Walter Newman
Series
Criterion collection volume 396
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
The Ace in the Hole, in this case, is Leo Minosa, trapped in a cliff dwelling near Albuquerque, N.M. The publicity from his situation could build a winning hand for several people: Chuck Tatum, manipulative veteran newsman; Lorraine, his bored wife who dreams of city lights; Sheriff Gus Kretzer, boosting his re-election campaign; and young Herbie, a reporter who wants to make the big leagues. In 1951, there was no 24-hour cable news, and the Albuquerque...
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The last eighteen years in the life of Jesse James, showing his home life in Missouri, his experiences with Quantrill's raiders, his career of banditry with his brother Frank and the Younger brothers, and his attempt to lead a peaceful life after the disastrous attempt to rob the bank at Northfield, Minn."--IMDb.
5) Underwater!
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Treasure hunters face the dangers of the deep in Underwater! Theresa, girlfriend of ship operator Johnny, team up with perennial rainbow chaser Dominic. They hunt for fabled treasure lost in an old Spanish galleon off the Cuban coast. Amid the threat of rapacious sharks and the hazards of underwater salvaging, the adventurers work against time. They must raise the gold from its ghostly grave before the rotting old ship's hull slips off the ledge where...
6) The champ
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"The world looks at Billy Flynn and sees a has-been who seemingly never was, an ex-boxing champion slammed to the mat years ago by booze and gambling. But Billy's son T.J. sees what the world doesn't. He knows his flawed-but-loving father is, was and always will be The Champ"--Container.
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"1950s Southern California is as far away from 19th-century Russia as you can get -- or is it? Robert Cole [is] a troubled young man with a troubling belief: exceptional people shouldn't have to pay for their crimes. After blacking out near the scene of a murder, Cole captures the attention of the police and proceeds to play a deadly cat-and-mouse game with a tenacious cop, a beautiful stranger and a family foe"--Container.
Publisher
PC Treasures, Inc
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
In Suddenly, John Baron and his band of paid killers take over a house while posing as FBI agents in the small town of Suddenly.
In The man with the golden arm, a morphine addict who got clean while in prison struggles to stay straight in the outside world.