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"The domino principle": Roy Tucker is in prison for killing the sadistic husband of the woman he loves. When he is promised his freedom in exchange for an undetermined favor, he agrees. It will be the second biggest mistake of his life. "March or die": At the end of World War I, Major Foster, a tough, bitter American who was forced to resign from West Point and is now in the French Foreign Legion, is ordered, with his legionnaires, to protect an archaeological...
42) The long ships
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A Viking adventurer and his brother take on raging seas and storms, a mutinous crew and a Moor and his troops to find the legendary "Mother of Voices, " a solid gold bell as tall as three men.
43) Destination Gobi
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U.S. Navy weathermen must join forces with Mongol nomads to fight the Japanese in the Gobi Desert.
45) Time limit
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Former POW Major Harry Cargill has not only been charged with collaboration, he's even signed a confession. His court martial should be an open-and-shut case, except that his judge advocate, colonel William Edwards, is suspicious of its ease. Cargill refuses to answer questions or defend himself, but as Edwards investigates, he uncovers a horrifying truth that will shake the Army to its core.
46) Against all odds
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An interesting love triangle evolves when an ex-football player travels to Mexico to find his good friend's girlfriend.
47) The secret ways
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Vienna, 1956. After Soviet tanks crush the Hungarian uprising, soldier-of-fortune Mike Reynolds is hired to help Professor Jancsi, a Hungarian scientist wanted by the Russians, escape from Budapest. Mike and Julia, the professor's daughter, cross the border posing as journalists, but encounter a problem; the professor is a staunch freedom fighter and doesn't want to be rescued!
48) The Alamo
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Tells the story of the historic battle by 185 men against a 7,000-man Mexican army--a battle that ended in the smaller forces' defeat, but lasted long enough to insure the eventual independence of Texas.
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The magnificent seven (1960 ; 128 min.): "Merciless Calvera and his band of ruthless outlaws are terrorizing a poor Mexican village, and even the bravest lawmen can't stop them. Desperate, the locals hire Chris Adams and six other gunfighters to defend them. With time running out before Calvera's next raid, the heroic seven must prepare the villagers for battle and help them find the courage to take back their town -- or die trying"--Container.
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She wore a yellow ribbon : Captain Nathan Brittles, on the eve of retirement, takes out a last patrol to stop an impending massive Indian attack. Encumbered by women who must be evacuated, Brittles finds his mission imperiled. 3 Godfathers: Three outlaws on the run discover a dying woman and her baby. They swear to bring the infant to safety across the desert, even at the risk of their own lives. Cheyenne Autumn: Lack of supplies imperative to their...
51) Backlash
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Hard-bitten wanderer Jim Slater rides the range seeking to avenge his father's death. Along the way he meets frontier widow Karly Orton. The unlikely duo endures various hardships as Slater comes to suspect his fatehr died from something more sinister than an apparent Apache ambush.
52) Time limit
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"Former POW Major Harry Cargill has not only been charged with collaboration, he's even signed a confession. His court martial should be an open-and-shut case, except that his judge advocate, Col. William Edwards, is suspicious of its ease. Cargill refuses to answer questions or defend himself, but as Edwards investigates, he uncovers a horrifying truth that will shake the Army to its core."--Container.
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Taking its name from a popular series of mystery novels, Inner Sanctum Mystery debuted over NBC's Blue Network in January 1941. Inner Sanctum Mystery featured one of the most memorable and atmospheric openings in radio history: an organist hit a dissonant chord, a doorknob turned and the famous "creaking door" slowly began to open. Every week, Inner Sanctum Mystery told stories of ghosts, murderers and lunatics. Produced in New York, the cast usually...
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A military discipline drama, "Take the High Ground" focuses on the mixed fortunes of a young, naive recruit, Merton Tolliver, whose inability to adapt to army life puts him in direct conflict with tough army sergeant, Thorne Ryan. Set during the Korean War, this film has a standard boot camp training narrative, in the same vein of "From Here to Eternity" (also 1953); there is even a love triangle with Ryan and fellow sergeant Laverne Holt. For an...
56) Cheyenne autumn
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Three-hundred starving Cheyenne men, women and children, forcibly resettled in the barren wastelands of Oklahoma, set out on a desperate 1500-mile trek back to their Yellowstone homeland. A true-life story.
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The gunfighter: In this noir-influenced Western, Gregory Peck stars as an aging gunslinger, sick of killing but haunted by punks wanting to make a name for themselves by slaying a legend. After being warned by his old friend the Sheriff, Peck decides to return East to see his estranged wife and the child he left behind. Knowing his death is an inevitability if he stays, Peck leaves but before he can reach his destination his past catches up with him...
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3 godathers. After discovering a dying woman and a newborn baby in the desert, three outlaws vow to look after the child.
She wore a yellow ribbon. Captain Nathan Brittles' mission to stop an imminent attack is complicated by a group of women to be evacuated.
Wagon master. A Mormon wagon train is guided by two drifters.
Cheyenne autumn. A cavalry officer sympathetic to the Cheyennes is tasked with bringing them back to their reservation.