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Special Delivery (1976) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Special Delivery
director: Paul Wendkos actor: Bo Svenson / Cybill Shepherd …
other title: Rapina... mittente sconosciuto / Der lange Kalifornier …
A gang of thieves plan a daring bank robbery, making their escape across the rooftops of Los Angeles. The police are quickly called in, however, and only one of the robbers, Murdock, makes a clean getaway. Unfortunately, in order to do so, he is forced to dump the stolen cash into a mailbox, which he then finds is locked until midnight, forcing him to wait until the mailman makes his late night pickup. As he waits, he discovers that his hiding place has been observed by several other people, all of whom want a share of the loot.
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Surrender (1950) IMDb TMDB
Surrender
director: Allan Dwan actor: Vera Ralston / John Carroll …
other title: Il diavolo nella carne
Violet Barton, a femme-fatale goal-setter, fascinates men and readily returns their affection to obtain the wealth she desires, even to the point of bigamy. She has an affair with gambler Gregg Delaney but marries his best friend, Johnny Hale, when she discovers Hale is the richest man in Texas. This loses her the respect of her sister, Janet, who loves Hale, and Delaney, who loves Violet. Meanwhile, town sheriff Bill Howard is working hard to get Delaney to confess to a murder.
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The Lady Is Willing (1942) IMDb TMDB
The Lady Is Willing
director: Mitchell Leisen actor: Marlene Dietrich / Fred MacMurray …
other title: La signora acconsente / Fräulein Mama …
Bold, eccentric Broadway performer Elizabeth Madden befuddles her handlers by coming home with a baby she picked up on the street. She wants to keep the baby but has to find a husband to make adoption viable. She offers her new obstetrician Dr. McBain help with his research on rabbits in exchange for marriage - and he accepts. The marriage of convenience turns into a marriage of real love until Dr. McBain's ex-wife comes looking for money.
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Angel and the Badman (1947) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Angel and the Badman
director: James Edward Grant actor: John Wayne / Gail Russell …
other title: L'ultima conquista / Englen og den Lovløse …
Notorious shootist and womanizer Quirt Evans' horse collapses as he passes a Quaker family's home. Quirt has been wounded, and the kindly family takes him in to nurse him back to health against the advice of others. The handsome Evans quickly attracts the affections of their beautiful daughter, Penelope. He develops an affection for the family and their faith, but his troubled past follows him.
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The Sheepman (1958) IMDb TMDB
The Sheepman
director: George Marshall actor: Glenn Ford / Shirley MacLaine …
other title: La legge del più forte / O Irresistível Forasteiro …
A stranger in a Western cattle-town behaves with remarkable self-assurance, establishing himself as a man to be reckoned with. The reason appears with his stock: a herd of sheep, which he intends to graze on the range. The horrified inhabitants decide to run him out at all costs.
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Whipsaw (1935) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Whipsaw
director: Sam Wood actor: Myrna Loy / Spencer Tracy …
other title: Le 4 perle / On a volé les perles Koronoff …
Hot jewels from London make their way to New York, where they are stolen by racketeer Ed Dexter, who hides them with the help of his vivacious girlfriend, Vivian Palmer. Federal agent Ross McBride goes undercover to infiltrate the gang and, suspecting Vivian can lead him to the jewels, comes to her aid when she is chased by a rival gang. The two flee to the Midwest with both gangs in pursuit, but Vivian is not as gullible as Ross thinks.
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Big Brown Eyes (1936) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Big Brown Eyes
director: Raoul Walsh actor: Cary Grant / Joan Bennett …
other title: Grandi occhi scuri / Große braune Augen …
Sassy manicurist Eve Fallon is recruited as an even more brassy reporter and she helps police detective boyfriend Danny Barr break a jewel theft ring and solve the murder of a baby.