Robert Wagner
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Bud Corliss is a darkly handsome college boy so obsessed with wealth that he'll do anything to get it. When his rich girlfriend Dorothy gets pregnant and is threatened with disinheritance, Bud stages her suicide, sending her plummeting from the roof of a high-rise. It's the perfect crime until Dorothy's sister Ellen begins to unravel Bud's deadly scheme.
62) The longest day
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Re-enacts the military operation of D-Day from four points of view - the workings of the high commands of the American, English, French, and German forces in their battle scheme for Normandy. Largely filmed on actual invasion sites of France.
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"An inept criminal gang plans a daring train robbery. When deported Chicago mobster Cesare Celli is kidnapped by five amateur thieves, he soon finds himself on the top 10 unwanted list. Considered a poor credit risk, no one will pay Cesare's ransom. Down but not out, the proud mafioso persuades his none-too-bright abductors to join him in the heist of the century -- a great train robbery worth millions. Enlisting the aid of wily criminal mastermind...
64) Making the boys
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"Explores the drama, struggle, and enduring legacy of the first-ever gay play and subsequent Hollywood movie to successfully reach a mainstream audience. The boys in the band sparked heated controversy that still exists four decades later. Featuring anecdotes from the surviving cast and filmmakers"--Container.
65) The Longest day
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Re-enacts the military operation of D-Day from four points of view - the workings of the high commands of the American, English, French, and German forces in their battle scheme for Normandy. Largely filmed on actual invasion sites of France.
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Everyone's hero: 10-year-old baseball fan Yankee Irving is always the last one picked for sandlot baseball games. But when Babe Ruth's prized bat is stolen during the 1932 World Series, Yankee steps up to the plate to help retrieve it for his beloved idol. He embarks on a wild cross-country journey that teaches him the stuff of real heroes, and along the way, Yankee learns that importance of perseverance and the true meaning of friendship.
Firehouse...
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Miriam and her chronic-gambler husband, Hugh are at the end of their marriage. Barbara, the daughter of the couple, hopes to bring her parents back together again, a prospect made more difficult when Miriam's old flame, Victor, now a millionaire, arrives in town. Hugh tries to win back his soon-to-be ex-wife, but to no avail. Ultimately, Miriam must choose between the financially solvent Victor and the impishly irresponisible Hugh.
68) The longest day
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"On June 6, 1944, the Allied Invasion of France marked the beginning of the end of Nazi domination over Europe. The attack involved 3,000,000 men, 11,000 planes and 4,000 ships, comprising the largest armada the world has ever seen. Presented in its original black and white version, [it] is a vivid, hour-by-hour recreation of this historic event. Featuring a stellar international cast, and told from the perspectives of both sides, it is a fascinating...
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Somebody up there likes me: The inspiring tale about Rocky Graziano's rise from poverty and rage to the middleweight title.
Harper: Lew Harper, a cool private investigator, is hired by a wealthy California matron to locate her kidnapped husband.
Cool hand Luke: Prisoner loner Luke Jackson wins the respect of his fellow inmates when he refuses to cower before the chain gang boss.
The mackintosh man: A British Intelligence agent assumes a fictitious...