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The con is on

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Summary: In an effort to avoid paying off a massive gambling debt to a notorious mobster in England, a couple flees to Los Angeles and hatch a jewel theft plot.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD CON

Hard eight

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Summary: Sydney, a poker-faced professional gambler plays guardian angel to unlucky John and his girlfriend. When John's and his bride's honymoon night leads to a disastrous hostage situation, the gambler takes care of it as usual. But when a slick casino pro threatens to reveal a secret from Sydney's past, Sydney decides to hedge his bets and not leave anything to chance.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 1999

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HAR

Film noir : the dark side of cinema. III.

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Summary: Abandoned: Newspaperman helps girl find her sister's illegitimate baby, gets mixed up in baby-adoption racket.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY CRIME/MYSTERY FIL

House of games

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Summary: A sly, merciless thriller where a best-selling author and therapist wants to help a client by making restitution for the money he owes to a gambler. After she meets the attractive cardsharp, her own compulsions take hold as he lures her into his world of high-stakes deception. Starring Lindsay Crouse and Joe Mantegna, this film is a rich character study told with the cold calculation of a...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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