Classic Tough Guys (2006)
10h 36min
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DISC 1: CALL IT MURDER 1934: Hardline Jury foreman Edward Weldon?s daughter, Stella, claims to have killed gangster Gar Boni, (Bogart). Now Weldon must help his daughter avoid frying on the electric chair. GREAT GUY 1937: Chief Deputy Inspector Johnny Cave, (Cagney), steps on the toes of crooked city alderman Marty Cavanaugh and comes under increasing political and strong-arm pressure. THE LUCKY TEXAN 1934: Jerry Mason (Wayne), a young Texan and Jake Benson (Hayes), an old rancher, strike it rich with a gold mine. They then find their lives complicated by bad guys and a woman.
DISC 2: VENGEANCE VALLEY 1951: Owen Daybright, (Lancaster) spends his life covering up for his good-for-nothing brother Lee, but after getting a young woman pregnant, Lee shifts the blame to Owen. THE BIG TREES 1952: Unscrupulous timber baron Jim Fallon, (Douglas), plans to make millions off California redwood but much of the land he wants has been homesteaded by a Quaker colony. THE MAN FROM UTAH 1934: The Marshal sends John Weston, (Wayne) to a rodeo to see if he can find out who is killing the rodeo riders who are about to win the prize money.
DISC 3: GANGSTER STORY 1960: Up and coming gangster, Jack Martin, (Walter Matthau) tries to infiltrate the territory of his rival while his girlfriend keeps the heat on to get him to leave the mob behind. BEAT THE DEVIL 1953: A classic detective story about a group of travellers who become stranded in Italy. Amongst them are a quartet of crooks and the Dannreuthers (Bogart and Gina Lollobrigida). BRITISH INTELLIGENCE 1940: During WWI pretty German spy Helene von Lorbeer is sent undercover to London where she is to rendezvous with Valdar, (Boris Karloff), and help him transmit secret war plans.- Genres:
- Drama