Don Siegel
1) Dirty Harry
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In San Francisco a rooftop killer has already murdered two people, and now he's kidnapped a girl. He threatens to let her suffocate unless the city pays his ransom demand. Harry's out to get him.
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Plant-like extraterrestrials have invaded Santa Mira, a small town in California, replicating the villagers in giant seed "pods" and taking possession of their souls while they sleep. Dr. Bennell finds that his patients are becoming hysterical and accusing their loved ones of being mindless imposters. Realizing a strange alien invasion is quickly becoming out of control, the doctor tries to escape to warn others before it's too late.
4) Dirty Harry
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A rock-hard cop attempts to track down a psychopathic killer before a kidnapped girl dies. The killer is released after the cop abuses his civil rights, and hijacks a school bus. The only answer to this vicious killer seems to be death in cold blood.
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Criterion collection volume 176
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Melodramatic thrillers based on the Hemingway story about two hit men and their target, who accepts his fate as though he were already dead.
6) Madigan
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A veteran New York City detective is given only a few hours to track down a vicious killer.
7) The beguiled
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"During the Civil War, a wounded Union soldier is sheltered by the headmistress and students of a girls' academy in the South. As his health returns, his desire increases, but can he trust these enemy women not to turn him in? He takes his chances but soon realizes the headmistress can't be trusted -- with his love or with his life. His lustful ambition turns quickly against him and the story follows him through a series of nerve-shattering events"--Container....
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A plains drifter cowboy single-handedly rescues a local nun from a gang of attackers. After meeting a band of Mexican revolutionaries who are resisting the French occupation of Mexico, the cowboy and Sister Sara decide to join forces with the freedom fighters and set off on a deadly mission to capture the enemy's garrison. But along the way the soft spoken hero discovers that the nun is not what she seems.
9) The shootist
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A terminally ill gunfighter seeks to retire quietly but is embroiled in one last battle.
13) Charley Varrick
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Charley Varrick is a small-time crook who outfoxes the mob and makes a desperate run for the Mexican border and safety.
15) Flaming star
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"In the years after the Civil War, western Texas is an uneasy meeting ground of two cultures: one white, the other Native-American. When fighting breaks out between the settlers and natives, Pacer Burton (Elvis Presley), the son of a white rancher (John McIntire), is pulled into the deadly violence despite his peacemaking efforts."--Container.
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Dirty Harry: A rooftop sniper named Scorpio has killed twice. Streetwise San Francisco police detective Harry Callahan will nail the perp one way or another, no matter what "the system" prescribes. -- Magnum force: Detective Harry Callahan is pitted against an unexpected lawbreaker: one who carries a badge. Sharpshooting rookie motorcycle cops have turned vigilante, rubbing out crooks the courts can't touch. Their real enemy is the system. Unfortunately...
17) Coogan's bluff
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Coogan, an Arizona cop, is sent to New York to escort a prisoner back. Before they can leave, the prisoner escapes and Coogan sets out to capture his prisoner.
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Criterion collection volume 704
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"A ripped-from-the-headlines social-problem picture about inmates' rights that was inspired by a recent spate of uprisings in American prisons ... shot on location at Folsom State Prison, with real inmates and guards as extras"--Container.
19) The lineup
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Follows the duel plots of two criminals smuggling dope, and the policemen trailing them across San Francisco.
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Frank Morris, the cunning bank robber who masterminded the only successful escape from Alcatraz's infamous maximum security prison. In 29 years, the seemingly impenetrable federal penitentiary, which housed Al Capone and "Birdman" Robert Stroud, was only broken once; by three men who were never heard from again. Based on the true story.