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Set against the backdrop of the impending Civil War, the film follows the construction of the Kansas Pacific Railway. As workers progress, they face sabotage from Southern agents, leading to a tense showdown.
1953 American Classic Western Film
Set in the 1860s, just before the Civil War, the U.S. government commissions the construction of the Kansas Pacific Railway to fasten California's ties to the Union. As the construction begins, Southern agents...
2) Chasing ice
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c2013
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Chronicles the efforts of nature photographer James Balog to document the receding of the Solheim glacier in Iceland, a consequence of climate change and global warming, in which strategically placed cameras would take one picture every hour for three years.
4) Amira
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Amira, a 17 year old Palestinian, was conceived with the smuggled sperm of her imprisoned father, Nawar. Although their relationship since birth has been restricted to prison visits, he remains her hero. His absence in her life is overcompensated with love and affection from those surrounding her. But when a failed attempt to conceive another child reveals Nawar's infertility, Amira's world turns upside down.
5) DEMISE
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One lie destroys the lives of many, while one's obsession leads to the demise of a rising star in the fashion world.
6) Alam
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Tamer is a Palestinian teenager living in Israel. He leads a typical life until the arrival of the beautiful Maysaa'. To seduce her, Tamer agrees to take part in a mysterious flag operation on the eve of Israel's Independence Day.
9) Pratfall
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Eli (Joshua Burge), a troubled insomniac encounters Joelle (Chloé Groussard), an enigmatic French tourist in Central Park. The two set off on a sleepless New York adventure as the city casts a shadow over them.
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A girl brings a golden idol that her father stole at a voodoo ceremony to Bill Buchanan, (John Agar) who is known along the waterfront as a man eternally on a treasure hunt. He and the girl go in search of a treasure after a native gives him directions and certain voodoo secret charms. They follow an underwater passage to an island where they find a Pagan tribe & action galore!
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Best friends, Clay (James Craig) and Will (Guy Madison) graduate from West Point. Soon finding themselves fighting on opposite sides of the Civil War. The two men meet each other in combat, not knowing the other is in an artillery position hundreds of yards away. The love of Clay's life, Kathy (Barbara Payton) knows. She desperately tries to save her two friends from killing each other.
16) Hangar 18
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Was a damaged alien spaceship really hidden by the government in the infamous Hangar 18? This film shows you how it might have happened. Aired on television as "Invasion Force," but with a different ending.
17) Rain
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A boat arrives carrying two couples, the Davidsons (who are missionaries), the MacPhails and a prostitute named Sadie Thompson gets stranded on the island due to a possible Cholera outbreak on-board. Sadie spends her time "partying" with the American soldiers stationed on the island. The Preacher, Alfred Davidson soon becomes unhinged and thus begins a series of surprising events which culminate in disaster.
18) The Duke Is Tops
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A great look at black entertainment in 1938. A young Lena Horne in her first film shines as Ethel, a singer who makes her way to the 'big time'. Ralph Cooper plays her boyfriend Duke. As the film progresses, special musical guests are presented. A lot of these 'race movies' are a fantastic look at wonderful performers that were never presented in mainstream Hollywood. A movie worth seeing!
19) Doll Face
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Burlesque queen Doll Face Carroll (Vivian Blaine) is dismissed from an audition for a Broadway show because she's considered unrefined. Her manager, Mike (Dennis O'Keefe), decides she can acquire some polish and also get plenty of publicity by writing her autobiography. The ghost writer and Doll Face might have more than a book on their minds.
20) Jive Junction
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Young musician Peter Crane transfers from the Conservatory to Clinton High School where he discovers that his music is in conflict to that of the high school's world of jive and Hep Cats. Claire falls for Peter, who is warned to stay away from her by Grant Saunders. Later, for fear of hurting his hands, Peter backs down from a fight with Saunders and is deemed a coward by Claire and his classmates