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The Asphalt Jungle 1950 - Warner Home Video 0012569590328 Check our catalog
Tension builds as a bunch of small-time losers gather for a jewel heist. "Doc" Riedenschneider has returned from prison with a plan for the million dollar theft. Financing is handled by Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer. Also runnign with Doc are driver Gus Missini and Dix Handley. Although the robbery goes off as planned, the thieves soon have a falling-out. …More |
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The Big Combo 1955 - Ingram Entertainment 0013023266698 Check our catalog
A vicious gangster catches a police detective on his trail. Directed by Joseph H. Lewis. …More |
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The Big Heat - Sony Pictures Home Ent 0043396065321 Check our catalog
A gun moll helps a detective hunt gangsters who have killed his wife. Directed by Fritz Lang. …More |
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D.O.A. - Alpha Video BL08965DVD Check our catalog
While on vacation in San Francisco, Frank Bigelow is poisoned by a deadly, slow-acting poison. Can he find his murderer before time runs out? …More |
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Dial M for Murder - Warner Home Video 9780790765396 Check our catalog
A London playboy plots the perfect murder of his rich, unfaithful wife. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. …More |
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In a Lonely Place - Sony Pictures Home Ent 9780767882910 Check our catalog
A bungalow neighbor alibis a boozing Hollywood screenwriter accused of murder. Directed by Nicholas Ray. …More |
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The Killing - Tcfhe/MGM 0027616770622 Check our catalog
Every detail is in place. Nothing can go wrong. But something does. Johnny Clay watches his perfectly planned heist unravel in this spellbinding thriller. With fascinating detail, "The Killing" showcases Kubrick's traditional camera style. …More |
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Kiss Me Deadly - MGM BL08917DVD000 Check our catalog
A detective gives a ride to a half-naked girl, who is abruptly killed by thugs. Almost killed himself, the detective tries to solve the murder. Along the way, he is told to back off by the Feds, a bomb is placed in his car, a friend is killed, and he himself is beaten, drugged, and held hostage. …More |
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Night and the City - Criterion BL08960DVD Check our catalog
Harry Fabian, a London hustler and con man, dreams of scamming his way into the big time. When he plunges into the wrestling world as a promoter, Harry thinks he has found his ticket to the top, but learns he must scheme his way around the ruthless sports lord of London's underworld. …More |
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The Night of the Hunter - Image/Sphe 0715515064613 Check our catalog
A tall, handsome preacher his knuckles eerily tattooed with love and hate roams the countryside, spreading the gospel...and leaving a trail of murdered women in his wake. To Reverend Harry Powell (Robert Mitchum), the work of the Lord has more to do with condemning souls than saving them, especially when his own interests are involved. …More |
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Sunset Boulevard - Paramount BL07901DVD000 Check our catalog
Pursued by creditors, Joe swerves into a driveway of a seemingly abandoned Sunset Boulevard mansion. He finds Norma, an ex-screen queen dreaming of a dramatic comeback and her husband/servant living there. She takes a fancy to Joe and, learning that he is a scriptwriter, persuades him to help her with her comeback screenplay.…More |
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Touch of Evil - Universal Home Video 0025195027809 Check our catalog
A U.S. sheriff frames a man for a border-town murder and kidnaps a Mexican official's wife. Directed by Welles. Updated in 1998 to betterreflect the director's intentions. …More |
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Our Wonderful Volunteers
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Mad Men. Seasons 1-4 (2007-2010)
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Paris in Love by Eloisa James (2012)
Shakespeare professor (as Mary Bly) and romance novelist Eloisa James takes a yearlong sabbatical and moves from New Jersey to...
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Adult Chess Group
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GenLit (for 20-30 somethings)
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4th Wednesdays: Medicare Part D
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Excel II
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Genealogy Group
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