
The Web
A brash young lawyer takes a short-term, high-paying job as bodyguard for a slick business exec being threatened by a former partner, and quickly realizes he may be in over his head.
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1942★ 6.6
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1956★ 6.9
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1947★ 6.5
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1948★ 6.7
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1946★ 6.1
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1948★ 6.6
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1945★ 6.7
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1961★ 7.4
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1939★ 6.8
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