Albert S. Ruddy
1) Cry Macho
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A one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder who, in 1978, takes a job from an ex-boss to bring the man's young son home and away from his alcoholic mom. Crossing rural Mexico on their way back to Texas, the unlikely pair faces an unexpectedly challenging journey, during which the world-weary horseman may find his own sense of redemption through teaching the boy what it means to be a good man.
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Part I: "Don" Vito Corleone is the head of a New York mafia 'family.' His beloved son Michael has just come home from the war, but does not intend to become part of his father's business. Not given a choice, the business of the family is just like the head of the family, kind and benevolent to those who give respect, but gives in to ruthless violence whenever anything stands against the good of the family. An up and coming rival of the Corleone family...
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No movie changed Hollywood more than The Godfather. From the bestselling novel by Mario Puzo to box-office blockbuster, its influential legacy endures to this day. Starring Marlon Brando in his Oscar-winning performance as the patriarch of the Corleone family, this first installment in the three-movie saga paints a dramatic portrait of the Sicilian clan₂s rise and near fall from power in America. Balanced between the Corleone's commitment to family...
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One-time pro quarterback Paul Crewe is now behind bars for leading the state police on a wild chase in a "borrowed" car. The sadistic, scheming warden recruits Crewe to form a team of convicts to go up against the warden's polished, semi-pro team of prison guards in a championship game. Crewe has agreed that his crew dubbed the "Mean Machine" will provide only passive resistance to the squad of brutal guards. But the gridiron showdown turns into a...
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Cordell Walker is a stone-faced, tough-as-nails Texas Ranger who metes out justice with his fists. Walker's partners, Ranger Jimmy Trivette is a college-educated ex-football star and talented Ranger Sydney Cooke. Assistant D.A. Alex Cahill presents the court cases. Walker's has an "eye for an eye" approach to law enforcement. Walker is hired to dole out justice to a murderous computer hacker, and "Retribution," which finds Walker & Co. chasing down...
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The bumbling Germans give Hogan and his crew plenty of opportunities to continue their war resistance movements right from their POW war cells. The prisons colonel, Klink, is more concerned with having everything run smoothly and avoiding any trouble with his superiors (especially anything that might result in his being reassigned and sent to the Eastern front) than with being tough on Hogan and his fellow prisoners. Hogan and his men cause as much...
12) Lassiter
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Nick Lassiter is a suave, debonair, man-about-town and thief. Whether he's charming high society at dinner or emptying their safes in the dead of night, Lassiter excels at what he does. On the eve of WWII Lassiter finds himself in London, where local authorities are well aware of his history as a notorious cat burglar. When word leaks out that a cache of uncut diamonds is to be smuggled through the German embassy, Lassiter is coerced by police and...
13) Ladybugs
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Rodney Dangerfield delivers comedy kicks as the coach of a struggling girls' soccer team who convinces a boy to dress up as a girl so he can play and give the team a shot at the championship.
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Frankie Dunn has trained and managed some incredible fighters during a lifetime spent in the ring. Since his painful estrangement from his daughter, Frankie has been unwilling to let himself get close to anyone. His only friend, Scrap, is an ex-boxer who looks after Frankie's gym. He knows that Frankie has been seeking forgiveness for the past 25 years. Then Maggie Fitzgerald walks into his gym. Maggie is a waitress with a dysfunctional family. She...
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"Fall in line for a second hilarious season of laughs, starring the ragtag band of World War II POWs known as Hogan's heroes! Join Colonel Robert Hogan and his gang of merry saboteurs as their hilarious plots, plans and schemes aimed at the German war machine are launched right under the noses of Stalag 13's inept camp commandant, Colonel Wilhelm Klink, and his bumbling sidekick, Sergeant Hans Schultz."--Container.
18) Bad girls
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A wild west story of four fallen women on the run branded as outlaws, pursued by a posse and traced by Pinkerton detectives.
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The Godfather : Vito Corleone, the aging patriarch of an organized dynasty in postwar New York City transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant youngest son.
The Godfather, part II: The early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York City is portrayed, while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate.
The Godfather, part III/The Godfather coda, the death of Michael Corleone: Now in his...