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1. Peter Warne, an unemployed reporter who escorts a flighty runaway socialite for a scoop and, instead, falls in love with her:
2. The title character, a backwoods sharpshooter with a conscience who becomes a reluctant hero in World War One:
3. A dual role, as Tim Strawn, a disfigured hired killer, and his brother Kid Sheleen, a dime store gunfighter turned drunk:
4. 'Popeye' Doyle, a New York detective in search of an overseas shipment of illegal drugs:
5. The title character, a severely mentally challenged man who becomes a supergenius through the miracle of science:
6. Another title character, he was a prince-turned-slave who rose back to prominence in ancient Rome during the time of Christ:
7. Antonio Salieri, a musical contemporary and jealous rival of Wolfgang Mozart:
8. 'Rooster' Cogburn, a 'one-eyed fat man', a U.S. marshall hired by a teenage girl to hunt down a killer:
9. Claus Von Bulow, a socialite accused of attempting to murder his wife:
10. Raymond Babbitt, an 'idiot savant' who is taken underwing by his brother:
11. Atticus Finch, a Southern lawyer and single parent hired to defend a black man accused of rape:
12. Colonel Nicholson, a W.W.II British P.O.W. ordered by his Japanese captors to build a structure, unaware of its impending demolition:
13. Willie Stark, an honest, homespun politician caught up and engulfed in the dirty side of politics:
14. Guido Orefice, a happy-go-lucky optimist trying to survive in Fascist Italy:
15. Christy Brown, a severely handicapped man who learns how to express himself as an artist and author using a single appendage:
16. Andrew Beckett, an ex-attorney suffering from AIDS, attempting to sue his former law office:
17. Elliot Garfield, a struggling actor forced to share an apartment with an actor-hating single mother:
18. Norman Thayer Jr., a retired 'old poop' attempting to bond with his daughter on a summer retreat:
19. Don Birnam, an alcoholic experiencing cause-and-effect of a four-day binge:
20. Mr. Chipping, an ageing teacher and former headmaster of a British school looking back on his career:
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Oddball
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