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Bad Man's River (1971) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Bad Man's River
director: Eugenio Martín actor: Lee Van Cleef / James Mason …
other title: … E continuavano a fregarsi il milione di dollari / Vamos Ter Sarilho …
Robber Roy King loses his wife, Alicia, to revolutionary Montero. Despite their rivalry they collaborate in an attempt to rob the Mexican government of one million dollars.
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Joe Macbeth (1955) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Joe Macbeth
director: Ken Hughes actor: Paul Douglas / Ruth Roman …
other title: Legion der Hölle / Joe MacBeth …
Lily Macbeth pushes her husband Joe to rub out the reigning crime boss and become the new kingpin himself. Success is short-lived, however, as he confronts Lennie, a mobster whose father and wife were Joe's murder victims.
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Captain Apache (1971) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Captain Apache
director: Alexander Singer actor: Lee Van Cleef / Carroll Baker …
other title: Capitan Apache / Capitán Apache
The title character is a US army Captain of Native American descent who is asked to investigate the murder of an Indian agent. His only clue is "April morning", the last words spoken by the victim. Can he unravel the mystery before the clock runs out?
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Whistle Stop (1946) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Whistle Stop
director: Léonide Moguy actor: George Raft / Ava Gardner …
other title: Sangue all'alba / Por Causa de uma Mulher …
When beautiful Mary returns to her "whistle stop" hometown, long-standing feelings of animosity between two of her old boyfriends leads to robbery and murder.
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Houdini (1953) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Houdini
director: George Marshall actor: Tony Curtis / Janet Leigh …
other title: Il mago Houdini / Houdini, O Homem Miraculoso …
By the early 1900s, the extraordinary Houdini earned an international reputation for his theatrical tricks and daring feats of extrication from shackles, ropes, handcuffs and... Scotland Yard's jails.
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Suspense (1946) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
Suspense
director: Frank Tuttle actor: Belita / Barry Sullivan …
other title: Orgasmo / Ein gefährlicher Rivale …
The proprietor of an ice-skating revue promotes a peanut-vendor to a management position based on suggestions he made to improve the act of the show's star, who also happens to be the owner's wife. However, he soon begins to notice that his new manager is paying more attention to his wife than he believes is appropriate.
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Blowing Wild (1953) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Blowing Wild
director: Hugo Fregonese actor: Gary Cooper / Barbara Stanwyck …
other title: Ballata selvaggia / Sangue da Terra …
Wildcatter Jeff Dawson does his best to bring in a gusher in Mexico despite continual bandit raids. He asks for help from his ex-employer Ward Conway, but Conway, now married to Dawson's ex-lover Marina refuses, fearing that his wife will want to renew her romance with the other man.
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The Bravados (1958) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Bravados
director: Henry King actor: Gregory Peck / Joan Collins …
other title: Bravados / O Vingador Sem Piedade …
Jim Douglass arrives in the small town of Rio Arriba in order to witness the hanging of the four men he believes murdered his wife. When the convicts escape, Jim tracks them into Mexico, determined to see that justice is done. But the farther Jim goes in his quest for vengeance, the more merciless he becomes, losing himself in an unrelenting spiral of hatred and violence.
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No Down Payment (1957) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
No Down Payment
director: Martin Ritt actor: Joanne Woodward / Sheree North …
other title: Un urlo nella notte / Les Sensuels …
The marital difficulties of four couples living in a southern California housing development become intertwined. Among the unhappy couples are ne'er-do-well Jerry Flagg and his long-suffering wife Isabelle, flirtatious Leola Boone and her sadistic husband Troy, hard-working Herman Kreitzer and his understanding wife Betty, and newlyweds Jean and David Martin.