George DiCenzo
Biography: George Ralph DiCenzo (April 21, 1940 – August 9, 2010) was an American actor, and one-time associate producer for Dark Shadows. He was in the show business for over 30 years, with extensive film, TV, stage, and commercial credits. DiCenzo notably played Marty's grandfather Sam Baines in the film Back to the Future. He also had a minor role in William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist III. DiCenzo died on August 9, 2010, as a result of sepsis.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: April 21, 1940
Deathday: August 09, 2010
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Back to the Future
1985-07-03
Back to the Future
Overview: Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents' romance and - with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown - return to 1985.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-07-03
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977-12-14
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Overview: After an encounter with UFOs, an electricity linesman feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-12-14
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The Exorcist III
1990-08-17
The Exorcist III
Overview: On the fifteenth anniversary of the exorcism that claimed Father Damien Karras' life, Police Lieutenant Kinderman's world is once again shattered when a boy is found decapitated and savagely crucified.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-08-17
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Breach of Contract
1982-01-01
Breach of Contract
Overview: A husband and wife, both of whom are career-oriented, agree never to step on the other's ambitions. Unfortunately, both become too ambitious for their own good, and, true to the film's title, their verbal "contract" is shattered.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-01-01
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Lesser Prophets
1997-11-28
Lesser Prophets
Overview: The police have three bookies under surveillance, but they escape and set up shop elsewhere. By chance, one of the police finds them; instead of turning them in, he demands money that his brother, now a suicide, had lost to them
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-11-28
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Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land
1983-02-27
Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land
Overview: Starflight One, a commercial aircraft that can whisk passengers around the globe in a matter of hours, embarks on its maiden voyage. The trip goes horribly awry, however, when the aircraft is forced out of the atmosphere and into outer space. As it is too dangerous to attempt reentry, Captain Cody Briggs, his passengers and his crew brave declining levels of oxygen while NASA scientists scramble to launch a rescue mission in a race against time.
Genres: Adventure Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-02-27
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Sing
1989-03-31
Sing
Overview: When a volatile young street tough with a talent for singing and dancing is tapped by the high school music teacher to lead the upcoming senior "Sing," he is forced to come to terms with his defiant self-destructive lifestyle and his growing attraction to his co-star.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-03-31
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The Frisco Kid
1979-07-06
The Frisco Kid
Overview: Rabbi Avram arrives in Philadelphia from Poland en route to San Francisco where he will be a congregation's new rabbi. An innocent and inexperienced traveller, he is tricked by con men to pay for the trip to go west, then they leave him and his belongings scattered along a deserted road. He is befriended by a stranger, Tommy, who is a bank robber and have many adventures during their journey.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-07-06
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Helter Skelter
1976-04-01
Helter Skelter
Overview: The investigation of two horrific mass murders leads to the capture and trial of the psychotic pseudo-hippie Charles Manson and his "family".
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller TV Movie Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-04-01
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About Last Night...
1986-07-02
About Last Night...
Overview: A man and woman meet and try to have a romantic affair, despite their personal problems and the interference of their disapproving friends.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-07-02
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The Ninth Configuration
1980-02-29
The Ninth Configuration
Overview: Army psychiatrist Colonel Kane is posted to a secluded gothic castle housing a military asylum. With a reserved calm, he indulges the inmates' delusions, allowing them free rein to express their fantasies.
Genres: Drama Thriller Comedy Mystery Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-02-29
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He-Man and She-Ra: The Secret of the Sword
1985-03-22
He-Man and She-Ra: The Secret of the Sword
Overview: After experiencing traumatic nightmares of a time now past, the Sorceress summons Prince Adam and Cringer to Castle Grayskull to give Adam a precious, jeweled sword and send the pair to the planet Etheria to investigate its secrets.
Genres: Animation Action Adventure Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-22
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He-Man and She-Ra: A Christmas Special
1985-12-25
He-Man and She-Ra: A Christmas Special
Overview: In this special Christmas episode of the He-Man and She-Ra cartoons, their sidekick Orko accidentally gets beamed to Earth during a test of a new spy satellite. Orko manages to get back Planet Eternia, but brings along two Earth children, Alisha and Manuel, with him. Since it's Christmastime on Earth, the kids are naturally filled with the holiday spirit, but this overflowing goodwill attracts the unwelcome attention of the Horde Prime and Skeletor. Will the combined power of He-Man, She-Ra and the spirit of Christmas be enough to stop them?
Genres: Animation Action Adventure Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-12-25
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Tempted
2001-01-01
Tempted
Overview: A wealthy man married to a beautiful younger woman puts her fidelity to the test.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-01
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Illuminata
1998-05-21
Illuminata
Overview: It's the start of the 20th century, and Tuccio, resident playwright of a theatre repertory company offers the owners of the company his new play, "Illuminata". They reject it, saying it's not finished, and intrigue starts that involves influential critic Bevalaqua, theatre star Celimene, young lead actors and other theatre residents
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-05-21
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Las Vegas Lady
1975-06-01
Las Vegas Lady
Overview: In Las Vegas, Lucky and two of her girlfriends, Carol and Lisa, plan to steal half a million dollars from the sadistic manager of the Circus Circus Casino. A shadowy man is their contact and organizer. Each of the women could be a weak link in a scheme that has to be flawless: Lucky's boyfriend is a security officer at the casino, Lisa is a trapeze artist who's now plagued with vertigo, and Carol is in debt to a nasty thug - plus, as a Black woman, she's subject to additional harassment. Can the gals pull off the heist, or is the plan, with it's mysterious organizer, too complicated to succeed?
Genres: Drama Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-06-01
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Omega Syndrome
1986-10-26
Omega Syndrome
Overview: An ex-GI's daughter is abducted by a gang of white supremacists. He calls on one of his former Army buddies, and together they set out to track down the gang and rescue his daughter.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-10-26
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The Hostage Heart
1977-09-09
The Hostage Heart
Overview: When billionaire industrialist goes into a hospital for a heart operation, some people who claim to be revolutionaries enter the operating room and draw guns and holds the man and the entire surgical staff hostage. They then demand 10 million dollars. The administrator calls the police and the FBI. The police claim jurisdiction over the matter and the man in charge is intent on taking them even if some of the hostages get killed. Eventually they learn that some of the people in hospital are with them.
Genres: Thriller Drama Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-09-09
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Hustle
2004-09-25
Hustle
Overview: Few figures in professional baseball had a career quite like Pete Rose -- and practically no one who climbed so high fell so hard. Rose made his major-league debut playing second base with the Cincinnati Reds in 1963; nicknamed "Charlie Hustle" for his daringness and enthusiasm over the course of his career, Rose played in eighteen All-Star games, earned three World Series rings, broke Ty Cobb's record for career hits, and in 1975 was named Sportsman of the Year by both Sports Illustrated and The Sporting News. In 1984, after six years with other teams, Rose returned to the Reds, signing on as both player and manager at the age of 43; he continued to play until 1986, and stepped down as manager in 1989. That same year, a dark secret Rose had been hiding for years came to the surface -- Rose had for years been dealing with an addiction to gambling, and after falling deep in debt to bookies by betting on horse racing, he attempted to make the money back by betting on baseball.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-25
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It Had to Be You
2000-02-11
It Had to Be You
Overview: Sparks fly when Anna Penn and Charlie Hudson meet. Unfortunately, they're both engaged to other people. In fact, they're staying at the same New York City hotel in order to work on wrapping up the last details of their nuptials. Over days and evenings of joint wedding planning, the two grow closer -- and start to wonder if they're getting married to the right people after all.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-02-11
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Joshua and the Battle of Jericho
1986-04-25
Joshua and the Battle of Jericho
Overview: Learn the tale of Joshua's leadership and his determination to follow his God. Joshua leads the Hebrews through a battle with the Canaanites, who built a wall to prevent them from passing through to the Promised Land.
Genres: Family Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-04-25
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Going Home
1971-12-01
Going Home
Overview: After doing 13 years in prison for the murder of his wife, mechanic Harry Graham is out on parole and looking to rebuild his life in a small seaside community. He settles into a trailer park and finds both a job and a girlfriend. But things get difficult for Harry when his estranged son, Jimmy, shows up. He witnessed his mother's murder as a child and, after years spent in foster homes, has come looking for revenge.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-12-01
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Hotel
2001-09-12
Hotel
Overview: A sex worker, a hired killer, and a movie crew cross paths in a Venice hotel where human meat is on the menu.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-09-12
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Warm Hearts, Cold Feet
1987-01-18
Warm Hearts, Cold Feet
Overview: The Byrds are a young couple both working as reporters but for different newspapers. When Mike invents the story of how they had the idea to make a baby his wife at first becomes furious about his article but then she adapts to it and starts to write the story from her side in the other newspaper. Making the articles reality they are now expecting their first child...
Genres: Romance Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-01-18
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The Norliss Tapes
1973-02-21
The Norliss Tapes
Overview: A newspaper publisher listens to the personal tapes of investigative reporter David Norliss, who has disappeared during an investigation. The tapes tell the story of that investigation, involving a recent widow whose late husband has been seen working in his private studio. As Norliss and the widow investigate, they unravel a plot involving Voodoo and the walking dead.
Genres: Horror TV Movie Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-02-21
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The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
1988-03-01
The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
Overview: After her father's ship is carried off by a sudden storm, the spunky Pippi Longstocking is stranded with her horse, Alfonso,and her pet monkey, Mr. Neilson, and takes up residence in the old family home, which is thought by neighborhood children to be haunted. Soon, two children, Tommy and his sister Anika, venture into the house only to meet up with Pippi. The three soon become friends and get into various adventures together, including cleaning the floor with scrubbing shoes, dodging the "splunks", going down a waterfall in barrels, and helping Pippi with the problem of having to go to an orphanage. Older children will probably get the most out of this movie.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-03-01
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Walk Like a Man
1987-04-17
Walk Like a Man
Overview: Bobo, a feral man raised by wolves, is reunited with his family by a researcher. However, this disappoints his brother, Reggie, who has no intentions of sharing the family inheritance with him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-04-17
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Last Hours Before Morning
1975-04-19
Last Hours Before Morning
Overview: An ex-cop, now a private detective, investigating a gambler's murder finds that there may be a connection between that crime and the jewel robbery at a beautiful movie star's home.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-04-19
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Reunion
1980-10-14
Reunion
Overview: A married man, returning to his small town for a high school reunion, finds himself torn between his long-ago high school girlfriend and her 17-year-old daughter, whose boyfriend is the star player on the school's basketball team his fellow alumni are playing.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-10-14
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Cowboy
1983-04-30
Cowboy
Overview: A man from the city returns to his small home town in the countryside to live like a farmer. He finds couple of friends among the locals, but people running the town want his land.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-04-30
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Down, Out and Dangerous
1995-08-23
Down, Out and Dangerous
Overview: An escaped killer convict (Richard Thomas) upheaves the lives of a San Diego businessman (Bruce Davison) and his pregnant wife (Cynthia Ettinger).
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-08-23
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Rivkin: Bounty Hunter
1981-05-20
Rivkin: Bounty Hunter
Overview: A New York-based bounty hunter who makes a living chasing and capturing bail jumpers matches wits with a heavily-armed drug dealer in this pilot to a prospective series.
Genres: Action Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-05-20
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The Night Strangler
1973-01-16
The Night Strangler
Overview: After being run out of Las Vegas, reporter Carl Kolchak heads for Seattle and another reporting job with the local paper. It's not long before he is on the trail of another string of bizarre murders. It seems that every 21 years, for the past century, a killer kills a certain number of people, drains them of their blood and then disappears into the night. Kolchak is on his trail, but can he stop him?
Genres: TV Movie Horror Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-01-16
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High Midnight
1979-11-27
High Midnight
Overview: Blue-collar worker Tony Giannetti vows to avenge the murder of his wife and child in a no-knock drug raid led by ruthlessly ambitious narcotics officer Capt. Lou Mikalich.
Genres: TV Movie Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-11-27
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Gypsy Eyes
1993-01-01
Gypsy Eyes
Overview: A security officer tracks down the Gypsy girl who can identify an American diplomat's killer.
Genres: Action Drama Romance Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-01
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Gangster Wars
1981-04-09
Gangster Wars
Overview: The film tells the story of three teenagers, based on real life gangsters Charles "Lucky" Luciano (Michael Nouri), Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel (Joe Penny) and Michael Lasker (Brian Benben) (a fictional character who was most likely modeled after Meyer Lansky), growing up in New York's ghettos during the early 1900s to their rise though organized crime.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-04-09
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The Choirboys
1977-12-23
The Choirboys
Overview: A group of Los Angeles cops decide to take off some of the pressures of their jobs by engaging in various forms of after-hours debauchery.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-12-23
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House of Dark Shadows
1970-09-09
House of Dark Shadows
Overview: The story of vampire Barnabas Collins, the possible cure offered him by Dr. Julia Hoffman, and his search for love amidst the horror.
Genres: Drama Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-09-09
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Killing at Hell's Gate
1981-10-31
Killing at Hell's Gate
Overview: A whitewater rafting party is terrorized by a group of loggers who, after accidentally killing one of the rafters in a drunken session of target practice, decide to eliminate the rest of the witnesses.
Genres: Action Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-10-31
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The Night the City Screamed
1980-12-14
The Night the City Screamed
Overview: A massive blackout plunges a major American city into a night of terror.
Genres: Drama Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-12-14
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The Invasion of Carol Enders
1973-11-05
The Invasion of Carol Enders
Overview: Television thriller about a woman is possessed after a brutal attack.
Genres: TV Movie Horror Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-11-05
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Murder Works Overtime
1974-04-01
Murder Works Overtime
Overview: An advertising artist with a large amount of cash finds herself the latest target of a vicious killer.
Genres: Horror Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-04-01
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The Swiss Family Robinson
1975-04-15
The Swiss Family Robinson
Overview: A family shipwrecked on a deserted island tries to survive the best way they can. All is going well until a gang of pirates arrives on the island looking for a hidden treasure.
Genres: Adventure Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-04-15
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The Blue Knight
1973-11-11
The Blue Knight
Overview: Bumper Morgan is a veteran Los Angeles Police Department street cop. He is due to retire after 20 years on the job, but is not letting up on the criminal element on his beat.
Genres: Action TV Movie Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-11-11
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The Jordan Chance
1978-12-12
The Jordan Chance
Overview: Jordan Chance was wrongfully imprisoned for ten years. Upon release, he becomes a lawyer and investigates the case of a Mexican woman convicted of murder. The local police give him every reason to believe she was railroaded to ease a tense racial status quo, and they will stop at almost nothing to prevent the case from being reopened.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-12-12
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Face of the Enemy
1989-01-01
Face of the Enemy
Overview: Years after his release from captivity as a hostage during the US embassy hostage crisis in Tehran, a former US intelligence officer comes face to face with one of his former Iranian captors in Los Angeles.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Fashion
1991-09-24
Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Fashion
Overview: An editor of a fashion magazine writes a column that destroys careers. She is also a brutal employer. An editor of a rival magazine visits, asking she not be the next victim. The first is found dead and the rival is charged with murder.
Genres: Mystery Drama Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-09-24
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Memories of Manon
1989-02-13
Memories of Manon
Overview: Yvette Marcel asks her godfather Control and McCall for help dealing with her irrational father, who is intent on locating Manon, the mother she believed had been killed years before. Created by editing 2-parts of episodes of the TV series, The Equalizer.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-02-13
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To Kill a Cop
1978-04-10
To Kill a Cop
Overview: Earl Eischied is a man with his hands full. As the Chief of Detectives in New York City he is trying to break up a group of black militants that are on a crime spree including the killing of a police officer. He is also trying to battle with a mayor and police commissioner that want him out of his job.
Genres: Crime Drama Action TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-04-10
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