Riders Of Death Valley COMPLETE S01
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034102/
Promoted and advertised as "The Million Dollar Serial", most of which appears to have been spent on advertising and the most elaborate pressbook ever put out by Universal on a serial (or 95% of their feature films for that matter), Universal’s 51st sound-era serial (following "Sky Raiders" and before "Sea Raiders" and, to quote the late Oliver Drake who wrote the original story,…"we were lucky they didn’t call it ‘Land Raiders’), "Riders of Death Valley" remains a favorite for the 7-12 year-old kids who saw in on original release in 1941, and a major disappointment for those who came later and never saw it in the 35mm version shown on a screen in a 350-seat grind-house theatre, and now question what all the excitement was about. Hey, you had to have been there. Actually, it is just one long prolonged chase after another for the most part and, even worse, it is usually the 5-6 good guys running from 2-3 of the bad guys (which even had eight-year-old kids of 1941 wondering what’s up)…
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Wired 2008 COMPLETE mini tv series
http://www.tv.com/shows/wired/
Louise (Jodie Whittaker) is a fun-loving single mum who is delighted when she’s offered a promotion at ZBG Banking, where she works. Things turn sour however, when she realises she’s actually been given the job targeted as part of a conspiracy to coerce her into facilitating a L250 million internet bank theft. Her best friend, Anna (Charlie Brookes), who’s had her head turned by the glamour and glitz of the criminal world and is persuaded to divulge the secrets of Louise’s murky past to her devious boyfriend Phillip (Laurence Fox), which he uses to entice her into his plot. As the conspiracy progresses, people begin to disappear. Will she be safe?
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The Talisman COMPLETE mini series
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081943/
Based on the novel by Sir Walter Scott, THE TALISMAN is a Crusades story of heroism, love and intrigue. Sir Kenneth, a bold Scottish knight, finds himself involved in political machinations and court intrigue as he discovers that enemies are not always who they seem to be.
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Breaking News AU aka Frontline COMPLETE S 1-2-3
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108780/
Based on the making of a fictitious Australian CURRENT AFFAIRS show, Frontline blends invented events with REAL LIFE events. A true reflection of THE TIMES we live in.
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Jett COMPLETE S01
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt8594276/
World-class thief Daisy "Jett" Kowalski is just out of prison and already being forced back into what got her there, by a group of eccentric and dangerous criminals.
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The Gene Autry Show COMPLETE S 1-2-3-4-5
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042110/
The already legendary singing cowboy rode with his comic pal Pat from town to town bringing justice, song and his horse Champion to the old Southwest.
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Soldiers of Fortune COMPLETE S01
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047773/
Soldiers of Fortune is a 1955 syndicated half hour American television adventure series. It starred John Russell as Tim Kelly and Chick Chandler as his sidekick Toubo Smith who were international adventurers. Each episode would take place in a different country. Many of the film crew had worked at Republic Pictures studios with the show filmed on Republic’s backlot then used by television’s Revue Productions. The show was constantly rerun on American television into the 1960s. The original run was from January 10, 1955 to March 10, 1957. The show was sponsored for two years by 7 Up soft drink. One year after Soldiers of Fortune was cancelled, John Russell went on to star as Marshal Dan Troup in the successful ABC/Warner Brothers western series Lawman.
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Lancer COMPLETE S 1-2
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062577/
"Bonanza" clone about the Lancer family and its ranch.
Lancer is the story of a rancher who struggles to hang onto his vast holdings in California’s San Joaquin Valley with the help of his two sons and his ward. Scott, whose mother died in childbirth, is Murdoch Lancer’s older son. He was raised by his maternal grandfather in Boston. Younger son Johnny was taken from his father by his Mexican mother when he was only around two. He grew up around the Mexican border and went by the name Johnny Madrid under which he earned a reputation as a fast gun. Deservedly so apparently as men from his past occasionally show up to cause problems for Johnny and his new found family. Teresa O’Brien, daughter of Murdoch’s murdered ranch foreman is Murdoch’s ward and a surrogate sister to the two boys.
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