Theresa Russell
Also Known As: Theresa Paup
Biography: Theresa Russell (born Theresa Lynn Paup; March 20, 1957) is an American actress. Russell made her film debut in The Last Tycoon (1976), followed by a lead role in Straight Time (1978). She was then cast in Nicolas Roeg's controversial thriller Bad Timing (1980), which earned her critical praise. After marrying Roeg in 1982, she appeared in many films directed by him, mainly arthouse and experimental films, including Eureka (1983), Insignificance (1985), and Cold Heaven (1991). Russell starred in Whore and Kafka, both released in 1991. Russell appeared in the box-office hit thriller Wild Things (1998), starred in the critically acclaimed drama The Believer (2001) and, in the later 2000s, appeared in HBO miniseries Empire Falls (2005) and had a minor role in Spider-Man 3 (2007). Description above from the Wikipedia article Theresa Russell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: San Diego, California, USA
Birthday: March 20, 1957
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Gender: Female
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Spider-Man 3
Overview: The seemingly invincible Spider-Man goes up against an all-new crop of villains—including the shape-shifting Sandman. While Spider-Man’s superpowers are altered by an alien organism, his alter ego, Peter Parker, deals with nemesis Eddie Brock and also gets caught up in a love triangle.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-05-01
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Wild Things
Overview: When teen-socialite Kelly Van Ryan and troubled bad girl Suzie Toller accuse guidance counselor Sam Lombardo of rape, he's suspended by the school, rejected by the town, and fighting to get his life back. One cop suspects conspiracy, but nothing is what it seems...
Genres: Mystery Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-03-20
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Kafka
Overview: Kafka, an insurance worker gets embroiled in an underground group after a co-worker is murdered. The underground group is responsible for bombings all over town, attempting to thwart a secret organization that controls the major events in society. He eventually penetrates the secret organization and must confront them.
Genres: Drama Mystery Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-11-15
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The Believer
Overview: A hardcore US racist skinhead who, because of his intelligence, leads a gang dedicated to fighting the enemy: the supposed American-Jewish conspiracy for domination. However, he's hiding a secret: he's Jewish-born, a brilliant scholar whose questioning of the tenets of his faith has left him angry and confused, turning against those who he thinks have a tragic history of their own making.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-08-23
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Whore
Overview: This melodrama investigates the life of a sex worker, in a pseudo-documentary style.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-06-21
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Earth vs. the Spider
Overview: A shy comic book fan is injected with an experimental serum and starts turning into a spider. When web covered bodies start appearing a policeman starts to investigate the strange case.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-10-07
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Straight Time
Overview: After being released on parole, a burglar attempts to go straight, get a regular job, and just go by the rules. He soon finds himself back in jail at the hands of a power-hungry parole officer.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-03-18
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The Razor's Edge
Overview: An American WWI vet undertakes a spiritual quest that takes him from Paris to Nepal to the Himalayas and back to his hometown. Upon his return, he discovers he is not the only one who has changed.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-10-19
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Prohibition Opens the Floodgates
Overview: Short documentary about prohibition and gangsters and how it affected the movies of the day.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-18
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Bad Timing
Overview: Alex Linden is a psychiatrist living in Vienna who meets Milena Flaherty though a mutual friend. Though Alex is quite a bit older than Milena, he's attracted to her young, carefree spirit. Despite the fact that Milena is already married, their friendship quickly turns into a deeply passionate love affair that threatens to overtake them both. When Milena ends up in the hospital from an overdose, Alex is taken into custody by Inspector Netusil.
Genres: Mystery Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-03-02
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Physical Evidence
Overview: A police officer suspended and now accused of murder is forced to join forces with his court-appointed attorney to assemble the pieces of a deadly puzzle to find the missing link before time runs out.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-27
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Track 29
Overview: Years after a desperate teenage Linda gives up her baby for adoption, she finds herself face-to-face with Martin, a young man claiming to be her long-lost son. Linda embraces Martin and in him finds a welcome reprieve from her unhappy marriage to the neglectful Henry. But soon Martin grows violent and becomes obsessed with Henry -- a philandering man whose only offspring is an expansive model train set that devours his waking hours.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-05-15
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Insignificance
Overview: Four 1950s cultural icons who conceivably could have met but probably didn't, fictionally do so in this modern fable of post-WWII America. Visually intriguing, the film has a fluid progression of flashbacks and flashforwards centering on the fictional Einstein's current observations, childhood memories, and apprehensions for the future.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-08-02
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Impulse
Overview: A Los Angeles vice cop, caught between her undercover role as a sex worker and her personal relationships, is thrown into a web of murder and deceit.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-04-06
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Jolene
Overview: A teenage orphan spends ten years traveling to experience life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-10-29
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The Last Tycoon
Overview: Monroe Stahr, a successful movie producer, pursues a beautiful and elusive young woman — all the while working himself to death.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-11-18
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Eureka
Overview: An Alaskan gold prospector lives in luxury with his family on an island which gangsters want.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-05-01
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Love Comes Softly
Overview: Nineteen year old pioneer woman Marty has recently married. She goes west with her husband Clem, hoping to start a new life. But Clem unexpectedly dies, and Marty finds herself alone, two months pregnant. Widower Clark offers her a marriage of convenience: she needs food and money, and he needs someone to take care of his daughter Missie. She accepts his proposal as a temporary solution.
Genres: TV Movie Western Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-04-13
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Luckytown
Overview: A young woman goes in search of her father, a professional gambler who abandoned her years before. Along the way, she finds herself at odds with her boyfriend who wants nothing but a carefree lifestyle.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-08-04
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Public Enemies
Overview: Ma Barker and her sons rob banks, shoot people and wind up at the top of the FBI's Most Wanted list in the 1930s.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-04-19
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The Grotesque
Overview: Sir Hugo is more interested in reconstructing dinosaur bones than in paying attention to his wife, Lady Harriet. He's not thrilled when daughter Cleo brings home her betrothed, Sidney, who aspires to be a poet. The new butler, Fledge, provides Lady Harriet with the attention she's been missing and then seduces Sidney. Did he have a role in Sidney's disappearance as well?
Genres: Comedy Drama Horror Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-09
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Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood
Overview: A look at the motion picture production code and its effects on Hollywood.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-07-18
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Black Widow
Overview: Federal agent Alexandra Barnes believes that Catherine Petersen is a serial killer who marries rich men and then murders them for their money. But since Catherine is seemingly a master of disguise and has multiple identities, Alexandra can't prove anything with conventional detective work. With no other option, she goes undercover, pursuing the same man as Catherine, and hoping that Catherine will slip up and reveal her true identity.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-02-06
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Born to Ride
Overview: The stars of Starship Troopers are back in action! Mike (Casper Van Dien) decides to hit the road on his refurbished classic motorcycle along with best buddy Alex (Patrick Muldoon), but their trek takes a surprising turn when they become involved in a plan involving political blackmail, corruption, and dirty money. Carrying evidence that could get them killed at any minute, the boys are chased on the open road but turn their skills to their own advantage. William Forsythe (Raising Arizona) and Theresa Russell (Wild Things) also star in this gun-blazing, rip-roaring adventure from the director of Every Which Way But Loose you’ll never forget!
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-06-26
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Aria
Overview: Ten short pieces directed by ten different directors, including Ken Russell, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, and Nicolas Roeg. Each short uses an aria as soundtrack/sound, and is an interpretation of the particular aria.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-09-15
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Passionada
Overview: The film is a romantic comedy about the Portuguese widow of a fisherman who died at sea. The widow's teenage daughter, who wants to be a professional gambler, convinces her mother to date a British man who's new in town. The widow falls for the Brit, who pretends to be in the fishing business but is actually a professional gambler. The naïve daughter gets into some trouble.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-08-17
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16 to Life
Overview: Romantic comedy. A small town teenager's angst about sexual inexperience drives a comic quest for love and understanding on a birthday to end all birthdays.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-19
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Project Viper
Overview: A space shuttle crashes containing a lethal prototype organism designed to survive in any environment. The only people who can stop the creature are the Secretary of Defense agent and the female scientist who created it.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-05-15
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The Box - 2003
Overview: An ex-con tries to go straight but also wants to get back money he's owed for the job that put him in prison. He meets a waitress who's also seen her share of trouble and they start up a tenuous relationship. Then there's a murder and things get complicated. It's noir so the plot isn't the main focus but the mood of the film is consistent and properly downbeat. The characters can't seem to shake the fate that hangs over them.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-05-15
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Dream Girl: The making of Marilyn Monroe
Overview: How did Marilyn Monroe become one of the greatest sex symbols of all time? What drove a prudish little Californian girl, who was not especially pretty nor exceptionally talented, to become this incredibly striking platinum blonde superstar? How did she become the icon capable of balancing innocence with raw sensuality, whilst continuing to captivate the masses to this day? How did she achieve this? And what price did she pay?
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2022-09-20
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Cold Heaven
Overview: An adulterous woman's faith in God is tested when her husband dies and miraculously comes back to life.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-05-29
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Blind Injustice
Overview: A blind woman finds herself the target of an attacker again after the person originally convicted of her rape is found to be innocent of the crime.
Genres: Thriller Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-03-10
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Liz & Dick
Overview: On the set of Cleopatra, Hollywood's most beautiful star, Elizabeth Taylor, fell into the arms of one of the world's greatest actors, Richard Burton - and she didn't leave. Their subsequent white-hot, scandalous love affair gave rise to the paparazzi and they became the most hunted and photographed couple on earth. Their rocky, passionate, relationship, born in front of the cameras, was subsequently captured in a series of films, including The V.I.P.s and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? The last of the great, extravagant stars, flaunting diamonds, yachts and private planes, they continually seized the headlines. They even divorced and married again - only to divorce again - but remain in each other's hearts. This Elizabeth Taylor - Richard Burton story is a no-holds barred account of their undying, but impossible love.
Genres: Drama TV Movie Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-11-25
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The Flight of the Dove
Overview: An explosives expert fleeing his past and a beautiful spy trading sex for secrets find themselves in love and fighting the spy ring out to kill them.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-06-10
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The House Next Door
Overview: A newlywed couple move into their dream home only to find that their next door neighbor isn't as good-natured as they had initially thought.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-02-24
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Running Woman
Overview: Emily Russo and her son are victims of a carjacking that results in the Sam's death. No one believes that thugs dressed as cops are the perpetrators; in fact Emily is accused of committing the murder herself and inventing the carjacking story as a cover. On the run from the police, she tries to find and killers on her own and discovers that the crime might not have been as random as it first appeared.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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Now & Forever
Overview: Against a backdrop of clashing cultures, John Myron and Angela Wilson find each other and over the years form a powerful bond. One tragic night, John rescues Angela from a wicked act of betrayal. Faced with its aftermath, Angela flees town, unaware that she has put into motion a dramatic and intense string of events that will forever change the course of their lives. Harboring a secret, John guides Angela to a shocking realization that will uncover the past. A dramatic contemporary love story combining elements of spirituality, heart and integrity.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-08-15
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1 Out of 7
Overview: Runaway teen Lexi find herself alone and pregnant on the streets. Seemingly beyond hope, she must turn to Devon, a woman with her own demons, to help her find a way back from her past mistakes.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-03-09
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Once You Meet a Stranger
Overview: This television remake of Alfred Hitchcock's "Strangers on a Train" (1951) follows the same story, but has changed the genders of the lead characters from male to female. Sheila Gaines is a former child star whose first husband is unwilling to give her a divorce. A chance meeting with Margo Anthony on a train leads to a conversation where the mentally unstable Margo, who hates her mother, suggests that they swap murders, so as to solve their problems. Although she thinks nothing of the conversation, Sheila's life takes a surprising turn when her husband is murdered by Margo. Now Margo wants Sheila to do her part of "the deal." With the police on her tail and Margo constantly in her face, Sheila must find a way out of this tangled web.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-09-25
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The Proposition
Overview: In early 19th century Wales, Catherine Morgan, a widow with two daughters, must endure the bumpy road to a distant market in order to sell her cattle to save her farm and family.
Genres: Romance Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-12-18
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Hotel Paradise
Overview: A bride-to-be wakes up one morning next to a man chained to the bed, but cannot remember what happened the night before.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-10-10
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Nicolas Roeg: It's About Time...
Overview: The first major profile of the great British film director Nicolas Roeg, examining his very personal vision of cinema as in such films as Don't Look Now, Performance, Walkabout and The Man Who Fell to Earth. Roeg reflects on his career, which began as a leading cinematographer, and on the themes that have obsessed him, such as our perception of time and the difficulty of human relationships.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-06-28
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Water Under the Bridge
Overview: As a youngster, Jake O'Connor witnessed the sight of his best friend lying dead and his father wielding a shotgun. Trying to gain closure, Jake returns home to find the truth about what really happened that fateful night. Incognito, he moves into an apartment owned by a sexy woman named Catherine. As Catherine and Jake fall for each other, the pieces of the puzzle begin to come together.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-01
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Thicker Than Water
Overview: Debbie and Jo are identical twins. After Jo is killed in a car accident, Debbie starts to act increasingly like Jo. Mysterious circumstances lead Jo's widower Sam to suspect that the accident wasn't an accident at all.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-07-29
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A Young Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Overview: A modern riff of the 1889 novel by Mark Twain.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-05-27
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The Legends of Nethiah
Overview: A young boy whose parents are going through a bitter divorce, is given hope and courage through the powerful stories embellished by his grandfather. The stories give the boy the inner strength and resolve to confront the inevitable challenges which lie ahead.
Genres: Fantasy Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-05-26
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A Winter Rose
Overview: A young singer in Los Angeles named Winter Rose (Kim Whalen) is chosen to be the successor to a world-famous star who is retiring because of a cancer diagnosis.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-12-02
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Gangsters: The Immigrant's Hero
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2006-09-18
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Moving Mountains
Overview: A determined housewife goes head-to-head with a $1 billion mining company after its negligent operation ruins her town's water supply.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-08-21
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Dark World
Overview: An ex police officer in Los Angeles sets out to solve a series of missing person cases with his ex partner.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-01-01
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Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
Overview: Film Noir burrows into the mind; it's disorienting, intriguing and enthralling. Noir brings us into a gritty underworld of lush morbidity, providing intimate peeks at its tough, scheming dames, mischievous misfits and flawed men - all caught in the wicked web of a twisted fate.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-07-18
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Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
Overview: A documentary on the Z Channel, one of the first pay cable stations in the US, and its programming chief, Jerry Harvey. Debuting in 1974, the LA-based channel's eclectic slate of movies became a prime example of the untapped power of cable television.
Genres: History Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-05-16
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Being Human
Overview: One man must learn the meaning of courage across four lifetimes centuries apart.
Genres: Drama Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-05-06
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Trade Off
Overview: A man has an affair with a mysterious woman and shares with her his desire to end his troubled marriage. When his wife is found dead, his lover admits to the killing and persuades him to kill her husband in return.
Genres: Drama Romance Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-04-29
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That's Insignificance
Overview: A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Nicolas Roeg's 1985 film INSIGNIFICANCE featuring interviews with the cast.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-06-14
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Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films
Overview: A documentary on the roles of women in gangster movies.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-07-18
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Searching for Debra Winger
Overview: Rosanna Arquette talks to various actresses about the pressures they face as women working in the entertainment industry.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-07-13
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Rid of Me
Overview: A scathing black comedy of embarrassment that charts the emotional breakdown and rebirth of a woman ripe for self-discovery.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-11-18
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Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance
Overview: 1870's America. A Chinese immigrant falsely accused of murdering a white woman is viciously hunted down; he'll have to prove his innocence in a time when people of color had "no legal rights" and could be bought and sold for a profit. Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance explores the exploitation of Chinese workers during the building of American railroads. The workers not only spent long hours, but the work was often dangerous and fatal. The Chinaman is a fugitive on the run, and all odds are against him. While stealing a horse was a hanging offense in the Old West, our fugitive knows that killing a Chinaman is not a crime.
Genres: Drama Action Adventure History Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-05-14
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On the Doll
Overview: A lurid, dark look into the lives of sex workers, where victims of child abuse deal with the consequences later in life.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-10-12
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