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Susan Hayward
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Gravely wounded on a hunting trip, writer Harry Street thinks back to lost oppurtunities and lost loves. Though successful, Harry cannot reconcile the commercial concessions made in his writing and the personal costs expended in the pursuit of the great American novel. Only with the love of Helen, his current wife, can Harry begin to look at the more positive aspects of his life and regain the will to live.
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Snows of Kilimanjaro: Writer Harry Street reflects on his life as he lies dying from an infection while on safari in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro.
Anna Karenina: A married woman finds true love in a man who isn't her husband.
Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court: A young man dreams, after reading Mark Twain's classic novel of the same title, that he himself travels to King Arthur's court.
Tale of two cities: A British barrister falls in...
4) Tulsa
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When her father is killed in a fight with the local oil barons, Cherokee Lansing starts her own wells on her ranch to compete. Once the wells start producing oil, Cherokee's desire for revenge turns into a desire for wealth at the expense of her friends and the environment.
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A sprawling, action-packed saga with John Wayne as the head of a construction company working at the building military sites for the Navy during World War II. After suffering the loss of many men after a Japanese attack, Wayne heads to Washington and helps establish the 'C.B.s' (Construction Battalions), units of armed builders.
7) Rawhide
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A gang of outlaws seize a stage coach way-station, kill the station manager and hold the surviving man and woman captive while they await the arrival of a gold shipment.
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A Navy officer falls in love in "Seven sinners"; A moonshiner must struggle with his family's past in "The shepherd of the hills"; In a rags-to-riches tale of frindship, love and power are brought together in "Pittsburgh"; In one of his most unusual roles ever, John Wayne portrays Genghis Khan in "The conqueror"; An American Air Force colonel is assigned to escort defecting Soviet pilot Anna in "Jet pilot."
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