Patrick Swayze’s ‘Road House’ is atop Variety’s list of ‘100 Movies that Saved Cable’
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Movies such as the Eddie Murphy-led 1989 crime-comedy-drama hit “Harlem Nights” and John Singleton’s seminal 1991 coming of age drama “Boyz N The Hood” are in good company with the likes of “Ghostbusters,” “Die Hard,” “The Shawshank Redemption” and “The Devil Wears Prada” on the list, which air on numerous basic cable TV channels, sometimes ad nauseam.
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