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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...
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2024
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Based on a remarkable true story, ORDINARY ANGELS centers on Sharon Steves, a fierce but struggling hairdresser in small-town Kentucky who discovers a renewed sense of purpose when she meets Ed Schmitt, a widower working hard to make ends meet for his two daughters. With his youngest daughter waiting for a liver transplant, Sharon sets her mind to helping the family and will move mountains to do it. What unfolds is the inspiring tale of faith, everyday...
5) Local Color
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A period piece in early-mid 70's based on a true story: One Master. One Student. One Summer to Dream
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Boroff, a mad scientist, played by Bela Lugosi has invented a "disintegrator gas" and plans to smuggle it to his buyers in Morovania. When his ship, the Carfax, gets stranded on outlying rocks, ironically the Coast Guard comes to rescue him. As the gas is made from rare substances, which are radioactive, Boroff attempts to acquire more of these materials, but hot on his heels
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Winner of seven Academy Awards including Best Picture, Dances With Wolves chronicles the exploits of Lieutenant John Dunbar (Kevin Costner) during the Civil War. After encountering and eventually being accepted by a Native American tribe, Dunbar's loyalties are put to the test when the army threatens his new home, forcing him to choose between white America or the natives he now calls "his people."
8) Love Nest
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An Army veteran finds the ramshackle apartment house his wife bought to be one big headache when he tries to return to writing a novel. (Watch for Marilyn Monroe and ex-WAC Roberta Stevens).
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Employees of the Sleeptite Pajama Factory are looking for a whopping seven-and-a-half cent an hour pay raise and they won't take no for an answer. Babe Williams (Doris Day) is their feisty employee representative, but she may have found her match in shop superintendent Sid Sorokin (John Raitt). When the two get together they wind up discussing a whole lot more than job actions!
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Romanzo Criminale volume 10
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Lebano, Dandi and Fierolocchio are imprisoned, but are offered their freedom - if they agree to work for the special agents they encountered in the brothel.
11) Get a Job
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Unemployed and living with the mother-in-law from hell, a young comedian and his childhood friend are sucked into the ride of their lives when they decide there is no time like the present to pursue their dreams of opening a comedy club.
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Into the Badlands volume 4
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Sunny and Bajie face off a deadly new foe with a dark connection to Sunny's past. Chau enlists her brother in the fight against Pilgrim.
13) Fury at Showdown
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A gunslinger attempts to hang up his hardware and help his younger brother raise cattle. The local attorney, whose brother the gunslinger shot in a fair fight, is determined to swindle the men out of their ranch by preventing a supply deal with the railroad, then using his bodyguard to bushwhack the younger brother.
14) Wild River
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A 1930s Tennessee Valley Authority Agent is sent to oversee the completion of the Tennessee River Dam and encounters opposition from locals who do not want to leave their homes.
15) Seabiscuit
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True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of the nation as well.
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A rebellious youth (Sir Tom Courtenay), sentenced to a boy's reformatory for robbery, rises through the ranks from his prowess as a long distance runner. During his runs, memories of his life lead him to re-evaluate his privileged status as the Governor's (Sir Michael Redgrave's) prize runner. A famous quote "Running was always a big thing in our family, specially running away from the police"
19) Hirokin
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On a planet where humans must scavenge the barren wasteland, Hirokin (Wes Bentley of the Hunger Games), a reluctant samurai with a dark past sets off on a mission to fulfill his destiny.