Eli Wallach
21) Ghost writer
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When a gifted ghostwriter is hired to write the memoirs of former British Prime Minister Adam Lang, he quickly finds himself trapped in a web of political and sexual intrigue. Lang is implicated in a scandal over his administration's harsh tactics, and as the ghostwriter digs into the politician's past, he discovers secrets that threaten to jeopardize international relations forever.
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The Greek isle of Crete is the setting for the final sale of a fortune in stolen emeralds by a ruthless, desperate thief. However, two youthful sleuths, an English girl on holiday with her aunt and a young man wrongly accused of the crime, set out to expose the criminal, and are drawn into a death-defying adventure.
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When his ship docked in Seattle, Navy man John Boggs, Jr. has a "Cinderella Liberty" pass, meaning he can be out until midnight - so he intends to make the most of his evening. Things are clearly going his way when he "wins" call girl Maggie in a pool game. But once Boggs finds out that Maggie has an 11-year-old son and a baby on the way, he backs off. He is anxious to rid himself of complications he just can't contend with. What he does not count...
27) The Hunter
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"The true story of Ralph 'Papa' Thorson, a modern day bounty hunter. Thorson's exploits are detailed as he pursues a number of fugitives who have skipped bail. The chase comes full circle when he becomes the quarry of a vengeful psychopath"--Container.
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Horatio Nelson Jackson, an eccentric Vermont doctor, drove from San Francisco to New York City, in 1903 to become the first person to drive an automobile across the continent -- a feat never before accomplished. It would mark the beginning of a new era in America and the end of another. It took Lewis & Clark over two years to go from the Atlantic to the Pacific -- Horatio went the opposite direction, by means of the "Horeseless carriage", in less...
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Studio classic volume 25
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A woman and a burglar hatch a scheme to swipe a forgery from an art museum to conceal her father's art forgeries.
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A behind-the-scenes look at the film history of Mary Shelley's classic monster. Film clips of the Frankenstein movies are interspersed with interviews with Robert DeNiro, Kenneth Branagh, Francis Ford Coppola, Peter Bogdanovich, Helena Bonham Carter and others associated with Shelley's tale.
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Special Edition Blu-ray edition that includes both the original 188 minute original cut and the 135 minute director's cut of Mailer's Pulitzer Prize winning novel based on the true story of Gary Gilmore, a convicted murderer who commited two separate and senseless murders then lobbied for his own execution, becoming the first person to be executed in the USA -- by firing squad, as he chose -- in over ten years since the government reinstated the death...
32) Tough guys
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Two elderly gangsters are released from prison only to find they have trouble fitting in as old men who still take no guff from anyone.
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The inimitable 'Man With No Name' teams with two gunslingers to pursue a fortune in stolen gold, but they soon discover their greatest challenge is to stay alive. Includes the original theatrical cut; extended version; and over 100 minutes of special features.
36) Skokie
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A small, predominantly Jewish suburb, Skokie, Illinois, is forced to confront its deepest fears about American rights and freedoms when a Nazi organizer selects it as the location for his next rally. Many of the residents of Skokie survived the Holocaust. Based on actual events.
38) Seven thieves
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When Paul Mason is recruited into a group of thieves looking for a big score, he has no idea their target is the famed Monte Carlo casino. Taking the reins of the operation, Mason guides the band in their carefully organized plan to life $4 million from the heavily guarded vault. But even the best plans can hit snags, and the team quickly find out that getting into a vault is only hald the game.
40) Girlfriends
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When her best friend and roommate abruptly moves out to get married, Susan, trying to become a gallery artist while making ends meet as a bar mitzvah photographer on Manhattan's Upper West Side, finds herself adrift in both life and love. Could a new job be the answer? What about a fling with a married, older rabbi? This 1970s New York time capsule from Claudia Weill captures the complexities and contradictions of women's lives and relationships with...