Albert S. Ruddy
1) Cry macho
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder who, in 1978, takes a job from an ex-boss to bring the man's young son home and away from his alcoholic mom. Crossing rural Mexico on their way back to Texas, the unlikely pair faces an unexpectedly challenging journey, during which the world-weary horseman may find his own sense of redemption through teaching the boy what it means to be a good man." --
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Frankie is a former boxing manager, who initially refuses to train Maggie due to her gender and age. With her talent and his coaching the spirited young fighter rises through the ranks of women's boxing, the pair form a touching bond in the process.
Series
Language
English
Description
"Don" Vito Corleone is the head of a New York mafia 'family.' His beloved son Michael has just come home from the war, but does not intend to become part of his father's business. Not given a choice, the business of the family is just like the head of the family, kind and benevolent to those who give respect, but gives in to ruthless violence whenever anything stands against the good of the family. An up and coming rival of the Corleone family wants...
Publisher
Binge Box
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Godfather: It is the late 1940s in New York and "Don" Vito Corleone is the head of a powerful Mafia "family." His youngest son Michael had defied Vito by enlisting in the Marines to fight in World War II. Michael has returned with no intention of continuing the family business, but after several assassination attempts on his father's life, Michael wants revenge on the men responsible. He is groomed as the new don, leading the family to a new era...
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
The bumbling Germans give Hogan and his crew plenty of opportunities to continue their war resistance movements right from their POW war cells. The prisons colonel, Klink, is more concerned with having everything run smoothly and avoiding any trouble with his superiors (especially anything that might result in his being reassigned and sent to the Eastern front) than with being tough on Hogan and his fellow prisoners. Hogan and his men cause as much...
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Frankie Dunn has trained and managed some incredible fighters during a lifetime spent in the ring. Since his painful estrangement from his daughter, Frankie has been unwilling to let himself get close to anyone. His only friend, Scrap, is an ex-boxer who looks after Frankie's gym. He knows that Frankie has been seeking forgiveness for the past 25 years. Then Maggie Fitzgerald walks into his gym. Maggie is a waitress with a dysfunctional family. She...
10) Bad girls
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A wild west story of four fallen women on the run branded as outlaws, pursued by a posse and traced by Pinkerton detectives.
Series
Publisher
CBS DVD
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"The fans have spoken! Here come eight great Hogan's Heroes episodes, selected by fans in a Facebook poll. At the POW camp known as Stalag 13, Colonel Hogan and his fellow Allied prisoners devise wily schemes to undermine the Germans from within--paving the way for D-Day, snatching secret plans from under their noses, and concocting a daring plot to convince the Nazis that the war has already ended!"--
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Behind the scenes: The Godfather family ; On location ; Francis Coppola's notebook ; The music of the Godfather ; Coppola & Puzo on screenwriting ; Gordon Willis on cinematography ; Storyboards from The Godfather, part II and part III ; The Godfather behind the scenes 1971 -- Additional scenes, chronology -- The family tree: Character biographies ; cast biographies -- Photo galleries -- Theatrical trailers -- Acclaim and response: Academy Award acceptance...
Publisher
CBS DVD
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A modern-day hero who still believes in living the frontier code, Cordell Walker's methods are right out of the Old West-- but his independent ways pay off when it comes to putting bad guys behind bars. With his partner James "Jimmy" Trivette, ex-Ranger buddy C.D. Parker, and beautiful assistant D.A. Alex Cahill, Walker takes a hands-on, no-holds-barred approach to fighting injustice in one thrilling, action-packed case after another.
14) The Godfather
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Vito Corleone is the aging don of the Corleone Mafia Family. Michael, his youngest son, has returned from WWII in time to see the wedding of his sister Connie to Carlo Rizzi. All of Michael's family is involved with the Mafia, but Michael just wants to live a normal life. Drug dealer Virgil Sollozzo is looking for a family to offer him protection in exchange for a profit of the drug money. He approaches Don Corleone about it, but, he is morally against...
Publisher
Cranston Public Library
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
The outlaw Josey Wales: A peaceful farmer turns Confederate renegade to avenge the deaths of his wife and child at the hands of bandits-turned-Union sympathizers.
Million dollar baby: Frankie is a former boxing manager, who initially refuses to train Maggie due to her gender and age. With her talent and his coaching the spirited young fighter rises through the ranks of women's boxing, the pair form a touching bond in the process.
Gran Torino: A...
Publisher
Cranston Public Library
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Girlfight: Diana Guzman is always fighting, whether at home in the housing projects with her abusive dad or at high school. She finds a new outlet for her anger at her brother's boxing gym. With hard-core training from veteran boxing coach Hector, Diana learns she has the guts and talent to be a contender.
Million dollar baby: Frankie is a former boxing manager, who initially refuses to train Maggie due to her gender and age. With her talent and...
