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Jack Palance
	Date of Birth: Feb 18, 1919 Country: USA Biography: Volodymyr Palahniuk (Ukrainian: Володимир Палагнюк; February 18, 1919 – November 10, 2006), known professionally as Jack Palance, was an American film actor. During half a century of film and television appearances he was nominated for three Academy Awards, all as Best Actor in a Supporting Role, winning in 1991 for his role in City Slickers...(Wikipedia) Total Films at Criticker: 86 - You've Seen 0
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Talking to Heaven (2002)

Summary: A man begins to have disturbing visions of dead people, among whom are his mother and victims of a local serial killer. The detective investigating the murders looks to him for help in solving the case. (imdb)

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Prancer Returns (2001)

Summary: Eight-year old Charlie Holton's life is about to change... Deep in the mountain woods, he discovers a gangly baby reindeer, all alone. Believing this must be Prancer, Santa's reindeer, Charlie takes the gentle creature home to care for him until Christmas. Charlie even emails Santa Claus, telling him to pick up Prancer on Christmas Eve. Prancer Returns is the magical story of a boy who finds a reindeer, and a family that finds itself... (jbhifionline)

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Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End (1999)

Summary: This follow-up to the acclaimed made-for-TV movies Sarah, Plain and Tall and Skylark finds Sarah (Glenn Close) and her husband Jacob (Christopher Walken) dealing with the trials of life on their Kansas farm in 1918. Jacob must contend with the unexpected arrival of John (Jack Palance), his father, who left him and his mother behind many years ago, while Sarah is worried about her eldest daughter Anna (Lexi Randall), who has left home to help treat the victims of the influenza epidemic. (allmovie.com)

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Ebenezer (1998)

Summary: A Wild West retelling of Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol," with Scrooge as a land baron, gunfighter, and card cheat who is visited by three spirits who attempt to teach him the true meaning of Christmas. (imdb)

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Buffalo Girls (1995)

Summary: Wild. Untamed. Legendary. Buffalo Girls celebrates the bold escapades of tough-talking Calamity Jane Canary and her illustrious cohorts. It's the waning days of the Wild West and Jane, the rough 'n' rugged cowgirl, is searching not only for her long-lost daughter, but the Wild West she once knew. Jane traverses plains, mountains and continents until she finally discovers the answer to her problems: Dora, the vivacious, gold-hearted madam who's been her one true friend all along. (imdb)

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City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold (1994)

Summary: The second part of City Slickers begins after the death of Curly. It is the 40th birthday of Mitch Robbins and the day begins quite good until he returns home (after a hard day at the radio station) and finds his brother Glen, the black sheep of the family, in his sofa. (imdb)

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The Swan Princess (1994)

Summary: As children, Princess Odette and Prince Derek hated the thought that someday they would be forced to marry. Yet, as they grew up, their looks as well as their feelings for each other changed. However, in one night everything goes wrong, Derek makes an insulting remark, and Odette vanishes... (imdb)

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Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics (1994)

Summary: This tv movie features two stories by Rod Serling, who also wrote the stories of the original "The Twilight Zone" (1959) series. (imdb)

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Cops and Robbersons (1994)

Summary: When police discover that a mob hitman has moved in next door to the Robbersons, they want to find out what he is up to. So they set up a stakeout in the Robberson's home. Hard-nosed, tough-as-nails Jake Stone is assigned to the stakeout. (imdb)

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Cyborg 2 (1993)

Summary: In the year 2074 the PinWheel corporation creates a 'almost-human' cyborg Casella Reese, aka. Cash designed specifically to charm/seduce her way into a rival manufacturer's headquarters and then self-detonate. Things go awry, when she starts to have feelings for a human Colson Ricks, aka. Colt 45 who works for PinWheel as a martial arts instructor. He falls for Cash as well, and with the help of Mercy, they escape. PinWheel Corp. sends Danny Bench, a 'Cyborg Tracker' after both Colt and Cash. (imdb)

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City Slickers (1991)

Summary: A mid-life crisis plagued man and his friends find renewal and purpose on a cattle driving vacation. (imdb)

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Solar Crisis (1990)

Summary: A multi-national journey to the sun in 2050 is in order when a sunspot threatens the earth's weather patterns, and thus the survival of the planet. (TCM.com)

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Batman (1989)

Summary: The Dark Knight of Gotham City begins his war on crime with his first major enemy being the clownishly homicidal Joker. (imdb)

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Tango & Cash (1989)

Summary: Two cops are framed and must clear their names.

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Outlaw of Gor (1989)

Summary: A beefy blonde and his oily friend Watney are teleported by a rose quartz because The Elder (he has no name, Just "The Elder") thinks that Xeno, the Priest by a clearly drunk Jack Palance, has eyes for the throne. Of course, Cabot cares nothing for such intrigue just for the Princess he had "ooh-la-la" with from the previous film "Gor"... (imdb)

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Young Guns (1988)

Summary: A group of young gunmen, led by Billy the Kid, become deputies to avenge the murder of the rancher who became their benefactor. But when Billy takes their authority too far, they become the hunted. (imdb)

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Gor (1987)

Summary: American professor Tarl Cabot is transported via a magical ring to planet Gor, where he must help an oppressed country overthrow its evil king and his barbarian henchmen. (imdb)

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Bagdad Cafe (1987)

Summary: Out of Rosenheim (Bagdad Café) is a look into the minds and lives of some people most of us have met but few of us know much about... (imdb)

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Alone in the Dark (1982)

Summary: A trio of murderous psychopaths break out of a mental hospital during a power blackout and lay siege to their doctor's house. (imdb)

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Evil Stalks This House (1981)

Summary: This is a story about an old dark house and a family curse. (imdb)

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Hawk the Slayer (1980)

Summary: Hawk, having suffered the ignimony of watching both his father and fiancée die at the hands of his brother, Voltan, sets out on a quest for companions to aid him in his fight to stop his brother's reign of evil and free the Abbess. (imdb)

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Without Warning (1980)

Summary: An alien hunter lands in the backwoods of America and proceeds to stalk and kill campers, hunters, scoutmasters and teenagers. It's up to a broken-down Vietnam vet (Landau), a local hunter (Palance) and a pair of students to end the alien's reign of terror.

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The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang (1979)

Summary: A light-hearted view of the Dalton Gang's legendary raid on Coffeyville, Kansas and the years leading up to it as the brothers form themselves into a gang of horse thieves, train and bank robbers with their arch enemy, Detective Will Smith, constantly on their heels. (imdb)

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The Shape of Things to Come (1979)

Summary: After a nuclear holocaust has forced people on earth to set up house on the moon, their continuing existence depends on some medication to fight off the effects of radiation. The trouble is that this medicine is now controlled by the villainous Omus who lives on the planet where the miracle drug is made. He is in the process of blackmailing the earth people into accepting him as a dictator when a group of them sneak out in a rocket to defeat him and save the day, whatever the day is on the moon. (Answers.com)

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Cocaine Cowboys (1979)

Summary: Destn (Tom Sullivan) is the leader of a rock band on the brink of super-stardom. Until now they have juggled their music career with cocaine smuggling. The musicians, and their manager Raf (Jack Palance), wish to sever ties with organized-crime, leave the drug world behind and concentrate on music. However they are coerced into doing one last job for the Mob. They lose the $2 million of cocaine, and find themselves marked men unless they can fulfill their obligations. (imdb)

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The One Man Jury (1978)

Summary: Officer Jim Wade is a loose cannon on the force with a reputation roughing up suspects, informants, witnesses, and just about everybody else who rubs him the wrong way. When women start being killed by mysterious serial murderer called The Slasher, Wade vows to put a stop to the killing spree, regardless of whether through legal means or not. (imdb)

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Blood City (1977)

Summary: A group of people find themselves as slaves in what looks like a Wild West town, but with no memory of who they are or how they got there. In this town, people advance through killing others. One of the people decides to go for the top position. (imdb)

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Portrait of a Hitman (1977)

Summary: A professional hitman is hired to kill a brain surgeon. However, it turns out that not only are he and the surgeon old friends, but they are both in love with the same woman. (imdb)

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The Cop in Blue Jeans (1976)

Summary: A top undercover cop finds and arrests a series of purse snatchers until he discovers an American at the top of an evil ring of thieves. (imdb)

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God's Gun (1976)

Summary: Priest turned vigilante Father John (Van Cleef) hunts down a gang of criminals, led by Sam Clayton (Palance), who killed a man in a local bar. On the gang's return to the town, they kill the priest, leaving a young parishioner Johnny behind. He now seeks revenge for the death of the holy man. (imdb)

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Safari Express (1976)

Summary: John and Howard work in a company named Safari Express booking tourists on safaris. Their lives are turned upside down when they encounter a beautiful blonde wandering in the jungle who doesn't know who she is. They also discover uranium and what appear to be some well-mannered simians. (imdb)

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The Four Deuces (1976)

Summary: Jack Palance plays Vic Morano, a high-ranking Prohibition-era mobster with a weakness for women. Vic's humanity begins surfacing when he falls for gorgeous blonde Wendy (Carol Lynley). The film's title refers to the name of his speakeasy, and to his gang, which consists of himself, Wendy, and a brace comic-relief hoodlums. The plot concerns Vic's ongoing war with rival hoodlum Chico Hamilton (Warren Berlinger). (allmovie.com)

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Africa Express (1976)

Summary: John Baxter is a freewheeling trader of goods in Africa with a pet chimp and one dream: to save enough money to buy his dream gas station in Detroit. Madeleine Cooper is the lady of mystery he runs into as she flees from big game hunter Jack Palance. (imdb)

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Black Cobra Woman (1976)

Summary: Judas, a wealthy playboy living in Hong Kong, is obsessed with snakes. His apartment is full of them, and he treats them as if they were his children. One night Judas' brother persuades him to accompany him to see a dance act at a nightclub. Judas is astounded to see that the act consists of a beautiful Asian woman who dances nude while holding a python. He is immediately smitten, and winds up hiring her to take care of his snakes while he's away on business. (imdb)

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Mister Scarface (1976)

Summary: Tony, a mob loan collector, is dissatisfied with his station in life. Though he dreams of one day being rich, he is stuck with the dead-end job of beating up borrowers who fall behind in their payments. After meeting up with Napoli, another mob enforcer who's just been fired from his job, the two hatch a plan... (imdb)

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Il richiamo del lupo (1975)

Summary: A young boy and his dog fight a continual battle for survival as they travel through the rugged Yukon territory during the days of the Great Gold Rush. (Yahoo ! Movies)

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Craze (1974)

Summary: A nutty antiques dealer starts to sacrifice women to an African idol. (imdb)

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The Godchild (1974)

Summary: Three Union POWs fleeing across the desert to escape both their Confederate pursuers and rampaging Apaches come across a dying woman and her infant child. They promise the woman that they will take care of the child and get it to safety, even though none of them knows anything whatsoever about children or babies. (imdb)

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Dracula (1973)

Summary: May, 1897. British real estate clerk Jonathan Harker travels to Transylvania to conduct the purchase of a property in Whitby for Count Dracula. But Dracula is a vampire and allows Jonathan to be taken by his three brides. Five weeks later Dr Van Helsing is called to Whitby to tend Jonathan’s fiancée Mina Murray and then Lucy Westenra as they fall inexplicably ill. Tracing the source of the illness brings Van Helsing up against Dracula who believes Lucy to be the reincarnation of his love and is determined to make her immortally his. (moria.co.nz)

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Oklahoma Crude (1973)

Summary: With the help of a hired hand, a woman fights off a conglomerate out to steal her oil well. (TCM.com)

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Tedeum (1972)

Summary: A con man inherits a gold mine. Knowing that his family are even bigger con artists than he is, he assumes the mine is worthless, and teams up with a partner in a scheme to unload it on some unsuspecting chumps. However, the other members of his family discover that the gold mine is actually worth a lot of money, and they set out to take it from him before he realizes what he has. (imdb)

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Chato's Land (1972)

Summary: After Pardon Chato, a mestizo, killed a US marshal in self-defense, a posse pursues him, but as the white volunteers advance deep in Indian territory they become more hunted then prey, leading to internal strife. They rape Chato's woman, and are hunted down to the last man by the unrelenting warrior. (IMDb)

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It Can Be Done Amigo (1972)

Summary: An outspoken boy and a gunfighter-pimp save a drifter's life from hanging. The boy's uncle dies, leaving a house and some dry, useless land to the boy. The dying uncle has obtained the drifter's promise to help the boy get what is his. Meanwhile the gunfighter has decided that the drifter should marry his daughter after being with her previously... (imdb)

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The Horsemen (1971)

Summary: Afghan nomads compete in a brutal riding game. (TCM.com)

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The McMasters (1970)

Summary: Peters a black Union soldier who finds he must figuratively fight the war all over again. Returning to his southern hometown, Peters quickly learns that nothing has really changed: he is a "free"man in name only. Peters' ex-master Burl Ives magnanimously gives the former slave a plot of land, but only Native-American David Carradine and his tribesmen are willing to work for a black man. (allmovie.com)

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Compañeros (1970)

Summary: Arms dealer Yolaf Peterson aims to make a sale to guerilla Mongo, but the money is locked in a bank safe... (imdb)

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Monte Walsh (1970)

Summary: An aging cowboy realizes that the West he knew and loved will soon be no more--and that there will be no room for him, either. (IMDb)

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Legion of the Damned (1969)

Summary: Irish Colonel Charlie McPhearson has just had his platoon of twenty-eight slaughtered by German troops. Angered at his superiors for this suicide mission, he takes convicts on his next, along with fornicating American explosives technician Major Burke, to defuse underwater mines so that a commando squado can prepare for a June 10 invasion to destroy a tank gun. (imdb)

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Che! (1969)

Summary: Biography of Argentinian revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara, who helped Fidel Castro in his struggle against the corrupt Batista regime, eventually resulting in the overthrow of that government and Castro's taking over of Cuba. The film covers Guevara's life from when he first landed in Cuba in 1956 to his death in an ambush by government troops in the mountains of Bolivia in 1967. (imdb)

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A Bullet for Rommel (1969)

Summary: During World War II, a tough officer organizes a commando raid into Germany. (imdb)

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Marquis de Sade: Justine (1969)

Summary: A woman named Justine is (willingly) used and abused by all manner of perverts, freaks and sexual deviants. (imdb)

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The Desperados (1969)

Summary: Crazed parson Josiah Galt seeks revenge for the death of his Indian wife.

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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1968)

Summary: This made-for-television adaptation doesn't waste time with preliminaries. Within 15 minutes of its opening, Dr. Henry Jekyll has already experimented on himself with a concoction that he'd hoped would neutralize his baser instincts but which releases without inhibition his long-repressed animal inclinations. (imdb)

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They Came to Rob Las Vegas (1968)

Summary: Big heist is small potatoes as armed robbers plot to intercept Vegas gambling money. (cinemasirens.com)

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A Professional Gun (1968)

Summary: While a Mexican revolutionary lies low as a U.S. rodeo clown, the cynical Polish mercenary who tutored the idealistic peasant tells how he and a dedicated female radical fought for the soul of the guerrilla general Paco, as Mexicans threw off repressive government and all-powerful landowners in the 1910s. Tracked by the vengeful Curly, Paco liberates villages, but is tempted by social banditry's treasures, which Kowalski revels in. (IMDB)

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Madigan's Millions (1968)

Summary: When a deported gangster dies in Italy, the U.S. treasury dept. is very interested in the $1,000,000.00 Madigan owed the government, but managed to take to Italy with him. They send agent Jason Phister over to Italy to nose out the million. His criteria for the job is that no one would ever guess he's an agent of the United States government. (imdb)

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Kill a Dragon (1967)

Summary: Chinese villagers hire a mercenary and his team of karate experts to help rid them of a gangster and his henchman who are threatening their island. (imdb)

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Torture Garden (1967)

Summary: A special sideshow torture exhibit has the power, according to the showman Dr. Diablo, to warn people of evil in their futures. The skeptical customers are shown the greed and violence they're hiding. (imdb)

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Alice Through the Looking Glass (1966)

Summary: Alice is bored. Her Father is entertaining guests and she goes into the library to find something to do. Suddenly the Red King appears and persuades her to go through the Looking Glass, where she has lots of exciting adventures and meets all sorts of characters such as Humpty Dumpty and the evil Jabberwock.

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The Professionals (1966)

Summary: A rich Texan, J.W. Grant, selects three men and invites them to his private train to offer them a contract:... (imdb)

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Once a Thief (1965)

Summary: Eddie Pedak, a convicted criminal, has a steady job, a wife and daughter and he puts a down payment on a boat. He also has a police detective and brother after him, the first believes Eddie shot him, the second wants him for one last heist. (imdb)

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Contempt (1963)

Summary: Paul Javal, a writer, is hired to work out a script for the new movie about Ulisses, directed by Fritz Lang and produced by Prokosch (imdb)

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Bardot et Godard (1963)

Summary: Behind the scene documentary on Godard's Le Mépris

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The Mongols (1961)

Summary: Genghis Khan and his Mongol army invade Poland and lay siege to the city of Cracow. The Polish king tries to make peace in order to save his city, and Genghis Khan seems amenable to that. However, his son Ogotai is itching for war, and his mistress eggs him on to defy his father and take the city. (imdb)

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Il giudizio universale (1961)

Summary: A powerful and mysterious voice from the skies of Naples announces the coming of Doomsday and the characters amongst the citizens react and prepare themselves for the end.

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Sword of the Conqueror (1961)

Summary: Alboino, the Lombard ruler, wants to marry the daughter of a neighboring king, but she loves another. Her father arranges the marriage to Alboino, which he believes will be beneficial to him, only to have Alboino kill him and leave Amalchi, his daughter's real love, beaten and left for dead. Amalchi recovers to lead a revolt against the murderous Alboino and reclaim his woman. (imdb)

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The Battle of Austerlitz (1960)

Summary: When the English renege on a peace treaty with France, the French general Napoléon Bonaparte has no recourse but to pursue a bitter war against England and her allies. Political conspiracies are rife and Napoléon brings forward his planned coronation to secure his position. Yet he needs one more great military victory to secure his future and enable him to realize his ambitions for France. The battle of Austerlitz offers him the opportunity he seeks… (filmsdefrance)

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Ten Seconds to Hell (1959)

Summary: At the end of the Second World War six German ex-soldiers return to Berlin and set up as a bomb disposal group. The pressure of the dangerous work starts to affect them, the more so as they have agreed to pool half their pay so that if only one survives he takes it all. Casualties and friction are inevitable, and having to handle British 1000lb bombs seems particularly bad news. (imdb)

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The Man Inside (1958)

Summary: A bookkeeper for a jeweler steals a priceless jewel and flees across Europe. A detective tracking her across the continent soon discovers that he's not the only one looking for her and begins to suspect that there's more to the case than just an ordinary jewel theft. (imdb)

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House of Numbers (1957)

Summary: A man tries to spring his twin brother from prison. (imdb)

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The Lonely Man (1957)

Summary: Gunslinger Jacob Wade finds his long-abandoned son Riley, now a young man who hates his father but has nowhere else to go. Hoping to settle down, Jacob finds no town will have him. They end at Monolith, the ranch of Jacob's former girlfriend Ada, to whom he had no intention of returning. A mustang hunt finds Riley himself attracted to the shapely Ada...and Jacob having trouble with his eyesight. And his visions of a quiet life are doomed by the re-appearance of enemies from his past. (imdb)

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Attack (1956)

Summary: During the closing days of WWII, a National Guard Infantry Company is assigned the task of setting up artillery observation posts in a strategic area. Lieutenant Costa knows that Cooney is in command only because of 'connections' he had made state-side. Costa has serious doubts concerning Cooneys' ability to lead the group. When Cooney sends Costa and his men out, and refuses to re-enforce them, Costa swears revenge. (imdb)

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Requiem for a Heavyweight (1956)

Summary: A punch-drunk prizefighter (Jack Palance) is forced to face life outside the ring in Rod Serling’s searing indictment of the professional boxing underworld. Costarring father and son Ed and Keenan Wynn, the former in his dramatic debut, and directed by Ralph Nelson, the Emmy Award–winning Requiem for a Heavyweight is a moving portrait of a would-be champion. (Criterion.com)

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Kiss of Fire (1955)

Summary: In 1700, a Spanish princess travels from New Mexico to California with ruthless outlaw El Tigre as guide. (imdb)

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The Big Knife (1955)

Summary: At the insistence of his idealistic wife (Ida Lupino), philandering Hollywood actor Charlie Castle (Jack Palance) resists signing another seven-year contract with studio boss Stanley Hoff (Rod Steiger) — but when Hoff and his assistant (Wendell Corey) threaten to reveal Charlie’s part in a hit-and-run accident the previous year, he must reconsider his options. (filmfanatic.org)

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I Died a Thousand Times (1955)

Summary: An ex-con dreaming of one last heist faces dissension within his gang. (TCM.com)

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The Silver Chalice (1954)

Summary: A Greek artisan is commissioned to cast the cup of Christ in silver and sculpt around its rim the faces of the disciples and Jesus himself. He travels to Jerusalem and eventually to Rome to complete the task. Meanwhile, a nefarious interloper is trying to convince the crowds that he is the new Messiah by using nothing more than cheap parlor tricks. (imdb)

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Sign of the Pagan (1954)

Summary: With the Roman Empire divided, Attila the Hun hopes to conquer. In his way are a brave centurion, a beautiful princess...and Christianity. (imdb)

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Shane (1953)

Summary: A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smoldering settler/rancher conflict forces him to act. (imdb)

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Arrowhead (1953)

Summary: An Army scout and an Indian chief resolve their differences in single combat. (TCM.com)

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Man in the Attic (1953)

Summary: A landlady suspects her mysterious new tenant is Jack the Ripper. (TCM.com)

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Flight to Tangier (1953)

Summary: At the Tangier airport, a group of people await the arrival of a mysterious plane from behind the Iron Curtain. The reception committee includes Susan, an American; Gil Walker, a free-booting pilot; Danzer, a black market operator; and Danzer's girlfriend, Nicki. The plane crashes and burns. No survivors are found, nor are any corpses. Soon the search begins for a missing courier worth $3 million. (imdb)

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Second Chance (1953)

Summary: Claire Sinclair is hiding in Mexico to avoid testifying against her gangster boyfriend. Her seclusion is made difficult by Cappy Gordon, a mob strongman out to kill her unless she runs off with him. Trying to help Claire is Russ Lambert, an American prizefighter. (imdb)

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Sudden Fear (1952)

Summary: Actor Lester Blaine has all but landed the lead in Myra Hudson's new play when Myra vetoes him because, to her, he doesn't look like a "romantic leading man." On a train from New York to San Francisco, Blaine sets out to prove Myra wrong...by romancing her. Is he sincere, or does he have a dark ulterior motive? The answer brings on a game of cat and mouse; but who's the cat and who's the mouse? (imdb)

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Halls of Montezuma (1950)

Summary: The marines attack a strongly held enemy island in the Pacific. We follow them from the beach to a Japanese rocket site through enemy infested jungle as their ex-school teacher leader is transformed into a battle veteran and his squad becomes a tight fighting unit. (imdb)

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Panic in the Streets (1950)

Summary: A doctor (Clint Reed) and a policeman (Tom Warren) in New Orleans have only 48 hours to locate a killer (Blackie) infected with bubonic plague. (imdb)

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