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Blood Simple
Call Number: VHS00037
by Joel Coen; Ethan Coen; Ben Barenholtz; Ted Pedas; Jim Pedas; John Getz; Frances McDormand; Dan Hedaya; Carter Burwell; River Road Productions.; Universal Pictures (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Universal City, Calif. : MCA Universal Home Video, ©1994.
Notes: Originally released in 1984 (96 mins.);
Summary: A jealous husband hires a sleezy private eye to murder his adulterous wife and her lover.
OCLC #: 36699794
Added: October 9, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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Posts Tagged ‘Crime’
Blood Simple
Friday, October 10th, 2008Roxie Hart
Thursday, October 9th, 2008Roxie Hart
Call Number: VHS00025
by Ginger Rogers; Adolphe Menjou; George Montgomery; William Frawley; Nunnally Johnson; William Augustus Wellman; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.; Fox Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., Fox Video, 1995.
Notes: Originally released in 1942 (75 mins.); Based on the Broadway play Chicago;
Summary: After her husband shoots a burglar in their apartment, Roxie Hart is talked into pretending she did it by a newsman and a theatricl agent who promise to sign her for a vaudeville tour. Realizing she’ll become a houshold name overnight, Roxie agrees and becomes the center of an outrageous trial.
OCLC #: 33901242
Added: October 9, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
To Kill a Mockingbird
Thursday, October 9th, 2008
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To Kill a Mockingbird
Call Number: VHS00023 Copy 1
VHS00023 Copy 2
by Robert Mulligan; Alan J Pakula; Mary Badham; Phillip Alford; Horton Foote; Gregory Peck; Brock Peters; Robert Duvall; Harper Lee; Universal-International (Firm); Pakula-Mulligan Productions.; Brentwood Productions, Inc.; MCA Home Video (Firm);
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: [Universal City, CA] : MCA Home Video, ©1991.
Notes: Originally released in 1962 (131 mins.); Nominated for eight Academy Awards; Based on the book by Harper Lee.
Summary: Two children in a small southern town are thrust into an adult world of racial bigotry and hatred when their lawyer father chooses to defend a black man unjustly accused of raping a white girl. Gregory Peck is a southern small town lawyer who defends a black man falsely accused of rape. His compassionate, but doomed defense costs him many friends, but earns him the admiration of his two children.
OCLC #: 24948228
Added: October 9, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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Rope
Thursday, October 9th, 2008
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Rope
Call Number: VHS00019
by Alfred Hitchcock; James Stewart; John Dall; Farley Granger; Cedric Hardwicke; Constance Collier; Joan Chandler; Arthur Laurents; Hume Cronyn; Patrick Hamilton; Warner Bros.; Transatlantic Picture Corporation.; MCA Home Video.;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Universal City, CA : MCA Home Video, ©1985.
Notes: Released in 1948 (81 mins); Based on the play by Patrick Hamilton;
Summary: Two friends strangle a classmate and then proceed to invite his family and friends to dinner, with the body stuffed inside the trunk they use for the table. Before the night is over, their former teacher discovers who killed the student, and why.
OCLC #: 11680587
Added: October 9, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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Mulholland Falls
Thursday, October 9th, 2008
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Mulholland Falls
Call Number: VHS00014
by Lee Tamahori; Nick Nolte; Melanie Griffith; Chazz Palminteri; Michael Madsen; Christopher Penn; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Film Co.;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : MGM/UA Home Video, 1998.
Notes: Released in 1995 (107 mins);
Summary: What begins as a simple murder case, turns into a politically embroiled tug of war. Several clues seem to lead towards a restricted government post in the Nevada desert where nuclear bombs are being tested for military use.
OCLC #: 39472739
Added: October 9, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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