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P.D. James: Devices and Desires

Rated: 0 | 162 Views Released Year: 1991

Genre: Dramas Based on Bestsellers
About: Roy Marsden stars as Scotland Yard sleuth Adam Dalgliesh in this epic miniseries based on the popular mystery novel by P.D. James, a tale that also features a brief appearance by a young Kate Beckinsale. After inheriting a seaside cottage from his aunt, Dalgliesh escapes the city for a little R&R, only to find himself neck-deep in a string of serial killings. Can he expose the killer before his vacation is completely ruined?
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Crossfire Trail

Rated: 0 | 208 Views Released Year: 2001

Genre: Dramas Based on Bestsellers
About: At his dying friend's side, Rafe Covington (Tom Selleck) vows he'll take care of his buddy's wife, Ann, and protect her ranch. But Rafe's solemn promise angers cattle baron Bruce Barkow (Mark Harmon), who's threatening Ann and other townsfolk in an effort to acquire their property. As the time for Rafe's clash with Barkow draws closer, Rafe also struggles with his feelings for Ann.
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I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

Rated: 0 | 140 Views Released Year: 1977

Genre: Dramas Based on Bestsellers
About: In this touching drama based on Joanne Greenberg's popular novel, 16-year-old Deborah (Kathleen Quinlan) lives her life in a fantasy kingdom that's inhabited by gods of her own creation. When her affliction lands her in a mental hospital, she finds herself in the capable hands of a compassionate psychotherapist (Bibi Andersson). But doctor and patient will have to work together to help each other accept reality.
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V.I. Warshawski

Rated: 0 | 126 Views Released Year: 1991

Genre: Dramas Based on Bestsellers
About: Based on the best-selling detective novels by Sara Partesky, V.I. Warshawski stars Kathleen Turner as the titular private investigator. A tough-talking, take-no-prisoners, butt-kicking woman, Warshawski holds her own in a man's world as she tries to solve the murder of a professional hockey player. Seems the only thing she can't handle is the hockey player's wisecracking teenage daughter. …
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Louis L'Amour Double Feature: Hondo and the Apaches / The Man Called Noon

Rated: 0 | 113 Views Released Year: 1993

Genre: Dramas Based on Bestsellers
About: Featuring two big-screen adaptations of classic novels by Louis L'Amour, this double feature is a treat for fans of great Westerns. The Man Called Noon stars Richard Crenna as an amnesiac wanderer in search of his past. Hondo and the Apaches stars Ralph Taeger as a frontier scout charged with the impossible task of negotiating peace between the volatile soldiers at Fort Lowell and a headstrong Apache chief.
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Along Came a Spider

Rated: 0 | 145 Views Released Year: 2001

Genre: Dramas Based on Bestsellers
About: When a teacher kidnaps a girl from a prestigious school, homicide detective Alex Cross (Morgan Freeman) takes the case in hopes of finding the girl and stopping the brutal psychopath. Teaming up with young security agent Jezzie Flannigan (Monica Potter), he attempts to track down the kidnapper. Will they find their man before it's too late, or will the spider claim another victim in its web?
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Message in a Bottle

Rated: 0 | 119 Views Released Year: 1999

Genre: Dramas Based on Bestsellers
About: Based on Nicholas Sparks's best-selling novel, director Luis Mandoki's romantic drama explores the possibility of love amid heartache. Newspaper researcher Theresa Osborne (Robin Wright Penn) finds a letter in a bottle penned by grieving shipbuilder Garret Blake (Kevin Costner), who writes to ease the pain of his wife's death. Carrying her own emotional baggage, Theresa tracks him down -- but their growing attraction is endangered by their pasts.
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A Prayer for the Dying

Rated: 0 | 146 Views Released Year: 1987

Genre: Dramas Based on Bestsellers
About: Mickey Rourke is an IRA terrorist who grows tired of violence after he accidentally blows up a school bus full of children. Now useless to his cause, he's being hunted by both the British and the IRA. Sadistic mobster Alan Bates will give Rourke money and a passport -- if he commits one more crime. A priest (Bob Hoskins) witnesses the killing, and Rourke tries to silence him by confessing the murder. Based on Jack Higgins's best-selling novel.
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A Thief of Time

Rated: 0 | 135 Views Released Year: 2004

Genre: Dramas Based on Bestsellers
About: Another adaptation (from PBS's "Mystery!" series) of Tony Hillerman's best-selling suspense novels centers on Native American culture and the detective work of Navajo tribal police Joe Leaphorn (Wes Studi) and Jim Chee (Adam Beach). This time, the pair investigates the disappearance of an archaeologist digging at an ancient Indian burial ground. In addition to evidence of poaching, the sleuths discover that supernatural avengers may be involved.
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A Separate Peace

Rated: 0 | 185 Views Released Year: 2003

Genre: Dramas Based on Bestsellers
About: At an exclusive New England prep school, two roommates -- charismatic athlete Finny (Toby Moore) and timorous, scholarly Gene (J Barton) -- face the growing threat of World War II and, closer to home, the destructive consequences of a rash act of jealousy. Jacob Pitts, Danny Swerdlow, and Hume Cronyn costar in director Peter Yates' atmospheric adaptation of John Knowles' best-selling novel.
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