Summary: During a campaign for reelection, the crooked politician Paul Madvig decides to clean up his past, refusing the support of the gangster Nick Varna and associates with the respectable reformist politician Ralph Henry. When Ralph's son, Taylor Henry, a gambler and the lover of Paul's sister Opal, is murdered, Paul's right arm, Ed Beaumont, finds his body on the street. Nick uses the financial...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Classic Movies 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A police captain methodically unravels the truth behind the brutal murder of an innocent Jewish man by a World War II soldier with a rabid hatred of Jews.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2005
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CROSummary: After straight-arrow district attorney Joseph Foster says in frustration that he would sell his soul to bring down a local mob boss, a smooth-talking stranger named Nick Beal shows up with enough evidence to seal a conviction. When that success leads Foster to run for governor, Beal's unearthly hold on him turns the previously honest man corrupt, much to the displeasure of his wife and his...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ALISummary: A rising young follower of Mussolini must assassinate his former professor, now in political exile, to demonstrate his loyalty to the Fascist state.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2006
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN CONSummary: The shop around the corner: The setting is pre-World War II Budapest. Bickering co-workers in a gift shop don't realize they're lonelyhearts penpals.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE GRESummary: The Boss (1956): Political corruption is vividly depicted as a ruthless WWI veteran takes almost complete control of a state with the help of a crooked lawyer. The film is enhanced by John Payne's persuasive performance as "The Boss."
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022