Pete Dexter
1) The paperboy
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English
Description
It takes audiences deep into the backwaters of steamy 1960s South Florida, as investigative reporter Ward Jansen and his partner Yardley Acheman chase a sensational, career-making story. With the help of Ward's younger brother Jack and sultry death-row groupie Charlotte Bless, the pair tries to prove violent swamp-dweller Hillary Van Wetter was framed for the murder of a corrupt local sheriff.
2) God's pocket
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English
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After Mickey Scarpato's stepson Leon, is killed in a construction "accident", Mickey quickly tries to bury the bad news along with the body. But even in the gritty, blue-collar neighborhood of God's Pocket, PA, no secret can stay hidden forever. When a local columnist comes sniffing around for the truth, Mickey quickly finds himself stuck in a life-and-death struggle compounded by a body he can't bury, a wife he can't please, and a debt he can't pay....
3) Wild Bill
Series
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English
Description
Jeff Bridges portrays Wild Bill Hickok, the hard-drinking, quick-shooting gunslinger.
Series
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English
Description
"In 1950's Los Angeles, Max Hoover leads an elite squad of four detectives who play by their own rules, dealing with criminals the only way they know how -- with deadly force. But when they investigate the murder of a beautiful young woman, the detectives find themselves embroiled in a high-level conspiracy and faced with a terrifying secret that the US government is determined to keep hidden at any price"--Container.
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English
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Rush (1991 ; 120 min.): "The harrowing story of two narcotics agents who become horribly addicted to the very substance they are supposed to keep off the streets"--Container.
Who'll stop the rain (1978 ; 127 min.): "A Vietnam veteran gets conned into helping an old army friend smuggle drugs into the country but ends up having to go on the run with his friend's wife when the deal goes sour"--IMDb.com