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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 7,240 films · Page 275.

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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Born to Battle (1935)

Western

"Cyclone" Tom Saunders, a free-spirited cowboy, is hired by a ranchers' association to look into a series of cattle thefts, for which they suspect a pair of "nesters". When Saunders discovers that the nesters are an old man and his pretty young daughter and could not be the rustlers, he begins to suspect that Nate Lenox, a bullying ranch foreman, might have something to do with it.

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Fires of Fate (1932)

Adventure

Having been told he is suffering from a spinal condition that will cause his premature death, Lieutenant Colonel Egerton decides to journey up the Nile and escape his troubles. He joins a group of travellers and falls in love with Kay Byrne, but realises marriage is impossible. When the group is captured by bandits, Egerton is severely beaten and left for dead.

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Killer Flick (1998)

exploitation film

The film centers on four aspiring filmmakers, Rome, Buzz, Max, and One-Eye, who go on a surreal rampage and make their exploits into a movie. While evading law enforcement, the filmmakers discuss their plans on how to make their movie as violent and sexy as possible so that they can sell it for a lot of money. After the group blows up a gas station, Rome flirts with Tess, an attractive woman he meets on the street, and tries to cast her.

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We're in the Legion Now! (1936)

Adventure

Two petty criminals are pursued by a gangster from the United States to Paris, France, where they enlist into the French Foreign Legion to escape. After being drafted to a garrison in North Africa, they fall foul of military authority and are sent to a sadistic punishment camp, where they lead an insurrection against its commanding officer, and then help to defeat a native Mohammedan revolt.

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UnCivil Liberties (2006)

thriller film

Set in the near future, UnCivil Liberties imagines a Big Brother–type government that uses technology to spy on its citizens. A militia assassin, Mike Wilson (Glenn Allen), is hired to kill a government agent, Cynthia Porter (Penny Perkins), who is reluctantly helping develop the technology. Wilson, however, cannot bring himself to assassinate Porter, and soon his partner, Sam Norton (Tony Grocki), is hired to kill Wilson.

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