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Lakeshore Classic Movies
The Big Combo (1955)
Season 2023
Episode 110
A police detective (Cornell Wilde) is determined to smash the mob’s racket by finding the evidence to catch a gang boss (Richard Conte) with the help of the mobster’s old flame.
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A hitchhiker takes on the identity of the man who gave him a ride when he suddenly dies.
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1:25:35
Married insurance adjuster Dick Powell becomes involved with an embezzler’s girlfriend.
Four thieves hold up an armored truck and leave an ex-con (John Payne) to take the rap.
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Mickey Rooney borrows $20 from the till to take out a new girl, leading to more trouble.
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Roy Rogers is a border agent investigating silver smuggling over the Mexican border.
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1:18:48
When a prized horse is shot, breeder Roy Rogers is framed to look like the guilty party.
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1:55:48
Jane Russell is the center of attention of Pat Garrett, Doc Holliday and Billy the Kid.
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Archaeology professor travels to Nazi Germany for research and to secretly free prisoners.
1:37:10
British Lord (Leslie Howard) is a vigilante who rescues aristocrats from the guillotine.
1:22:11
Medical student Leslie Howard falls in love with waitress Bette Davis and suffers for it.
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1:32:36
Fred Astaire and Jane Powell star as a brother-and-sister musical act touring London.
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1:23:57
Fred Astaire and Burgess Meredith are rival trumpeters trying to impress Paulette Goddard.