13 West Street 1962  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Philip Leacock
Cast: Alan Ladd, Rod Steiger, Michael Callan, Dolores Dorn, Jeanne Cooper, Margaret Hayes, Kenneth MacKenna, Stanley Adams, Chris Robinson, Henry Beckman
In this early version of "Death Wish," Walt Sherill (Alan Ladd) tracks down the gang who attacked him to find out why they resorted to violence.
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Across the Bridge 1957 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ken Annakin
Cast: Rod Steiger, David Knight, Marla Landi, Noel Willman, Bernard Lee, Bill Nagy, Eric Pohlmann, Faith Brook, Alan Gifford
Based on Graham Greene's novel, this is the story about unscrupulous British businessman Carl Schaffner (Rod Steiger) who flees to Mexico with Scotland Yard fast on his heels.
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 Al Capone 1959 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Wilson
Cast: Rod Steiger, Fay Spain, James Gregory, Martin Balsam, Nehemiah Persoff, Murvyn Vye, Joe De Santis, Lewis Charles, Robert Gist, Sandy Kenyon
This is a documentary-style biography of Prohibition-era gangster Al Capone starring Rod Steiger in the title role.
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American Gothic 1988  R, 89 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: John Hough
Cast: Rod Steiger, Yvonne De Carlo, Sarah Torgov, Mark Lindsay Chapman, Fiona Hutchison, Michael J. Pollard, William Hootkins, Terry Kelly, Mark Ericksen, Caroline Barclay
The number of vacationers on a remote island dwindles as psychotic family members (Rod Steiger and Yvonne De Carlo) kill off the tourists–one at a time.
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The Amityville Horror 1979   R, 117 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller / Mystery
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Cast: James Brolin, Margot Kidder, Rod Steiger, Don Stroud, Murray Hamilton, Michael Sacks, Helen Shaver, Val Avery, John Larch, Amy Wright, Natasha Ryan, K.C. Martel, Meeno Peluce, Irene Dailey
When newlyweds George and Kathy Lutz (James Brolin and Margot Kidder) move into the house of their dreams, unbelievable horrors haunt the hapless couple. This story is based on real-life events that took place in a house in New York, which was once the scene of a gory, mass murder.
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Back from Eternity 1956 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: John Farrow
Cast: Robert Ryan, Anita Ekberg, Rod Steiger, Phyllis Kirk, Keith Andes, Gene Barry, Fred Clark, Beulah Bondi, Jesse White, Adele Mara
Following their plane crash in the South American jungle, the survivors must work their way through headhunter country on their perilous trek back to civilization. Remake of "Five Came Back."
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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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Breakthrough 1979 PG, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Sergeant Steiner
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Cast: Richard Burton, Rod Steiger, Robert Mitchum, Curt Jurgens, Helmut Griem, Michael Parks, Klaus Lowitsch, Veronique Vendell, Werner Pochath, Walter Ullrich
In this sequel to "Cross of Iron," Nazi Sergeant Steiner (Richard Burton) is transferred out of the disastrous Russian Front and becomes involved in the July 1944 attempt to kill Hitler.
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Carpool 1996 PG, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Arthur Hiller
Cast: Tom Arnold, Rhea Perlman, David Paymer, Rod Steiger, Rachael Leigh Cook, Kim Coates, Jordan Warkol, Colleen Rennison, John Tench, Obba Babatunde
Bank robber Franklin Laszlo (Tom Arnold) takes over a minivan filled with kids on their way to school. Of course, the kids bond with Franklin, and the chase is on with police in pursuit.
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Catch the Heat 1987  R, 90 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Feel the Heat
Director: Joel Silberg
Cast: Tiana Alexandra, David Dukes, Rod Steiger, Brian Thompson, Jorge Martinez, John Hancock, Brian Libby, Jessica Schultz, Professor Toru Tanaka, Michael Carr
Narcotics agent Checkers (Tiana Alexandra) is assigned to go underground in Buenes Aires and infiltrate a drug-smuggling operation led by Jason Hannibal (Rod Steiger). The means of smuggling: implant drug packets into small-breasted women. But Checkers' breasts are far from small, so the challenges are great.
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Cattle Annie and Little Britches 1981   PG, 95 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Lamont Johnson
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Amanda Plummer, Diane Lane, Rod Steiger, John Savage, Scott Glenn, Redmond Gleason, William Russ, John Quade, Perry Lang
Annie (Amanda Plummer) and Jenny (Diane Lane) head west in search of adventure and persuade Bill Doolin (Burt Lancaster) and surviving members of the Doolin-Dalton gang to let them in on a bank robbery.
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The Chosen 1982 PG, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jeremy Kagan
Cast: Maximilian Schell, Rod Steiger, Robby Benson, Barry Miller, Hildy Brooks, Ron Rifkin, Val Avery
Danny Saunders (Robby Benson) is a young Hasid Jewish man who is influenced by the secular interests of his friend Reuven Malters (Barry Miller). Reuven's father (Maximilian Schell) is a Jewish professor who is also a Zionist activist. Conflicts between family and friends arise when Danny's father (Rod Steiger) tries to break up the boys' friendship.
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Convicts 4 1962 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Convicts Four
Reprieve
Director: Millard Kaufman
Cast: Ben Gazzara, Stuart Whitman, Ray Walston, Vincent Price, Rod Steiger, Broderick Crawford, Sammy Davis Jr., Jack Kruschen, Jack Albertson, Myron Healey
A convict (Ben Gazzara) turns his efforts to the aesthetic world while serving a lengthy prison sentence and becomes a credible artist.
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The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell 1955 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Otto Preminger
Cast: Gary Cooper, Charles Bickford, Ralph Bellamy, Rod Steiger, Elizabeth Montgomery, Fred Clark, Darren McGavin, Peter Graves, James Daly, Ian Wolfe
This story is based on the actual 1925 court-martial of Billy Mitchell (Gary Cooper), the man who predicted the likelihood of an air attack such as the December 7, 1941 bombing of Pearl Harbor.
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 Crazy in Alabama 1999  PG-13, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Antonio Banderas
Cast: Melanie Griffith, David Morse, Lucas Black, Cathy Moriarty, Meat Loaf, Rod Steiger, Richard Schiff, John Beasley, Robert Wagner, Noah Emmerich
In Antonio Banderas' first directorial effort, he combines two stories in one. The first involves an eccentric woman, Lucille (Melanie Griffith), who beheads her husband and flees to Hollywood. At the same time her nephew, Peejoe (Lucas Black), becomes involved in the meaning of another death that propels him into the middle of the 1960's civil rights battle.
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Cry Terror 1958 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Andrew L. Stone
Cast: James Mason, Rod Steiger, Inger Stevens, Neville Brand, Angie Dickinson, Kenneth Tobey, Jack Klugman, Jack Kruschen, Carleton Young, Barney Phillips
Psychopath Paul Hoplin (Rod Steiger) convinces electronics expert Jim Molner (James Mason) to build a bomb that is then used for extortion purposes against an airline corporation when Molner's family is held hostage.
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 Doctor Zhivago 1965 N/R, 197 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: David Lean
Cast: Omar Sharif, Geraldine Chaplin, Julie Christie, Tom Courtenay, Alec Guinness, Rod Steiger, Ralph Richardson, Rita Tushingham, Klaus Kinski, Adrienne Corri, Siobhan McKenna, Jeffrey Rockland, Tarek Sharif, Bernard Kay, Gerard Tichy
Costuming and scenery are terrific in this Hollywood extravaganza. The Russian Revolution is the backdrop for Boris Pasternak's story about Dr. Yuri Zhivago (Omar Sharif) who falls in love with Lara (Julie Christie). There is one problem: he is already married to Tonya (Geraldine Chaplin). The film won five Academy Awards and was nominated for five others, including Best Picture, Director, and Supporting Actor (Tom Courtenay as Pasha, a revolutionary). 1 User Review
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| | Bettu 08/19/2007 | | I saw Doctor Zhivago in 1965 and to this day watch the video/DVD about 5-6 times a year. And ..... I have personally seen Omar Sherif buying fish in the Zamalek quarter of Cairo, Egypt!! |
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 End of Days 1999 R, 120 min.
Genre: Action / Fantasy / Mystery / Horror / Thriller
Director: Peter Hyams
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gabriel Byrne, Kevin Pollak, Robin Tunney, Rod Steiger, CCH Pounder, Derrick O'Connor, Miriam Margolyes, Udo Kier, Victor Varnado, David Weisenberg, Rainer Judd, Michael O'Hagan, Mark Margolis, Jack Shearer
Satan, in the guise of a Wall Street tycoon (Gabriel Byrne), has arrived in New York City with a mission that must be completed before the new millennium: find the "chosen" girl and mate with her. Ex-cop Jericho Cane (Arnold Schwarzenegger) enters the scene. His mission: find the girl before Satan does.
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F.I.S.T. 1978 PG, 145 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Norman Jewison
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Rod Steiger, Peter Boyle, Melinda Dillon, David Huffman, Tony Lo Bianco, Kevin Conway, Peter Donat, Henry Wilcoxon, Brian Dennehy
Organized crime in the Teamsters union is the focus of this story with Sylvester Stallone in the role of union leader.
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A Fistful of Dynamite 1972 PG, 139 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Duck, You Sucker
Director: Sergio Leone
Cast: Rod Steiger, James Coburn, Maria Monti, Romolo Valli, Rik Battaglia, Franco Graziosi, Antoine Saint-John, Vivienne Chandler, David Warbeck, Giulio Battiferri
Set during the Mexican Revolution, Rod Steiger is excellent in his role of Juan Mirando, a peasant bandit drawn into action with Irish explosives expert, John (James Coburn).
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The Flying Dutchman 2001 R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Frozen in Fear
Director: Robin P. Murray
Cast: Eric Roberts, Catherine Oxenberg, Rod Steiger, Scott Plank, Joan Benedict, Ellina McCormick, Douglas Sebern, Barry Sigismondi, Renata Godfrey, Brendan Shanahan
Talented and mute artist Sean (Eric Roberts) is haunted by the murder of his mother, which he witnessed as a child. Art dealer Lacy (Catherine Oxenberg) arrives in his small, Montana town to meet him after seeing one of his paintings. There are those who do not want outsiders around, but Lacy is infatuated with Sean and hangs around to find out more about him. Two women turn up missing followed by the kidnapping of Lacy and her assistant. The viewer will soon see Sean's inspiration for his art.
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The Glory Boys 1984 TV, 110 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Michael Ferguson
Cast: Rod Steiger, Anthony Perkins, Alfred Burke, Joanna Lumley, Aaron Harris, Gary Brown, Sheila Allen, Sallyanne Law, Michael J. Jackson, Ron Berglas, Robert Lang, Christopher Reich
Based on a novel by Gerald Seymour, this British TV miniseries tells the story of an Arab terrorist and an IRA terrorist teaming up to assassinate a famous Israeli nuclear scientist, Dr. Sokarev (Rod Steiger). But the agent, Jimmy (Anthony Perkins)–assigned to protect Sokarev–is a force to be reckoned with.
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The Harder They Fall 1956 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mark Robson
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger, Jan Sterling, Mike Lane, Max Baer, Edward Andrews, Harold J. Stone, Nehemiah Persoff, Jack Albertson, Val Avery
Boxing provides the backdrop for this film about sports writer Eddie Willis' (Humphrey Bogart) increasing recognition of the exploitation of boxers. Bogart's last film.
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Hennessy 1975 PG, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Don Sharp
Cast: Rod Steiger, Lee Remick, Richard Johnson, Trevor Howard, Eric Porter, Peter Egan, Ian Hogg, John Hallam, Patrick Stewart
An Irish Republican Army officer, Hennessy (Rod Steiger), plots to assassinate the Royal family while avenging the death of his own family members.
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The Hollywood Sign 2001 R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sonke Wortmann
Cast: Tom Berenger, Jacqueline Kim, Rod Steiger, Burt Reynolds, Al Sapienza, Dominic Keating, Eric Bruskotter, David Proval, Kay E. Kuter, Rafael Mauro
Three old-time actors–Tom (Tom Berenger), Floyd (Rod Steiger), and Kage (Burt Reynolds)–need big money to finance a return to stardom. Using script material from writer Paula (Jacqueline Kim), they come up with a dangerous scheme to achieve their goal.
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 The Hurricane 1999  R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Norman Jewison
Cast: Denzel Washington, Deborah Kara Unger, Vicellous Reon Shannon, Liev Schreiber, John Hannah, Dan Hedaya, Debbi Morgan, Clancy Brown, David Paymer, Rod Steiger, Harris Yulin, Badja Djola, Vincent Pastore, Al Waxman, David Lansbury
Denzel Washington excels in his portrayal of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter–a boxer sent to prison on trumped-up murder charges in 1966. Carter remained in prison until 1986 when the efforts of a Brooklyn-born teenager, Lesra Martin (Vicellous Reon Shannon), spurred another investigation leading to Carter's release. Washington received an Academy Award nomination.
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 In the Heat of the Night 1967 N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Norman Jewison
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant, Quentin Dean, James Patterson, William Schallert, Scott Wilson, Matt Clark, Anthony James, Larry Gates, Beah Richards
Black Philadelphia homicide detective Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) visits a backwater Mississippi town. While there, he is mistakenly arrested for murder. When the confusion is resolved, bigoted Police Chief Bill Gillespie (Rod Steiger) and Tibbs join forces to investigate a murder. Tibbs teaches Gillespie about crime solving methods and about prejudice. This film won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Actor (Steiger) and was nominated for two others, including Best Director.
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Incognito 1997 R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Badham
Cast: Jason Patric, Irene Jacob, Thomas Lockyer, Ian Richardson, Simon Chandler, Pip Torrens, Michael Cochrane, Rod Steiger, Togo Igawa, Joseph Blatchley
Artist Harry Donovan (Jason Patrick) is hired by a British art gallery to forge a Rembrandt (that has been lost for over 300 years). The price: $500,000. Meanwhile, he meets and has a one-night stand with Marieke (Irene Jacob), who happens to be a Rembrandt expert and who later is hired to evaluate the painting's authenticity. So it's off to Europe to research and paint, but the plans go awry when Marieke declares the painting a fake and Harry runs for his life–with Marieke as a hostage.
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The Innocents with Dirty Hands 1975 R, 102 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Dirty Hands
Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Romy Schneider, Rod Steiger, Paolo Giusti, Jean Rochefort, Hans Christian Blech, Francois Perrot, Pierre Santini, Henri Attal, Serge Bento, Dominique Zardi
Two lovers, Julie (Romy Schneider) and Jeff (Paolo Giusti) kill Julie's alcoholic husband, Louis (Rod Steiger), and do NOT live happily ever after.
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 The January Man 1989 R, 97 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Pat O'Connor
Cast: Kevin Kline, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Susan Sarandon, Rod Steiger, Harvey Keitel, Danny Aiello, Alan Rickman, Faye Grant, Tandy Cronyn, Kenneth Welsh, Brian Tarantina, Bill Cobbs, Bruce MacVittie, Jayne Haynes, Greg Walker
There is a serial killer on the loose in New York, and Nick Starkey (Kevin Kline) is called back into service by the NYPD to track the killer down. A poor mystery/drama/comedy.
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Jesus of Nazareth 1977 TV, 376 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Cast: Robert Powell, Anne Bancroft, James Mason, Rod Steiger, Ernest Borgnine, Claudia Cardinale, Laurence Olivier, Donald Pleasence, James Earl Jones, Anthony Quinn
With a cast of the great and near great, good film depicts the life of Jesus and was made for TV.
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Jubal 1956 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Delmer Daves
Cast: Glenn Ford, Rod Steiger, Felicia Farr, Charles Bronson, Ernest Borgnine, Valerie French, Noah Beery Jr., Basil Ruysdael, John Dierkes, Robert Burton
Jubal Troop (Glenn Ford) offers advice in lovemaking to a rancher (Ernest Borgnine). Jealousy raises its ugly head when it is suspected that Jubal is giving more than advice to the rancher's wife.
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Last Days of Mussolini 1974 N/R, 126 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Mussolini: Ultimo Atto
Director: Carlo Lizzani
Cast: Rod Steiger, Franco Nero, Lisa Gastoni, Henry Fonda, Bruno Corazzari, Manfred Freyberger, Lino Capolicchio, Marco Guglielmi, Tom Felleghy, Luciano Pigozzi, John Stacy, Giuseppe Addobbati, Andrea Aureli, Umberto Raho
The last days of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini (Rod Steiger) are the focus of this violent drama. Mussolini realizes that the Italian people are turning against him, and, with his mistress Claretta Petacci (Lisa Gastoni) by his side, he attempts an escape to Switzerland. At the same time, he is trying to hide from the Nazis, the Allies, the Italian government, and Italian freedom fighters–all of whom are on his trail.
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The Last Producer 2000 R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Final Hit
Director: Burt Reynolds
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Ann - Margret, Benjamin Bratt, Lauren Holly, Charles Durning, Rod Steiger, Greg Germann, Sean Astin, Robert Goulet, Robert Costanzo, Erin Gray
It's tough growing old, especially when the younger people take over where you once reigned supreme. That's what has happened to Sonny Wexler (Burt Reynolds), a legendary moviemaker, who strives for one last comeback. He intends to purchase the rights to the hottest property in Hollywood but finds it hard to raise the money from so-called friends, while others wanting the script will stop at nothing. Good cast, so-so results.
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The Last Tattoo 1994 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Reid
Cast: Kerry Fox, Tony Goldwyn, Robert Loggia, Rod Steiger, John Bach, Desmond Kelly, Katie Wolf, Elizabeth Hawthorne, Tony Barry, Timothy Balme
During World War II, in New Zealand, nurse Kelly Towne (Kerry Fox) is searching for the carrier of a dangerous strain of gonorrhea that is infecting U.S. armed forces personnel who stop there on shore leave. She becomes involved in an investigation of murder and the disappearance of the murdered man's girlfriend (a former prostitute).
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Lion of the Desert 1981 PG, 162 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Moustapha Akkad
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Oliver Reed, Rod Steiger, John Gielgud, Irene Papas, Raf Vallone, Gastone Moschin, Andrew Keir, Robert Brown, Ewen Solon
Set between the years 1929 and 1931, this is the story of the leader of a rebel band, Omar Mukhtar (Anthony Quinn), who stands in the way of Mussolini's (Rod Steiger) efforts to take over Libya.
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Lolly-Madonna XXX 1973  PG, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Lolly-Madonna War
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Cast: Rod Steiger, Robert Ryan, Jeff Bridges, Scott Wilson, Katherine Squire, Ed Lauter, Season Hubley, Randy Quaid, Gary Busey
Two feuding families are involved in a land dispute that soon gets out of hand, and events escalate into a murderous rage that affects all around them.
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 The Longest Day 1962  N/R, 180 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernard Wicki
Cast: John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, Curt Jurgens, Richard Burton, Henry Fonda, Rod Steiger, Sean Connery, Mel Ferrer, Eddie Albert, Richard Todd, Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, Roddy McDowall, Edmond O'Brien
The sixth of June, 1944–D-Day–is relived in this saga about the Allied invasion of Europe via the beaches at Normandy. This war film is based on Cornelius Ryan's book "The Longest Day" that he compiled through interviews with D-Day survivors. The story is told through the eyes of all participants including the German high command, the French Resistance, and the Allied side of the invasion. A great epic that was nominated for Best Picture and won Oscars for Best Cinematography and Special Effects.
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The Loved One 1965 N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Tony Richardson
Cast: Robert Morse, Jonathan Winters, Anjanette Comer, Rod Steiger, Dana Andrews, Milton Berle, John Gielgud, Robert Morley, Lionel Stander, James Coburn
This very funny satire on life and death in Southern California features Robert Morse as English poet Dennis Barlow who is employed by an L.A. pet cemetery, "Happy Hunting Grounds." Barlow watches the strange world of Aimee Thanatogenos (Anjanette Comer) who is the cosmetologist at Whispering Glades Memorial Park. Aimee eventually commits suicide by embalming herself (Rod Steiger plays the chief embalmer) and then being launched into space.
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The Lucky Star 1980 PG, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Max Fischer
Cast: Rod Steiger, Louise Fletcher, Lou Jacobi, Brett Marx, Helen Hughes, Yvon Dufour, Jean Gascon, Isabelle Mejias
When his parents are captured by Nazis, a young Jewish boy, David (Brett Marx), finds refuge on a Dutch farm. He loves Western films and takes on the role of a hero working against a neighboring Nazi officer, Colonel Gluck (Rod Steiger).
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The Magic Mountain 1982 N/R, 153 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Hans Geissendoerfer
Cast: Chrisoph Eichhorn, Marie-France Pisier, Rod Steiger, Flavio Bucci, Charles Aznavour, Balduin Baas, Hans Christian Blech, Alexander Radszun, Margot Hielscher, Gudrun Gabriel
Thomas Mann's novel "The Magic Mountain" is the basis for this ambitious film. Hans (Christoph Eichhorn) visits his cousin in a tuberculosis sanitarium and remains. Rod Steiger plays the wealthy Mynheer Peeperkorn.
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A Man Named John 1968 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Ermanno Olmi
Cast: Rod Steiger
This documentary on the life of Pope John XXIII is very well developed and provides insight into his personal beliefs.
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The Mark 1961 N/R, 127 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Guy Green
Cast: Stuart Whitman, Maria Schell, Rod Steiger, Donald Wolfit, Brenda De Banzie, Paul Rogers, Maurice Denham, Eddie Byrne, Donald Houston, John Welsh
A former child molester, Jim Fuller (Stuart Whitman), is released from prison and undergoes treatment from a psychiatrist (Rod Steiger) who helps him learn that, for him, falling in love with Ruth (Maria Schell) does NOT erase the past. Whitman was nominated for an Oscar.
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 Mars Attacks! 1996 PG-13, 103 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Tim Burton
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening, Pierce Brosnan, Danny DeVito, Martin Short, Sarah Jessica Parker, Michael J. Fox, Rod Steiger, Lukas Haas, Tom Jones, Jim Brown, Natalie Portman, Pam Grier, Lisa Marie
Martians in flying saucers invade Lockjaw, Kentucky; Washington, D.C.; and Nevada. President Dale's (Jack Nicholson) science advisor, Prof. Donald Kessler (Pierce Brosnan), tells him the purpose of their arrival is peaceful.. But, General Decker (Rod Steiger) advises the President to annihilate them. Meanwhile, the aliens are actually in the process of "vaporizing" Earth's inhabitants with their ray-guns while President Dale and Nevada land speculator Art Land (also played by Nicholson) rise and fall with the occasion.
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Men of Respect 1991 R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Reilly
Cast: John Turturro, Katherine Borowitz, Dennis Farina, Peter Boyle, Lilia Skala, Rod Steiger, Stanley Tucci, Julie Garfield, Steven Wright, Michael Badalucco, Carl Capotorto, Vincent Pastore
The story of "Macbeth" is updated to the Mafia era with Katherine Borowitz playing the overly ambitious wife and Rod Steiger the victim of her murder plot. What would Shakespeare have thought?
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Modern Vampires 1999 R, 95 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Richard Elfman
Cast: Casper Van Dien, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Rod Steiger, Robert Pastorelli, Natasha Lyonne, Udo Kier, Kim Cattrall, Gabriel Casseus, Richard Elfman, John Fleck
Count Dracula (Robert Pastorelli) runs a hideous club in L.A. but his business is interrupted when young Dallas (Casper Van Dien) enters the scene and joins forces with the slasher, Nico (Natasha Wagner). Adding to the turmoil is Dr. Frederick Van Helsing's (Rod Steiger) arrival; as a notorious vampire hunter, has his own plans for the Count's future.
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No Way to Treat a Lady 1968 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jack Smight
Cast: Rod Steiger, Lee Remick, George Segal, Eileen Heckart, Murray Hamilton, Michael Dunn, Martine Bartlett, Barbara Baxley, David Doyle, Doris Roberts
A psychopathic actor, Christopher Gill (Rod Steiger), kills old women as a way to work out neuroses regarding his mother's (Eileen Heckart) constant interference in his life. Now Mo Brummel (George Segal) is on his trail in this good comedy/mystery.
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Oklahoma! 1955  N/R, 145 min.
Genre: Musical / Western / Romance
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Cast: Shirley Jones, Gordon MacRae, Rod Steiger, Eddie Albert, Charlotte Greenwood, Gloria Grahame, Gene Nelson, James Whitmore, Jay C. Flippen, Barbara Lawrence, Roy Barcroft, James Mitchell, Bambi Linn
Rodgers and Hammerstein wrote this classic musical about early Oklahoma settlers. One of the prominent songs presented, "Oh What a Beautiful Morning," is sung by Curly (Gordon MacRae). Curley and Laurey (Shirley Jones) are the cowboy and farmer's daughter who fall in love. 2 User Reviews
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| | great muscical | mojojojo 08/12/2007 | | this is one of the best musicals ever it has music dram romance murder everything superb i also like south pacific |
| | baritone2 02/19/2007 | | This is the greatest musical I have ever seen or directed. I have directed and sung in many, many musicials, and I still have a fondness and respect for "Oklahoma". It has everything; great dancing, humor, nice plot and semi plot, very nice orchestration, beautiful solos and ensemble singing and great scenery! RB |
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 On the Waterfront 1954 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Elia Kazan
Cast: Marlon Brando, Eva Marie Saint, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Pat Henning, Leif Erickson, Rudy Bond, James Westerfield, Barry Macollum, Tony Galento, John F. Hamilton, Martin Balsam, Fred Gwynne, Pat Hingle
It takes courage to testify against union racketeering, and that is what dockworker Terry Malloy (Marlon Brando) must face. His girlfriend Edie (Eva Marie Saint) and priest, Father Barry (Karl Malden), help Terry come to terms with his conscience. This film won eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Director, Actor (Marlon Brando), and Supporting Actress (Eva Marie Saint). Rod Steiger, Lee J. Cobb, and Karl Malden were all nominated for Oscars.
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Passion and Paradise 1989 TV, 200 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harvey Hart
Cast: Armand Assante, Catherine Mary Stewart, Mariette Hartley, Rod Steiger, Kevin McCarthy, Michael Sarrazin, Wayne Rogers
Based on the unsolved murder of Sir Harry Oakes (Rod Steiger) during World War II, this is the story of the investigation of his son-in-law, Alfred de Marigny (Armand Assante), who leads all others as the prime suspect.
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The Pawnbroker 1965 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Rod Steiger, Thelma Oliver, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Marketa Kimbrell, Brock Peters, Jaime Sanchez, Juano Hernandez, Raymond St. Jacques, John McCurry, Nancy R. Pollock
Sol Nazerman (Rod Steiger) is a survivor of the Nazi Holocaust who comes to New York after the war and sets up a pawnshop. His problems do not end, and he must adjust to life in the modern world. Steiger received an Academy Award nomination.
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 The Player 1992 R, 123 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Altman
Cast: Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Fred Ward, Whoopi Goldberg, Julia Roberts, Rod Steiger, Nick Nolte, Brion James, Vincent D'Onofrio, Dean Stockwell, Ray Walston, Bruce Willis
Film studio executive Griffin Mill (Tim Robbins) accidentally kills a screenwriter, and a police detective (Whoopi Goldberg) investigates while stars–playing themselves–react in this satire on the Hollywood scene. Three Academy Award nominations were received, including Best Director.
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 Poolhall Junkies 2002 R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gregory "Mars" Martin
Cast: Chazz Palminteri, Rick Schroder, Rod Steiger, Michael Rosenbaum, Gregory "Mars" Martin, Alison Eastwood, Christopher Walken, Phillip Glasser, Anson Mount, Richard Portnow
After 15 years away from the world of professional pool sharking, Johnny (Gregory "Mars" Martin) returns to face his estranged mentor, Joe (Chazz Palminteri). High stakes games of pool in smoke filled rooms climax in a final showdown with lives and fortunes at stake.
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Run of the Arrow 1957 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Hot Lead
Director: Samuel Fuller
Cast: Rod Steiger, Sarita Montiel, Brian Keith, Ralph Meeker, Jay C. Flippen, Charles Bronson, Frank DeKova, Tim McCoy, Stuart Randall, Carleton Young
Following the Civil War, one Southerner is not ready to give up his fight against the Yankees. So, he teams up with the Sioux to continue his own war.
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The Sergeant 1968 R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Flynn
Cast: Rod Steiger, John Phillip Law, Ludmila Mikael, Frank Latimore, Elliott Sullivan, Ronald Rubin, Philip Roye, Jerry Brouer, Memphis Slim, Gabriel Gascon
A soldier hero, Master Sergeant Collan (Rod Steiger), stationed at an army base in France, becomes sexually obsessed with Private First Class Swanson (John Phillip Law). When his advances are rejected, Collan begins his own psychological and physical decline.
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Seven Thieves 1960 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Rod Steiger, Joan Collins, Eli Wallach, Alexander Scourby, Michael Dante, Berry Kroeger, Sebastian Cabot, Marcel Hillaire, John Beradino, Jean Del Val, Bess Flowers, Jonathan Kidd
A discredited professor (Edward G. Robinson) organizes a gang of thieves, plans a robbery, and then attempts it. The target is the bank vault inside a Monte Carlo casino. There is one problem: the criminals realize that there is no way to fence the loot and return it to the casino. Their take after all the work is the $3,000 they win at the gambling tables. Very good performances.
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Shiloh 1997 PG, 93 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Dale Rosenbloom
Cast: Michael Moriarty, Rod Steiger, Blake Heron, Scott Wilson, Bonnie Bartlett, Ann Dowd, J. Madison Wright, Shira Roth, Tori Wright, Montrose Hagins
This film adaptation of Phyllis Reynolds Naylor's novel (it won the Newbury Prize) is the story about Marty Preston (Blake Heron), a rural West Virginia boy, who loves a mistreated dog he calls "Shiloh." Marty deals with the ethical question of whether he should take Shiloh from its legal owner in order to give the animal a quality life.
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Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season 1999 PG, 96 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Sandy Tung
Cast: Michael Moriarty, Zachary Browne, Scott Wilson, Rod Steiger, Caitlin Wachs, Ann Dowd, Rachel David, Bonnie Bartlett, Marissa Leigh, Joe Pichler
This morality tale revolves around that cute beagle, Shiloh. This time around, Shiloh's mean-spirited ex-owner, Judd Travers (Scott Wilson), wants his dog back, but young Marty Preston ((Zachary Browne) proves that kindness begets kindness and heals Judd's hatred.
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Sinatra 1992 TV, 250 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Steven Sadwith
Cast: Philip Casnoff, Olympia Dukakis, Joe Santos, Gina Gershon, Rod Steiger, Bob Gunton, Jeff Corey, Nina Siemaszko, Marcia Gay Harden, Jay Robinson, Joe Grifasi, Ralph Seymour, David Raynr, Vincent Guastaferro
Produced by his daughter Nancy Sinatra, this is an accurate rendition of larger-than-life Frank Sinatra's (played by Philip Casnoff) ups and downs in his personal as well as professional life.
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 The Specialist 1994 R, 115 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Luis Llosa
Cast: Sharon Stone, Sylvester Stallone, Eric Roberts, Rod Steiger, James Woods, Mario Ernesto Sanchez, Sergio Dore Jr., Chase Randolph, Jeana Bell, Brittany Paige Bouck, Emilio Estefan Jr., LaGaylia Frazier, Tony Munafo, Ramon Gonzalez Cuevas, Cheito Quinonez
When she was a child twenty years ago, May Munro (Sharon Stone) witnessed her parents' murders. Now, she wants revenge and calls on Ray Quick (Sylvester Stallone) to avenge her parents' deaths. Ray is a former CIA bomb expert, and the target of May's revenge is Miami drug kingpin Joe Leon's (Rod Steiger) son Tomas (Eric Roberts). Ray agrees, but complications ensue after he kills Tomas and two others involved in May's parents' murders. Ray's former CIA colleague Ned Trent (James Woods) has ties to Joe, and Joe assigns him to track down the man who killed Tomas–and Ned has his own personal reason to seek revenge against Ray. Meanwhile, Ray is attracted to May but then becomes suspicious that she is in cahoots with Ned, and more problems present themselves.
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Sword of Gideon 1986 TV, 148 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Michael Anderson
Cast: Steven Bauer, Michael York, Rod Steiger, Colleen Dewhurst, Robert Joy, Lino Ventura, Leslie Hope, Laurent Malet, Peter Dvorsky, John Hirsch
An anti-terrorist team is set up after the massacre of Israeli athletes at the Olympic games in Munich. Steven Bauer plays the commando leader. Pretty good TV movie.
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Teresa 1951 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Cast: Pier Angeli, John Ericson, Peggy Ann Garner, Richard Bishop, Ralph Meeker, Bill Mauldin, Rod Steiger, Lee Marvin, Ed Binns, Patricia Collinge
This is Rod Steiger's film debut and Lee Marvin's second film. It is the story of prejudice encountered by an Italian war bride (Pier Angeli) when she comes to the United States after World War II with her American GI husband (John Ericson).
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Three Into Two Won't Go 1969 R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Hall
Cast: Rod Steiger, Claire Bloom, Judy Geeson, Peggy Ashcroft, Paul Rogers, Elizabeth Spriggs, Lynn Farleigh, Earl Hindman, Sheila Allen, Diana Webster
Aging businessman Steve Howard (Rod Steiger) ignores his marriage vows to wife Frances (Claire Bloom) and begins an affair with a young hitchhiker (Judy Geeson).
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Truth or Consequences, N.M. 1997 R, 106 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Kiefer Sutherland
Cast: Vincent Gallo, Mykelti Williamson, Kiefer Sutherland, Kevin Pollak, Rod Steiger, Martin Sheen, Kim Dickens, Grace Phillips, Rick Rossovich, John C. McGinley
Raymond Lembecke (Vincent Gallo) has just been released from prison and gets right back into his old lifestyle by joining trigger-happy Curtis Freley (Kiefer Sutherland) and Tony Vago (Rod Steiger) in a robbery. Everything goes wrong, and they end up in New Mexico with a kidnapped couple in tow.
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The Unholy Wife 1957 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Farrow
Cast: Rod Steiger, Diana Dors, Tom Tryon, Beulah Bondi, Marie Windsor, Arthur Franz, Luis Van Rooten, Joe De Santis
Phyllis Hochen (Diana Dors) has plans to murder her husband, Paul (Rod Steiger), but when she tries to carry out her deadly plot, she murders the wrong man, and Paul becomes the suspect in the crime.
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W.C. Fields and Me 1976 PG, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Arthur Hiller
Cast: Rod Steiger, Valerie Perrine, John Marley, Jack Cassidy, Bernadette Peters, Dana Elcar, Paul Stewart, Billy Barty, Kenneth Tobey, Linda Purl
Rod Steiger takes on the role of famed comedian W.C. Fields, and Valerie Perrine plays his mistress Carlotta Monti in this biography centering on Fields' later years.
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Waterloo 1970 G, 123 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Sergei Bondarchuk
Cast: Rod Steiger, Christopher Plummer, Orson Welles, Jack Hawkins, Virginia McKenna, Dan O'Herlihy, Michael Wilding, Donal Donnelly, Terence Alexander, Rupert Davies
Originally a four-hour film, this movie was cut way back for U.S. consumption. It is the story of Napoleon's take-over of Europe and his final downfall at Waterloo.
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1. 13 West Street (1962)
2. Across the Bridge (1957)
3. Al Capone (1959)
4. American Gothic (1988)
5. The Amityville Horror (1979)
6. Back from Eternity (1956)
7. The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1991)
8. The Big Knife (1955)
9. Body and Soul (1998)
10. Breakthrough (1979)
aka: Sergeant Steiner
11. Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys (1995)
aka: Demolition Day
12. Carpool (1996)
13. Catch the Heat (1987)
aka: Feel the Heat
14. Cattle Annie and Little Britches (1981)
15. The Chosen (1982)
16. Convicts 4 (1962)
aka: Convicts Four
aka: Reprieve
17. Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole (1983)
18. The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)
19. Crazy in Alabama (1999)
20. Cry Terror (1958)
21. Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge (1988)
22. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
23. End of Days (1999)
24. F.I.S.T. (1978)
25. A Fistful of Dynamite (1972)
aka: Duck, You Sucker
26. The Flying Dutchman (2001)
aka: Frozen in Fear
27. The Glory Boys (1984)
28. Guilty as Charged (1992)
29. Hands Over the City (1963)
30. Happy Birthday, Wanda June (1971)
31. The Harder They Fall (1956)
32. Hennessy (1975)
33. The Heroes (1972)
34. The Hollywood Sign (2001)
35. The Hurricane (1999)
36. The Illustrated Man (1969)
37. In Pursuit of Honor (1995)
38. In the Heat of the Night (1967)
39. Incognito (1997)
40. The Innocents with Dirty Hands (1975)
aka: Dirty Hands
41. The January Man (1989)
42. Jesus of Nazareth (1977)
43. Jubal (1956)
44. The Kindred (1987)
45. Klondike Fever (1980)
aka: Jack London's Klondike Fever
46. Last Days of Mussolini (1974)
aka: Mussolini: Ultimo Atto
47. The Last Producer (2000)
aka: The Final Hit
48. The Last Tattoo (1994)
49. Lion of the Desert (1981)
50. Lolly-Madonna XXX (1973)
aka: The Lolly-Madonna War
51. The Longest Day (1962)
52. Love and Bullets (1979)
53. The Loved One (1965)
54. Lucky Luciano (1974)
55. The Lucky Star (1980)
56. The Magic Mountain (1982)
57. A Man Named John (1968)
58. The Mark (1961)
59. Mars Attacks! (1996)
60. Men of Respect (1991)
61. Modern Vampires (1999)
62. The Movie Maker (1967)
63. The Naked Face (1984)
64. No Way to Treat a Lady (1968)
65. Oklahoma! (1955)
66. On the Waterfront (1954)
67. Passion and Paradise (1989)
68. The Pawnbroker (1965)
69. The Player (1992)
70. Poolhall Junkies (2002)
71. Portrait of a Hitman (1977)
aka: Jim Buck
72. Run of the Arrow (1957)
aka: Hot Lead
73. The Sergeant (1968)
74. Seven Thieves (1960)
75. Shiloh (1997)
76. Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season (1999)
77. Sinatra (1992)
78. The Specialist (1994)
79. Sword of Gideon (1986)
80. Teresa (1951)
81. Three Into Two Won't Go (1969)
82. Time of Indifference (1964)
83. Truth or Consequences, N.M. (1997)
84. The Unholy Wife (1957)
85. W.C. Fields and Me (1976)
86. Waterloo (1970)
87. Wolf Lake (1978)
aka: The Honor Guard
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