Summary: In 1949, an innocent man, Timothy Evans, is charged with the gruesome slaying of his wife and baby. Convicted by the testimony of his landlord, John Christie, a mild-mannered ex-policeman, Evans is sentenced to hang. However, after the execution, evidence reveals that the real psychotic killer is continuing his mass murder spree. Public outcry over this true case led to Great Britain's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY TENSummary: A mercenary unit rolling on a steam train across the Congo, headed for the dual tasks of rescuing civilians imperiled by rebels and recovering a cache of diamonds.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY ACTION/ADVENTURE DARSummary: A woodcutter's two children are led by a fairy through the past, present, and even the future to find the Bluebird of Happiness.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY BLUSummary: Among the pioneers of the untamed Oregon Territory of the 1850s is pack-mule express owner Logan Stuart, light-fingered banker/gambler George Camrose, Camrose's fiancée Lucy Overmire, a villainous outlaw named Honey Bragg and gunfighter Johnny Steele, the friend of a man Camrose has killed.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY WESTERN CANSummary: An English schoolteacher finds herself at odds with the King when she is the teacher at the royal court in the 1860s.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc. 1999
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS KINWhelan, Gloria.
Summary: A fictionalized account of Ernest Hemingway's 16th summer, during which love for his family, need for independence, and responsibility for decisions vie with each other, moving him from boyhood to manhood.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Lippincott 1981
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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Whelan 1981Summary: A robust collection of classic film noir (black film), a genre that became a cinematic staple for American audiences during the mid 1940s through the late 1950s
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY DARSummary: A one handed stranger comes to a tiny town possessing a terrible past they want to keep secret, by violent means if necessary.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2005
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "All-American athlete, scholar, renowned baritone, stage actor, and social activist, Paul Robeson ... the son of an escaped slave, managed to become a top-billed movie star during the time of Jim Crow America ... his film legacy lives on and continues to speak eloquently of the long and difficult journey of a courageous and outspoken African-American."--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007