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2) Shenandoah
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1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A Virginia farmer during the Civil War refuses to support either the Confederacy or the Union until his son is taken prisoner and, seeing the horrors of war first-hand, he is forced at last to take his stand.
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1 videodisc (132 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A man is saved from a suicide attempt by an angel and is then shown how important he is to the people who love him. A Christmas classic. Completely digitally remastered from the original film negative.
4) Rope
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Physical Desc
1 videodisc (81 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Two friends strangle a classmate and invite his family and mutual friends to dinner -- with the body stuffed inside the trunk for a buffet table. Inspired by the Leopold-Loeb murder. Shot in eight-minute segments and edited together using some rather unconventional methods, Rope takes place almost entirely on a one-room set.
Series
Fox film noir volume 2
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1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A Chicago reporter finds himself stuck in a decade-old murder investigation when he follows a newspaper ad offering a cash reward for information leading to the arrest of the killer.
10) The big sleep
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1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Hard-boiled private eye Richard Marlowe has his hands full when he gets involved in a web of sex, blackmail -- and murder.
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1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A man with a past guides a band of pioneers from Missouri over the Oregon Trail to a new life in the Columbia River Basin. When the settlers are cheated out of their supplies and cattle, he crosses rivers, climbs mountains and out-guns greedy hijackers to ensure their survival through the first winter.
13) Broken arrow
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1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tom believes the Apaches are treated unfairly. After befriending their leader Cochise and arranging a truce, he is called upon by an Army General to negotiate a government peace treaty, but later is the target of a renegade ambush.
14) Rear window
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1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A wheelchair bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
15) Night passage
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1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When the local railroad becomes the constant target of a band of desperadoes led by the notorious Whitey Harbin, train officials recruit soft-spoken but life-hardened employee Grant McLaine to guard the payroll from any more robberies. Trouble is, the gang's most skilled and lethal gunslinger, the Utica Kid, is Grant's kid brother.
Series
Criterion collection volume 600
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2 videodiscs (161 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A small-town Michigan lawyer takes on a difficult case: that of a young Army lieutenant accused of murdering the local tavern owner who he believes raped his wife. A gripping, envelope-pushing courtroom drama, Anatomy of a murder was groundbreaking for the frankness of its discussion of sex. More than anything else, it is a striking depiction of the power of words. With its outstanding supporting cast and influential jazz score by Duke Ellington,...
17) The shootist
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Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A terminally ill gunfighter seeks to retire quietly but is embroiled in one last battle.
19) Winchester '73
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1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Frontiersman Lin McAdam is attempting to track down both his father's murderer and his one-of-a-kind rifle, the Winchester '73, as it passes among a diverse group of desperate characters, including a crazed highwayman, an immoral gunrunner, a savage young Indian chief, and McAdam's own murderous brother.
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1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Beautiful Carole Lombard and likeable James Stewart are Jane and John Mason, a couple who meet, fall madly in love, marry, and quickly have a baby. But while they -- and the audience -- are confident that they are meant for each other, life intercedes and the couple must meet with disapproving in-laws, job stress, financial challenges and, finally, a devastating illness.