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Hawaiian Gardens

2001

Hawaiian Gardens

2001
1
A romantic drama/detective story about big-time copyright fraud and a bigger-time crush. A complicated love triangle plays out to a dramatic climax, taking us from a strip mall somewhere in the glaring dust of Los Angeles County to a dark forest in Germany.
Task Force: Caviar

2000

Task Force: Caviar

2000
2
Based on a true story, a veteran narcotics officer takes on a case that could cost him his life.
Guns Along The Trail

1935

Guns Along The Trail

1935
3
A government agent goes undercover in a traveling medicine show to infiltrate a gang of counterfeiters. A John Wayne classic in Vibrant Color! *Colorized and re-titled version of "Paradise Canyon" by Legend Films in 2007.
Fast Food

1998

Fast Food

1998
2
A reformed young man with a steady job, Benny, returns to the city of his youth to find the girl he's been in love with since childhood and that's home to his four petty criminal friends, Jacko, Zac, Bisto and Flea.
Trust

2003

Trust

2003
6.5
Isis meets Deandre, who is a street raised genius. But Deandre can't bring himself to trust anyone, not even Isis, nor his best friend.
East L.A. King

2004

East L.A. King

2004
9
The emotional, hard-hitting tale of an East L.A. gang leader, Jose, who gets involved with a big score when he finds out his girlfriend, is pregnant.
Love and Murder

2000

Love and Murder

2000
5
While keeping her family together in the wake of her husband's murder, Joanne gets drawn into another murder investigation when a friend, artist Sally, comes back into town for an exhibition.
Deadly Appearances

2000

Deadly Appearances

2000
5
Joanne Kilbourn, ex-detective turned university lecturer, is still haunted by the unsolved murder of her politician husband,
Ironside

1967

Ironside

1967
5
Citizens of San Francisco are stunned by the news that Robert Ironside, the city's hard-nosed, tough-talking chief of detectives, has been shot and left for dead while vacationing at his friend the Police Commissioner's rural retreat. Ironside survives the murder attempt, but the bullet has damaged nerves in his spine, leaving him a paraplegic. Unable to gain reinstatement as chief of detectives, Ironside gets permission to continue investigating criminal cases as a citizen volunteer. With the assistance of two former protegees, Det. Sgt. Ed Brown and Officer Eve Whitfield, and a newly-hired aide/driver, Mark Sanger, Ironside sets out to solve his first case as a civilian by finding the people responsible for the attempt on his life.
The Long Island Incident

1998

The Long Island Incident

1998
6
On December 7, 1993, a gunman opened fire in a crowded commuter train on Long Island. This fact-based story focuses on the events that swell around Carolyn McCarthy, a woman whose husband is killed and her 26 year old son is severely wounded in the massacre. The result is she is forced out of her comfortable suburban existence and she becomes an out-spoken crusader against assault weapons. The film shifts from her perspective to the mind of the killer and finally to the media frenzy that surrounds both.
Eastside

1999

Eastside

1999
6
A young man is transformed from criminal to local hero.
Monkey Business

1998

Monkey Business

1998
4
Two ex-cons try to frame the good-guy detective who sent them to jail. However, a group of kids decides to shut the gangsters' operations down with the help of some friends from the animal kingdom.
Desperate Cargo

1941

Desperate Cargo

1941
1
When two showgirls decide to leave South America and head for home, they sweet talk the purser of a clipper ship into giving them berths. In the course of the voyage, a band of thieves attempts to take over the ship and make off with its cash cargo. The heroic purser has other ideas and weighs in to save the day.
In the Blue Ground: A North of 60 Mystery

1999

In the Blue Ground: A North of 60 Mystery

1999
6
Someone – or something – is stalking the woods of Lynx River, a small isolated town in the unforgiving wilderness. When a geologist on the verge of a major diamond find is murdered, Corporal Michelle Kenidi and her partner Constable James Harper suspect a hotheaded entrepreneur who’d been double-crossed by diamond hunters. But then the town nurse disappears under chilling circumstances and the two cops find themselves tracking a phantom. Through endless miles of rough terrain, their search leads to a startling discovery: the unknown stalker’s real target is Michelle. Now the madman is playing a deadly game with people as bait. And when the two finally meet, it’s a showdown that will leave only one of them standing.
The Vault

2005

The Vault

2005
2
After terrorists take over a museum, a reformed jewel thief must decide if he should help them steal a priceless diamond or if he should save the day.
Government Agents vs Phantom Legion

1951

Government Agents vs Phantom Legion

1951
6
Two federal agents battle a gang that hijacks trucks carrying materials vital for the security of the country and sells them to foreign powers.
Death in Small Doses

1995

Death in Small Doses

1995
6
One night Nancy Lyon awakes in pain and dies shortly after - poisoned with arsenic. Her family immediately suspects her husband Richard, who left her temporarily the year before because of an affair. Especially Nancy's brother is keen on getting the children away from the suspected murderer. All evidence points against Richard, but in court Richard surprisingly presents proof that his wife had depressions and maybe killed herself - or are these proofs just fake? -- Depicts an authentic case.
Worth

2023

Worth

2023
A woman reflects back on heist she conducted with her partner.
Homeboys

2023

Homeboys

2023
Two young men grew up together with childhood goals. They graduated college and tried to begin their professional lives. When one of the homeboys decided to take matters into his own hands. The situation caused the only family he has to have targets on their backs, and it is only a matter of time before things go left.
Wycliffe and the Cycle of Death

1993

Wycliffe and the Cycle of Death

1993
6
A bookseller is murdered and Wycliffe discovers an unpleasant family background. A brother that hasn't spoken to him in years and another brother who had fought with him over an inheritance. Add in a sister that lies constantly and the man's wife who disappeared years earlier under unusual circumstances. And then, another family member is murdered....