Shoots sailors in movies! (4,5)

I believe the answer is:

film stars

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'movies' is the definition.
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'shoots sailors' is the wordplay.
'shoots' becomes 'films' ('film' can be a synonym of 'shoot').
'sailors' becomes 'tars' (tar is a kind of sailor).
'films'+'tars'='FILM-STARS'

'in' is the link.

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