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Throughout the long and colorful history of Galveston, no name has embodied the "Spirit of the Island" quite like the name Maceo. Two penniless Sicilian immigrants rose from modest beginnings to lead an entire city to prosperity, yet the nature of their industry and its abrupt and embarrassing end resulted in a legacy cloaked in stereotypes and rumor. For nearly forty years, Sam and Rose Maceo ruled a far-reaching underground economy of illegal booze...
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New York City. 1974. Captain Don Gregory, a World War II veteran, hires Lee to investigatethe murder of his son, Sean, an ex-hippie who became a successfulentrepreneur.Meanwhile, Lee's sister, Ann, is recovering from a savage attack on her life.During Lee's investigation, he discovers a connection between the two incidents.
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An ex-con risks his freedom and his life to rekindle an old love affair They call him Bad Dan, the Man Who Can. A talented photographer who makes his living smuggling premium Thai marijuana into the States, he meets Shel at a Las Vegas blackjack table, and falls instantly in love. After two years of whirlwind passion, they are living in California and plotting a final score. But in his haste to escape the con life, Dan makes a fatal mistake. The score...
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Shipping magnate Cyrus Wentworth (Melvin Lang), downcast over a disaster to his ocean liner 'Wentworth Castle' (carrying, oddly enough, an illicit shipment of Chinese bonds) is shot in his office at the very moment of kicking out his daughter's fiance Dick Fleming (William Stelling).
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Ignored by his alcoholic parents, Jimmy Wilson (Robert Lowell) starts hanging around with shady characters. After falling in love with lounge singer, Kitty Reed (Mary Beth Hughes), Jimmy tries to impress her by doing jobs for her shady boss. After one of these jobs goes bad, Jimmy ends up on the run. Eventually, he confronts the truth, his past, and his parents.
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When Captain Street's (Grant Withers) best friend Dan Grady is murdered, Street enlists the help of Chinese detective James Lee Wong (Boris Karloff) Mr. Wong uncovers a smuggling ring on the waterfront of San Francisco and unmasks the killer, though not until several more murders occur.
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Bank teller Vince Grayson (DeForest Kelley) wakes from a nightmare in which he and an unknown woman murdered a man in a mirrored room. Only a dream but Vince finds he has physical objects and bruises from his "dream." His cop brother-in-law dismisses his story until the family, on a picnic, takes shelter from a thunderstorm in a deserted mansion containing the mirrored room.
9) Nightmare
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A musician (Kevin McCarthy of "Invasion Of The Body Snatchers" fame) has a nightmare in which he killed a man. When he wakes up, he finds evidence that the crime really took place and tries to find the truth with the help of his brother-in-law who is a homicide detective (Edward G. Robinson). A Film Noir classic!
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A daughter suffers from neglect by her rich parents. She & her friends turn to crime by dressing up like guys, holding up gas stations, raping young men at gunpoint, & having makeout parties when her parents are away. Their "fence" gets them to trash the school on request of sinister un-American clients, & they run afoul of the law, apple pie, & God himself. A J.D. extravaganza written by Ed Wood!
11) Jail Bait
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Ed Wood's enjoyably bad attempt at Film Noir on a shoestring budget. The cast includes Lyle Talbot, Dolores Fuller and Timothy Farrell from Wood's classic 'Glen Or Glenda', as well as the 1st appearance by Steve Reeves. Farrell plays a crook who draws a young man into crime. He blackmails the young man's plastic surgeon father into changing his face to evade police. Classic Schlock & fun
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The media has glamorized gangs and have drawn people to the lifestyle. Movies, music and video games have pushed an agenda of idiotic behavior and confusion yet the gang members mindset as well as culture of the gang goes deeper than man could believe. In this review we examine this culture to get a better understanding.
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Silence can be deadly... What's the best way to frighten a Deaf person? Turn off the light. It sounds like the beginning of a joke, but it isn't funny at all. Annie Black, who is profoundly deaf, finds herself at the heart of a set of brutal murders. Teaming up with the lead Detective, the pair attempt to understand the psychology driving the killer. Having a voice, and being able to read not only lips, but body language, Annie realises that the killer...
14) Don't Tell
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Some secrets are too big to keep... How well do you really know your husband? Carrie and Steve Atwell have been happily married for fifteen years and live an idyllic life. But Carrie has no idea her world is about to be turned upside down when she finds a single earring in her husband Steve's car. At first, she suspects the man she loves is having an affair, but the truth may be far more sinister... For the past few months, the young female victims...
15) Fatal Twist
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The Park Rapist has murdered his first victim-and FBI profiler Karen Vail is on the case. As Vail races through the streets of Washington, DC, to chase down a promising lead that may help her catch the killer, a military-trained sniper takes aim at his target, a wealthy businessman's son. But what brings these two unrelated offenders together is something the nation's capital has never before experienced. Alan Jacobson received several years of personalized...
16) City of the Dead
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Winner of the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière: As chief medical examiner of New York City, Paul Konig has one of the world's most difficult jobs-and when his daughter goes missing, he must take on his most wrenching case yet New York City in the 1970s is a dark, dangerous, and threatening place. One of the bright spots in this decaying metropolis is Paul Konig. As the city's chief medical examiner, he has developed an impressive reputation for...
17) Lights Out!
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A bold money-making scheme spins wildly out of control in this absorbing thriller! Five major blackouts have paralyzed the USA since the late 1950s. The sixth will occur in a few months' time. At the age of fifty-three, married Canadian engineer Carlton Smythe meets a mysterious woman in a Buenos Aires bar-and falls head over heels in love for the first time in his life. Desperate to find the funds to escape his loveless marriage to Cynthia and embark...
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The man was 100 yards from his moment of destiny. He was oblivious to it, of course. Murderers don't necessarily realise they are killers until a few seconds before it happens. Murderers are sometimes just like you and me. He would never have dreamed that such a thing might happen. Ridiculous. If anyone had told him that today was the day he would turn into a killer, he would have looked at them quizzically; questioning their sanity, instead of his...
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I do not know what second it will be, what minute it will be, what hour, or even day. But it will come. You may see it coming. You may not. Regardless, I can guarantee you; there will be a moment like no other when you will draw your last breath. Like it or lump it. And at that moment you will see your final view of the world. However, what I do not know, is whether your last glimpse will be the sympathetic countenance of a loved one or the grotesque,...
20) Dead or Alive
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Introducing Detective Inspector Sep Black in the first of a brand-new series of hard-hitting police procedurals, set in Leeds. Two children have been abducted on their way home from school. After several weeks, they are still missing-and no one knows whether they are alive or dead. The police are certain that ruthless local gangster Vince Formosa is behind the kidnapping, but without proof their hands are tied. Forced to resign following an accidental...
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