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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 9,280 films · Page 325.

Circle Track Summer (2005)

Action, Comedy

The owner of a failing race track seeks to reverse his fortune by holding a series of promotion events where the cars are driven by women. Becky (JodyMarie Spiech) is a waitress who unknowingly puts her life in danger while attempting to save the family farm. She had rediscovered her lost high-school sweetheart, reporter Scoop Hendrickson (Tony Rio), and must decide whether or not to tell him of what ended their romance.

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Journal of a Contract Killer (2008)

Crime, Drama

Stephanie Komack was a big-class hooker and assassin for the Italian Mob. She now was working in London as a waitress, and a single mother to her seven-year-old daughter, the Mob tracks Stephanie down and persuade her to do one final job. That when the hit goes wrong and Stephanie soon realises the reality of her failure.

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Zen (2007)

Action, Martial arts, Vampire

In 17th-Century Japan, a young samurai, Master Mitzu Zen, learns the secret way of killing vampires while learning about women and life in general. Master Zen (Kit DeZolt), a naive master who doesn't know anything about women and love, goes on a quest to find out the truth about his parents' sacred sword. While meeting people along the way, he ends up running into more than he bargained for when he starts encountering vampires.

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Land of Hunted Men (1943)

Action, Adventure, Western

Range Buster Denny Moore is shot while trying to capture stagecoach robbers. He joins his fellow Range Busters, Crash and Alibi, and hides at a line shack owned by rancher "Dad" Oliver. As they investigate the robbers, they uncover a web of deceit involving businessman Faro Wilson and mine manager Pelham.

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Gangster's Den (1945)

Western

Fuzzy (Al St. John) is upset that the ranch hands spend their time and money at a saloon where they lose their money drinking and gambling. Fuzzy decides to buy the saloon to keep an eye on the men and moderate their vices, but a shifty lawyer has other ideas and plans to use murder to get his way.

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Hollywood Cowboy (1937)

Action, Western

Hollywood Western star Jeffery Carson and his sidekick Shakespeare have just recently completed outdoor shooting on a film and decide to remain in the area to do some recreational hunting. In the meantime a crime syndicate led by Doc Kramer has come up with a new scheme to make money. With a range war going on, the criminals ramp up conflict between the two sides, including murder.

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The Fighting Edge (1926)

Action, silent film

As described in a film magazine review, Joyce, a government agent, is imprisoned by a gang of smugglers in their ranch house along the Mexican boarder. Juan de Dios O'Rourke, another government agent posing as being half-Spanish and living in Mexico, is commissioned to rescue Joyce. He meets Phoebe, Joyce's daughter, who purposefully drives an automobile down a cliff.

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Hitman (1997)

Martial arts

Lucky Delon is a prizefighter who is approached by a gangster, BMF, to throw his next fight. Refusing to be intimidated, Lucky knocks his opponent out and skips town. There is no escape for Lucky, when the gangster's henchman catches up with him.

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West Bound Limited (1937)

Action

Night-dispatcher Dave Tolliver is found guilty of negligence after not changing the tracks for a passenger train, when trying to stop a masked robber, he later escapes prison and goes cover for a dispatcher that has fallen ill, then he founds out that the robber works in that station.

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