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James McParlan is an operative working for the Pinkerton Detective Agency, who is hired by a major coal company to infiltrate and expose an underground terrorist organization, the "Molly Maguires". The Mollies operate within the improverished mining communities of Pennsylvania and are mostly Irish emigrants. McParlan is selected to infiltrate the organization to pose as a new member, but it quickly becomes apparent that the working conditions are...
83) The naked jungle
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"A powerful, brooding plantation owner of a plantation in the wild and treacherous South American jungle is wary [of] his charming American mail-order bride and wonders why she would leave America for the rigors of jungle life. They're both threatened by the advance of billions of relentless killer ants that are making their way across the jungle cutting a path of creeping horror 20 miles long and two miles wide"--Container.
84) The set-up
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An over-the-hill boxer thinks he can still win a bout, despite doubts from his wife and his manager. He goes into his next fight determined to beat his opponent, not realizing his manager has taken money for a 'dive' from a tough gambler. Heightening the tension, the film takes place over the course of 72 minutes, its approximate running time.
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Now back in San Francisco after their holiday in New York, Nick and Nora Charles find themselves trying to solve another mystery. Nora's cousin Selma is accused of having murdered her husband, but for Nick it's clear that she is not the murderer and he starts to investigate, supported by Nora and Asta.
87) Another thin man
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"And baby makes three. Meet Nick, Jr. (and join the boithday bash throuwn by some of da boys) in this breezy outing that takes the Charleses to the Long Island estate of an industrialist who turns out to be a murder target."--Container.
88) Anything goes
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While on a transatlantic voyage, two Broadway luminaries are on the lookout for a talented leading lady to star in their new show. Features an oceanful of tunes by Cole Porter, Jimmy Van Heusen, and Sammy Cahn.
90) Crossfire
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"Years of police work have taught Detective Finlay that where there's crime, there's motive. But he finds no usual motive when investigating the beating death of a man. The man was killed because he was a Jew. 'Hate', Finlay says, 'is like a gun.' ... Finlay is a laconic army sergeant assisting in the investigation of G.I. suspects and Montgomery [is] a vicious bigot, a topic rarely before explored in films: anti-Semitism in the U.S."--Container....
91) Dinner at eight
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A Park Avenue snob gives a dinner party for a visiting English peer. Little does she realize that her shipping magnate husband is bankrupt and that her daughter is having an affair with an older man.
92) Finian's rainbow
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A mysterious Irishman, Finian, and his daughter arrive one day in a small Southern town of sharecroppers and plant a stolen crock of leprechaun gold.
94) Ice pirates
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In the future, as the galaxy's water supply starts to run out, a band of pirates search for a new water source.
95) Libeled lady
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"It all starts when society diva Loy slaps newsman Tracy with a libel suit. Tracy enlists fiancée Harlow and down-on-his luck Powell in a counter maneuver involving a rigged marriage, a phony seduction, a fabulously funny fishing scene, fisticuffs, broken promises and hearts and eventually, true love for all"--Container.
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Lawrence "Larry the Liquidator" Garfield has never met a donut he didn't like or a debt-free corporation he didn't want to devour. Yet he may want to think again about New England Wire & Cable. That 81-year-old company's ramrod-straight patriarch has been a fighter all his life, and to arm against a takeover, he's hired an attorney whose high style and high-stakes cunning rival Larry's.
99) Terror by night
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When the fabled Star of Rhodesia diamond is stolen on a London to Edinburgh train and the son of its owner murdered, olmes must discover wtic of his suspicious fellow passenges is responsible. Aided by Dr. Watson and Inspector Lestrade, he discovers the murderer's hiding place is somehow involved in the crime. This is the thirteeth film of the Rathbone/Bruce series.
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Service in the Merchant Marine means saying goodbye - keep the home fires burning. It is 'loose lips sink ships,' a convoy tiptoeing through a dead-thick fog. It is the ear splitting clatter of ack-acks and cries of 'aircraft sighted all hands.' It is fear, bravery and just doing a job. It is the lifeblood of democracy's arsenal.