John Ireland
1) Bebop Noir
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"Bebop Noir" is the last of The Los Angeles Stories, an anthology of human dramas and comedies. Rooted in The City of Angels, the time is the present, the characters are all passengers to an uncertain future, and the only technology that is important is the human heart. Los Angeles is the kaleidoscope through which we view these lives.
2) Gunslinger
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After her husband is gunned down, Rose Hood (Beverly Garland) takes his place temporarily as Marshal of a small Western town.
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The Dhammapada, a collection of 423 verses in 26 chapters, is perhaps the most famous of all Buddhist texts. It presents the Buddha's teachings in a clear and highly accessible form and has been used for personal instruction and teaching for centuries throughout the Buddhist world. It comes from the Khuddaka Nikaya section of the Pali Canon and is here collected with two other key texts from the same source.
The Udana ('inspired utterance') contains...
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A Swiss Bank president hires an American investigator to ferret out a group of blackmailers that have been terrorizing his clients. The investigator (David Janssen) identifies four potential suspects, including the bank vice-president's mistress (Elke Sommer). Ultimately, the investigation leads to the bank paying in uncut diamonds, which results in a dramatic showdown in the snow-covered Alps!