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Detectives Family relationships California Los Angeles Drama Drama Ex-convicts Drama Feature films Fiction films Jewelry theft Drama Los Angeles (Calif.) Drama Priests Family relationships California Los Angeles Drama Short, Elizabeth 1924-1947 Drama Video recordings for the hearing impairedSummary: "Melodrama casts noirish shadows in this portrait of maternal sacrifice from Hollywood master Michael Curtiz. Its iconic performance by Joan Crawford as Mildred, a single mother hell-bent on freeing her children from the stigma of economic hardship, solidified Crawford's career comeback and gave the actor her only Oscar. But as Mildred pulls herself up by the bootstraps, first as an unflappable...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA MILSummary: In late 1960s Southern California, private investigator Doc Sportello is drawn into murky dealings with his ex-girlfriend, Shasta Fay, her current real estate mogul boyfriend, his wife and her boyfriend.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY DRAMA INHSummary: A 1940s Los Angeles detective hounds his monsignor brother about a pious pimp's tie to grisly murder.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA TRUSummary: An aging criminal is released from prison and decides to assemble the old gang to go on one last perfect heist.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment Co. 2004
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY ASPSummary: Bridget Gregory makes her husband Clay steal more than half a million dollars, and then steals it from him. Hiding out in a small town, she grabs the first man she sees, Mike, to keep her cover. When Clay tracks her down, she stands to lose everything unless she can use her sexual power over Mike to lead him to murder.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2002
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2 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER LASSummary: Film noir semi-documentary style treatment based on an actual Los Angeles Police Department case. A cop killer manages to elude detection by intercepting police radio calls and by altering his appearance. Evidence points to an alienated electronics expert.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER HESummary: John Forbes is a family man who's tired of the 9 to 5 humdrum of his job an insurance company executive. Life gets a little more exciting for him when he calls upon femme fatale Mona Stevens. Her boyfriend has robbed a store insured by Forbes' company and has showered her with gifts using the loot. Forbes comes to collect the ill-gotten gifts, but the boyfriend is in jail, and Forbes falls hard...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Film Chest 2012