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3) Black widow
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Nancy Ordway is an aspiring writer hoping to make it big in New York at the expense of everyone around her, including Broadway producer Peter Denver, who reluctantly lets her use his apartment to work during the day. And when Peter's wife, Iris, comes home from a trip to find Nancy dead in the bathroom, the assigned detective, Lt. Bruce, soon realizes this assumed suicide is more likely a murder. Everyone Ordway knew is suddenly suspect while a series...
4) Scarface
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"An exciting story of organized crime's brutal control over Chicago during the prohibition era. This compelling tale of ambition, betrayal and revenge is a groundbreaking masterpiece that influenced all gangster films to follow."--Container.
5) You and me
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An ex-convict (George Raft) marries a department-store co-worker (Sylvia Sidney), unaware she's on parole.
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"Red Skelton, A Comedy Scrapbook" explores his full career including vaudeville, radio, motion pictures & 20 years on television...Highlights featuring all his classic TV characters are here! See Deadeye, Clem Kadiddlehopper, Freddie The Freeloader, George Appleby, San Fernando Red, etc. Guest stars include Bing Crosby, George Raft, Peter Lorre, Vincent Price, Jack Benny, Ed Sullivan & many more!
7) Manpower
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The only thing more dangerous than their job was the woman they both loved.
8) Black Widow
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Nancy, a young writer struggling to make it in New York City, meets a famous Broadway producer at a party named Peter. Taking pity on her, Peter welcomes her into his apartment and gives her a place to write. Shortly after, Nancy is found dead in the bathroom. Peter is the main murder suspect. As rumors swirl about his involvement with Nancy, Peter decides to search for the real killer himself.
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Chuck Martin is going straight when he gets out of the big house - straight back into a life of crime. In lockup or out in the civilian world, he knows that he will forever wear a con's invisible stripes. Martin's ex-Sing Sing yardmate Cliff Taylor, vows to walk away from crime and be a role model for his kid brother. What awaits Taylor are suspicion, public disdain and joblessness. He turns to a fellow con for help. Crime doesn't pay, but it does...
10) Ocean's 11
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New Year's Eve in Las Vegas. Roulette wheels spin and the champaign fizzes. It's the perfect time to steal a kiss or a $25 chip. But for Danny Ocean and his 10 partners in crime, it's the perfect moment to steal millions. Danny devises a scheme to knock out power to the Vegas strip, electronically rig five big casinos vaults and raid them all at the same time.
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White Heat (1949): "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!" Cagney's Cody Jarrett -- a psychotic thug devoted to his tough-as-nails mother -- is the searing centerpiece of this blazing, fast-paced thriller. City for Conquest (1940): Club fighter Cagney turns pro to bankroll his composer brother's dream of writing the great New York City symphony. But life pulls the sidewalk out from under them in an intensely moving saga co-starring Ann Sheridan. Each Dawn...
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W.C. Fields is a true comedy legend and remains one of the most recognizable and beloved actors of all time. From his early days on stage in vaudeville and Broadway through his live appearances on radio, he created an iconic persona that has never been matched. The comic genius of W.C. Fields is best captured forever in his body of films that highlight his notoriously sarcastic quick wit and slapstick routines.