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    Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957)

    A married, middle-aged woman is shocked to discover that her husband, who she thought was content in...

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    The Man From the Alamo (1953)

    Branded a coward, the Alamo's sole survivor finds little support in his search for his wife's...

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    Twenty-Four Hours in a Woman's Life

    A wealthy widow meets a younger man, a gambler at a casino, and they spend the night together.

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    Arrow in the Dust (1954)

    Arrow in the Dust is an intelligently assembled story of regeneration. Deserting cavalry trooper...

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    Sinful Davey (1969)

    Period comedy about a 19th Century teenage highwayman.

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    Cameleons

    Delme Davies returns to his widowed mother in Llanelli, South Wales as a deserter after the British...

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    Macaroni (1985)

    A businessman from the United States returns to Italy for the first time in four decades only to...

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    City of Champions

    A bank robber and two hitchhikers spend a day shopping and carousing.

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    Par 6

    A cynical man returns to his family's homestead in Texas and starts up a golf course with his...

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    The Good Die Young (1954)

    An English aristocrat (Laurence Harvey) masterminds an armed robbery with an ex-GI (Richard...

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    Un Enfant dans la foule

    Deserted by his father, and dislocated by the Second World War, Paul (Cesar Chaveau) is a boy who...

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    Wolf Lake (1981)

    Not only does star Rod Steiger bypass The Honor Guard on his resume; it is also ignored by virtually...

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    Szerencses Daniel

    Daniel loves the girl next door, but the Soniet invasion of Hungary in 1956 sends him running in...

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    Sale gosse (1995)

    In the vein of Truffaut's "The 400 Blows", Sale gosse is a film about a young boy learning the truth...

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    Ocean Oasis (2000)

    Filmmaker Soames Summerhays examines the ecology of Mexico's Sea of Cortès and Baja California.

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    The Last Request

    To appease his terminally ill father (Danny Aiello), a priest (T.R. Knight) must marry and have a...

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    Un Second Souffle

    In this French drama, an aging dentist looks for a little liveliness by abandoning his wife in favor...

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    The Line

    Based around footage from his 1972 film Parades, this anti-war drama from Robert J. Siegel is an...

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    Il Disertore (1984)

    In this tragic story that has an unrealized potential to tug at the emotions, a woman in mourning...

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    Deserters

    In this interesting drama set in the 1960s at the height of the Vietnam War, a tough drill sergeant...

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    Histoire du Caporal

    A quiet French peasant has spent three years as a corporal on the front lines in World War I, and...

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    Le Soldat Laforet

    When he gets separated from his unit, Laforet (Roger Van Hool) becomes a de facto deserter during...

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    La Spina Dorsale del Diavola

    A cavalryman sets his sights on revenge.

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    El Derecho de Nacer

    A land-owning aristocrat's daughter has gotten pregnant. Her boyfriend deserts her when she refuses...

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    A Separate Peace

    Seven teenage prep-school students become young men as they face the realities of WW II in this...

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    Summer Soldiers

    This fascinating Japanese drama takes an objective look at the relationship between American GIs and...

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    Les Volets Clos

    Thomas (Jacques Charrier) is a sailor who has deserted from the Navy in this gentle French drama. He...

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    Charley-One-Eye

    In this western two misfits, a black man AWOL from the union army, and a crippled Indian hide in a...

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    Rebel (1986)

    This WW II musical is set in Australia and chronicles the exploits of a nightclub singer and the...

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    The Fiercest Heart (1961)

    Something of a variant on the American western where colonialists face off with Native Americans,...