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Apr 29, 2025

Pete

Mr. Eighties

Pete has published a news story:

On This Day: April 26 1988 – Sunset Premiered in Theaters.

On this day April 26 1988, the mystery western film Sunset premiered in theaters. Directed by Blake Edwards, the movie starred Bruce Willis, James Garner, Mariel Hemingway, Kathleen Quinlan, Jennifer Edwards, Malcolm McDowell, and M. Emmet Walsh.

Set in late 1920s Hollywood, the film imagined a fictional meeting between legendary lawman Wyatt Earp and silent film star Tom Mix as they became tangled in a real life murder mystery. Combining classic western themes with old Hollywood glamour...

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