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1) Them!
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Man has split the atom and created the ultimate weapon. But how could he have known he would also create Them!? The terror begins when a hard-nosed patrolman (James Whitmore) discovers a dazed child wandering in the New Mexico desert near a car and house trailer destroyed by a mysterious force. Whitmore next discovers a ransacked general store; its cash drawers are full but the sugar supply is missing. And on the floor lies a battered corpse containing...
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It doesn't take Boston physician Julia Garth long to experience the genuine west after she arrives in dusty Santa Fe to set up practice. Her first patient is brought in by a youth folks call Billy the kid. How Julia wins acceptance in what most people then considered man's work shapes the in-color sagebrush tale Strange lady in town.
3) Juárez
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"The story of three powerful men in Mexico, Benito Juárez, Napoleon III, and Emperor Maximilian, driven by political passions. And of a woman, Empress Carlota, driven to madness. All are set against a backdrop of revolution and royal ambition, with Mexico as the prize"--Container.
4) Viva Villa!
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"The sometimes heroic, sometimes infamous deeds of legendary Mexican bandit and patriot Pancho Villa are brought to life. Young Pancho, driven to repulsion of the Diaz regime when he witnesses one of its soldiers kill his father. Pancho turns against the government, becoming one of the most ruthless bandits ever known to Mexico, but eventually helping to put the honorable Francisco Madero to power. After Madero's assassination, Pancho himself is called...
7) Black patch
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Santa Rita's stoic lawman wears a patch over his war-wounded right eye--and that's not all that's covered up. A newly arrived stranger is an old pal-turned-robber whom the marshal must arrest. His friend's wife is the lawman's old flame, and the townsfolk are all-too willing to believe the worst about the man sworn to protect them.
8) 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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"A bank clerk who won't say no, Dodie has three fiancés and can't decide which one to marry. First there's Pete, a poor mechanic who can only bring love to a marriage. Next is a salesman named Buzz, who promises a life of stability. And finally there's Neil the playboy, a millionaire she's only just met. Determined to choose the right Mr. Right, Dodie daydreams what their lives would be like if she marries one of the three"--Container.
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Based on an actual strike against the Empire Zinc Mine in New Mexico, the film deals with the prejudice against the Mexican-American workers, who struck to attain wage parity with Anglo workers in other mines and to be treated with dignity by the bosses. In the end, the greatest victory for the workers and their families is the realization that prejudice and poor treatment are conditions that are not always imposed by outside forces.
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