Summary: The true story of Manny Balestrero, a musician unjustly accused of armed robbery. Balestrero vehemently protests his innocence but acts thoroughly guilty, leading a host of policemen and witnesses to finger him as the thief. The trial goes badly for Manny, but life is worse for his wife, Rose, who falls apart under the strain of his ordeal.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2004
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA WROSummary: When one of their own, Reuben Tishkoff, partners and builds a casino and hotel with known casino owner Willy Bank in Las Vegas, the last thing he ever wanted was to get cut out of the deal by the loathsome Bank. Bank even goes so far as to find amusement in Tishkoff's misfortune when the double crossing lands Reuben in the hospital because of a heart attack. However, Danny and his crew won't...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2007
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Ocean'sSummary: After her father leaves to find work during the Great Depression, Kit's mother takes in boarders, and when the lockbox with the family money disappears, Kit sets out to solve the mystery.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD KITSummary: "The public enemy": A young hoodlum rises up through the ranks of the Chicago underworld, even as a gangster's accidental death threatens to spark a bloody mob war. "White heat": A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. Shortly after the plan takes place, events take a crazy turn. "Angels with dirty...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment/Warner Bros. Entertainment 2016
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY GANSummary: Bridget Gregory makes her husband Clay steal more than half a million dollars, and then steals it from him. Hiding out in a small town, she grabs the first man she sees, Mike, to keep her cover. When Clay tracks her down, she stands to lose everything unless she can use her sexual power over Mike to lead him to murder.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2002
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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER LASSummary: A gripping, stylish thriller that reveals the true story of one of the largest robberies in US history. While doing time for a botched heist, two small-time crooks cook up an ill-fated scheme to rip off a nearby vault for $30 million, money that belongs to the local Mafia!
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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2 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY VAUSummary: THE GANG (1977): In 1945, as World War Two comes to a close, five small-time crooks unite to form a gang lead by the charismatic Alain Delon. After several bold robberies, they become notorious as 'the front-wheel drive gang.' The police attempt to stop their crime spree with little success, but how long will their luck last? THREE MEN TO KILL (1980): In this Gritty, violent, and suspenseful...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN GANSummary: Taking place largely over the course of one tense night, Carol Reed's psychological noir, set in an unnamed Belfast, stars James Mason as Johnny McQueen, a revolutionary ex-con leading a robbery that goes horribly wrong. Injured and hunted by the police, he seeks refuge throughout the city, while the woman he loves (Kathleen Ryan) searches for him among the shadows.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY ODDSummary: At the end of the Civil War, a small band of Confederate soldiers ambush a Union gold shipment. To their horror, they learn from a dying soldier that the war between the North and the South has been over for a month. Now facing certain criminal prosecution for acts committed while they thought the war was on, the troop seeks refuge in a stagecoach waystation. A feisty ex-Union army nurse and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Neha Kapoor, a young, attractive Bombay psychiatrist, is pursued by two rivals, Raja and Bunnu who try to bump off each other. A romantic comedy with suspense and action.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: M.K.D. Films Combine 1998
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN DEESummary: A rich widow is trapped in her private elevator, nine feet from the floor, for ten terrifying hours. Unable to escape, her situation becomes desperate when the emergency alarm attracts a drunken derelict and his boozy prostitute friend, both bent on robbery.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER LADSummary: Veteran detective Hames Knight is dedicated to navigating the demanding streets of Los Angeles, in this thrilling first of a trilogy of films. As the city prepares for Halloween, mask-wearing armed robbers critically wound Knight's partner in a shootout following a heist. With Knight in hot pursuit, the bandits flee L.A. for New York, where the detective's dark past collides with his present...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DETSummary: La regla de honor ladrones es nunca robar a tu propia gente. Pero las situaciones extremas solo se pueden arreglar con medidas extremas, así es que una gran banda de asaltantes decide robarle a uno de los mejores en el ramo, el reto es inmenso pero la recompensa lo es má ... si es que lo pueden lograr.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2008
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN LADSummary: South Bronx teen Kadir is a gifted visual artist who loses his way following the death of his younger brother. Overcome with grief and struggling with the pressures of school and family, he escapes into the thrilling yet dangerous world of graffiti gangs, seeking an outlet for the creative force threatening to explode out of him. To prove himself and join his neighborhood₂s ruling gang, Kadir...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA STOSummary: Ocean's 11 (127 min): New Year's Eve in Las Vegas. Roulette wheels spin and the champaign fizzes. It's the perfect time to steal a kiss or a $25 chip. But for Danny Ocean and his 10 partners in crime, it's the perfect moment to steal millions. Danny devises a scheme to knock out power to the Vegas strip, electronically rig five big casinos vaults and raid them all at the same time.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2009
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Forget about the straight and narrow. Clever con Charlie Croker (Michael Caine) intends to go straight to the bank. Fresh from the slammer, he begins work on a heist that will either set him up for life or send him up forever. Croker and his unruly lot of thieves take on the mob, the police and the gridlocked traffic of Turin to rob a heavily armed shipment of gold bullion in The Italian job.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2003
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A hard rain is about to fall on a small town in Southern China. In a desperate attempt to find money to save his fiancee's failed plastic surgery, Xiao Zhang, a mere driver, steals a bag containing one million dollars from his boss. News of the robbery spreads fast within the town and, over the course of one night, everyone starts looking for Xiao Zhang and his money.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Strand Releasing 2018
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN HAVSummary: Mortally weakened by the Spider Queen on Metebilis 3, the Doctor is forced to regenerate. His recuperation is cut short as UNIT investigates a spate of robberies involving components for a top-secret disintegrator gun. The culprit is quickly identified as a highly sophisticated robot built by Professor Kettlewell, which is being ordered to act against its Prime Directive.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2007
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DOCSummary: Good Girls Season 2 opens with Beth (Christina Hendricks) dealing with her failed plan to get Rio (Manny Montana) arrested, while evidence about their crimes end up on Agent Turner's (James Lesure) desk. Throughout the season, Ruby (Retta) and Beth deal with the new status of their relationships with their husbands Stan (Reno Wilson) and Dean (Matthew Lillard), now aware of their secret...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GOOSummary: When three suburban moms get tired of trying to make ends meet, they decide it's time to stick up for themselves by robbing the local grocery store. But when the manager catches a glimpse of one of them and the loot is far more than they expected, it doesn't take long for the three best friends to realise the perfect getaway will be harder than they think. From Executive Producer Jenna Bans...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV GOOSummary: Desperate to raise money for his daughter's cancer treatment, a retired bull rider teams up with his estranged son and resorts to robbery to secure payment before time runs out. But after the heist goes awry, keeping the money and their freedom requires the duo to outwit a dogged pair of local law enforcement officers, including a justice-minded sheriff who soon suspects that the key to her...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Reintroduces Danny Ocean and his perfectly trained team of con men. Dividing forces to hit Paris, Amsterdam, and Rome, the heist-meisters move beyond casinos to tackle new objectives, one of which involves stealing a famous painting.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2005
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Ocean's 2004Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD OCECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD OCE RATED PG-13Summary: A talented, young getaway driver relies on the beat of his personal soundtrack to be the best in the game. But after being coerced into working for a crime boss, he must face the music when a doomed heist threatens his life, love and freedom.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017