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1) Amsterdam
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the 1930s, three friends witness a murder, are framed for it, and uncover one of the most outrageous plots in American history.
2) 9 bullets
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A former burlesque dancer turned author discovers a second chance at life and redemption when she risks everything to rescue her young neighbor after he witnesses his parents2 murder. Now on the run from the local crime boss, who happens to be her longtime ex, she makes a desperate attempt to get the boy to safety.
4) The Family
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
A mafia boss and his family are relocated to a sleepy town in France under the witness protection program after snitching on the mob. Despite Agent Stansfield's best efforts to keep them in line, Fred Blake and his family can't help resorting to old habits by handling their problems the 'family' way. Chaos ensues as their former Mafia cronies try to track them down, and scores are settled in the unlikeliest of settings.
5) Sister act
Pub. Date
200u
Language
English
Description
In this comedy a nightclub singer is forced to take refuge from the mob in a convent. While there she turns the convent choir into a soulful chorus complete with a Motown repertoire. The sudden celebrity of the choir jeopardizes her identity.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Dale Denton is a lazy court-process clerk and stoner. He likes to visit his equally lazy dealer Saul Silver. Dale becomes the only witness to a murder by a crooked cop and the city's most dangerous drug lord. As Dale and Saul run for their lives, they quickly discover that the bad guys are hot on their trail and trying to figure out the fastest way to kill them both.
Language
English
Formats
Description
By-the-book Texas Ranger Roland Sharp (Tommy Lee Jones) tracks down a key informant with the help of streetwise preacher Percy Stevens (Cedric the Entertainer). But when the informant is eliminated, the hardened and humorless Sharp is assigned to protect the only witnesses to the crime – a group of University of Texas cheerleaders – by going undercover and moving in with the five uncontrollable college coeds.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Starr Carter navigates the perilous waters between her poor, black neighborhood and her prestigious, mainly white private school. This all changes when she finds herself in the middle of racial activism after her best friend is shot by police officers, and she's forced to make a decision. Allow the media to skewer her friend to protect the status quo, or stand up and tell the truth in memory of Khalil?
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Lt. Wakes, a vengeful police detective, is determined to solve the murders of his partner and an informant. Wakes joins forces with Madison, a witness injured during the shootings, after the killers pursue her across the abandoned floor of a hospital and confirm Wakes's worst fears: the two men are actually corrupt vice cops covering up a crime. As Wakes vows revenge, this heart-pounding action-thriller reaches an explosive climax.
10) The witness
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"On March 13, 1964, Kitty Genovese was repeatedly attacked on a street in Kew Gardens, Queens. The New York times published a front-page story asserting that 38 witnsses watched her being murdered from their apartment windows-and did nothing to help. The Witness follows the efforts of her brother, Bill Genovese, as he looks to uncover the truth buried beneath the story."--Container.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Based on the classic novel "The adventures of Tom Sawyer" comes the newest adaptation of this timeless tale. Tom Sawyer has nothing but pranks and mischief on his mind, but luckily his fearless friend Huck Finn loves adventure as much as he does. When the daring duo witness trouble in a graveyard, Tom and Huck are thrown head-first into adventure, putting their courage to the test!
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Rachel is unemployed and devastated by a recent divorce. She fills her time with drinking, riding the commuter train, and fantasizing about a seemingly perfect couple the train passes by every day. Then one morning, Rachel sees something shocking that unravels her and entangles her in an unfolding mystery.
13) The witness
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
The name "Kitty Genovese" became synonymous with urban apathy after The New York Times printed an article stating that she was stabbed to death during an attack that lasted more than half an hour, while 38 witnesses did nothing. Fifty years later, her brother uncovers a lie that transformed his life, condemned a city, and defined an era.
Series
Pub. Date
©2009
Language
English
Description
An evil dictator threatens to take over the kingdom and Princess Rosalinda gets put into the Princess Protection Program. She is whisked away to rural Wisconsin where she must learn the ins and outs of behaving like a normal American teenager. She is taken under the wing by Mason, an agent from the Program. Carter is Mason's daughter, who works after school at a nearby bait shop. Rosalinda, now known as Rosie, helps Carter overcome her insecurities...
15) The hate u give
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Now, facing pressures from all sides of the community, Starr tries to find her voice in order to stand up for what's right.
16) Bird on a wire
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Two people forced to surface from the Witness Protection Program are being chased by their old enemies.
17) Red Stone
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A dangerous hitman is tasked with hunting down a teenager who witnessed his older brother's murder at the hands of a ruthless Southern crime lord. The hired gun must track down the boy before rival henchmen and the FBI get to him. As the hours tick down, the hitman begins to question his deadly ways and must choose which side he belongs to.
18) The gauntlet
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Phoenix cop Ben Shockley's dream of breaking 'the big case' has faded over time. His assignment to escort from Las Vegas 'a nothing witness for a nothing trial' seems like another meaningless exercise. Until the fireworks start.
19) Angels fall
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
A chef moves to a small town in Wyoming to start over after her famous restaurant is closed due to a deadly shooting.
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Summoned by their boss, the angels are given their latest assignment. A pair of rings have been stolen and need to be recovered. The rings have been coded with special information that can be used to access a list of every person in the FBI's Witness Protection Program. While searching for the culprits, they encounter Madison Lee, one of Charlie's former agents who decided that the wrong side of the law pays better, and Seamus, who once dated Dylan...
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