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In the Heat of the Night (1967) Detective Virgil Tibbs is caught up in the racial tension of the US South when he is arrested after the murder of a prominent businessman. Tibbs was simply waiting for his next train at the station in Sparta, Mississippi and the confusion is soon resolved but when loc

Two couples vacationing together in an R.V. from Texas to Colorado are terrorized after they witness a murder during a Satanic ritual.

Private Property (1960) Duke and Boots, two young thugs, hold up a California gas-station owner. Duke, viral and savage, taunts the slower and psychologically-confused Boots because he has never made a sexual conquest. Duke offers to seduce a woman for Boots and the pair force a passing motorist to

Badlands (1973) It's the late 1950s. Mid-twenty-something Kit is a restless and unfocused young man with a James Dean vibe and swagger which he has heard mentioned about him more than once. Fifteen year old Holly has a somewhat cold relationship with her sign painter father, if only because she is t

The Driver and The Mechanic are two car freaks driving a 1955 Chevy throughout the southwestern U.S. looking for other cars to race. They are totally dedicated to The Car and converse with each other only when necessary. At a gas station, The Driver and The Mechanic, along with a girl who has ingrat

The cop test pilot for an experimental police helicopter learns the sinister implications of the new vehicle.

Drum (1976) A mid-19th century mulatto slave is torn between his success as a pit-fighter and the injustices of white society. In HD.

Dillinger (1973) After a shoot-out kills five FBI agents in Kansas City the Bureau target John Dillinger as one of the men to hunt down. Waiting for him to break Federal law they sort out several other mobsters, while Dillinger's bank robbing exploits make him something of a folk hero. Escaping from

The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973) Bored and somewhat fed up with the open corruption around him, Webster McGee decides to quit his job as a computer engineer at Houston-based Control Data Corporation. What he doesn't tell his friends and now former associates is that he does have a plan for his fu

China 9, Liberty 37 1978 Condemned gunman Clayton is given a last minute reprieve on condition that he murders rancher Matthew for a railway company He visits Matthews ranch but is unable to kill him and leaves, but Matthews wife Catherine believes she has killed him during an argument and joins Cla

The White Dawn (1974) In 1896, three whalers are stranded in the Arctic North Canada and seek refuge with an Eskimo tribe. Gradually they gain control with the Eskimo village and introduce gambling, booze, theft and their special variation of sex. In the beginning, the Eskimos accept it but slowly t

Barquero (1970) Jake Remy leads a gang of outlaw cutthroats making their escape toward Mexico from a successful robbery. Barring their way is a river--crossable only by means of a ferry barge. The barge operator, Travis, refuses to be bullied into providing transport for the gang and escapes across

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974) A family scandal causes a wealthy and powerful Mexican rancher to make the pronouncement--'Bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia!' Two of the bounty-hunters thus dispatched encounter a local piano-player in their hunt for information. The piano-player does a

Something for a Lonely Man (1968) The blacksmith of a small western town finds himself an outcast. He had led the townspeople west in hopes of starting a new life, only to find the town that they founded is to be bypassed by the railroad.

The Hired Hand (1971) Harry Collings returns home to his farm after drifting with his friend, Arch. His wife, who had given up on him, reluctantly allows him to stay, and soon believes that all will be well again. But then Harry has to make a difficult decision regarding his loyalties and priorities

Tom Sawyer 1973 A musical version of one of Americas most beloved stories Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn investigate a suspicious graveyard murder and find themselves in hot water with the sinister Indian Joe in this adaptation of Mark Twains classic novel

92 in the Shade (1975) A young drifter returns to his home in Key West, Florida and attempts to open a fishing charter business, provoking a dangerous feud with a rival fishing sea captain.

Chandler (1971) A hardboiled aging private eye is hired to find and protect a missing government witness sought after by the gangsters. The witness is a beautiful French woman and even the cops can't be trusted. The case is tough, but so is Chandler.

Kid Blue 1973 Bickford Waner, an apparently naive young man from Fort Worth, arrives in the tiny Texas town of Dime Box and takes on a variety of menial jobs Hes befriended by Reese Ford and his wife Molly, but before long Molly has seduced Bickford Only with the arrival of Bickfords former girlfrie

Cockfighter 1974 Frank Mansfield has wanted to win the Cockfighter of the Year medal for ages Frank never speaks After shooting his mouth off one too many times then losing a champion rooster in a casual hotel room cockfight, he swore never to speak again until hes won that award He makes a bet with

My Old Man 1979 An unlucky horse trainer, Frank Butler, wins big at the track and buys his 16 year old daughter a horse to salvage their relationship When frank is hurt prior to the opening race, Jo must go it alone