L. Q. Jones
Description
A young Air Force veteran, Carrol Jo Hummer, starts a business as the owner-operator of a thirteen-speed, seven-and-one-half-ton diesel truck, which he dresses up and names The Blue Mule. With his bride, Jerri, he sets off to Tucson, Arizona, where his old friend Duane, the manager of a trucking company, gets him a job. But after Carrol Jo realizes he will be carrying illegal cargo and refuses the assignment, he's beaten by a band of gangsters working...
5) Casino
Description
The story of the rise and fall of three friends in 1970s-era Las Vegas: Mafia-connected casino operator Sam "Ace" Rothstein, Mafia enforcer Nicky Santoro, and hustler Ginger McKenna
As the opening credits say, the film is "adapted from a true story". The source material is Pileggi's nonfiction biography of Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal, and most of the characters in the film are based on real people.
8) Major Dundee
Description
A Union major late in the Civil War takes it upon himself to punish a band of Apaches who murdered a ranch family and fled into Mexico. Being short of troops he uses Confederate prisoners, ex-slaves and criminals to accomplish his goal.