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A small passenger plane makes a forced landing in the Sahara. The challenge: survival. The tiny band from the plane fights off thirst, Arabs, treachery, declining morale and despair. Incredibly, the plane, like the legendary phoenix that rises from its own ashes, flies again.
23) Vertigo
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San Francisco police detective Scottie Ferguson is forced to retire when a freak accident gives him a severe fear of heights. When a rich shipbuilder hires Scottie to follow his wife, who may be suicidal, Scottie finds himself falling in love with her. Eventually Ferguson becomes obsessed with the chance to re-create her in another woman.
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"Of course Linda Stanhope trusts her husband Van. Their marriage is based on love and respect. Who cares if Van's secretary has the face of an angel and the body of a chorus girl? Who says a blonde bombshell can't type and take dictation? But people are whispering. And when Linda calls Van's hotel room late at night during his solo business trip to Havana, guess who answers?''--Container
25) Shenandoah
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A Virginia farmer during the Civil War refuses to support either the Confederacy or the Union until his son is taken prisoner and, seeing the horrors of war first-hand, he is forced at last to take his stand.
27) Dear Brigitte
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A college professor discovers that his son not only has a brain that can beat computers, the boy can also compute race track odds for fun and immense profit. But the boy genius, it turns out, has interests beyond mathematics: he'll do anything to meet the woman of his dreams, French actress Brigitte Bardot.
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While vacationing in Morocco, Ben and Jo McKenna are suddenly wrapped up in a dangerous situation after a French spy dies in Ben's arms. Discovering that their son has been kidnapped and taken to England, the McKennas are caught up in a nightmare of espionage, assassinations, and terror. Soon, all of their lives hang in the balance as they draw closer to the truth that leads to a chilling climax in London's famous Royal Albert Hall.
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A small-town Michigan lawyer takes on a difficult case: that of a young Army lieutenant accused of murdering the local tavern owner who he believes raped his wife A gripping, envelope-pushing courtroom potboiler, Anatomy of a Murder was groundbreaking for the frankness of its discussion of sex. More than anything else, it is a striking depiction of the power of words. With its outstanding supporting cast and influential jazz score by Duke Ellington,...
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George Bailey has so many problems he is thinking about ending it all and it's Christmas! As the angels discuss George, his life is shown in flashback. As George is about to jump from a bridge, he ends up rescuing his guardian angel, Clarence. Clarence then shows George what his town would have looked like if it hadn't been for all of his good deeds over the years. Will Clarence be able to convince George to return to his family and forget suicide?...
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An attractive Greenwich Village witch decides to cast a spell on a book publisher who moves into her building to make him fall in love with her. It is an added advantage that his fiancée is an old college nemesis. What she is not expecting is to fall in love with him.
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"During the Golden Age of Radio, all the top programs helped put listeners in the Christmas spirit with special holiday episodes. Programs such as Lionel Barrymore's 'A Christmas carol' and Jack Benny's hilarious shopping trips were radio staples during the 1930's and 40's. Now Radio Spirits continues this tradition with 10 hours of classic yuletide programming, including legendary holiday broadcasts from the era's most popular shows. This one-of-a-kind...
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Ben and Jo McKenna, are an innocent American couple vacationing in Morocco with their young son. But their simple plans turn into a nightmare after a French spy dies in Ben's arms at a Marrakesh market, and their son is kidnapped and taken to another country. A thrilling tale of international espionage, assassinations and terror.
38) Carbine Williams
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A real-life convicted killer who, while in prison, invents the short-stroke piston, an innovation that revolutionizes the M1 carbine.