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Charlie, the mastermind of a Venice heist, is overseen by John, a lifelong criminal. But the thieves are ruthlessly double-crossed by one of their own, Steve. In order to get their stolen gold bars back, Charlie enlists John's reluctant safecracking-prodigy daughter, Stella. But Steve proves himself to be one step ahead of them, and Charlie finds that he'll have to make some daring last-minute changes to their plan by creating the largest traffic...
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IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 13
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The Caribbean, 1665. A remote colony of the English Crown, the island of Jamaica holds out against the vast supremacy of the Spanish empire. Port Royal, its capital, is a cuttthroat town of taverns, grog shops, and bawdy houses. In this steamy climate there's a living to be made, a living that can end swiftly by disease - or a dagger. For Captain Charles Hunter, gold in Spanish hands is gold for the taking, and the law of the land rests with those...
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[1992]
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Fresh from prison, Charlie begins to work on a heist that will either set him up for life - or send him up forever. Charlie and his unruly lot of thieves take on the mob, the police and the gridlocked traffic of Turin to rob a heavily armed shipment of gold bullion.
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A wild race to claim a fortune in buried gold pits such adversaries as a kidnapped hostage, a gambler, a group of prison escapees, a hired detective, and the gold's rightful owner against each other on a dramatic Southern Pacific train ride bound for Los Angeles.
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In the late Victorian days, a large amount of gold is arriving unannounced on the cargo ship The Empress of India. Yet the impossible happens, the shipment of gold disappears en route. Sherlock Holmes, brought in by Her Majesty's Government, knows that only one man is both diabolical and clever enough to pull off such an outlandish, daring, and, yes, theoretically impossible crime: Professor James Moriarty. Moriarty, however, had nothing to do with...
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Charlie (Michael Caine) is out of jail and planning the heist of the century. Aided by top criminal mastermind Mr Bridger (Noël Coward), Charlie sets off with a team of villains and to lift {dollar}4,000,000 from under the noses of the Turin Police. Nominated for Best-English Foreign Film at the **Golden Globes.** "*A freewheeling, completely unpretentious chase comedy.*" - Eric Henderson, ***Slant Magazine***
8) Fool's gold
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Dragon lords volume 1
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It's not easy to live in a world ruled by dragons. The taxes are high and their control is complete. But for one group of bold misfits, it's time to band together and steal back some of that wealth. No one said they were smart...
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The thrilling conclusion to Max Brand's Rusty Sabin trilogy.
Born to white parents, Rusty Sabin was taken prisoner and raised by the Cheyennes in Sacred Valley. The Cheyennes know him now as Red Hawk, an admired leader and great warrior. Sabin falls in love with Maisry Lester, a young frontierswoman, and decides to desert the Cheyennes to pursue a different kind of life, but fate soon intervenes.
Sabin finds two bags of gold in a Sacred Valley creek...
10) Gold diggers
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"A floundering second-generation teenager growing up in the Bush-era Atlanta suburbs, Neil Narayan is authentic, funny, and smart. He just doesn't share the same drive as everyone around him. His perfect older sister is headed to Duke. His parents' expectations for him are just as high. He tries to want this version of success, but mostly, Neil just wants his neighbor across the cul-de-sac, Anita Dayal. But Anita has a secret: she and her mother Anjali...
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In Fistful of dollars, an anonymous but deadly sharpshooter rides into a lawless Mexican border town torn by war between two factions, the Baxters and the Rojo's. Instead of fleeing or dying, as most other would do, the man schemes to play the two sides off each other, getting rich in the bargain.
For a few dollars more is the sequal to 'A fistful of dollars,' in which two bounty hunters join forces to capture an outlaw gang leader.
In The good,...
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"An all-new Western adventure featuring Arizona Ranger Sam Burrack, from bestselling author Ralph Cotton. Back on the trail of the infamous Arizona Cowboy Gang, Ranger Burrack rides with Cherokee lawman Dan'l Thorn into Mexico, where the Cowboys have stolen $200,000 in gold by blowing up the safe of a bank in Ciudad Esplanade. The lawmen are there to locate and arrest a pair of twin outlaws by the name of Smith who are hiding out in Mexico, but they...
16) Trouble town
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[1992]
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A group of Eastern businessmen for whom Clint Bradlock works has a new assignment for him: One of their number was robbed of $100,000 in gold and the culprit has taken refuge in the nastiest town in the West. It's now CLint's mission to find the gold--and the dirty dealer behind the theft. When Clint arrives in the seedy, filthy town of White City to begin his hunt, he knows he has to blend in with the lawless inhabitants in order to pinpoint his...
18) The Terror
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[2003]
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Ten years after planning the largest gold heist in English history, the criminal mastermind's disappearance is so complete that the authorities begin to double his existence. Known only as "The Terror" the faceless fiend betrays his accomplices and vanishes without a trace. When his co-conspirators are released from prison, they begin a relentless search for "The Terror" and the gold. They follow his path to a remote manor, where spectral monks and...
19) Border reprisal
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After narrowly escaping serious bodily harm in a train robbery, Wells Fargo courier Marc Charvein makes his way into Mexico to find out whos responsible for a wave of similar robberies and whether the culprit has anything to do with an unidentified individual whos been handing out gold coins to the poor. Is there a modern-day Robin Hood operating along the Mexican border, or is something else going on, something a lot darker?
20) The furnace
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To escape a harsh existence and return home, a young cameleer partners with a mysterious bushman on the run with Crown-marked gold bars. Together the unlikely pair must outwit a zealous police sergeant and his troopers in a race to reach a secret furnace the one place where they can safely reset the bars to remove the mark of the Crown.
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