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A Fistful of Dollars

Poster for the movie "A Fistful of Dollars"
Poster for the movie "A Fistful of Dollars"

A Fistful of Dollars (1964)

99 min - Western - 18 January 1964
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The Man With No Name enters the Mexican village of San Miguel in the midst of a power struggle among the three Rojo brothers and sheriff John Baxter. When a regiment of Mexican soldiers bearing gold intended to pay for new weapons is waylaid by the Rojo brothers, the stranger inserts himself into the middle of the long-simmering battle, selling false information to both sides for his own benefit.

Director:  Sergio Leone
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The Longest Day

Poster for the movie "The Longest Day"
Poster for the movie "The Longest Day"

The Longest Day (1962)

178 min - War, Action, Drama - 25 September 1962
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The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day"

Writers:  David Pursall, Jack Seddon, James Jones, Romain Gary
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