Sent into a drunken tailspin when his entire unit is killed by a gang of thrill-seeking punks, disgraced Hong Kong police inspector Wing needs help from his new rookie partner, with a troubled past of his own, to climb out of the bottle and track down the gang and its ruthless leader.
In this prequel to the original, a bloody power struggle among the Triads coincides with the 1997 handover of Hong Kong, setting up the events of the first film.
A hurricane swells outside, but it's nothing compared to the storm within the hotel at Key Largo. There, sadistic mobster Johnny Rocco holes up - and holds at gunpoint hotel owner James Temple, his widowed daughter-in-law Nora, and ex-GI Frank McCloud.
The film covers through fiction real-life events like the occupation of Iraq, the execution of Daniel Pearl, the Hood event and the Abu Ghraib torture scandal.
When a short-tempered mobster and his gang of thugs try to shake down a neighborhood bar, they're soon confronted with the wrath of its owner - a mysterious southern mother with a dangerous past.
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One Way Street 1950
After stealing a gangster's money and his girlfriend a doctor heads for a small village in Mexico.
Rock Hudson - " One Way Street " - Film Noir -Trailer - 1950
Film Noir based on the story " Death on a Side Street " by Lawrence Kimble. Rock was in a bit role as Truck Driver involved in traffic accident.
One Way Street (1950) - film noir with James Mason Dan Duryea Marta Toren
A fast-paced (79 minute) noir from Universal starring James Mason as a gangland doctor.
Rock Hudson in 'One Way Street' 1950.wmv
Based on the novel 'Death on a Side Street' written by Lawrence Kimble. This movie is one of the first movies of Rock Hudson. In this one he plays a truck driver ...
One Way Street: Fragments for Walter Benjamin (1992)
One Way Street: Fragments for Walter Benjamin examines the life work and death of German Jewish critic and philosopher Walter Benjamin his ongoing ...
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A young rogue kills an old lady to rob her. Arrested, he believes it is for this crime, hides nothing from his lawyer, who soon tells him that he is only accused of another theft prior to his crime.
The Johnny Mack Brown West of Wyoming concerns the efforts by cattle baron Simon (Stanley Andrews) to prevent the opening up of the rang to homesteaders.
Cinderella has faith her dreams of a better life will come true. With help from her loyal mice friends and a wave of her Fairy Godmother's wand, Cinderella's rags are magically turned into a glorious gown and off she goes to the Royal Ball.
Notorious stagecoach robber Rhiannon is unintentionally appointed as deputy when he saves the sheriff's life and must wear two hats between his new job that he enjoys and his old occupation that he misses.
The Durango Kid rides again in Lightning Guns. As ever, the masked Durango (alias Steve Brandon) is played by Charles Starrett, who this time around is on the trail of a gang of cold-blooded killers.
Lilli Marlene, a French girl working as a bar maid in her uncle's café in Benghazi, Libya, turns out to be the girl that the popular German wartime song Lili Marleen had been written for before the war, so both the British and the Germans try to use her for propaganda purposes - especially as it turns out that she can sing as well.
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