James Garner
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After suffering physical abuse at the hands of his stepmother, Garner left home at 14. He became Oklahoma's first draftee of the Korean War and was awarded with two Purple Hearts before returning to the U.S. and settling in Los Angeles to become an actor. Working alongside some of the most renowned celebrities, Garner became a star in his own right, despite struggles with stage fright and depression.
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The hilarious sequel to the #1 phenomenon Politically Correct Bedtime Stories. "If we can cleanse these stories and put an end to the lies our children are spoon-fed while being spoon-fed...the world may finally become a decent place for persunkind and other, equally important species." -- James Finn Garner Spurred by the overwhelming success of the million-copy bestseller, Politically Correct Bedtime Stories, James Finn Garner continues his quest...
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As the year 2000 bears down, the best-selling author of Politically Correct Bedtime Stories, James Finn Garner, confronts a series of monumental questions: Will people remember to order new checks from the bank? Did the invitation to the Kennedy New Year's party get lost in the mail again? Are we all poised on the brink of worldwide enlightenment or complete planetary destruction? Is it really worth investing in that Five-Year CD? 'Tonight,' in the...
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James Garner stars in a lighthearted tale about the vices and virtues of small-town life, based on the novel by Weldon Hill. It's 1952 in Cushing, Oklahoma, and George Adams (Garner) knows his time with the railroad has come to an end. A steam-engine expert in an industry switching to diesel, George juggles a second job with his too-busy wife, the neighborhood temptress and other distractions while he figures out what to do with the rest of his life....
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James Garner and Debbie Reynolds star as hapless American parents adrift on the French Riviera at the height of the 1960s who discover life, love and How Sweet it Is. When Grif and Jenny Henderson's (Garner and Reynolds) 20-year-old son follows his girlfriend to Europe, the parents follow the boy to keep him out of trouble. But when Jenny Henderson gets conned by Mr. Tilly (Terry-Thomas) into renting a villa that isn't vacant, the Henderson's depend...
6) Promise
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James Garner and James Woods deliver powerhouse performances in this deeply moving story about family obligations and brotherly love. When his mother dies, Bob Beuhler (Garner) inherits a house, land and custody of his schizophrenic younger brother, DJ (Woods). Reluctant to take responsibility, Bob faces the most difficult challenge of his life as he tries to fulfill the promise he made to his mother 30 years earlier and look after DJ now that she's...
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When a woman's lifeless body is pulled from the cold ocean waters off the Pacific Northwest by her Doberman Pinscher, all evidence points to the dog as the woman's killer. But the police chief of the small town of Eden Landing has doubts-and his investigation may be placing him squarely in a killer's aim in They Only Kill Their Masters.
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Larry McMurtry's Streets of Laredo volume 2
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Call finds he has more than just teenage killer Joey Garza to hunt down but the infamous "man-burner" Mox Mox and his gang.
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Larry McMurtry's Streets of Laredo volume 3
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Woodrow breaks off from his posse to pursue Mo Mo while his men try to capture or kill Joey Garza. Meanwhile Lorena searches for Pea and Joey's mother Maria tries to help her son elude the law.
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Larry McMurtry's Streets of Laredo volume 1
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Captain Woodrow Coll returns to his old profession of Texas Ranger in order to track down a killer who likes robbing trains and murdering victims on a whim.
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The #1 bestselling author of Once Upon a More Enlightened Time reads his Politically Correct holiday gift. Holiday tales have long delighted and entertained us, but until now they've always been burdened with society's skewed values and mores. Stories that reinforce the stifling class system (Dickens' A Christmas Carol), legitimize the stereotype of a merry, overweight patriarchal oppressor (Santa Claus in The Night Before Christmas) and justify the...
15) Space cowboys
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Four test pilots who missed their trip to space get a second chance when they are called upon to repair an aging Russian satellite.
17) The great escape
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"In 1943, the Germans opened Stalag Luft III, a maximum security prisoner-of-war camp, designed to hold even the craftiest escape artists. In doing so, however, the Nazis unwittingly assembled the finest escape team in military history, . . . . who worked on what became the largest prison breakout ever attempted." -- pub.
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"James Garner stars as Woodrow F. Call, a wizened bounty hunter who has endured the death of his son and the financial failure of his Montana ranch. When a wealthy railroad president hires him to track down a young, cold-blooded bandit, Call travels south to seek out the fugitive and along the way encounters an array of old acquaintances, including his faithful ex-comrade." --Container.
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On his way to Australia, frontier opportunist Jason McCullough (James Garner) stumbles into a gold-rush town and decides to earn a little extra pocket money by accepting a temporary assignment as their sheriff. Happily applying himself, McCullough manages to turn the town derelict (Jack Elam) into his deputy, outsmart the dreaded Danby clan (led by Walter Brennan), and fend off the advances of the mayor's daughter (Joan Hackett)...all without breaking...
20) The fan
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An obsessed young fan has been writing to Sally, a famous actress, but Sally's secretary discards the letters. When the fan sees he is being ignored, he moves to eliminate those standing between himself and his idol.