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A small southern town has just been rocked by a tragedy: a young woman has been violently raped. The white town fathers immediately declare that the attacker had to be black, and place the blame on Garth, a young black man. Assuming that the men in white sheets aren't intent on holding a fair and impartial trial, Garth takes to the woods as the Klansmen lynching party hunts him down.
Novel
The story of Eddie Slovik, who was executed by the Army in 1945, the only American soldier to be executed for desertion since the Civil War.
Novel
По роману Уильяма Брэдфорда Хью. Американский морской офицер, умудряющийся вести счастливую жизнь во время войны, всё-таки попадает в неприятности: сначала он по уши влюбляется, а затем его отправляют на опасное задание.
Story
Ira Hayes, a young Pima Indian, enlists in the Marine Corps. At boot camp, he is shunned and mocked by everyone, aside from a Marine named Sorenson, who he befriends. They happen to be two of the six marines captured in the famous photograph of Marines raising the U.S. flag on Suribachi during the battle of Iwo Jima, but Sorenson is killed soon after. Although he is hailed as a hero, Ira's life begins to spiral out of control after the war.
Novel
Чак Гловер прибывает в небольшой городок в Теннесси, чтобы убедить переехать Эллу Гарт — хозяйку дома, которому грозит затопление при строительстве дамбы. Но мужчина сталкивается с сопротивлением в лице местных жителей, которые не хотят покидать родные места. Более того, Чак влюбляется во внучку Эллы.
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In 1941, prostitute Mamie Stover (Jane Russell) has no choice but to flee San Francisco when the police turn on her and want her out of town. Figuring Hawaii would be a great place to begin anew, Stover books a trip aboard a Honolulu-bound boat, where she happens to meet writer Jim Blair (Richard Egan), who is quite taken with the former streetwalker. However, when the ship reaches Hawaii, Stover soon falls back into her old ways and begins working at a nightclub, much to Blair's dismay.
