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Bank robberies Drama Burdick, Eugene Film and video adaptations Christie, Agatha 1890-1976 Film and video adaptations Cold War Drama International relations Drama Murder Investigation Drama Nuclear weapons Drama Poirot, Hercule (Fictitious character) Drama Private investigators Drama Wheeler, Harvey 1918- Film and video adaptationsSummary: A famed mystery playwright with a recent string of flops may be planning to murder a talented former student in order to steal his work.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 1999
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY DEASummary: The story of a botched bank robbery that occurred August 22, 1972 in Brooklyn, New York and turned into a bizarre hostage situation lasting all day. The lead robber wishes to obtain funding for a sex-change operation for his gay lover.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2006
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Adaptation of a true story where a young New York police officer refuses to extort money from criminals as the other officers do. His fellow police officers turn against him when he seeks to expose the situation during a grand jury investigation.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2002
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SERSummary: A stock broker, who is having financial troubles and in need of extra cash, and his younger brother conspire to pull off the perfect, victimless crime. No guns, no violence, no problem. The only problem is that the owners of the jewelry store are their own parents. But when an accomplice ignores the rules and crosses the line, his actions trigger a series of events in which no one is left...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Image Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY BEFSummary: Depicts a jury of men who must decide the fate of a teenage boy who has murdered his abusive father. The jurors are from all walks of life, and bring with them their own opinions, prejudices, fears, and personal demons.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment Inc. 2001
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Based on Eugene O'Neill's 1956 autobiograpy, this film depicts a day in the life of a family deteriorating under drug addiction, alcoholism, and imminent death.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Republic Pictures 2004
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA LONCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Long 2004Summary: Hercule Poirot is a dapper detective, aboard the Orient Express, for whom murder-solving is a precise, intellectual exercise. When murder occurs, Poirot agrees to interview all aboard the famous train's Calais coach, hoping to find the killer of an American millionarie before the local police arrive.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2004
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2 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY MURCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Murder 2004Summary: Based on actual events that took place one hot August afternoon in 1972, the movie recreates the incredible circumstances surrounding an ill-fated Brooklyn bank robbery attempt.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 1997
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A computer malfunction causes nuclear-equipped American bombers to destroy Moscow and the president of the United States has to take terrible measures to appease the Soviets and prevent all-out nuclear war.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 2000