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  2. List of films banned in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Shortly after Binford knew about the church screening the movie, Binford replied that he might've send police to stop the showing but failed, adding that he "hasn't received anything extra left to say." [2] Three Weeks: 1914 1915 Banned in Charleston, West Virginia due to immoral behavioral content. [3] The Birth of a Nation: 1915 1915–1916

  3. The Great Moonshine Conspiracy Trial of 1935 - Wikipedia

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    The Great Moonshine Conspiracy Trial of 1935 resulted in the indictment of 80 people involved in the illegal production and distribution of moonshine whisky in Virginia. At the time, Franklin County was believed to produce the highest volume of illegal liquor in the U.S., colloquially referred to as "the moonshine capital of the world."

  4. List of banned films - Wikipedia

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    Banned right after screening the film in cinemas, after criticism over scenes deemed sexually provocative. The movie was criticized for copying Giuseppe Tornatore's movie Malèna (2000) starring Italian actress Monica Bellucci. [142] [143] 2014 Exodus: Gods and Kings: Banned for historical inaccuracies and showing history from a Zionist ...

  5. Flaxy Martin - Wikipedia

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    Flaxy Martin is a 1949 film noir starring Zachary Scott and Virginia Mayo, and featuring Elisha Cook Jr., Dorothy Malone, and Douglas Kennedy.The crime thriller was directed by Richard L. Bare based on a story written by David Lang. [1]

  6. Video nasty - Wikipedia

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    Video nasty is a colloquial term popularised [1] by the National Viewers' and Listeners' Association (NVALA) in the United Kingdom to refer to a number of films, typically low-budget horror or exploitation films, distributed on video cassette in the early 1980s that were criticised by the press, social commentators, and various religious organisations for their violent content.

  7. United States obscenity law - Wikipedia

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    In 2008 the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that a similar Texas statute violated the constitutional right to privacy that was recognized by the U.S. Supreme Court in Lawrence v. Texas. [32] That ruling leaves only Mississippi, Alabama, and Virginia with bans on the sale of obscene devices. [33]

  8. The Killing Ground (film) - Wikipedia

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    "Well, I'd say maybe 80 percent of most of the waste shipped is being dumped illegal. The economics behind it is, is if you don't have to treat it, there's no cost except transportation, and if you can get 20 and 30 dollars a drum for a chemical, and you can take it from a customer or a generator and carry it direct to a landfill or site, and ...

  9. Smart Girls Don't Talk - Wikipedia

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    When small-time hood Johnny Warjack and his gang hold up glitzy nightclub/illegal gambling den Club Bermuda he is recognized. Club owner Marty Fain (Bruce Bennett) offers to make good his patrons' losses, but orders his men to deal with Warjack.