Double detente

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows double detente

poster Double Trouble

Double Trouble

99mn - Action, Comedy

A jazz saxophonist and a stuntman must impersonate two Brazilian billionaire cousins in Rio de Janeiro to flush out assassins plotting to kill them.

poster A Pair of Tights

A Pair of Tights

Two girls are invited by one of the girls boy-friend's tight boss for dinner. On the way they stop for a cheap ice-cream. But swinging doors, ventilators, cops and a brat make it nearly impossible to get …

poster Comanche

Comanche

Common efforts of the U.S. government and the Comanche nation to negotiate a peace treaty are sabotaged by renegade Indians and by the short-sighted Indian Commissioner.

poster Martial Law

Martial Law

86mn - Action, Crime, Drama

An undercover cop teams up with a martial-arts expert to stop a gang of drug smugglers and car thieves.

poster A Hand Shake

A Hand Shake

William K.L. Dickson and William Heise shake hands in this early experimental film.

poster Kill or Be Killed

Kill or Be Killed

90mn - Action, Adventure, Drama

Two former ranking figures of the Axis powers (the evil General Von Rudloff and Japanese master Miyagi) schedule a deadly martial arts tournament in Von Rudloff's desert castle. They race to assemble the…

poster The Big Combo

The Big Combo

87mn - Drama, Action, Thriller

Police Lt. Leonard Diamond vies to bring a clever, well connected, and sadistic gangster to justice all the while obsessing over the gangster's girlfriend.

poster Borderline

Borderline

88mn - Crime, Drama, Thriller

The Los Angeles police know that Pete Ritchie has been bringing drugs into the city, but they can't pin a single piece of evidence on him. After many botched attempts to get at the crook, they resort to h…

poster Dangerous Moves

Dangerous Moves

110mn - Drama, Thriller

During the Cold War, the World Chess Championship clashed complete opposites - personal and political.

poster Troublemakers

Troublemakers

107mn - Western, Comedy

Two estranged brothers—a fast-drawing gunslinger and a tough bounty hunter—are forced to reunite for Christmas and team up to catch a dangerous outlaw, leading to their trademark blend of brawls, laughs, …

poster Dough and Dynamite

Dough and Dynamite

Pierre and Jacques are working as waiters at a restaurant where the cooks go on strike. When the two are forced to work as bakers, the striking cooks put dynamite in the dough, with explosive results.

poster Tango Tangles

Tango Tangles

In a dance hall, two members of the orchestra and a tipsy dancer fight over the hat check girl.

poster Never the Dames Shall Meet

Never the Dames Shall Meet

Chase makes tries to escape from a compromising situation with a dame he took to be his wife's sister.

poster Sexting

Sexting

8mn - Drama, Comedy

Fed up with her relationship with a married man, a young woman decides to meet his wife for coffee.

poster Standing Pat

Standing Pat

Ton O' Fun comedy produced by Larry Darmour.

poster Peace on Earth

Peace on Earth

82mn - War, Drama

A peace-loving prince and his followers dream of eternal peace – pax aeterna. So far, they have been successful only within the realm. When the neighbouring state declares war, the prince’s heart stops be…

poster Forbidden Fruit

Forbidden Fruit

87mn - Drama, Romance

Mary Maddock works as a seamstress to bring home money while her husband Steve, unemployed, has no real prospects of earning money. Mary's employers, are trying to strike an oil related business deal with…

poster Martial Outlaw

Martial Outlaw

86mn - Action, Crime, Drama

A DEA agent and his brother, a Los Angeles cop, battle the Russian mafia.

poster The Weak-End Party

The Weak-End Party

A riotous comedy of social errors, as absurd as a butler's whiskers.

poster The Flying Deuces

The Flying Deuces

When Ollie's romantic dreams are crushed by discovering his beloved is already married, he and Stan join the Foreign Legion to forget their troubles, only to find themselves escaping a firing squad in a s…

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