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A stream-of-consciousness drama that follows the lives of two middle-aged cabbies through a single San Francisco nightshift.
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The last film by Leo McCarey (AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER) picks up on earlier religious themes in the director's work. It follows Father O'Banion (William Holden, THE WILD BUNCH) to a mission in 1949 China, where he is to take over the position of the elderly Father Bovard (Clifton Webb, CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN, TITANIC), who is retiring. Along the way, a young girl named Siu Lan (France Nuyen, THE JOY LUCK CLUB) attaches herself to him; he takes her in, but is discomfited by her flirtatious advances. Upon arrival, she takes a position as cook at the mission, but before Bovard can abandon his post, Mao's Communist takeover begins. Chung Ren (Robbie Lee), following Mao's orders, leads a group of soldiers in taking over the mission, where he rapes Sui Lan, and she becomes pregnant. But when her son is born, the brutal soldier shows signs of a change of heart.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseAnamorphic Widescreen - 2.35Audio: Stereo - English Mono - English& Spanish
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The fourth installment of the popular Fox series, which starred Lloyd Nolan (IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT) as Miami P.I. Michael Shayne, sees the sleuth finally preparing to marry his girlfriend, showgirl Joanne La Marr (Mary Beth Hughes, THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS). But just as the pair are settling in to do some serious planning, a scream issuing from a nearby hotel calls Shayne back to the job. Rushing to the scene, he discovers a hotel maid aghast at the two dead bodies she has come upon: a washed-up stage actress and a has-been producer. Turns out, both were involved in a production some 25 years past, and a playbill is on hand to deliver a list of possible suspects. Hired by the cops` two main suspects (played by Mae Beatty and Henry Daniel) to find the real killer, Shayne`s methods encounter disapproval from police inspector Pierson (William Demarest, WHAT PRICE GLORY), while, throughout the action, the put-upon Joanne sulks. Eugene Forde`s well-made comedic thriller, based on the book series by Brett Halliday, boasts excellent acting from an all-star cast, and a twist at the end that no one will predict.
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After his sister is injured in an accident, Jack Flange (Alex O`Lachlan) must leave Sydney for the small town of Brooklyn, New South Wales, to care for her. Here, on the winding Hawkesbury River, a population of fishermen and eccentrics live a simple life. Though he finds work with Brownie (David Field), an oyster farmer with a failing marriage, Jack robs a fish market and mails himself the money to help with his sister`s medical expenses--but in a freak accident, the money falls into the river. Instead of thinking the money is simply lost, he theorizes that it has gone to support the expensive shoe habit of sexy local cleaning woman, Pearl (Diana Glenn)--but as he attempts to find out the truth, he begins to fall in love with her.With OYSTER FARMER, first-time writer/director Anna Reeves has crafted a story that may be safely placed in the fish-out-of-water genre, but wisely sidesteps the genre`s stereotypical cutesiness by writing characters made of true guts and grit and infusing the proceedings with atypical saltiness and sexiness. Newcomers Lachlan and Glenn are appealing screen presences, but character actors Field and Jim Norton (as Brownie`s father, Mumbles)--along with the stunning aerial shots of the Hawkesbury--are the true heart of the film.
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A boxed set containing three of William Sydney Porter's (O. Henry) literary classics. Includes THE GIFT OF THE MAGI, O. HENRY: A LIFE IN STORIES, and THE LAST LEAF. See individual titles for complete details.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseAdditional Release Material: Conversations with James W. Thomas, Ph.D Discussion TopicsText/Photo Galleries: Photo Gallery Biography Read the Story
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