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Fighting Mad
ArkansasWhen You Push Too Far, Even A Peaceful Man Gets Fighting Mad. — An evil corporation tries to pressure a bunch of Arkansas farmers and ranchers to sell their land so they can strip-mine it for coal. The fiercely proud and stubborn Hunter family refuse to give in. This leads to a bitter conflict that results in several casualties. Eventually the take-charge no-nonsense Tom Hunter exacts a harsh revenge on the villains with the help of his bow and arrow.
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Rooster Cogburn
Arkansas The 1880sThe man of "True Grit" is back and look who's got him! — After a band of drunken thugs overruns a small Indian Nation town, killing Minister Goodnight and raping the women folk, Eula Goodnight enlists the aid of Marshal Cogburn to hunt them down and bring her father's killers to justice.
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Crazy Mama
Arkansas The 1950s The 1930sIn 1957 Cheryl Drove Her Mom's Chevy on a Heavy Date: Got Knocked Up, Knocked Over a Bank, Smashed Four Police Cars, and Kidnapped Her Stepfather. It Was a Crazy Year! — Melba Stokes, her mother Sheba and daughter Cheryl embark on a crime spree after their California beauty parlor is repossessed. Their destination is Arkansas, where the three generations of women want to reclaim the family farm.
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Huckleberry Finn
Arkansas The 1830sThe Greatest Of All American Adventure Stories. — Huckleberry Finn is a 15-year-old boy who has had a difficult relationship with his often violent father for a long time. When Dad tried to kidnap him, Huck decides to run away from home, and heads out of town on a raft. Huck is soon joined by Jim, a runaway slave who is no more eager to see his master than Huck is to see his father. As the two friends make their way down the Mississippi, they're faced with a variety of challenges and adventures.
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Bootleggers
Arkansas The 1930sThe Happiest Film Surprise of the Year! — A bunch of bootleggers run booze in the South.
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White Lightning
ArkansasMeet the Bayou's baddest good ol' boy. — An ex con teams up with federal agents to help them with breaking up a moonshine ring.
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The Legend of Boggy Creek
ArkansasA True Story. — A documentary-style drama based on true accounts of the Fouke Monster in Arkansas, Boggy Creek focuses on the lives of back country people and their culture while chronicling sightings of the monster.
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Boxcar Bertha
Arkansas The 1930sLife made her an outcast. Love made her an outlaw. — 'Boxcar' Bertha Thompson, a transient woman in Arkansas during the violence-filled Depression of the early '30s, meets up with rabble-rousing union man 'Big' Bill Shelly and the two team up to fight the corrupt railroad establishment. Based on “Sister of the Road,” the 1937 pseudo-autobiography of fictional character Bertha Thompson, written by anarchist physician Dr. Ben L. Reitman.
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Welcome Home, Soldier Boys
ArkansasDanny, Shooter, Fatback, and the Kid. They learned a trade in the army. Killing.
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Two-Lane Blacktop
ArkansasYou can never go fast enough... — A driver and a mechanic travel around the United States hopping from drag strip to drag strip in a 1955 Chevy Bel-Air coupe. They race for money, betting with their competitors. The pair gains a young and talkative female stowaway. Along the way they unintentionally attract a well-to-do drifter driving a new Pontiac GTO. This older man, looking for attention, antagonizes their efforts.
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True Grit
Arkansas The 1880sThe strangest trio ever to track a killer — The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy on a mission of 'justice', which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marshal, 'Rooster' Cogburn because he has 'true grit', and a reputation of getting the job done.
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Conquerors of Arkansas
ArkansasBased on the novel by Friedrich Gerstäcker, the film, set entirely in the state of Arkansas, tells of the conflict of interests between the local townspeople and homesteaders on the surrounding land, miners arriving during the gold rush, cowboys and cattle thieves who cause problems in the area, and the native tribes of the region. Two adventurers arrive in town and try to restore peace to it and its inhabitants.
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The Pirates of the Mississippi
Arkansas The 19th CenturyEuropean produced Western based on the novel by Friedrich Gerstäcker, set in the 19th century in a town on the banks of the Mississippi River. The area is plagued by a gang of pirates under the leadership of Captain Kelly, who live on an island in the river, from where they operate raids on passing steamboats and traders rafts, robbing them of their cargo and murdering the crews. Townspeople and settlers do their best to put an end to the crimes and rid themselves of the pirates and their daring leader.
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Arkansas The 19th CenturyThe most exciting adventures a boy ever had! Hilarious escapades, hair-raising adventures on the fabulous Mississippi! — From chicken thief to cabin boy, riverboat pilot to circus performer, Huck Finn outsmarts everyone on his way down the muddy Mississippi.
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A Face in the Crowd
Arkansas The 1950sPOWER! He loved it! He took it raw in big gulpfuls … he liked the taste, the way it mixed with the bourbon and the sin in his blood! — The rise of a raucous hayseed named Lonesome Rhodes from itinerant Ozark guitar picker to local media rabble-rouser to TV superstar and political king-maker. Marcia Jeffries is the innocent Sarah Lawrence girl who discovers the great man in a back-country jail and is the first to fall under his spell.
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The Kettles in the Ozarks
ArkansasAll New Crop of FUN! — Ma and the kids head out to help Pa's brother Sedgewick with the his farm in Mournful Hollow, Arkansas. Things get tighter when a couple of bootleggers rent Sedge's barn to manufacture moonshine. With Ma and the kids, the bootleggers get their pay.
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She Couldn't Say No
ArkansasMITCHUM gets cooled off! But not for long — An heiress decides to pass out anonymous gifts in a small town.
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I'm from Arkansas
ArkansasA HILLARIOUS COMEDY! — A town in Arkansas makes national headlines when a local sow gives birth to 18 piglets.
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Goin' to Town
ArkansasTHEY'RE JIVE DIZZY — General store owners, through a series of contrivances, end up on the better side of a practical joke being played on them.
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Two Weeks to Live
ArkansasThe "Back-Home" Boys Turn Big-City Jinx-Busters! — When Abner is mistakenly diagnosed as having only two weeks to live, his partner gets the idea that they can make a ton of money by having Abner perform all kinds of dangerous stunts.
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So This Is Washington
ArkansasLum and Abner go to Washington to aid in the war effort by giving the government what they think is a good substitute for rubber--Abner's homemade licorice.
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The Bashful Bachelor
ArkansasLum Edwards is annoyed with his partner in Pine Ridge's Jot-'em-Down general store, Abner Peabody, because Abner has swapped their delivery car for a racehorse. Lum is also too timid to propose to Geraldine, so he involves Abner in a "rescue" effort which nearly gets both of them killed. They try again, and this time Geraldine is impressed. Lum writes a proposal note, but Abner, by mistake, delivers it to the Widder Abernathy, who has been ready to remarry for years. This puts Lum in a peck of trouble until the sheriff appears with the Widder's long-gone and hiding husband.
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Dreaming Out Loud
ArkansasTHE FAMOUS RADIO STARS... Answering the demand of 20,000,000 fans! — Lum and Abner work at a general store in Arkansas. There they get involved in some misadventures with the locals.
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Arkansas The 1830sHIS GREATEST TRIUMPH! — Huckleberry Finn, a rambunctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish, plotting father by sailing a raft down the Mississippi River.
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Arkansas The 1830s The 1840sThrills! Adventure! Laughs! — Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending to be pirates, attending their own funeral and witnessing a murder.
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She Gets Her Man
ArkansasEsmeralda is a cook in a diner in a small Arkansas town. When a gang of crooks moves into town and plots a bank robbery, Esmeralda unintentionally wrecks their plans, resulting in fame for Esmeralda as the crime-fighting "Tiger Woman," but also further complications.
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Huckleberry Finn
Arkansas The 1830sHey Folks, We're Together Again! — A year after their former exploits, Tom Sawyer's puppy love of Becky Thatcher keeps him home while Huck Finn, chafing under "civilizing" influences like school and shoes, plans to run away. His scapegrace, abusive father intervenes; Tom and black Jim help him escape; and (departing from the novel) all three raft down the Mississippi, where they're joined by two likable rogues and meet pretty orphans Ella and Mary Jane. The latter may change Huck's mind about girls...
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Tom Sawyer
Arkansas The 1830sThe classic Mark Twain tale of a young boy and his friends on the Mississippi River. Tom and his pals Huckleberry Finn and Joe Harper have numerous adventures, including running away to be pirates and, being believed drowned, attending their own funeral. The boys also witness a murder and Tom and his friend Becky Thatcher are pursued by the vengeful murderer.
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Huckleberry Finn
Arkansas The 1830sHuckleberry Finn, a rambuctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish, plotting father by sailing a raft down the Mississippi River. Accompanying him is Jim, a slave running away from being sold. Together the two strike a bond of friendship that takes them through harrowing events and thrilling adventures.
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