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(0)Roderick Thorp
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Joseph Leland, a World War II "hero and former police officer, is now a private detective. He takes on as a client the young widow of an apparent suicide. She believes her husband may have been murdered, however. What he uncovers in his investigation has far-reaching consequences for the woman, for him and his family and the lives of people at every level in his community."
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Decades after his father's murder, a Los Angeles cop gets a chance to set things right Michael Gallagher is twelve years old when his father is hit by a speeding truck. While crusading for public housing, his father ran afoul of the city's most corrupt politicians, and Michael is certain they were responsible for the crash. As his father is lowered into the ground, Michael vows vengeance-no matter how long it takes. Decades later, Michael, now...
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A diva and a showman work together to make history, finding romance along the way After Queen Victoria, Jenny Lind is the most famous woman in Europe. A Swedish soprano with a voice like an angel's and a temperament to match, she is in Vienna when she meets the shortest man she has ever seen. General Tom Thumb is a three-foot-tall sensation whom P. T. Barnum has made one of the wealthiest men in the world. Thumb arrives with a message from Barnum...
4) Hot Pursuit
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From the author of Nothing Lasts Forever, the basis for the movie Die Hard, comes a heart-pounding thriller! When a young coast guard lieutenant commander, Sam Merrill, finds a "ghost" yacht full of one billion dollars' worth of gold, money, and contraband, he becomes a national sensation and the poster boy for America's war on drugs. As a reward, the government sends Sam and his wife, Amy, on an all-expenses-paid vacation to the Bahamas. Sam's...
5) Devlin
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A sober cop's life is upended when his powerful ex-brother-in-law is murdered Quitting drinking may have saved Frank Devlin's life, but it killed his career. When the NYPD detective got sober, he also stopped taking bribes, and his rise through the ranks slowed to a crawl. After thirteen years of working the drug-plagued Lower East Side, he has a new relationship and a modicum of inner peace-both of which are threatened when Devlin's past comes back...
8) Die hard
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John McClane, a New York cop, flies to L.A. on Christmas Eve to visit his wife at a party in her company's lavish high-rise. Plans change once a group of terrorists, led by Hans Gruber, seize the building and take everyone hostage. McClane slips away and becomes the only chance anyone has in this beginning-to-end heart-stopping action thriller.
"John McClane, policier new-yorkais, est venu rejoindre sa femme Holly, dont il est separé depuis plusieurs...
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NYPD Detective John McClane has faced some brutal terrorists in his career, but now, he's about to face what may be his most dangerous enemy yet. John, who occasionally does work for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, receives a call to bring in a hacker named Matt Farrell, because there has been a breach in an FBI computer system. Farrell is one of the many hackers who are suspected in the attack. As soon as John gets to Matt's apartment,...
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[2007]
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NYPD Detective John McClane has faced some brutal terrorists in his career, but now, he's about to face what may be his most dangerous enemy yet. John, who occasionally does work for the United States Department of Homeland Security, receives a call to bring in a hacker named Matt Farrell, because there has been a breach in an FBI computer system. Farrell is one of the many hackers who are suspected in the attack. After John gets to Matt's apartment,...
11) Die hard
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New York detective John McClane has just arrived in Los Angeles to spend Christmas with his family. As he waits for his estranged wife's office Christmas party to break up, German terrorists occupy the building, and McClane wages a one-man war to stop them.
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[2007]
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NYPD Detective John McClane has faced some brutal terrorists in his career, but now, he's about to face what may be his most dangerous enemy yet. John, who occasionally does work for the United States Department of Homeland Security, receives a call to bring in a hacker named Matt Farrell, because there has been a breach in an FBI computer system. Farrell is one of the many hackers who are suspected in the attack. After John gets to Matt's apartment,...
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[2014]
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English
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New York detective Lt. John McClane is the only hope when terrorists seize a Los Angeles high-rise and take hostages; McClane battles a team of terrorists holding thousands of holiday passengers hostage at the airport in Washington, D.C.; McClane is the target of a psychopathic terrorist planning to blow up New York City if he does not get what he wants; McClane must stop a criminal from bringing down the country's computer infrastructure.
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Die hard: New York City detective John McClane is in Los Angeles to spend the holidays with his estranged wife Holly. While McClane waits for Holly's office party to end, terrorists take control of the building. As their sinister leader, Hans Gruber, and his savage henchman round up hostages, McClane gets ready to blast a few rounds of his own and launch a one-man war.
Die hard 2: John McClane is off-duty on Christmas Eve in the nation's capital...
16) The detective
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[2005]
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English
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Police detective Joe Leland investigates the murder of a homosexual man. He discovers links to official corruption in New York City.
17) Die hard
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[1998, 1988]
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A team of terrorists has seized a building in L.A. and taken hostages. A New York cop, in town to spend Christmas with his estranged wife, is the only hope for the people held by the savage criminals.
A team of terrorists has seized a building in L.A. and taken hostages. A New York cop, in town to spend Christmas with his estranged wife, is the only hope for the people held by the savage criminals.
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2013.
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DISC 1: Die hard: New York City detective John McClane is in Los Angeles to spend the holidays with his estranged wife Holly. While McClane waits for Holly's office party to end, terrorists take control of the building. As their sinister leader, Hans Gruber, and his savage henchman round up hostages, McClane gets ready to blast a few rounds of his own and launch a one-man war.
DISC 2: Die hard 2: John McClane is off-duty on Christmas Eve in the nation's...
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[2013].
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Die hard: New York cop John McClane battles terrorists in a Los Angeles skyscraper.
Die hard 2: John McClane finds himself pitted against terrorists in an airport with passengers trapped in circling planes.
Die hard with a vengeance: John McClane is in a race against time to thwart a New York City bomber with a personal vendetta against the suspended cop.
Live free or die hard: John McClane delivers justice to a new breed of cyber terrorists.
