James Cagney
3) White heat
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
In his last role as a heartless gangster, James Cagney embarks on the prison break of a lifetime in this chilling tale that features one of the most riveting finales in movie history.
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Cagney stars as Tom Powers, who begins his life of crime at an early age with boyhood companion Matt Doyle. He rises to become a notorious prohibiton gangster, but a rival gang kills his friend and he tries to avenge his death.
Classic gangster film tells the story of two brothers, one an honorable war veteran, the other a high-class gangster that sold alcohol during the prohibition.
6) Ragtime
Series
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
From the E.L. Doctorow novel of 1906 America, a compelling story of human emotions and a reflection of the innocence, excitement and drama of an important time in America's history. It is now an award winning Broadway musical.
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Collector's set.
Language
English
Description
Since 1935, the National Archives has been responsible for the acquisition, preservation, and public dissemination of the permanent records of the United States government. Select materials, culled from the millions of pieces making up the National Archives' popular holdings, have been assembled to produce War on the Homefront, a cinematic recounting of the stateside war effort waged by civilian men and women and the war measures - from gas rationing...
8) Torrid zone
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
Standard version.
Language
English
Description
Steve Case knows only one man who can shape up his troubled banana-republic plantation, fireball foreman Nick Butler. However, he's a little distracted when he meets a woman who can hold her own at a card table, especially if she's dealing.
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Two childhood friends grow up and go their separate ways--one a criminal and the other a parish priest. Rocky Sullivan returns to his old neighborhood to find his lawless life style idolized by the young hoodlums there. Jerry Connelly, the parish priest sees his hard work turn unavailing because of Rocky's corruptive influence.
11) 13 Rue Madeleine
Language
English
Description
An O.S.S. training officer, bent upon discovering a German traitor within his ranks, is at the same time completing highly dangerous espionage assignments. The risks increase when one of his men is murdered from within, and the officer, convinced he knows who the murdering infiltrator is, vows revenge.
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
In 1921, Kerry O'Shea, an American medical student living in Ireland, learns that his esteemed professor, Sean Lenihan, is also a leader in Ireland's rebel army. Even though Kerry's father and roommate have both been killed by British troops, he refuses to join the Irish rebellion. However, after Kerry is unjustly imprisoned and tortured by the British "Black and Tans," he fully commits himself to the cause of Irish freedom.
13) Each dawn I die
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
A man framed for murder and imprisoned, befriends an inmate.
14) Footlight parade
Series
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Cagney stars as Chester Kent, a diligent musical comedy director who is continually warding off snoopers hired by his competitors to steal his ideas.
16) Mister Roberts
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Language
English
Description
A comedy-drama about life aboard a Navy cargo ship in Pacific waters during World War II. The monotonous non-combat duty of a fun-loving crew is enlivened by a feud between the petty, intolerant captain and an impetuous, highly-respected cargo officer whose continuous efforts to get a transfer to combat duty are blocked by the captain.
18) G-men
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Punchy hot-off-the-presses account of the pursuit and capture of John Dillinger.