Alone in the Dark 1982  R, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Jack Sholder
Cast: Jack Palance, Donald Pleasence, Martin Landau, Dwight Schultz, Deborah Hedwall, Erland van Lidth, Lee Taylor-Allan, Phillip Clark, Elizabeth Gracen, Brent Jennings
A psychiatrist and his family are terrorized by mentally ill patients who have escaped from a mental hospital.
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Angels' Brigade 1979  PG, 97 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Angels' Revenge
Director: Greydon Clark
Cast: Jack Palance, Neville Brand, Jim Backus, Peter Lawford, Pat Buttram, Alan Hale Jr., Kieu Chinh, Arthur Godfrey, Silvia Anderson, Darby Hinton
Taking matters into their own hands, citizens go after drug pushers in this action-filled, but mindless, movie.
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Arrowhead 1953  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Western / Drama / Romance
Director: Charles Marquis Warren
Cast: Charlton Heston, Jack Palance, Katy Jurado, Brian Keith, Mary Sinclair, Milburn Stone, Richard Shannon, Lewis Martin, Frank DeKova, Robert J. Wilke, Peter Coe, Pat Hogan, James Anderson, John Pickard, Richard Farnsworth
A peace treaty between the United States government and the Apache Indians is threatened by the actions of Ed Bannon (Charlton Heston). As a White child, Bannon was raised by Apaches, and now he holds bitterness in his heart toward them. When the Apache chief's college-educated son, Toriano (Jack Palance), leads the Apaches in bloody raids against the cavalry, the officers refuse to heed Bannon's warnings. Toriano and Bannon finally confront each other, and Bannon kills Toriano, which brings peace between the troopers and the Apaches.
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Attack! 1956  N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Jack Palance, Eddie Albert, Lee Marvin, William Smithers, Strother Martin, Robert Strauss, Richard Jaeckel, Buddy Ebsen, Steven Geray, Peter van Eyck
This reenactment of the World War II Battle of the Bulge involves men following the inept leadership of their captain (Eddie Albert) until they rebel to save their own lives during a German counterattack.
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Austerlitz 1960 N/R, 180 min.
Genre: Action
aka: The Battle of Austerlitz
Director: Abel Gance
Cast: Pierre Mondy, Martine Carol, Leslie Caron, Vittorio De Sica, Jean Marais, Jack Palance, Orson Welles, Ettore Manni, Claudia Cardinale, Elvire Popesco, Michel Simon, Georges Marchal, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Rossano Brazzi
At the beginning of this film, the private life of Napoleon Bonaparte (Pierre Mondy) unfolds–showing his family life with wife Josephine (Martine Carol)–before the story moves on to the battlefields of the Napoleonic War and Napoleon proclaiming himself Emperor of France.
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Bagdad Cafe 1987 R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
aka: Out of Rosenheim
Director: Percy Adlon
Cast: Marianne Sagebrecht, CCH Pounder, Jack Palance, Christine Kaufmann, Monica Calhoun, Darron Flagg, George Aquilar, G. Smokey Campbell, Hans Stadlbauer, Alan S. Craig, Apesanahkwat, Ray Young, Mark Daneri, Gary Lee Davis, Ronald Lee Jarvis
During a trip with her husband, the German wife (Marianne Sagebrecht) leaves her husband in the Mojave Desert and ends up at the Bagdad Cafe where she is befriended by the manager (CCH Pounder) and becomes part of an extended family.
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Barabbas 1962  N/R, 144 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Arthur Kennedy, Ernest Borgnine, Silvana Mangano, Jack Palance, Katy Jurado, Harry Andrews, Vittorio Gassman, Valentina Cortese, Douglas Fowley, Norman Wooland, Michael Gwynn, Roy Magnano
This is the story of Barabbas (Anthony Quinn), the thief who Pontius Pilate (Arthur Kennedy) tried along with Jesus and allowed to escape crucifixion. After being released, the guilt-ridden Barabbas goes through many ordeals searching for meaning in his life and, finally, becomes a follower of Christ. The script and cast are good in this religious epic.
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 Batman 1989 PG-13, 126 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Fantasy / Thriller
Director: Tim Burton
Cast: Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, Robert Wuhl, Pat Hingle, Billy Dee Williams, Jack Palance, Michael Gough, Tracey Walter, Jerry Hall, Lee Wallace, William Hootkins, Mac McDonald
Take Michael Keaton as the brooding, romantic millionaire Bruce Wayne/Batman; add Jack Nicholson as the colorful yet demented criminal mastermind, The Joker; put them in dark and sinister Gotham City; and you have the makings of a good film. The Caped Crusader must stop his evil nemesis (in makeup) from wiping out the entire city with acid. Good fun.
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Beyond All Limits 1959 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: For de Mayo
Flowers of Mayo
Director: Roberto Gavaldon
Cast: Jack Palance, Maria Felix, Pedro Armendariz, Domingo Soler, Carlos Montalban, Paul Stewart, Jorge Martinez de Hoyos, Emma Roldan, Juan Muzquiz, Enrique Lucero
Set in a Mexican coastal fishing town, fisherman Pepe Gamboa (Pedro Armendariz), wife Magdalena (Maria Felix), and son live a good life–until American Jim Gatsby (Jack Palance) appears on the scene. Jim and Magdalena were once lovers, and Pepe's son may have been fathered by Jim, or so Pepe fears.
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The Big Knife 1955 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Jack Palance, Rod Steiger, Ida Lupino, Wendell Corey, Strother Martin, Shelley Winters, Ilka Chase, Jean Hagen, Everett Sloane, Wesley Addy
Hollywood actor Charlie Castle (Jack Palance) would sell his soul for a good script. When he makes a deal with an unscrupulous producer (Rod Steiger), his actions bring tragic results.
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Buffalo Girls 1995 TV, 180 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Rod Hardy
Cast: Anjelica Huston, Melanie Griffith, Sam Elliott, Gabriel Byrne, Peter Coyote, Tracey Walter, Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman, Jack Palance, Charlayne Woodard, John Diehl, Liev Schreiber, Russell Means
Calamity Jane (Anjelica Huston) falls in love with Wild Bill Hickok (Sam Elliott), but he is gunned down, leaving Calamity pregnant. She is then befriended by whorehouse madam Dora DuFran (Melanie Griffith) and gives her infant up for adoption to an English couple. What is a girl to do? Calamity Jane joins Buffalo Bill Cody's (Peter Coyote) Wild West Show, which just happens to be traveling to England where she might meet her daughter.
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Chato's Land 1972 PG, 100 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Michael Winner
Cast: Charles Bronson, Jack Palance, Richard Basehart, James Whitmore, Victor French, Simon Oakland, Ralph Waite, Richard Jordan, Jill Ireland, Lee Patterson
A half-breed Apache (Charles Bronson) is on the run in 1870's New Mexico. He is the suspect in a murder case, and a brutal posse will stop at nothing in the attempt to capture him.
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City Slickers 1991  PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Western
Director: Ron Underwood
Cast: Billy Crystal, Bruno Kirby, Jack Palance, Daniel Stern, Patricia Wettig, Helen Slater, Noble Willingham, Tracey Walter, Josh Mostel, David Paymer, Bill Henderson, Jeffrey Tambor, Phill Lewis, Kyle Secor
On the occasion of his 39th birthday, Mitch Robbins (Billy Crystal) is confronted with the fact that he is running out of time to accomplish many things he has thought about doing. He takes his two best friends Ed and Phil (Bruno Kirby and Daniel Stern) with him on a two-week cattle drive where they run into tough old drover Curly Washburn (Jack Palance) and come close to discovering the meaning of life. Jack Palance won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
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City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold 1994 PG-13, 120 min.
Genre: Comedy / Adventure / Western
aka: City Slickers II
Director: Paul Weiland
Cast: Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Jack Palance, Jon Lovitz, Patricia Wettig, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Noble Willingham, David Paymer, Josh Mostel, Bill McKinney, Lindsay Crystal, Beth Grant, Jayne Meadows, Alan Charof
In this sequel, the story begins with Mitch Robbins (Billy Crystal) walking down the street telling his friend that he is getting too heavy. The camera pans to the "friend," who turns out to be Norman, the pet calf from the original "City Slickers." This time around, Mitch is lamenting the death of Curly, and, with his two friends Glen and Duke (Jon Lovitz and Daniel Stern) heads for the hills around Las Vegas and join Curly's twin brother Duke (Jack Palance) in search of a buried treasure.
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Companeros 1970 R, 118 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Sergio Corbucci
Cast: Franco Nero, Tomas Milian, Jack Palance, Fernando Rey, Iris Berben, Francisco Bodalo, Karin Schubert, Jose Bodalo, Eduardo Fajardo, Gino Pernice, Jesus Fernandez, Gerard Tichy
This spaghetti Western is set in Mexico during a time of revolt in the early 1900s. Yodlaf (Franco Nero), a mercenary and weapons dealer, joins revolutionary El Vasco (Tomas Milian) whose mission is to free Professor Xantos (Fernando Rey) and his students being held hostage by Americans in Texas. Yodlaf's real mission, however, is to find a cache of gold, and the professor knows where it is. Along the way they must deal with a gunslinger: wooden-handed, pot-smoking John (Jack Palance) and his falcon.
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Cops and Robbersons 1994 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Ritchie
Cast: Chevy Chase, Jack Palance, Dianne Wiest, Robert Davi, David Barry Gray, Jason James Richter, Fay Masterson, Richard Romanus, Miko Hughes, Sal Landi, Ronald L. Schwary, Jack Kehler, Dawn Landon, Amy Powell, Jim Holmes
Norman Robberson (Chevy Chase) has always dreamed of being a detective. Now, the police have moved into his home and are using it for a command post to spy on Robberson's neighbor. The cops' biggest problem is Robberson, who wants to be in on the action.
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Craze 1973 R, 96 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: The Infernal Idol
Director: Freddie Francis
Cast: Jack Palance, Diana Dors, Julie Ege, Edith Evans, Hugh Griffith, Trevor Howard, Suzy Kendall, Michael Jayston, Martin Potter, Marianne Stone
Neal Mottram (Jack Palance) is an antique dealer whose hobby of witchcraft turns into a tale of horror when his African idol, Chuku, demands human sacrifices.
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Cyborg 2 1993 R, 99 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi
Director: Michael Schroeder
Cast: Elias Koteas, Angelina Jolie, Jack Palance, Billy Drago, Karen Sheperd, Allen Garfield, Ric Young, Renee Griffin, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Tracey Walter, Jim Youngs, Patrick O'Connell, John Durbin
It is the year 2074, and the PinWheel Robotics Corporation has created a female cyborg, Casella "Cash" Reese (Angelina Jolie), that is designed to detonate after entering chief competitor Kobayashi Electronics' headquarters. But problems develop in PinWheel's plan when Cash begins to have feelings for a human, Colson "Colt" Ricks (Elias Koteas). With the help of Mercy (Jack Palance), a presence on the computer screen, Cash and Colt try to escape the planned detonation of Cash.
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Deadly Sanctuary 1968 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Justine
Director: Jesus Franco
Cast: Jack Palance, Romina Power, Akim Tamiroff, Klaus Kinski, Sylva Koscina, Maria Rohm, Rosemary Dexter, Mercedes McCambridge, Carmen de Lirio, Serena Vergano
Sadistic torture resulting in murder awaits two unwary young women.
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The Desperados 1969 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Henry Levin
Cast: Vince Edwards, Jack Palance, George Maharis, Neville Brand, Sylvia Syms, Christian Roberts, Kate O'Mara, Patrick Holt, Christopher Malcolm, Sheila Burrell
In the years following the Civil War, deserters turn to lives of violence as they go on a rampage of death and destruction.
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 Dracula 1973  TV, 105 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Fantasy
Director: Dan Curtis
Cast: Jack Palance, Simon Ward, Nigel Davenport, Pamela Brown, Fiona Lewis, Penelope Horner, Murray Brown, Virginia Wetherell, Barbara Lindley, Sarah Douglas, George Pravda, Hana Maria Pravda, Fred Stone
This version of Bram Stoker's novel, about the vampire Count Dracula who feeds off the blood of London's citizens in order to survive, features Jack Palance as the terrible Count Dracula.
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Flight to Tangier 1953 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Marquis Warren
Cast: Joan Fontaine, Jack Palance, Corinne Calvet, Robert Douglas, Marcel Dalio, Jeff Morrow, Richard Shannon, Murray Matheson, John Wengraf, Jerry Paris
This film–originally shot in 3-D–is filled with adventure as surviving passengers of a plane crash greedily scramble to get their hands on $3 million in stolen money that is discovered in the wreckage.
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The Four Deuces 1975 R, 87 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Drama
Director: William Bushnell Jr.
Cast: Jack Palance, Carol Lynley, Warren Berlinger, Adam Roarke, E.J. Peaker, Gianni Russo, Martin Kove, H.B. Haggerty, Johnny Haymer, Cherie Latimer, Damon Douglas, Ben Frommer, Mickey Morton, Jack O'Leary, Sierra Bandit
Prohibition-Era gangster Vic Morono (Jack Palance) owns a nightclub/casino, The Four Deuces. One night Vic's mobsters rob a load of gin from his archrival, mob boss, and also nightclub owner Chico Hamilton (Warren Berlinger), which sets off a violent gang war. Meanwhile, Vic's girlfriend (Carol Lynley) is drawn to a reporter, and their lives will certainly be in danger when the gang warfare ends, and Vic catches on to what is going on.
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George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey 1984 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: George Stevens Jr.
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Joel McCrea, Warren Beatty, Jack Palance, Spencer Tracy, Fred MacMurray, Many Guest Stars
This is an insightful documentary–about the life of director George Stevens–featuring personal interviews and home movies concerning his distinguished film career.
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God's Gun 1976 R, 93 min.
Genre: Western
aka: A Bullet from God
Director: Gianfranco Parolini
Cast: Richard Boone, Lee Van Cleef, Jack Palance, Leif Garrett, Rafi Ben Ami, Sybil Danning, Didi Lukov, Robert Lipton, Cody Palance
A priest (Lee Van Cleef) is murdered, and his gunfighter brother (also played by Van Cleef) sets out to avenge his brother's death.
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Halls of Montezuma 1950 N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Lewis Milestone
Cast: Richard Widmark, Jack Palance, Robert Wagner, Karl Malden, Reginald Gardiner, Richard Boone, Philip Ahn, Skip Homeier, Jack Webb, Bert Freed
U.S. Marine struggles in the Pacific theater of World War II are enacted in this tense war film.
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The Horsemen 1971 PG, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Omar Sharif, Leigh Taylor-Young, Jack Palance, David de Keyser, Peter Jeffrey, Mohammad Shamsi, Eric Pohlmann, George Murcell, Saeed Jaffrey, Vernon Dobtcheff
An Afghani tribesman, Uraz (Omar Sharif), is physically disabled but strives to regain his macho image through horsemanship.
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I Died a Thousand Times 1955 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stuart Heisler
Cast: Jack Palance, Shelley Winters, Lori Nelson, Lee Marvin, Lon Chaney Jr., Earl Holliman, Dennis Hopper, Howard St. John, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, Perry Lopez, Richard Davalos, Olive Carey
In this remake of "High Sierra," Jack Palance plays the bank robber who ends his tragic life in the Sierra Mountains while trying to elude the police.
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It Can Be Done Amigo 1972 PG, 85 min.
Genre: Foreign / Western
aka: The Big and the Bad
Director: Maurizio Lucidi
Cast: Bud Spencer, Jack Palance, Renato Cestie, Francisco Rabal, Dany Saval, Luciano Catenacci, Roberto Camardiel, Sal Borgese, Franco Giacobini, Manuel Guitian, Luciano Pigozzi
This comedy/spaghetti Western begins with Hiram Coburn (Bud Spencer) seducing Mary (Dany Saval). But Hiram doesn't know that Mary is the sister of feared gunslinger Sonny (Jack Palance), and now Sonny has vengeance on his mind as he pursues Hiram. Some good laughs in this otherwise so-so film.
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Kill a Dragon 1967 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Michael D. Moore
Cast: Jack Palance, Fernando Lamas, Aldo Ray, Aliza Gur, Don Knight, Judy Dan, Kam Tong
A feudal baron, Patrai (Fernando Lamas), living in modern-day China, threatens villagers who, in turn, ask an American mercenary, Rick (Jack Palance), to come to their aid.
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 Kiss of Fire 1955 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph M. Newman
Cast: Barbara Rush, Jack Palance, Rex Reason, Martha Hyer, Leslie Bradley, Alan Reed, Lawrence Dobkin, Steven Geray, Joseph Waring, Pat Hogan
In this romantic drama a member of the Spanish aristocracy (Barbara Rush) chooses love over royalty and gives up the throne for true love.
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The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang 1979 TV, 145 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Dan Curtis
Cast: Cliff Potts, Randy Quaid, Larry Wilcox, Don Collier, Sharon Farrell, Matt Clark, Royal Dano, Julie Hill, John Karlen, Bo Hopkins, Mills Watson, Jack Palance
This made-for-TV film provides the wild semi-biographical account of the Dalton brothers as they form their gang and proceed to become train robbers, bank robbers, and horse thieves. It all leads up to their final robbery: the raid on Coffeyville, Kansas. Plenty of cameo appearances.
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 Le Mepris 1963 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Contempt
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Cast: Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli, Jack Palance, Giorgia Moll, Jean-Luc Godard, Fritz Lang, Linda Veras, Raoul Coutard
Paul Javal (Michel Piccoli) is busy rewriting the screenplay "The Odyssey" for producer Jeremy Prokosch (Jack Palance). Meanwhile, Paul's wife, Camille (Brigitte Bardot), is not happy in their marriage. As she expresses her unhappiness, Paul is unable to confront the real world, just does not understand the problems, and their marriage falls apart. This film was restored and re-released in 1997.
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The Lonely Man 1957 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Henry Levin
Cast: Jack Palance, Anthony Perkins, Neville Brand, Robert Middleton, Lee Van Cleef, Denver Pyle, Claude Akins, Elisha Cook Jr., Elaine Aiken, Harry Shannon
Ex-outlaw Jacob Wade (Jack Palance) tries to go straight and reconcile with his son Riley (Anthony Perkins) but finds many obstacles in his way.
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Man in the Attic 1954 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Hugo Fregonese
Cast: Jack Palance, Constance Smith, Byron Palmer, Frances Bavier, Rhys Williams, Sean McClory, Leslie Bradley, Harry Cording, Isabel Jewell, Lester Matthews, Tita Phillips, Lisa Daniels, Lilian Bond, Stuart Holmes, Ben Wright
In this tale of horror, Jack Palance takes on the role of Slade who just might be psychotic killer Jack the Ripper who kills showgirls in London during the 19th century. Slade rents a flat from Helen and William Harley (Frances Bavier and Rhys Williams) and falls in love with their daughter Lily (Constance Smith), but she ignores his advances. Now, Helen begins to suspect that Slade is Jack the Ripper and gives information to Scotland Yard Inspector Paul Warner (Byron Palmer) who attempts to uncover the facts about who Jack the Ripper really is. This is the second remake of Alfred Hitchcock's 1926 film, "The Lodger."
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The Man Inside 1958 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Action
Director: John Gilling
Cast: Jack Palance, Anita Ekberg, Nigel Patrick, Anthony Newley, Donald Pleasence, Sid James, Eric Pohlmann, Bonar Colleano, Sean Kelly, Josephine Brown
After successfully planning and carrying out a diamond heist, Sam Carter (Nigel Patrick) is tracked throughout Europe by a determined detective, Milo March (Jack Palance), with the diamond's real owner, Trudie Hall (Anita Ekberg) in tow.
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The McMasters 1969 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alf Kjellin
Cast: Burl Ives, Brock Peters, Nancy Kwan, Jack Palance, David Carradine, John Carradine, R.G. Armstrong, Dane Clark, L.Q. Jones, Alan Vint
Following the Civil War, former slave Benji (Brock Peters) returns and tries to work–as a business partner–with his old master. There are two versions of this film–with different endings.
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The Mercenary 1968 PG, 105 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Sergio Corbucci
Cast: Franco Nero, Tony Musante, Jack Palance, Giovanna Ralli, Eduardo Fajardo, Bruno Corazzari, Remo de Angelis, Franco Giacobini, Lorenzo Robledo, Alvaro de Luna
A mercenary (Franco Nero) battles his nemesis (Jack Palance) as he aids peasants in the Mexican revolution.
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Mister Scarface 1976 R, 85 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
aka: The Big Boss
Rulers of the City
Director: Fernando Di Leo
Cast: Jack Palance, Al Cliver, Harry Baer, Gisela Hahn, Edmund Purdom, Vittorio Caprioli, Enzo Pulcrano, Roberto Reale, Rosario Borelli, Pietro Ceccarelli, Salvatore Billa, Peter Berling
Organized crime set in the poor ghettos of Italy provides the backdrop for this tale of ruthless crime boss Scarface (Jack Palance) who wreaks havoc and death throughout the area. Meanwhile, mob enforcer Tony (Harry Baer) wants to move up in the world–and taking on Scarface might be the avenue. Violent.
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The Mongols 1961 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Andre De Toth
Cast: Jack Palance, Anita Ekberg, Antonella Lualdi, Franco Silva, Gianni Garko, Roldano Lupi, Pierre Cressoy, Gabriele Antonini, Gabriella Pallotta, Vittorio Sanipoli
Jack Palance plays the son of Genghis Khan and, like his father before him, continues the plunder of Europe.
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Monte Walsh 1970 PG, 99 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William A. Fraker
Cast: Lee Marvin, Jeanne Moreau, Jack Palance, Mitch Ryan, Jim Davis, John McKee, Michael Conrad, Tom Heaton, G.D. Spradlin, Matt Clark, John Hudkins, Raymond Guth, Ted Gehring, Bo Hopkins, John McLiam
Monte Walsh (Lee Marvin) and Chet Rollins (Jack Palance) are friends who have trouble adapting to the contemporary world during the last days of the Old West. Their friends are losing their jobs and turning to cattle rustling. Chet marries, but an ailing Martine (Jeanne Moreau) turns down Monte's offer of marriage. A short time later, Martine's death leaves Monte distraught, and tragedy ensues. 1 User Review
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| | 52marksman 06/28/2009 | | Monte Walsh is to Lee Marvin what Tom Horn is to Steve Mcqueen This is a western. But only in the sense that it takes place in the west,on horseback during the era ( or rather the end of the era ) of the true cowboy. It is a poignant story of a man, who is nearer to the end of his life than the begining , and finds himself in an ever changing world into which he no longer fits. Circumstances involving his best friend, and his lover make for a surprisingly touching and introspective story. A story in which one cannot help but care about the characters. I highly recommend watching it. |
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Oklahoma Crude 1973 PG, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Stanley Kramer
Cast: George C. Scott, Faye Dunaway, John Mills, Jack Palance, Woodrow Parfrey, William Lucking, Harvey Jason, Ted Gehring, Cliff Osmond, Rafael Campos
Lena (Faye Dunaway) has rights to an oil well but her claim is in jeopardy because a large oil refinery's bosses are trying to take over. She hires a drifter, Mose (George C. Scott), to help her keep what is rightfully hers. Scott's funny role makes this watchable.
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Once a Thief 1965 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ralph Nelson
Cast: Alain Delon, Ann - Margret, Van Heflin, Jack Palance, Jeff Corey, John Davis Chandler, Tony Musante, Steve Mitchell, Zekial Marko, Tammy Locke
An ex-con wants to lead a clean life, but he gets involved with three killers and is harassed by a cop.
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Panic in the Streets 1950 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Elia Kazan
Cast: Richard Widmark, Paul Douglas, Barbara Bel Geddes, Jack Palance, Zero Mostel, Dan Riss, Tommy Cook, Tommy Rettig, Alex Minotis, Lewis Charles
This Oscar winner (Best Writing/Story) is set in New Orleans where Blackie (Jack Palance) and Fitch (Zero Mostel), unknowingly, are carriers of a deadly virus after they murder an illegal alien. Now, police race against time to track them down.
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 The Professionals 1966 N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Action / Western
Director: Richard Brooks
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan, Jack Palance, Woody Strode, Ralph Bellamy, Claudia Cardinale, Joe De Santis, Vaughn Taylor, Rafael Bertrand, Jorge Martinez de Hoyos, Marie Gomez, Jose Chavez, Carlos Romero
Mercenaries led by Bill Dolworth and Henry "Rico" Fardan (Burt Lancaster and Lee Marvin) are hired by Texas millionaire Joe Grant (Ralph Bellamy) to rescue his wife (Claudia Cardinale) from the clutches of a Mexican revolutionary (Jack Palance). Lots of good action. Richard Brooks received an Oscar nomination for his direction.
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Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End 1999 TV, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Glenn Jordan
Cast: Glenn Close, Christopher Walken, Jack Palance, Lexi Randall, Christopher Bell, George Hearn, Emily Osment, Betty Laird, Calen Pick
Ho-hum. The third (and last) of the made-for-TV series is boring for all except those who have come to love the Walton-like family. It's a tough winter in Kansas and the flue season hits hard. In rides good old Jack Palance, as always, a film highlight.
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Second Chance 1953 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Rudolph Mate
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Linda Darnell, Jack Palance, Sandro Giglio, Rodolfo Hoyos Jr., Reginald Sheffield, Roy Roberts, Salvador Baguez, Dan Seymour, Fortunio Bonanova
Russ Lambert (Robert Mitchum) is a boxer who ends up helping a gangster's ex-girlfriend (Linda Darnell) escape from a hit man assigned the task of killing her.
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The Sensuous Nurse 1976  R, 79 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Nello Rossati
Cast: Jack Palance, Ursula Andress, Duilio Del Prete, Mario Pisu, Luciana Paluzzi, Lino Toffolo, Daniele Vargas, Carla Romanelli, Stefano Sabelli, Attilio Duse
When their wealthy uncle becomes ill, two nephews plot to speed along his death–and inheritance–by hiring a sexy nurse. They hope her mere presence will bring on their uncle's heart attack.
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 Shane 1953 N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Western / Drama
Director: George Stevens
Cast: Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Jack Palance, Van Heflin, Brandon DeWilde, Ben Johnson, Edgar Buchanan, Elisha Cook Jr., Ellen Corby, Emile Meyer, Douglas Spencer, John Dierkes, Paul McVey, Edith Evanson
This is one of the best Westerns ever made. It features a family of homesteaders befriended by a mysterious man (Alan Ladd) who helps them fight the cattle baron trying to bar farming on free land. The film won one Academy Award (Best Cinematography) and was nominated for five others: Best Picture, two for Best Supporting Actor (Brandon de Wilde and Jack Palance), Best Director, and Best Writing.
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The Shape of Things to Come 1979 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: George McCowan
Cast: Jack Palance, Carol Lynley, John Ireland, Barry Morse, Nicholas Campbell, Anne-Marie Martin, Greg Swanson, Mark Parr, William Hutt, Ardon Bess
This remake of the 1936 film, "Things to Come," lacks the quality of the original. Based on H.G. Wells' book, the storyline revolves around the aftermath of a nuclear war as survivors battle inhabitants of the Moon. Probably not even interesting to sci-fi lovers.
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Sign of the Pagan 1955 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Douglas Sirk
Cast: Jeff Chandler, Jack Palance, Ludmilla Tcherina, Rita Gam, Jeff Morrow, Pat Hogan, Michael Ansara, Allison Hayes, Eduard Franz, George Dolenz
This attempt at a spectacular is about Attila the Hun's (Jack Palance) advancing army's threat to the Holy Roman Empire.
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The Silver Chalice 1954 N/R, 142 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Victor Saville
Cast: Virginia Mayo, Jack Palance, Pier Angeli, Paul Newman, Walter Hampden, Joseph Wiseman, Alexander Scourby, Lorne Greene, E.G. Marshall, Natalie Wood, David J. Stewart, Herbert Rudley, Jacques Aubuchon, Michael Pate, Donald Randolph
This is the story of the cup from which Christ drank at the Last Supper. Greek sculptor Basil (Paul Newman) is sold into Roman slavery, marries slave Deborra (Pier Angeli), and dallies with Helena (Virginia Mayo). Basil is commissioned to design the silver chalice with Jesus and his disciples sculpted around the rim. The cup is coveted by many, but Nero (Jacques Aubuchon) wants the cup destroyed. After much conniving, the cup is lost, but the apostle Peter (Lorne Greene) predicts that it will be found in the future and will help lead the people back to Christ. Although Paul Newman debuted in this film, he later apologized in a Hollywood trade ad for his performance in this movie.
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Solar Crisis 1990 PG-13, 111 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Alan Smithee
Cast: Tim Matheson, Peter Boyle, Charlton Heston, Jack Palance, Annabel Schofield, Dorian Harewood, Corin Nemec, Brenda Bakke, Tetsuya Bessho, Paul Koslo
Earth is threatened by a solar flare-up, and scientists on a space station try to explode an anti-matter bomb on the sun to save the people of Earth.
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The Spy in the Green Hat 1966 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Joseph Sargent
Cast: Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, Jack Palance, Janet Leigh, Leo G. Carroll, Leticia Roman, Eduardo Ciannelli, Allen Jenkins, Joan Blondell, Elisha Cook Jr.
This film is a result of splicing together parts of "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." TV series and is a watchable James Bond and 1930s gangster film spoof. Jack Palance plays the bad guy who is the target of the U.N.C.L.E. agents.
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 The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1968 TV, 128 min.
Genre: Horror / Drama / Thriller
aka: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Director: Charles Jarrott
Cast: Jack Palance, Leo Genn, Oskar Homolka, Billie Whitelaw, Denholm Elliott, Tessie O'Shea, Torin Thatcher, Duncan Lamont, Gillie Fenwick, Joe Austin, Rex Sevenoaks, Elizabeth Cole, Paul Harding, Jeanette Landis, Liza Creighton
Jack Palance plays the title roles of both Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The story is about the good Dr. Jekyll who turns himself into the evil Mr. Hyde through his experiments in his lab. Dr. Jekyll becomes addicted to enjoying the life of his long-repressed hedonistic personality of Mr. Hyde. Then, he murders his associate after being blackmailed, and this leads to a brutal confrontation with the police at the medical academy.
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Sudden Fear 1952 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Miller
Cast: Joan Crawford, Jack Palance, Gloria Grahame, Bruce Bennett, Virginia Huston, Mike Connors, Bess Flowers, Taylor Holmes, Arthur Space
A playwright, Myra Hudson (Joan Crawford), learns that her new husband (Jack Palance) is planning to kill her. She devises a unique way to beat him at his own game. Crawford and Palance were nominated for Oscars.
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The Swan Princess 1994  G, 90 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy / Musical / Fantasy
Director: Richard Rich
Cast: Jack Palance, John Cleese, Steven Wright, Sandy Duncan, Liz Callaway, Dakin Matthews, Steve Vinovich, Howard McGillin, Michelle Nicastro, Mark Harelik, Adam Wylie, Joel McKinnon Miller, Dakin Matthews, Sandy Duncan
This animated film tells the story of a princess who is turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer. The princess must await her prince to come to her rescue. 1 User Review
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| | Tania 02/17/2007 | | My children and I were watching this a few years ago and at that time it was a case of watching it over...... and over...... and over again. |
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Sword of the Conqueror 1962 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Adventure
Director: Carlo Campogalliani
Cast: Jack Palance, Guy Madison, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Edda Ferronao, Carlo D'Angelo, Vittorio Sanipoli, Edy Vessel, Ivan Palance, Andrea Bosic, Raf Baldassarre
Set in the sixth century A.D., this story involves warring families in Lombardy.
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 Tango & Cash 1989 R, 104 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Drama / Thriller
Director: Andrei Konchalovsky
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell, Teri Hatcher, Jack Palance, Brion James, Michael J. Pollard, James Hong, Marc Alaimo, Philip Tan, Robert Z'Dar, Patti Davis, Lewis Arquette, Edward Bunker, Roy Brocksmith, Susan Krebs
L.A. detectives Lt. Raymond Tango and Lt. Gabriel Cash(Sylvester Stallone and Kurt Russell) are framed by a drug lord Yves Perret(Jack Palance) and sent to prison. While in jail, the two cops join forces to prove their innocence.
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Ten Seconds to Hell 1959 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Jeff Chandler, Jack Palance, Martine Carol, Robert Cornthwaite, Dave Willock, Wesley Addy, Richard Wattis, Virginia Baker, Jimmy Goodwin, Nancy Lee
Following World War II, two members of a bomb-disposal unit (Jeff Chandler and Jack Palance) vie for the love of Margot (Martine Carol) amidst their extremely dangerous missions. 1 User Review
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| | one of the best filmed movies ofthe period | blue eyes 03/01/2007 | | |
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They Came to Rob Las Vegas 1968 R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi
Cast: Gary Lockwood, Elke Sommer, Lee J. Cobb, Jack Palance, Jean Servais, Daniel Martin, Maurizio Arena, Georges Geret, Fabrizio Capucci, Gerard Tichy
Tony (Gary Lockwood) is a blackjack dealer bent on revenge after police kill his friend. His plan is to pull off a robbery by intercepting the delivery of Las Vegas gambling money.
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Torture Garden 1967 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Freddie Francis
Cast: Jack Palance, Burgess Meredith, Beverly Adams, Peter Cushing, Barbara Ewing, Michael Bryant, Maurice Denham, John Standing, Robert Hutton, John Phillips, Michael Ripper, Bernard Kay, Catherine Finn, Niall MacGinnis, Ursula Howells
During his circus sideshow performance, Dr. Diablo (Burgess Meredith) proclaims, "I've promised you horror...and I intend to keep that promise!" Four separate horror episodes ensue. In "Enoch," a greedy playboy (Michael Bryant) makes sure he gets his inheritance by obeying a talking cat, Balthaza. The second story, "Terror over Hollywood," involves an actress (Beverly Adams) falling in love with a leading man (Robert Hutton) only to learn that he has been turned into a robot, and the same fate lies in store for her. In "Mr. Steinway," a journalist (Barbara Ewing) interviews a concert pianist (John Standing) whose piano is possessed. Finally, in "The Man Who Collected Poe," a collector (Jack Palance) visits a fellow collector (Peter Cushing) and learns that he has brought Edgar Allan Poe back to life, and he is writing stories in the basement.
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Treasure Island 1999 PG-13, 94 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Peter Rowe
Cast: Jack Palance, Kevin Zegers, Patrick Bergin, Walter Sparrow, David Robb, Christopher Benjamin, Malcolm Stoddard, Peter Rowe, Al Ashton, Jake Fry, Philip Whitchurch, Cody Palance, Dermot Kearney, Chris Caine, Daphne Williams
Jack Palance takes on the role of pirate Long John Silver who strives to get his hands on the treasure map that is in the possession of young Jim Hawkins (Kevin Zegers) in this adaptation of the Robert Louis Stevenson classic.
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Warriors Five 1962 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Leopoldo Savona
Cast: Jack Palance, Giovanna Ralli, Serge Reggiani, Folco Lulli, Venantino Venantini, Franco Balducci, Miha Baloh
It's World War II, and Jack Palance is a paratrooper dropped behind German lines for an espionage job. But, he's captured, only to escape with four Italian prisoners, who help him blow up a bridge. Dubbed in English.
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 Young Guns 1988 R, 102 min.
Genre: Western / Drama / Thriller
Director: Christopher Cain
Cast: Emilio Estevez, Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland, Jack Palance, Lou Diamond Phillips, Dermot Mulroney, Casey Siemaszko, Terence Stamp, Terry O'Quinn, Brian Keith, Sharon Thomas, Geoffrey Blake, Alice Carter, Patrick Wayne
William H. Bonney/"Billy the Kid" (Emilio Estevez) works as a hired gun "regulator" at John Tunstan's (Terence Stamp) ranch. Along with Billy, Tunstan employs and teaches reading to five other young guns (Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Charlie Sheen, Dermot Mulroney, and Casey Siemaszko). After Tunstan is killed by the henchmen of corrupt land baron Lawrence Murphy (Jack Palance), the "regulators" set off to avenge the murder and begin gunning down those guilty. Their actions lead to the Cavalry and bounty hunters hunting them down–all of which ultimately ends in a shootout.
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2. Angels' Brigade (1979)
aka: Angels' Revenge
3. Arrowhead (1953)
4. Attack! (1956)
5. Austerlitz (1960)
aka: The Battle of Austerlitz
6. Bagdad Cafe (1987)
aka: Out of Rosenheim
7. Barabbas (1962)
8. Batman (1989)
9. Beyond All Limits (1959)
aka: For de Mayo
aka: Flowers of Mayo
10. The Big Knife (1955)
11. Bronk (1975)
12. Buffalo Girls (1995)
13. Chato's Land (1972)
14. Che! (1968)
15. City Slickers (1991)
16. City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold (1994)
aka: City Slickers II
17. Cocaine Cowboys (1979)
18. Companeros (1970)
19. Cops and Robbersons (1994)
20. Craze (1973)
aka: The Infernal Idol
21. Cyborg 2 (1993)
22. Deadly Sanctuary (1968)
aka: Justine
23. The Desperados (1969)
24. Dracula (1973)
25. Flight to Tangier (1953)
26. The Four Deuces (1975)
27. George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1984)
28. The Godchild (1974)
29. God's Gun (1976)
aka: A Bullet from God
30. Gor (1988)
31. The Great Adventure (1975)
32. Halls of Montezuma (1950)
33. Hawk the Slayer (1980)
34. Hell's Brigade: The Final Assault (1976)
35. The Horsemen (1971)
36. House of Numbers (1957)
37. I Died a Thousand Times (1955)
38. It Can Be Done Amigo (1972)
aka: The Big and the Bad
39. The Ivory Ape (1980)
40. Kill a Dragon (1967)
41. Kiss of Fire (1955)
42. The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang (1979)
43. Le Mepris (1963)
aka: Contempt
44. The Lonely Man (1957)
45. Man in the Attic (1954)
46. The Man Inside (1958)
47. The McMasters (1969)
48. The Mercenary (1968)
49. Mister Scarface (1976)
aka: The Big Boss
aka: Rulers of the City
50. The Mongols (1961)
51. Monte Walsh (1970)
52. Oklahoma Crude (1973)
53. Once a Thief (1965)
54. One Man Jury (1978)
55. Outlaw of Gor (1989)
56. Panic in the Streets (1950)
57. Portrait of a Hitman (1977)
aka: Jim Buck
58. The Professionals (1966)
59. Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End (1999)
60. Second Chance (1953)
61. The Sensuous Nurse (1976)
62. Shane (1953)
63. The Shape of Things to Come (1979)
64. Sign of the Pagan (1955)
65. The Silver Chalice (1954)
66. Solar Crisis (1990)
67. The Spy in the Green Hat (1966)
68. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1968)
aka: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
69. Sudden Fear (1952)
70. The Swan Princess (1994)
71. Sword of the Conqueror (1962)
72. Tango & Cash (1989)
73. Ten Seconds to Hell (1959)
74. They Came to Rob Las Vegas (1968)
75. Torture Garden (1967)
76. Treasure Island (1999)
77. Warriors Five (1962)
78. Without Warning (1980)
aka: It Came Without Warning
79. Young Guns (1988)
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