Guy Trosper
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Forget James Bond for a moment and step into the real, dour and chilling world of spies and counterspies. Richard Burton was nominated for a Best Actor Academy Award for his role as the burned-out British agent who refuses to "come in from the cold" to take a desk job. Instead, he launches into the most dangerous assignment of his career, stalking East German agent (and Golden Globe winner) Oskar Werner. John Le Carre's best-selling novel provides...
Series
Criterion collection volume 844
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"This is a western like no other, combining the mythological scope of that most American of genres with the searing naturalism of a performance by Marlon Brando--all suffused with Freudian overtones and masculine anxiety. In his only directing stint, Brando captures rugged coastal and desert landscapes in gorgeous widescreen, Technicolor images, and elicits from his fellow actors (including Karl Malden and Pina Pellicer) nuanced depictions of conflicted...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Vince Everett is serving a one-year jail sentence for manslaughter. While in the big house, his cellmate, a former country singer, introduces him to the record business. Vince takes to it so well that he decides to become a singer when he gets out. However, he is quickly disillusioned by the record business. But with the help of a new friend, he decides to form his own label, and soon he becomes an overnight sensation. As he becomes a superstar, his...
7) Crossroads
Series
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"With a lovely new bride and a diplomatic appointment imminent, David Talbot sees his life on an upswing - if he is really David Talbot. Blackmailers say he is actually a murderer and thief named Jean Pelletier. Talbot's past includes incidents of amnesia, and he begins to wonder if he is living a lie."--Container
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
The shop around the corner: The setting is pre-World War II Budapest. Bickering co-workers in a gift shop don't realize they're lonelyhearts penpals.
The Stratton story: The true story of Chicago White sox pitcher, Monty Stratton. Stratton suffers a devastating hunting accident which leads to the amputation of one leg. Learning to walk with an artificial limb, he struggles to resume his career.
Biography of Charles Lindbergh from his days of precarious...
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
©2013
Language
English
Description
American cowboy Sam Dent travels to South America with a shipment of prize Brahma bulls for a wealthy Brazilian rancher. Dent soon learns the rancher has been killed. He then hires a bandit chaser to guide him to the ranch. After being robbed he is forced to remain in Brazil and learn the ways of the South American ranchero.
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The true story of Chicago White sox pitcher, Monty Stratton. Stratton suffers a devastating hunting accident which leads to the amputation of one leg. Learning to walk with an artificial limb, he struggles to resume his career.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
©2008
Language
English
Description
Bushrod Gentry is a right restless man, a bullwhip-crackin', tough-brawlin' trapper passing through Barren River, Kentucky, and heading for the pelts and promise of the Northwest Territory. He'll never get there if Mary Stuart Cherne has her way. It's marryin' season, the preacher is making his annual visit to Barren River and Mary has her heart and rifle barrel set on buckskinned bachelor Bushrod.
13) Mystery classics
Publisher
Platinum Disc
Pub. Date
©2005
Language
English
Description
Eyes in the night. Blind detective McLain investigates the murder of Miss Lawry's boyfriend with the aid of his seeing-eye dog. The only clue is the odor of violets in the room. From this clue McLain builds a case against Nazi spies headed by someone close to Miss Lawry. Kennel murder case. Detective Philo Vance grapples with a classic sealed-room murder mystery involving participants in a snooty Long Island dog show. The limping man: An ex G.I. returns...
