Samuel Fuller
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
A self-portrait by the late filmmaker describes his New York youth, his work in the newspaper world, his military career during World War II, and his rise to success in Hollywood as a writer, director, and producer known for his gritty, frequently violent portrayals of the dark side of American life.
2) Brainquake
Author
Publisher
Titan Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The bagmen who transport money for organized crime live by a set of rules: no personal relationships, no ties, no womenand never, ever look inside the bag you're carrying. Paul Page was the perfect bagman, despite suffering from a rare brain disorder. But that ended the day he saw a beautiful Mob wife become a Mob widow. Now Paul is going to break every rule he's lived by'even if it means he might be left holding the bag.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
1980.
Language
English
Description
Named for the insignia of the First Infantry Division, this World War II combat film follows a handful of young GIs and their sergeant as they battle their way from North Africa through Sicily, Omaha Beach and Belgium to the ultimate horror of the concentration camp at Falkenau, Czechoslovakia.
Series
Criterion collection ; 224
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Petty crook Skip McCoy has his eye set on the big score. When the three-time convict picks the pocketbook of unsuspecting Candy, he finds a haul bigger than he ever could have imagined: a strip of microfilm bearing confidential U.S. secrets. Tailed by the Feds and the unwitting courier's Communist puppeteers, Skip and Candy find themselves in a precarious gambit that pits greed against redemption.
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[between 2000 and 2009?]
Language
English
Description
"An anti-noir feminist shows up in a small town where she seduces the local sheriff and is told to leave. Instead, she decides to give up her illicit lifestyle and becomes involved with handicapped children much to the dismay of the sheriff"--Container.
Series
Criterion collection ; 19
Publisher
Classic Collection
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
A journalist gets himself admitted to a mental hospital to solve the murder of an inmate.
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
The place: World War II Burma. The mission: drive a fatal wedge between an enemy link-up. The troops: the 5307th Composite Unit, led by Brig. Gen. Frank Merrill and manned by Stock, Chowhound, Kolowicz and other young dogfaces who after a few weeks of basic training had the fate of the world loaded on their backs.
10) House of bamboo
Series
Fox film noir ; 4
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
"Sandy Dawson has assembled a platoon of ex-Army thugs to run pachinko parlors while pulling off bloody heists and armed robbery. The murder of a friend brings Eddie Spanier into the group, along with his beautiful mistress. But Spanier's behavior grows treacherous, and his loyalties become questionable, leading to a breathless, murderous conclusion high above the ancient city of Tokyo."--Container.
Series
Criterion collection ; 793
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A young picture framer thinks that he has terminal disease and is set up to become a hired assassin in West Germany because of the lure of quick money.
12) Fixed bayonets!
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A corporal must take responsibility for an entire platoon during the Korean War, as each one of his commanding officers is killed.
13) Forty guns
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Tougher-than-nails landowner Jessica Drummond has ruled over her county in Arizona with such power that even the local sheriff won't stand up to her. And when gunslinger-turned-U.S. marshal Griff Bonnell and his brothers seek to restore law and order, they meet with harsh resistance, that is until Jessica falls in love with Bonnell. But when the man's brother is murdered and the two families become bitter enemies, Jessica's loyalty is divided, and...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Named for the insignia of the First Infantry Division, this World War II combat film follows a handful of young GIs and their sergeant as they battle their way from North Africa through Sicily, Omaha Beach and Belgium to the ultimate horror of the concentration camp at Falkenau, Czechoslovakia.
