Sterling Hayden
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English
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Set against the backdrop of the impending Civil War, the film follows the construction of the Kansas Pacific Railway. As workers progress, they face sabotage from Southern agents, leading to a tense showdown.
1953 American Classic Western Film
Set in the 1860s, just before the Civil War, the U.S. government commissions the construction of the Kansas Pacific Railway to fasten California's ties to the Union. As the construction begins, Southern agents...
2) Wanderer
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English
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At seventeen, Sterling Hayden ran away to sea. By twenty-two, he was the captain of his own brigantine. Discovered by Hollywood, he acted in more than forty motion pictures including THE ASPHALT JUNGLE and DR. STRANGELOVE. He has had three wives, including the famous film star, Madeleine Carroll. During the war, he served with the O.S.S. and fought with the partisans in Yugoslavia. After the war, he joined the Communist Party and later recanted, naming...
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When oil is discovered on the properties of peaceful homesteaders, fat-cat Sebastian Cabot sends his one-handed gunman Nedrick Young to terrorize them into leaving. When stubborn Swedish whaler Sterling Hayden's father is killed by them, he takes on the bad guys with only a harpoon and the truth! Artfully told with great acting by all. Hayden plays an offbeat, interesting, and unconventional hero.
4) The Killing
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English
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With fascinating detail, Stanley Kubrick lays bare the intricate inner-planning of a racetrack heist by a deadly mastermind (Sterling Hayden) and his crew. Co-stars Coleen Gray.
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English
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Kathy (Barbara Stanwyck) leaves the newspaper business to marry homicide detective Bill (Sterling Hayden) but is frustrated by his lack of ambition and the banality of life in the suburbs. Her drive to advance Bill's career soon takes her down a very dangerous path.
9) Suddenly
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English
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Proceeding a presidential visit, a trio of impersonating FBI agents enter a home where John Baron (Frank Sinatra) reveals himself as an assassin. He kidnaps the family in order to use their house as his vantage point in his plot to kill the president.
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This unique documentary is composed entirely of archival footage and photographs, accompanied by the voice of Stanley Kubrick. Taken from a series of rare interviews, the film provides an opportunity to understand the work of a master filmmaker, giving voice to one of the greatest directors in the history of cinema, as well as one of the most controversial and enigmatic.
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English
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"Don" Vito Corleone is the head of a New York mafia 'family.' His beloved son Michael has just come home from the war, but does not intend to become part of his father's business. Not given a choice, the business of the family is just like the head of the family, kind and benevolent to those who give respect, but gives in to ruthless violence whenever anything stands against the good of the family. An up and coming rival of the Corleone family wants...
Publisher
Columbia Pictures
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
A satire in which the president of the U.S. and his military advisors struggle ineptly to avert a nuclear holocaust after a psychotic Air Force general launches a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union because he fears the Soviets are poisoning the U.S. water supply.
16) Nine to five
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
�2001
Language
English
Description
Three female office workers combine forces to take revenge on their deceitful, egotistical, and thoroughly chauvinistic boss.
17) Prince Valiant
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Hal Foster's Sunday-comics saga of a young Viking prince in the service of King Arthur.
18) The Godfather
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008], c2008
Language
English
Description
"Don" Vito Corleone is the head of a New York mafia 'family.' His beloved son Michael has just come home from the war, but does not intend to become part of his father's business. Not given a choice, the business of the family is just like the head of the family, kind and benevolent to those who give respect, but gives in to ruthless violence whenever anything stands against the good of the family. An up and coming rival of the Corleone family wants...