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Cry, the Beloved Country
1995 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsShot in the aftermath of Nelson Mandela's election, this film adaptation of South African author Alan Paton's novel tells the story of two men -- one black, one white -- who must cope with family tragedy in the apartheid era. Rural minister Stephen Kumalo (James Earl Jones) travels to Johannesburg in search of his troubled son, while white landowner James Jarvis (Richard Harris) comes to the city to attend to his activist son's murder.
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The Return of a Man Called Horse
1976 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsLord John Morgan (Richard Harris) has returned to civilized life in England, but his disdain for the aristocracy inspires him to embrace the simplicity of the American West -- and the Yellow Hands Sioux tribe he left behind. When Morgan reaches the tribe's land, he discovers they've been decimated by ruthless, government-backed fur traders. Now, to help his friends survive, he must lead the fight to regain their land.
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The Wild Geese
1978 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsIn an effort to advance its own business interests, a British conglomerate sends a group of aging mercenaries into the African wilderness to rescue an influential political leader. Problems arise when the mercenaries accomplish their mission.
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The Field
1990 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsIn 1930s western Ireland, feisty peasant Bull McCabe (Richard Harris) expects no competition when he bids on the piece of land he has rented and cultivated for many years. To his surprise, a wealthy Irish-American developer (Tom Berenger) wants the land, too. And so begins a protracted battle for the parcel in director Jim Sheridan's bleakly gritty drama, his follow-up to the acclaimed My Left Foot. John Hurt co-stars as the village idiot.
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The Molly Maguires
1970 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsIn 19th-century Pennsylvania, Detective James McParlan goes undercover to infiltrate a group of rebellious Irish American miners -- the Molly Maguires -- who resort to terrorist tactics to fight oppression by mine owners.
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Silent Tongue
1993 | NR | 2.7 out of 5 StarsA half-Native American girl is kidnapped from her drunken white father by a cowboy who wants her for his recently widowed son, Talbot. With the girl's father in hot pursuit, Talbot must reconcile his past and present if he's to figure out what to do.
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