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Plot Summary:
A special, video only story set on the Brookside close. On Friday 14th November 1997, a five night a week storyline ended in a cliffhanger and this video completes the story - a tale of kidnapping extortion and violence. The action-packed episode features faces from the show's past including Sheila Grant (Sue Johnston) and wayward son Barry Grant (Paul Usher), and is written by series creator Phil Redmond.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 56
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags:
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Dutch Wife of the Wasteland (1967)
Plot Summary:
A wealthy real estate investor receives a film showing the rape and murder of his girlfriend. He hires a private detective, and shows him the film-- which he criticizes for its poor cinematography--- so that the detective can find the criminals and bring them to justice.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 521
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: erotic, neo noir, avant garde, surprise ending, noir, experimental, weird
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Brookside: Friday the 13th (1998)
Plot Summary:
There is trouble a-plenty in store for the Corkhill clan in this video-only special. Series creator Phil Redmond has returned to pen a dramatic script which follows on from a weekend special.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 31
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Death Hunt (1977)
Plot Summary:
When his baby daughter is was ran over by a car full of violent criminals her father decides to avenge her death by gorily killing them all one by one.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 54
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: detective, poliziottesco
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The Scum (1963)
Plot Summary:
A string of miscalculated choices and the longing of a fresh start will drag Magda of the slums deeper and deeper into a tireless personal nightmare.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 74
Genere: Crime, Drama
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Duration: 96 min
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Plot Summary:
An attractive songstress (Libertad Leblanc) lands herself a performing contract and leaves her home in Buenos Aires. She travels to Venezuela, and when arriving in Caracas, she soon discovers that her contract is a hoax made by a major drug baron. She finds that she is knee-deep in trouble herself and must be careful if she is to get out of her predicament in one piece in this 70-minute sexually oriented action feature from Argentina. When imported to the U.S., the film was dubbed into English, new footage (shot in New York City) was added and it was given the memorably salacious title The Pink Pussy: Where Sin Lives.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 47
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina, Venezuela
Duration: 70 min
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Plot Summary:
greek movie.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 44
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: erotic
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 118
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 682
Genere: Crime, Drama
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Duration: 93 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 606
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 21
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Country: Philippines
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 460
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 101 min
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Revenge (1971)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 536
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 89 min
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The Big Snatch (1971)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 201
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 585
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 187
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Country: USA
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Plot Summary:
Two hooligans run amok.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 30
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Plot tags: independent film
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 215
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 18
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 418
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IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 71
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IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 312
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IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 25
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 59
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 208
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IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 629
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IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
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IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
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Country: China
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 800
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min
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