21 Nov 2003
Oldboy
With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors.
The Defiant Ones
One of the great ones!
Two convicts—a white racist and an angry black man—escape while chained to each other.
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Tony Curtis John 'Joker' Jackson
Sidney Poitier Noah Cullen
Theodore Bikel Sheriff Max Muller
Charles McGraw Capt. Frank Gibbons
Lon Chaney Jr. Big Sam
King Donovan Solly
Claude Akins Mack
Lawrence Dobkin Editor
Whit Bissell Lou Gans
Carl Switzer Angus
Kevin Coughlin Billy
Cara Williams Billy's mother
Ned Glass Doctor
Nedrick Young Prison Guard
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