Robert Sherman
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Strong-willed and self-raised, Huck decides to flee his hometown of Hannibal, Missouri, when his cruel absentee father tries to kidnap him. Accompanying him is the sharp-witted Jim, who fears he is about to be sold. As this unlikely pair journey north to freedom, they develop a bond of friendship and mutual respect that will help them brave a series of narrow escapes and thrilling adventures.
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Crackpot inventor Caractacus Potts lives in the English countryside with his two children and their dotty grandfather. Potts's various inventions, including Toot Sweets, a candy/whistle, backfires. But then Potts restores a junked race car, affectionately named "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang". Chitty flies, floats, and generally thwarts efforts by Baron Bomburst to capture her.
6) Convoy
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English
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A trucker, whose CB nickname is "Rubber Duck," is pursued through three states by an implacable police officer.
When the Western film, for many decades the staple of the American cinema, suffered a decline in the Seventies, a new sub-species helped fill the void - the trucking epic. The great Sam Peckinpah (The Wild Bunch) directed this action classic based on the runaway hit song, Convoy. Martin "Rubber Duck" Penwald (Kris Kristofferson, Vigilante...
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A collection of five murder mysteries featuring trenchcoat-wearing police lieutenant Columbo.
Disc one: There's much more than meets the eye when Columbo investigates the death of a magician who supposedly was killed by one of his own clever magic tricks. Columbo searches for clues on the cutting room floor when he suspects a high powered film director of hiding evidence of murder.
Disc two: Does the heart rule the head, or vice versa? Columbo ponders...
16) Convoy
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Led by "Rubber Duck (Kris Kristofferson), a group of truckers form a convoy in the American Southwest in order to settle a score with the vindictive Sheriff Lyle "Cottonmouth" Wallace (Ernest Borgnine).