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Television films based on actual events
Inherit the Wind
Based on a real-life case in 1925, two great lawyers argue the case for and against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution.
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Sudden Fury
A teenage boy finds his mother and father murdered in their home but as the story goes on he reveals he knows more than he is letting on.
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21 Hours at Munich
A dramatization of the incident in 1972 when Arab terrorists broke into the Olympic compound in Munich and murdered 11 Israeli athletes.
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Buffalo Soldiers
They've ridden dusty miles without end and fought fierce battles. Yet when these brave African-American cavalrymen enter a scraggly frontier town, they must walk through it instead of ride. The town d...
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When Billie Beat Bobby
The historic 1973 tennis match between middle-aged champion Bobby Riggs and young feminist Billie Jean King.
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White Mile
An ad-agency boss (Alan Alda) leads a white-water-rafting trip into danger.
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Forgotten Sins
A county sheriff is accused by his daughter of having abused her. Her accusation gets more and more elaborate, involving satanic rituals. As nearly everyone around him seems to believe he's guilty, he...
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Death in Small Doses
One night Nancy Lyon awakes in pain and dies shortly after - poisoned with arsenic. Her family immediately suspects her husband Richard, who left her temporarily the year before because of an affair....
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Fifteen and Pregnant
Based on a true story, 15 year old Tina Spangler discovers she is pregnant. Her choices are abortion, adoption, or a lonely, exhausting life as a single parent. Abandoned by her boyfriend, she turns t...
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