Word: manhunt
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...case of Mengele, the social contract that promises justice did seem to have failed. The manhunt had not been sufficiently intense; the secrets of Mengele's native town had not been probed; requests for extradition had been ignored. One can say of Mengele, "Good riddance," and yet still believe that an accidental drowning was too good...
...team of Brazilian forensic experts examined the Embu bones at Sao Paulo's Instituto Medico Legal to determine whether they were Mengele's or not, Tuma -- and others -- provided bits and pieces of fresh evidence in what could be the final act of a dramatic and drawn-out manhunt, a bitter trail of false identities, narrow escapes and never-ending questions. For more than a quarter-century, Nazi hunters from Israel and other countries had crisscrossed Europe and much of South America trying to track down the elusive "Angel of Death." Was the hunt finally about to end? Or would...
...women in a sleepy Tuscan village decide to rob a local mail train. Plotting the crime as if it were a script, they adopt literary aliases, don disguises and then, without much difficulty, carry off the million-dollar theft. The lackadaisical local police force instantly sets up an intensive manhunt, combing the area for conmen, wise guys and rogues. But the women, as they had suspected, are not in the least suspected...
...drama chronicles the Texas Rangers' 11-day, 450-mile manhunt of Gregorio Cortez, a Mexican-American cowhand accused of killing a sheriff in 1901. Cortez was eventually captured and sentenced to 50 years in prison, though his attorney proved later that the confrontation and killing had been a mistake--the result of a misinterpretation of Spanish. Cortez' struggle became a legend, and a ballad hailing him is still sung in the Rio Grande Valley...
With its embarrassingly weak premise, the manhunt is clearly little more than the director's excuse for these two youngsters to cavort through Asia, right wrongs, meet exotic people, and fall in love in spite of themselves. The movie could have been written by a studio committee pasting together successful pieces of past movies...