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Night of the Juggler (1980)

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Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Never Had A Wife

Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Where The Money Comes From

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Brannigan (1975)

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Night of the Juggler (1980)

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Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Never Had A Wife Early scene introducing ex-cop Burke (Ed Begley) meeting ex-con Slater (Robert Ryan) whom he has in mind for one last bank job, in the Harry Belafonte-financed Odds Against Tomorrow, 1959, directed by Robert Wise.

Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Where The Money Comes From First scene for Shelley Winters as "Lorry," waking as boyfriend Slater (Robert Ryan), worried that she's paying all the bills, is leaving to scout a bank job, in Robert Wise's Odds Against Tomorrow, 1959.

Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) -- (Movie Clip) He Dared Me Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) -- (Movie Clip) He Dared Me

Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) -- (Movie Clip) The Invisible Man Financier and de-facto producer Harry Belafonte, singing a song he co-wrote, as musician-gambler "Johnny," interrupted by Coco (Richard Bright), his bookie's henchman, in Odds Against Tomorrow, 1959, directed by Robert Wise.

Big Heat, The (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Pinch Hit For Your Boy? Cop Bannion (Glenn Ford) drops in on the polished gangster Lagana (Alexander Scourby) and his hunky aide George (Chris Alcaide) to deliver a warning in Fritz Lang's The Big Heat, 1953.

Big Heat, The (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Your Pretty Face Famous scene in which rightly suspicious gangster Vince (Lee Marvin) freaks out and burns girlfriend Debbie (Gloria Grahame) with hot coffee, Howard Wendell as the panicked politician, Alexander Scourby the kingpin taking the call, in Fritz Lang's The Big Heat, 1953.

Big Heat, The (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Jersey Mosquitoes After dinner and before their date, discourse between cop Dave Bannion (Glenn Ford) and spouse Katie (Jocelyn Brando, Marlon's older sister) so domestic you know something bad is coming, in Fritz Lang's film noir The Big Heat, 1953.

Big Heat, The (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Just Impersonations First scene for usually blonde, and now Academy Award-winner (for The Bad And The Beautiful, 1953) Gloria Grahame, as gang-moll Debby, with thug boyfriend Vince (Lee Marvin), sidekick Larry (Adam Williams) and their boss Lagana (Alexander Scourby) in Fritz Lang's The Big Heat, 1953.

Brannigan (1975) -- (Movie Clip) Smaller Than The Statue Of Liberty Chicago cop John Wayne (title character) arrives at Heathrow for an extradition, a hit-man (Daniel Pilon) maybe on the same plane, greeted by Scotland Yard's Ms. Thatcher (Judy Geeson), plus a brief bit with villain Larkin (John Vernon) and lawyer (Mel Ferrer), in Brannigan, 1975.

Brannigan (1975) -- (Movie Clip) Knock Knock Modern enough opening, interrupting the credits, Ralph Meeker as the Chicago captain supervising cop John Wayne, title character, about to turn 70, who casually thumps a counterfeiter (Arthur Batanides), in the fairly profitable, mostly London-based police drama Brannigan, 1975.

Brannigan (1975) -- (Movie Clip) Spot Of Lunch? John Wayne, Chicago cop and title character visits the genuine Garrick Club in London’s West End, where we discover his contact Sir Charles is Richard Attenborough (who was then CBE, so not yet “Sir” himself), mostly agreeing about his extradition mission, in Brannigan, 1975.

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