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The Cokeville Miracle
On May 9, 1986, a small ranching community in Wyoming experiences a divine intervention when a couple detonates a bomb inside a crowded classroom.
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Harlow
Hollywood drama loosely based on the life of film actress Jean Harlow, with Carroll Baker in the title role. One of two feature film biographies, both released in 1965 and both with the same title, ab...
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Natalee Holloway
On May 30, 2005, on a high school graduation trip to Aruba, she disappeared without a trace.
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Karla
Based on real events, Canada's most notorious serial killers, Paul Bernardo and wife Karla Homolka kidnap, sexually abuse, and murder three young girls.
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Odd Man Rush
When Harvard hockey’s Bobby Sanders lands in Sweden’s minor leagues, his relationship with the girl at the local market forces him to confront the reality of his childhood NHL dream before the hockey...
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The Legend of Valentino
An embellished dramatization of the career and personal life of actor Rudolph Valentino, widely regarded as the screen's first male sex symbol.
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Evel Knievel
Biography of the famed motorcycle daredevil, much of which was filmed in his home town of Butte, Montana. The film depicts Knievel reflecting on major events in his life just before a big jump.
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The Babe Ruth Story
The baseball player goes from wayward youth to Boston Red Sox pitcher to New York Yankees home-run hero.
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Jack London
The adventurous and remarkable life of the US writer Jack London (1876-1916).
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Gable and Lombard
A biography about the love affair between 1930s Hollywood superstars Clark Gable and Carole Lombard.
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