Released Date:
1975-08-22
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
92 min
Rated:
PG
IMDB Ratings:
6.5 (1064 Reviews)
Director:
Kirk DouglasGenres:
WesternA tough marshal with political ambitions leads an elite posse to capture a notorious criminal. He succeeds, but instead of cheering him, the public turns against him.
Released Date:
1978-10-06
Languages:
English, Maltese, French, Turkish
Countries:
UK, USA
Runtime:
121 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
7.7 (49941 Reviews)
Director:
Alan ParkerBilly Hayes (book)
William Hoffer (book)
Oliver Stone (screenplay)
On October 6, 1970 while boarding an international flight out of Istanbul Airport, American Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle 2 kilos of hashish out of the country, the drugs strapped to his body. He is told that he will be released if he cooperates with the authorities in identifying the person who actually sold him the hash. Billy's troubles really begin when after that assistance, he makes a run for it and is recaptured. He is initially sentenced to just over four years for possession, with no time for the more harsh crime of smuggling. The prison environment is inhospitable in every sense, with a sadistic prison guard named Hamidou ruling the prison, he who relishes the mental and physical torture he inflicts on the prisoners for whatever reason. Told to trust no one, Billy does befriend a few of the other inmates, namely fellow American Jimmy Booth (in for stealing two candlesticks from a mosque), a Swede named Erich, and one of the senior prisoners having already served seven years, an Englishman named Max, the latter two also in for hash related charges. One prisoner not befriended is Rifki, who wields power in the prison as the unofficial eyes and ears for the guards. As Billy, his family and his girlfriend Susan attempt through legal and diplomatic channels for Billy's release, Max tells him that the only way out is to "catch the midnight express" aka escape, which is what Jimmy is continually trying to do. When Billy's situation changes, he becomes more desperate in every sense of the word. It seems as if Billy has only two options: to let the prison ultimately figuratively then literally kill him, or to somehow regain control of his life through whatever means available.
Released Date:
1988-07-29
Languages:
English
Countries:
UK, USA
Runtime:
96 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
4.6 (495 Reviews)
Director:
Nico MastorakisScientists poison the water supply of a small town, turning the residents into homicidal maniacs who kill each other and anybody who passes through.
Released Date:
1993-08-20
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
121 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
6.9 (1124 Reviews)
Director:
Maggie GreenwaldBased on a true story, this is the tale of Josephine Monaghan, a young woman of the mid-19th century who is thrown out of her parents' home after being seduced by the family's portrait photographer and giving birth to an illegitimate child. Josephine quickly learns that young, female, pretty, and alone are a bad combination for life in the wild west. In her desperation to survive, Josephine disguises herself as "Jo", a young man, and struggles to make a life for herself in a dingy frontier mining town. Can "Little Jo" live and love without revealing his/her secret?
Released Date:
1999-03-16
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
88 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
(12234 Reviews)
Director:
Scott SpiegelScott Spiegel (story)
Boaz Yakin (story)
Scott Spiegel (screenplay)
Duane Whitaker (screenplay)
Five criminals get together to rob a bank in Mexico. On his way to their rendezvous point, one of them gets into an accident, and stumbles upon the Titty Twister Bar. This little detour sets up the terror that awaits the outlaws and the officers on their trail.
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