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Three brothers stop off for a night in the town of Tombstone. The next morning they find one of thei...

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In early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the...

After escaping from prison, Joe and Terry go on a crime spree, robbing banks through Oregon and Cali...

A true story of shocking violence catapults a picturesque little town into history. The close siblin...

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Sharecropper's son Marvin tries to help his community overcome poverty and ignorance.

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The body of a young actress is brought to her home town by the man who loved her. He knows that she ...

In 1858 Lourdes, France, adolescent peasant Bernadette has a vision of "a beautiful lady" in the Mas...

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Brash hoodlum Tom Connors enters Sing Sing cocksure of himself and disrespectful toward authority, b...

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A woman aspires to get rich and surrenders to a wealthy old man who will marry her. The wife has a d...

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