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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 9,280 films · Page 265.

Forbidden Ground (2013)

Action, Drama, war film

The film tells the story of three British soldiers during World War I, on the Western Front in 1916. During an abortive assault on the German trenches the three become trapped in no man's land as night falls. One of the soldiers is seriously wounded and requires urgent medical attention.

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Code of the Secret Service (1939)

Action, Crime, Drama

United States Secret Service Lieutenant Brass Bancroft (Ronald Reagan) and his partner, Gabby Watters (Eddie Foy, Jr., producer Bryan Foy's brother), seek engraving plates stolen from the U.S. Treasury Department by a counterfeiting ring in Mexico. Fellow Secret Service agent Dan Crockett informs Bancroft that the leader of the gang is a peg-legged man named Parker, but he is killed and Bancroft is falsely blamed for the death.

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The Follow (2001)

Action

The Driver is hired by a nervous movie manager to spy on a paranoid actor's wife. During his tailing of the wife, the Driver describes the right way to tail someone. As he follows her he begins to fear what he might learn of her apparently tragic life.

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Moving Violation (1976)

Action, Crime, exploitation film

Drifter Eddie Moore arrives in the small oil town of Rockfield, where he is picked up and harassed by the town's corrupt sheriff Leroy Rankin and deputy Tylor for violation of town ordinance against hitch-hiking. They dump him at the oil field and order him not to return to the town ever again. Eddie wanders to a drive-in, where he buys an ice cream and falls in love with shopgirl Camille "Cam" Johnson.

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Agent X44 (2007)

Action Comedy

King Aguila and his best friend, Junior Iskalibers take the entrance exam of an academy for secret agents. King is the godson of Agent X44 Tony Falcon who is approaching retirement. Ever since he was a child, King has idolized Tony and wants to be a secret agent like him.

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Persecuted (2014)

Action, Drama, mystery film

Reformed drug addict and America's leading evangelist John Luther opposes Senator Donald Harrison's Faith and Fairness Act, which would not allow Christians to state that they have the whole or only truth. To destroy Luther's credibility and to ensure passage of the bill, Harrison has Luther framed for the rape and murder of a teenaged girl.

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Deadly Heroes (1993)

Action

The film starts with footage of a group of terrorists modifying toy guns to a real gun which can easily pass through a metal detector at Athens Airport. When a kid named Paul Cartowski discovers that the terrorist bring plastic guns, he soon wonders and tells his father who is also a former CIA and Navy SEAL, Brad Cartowski. Then a gunfight begins and Cartowski is injured during a pursuit when the terrorists take the airport bus.

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The Golden Hawk (1952)

Action, Adventure, Historie, Pirate Film, war film

During the 17th century, French sea captain Kit "The Hawk" Gerardo is on Basse-Terre Island with a crew but no ship. He duels the captain of the ship Sea Flower and commandeers his ship. His objective is to capture a much larger 60-gun ship under command of Spanish pirate Luis del Toro, partly for loot but also believing him responsible for the death of Kit's mother, Jeanne Buoyant.

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Black Point (2001)

thriller film

In Black Point, Washington, John Hawkins meets two newcomers to town: a married couple named Gus and Natalie. Unknown to John, the two are bank robbers on the run with a large sum of money from their latest robbery. When John rescues Natalie from a suicide attempt, he sees bruises on her body where Gus has beaten her up.

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Slave Girl (1947)

Action Comedy, Adventure

When American playboy Matt Claiborne embarks on a mission to Tripoli, he finds forbidden love and political intrigue when he falls for a dancing girl involved with rival lords. Matt is supposed to trade gold with the pasha for American sailors being held hostage. However, the pasha's fiancée Francesca steals it, hoping to finance her lover El Hamid's revolution.

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The Golden Blade (1953)

Adventure, Fairy tale

During a raging desert battle between the cities of Basra and Baghdad, soldier Basran is fatally wounded. Before dying, Basran takes a medallion from his killer's neck and gives it to his son Harun, urging him to somehow end the senseless killings. Harun rides to Baghdad and meets shopkeeper Barcus.

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Tarzan's Savage Fury (1952)

Action, Adventure

Tarzan agrees, against his better judgement, to guide supposed British government agents Edwards and Rokov into the land of the Wazuri Tribe, to harvest uncut diamonds for national-defense purposes. It transpires the "agents" are secretly criminals who intend to use the gems for their own sinister purposes.

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Panic In The Skies! (1996)

Drama, katastrophe

During take-off for a flight to Europe, Royce Air International Flight 115 (a Boeing 747-200 flying from New York to London) is struck by lightning. Although the flight continues, the lightning strike has killed the flight crew and disabled the radio communications to the ground. Laurie Ann Pickett, the senior flight attendant, enlists the aid of passenger Brett Young, and together, they determine that the autopilot can bring the aircraft in for a landing.

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