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Ireland,1941, Irish Republicans have made a bond with Nazi Germany to help the on going struggle with Great Britain. A small group of IRA soldiers is recruited in a village, suffering leadership of the lame Don McGinnis (Dan O'Herlihy). One of the recruits is Dermot O'Neill (Robert Mitchum), who wants to free Ireland, but is not as convinced of the means as are the other soldiers.
2) Thunder Road
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A veteran, Lucas Doolin (Robert Mitchum), comes home from the Korean War to the mountains and takes over the family moonshining business. He must battle big-city gangsters who are trying to take over the business & the law, headed by Troy Barret (Gene Barry) who are trying to put him in prison. A Film-Noir spectacular southern cult classic, filled with hot rods & vintage cars. Action-packed!
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Heading west for his health, Colonel Lambeth takes his daughter Rill along. Lost on the desert they are saved by Pecos and Chito. The Colonel hires the two and the Lambeths soon find themselves mixed up in Pecos' trouble. Pecos has killed Sawtelle's brother and Sawtelle as head of the vigilantes is after him.
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Having fled to Mexico for killing his father's murderer, Martin Brady (Robert Mitchum), travels to Texas to broker a weapons deal for his Mexican boss. Brady breaks a leg and while recuperating, the gun shipment is stolen, and he is expected to make good on it. Complicating matters further the wife (Julie London), of a local army major has designs on him.
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Just as Nevada wins $7000 in yellowback bills, Ben Ide takes his $7000 in yellowbacks and heads out to buy mining equipment. Burridge has his man Powell kill Ide and retrieve the money and Nevada finds Ide just as the posse arrives. Found with the money Nevada is arrested and Burridge now gets Powell to incite the local citizens to lynch Nevada.
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A self-styled preacher marries and murders the widow of an executed convict with whom he once shared a cell. He then terrorizes her two young children to force them to tell him the whereabouts of the $10,000 he knows their father hid before his imprisonment.
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After his wife dies, Matt Calder and his young son begin a new life in the breathtaking, rugged Northwest wilderness, where Calder is robbed and beaten by ruthless gambler Harry Weston. When Weston's beautiful fiancée then decides to nurse Calder back to health, the insanely jealous Weston risks their lives by taking them all on a ride down a treacherous river in this spectacular looking western.
10) The red pony
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John Steinbeck adapted three of his own classic short stories to create a powerful family portrait. Young Tom is unable to find the love and guidance he needs from his parents. For friendship and support, Tom turns to the easy-going hired hand, Billy Buck. In an attempt to become closer to his son, Tom's father gives him a red pony to raise. As the horse becomes the focus of Tom's life, it ultimately drives the family further apart as Tom turns to...
11) Holiday affair
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Even though he recently lost his job as a department-store clerk, Steve Mason buys an electric train set for a child he scarcely knows. It must be Christmas time.
13) Cape Fear
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An ex-convict blames a lawyer for his sentence and tries to wreak bloody revenge on the lawyer and his family.
14) Nevada
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Robert Michum gives a remarkable performance as a hard bitten loner who must confront a gang of vicious outlaws in this tale of cross and double cross in the Old West.
17) Illegal
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Illegal: Ambitious D.A. Victor Scott zealously prosecutes Ed Clary for a woman's murder. But as Clary walks to the electric chair, Scott receives evidence that exonerates the condemned man. Realizing that he's made a terrible mistake he tries to stop the execution, but is too late. Scott resigns as a prosecutor and enters private practice. He draws the attention of mob kingpin Frank Garland. Scott represents one of Garland's stooges on a murder rap...
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The storm breaks in Europe as the Soviet-German pact has come to pass. President Roosevelt asks for Pug to be his "eyes and ears" in Germany. Caught in the turbulence of Hitler's lightning-fast sweept into Poland are Pug's son, Bryan and the woman he loves, Natalie Jastro, the niece of Jewish-American author, Aaron Jastrow.
20) Pursued
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Brought up by a neighboring family in the 1880s, Jeb is an orphan who grows up haunted by nightmares of the childhood trauma in which his own family was killed. His life becomes more complicated as he realizes that he is in love with his adopted sister Thorley, and his adopted brother Adam has come to hate him.