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Petula and Dorothy have one thing in common - rotten taste in men, but when they cover up the accidental murder of Petula's jerk boyfriend, they hatch a scheme to collect a huge ransom. Its a perfect plan until a corrupt detective and Dorothy's old boyfriend decide that they want to get involved with the money too.
2) 48 hrs
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48 hours: Hard-nosed cop Jack Cates reluctantly teams up with wise-cracking prison inmate Reggie Hammon (temporarily paroled to him for 48 hours) in order to track down the felon's ex-partners.
Another 48 hours: Hard-nosed cop Cates and ex-con Hammond team up together again--Cates to prove he's innocent of manslaughter in a drug bust gone wrong, and Hammond, who's just been released from prison, to fight those trying to take his life.
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Harmony is a cosmetics sales lady whose life is shaped by an early encounter with the King himself. It all takes an ugly turn when she accidentally kills some Elvis impersonators and flees the scene. Running from the FBI, Harmony shows a knack for leaving Elvis impersonators in her wake. Let's hope luck improves when she hooks up with an executive whose wife also has Elvis issues.
4) Blackmail
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Rebelling against the possessiveness of her police boyfriend, a young woman agrees to pose for an artist. Resisting his advances, she ends up murdering him in self-defense. Her boyfriend is assigned to the case, and soon learns the killer's identity, but so has someone else.
6) Moonrise
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Criterion collection volume 921
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A small-town fable about violence and redemption, it is the final triumph of Frank Borzage, one of Hollywood's most neglected masters. Stigmatized from infancy by the fate of his criminal father, young Danny is bruised and bullied until one night, in a fit of rage, he kills his most persistent tormenter. As the police close in around him, Danny makes a desperate bid for the love of the dead man's fiancé, a schoolteacher who sees the wounded soul...
7) Pumpkinhead
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When a group of rambunctious teenagers inadvertently kills his only son, Ed Harley seeks the magic of a backwoods witch to bring the child back. Defying superstition, he and the witch invoke the Pumpkinhead, a monstrously clawed and fanged demon to kill the group. When he realizes he's gone too far, Harley attempts to save the kids, but is continually afflicted by visions of peoples' deaths through the eyes of the monster.
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Four childhood girlfriends are reunited at a wedding in Rio. But when they accidentally kill a young man during a party that gets out of hand, they are forced to flee the city in a crazy adventure that takes them from the favelas to the posh embassies, from the beaches to the rainforest, and filled with caipirinhas, guns and bikinis.
10) Manslaughter
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Manslaughter: "Society-girl thrillseeker Lydia causes the death of motorcycle policeman and is prosecuted by her fiance Daniel. While she's in prison she reforms and Daniel becomes a wasted alcoholic."
The cheat: "Edith Hardy uses charity funds for Wall Street investments in hopes of buying some new gowns. She loses all the money and borrows from wealthy oriental Tori. When her husband gives her the amount she borrowed, Tori won't take it back, branding...
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Shannon is just out of sex rehab when her younger sister, Martha, lands her a job as a maid at the local hotel. When Shannon jeopardizes her fresh start in life by accidentally killing a guest after a sudden relapse, Martha takes it as an opportunity to fix their relationship and helps her sister cover up the crime.
12) For the defense
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A lawyer must decide whether to help an ex-lover beat a murder rap in this compelling courtroom drama. The slickest criminal defense attorney in New York, William Foster (Powell), refuses to wed girlfriend Irene (Francis), declaring he is not the marrying kind. When she steps out with Jack Defoe, their late-night date ends in a manslaughter charge after his car strikes and kills a pedestrian. Pressured by Irene to defend him, only to learn she was...
13) Moonrise
Series
Criterion collection volume 921
Language
English
Description
Stigmatized from infancy by the fate of his criminal father, young Danny is bruised and bullied until one night, in a fit of rage, he kills his most persistent tormenter. As the police close in around him, Danny makes a desperate bid for the love of the dead man's fiancé, a schoolteacher who sees the wounded soul behind his aggression. A small-town fable about violence and redemption, it is the final triumph of Frank Borzage, one of Hollywood's most...
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