrid, and includes Astrid's relationship with her foster mothers. At first merely an appendage...
6) Captive
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When Brian Nichols, on the run as the subject of a city-wide manhunt and desperate to make contact with his newborn son, takes recovering meth addict Ashley Smith hostage in her own apartment, she turns for guidance to Rick Warren's bestselling inspirational book, The Purpose Driven Life. While reading aloud, Ashley and her would-be killer each face crossroads where despair and death intersect hope.
7) No good deed
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Terri is a devoted wife and mother of two, living an ideal suburban life in Atlanta when Colin, a charming but dangerous escaped convict, shows up at her door claiming car trouble. Terri offers her phone to help him but soon learns that no good deed goes unpunished as she finds herself fighting for survival when he invades her home and terrorizes her family.
8) Remembrance
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In a daring escape Tomasz, a young Polish political prisoner, rescues his Jewish fiancé Hannah. With the Nazis in pursuit, Hannah and Tomasz make their way into hiding. Chaos ensues and the two are torn apart and each becomes convinced that the other is lost.
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A treasure of Mexico's cinematic golden age, this deliriously plotted blend of gritty crime film, heart-tugging maternal melodrama, and mambo musical is a dazzling showcase for iconic star Ninn̤ Sevilla. She brings fierce charisma and fiery strength to her role as a rumbera a female nightclub dancer who gives up everything to raise an abandoned boy, whom she must protect from his ruthless gangster father.
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Darth Vader and the Empire are building a new, indestructible Death Star. Meanwhile, Han Solo has been imprisoned, and Luke Skywalker has sent R2D2 and C3PO to try and free him. Princess Leia, disguised as a bounty hunter, and Chewbacca go along as well. The final battle takes place on the moon of Endor, with its natural inhabitants, the Ewoks, lending a hand to the rebels.
12) Storm rider
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Spoiled 18-yr old Dani Fieldings' world is turned upside down when her father gets arrested, and she has to go stay with her Uncle Sam. As they struggle to bond, she's given an orphaned horse to foster and train. Dani pours her affection into this horse. Dani soon realizes that truly caring about others is the answer to most of life's biggest problems. And when her uncle and friends need her most, Dani and Stormy work together to save the day and...
13) Cool hand Luke
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Newman stars as Luke, a man sentenced to serve in a Southern chain gang for a minor offense. He comes up against the sadistic Captain, played by Martin, and is supported in his efforts to escape by fellow prisoners Kennedy and Cannon.
14) U.S. Marshals
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U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard and his team of marshals are assigned to track down Sheridan, who has been accused of a double-murder.
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"Pedro y el Capitán que ha conmocionado al mundo por su crudeza y realismo, es una denuncia contra tortura (una de la peores ignominias que practican los mecanismos del poder) y una defensa esperanzadora del la dignidad y de los derechos humanos. Pedro es un preso político. Durante su encierro es acosado y torturado fisica y psicológicamente por el Capitán. Enfrentados por causas contrarias en una batalla desigual, la víctima y el verdugo habrán...
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After the dawn of sound and before the Production Code, Hollywood ran wild and free. Fearlessly and frankly tackling subjects and scenes that would quickly become forbidden to a generation of filmmakers, these seldom-seen pre-Code wonders are both revelatory and sin-sational. This fifth volume takes a walk on the wild side.
Hard to handle: Con leads to con when the prize money for a rigged dance marathon is stolen.
Ladies they talk about: "Nan Taylor,...