John Kerr
1) Crime Bosses
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English
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At the top of the heap, it's a long way down...
The Little Fella, George Freeman, phoned to tell the owner of The Palace, an illegal Kings Cross casino, that everything was 'sweet in town - for now'. An all-clear from Sydney's gaming boss. He tended to have the right oil.
Beer, served in contravention of liquor license conditions, at heavily marked up prices, was the liquid gold that gave Abe Saffron his start as a crime boss. 'Mr Sin' rebuilt...
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Some 'one-percenters' have committed criminal acts, 100% crimes. Hells Angel Chris Hudson, stewing in the steroid, booze, and ice juices, was, in his girlfriend-victim's words, 'completely out of his mind, insane, just completely gone' when his handgun came out after his fist and boot went in.
A lot of crimes were committed on Father's Day 1984, one of the saddest days for outlaws, when Bandido met Comanchero in the car park of the Viking Tavern.
What...
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On a sunny Thursday morning, in a helicopter near Silverwater Prison Complex, a woman pulled a gun from a shopping bag and said 'This is a hijack.' The pilot, options running out, dropped into the prison and lifted John Reginald Killick, armed robber and escapee, to freedom. This book charts the pathway to that extraordinary act, and its devastating consequenced for those charged. It unfolded in prison visits, correspondence, police stations, pubs...
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Fish is an idealistic young composer whose life is in meltdown. Gabrielle is an archaeologist who has uncovered something frightening and needs to get away. The couple escape to economically decimated Greece, where they take up residence at the abandoned house of Fish's late father. The arrival of a rebellious lifeguard, a lovestruck schoolteacher and an Albanian puppeteer, prompts Fish to follow his utopian dream of creating a new society. But, as...
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
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English
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The relationship between fledgling psychiatrist Carl Jung and his mentor Sigmund Freud is torn apart when Sabina Spielrein, a troubled but beautiful young woman, comes between them and forever changes the face of modern thought.
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20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
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English
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A young American nurse from Little Rock meets the handsome and mysterious French planter on a South Pacific island during World War II. Seeking respite from the battles around them, they find refuge in each other as their romance blooms in the lush tropical paradise.
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
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English
Description
The relationship between fledgling psychiatrist Carl Jung and his mentor Sigmund Freud is torn apart when Sabina Spielrein, a troubled but beautiful young woman, comes between them and forever changes the face of modern thought.
14) South Pacific
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English
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On a South Pacific island during World War II, love blooms between a young nurse and a secretive Frenchman who's being courted for a dangerous military mission.
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Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
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English
Description
The fall of the house of Usher: An English Lord fears that his sister has been buried alive, and sure enough, she is, but she revives, but not without causing much confusion among the other members of the cast. The pit and the pendulum: A young man's search for the truth of his sister's death uncovers a bizarre and ghastly secret.
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
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English
Description
Carousel: On the coast of Maine, a smooth-talking carny barker falls in love with a millworker.
The king and I: Based on the true story of Anna Leonowens, an English widow who travels to Bangkok in the 1860s to serve the king of Siam as governess to his children.
Oklahoma!: Set in Oklahoma territory of the early 1900's, this is the story of Curly and Laurey, who are in love with each other, and Jud, the hired man who also has feelings for Laurey.
The...
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20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
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English
Description
It is 1943 and World War II rages on. The United States Navy has established several bases in the Solomon Islands, in preparation for an invasion towards New Guinea and the Central Pacific. On one of these islands lives a French planter named Emile de Becque. The Navy wishes to employ him to scout out the nearby Japanese held islands. To accomplish this task, de Becque is approached by Nellie Forbush, a US Navy nurse. Together they find refuge from...
