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In the early 1950s, Martha Beck, who lives with her slightly senile mother, is the head nurse in a Mobile, Alabama hospital. She is bitter about her life, she not having male companionship in large part because she is overweight, while her bitterness in turn does not endear her to people. She is initially angry with her best friend, Bunny, for signing her up to a lonely hearts club, but eventually decides to give it a try. Through it, she meets Ray Fernandez, a suave Spanish immigrant living in New York, he who contacted Martha as the first through the club. After Ray's trip to Mobile to meet Martha, they fall in love. Upon a subsequent visit Martha makes to Ray in New York - which leads to her being fired in part for her time off work - he decides to be up front with her: that she is not only not his "first" but that he is really a con man who, primarily through the club, seduces then bilks lonely women of their money. Pretending to be his sister to prospective targets, Martha decides to join Ray on his cons as they travel the country together. Their differences in style causes problems, Martha who is more direct, more impatient and more violent, she who is the first to consider killing to get what they want. But what has the potential to be the primary cause of their downfall is Martha's jealousy over Ray even pretending to seduce other women, let alone any time he may have sex with them.

Ming Ding, an illegal Chinese immigrant working as a bicycle deliveryman for a busy Chinese take-out shop in New York City, has made a grave mistake: Ming has borrowed money from a dangerous loan shark to pay for being smuggled into the U.S. As the pitiless henchmen demand their money back by midnight, proud Ming works his fingers to the bone on a long, rainy day to come up with the payment. Suddenly, the dream of creating a better future for his family is starting to turn sour. Can Ming pull off a surprise victory?

David Rogers, a senior at J.W. Hughes High School in Arlington Heights, Illinois, does not run among the popular kids but aspires to do so, he wanting to make a name for himself before graduation. Exhausting all the popular girls as potential prom dates, most who don't even know who he is, he comes across the idea to make a prom-posal video to ask his favorite Hollywood actress, Alex Allen, to be his date. Using the stolen words from a published book of poetry by his English teacher Vincent Walsh, David is able to secure that prom date with Alex. In reality, Alex was convinced by her friend and publicist Paige Sumner, as Alex needs some positive publicity after a recent incident on the red carpet which not only led to the break-up with her leading man and boyfriend Colin Hartling - she coming to the conclusion that he was just the latest to use her to get ahead in the business - but movie producers now not wanting to hire her. Alex and Paige find that David unwittingly has his own people who will make sure that Alex does not hurt him in the process, namely his younger sister Devyn Rogers who could be his publicist if she wanted, and David's best friend since the first grade, Heidi Watts, who is secretly hurt that she was the one girl David did not ask to the prom. In the process of the getting ready for the prom, Alex may find that she has her own idea of a new leading man in her life, namely Mr. Walsh, who had no idea who Alex was before her arrival into the midst of J.W. Hughes. However, some people may have their own motive in ensuring that Alex and Vincent do become an item, and they love each other no matter what they may come across some problems but in the end they will always be together no matter what happens .

Bad girl Amy, 17, is given one last chance by her adoptive parents, who think Amy's friendship with local girl Chloe is a step in the right direction. But when Amy discovers Chloe's secret she finds herself fighting for her life, and for the future of the family she herself tried to destroy.

A young genius accidentally invents a device that amplifies the paranormal activity within his family's house, possibly bringing back the spirits of loved ones, and unleashing things far worse.

Cancer took Henrietta Lacks, her cells brought forth new science, her family brought her story home. Oprah Winfrey and Rose Byrne star in this adaptation of the critically-acclaimed book.

Cliff Spab is a guy who doesn't really care about anything. He gets held hostage at a store for 36 days by terrorists who demand that the entire thing be broadcast on national television. Cliff ends up taking a bullet for fellow hostage Wendy, which makes him a national hero. The two, the sole survivors of the ordeal, soon become prisoners of the media. Cliff escapes it all--only to find himself being pushed further away from Wendy when he needs her most.

Frank Borzage directed this bittersweet story of an Air Force captain who, while drunk, accidentally purchases an Oriental housekeeper and grows to love her, then marries her. When the couple is killed in an air raid, their daughter must survive in an orphanage.

Set in the Montana-Canada border, 1840. After his son dies and after half of the Blackfoot nation is wiped out, a Blackfoot Indian chief comes to the white man for some smallpox serum. Instead, he is attacked and gets revenge by kidnapping the niece and nephew of a reverend.

An alien "policeman" arrives on Earth to apprehend a renegade of his own race who impregnates a woman with a potentially destructive mutant embryo.

Holly is not looking forward to Christmas. Her brother has a wife and kids to bring to their parents' house. She hasn't had a boyfriend since Ted. Holly loved Ted but he broke her heart when he chose to break up with her when he was transferred to an out-of-town newspaper owned by his family's publishing empire. Oh, and work is unrewarding--today the woman Holly was helping failed to regain custody of her kids when pro bono lawyer Ryan Hughes never showed up to the hearing. Knowing she will never meet Hughes, Holly settles for dictating a nasty letter to him. Holly's friend Diane tries to perk her up by promising to send her a great Christmas present. So when a handsome man with a Christmas tree knocks at her door, she realizes that Douglas Firwood is her present and she can take him home to her parents for the day as a serious boyfriend. Holly thinks the day is going perfectly--she and Doug are hitting it off, her family likes Doug, and her family believes every fact about Doug that she dreams up on the spur of the moment. There are three truths she doesn't realize: her brother's wife foresees great professional advancement if she can get his new boss Ted married to Holly so Ted is coming over, Diane's gift to Holly was a great bottle of booze, and how unbelievably coincidental is it that the man showing up at her door carrying a Douglas fir should claim to be named Douglas Firwood?

When a young woman develops a long-distance relationship, and falls in love, with a soldier in active duty, her protective mother tries her best to steer her daughter away from heartache. Little do they know that they are about to learn important lessons of the heart, and that taking chances can make this Christmas one that they will cherish forever.

Still relatively young Jeff Jackson is forced to retire as a Boston PD detective due to an injury sustained while working a case that killed his partner, the injury-causing bullet, still lodged in his back, too close to the spinal cord to remove and which causes him occasional physical pain. With his father having recently passed, Jeff has settled on Martha's Vineyard in his father's house, the island where Jeff spent much time in the summers growing up. Jeff's relaxed life of fishing and working on his father's boat takes a turn when he discovers the murdered dead body of a young man, Ray Norris, he had seen around the marina the preceding day. With Martha's Vineyard Police Chief Madieras, his father's best friend, having little history working on murder investigations, Jeff, initially reluctant, eventually accepts the offer to consult on the case. Also working on the case is the Chief's daughter, Dr. Zee Madieras, Jeff's childhood friend and now the acting M.E. Ray, who was not local to the island, still seemed to have ties there, one of those that could have led to his murder. One of those ties seems to be a local foundation, Harriet's Hope, the Executive Director Payton Bartel and two of the more prominent Board members, married Helena and Thomas Percy, the faces of the just held gala fundraiser for the foundation where Ray had been present. Also attached to the charity is accountant Gerald Martin, whose two offspring, Bradley and Stacy Martin, had been seen with Ray. The issue with Gerald in particular is that the IRS is investigating the charity for possible fraud in money being skimmed from their coffers, Gerald's firm which handles the books. Also on Jeff and Zee's radar is Donovan Fletcher, the owner of the boat which Ray had used, Fletcher who Jeff knows has criminal ties in Boston. As Jeff and Zee sift through the evidence they discover, one other question that emerges is if Jeff can withstand the pressures of working on a homicide investigation again, he who has been having recurring nightmares of the incident that resulted in the bullet in his back.

The story of a mother trying to protect her family after their landlord sells their rented home and they become homeless.

Scenic settings in Australia enhance this Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation, a simple yet engaging tale about a teenage girl's adjustment to a new family.

Sergeant Major Hafner leads his recon patrol on a hellish trek through enemy territory, encountering alarming signs of Viet Cong activity. The unit finally reaches Firebase Gloria and finds themselves under siege by the Viet Cong and fighting for their lives as they wait for rescue from the army.

In a Dixie small-town, the late Sheriff was quite content to preside over a truly segregated community. There the rich brothers, Harlan and Mason Davis, are lords. His successor, World War II veteran Frank Richards, has a more modern view on justice and equality, which doesn't help his social acceptance anywhere. He also has doubts about the mysterious masked 'peg-leg' to whom all murders where ascribed. Harlan is shot after an African-American boy threatens him with a gun to stop his old-fashioned 'liberalities'. Frank and the prosecutor's retired dad, agree to act as defense council, investigate, cued by the boy's Caucasian playmate, Luke Winter, and turn both case and town around.

Terence Davies' The House of Mirth is a tragic love story set against a background of wealth and social hypocrisy in turn of the century New York. Lily Bart is a ravishing socialite at the height of her success who quickly discovers the precariousness of her position when her beauty and charm start attracting unwelcome interest and jealousy. Torn between her heart and her head, Lily always seems to do the right thing at the wrong time. She seeks a wealthy husband and in trying to conform to social expectations, she misses her chance for real love with Lawrence Selden.

Samuel Browne is a tracker in Alaska. When his sister meets a grisly death in San Francisco, he goes there to hunt her killer. As more murders occur, Buckley Clarke, a police investigator, reluctantly joins forces with Sam. As they sort out clues - it's a slight person, perhaps a woman, who walks with a leg brace and rides the bus - they also find a mutual attraction. The brass are convinced this is a serial killer chosing victims at random, but Sam and Buckley discover a pattern involving health personnel who work in neonatal intensive care. Doctors aren't supposed to play god, but someone's decision years before has driven a killer over the brink. Can they find him?

Dave Spritz is a local weatherman in his hometown of Chicago, where his career is going well, while his personal life--his relationships with his perfectionist writer father, neurotic ex-wife, and children, is spiraling downward. Despite being loathed and loved by the local masses, Dave doesn't seem to have it all together, and he's starting to feel it. An attractive job offer presents him with a major question: to pursue his career in New York City, or to remain at home with his family.

After running away from her last foster placement with the Regan family, twelve year old Hollis Woods is placed with a new foster mother, the loving, retired art teacher, Josie Cahill. Hollis is a talented artist and her life stories unfold through her pictures. One revealing picture is the "W" picture Hollis drew for a first grade class assignment on the letter "w". Hollis drew her Wish, her Want. She drew a picture of a family. Hollis had that family in the Regan's, but fear of attachment and motional turmoil caused her to run away. As Josie's forgetfulness grows worse, Hollis is forced into the role of caretaker. Through her artwork and her care of Josie, Hollis Woods finds her family. Based on the Newberry Honor award winning book with the same name.

Sympathetic look loosely based on the relationship between tobacco heiress, Doris Duke (1912-1993) - think Duke University - and her shy butler, Bernard Lafferty. The icy and mercurial Duke fires her butler for serving a chilled cantaloupe; the agency sends Lafferty, formerly household staff to Liz Taylor and to Peggy Lee. He's an alcoholic, fresh out of rehab. He gradually becomes Duke's gay alter ego as she romps through life sleeping with young men, making shrewd decisions quickly, managing her fortune and orchids as Lafferty manages her New Jersey estate. With a wine cellar to die for, Bernard falls off the wagon. Can he pull himself together when Doris needs him?

Raynor is an undercover narcotics cop. For his next assignment he chooses the more inexperienced but tough and good-looking Kristen. Their ultimate target is Gaines, a renowned but very elusive drug dealer. While doing their work they unexpectedly fall into a morass of drug-addiction and fall in love with each other. Despite subjecting themselves to the life of low-class, one-track junkies they do not get the evidence they want to convict Gaines, and instead are forced into using false evidence in court.

Home for the holidays, a fledgling Private Eye Investigator realizes the only way to save her career is by solving a string of local burglaries where the main suspect is Santa Claus. Solving the case might not be that easy, with the handsome local police detective and her old high school sweetheart on the team. This time it just might be her own heart that gets stolen.