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Although Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar is named after the legendary Roman political leader, the central character is thought by many to be Marcus Brutus, Caesar's friend turned foe who struggles throughout the play with conflicting obligations of friendship and duty. While Caesar is warned in a prophecy to "beware the Ides of March" the Roman senators, including Brutus are secretly plotting his assassination, hoping to rid Rome of the
...Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Based on a true story, this gripping and timely thriller follows an idealistic UN employee as he investigates the grisly murder of his predecessor and uncovers a vast global conspiracy that may even involve his own boss.
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The explosive origin story of Tom Clancys action hero John Kelly, an elite Navy SEAL whose life is changed forever after uncovering an international conspiracy. Torn between personal honor and loyalty to his country, he fights his enemies without remorse if he hopes to avert disaster.
7) Injustice
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 223 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When successful London barrister William Travers suffers a nervous breakdown, he moves his family and practice to rural Suffolk. Called upon to defend an old friend, he is caught up in a conspiracy that stretches far beyond the courtroom. James Purefoy stars in a taut, engrossing thriller from the creator of Foyle's War.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The host of an investigative news show is convinced by the CIA that the friends he has invited to a weekend in the country are engaged in a conspiracy that threatens national security in this adaptation of the Robert Ludlum novel. Director 'Bloody' Sam Peckinpah's final film.
Series
Johnny Worricker trilogy volume pt. 2
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Worricker after the director of MI5 dies. A conspiracy to turn control of MI5 over to the Prime Minister leads Worricker to the islands known as the Turks & Caicos, where he is persuaded by the CIA to deal with a group of ambiguous Americans attending a high-level conference. At the same time, an old girlfriend, Margot Tyrrell, is being asked to betray her boss in London in order to establish an illicit connection between the prime minister and dark...
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A family of scientists is on the brink of a powerful discovery when a mysterious force suddenly abducts them, leaving their young daughter April behind. Years later, April carries on her family's research in secret with her cat, Darwin, but soon finds herself at the center of a shadowy conspiracy and on the run from government agents, bicycle-powered airships, and cyborg rat spies!
12) The contractor
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Involuntarily discharged from the Army, a Special Forces sergeant lands a contract with a private underground military force. When his very first assignment goes awry, the elite soldier finds himself hunted and on the run, caught in a dangerous conspiracy and fighting to stay alive long enough to get home and uncover the true motives of those who betrayed him.
13) Mulholland Falls
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In 1950s Los Angeles, Max Hoover leads an elite squad of four detectives who play by their own rules, dealing with criminals the only way they know how - with deadly force. But when they investigate the murder of a beautiful young woman, the detectives find themselves embroiled in a high-level conspiracy and faced with a terrifying secret that the US government is determined to keep hidden at any price.
14) Marathon Man
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Hoffman plays the likeable Columbia graduate student and marathon runner of the title, unwittingly trapped in a terrifying drama revolving around a murderous Nazi fugitive"--Container.
15) Secret state
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A British deputy prime minister is thrown into a world of political machinations and conspiracy he never knew existed.
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 144 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The murder of a prostitute, who is also a German agent, draws the attention of Major Grau of German Intelligence, who discovers that the evidence points to three top-ranking Nazi generals. After following leads, Grau winds up in Paris and discovers that two of the generals are deeply involved in a plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler. Grau's case will go unfinished for twenty years until the true killer is brought to justice.
17) Black Widow
Pub. Date
2021
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Natasha Romanoff aka Black Widow confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises.
18) Amsterdam
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 134 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In the 1930s, three friends witness a murder, are framed for it, and uncover one of the most outrageous plots in American history.
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Joss Whedon's sexy and contemporary spin on Shakespeare's classic comedy about the story of sparring lovers Beatrice and Benedick offers a sensual, tragic and occasionally absurd view of the intricate game that is love.
20) The commuter
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A businessman is caught up in a criminal conspiracy during his daily commute home.
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