Released Date:
1950-11-22
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
87 min
Rated:
APPROVED
IMDB Ratings:
7.7 (1370 Reviews)
Director:
Clarence BrownGenres:
DramaWilliam Faulkner (novel)
Ben Maddow
Rural Mississippi in the 1940s: Lucas Beauchamp, a local black man with a reputation of not kowtowing to whites, is found standing over the body of a dead white man, holding a pistol that has recently been fired. Quickly arrested for murder and jailed, Beauchamp insists he's innocent and asks the town's most prominent lawyer, Gavin Stevens, to defend him, but Stevens refuses. When a local boy whom Beauchamp has helped in the past and who believes him to be innocent hears talk of a mob taking Beauchamp out of jail and lynching him, he pleads with Stevens to defend Beauchamp at trial and prove his innocence.
Released Date:
1955-05-18
Languages:
English, Italian, Spanish
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
106 min
Rated:
APPROVED
IMDB Ratings:
7.7 (13093 Reviews)
Director:
Robert AldrichMickey Spillane (novel)
A.I. Bezzerides (screenplay)
A frightened woman is running barefoot on a highway, trying desperately to flag a car. After several cars pass her by, the woman sees another car approaching, and to make sure either the car stops - or, she's killed, she stands in the path of an on-coming car. Private Investigator Mike Hammer is the one at the wheel, and after almost hitting the woman, he tells her to get in. The woman's name is Christina Bailey.. She is obviously on the run, being barefoot and wearing nothing but a trench coat, and the scent of fear. Whoever was after her eventually catches up with them. Christina has information they want, but dies while being questioned. The killers fake an accident by pushing Hammer's car off the road, but, he survives, waking up in hospital two weeks later. As Mike starts to investigate Christina's death, he's told by the police to stay out of it, but, the hard-nosed PI proceeds anyways. Little did he know that Christina's secret would lead to death and destruction.
Released Date:
1957-06-01
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
113 min
Rated:
APPROVED
IMDB Ratings:
6.6 (667 Reviews)
Director:
Richard BrooksRichard Brooks (screen play)
Robert C. Ruark (based on the book: "Something of Value" by)
Even though Peter and Kimani grow up together, Kimani soon finds that different races are treated differently. After the father of Kimani is jailed for following tribal customs, Kimani joins a band of rebels that wants all non-Kenyans out of their country. While Kimani believes in the cause, he does not agree with the indiscriminate killing of women, children and those who will not join or agree with them. Peter, even after the deaths of his little sister and brother by the Mau Mau, still believes that there is a chance for peaceful co-existence. He believes that he can stop most of the killing if he can only reason with Kimani.
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