When an American booze smuggler gets murdered in Prohibition-era Mexico, his widow, a nightclub singer, joins forces with her lover and a desperate loner to become rum-runners to the U.S.
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Gene Hackman
Kibby
Liza Minnelli
Claire
Burt Reynolds
Walker
Geoffrey Lewis
Lt. Aaron Mosely
John Hillerman
Christy McTeague
Robby Benson
Billy Weber
Michael Hordern
Captain Rockwell
Anthony Holland
Mr. Tully
John McLiam
Rass Huggins
Val Avery
Dolph
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It's Prohibition, and the boys wind up behind bars after Stan sells some of their home-brew beer to a policeman.
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Spiritualist Blanche Tyler and her cab-driving boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.
A spoof of the entire 1940s detective genre. San Francisco private detective, Lou Pekinpaugh is accused of murdering his partner at the instigation of his mistress—his partner's wife.
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Unrepentant Tennessee moonshine runner Luke Doolin makes dangerous high-speed deliveries for his liquor-producing father, Vernon, but won't let his younger brother Robin join the family business. Under pressure from both out-of-town gangster Kogan, who wants a piece of the local action, and Treasury agent Barrett, who wants to destroy the moonshine business, Luke fights for his fast-fading way of life.
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When a ruthless robber baron takes away everything they cherish, a rough-and-tumble, idealistic peasant and a sophisticated heiress embark on a quest for justice, vengeance…and a few good heists.
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A crook quietly plots his revenge against the boss who murdered his brother while working for him.
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