
Charley Partanna is a hit-man who works for the Prizzis, one of the richest crime syndicate families in the country. Unbeknownst to Charley,the Prizzis just hired Irene Walker, a free-lance killer, to eliminate someone who double-crossed them.
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Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity (2002) Mina Shum, Sandra Oh, Valerie Tian, Ric Young, Comedy, Drama, Family

Mindy Ho, an eccentric, strong-minded 12-year-old, stages Taoist magical experiments to save her harried single mother from financial and romantic ruin.
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The Unholy Night (1929) Lionel Barrymore, Ernest Torrence, Roland Young, Dorothy Sebastian, Mystery, Thriller

On a dark foggy London night, someone tries to strangle Lord Montague, but he escapes. Only to discover the four other men who did get killed were old regimental comrades in Gallipoli.
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The Nature of the Beast (1988) Franco Rosso, Lynton Dearden, Paul Simpson, Tony Melody, Drama

A boy reads about the attacks of a unknown animal on livestock in the town. He plans to run his own investigation. The so called beast however is also used as a metaphor for every day problems the townsfolk face.
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London in the Raw (1965) Arnold L. Miller, David Gell, Caron Gardner, Emmett Hennessy, Documentary

‘The World’s greatest city laid bare! Thrill to its gay excitement, its bright lights, but be shocked by the sin in its shadows!’
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Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955) Charles Lamont, Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Marie Windsor, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy is the last of the team’s vehicles for Universal-International. Stranded in Egypt, Bud and Lou hire themselves out as travelling companions to archeologist Kurt Katch. Before long, Katch is murdered by a group of cultists, and a medallion, embossed with a map which leads to a sacred burial site, is accidentally swallowed by Costello. The boys become the unwilling pawns of the cultists, led by Richard Deacon, and a greedy adventuress, played by Marie Windsor. The last scene finds Costello being menaced by three mummies, two of them bogus.
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Out of the Past (1947) Jacques Tourneur, Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas, Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller, Drama

Jeff Bailey, small-town gas pumper, has his mysterious past catch up with him one day when he’s ordered to meet with gambler Whit Sterling. En route to the meeting, he tells girlfriend Ann his story. Flashback: Once, Jeff was a private eye hired by Sterling to find his mistress Kathie who shot Whit and absconded with $40,000. He traces her to Acapulco…where the delectable Kathie makes Jeff forget all about Sterling… Back in the present, Whit’s new job for Jeff is clearly a trap, but Jeff’s precautions only leave him more tightly enmeshed…
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Blunt: The Fourth Man (1986) John Glenister, Ian Richardson, Anthony Hopkins, Michael Williams, Drama

Sir Anthony Blunt, celebrated art historian and Surveyor of the Royal family’s pictures since 1945, was exposed in 1979 as a KGB traitor in Andrew Boyle’s book The Climate of Treason.
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Jerry and Tom (1998) Saul Rubinek, Joe Mantegna, Sam Rockwell, Maury Chaykin, Comedy, Crime, Drama

Tom and Jerry are two hit men, they work by day at a third-rate second-hand car dealership. Tom is a veteran and Jerry is a novice in their business, and their attitude toward their profession differs a lot. It shows when Tom is required to kill his old friend Karl.
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Primitive London (1965) Arnold L. Miller, David Gell, Bobby Chandler, Terry Dene, Documentary

Exploitation film documentary on ‘Swinging London’ as it actually happened. Arnold Louis Miller, the director of ‘Nudist Memories’, interviews mods, rockers and beatniks.
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