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- A fiercely independent teenager tries to make her own way in the world while wanting to get out of her hometown of Sacramento, California and to get away from her complicated mother and recently-unemployed father.
- A laid-back Southern man is sentenced to two years in a rural prison, but refuses to conform.
- The heartwarming tale of Nitta Sayuri, a young Japanese woman who transcended from her fishing-village roots and became one of Japan's most celebrated geisha.
- A man searches for his missing wife after his car breaks down in the middle of the desert.
- When the daughter of a well-known and well-respected base commander is murdered, an undercover detective is summoned to look into the matter and finds a slew of cover-ups at West Point.
- The rise and fall of a corrupt politician who makes his friends richer and retains power by dint of a populist appeal.
- His ship seized by the Chinese Communists, American Merchant Captain Tom Wilder languishes in prison but Chinese villagers help him escape to sail them to Hong-Kong.
- At a tough penitentiary, prisoner Joe Collins plans to rebel against Captain Munsey, the power-mad chief guard.
- Breck Coleman leads hundreds of settlers in covered wagons from the Mississippi River to their destiny out West.
- In the 1950s, a poor Georgia cotton farmer and his sons search for the gold presumably buried on the farm by their great-grandfather, but problems related to poverty, infidelity, unemployment, and booze threaten to destroy their family.
- A woman whose past is scorned by nearly everyone around her meets a man who'd love her regardlessly- if only everyone else would allow them to.
- The effete son of a cantankerous riverboat captain comes to join his father's crew.
- Mark Twain's 1851 story about two runaway friends, a fostered white boy and an escaped black slave, who sailed on a raft down the Mississippi River in search of freedom and adventure.
- The arrival of the telegraph put Pony Express riders like John Blair and his pal Smoky out of work. A race will decide whether they or Stageline owner Drake get the government mail contract.
- To avoid his abusive father, a rambunctious boy rafts the Mississippi River with a slave, encountering many wild characters.
- A Louisiana con man enters his steamboat into a winner-take-all race with a rival while trying to find a witness to free his nephew, about to be hanged for murder.
- Huckleberry Finn, a knavish boy weary of social expectations and his cruel, selfish father, floats a raft down the Mississippi River. With him is Jim, a slave running away from being sold. Huck realizes he must help Jim make it to freedom.
- The journeys we make are the journeys we take. Meet Fleet. From the time he was a boy he's trained his mind and body for combat, in the boxing ring and out. On this night, the night of the long awaited boxing match against his old rival, Fleet has been thrown into a peculiar kaleidoscope of events that is threatening to stop him from reaching the most important fight of his career. The key is to draw from his years of training and the teachings of his mentor to make it through the challenges. But just because he has the know-how and ability doesn't mean he will succeed. Fleet knows all too well nothing worth anything comes easy. He's spent his entire life fighting in one way or another. But the variety of walls that seek to halt his journey to the big show are quite unique at every turn. So odd are some that Fleet may question the very makings of his reality. Indeed, it is now, on this strange night, that he must absolutely hold true to himself. Everything he has learned must fall into place. And his past must be remembered to make secure his future. But every obstacle, no matter how bizarre or fantastic, has one thing in common.....Fleet must fight or fall. How exactly to fight may prove the hard part. So is the plight of the determined Fleet Blackwood. Does he make it through this night, reaching the fight he's worked so hard for? Or do the challenges that await, however absurd some might seem, ultimately destroy him? Will Fleet fall? Or will he rise?
- Watch as siblings Daphnis and Samantha navigate their turbulent worlds in this "witty melodrama." The vibrant Samantha, played by Sarina Krastev, burdens herself with the challenge of supporting her brother, the boastful Daphnis, played by Kenney Caston. Daphnis, a troubled creative, breaks his vow to step away from his career, a decision so disastrous Samantha decides to move in, determined to avoid a repeat of "last time." Daphnis' story gives a unique take on artistic creation through the eyes of Samantha, who introduces us to her fast paced world of memorable characters including the inescapable Isaiah, played by Jataun Gilbert. When Samantha reaches her breaking point, she solicits the help of their loyal cousin DJ and Daphnis' trusted agent Maurice, played by Donald Ray Antoine and Timothy L. Brooks while she steps away for a mischievous weekend getaway. Daphnis' confidence is unwavering, but will this be enough to keep him going? Or will he be forced to face the existential crisis he's been running from.
- During the Revolution Princess Vera, though betrothed to Prince Dimitri, is attracted to the peasant Feodor.
- After his beloved daughter leaves for the city to pay off his debt, an old farmer goes mad when her letters become less frequent and it is suspected she may be using her body to get the money.
- Buckskin Hamilton guides a wagon train across the wasteland, caring well for the pioneers he escorts, but hoping to solve the murder of his brother by one of the travellers.
- Millie Stope lives with her grandfather on a remote island. Her grandfather fled there for political reasons. But they're not alone. An escaped prisoner, Nicholas, is terrorizing them, and further more, he's interested in Mllie. John Woolfolk has lost his wife in an accident and tries to forget by sailing in his yacht aimlessly on the ocean. By chance he drops anchor in a bay of that island. He soon finds out that something is wrong on that island, and furthermore, he falls in love with Millie, who sees in him a chance to get off that island. But Nicholas has threatened her with rape and murder if she tries to escape, and he has found out about her plans...
- Wang's forced marriage to Chan Lee after his lover Loey's sale births Chan Toy. Reuniting with Loey in San Francisco, jealousy causes Toy's death. Enraged, Wang kills Loey's owner, returning home with her.
- "In the days of the California Gold Rush of '49, Sandy is at odds with his partner, Falloner, over the latter's heavy drinking. Falloner is killed by Lasham, who many years before ran off with Falloner's wife. Sandy brings Falloner's children, Cissy and Jimmy, and their Aunt Betsey to Sacramento from Missouri. He then sets out to find the mother and to avenge his partner's death. Lasham induces Betsey to take the night boat for Sandy Bar with him, under the pretense of finding the children's mother. Sandy rides after them and swims to the steamer, arriving in time to save a frightened Betsey from Lasham. In a fight, Lasham is knocked overboard and drowns. The mother, who under the name Madame Le Blanc has been living with Lasham, helping him with his gambling and other nefarious schemes, becomes a novice in a convent. Sandy and Betsey are wed"--AFI catalog, 1921-1930.