Western starring Jeff Bridges & Sam Waterston as Jack Mc Kee & Cecil Colson, two cattle rustlers who use a panel truck & chainsaws in their work instead of a lariat. Henry Beige (Slim Pickens) is hired by the recently arrived ranchers to investigate the losses & brings a touch of the old West to the story & the solution of the crime. ...

Vern Haskell's (Arthur Kennedy) life is shattered when his fiancé Beth is raped & murdered by a ruthless gunman. Without knowing the exact identity of the killer he tracks him down to Chuck-a-Luck, a sanctuary for outlaws run by saloon singer Altar Keane (Marlene Dietrich) & her lover Frenchy (Mel Ferrer). Masquerading as a bandit on the run, Vern attempts to uncover his girlfriend's killer, a task which can only be achieved by seducing information out of Altar. Director Fritz Lang adds an expressionistic touch to this unusually dark Western. ...

Loafer Pete Thompson (Rhys Ifans) is forced out of his lethargy when he inherits his father's publishing business
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Focuses on South Africa's ' Rand Revolt' of 1922, when Johannesburg & its surrounding towns were wracked by industrial strife, racial violence & insurrection. Written with panache & a determination to explore deeper meanings, this book has wide implications for our understanding of race & class in South Africa & elsewhere. ...

Who is John Galt? This famous rhetorical question rings through Ayn Rand's best--selling novel as the people's anthem of despair in depressed economic times. Set in the future, the novel follows capitalist magnates as they battle looters, strikers, & the impending ruin of the United States' economy. ...

All six episodes from the first series of the Vic Reeves & Bob Mortimer revival of ' Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)'. In ' Drop Dead' detective Marty Hopkirk (Reeves) is killed on the job & then comes back as a ghost to help his partner Jeff Randall (Mortimer) solve the case. ' Mental Apparition Disorder' has Marty's bereaved fiancée Jeannie (Emilia Fox) investigate some thefts at a local casino. ' The Best Years of Your Death' sees Jeff & Jeannie go undercover at a boarding school. ' Paranoia' finds the agency protecting the author of a soon-to-be-published book about terrorism & security. 'A Blast From the Past' has Marty approach the end of his supernatural tuition course. & in 'A Man of Substance' Jeff goes to the country to investigate the case of a missing husb&. ...

The complete second series of the Vic Reeves & Bob Mortimer revival of the supernatural detective series. In ' Whatever Possessed You?' Jeannie & Jeff investigate some suspect goings-on at a haunted hotel. ' Revenge of the Bog People' sees Jeff & Jeannie visit a sinister musuem when they agree to investigate the death of an egyptologist. 'O Happy Isle' concerns the death of young gay man on the Isle of Strait. ' Painkillers' has the spectrally-assisted sleuths visit a pain laboratory. ' Marshall & Snellgrove' finds Jeff & Jeannie taking on fellow detectives Marshall & Snellgrove when both crimefighting duos are hired to investigate the same case. ' The Glorious Butranekh' sees the sleuths on the trail of a kidnapped baby. Finally, in ' Two Can Play That Game', Jeff explores an empty department store. ...