Humphrey Bogart
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Casablanca (1942, b&w, 102 min.): The story of a man torn between his love for a woman and the lives of countless resistance fighters hanging in the balance against Nazi Germany.
African Queen (1951, 105 min.): The timeless tale of two mismatched strangers joining forces in a common cause and finding love along the way.
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Chuck Martin is going straight when he gets out of the big house - straight back into a life of crime. In lockup or out in the civilian world, he knows that he will forever wear a con's invisible stripes. Martin's ex-Sing Sing yardmate Cliff Taylor, vows to walk away from crime and be a role model for his kid brother. What awaits Taylor are suspicion, public disdain and joblessness. He turns to a fellow con for help. Crime doesn't pay, but it does...
64) Beat the devil
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English
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An offbeat tale of adventure and suspense involving the passengers on a steamer who attempt to outfox each other for illegal control of a parcel of land believed to be rich with uranium deposits.
65) High Sierra
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Criterion collection volume 1099
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"Roy Earle, a career criminal plagued by his checkered past, longs for a simpler life, but after getting sprung on parole, he falls in with a band of thieves for one last heist in the Sierra Nevada. Marie, a fellow outcast also desperate to escape her past, [they] hurtle inexorably toward an unforgettable cliffside climax and a rendezvous with destiny"--Container.
66) Key Largo
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A hurricane swells outside, but it's nothing compared to the storm within the hotel at Key Largo. There, sadistic mobster Johnny Rocco holds at gunpoint hotel owner Nora Temple, her invalid father-in-law, and ex-Gl Frank McCloud.
69) Conflict
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"Richard Mason [is] married to nagging Katherine but in love with her sunny sister. Shortly after a fifth-year wedding celebration at the home of a friend, Richard decides to remove the obstacle to his happiness. He kills Katherine, carefully leaving no evidence of his guilt. Or at least he thinks he killed her -- until mysterious events cause Richard to fear Katherine is very much alive"--Container.
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"Matrimony means different things to different people. For temperamental artist Geoffrey Carroll, it means he's in his element. And out of his mind. Geoffrey [is] making a habit of poisoning one wife and marrying another when the former no longer inspires his canvases. Current wife Sally puts two and two together and comes up with six -- as in six feet under, the place she'll be if she continues to accept the glass of milk Geoffrey regularly offers...
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With extraordinary beauty, talent and grace, Spanish dancer Maria Vargas (Ava Gardner) was born to be a star. Aided by American movie director Harry Dawes (Humphrey Bogart), she attains great success and fortune in Hollywood's land of dreams. But, though she gives her all for stardom, there is one thing Maria will never compromise - her soul.
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Dr. Clitterhouse wants to find out what makes a criminal tick. Eager to study the physical and mental states of lawbreakers, he joins a gang of jewel thieves. Rocks Valentine is an ice-blooded tough guy the doc calls "a magnificient speciment of pure viciousness, " is part of the gang. Jo Keller is a savvy crime queen the doc hooks up with.
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English
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Sabrina: David and Linus are brothers running the family corporation. When the chauffeur's daughter comes back from Paris she finds she has the attention of David, whom she has always liked, but starts to fall in love with Linus. Includes bonus features.
The English patient: Based on the novel by Michael Ondaatje, a complicated WWII saga told in flashback sequences. A mysterious stranger is cared for by British allies unaware of his dangerous past....
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When Willie comes marching home: a WWII soldier trying to command a little respect. Bill is the first man in his small town to enlist, and he is given him a big sendoff, only to be assigned as a gunnery instructor at the air base in his hometown. When a bomber pilot falls ill, Bill replaces him on a secret mission that will become his chance at heroism. It is said that the story was based on an episode in Sy Gomberg's military career in the Air Force...
75) Beat the devil
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English
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An offbeat tale of adventure and suspense involving the passengers on a steamer who attempt to outfox each other for illegal control of a parcel of land in East Africa believed to be rich with uranium deposits.
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English
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Three escaped cons, led by the ruthless Glenn Griffin, force their way into a suburban home, intending to hide out while they await the arrival of an all-important package. But what should have been an overnight stay extends into a protracted hostage situation, pitting Glenn against the embattled family patriarch, Daniel Hilliard, a man with everything to lose.
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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.
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Casablanca (1942, b&w, 102 min.) : Rick Blaine sticks his neck out for nobody. Then she walks back into his life...with her Resistance-leader husband.
Mrs. Miniver (1942, b&w, 133 min.): One of Hollywood's most memorable spirit-lifters about an idealized England confronting the terror of World War II.
Gigi (1958, color, 115 min.): Gigi goes from girlishness to glamour and desires more than the lush life of suitor Louis Jordan.
An American in Paris...
79) Beat the devil
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English
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Adventure story set aboard a steamer bound for Africa. The passengers attempt to outfox each other for illegal control of a piece of land they think has uranium on it.
80) Beat the devil
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English
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Adventure story set aboard a steamer bound for Africa. The passengers attempt to outfox each other for illegal control of a piece of land they think has uranium on it.