Andrew Bergman
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When their maestro is kidnapped, an orchestra hires Jack LeVine to find him Jack LeVine has been in a vicious funk since his father died in 1948. But after more than a year sulking in his apartment, joylessly listening to ball games, news reports, and classical music programs on the radio, the private detective has gone back to work in his freshly renovated office. His depression has passed, but those months glued to the radio are about to come in...
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Three devilishly witty and thrilling noir mysteries Stocky, sweaty, and bald, LeVine is a Jewish private detective who makes a living by being polite. But underneath his smile lies a bulldog. In The Big Kiss-off of 1944, fledgling actress Kerry Lane comes to Jack LeVine when a blackmailer demands a payoff to keep a series of stag films from her past out of the public eye. Lured by long legs and a roll of crisp twenties, LeVine takes Kerry's case....
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A trip to the West Coast lands Jack LeVine in a tangled Hollywood murder web After nearly a decade of churning out hits, Warner Bros. screenwriter Walter Adrian wants a raise on his weekly $2,500 salary. He thinks a thousand dollars more is fair-but the studio's counteroffer is low, and dropping fast. Something is wrong, and he thinks it may have to do with communism. Though he insists he isn't a Red, Adrian has no way of proving it. He flees to...
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Searching for a chorus girl's stag film, Jack LeVine stumbles on a sinister political plot Like all chorus girls, Kerry Lane yearns to get her name on the marquee. After years of high-kicking, she lands a bit part in a Broadway smash hit which should lead to better things. The only thing holding her back is her past: specifically a series of stag films from her days as a struggling wannabe film starlet. When a blackmailer demands a payoff to keep...
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MGMayer Home Entertainment
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[2000, 1992]
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English
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A low-rent private eye proposes a whirlwind Vegas marriage to his long-suffering girl, but before they can say "I do," he loses her in a poker game to a slick and sinister card-shark, and embarks on a wild quest to get her back.
7) The in-laws
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Warner Home Video
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[2003]
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English
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When two fathers of an engaged couple meet for the first time, they know they are very different. One is a podiatrist, happy with his quiet life. The other is a CIA operative, who lives life on the edge, and when circumstances gets out-of-hand, involves the other in an arms-smuggling sting.
8) Fletch
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Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Publication Date
[2007]
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English
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Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher is a Los Angeles journalist who really lives for his profession. As Jane Doe, he publishes articles that have caused several heads to roll in the past. This time, Fletch is in disguise as a bum, living at the beach, researching drugs and their dealing. One day, Fletch is addressed by Alan Stanwyk, a rich man, who asks him, the bum, a favour. For the sum of $50,000, Fletch should kill poor cancer-ridden Mr. Stanwyk with a gun,...
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Paramount
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[2022]
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English
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"Hard-on-his-luck hound Hank finds himself in a town full of cats who need a hero to defend them from a ruthless villain's evil plot to wipe their village off the map. With a reluctant teacher to train him, our underdog must assume the role of town samurai and team up with the villagers to save the day. The only problem...cats hate dogs!"--Container insert.
10) Soapdish
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Paramount Pictures
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2011.
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English
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A comedic look at a scandal-ridden TV soap opera.
11) Blazing saddles
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Warner Bros. Pictures
Publication Date
[2004]
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English
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Never give a saga an even break! Blazing Saddles is an iconoclastic, not-politically-correct parody; one of the 1970s most successful and popular films. Every clichéd element from every Western ever made is turned upside down and inside out, while retaining all the familiar caricatures--eh, characters--of the genre: a dance-hall girl, a gunslinger, a sheriff, and a town full of pure folk. Mel Brooks redefined film comedy and proved that even sophomoric,...
13) Blazing saddles
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A spoof of every cliché in the western film genre, telling the story of a black sheriff who is sent to clean up a frontier town, with unpredictable results.
14) The scout
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
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[2001]
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English
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A down and out baseball scout finds a truly amazing player in a small Mexican town, however, the player is literally crazy.
15) Isn't she great
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Universal Studios
Publication Date
[2000]
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English
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Comedy based on the life of best-selling novelist Jacqueline Susann.
16) The in-laws
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Warner Home Video
Publication Date
[2003]
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English
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Dentist Sheldon Kornpett is a respectable man. He has a daughter who is about to marry the son of a very suspicious character, Vince Ricardo. Nonetheless, Vince calls on Sheldon and convinces him to go with him on a series of adventures, claiming all the while that he is a CIA agent, and that what he is doing is in national interest. Sheldon follows Vince to a South American country ruled by a very odd man, General Garcia, who talks to his hand. It...
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Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Publication Date
2008.
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English
Description
Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher is a Los Angeles journalist who really lives for his profession. As Jane Doe, he publishes articles that have caused several heads to roll in the past. This time, Fletch is in disguise as a bum, living at the beach, researching drugs and their dealing. One day, Fletch is addressed by Alan Stanwyk, a rich man, who asks him, the bum, a favour. For the sum of
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Mill Creek Entertainment
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[2015]
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English
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The chase: When Bubber Reeves (Redford) escapes from prison, a small Texas town is torn apart by the sheriff (Brando) trying to bring him in alive, and an oil baron who wants him dead to cover up a love affair with Bubber's wife (Fonda). But the sheriff wants justice and won't stop until the explosive ending.
The freshman: Clark (Broderick) is a naive college student who accepts an offer he can't refuse from a New York mob boss, Carmine Sabatini...
19) The freshman
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Columbia Tristar Home Video
Publication Date
[1998]
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English
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A naive student freshly arrived in New York City accepts a delivery job involving a shady businessman and a large lizard, eventually running afoul of an eccentric chef and the FBI.

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