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Ireland,1941, Irish Republicans have made a bond with Nazi Germany to help the on going struggle with Great Britain. A small group of IRA soldiers is recruited in a village, suffering leadership of the lame Don McGinnis (Dan O'Herlihy). One of the recruits is Dermot O'Neill (Robert Mitchum), who wants to free Ireland, but is not as convinced of the means as are the other soldiers.
3) Thunder Road
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A veteran, Lucas Doolin (Robert Mitchum), comes home from the Korean War to the mountains and takes over the family moonshining business. He must battle big-city gangsters who are trying to take over the business & the law, headed by Troy Barret (Gene Barry) who are trying to put him in prison. A Film-Noir spectacular southern cult classic, filled with hot rods & vintage cars. Action-packed!
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Heading west for his health, Colonel Lambeth takes his daughter Rill along. Lost on the desert they are saved by Pecos and Chito. The Colonel hires the two and the Lambeths soon find themselves mixed up in Pecos' trouble. Pecos has killed Sawtelle's brother and Sawtelle as head of the vigilantes is after him.
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Having fled to Mexico for killing his father's murderer, Martin Brady (Robert Mitchum), travels to Texas to broker a weapons deal for his Mexican boss. Brady breaks a leg and while recuperating, the gun shipment is stolen, and he is expected to make good on it. Complicating matters further the wife (Julie London), of a local army major has designs on him.
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Just as Nevada wins $7000 in yellowback bills, Ben Ide takes his $7000 in yellowbacks and heads out to buy mining equipment. Burridge has his man Powell kill Ide and retrieve the money and Nevada finds Ide just as the posse arrives. Found with the money Nevada is arrested and Burridge now gets Powell to incite the local citizens to lynch Nevada.
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No one is a saint in the City of Angels. The immortal Robert Mitchum stars as Raymond Chandler's legendary detective Philip Marlowe in the neo-noir mystery, Farewell, My Lovely. The hardboiled Marlowe's latest cases – one, a search for an ex-convict's lost love, and the other, the murder of a client – take on an even more sinister turn when they begin to connect, leading the private eye deeper and deeper into the seamy underbelly of 1940s Los...
9) Dead man
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A young man in search of a fresh start embarks on an exciting journey to a new town never realizing the danger that lies ahead. But when a heated love triangle ends in double murder, he finds himself a wanted man running scared until a mysterious loner teaches him to face the dangers that follow a "dead man."
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Every year Scranton High School's 1957 champion basketball team reunites to relive the glory and reinvent the myths. At their twenty-fourth reunion the coach is rallying his boys. Friendship and betrayal, success and failure, past and present--the dreams and realities of the game of life are explored in a moving experience.
13) El Dorado
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Robert Mitchum plays to perfection an alcoholic but gutsy sheriff who relentlessly battles the dark side of the Wild West, ruthless cattle barons and crooked “businessmen.”
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This, the second adaptation of Raymond Chandler's novel, is much closer to the source text than the original - Murder, My Sweet (1944), which tended to avoid some of the sleazier parts of the plot - but still concerns private eye Philip Marlowe's attempts to locate Velma, a former dancer at a seedy nightclub and the girlfriend of Moose Malloy, a petty criminal just out of prison. Marlowe finds that once he has taken the case, events conspire to put...
15) The red pony
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John Steinbeck adapted three of his own classic short stories to create a powerful family portrait. Young Tom is unable to find the love and guidance he needs from his parents. For friendship and support, Tom turns to the easy-going hired hand, Billy Buck. In an attempt to become closer to his son, Tom's father gives him a red pony to raise. As the horse becomes the focus of Tom's life, it ultimately drives the family further apart as Tom turns to...
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Among the stately homes of England lives British earl Victor Rhyall (Cary Grant), who opens his home to American tourists in order to make ends meet. One such tourist is wealthy Texan Charles Delacro (Robert Mitchum), who sets his sights upon Victor's lovely wife, Hilary (Deborah Kerr). In his efforts to win back his wife's attention, Victor presses his former girlfriend Hattie Durant (Jean Simmons) into service. Nominated for Best Motion Picture...
18) The Last Tycoon
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F. Scott Fitzgerald's fascinating tale of studio politics in early Hollywood is breathtakingly adapted to the big screen by Elia Kazan and scriptwriter Harold Pinter. Robert De Niro heads a powerhouse cast as studio head Monroe Stahr, a thinly disguised Irving Thalberg character in command of his studio but haunted by a love lost to the past. Tony Curtis, Robert Mitchum, Jeanne Moreau, Theresa Russell, Anjelica Huston and Jack Nicholson contribute...
19) Holiday affair
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Even though he recently lost his job as a department-store clerk, Steve Mason buys an electric train set for a child he scarcely knows. It must be Christmas time.