In 1946 ex-Navy engineer Steve Martin comes to a Louisiana town with a dream: to build a safe platform for offshore oil drilling. Having finessed financing from a big oil company formerly penniless Steve and his partner Johnny are in business... and getting interested in shrimp-boat captain Rigaud's two lovely daughters. But opposition from the fishing community grows fast led by Stella Rigaud. Other hazards include sabotage a hurricane... and a treacherous board of directors.
On The Waterfront (Dir. Elia Kazan 1954): ""You don't understand. I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody instead of a bum which is what I am let's face it."" - Terry Malloy (Marlon Brando) Marlon Brando is the longshoreman who finds himself increasingly isolated when he challenges the might and power of the tough new York City dockers' Union. Rod Steiger is his elder brother torn between loyalty to union and love of family. Lee J. Cobb is the powerful union boss while Eva Marie Saint is the girl with whom Brando falls in love. Winner of 8 Oscars including Best Picture Best Actor Best Support Actress Best Director and Best Screenplay this devastating film has since its first screening become one of the movie greats. The Wild One (Dir. Laszlo Benedek 1954): An angry young Marlon Brando scorches the screen as The Wild One in this powerful '50s cult classic. Brando plays Johnny the leader of a vicious biker gang that involves a small sleepy California town. The leather-jacketed young biker seems hell-bent on destruction until he falls for Kathie (Mary Murphy) a ""good-girl"" whose father happens to be a cop. Unfortunately for Johnny his one shot at redemption is threatened by a psychotic rival Chino (Lee Marvin) plus the hostility and prejudice of the townspeople. All their smouldering passions explode in an electrifying climax.
Amazing things happen when you believe....A quiet neighbourhood is reeling with the shock of Santa Claus moving into town. The children are in seventh heaven but the traffic jams reindeers and popping snow machines prove too much for Santa's neighbours and they call in local mayoral candidate (Shelley Long) to shut down Santa's Dream World.Reporter Frank Mallory (Barry Bostwick) is intrigued by Elizabeth's lack of Christmas spirit and interested in what makes Santa tick.Santa has used his magic to light up other lives but is it too late to reunite his own family?
John Wayne, aka The Duke will always be remembered as one of ROOSTER COGBURN ¢ JET PILOT ¢ THE CONQUEROR Hollywood's greatest actors; cast as a lead in over 142 films during his decade spanning career. Here are seven of the best films which display Wayne's meteoric talent in the genres for which he is most fondly remembered war and westerns. Included in this set are his Oscar® nominated performance in Sands of Iwo Jima, his first lead Western role in John Ford's Stagecoach, Rooster Cogburn (the prequel to True Grit) and four other memorable classics - The Conqueror; Jet Pilot; Rio Grande and Flying Tigers.
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Marie Galante: (1934 88 min. B&W) Movie newcomer Ketti Gallian plays Marie Galante kidnapped by a drunken sea captain and left stranded in the Yucatan. While working as a cafe singer hoping to pay for her ticket out of the Panama Canal she meets American detective Crawbett (Spencer Tracy) the only person who believes her abduction story. In a series of twists and turns the two find themselves caught in the middle of an unexpected adventure including espionage and a plan
The second of the terrific Stewart/Mann Westerns is characteristic of their pairings: adult themes played out against prairie vistas in which betrayal and violence can erupt at any time. Formerly a vicious Missouri raider Stewart now leads a wagon train through Indian raids and hijackings to the new boom town of Portland where he becomes embroiled in the conflict between wealthy miners and farmers.
Exploding with all the power of the jet age... with all the passion of a daring love story! A corps of silver jets soar across the majestic blue American skies while a beautiful lady waits faithfully for her hero. John Wayne and Janet Leigh star in this military romance: a classic Howard Hughes production! Anna a Russian MIG pilot escapes the USSR and lands on a US Airforce base in Alaska. There she meets Colonel Shannon and after he debriefs her the two become romantically invo
Paying tribute to oil field legend 'Red' Adair Wayne plays Chance Buckman a colourful Texan who tames out-of-control infernos in exotic locations around the world. Between blazes Chance carries the torch for Madelyn the wife who left him 20 years earlier because of his dangerous lifestyle and assistant Greg has his hands full at the poker table and in the bedroom with Chance's spunky daughter Tish.
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