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""Ray Carney was only slightly bent when it came to being crooked..." To his customers and neighbors on 125th street, Carney is an upstanding salesman of reasonably-priced furniture, making a life for himself and his family. He and his wife Elizabeth are expecting their second child, and if her parents on Striver's Row don't approve of him or their cramped apartment across from the subway tracks, it's still home. Few people know he descends from a...
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Ray Carney volume 2
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English
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"It's 1971. Trash piles up on the streets, crime is at an all-time high, the city is careening towards bankruptcy, and a shooting war has broken out between the NYPD and the Black Liberation Army. Amidst this collective nervous breakdown, furniture store owner and ex-fence Ray Carney tries to keep his head down and his business thriving. His days moving stolen goods around the city are over. It's strictly the straight-and-narrow for him until he needs...
3) Snatch
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English
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In the heart of gangland, two novice, unlicensed boxing promoters -- Turkish and Tommy -- get roped into organizing a rigged bare-knuckle fight with local kingpin/villain and fellow boxing promoter Brick Top. But all goes wrong when wild-card Irish gypsy boxer One Punch Mickey O'Neil starts playing by his own rules, and the duo find themselves heading for a whole lot of trouble. Meanwhile, Franky Four Fingers and his stolen 86-carat diamond have gone...
4) Detention
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Studio Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
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After being in the military service, Sam has returned to his inner city neighborhood to teach at the toughest high school in town. Frustrated, Sam hands in his resignation. But the day he does, he has to work one last detention duty with the toughest kids in the school. That day, gunmen take over the high school - using it to hide $300 million worth of cocaine they've hijacked. The paid-off local police and school security guards were supposed to...
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Llewelyn Moss stumbles onto a drug deal gone monumentally wrong while hunting in the parched Texas scrubland near the Mexico border. A satchel filled with $2 million seems to be a ship finally arrived, and he dreams of moving his wife Carla Jean out of the trailer park and into the good life. It isn't long before he's being tracked by Anton Chigurh, a psychopathic "debt collector." Sheriff Bell sets out to find Llewelyn, not so much for the propriety...
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Miramax Films/Paramount Vantage
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Llewelyn Moss is a Vietnam vet who could use a break. One morning while hunting antelope, he spies several trucks surrounded by dead bodies. He decides to examine the site. He finds a case filled with $2 million and a truck loaded with heroin. Moss takes it with him, tells his wife he's going away for awhile, and hits the road until he can determine his next move. On his the way from El Paso to the Mexican border, he discovers he's being followed...
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Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
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With a couple of grand in the bank and a dream in their heart, Earl and Baby plan their escape from their hometown in Bennett, Texas. They are heading to Los Angeles. But Earl's dim-witted cousin, an ex-con and an angry drug lord are threatening to derail their plans. With just 48 hours to straighten out this mess, Earl finds himself smack dab in the middle of an even bigger mess.
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Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
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English
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Hollywood homicide : Los Angeles police officers who moonlight as a real estate agent and an actor investigate the murder of a rising rap artist while trying to advance their second careers.
Hudson Hawk : The world's best cat burglar is out of prison and ready to go straight. But the mob and the CIA conspire to blackmail him and his friend into stealing three DaVinci masterpieces from the Vatican Museum.
Lone Star State of mind : With a couple of...
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