Don't Look Back 1996  R, 90 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Geoff Murphy
Cast: Eric Stoltz, John Corbett, Josh Hamilton, Billy Bob Thornton, Annabeth Gish, Amanda Plummer, Dwight Yoakam, R.G. Armstrong, M.C. Gainey, Chris Hogan, Ja''net DuBois, Mickey Jones, Jim Metzler, Brett Besselman, Rodger Boyce
In this made-for-cable TV film, drug addict Jesse Parish (Eric Stoltz) is in Los Angeles where he steals a briefcase filled with money and heads home to Galveston, Texas, with his new wealth. But, the gangsters, from whom he stole the money, are hot on his trail, and trouble lies ahead for Jesse and his hometown friends.
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Fugitive Among Us 1992  TV, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Toshiyuki Uno
Cast: Eric Roberts, Peter Strauss, Elizabeth Pena, Guy Boyd, Lauren Holly, Salvator Xuereb, Kiersten Warren, Annette McCarthy, Sean McGraw, Dennis Letts, Tyrees Allen, Norman Bennett, Aldo Billingslea, Rodger Boyce, Mimi Cochran
This made-for-TV film is based on the true story of a rapist (Eric Roberts) who ran from the courtroom after being convicted of the crime. Detective Matt Cole (Peter Strauss) is obsessed with recapturing the rapist in the long pursuit that follows.
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A Killing in a Small Town 1990 R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal
Cast: Barbara Hershey, Brian Dennehy, John Terry, Richard Gilliland, Lee Garlington, Hal Holbrook, Matthew Posey, James Monroe Black, Dennis Letts, Marco Perella, Norman Bennett, Jerry Haynes, Rodger Boyce, Daphne Eckler, Jan DeWitt
Based on a true story, this made-for-TV film involves a brutal, axe murder committed by mild-mannered Candy (Barbara Hershey) when she murders her lover Stan Blankship's (John Terry) wife, Peggy (Lee Garlington). During the ensuing trial, her lawyer Ed Reivers (Brian Dennehy) leads the defense in the fact that it was Peggy who hit Candy first with the axe, and Candy was acting in self-defense.
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No Country for Old Men 2007  R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson, Kelly Macdonald, Garret Dillahunt, Tess Harper, Barry Corbin, Stephen Root, Rodger Boyce, Beth Grant, Ana Reeder, Boots Southerland
Based on Cormac McCarthy's 2005 novel, this story, set in Texas during 1980, is about Vietnam veteran Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) who comes across a truckload of drugs and a case containing $2 million in the middle of a half dozen murdered bodies. Moss picks up the $2 million and takes off with the cache. But, escape will not be easy. In hot pursuit are Sheriff Bell (Tommy Lee Jones) who is outmatched by sadistic, psychopathic killer Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem) who stays on Moss' trail across Texas. In this film, the Coen brothers give us a masterful story. The film received four Academy Awards including Best Picture, Director(s), and Supporting Actor (Javier Bardem). Four other nominations were received.
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| 1. Don't Look Back (1996)
2. Fugitive Among Us (1992)
3. A Killing in a Small Town (1990)
4. No Country for Old Men (2007)
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