Wilford Brimley
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Anthony Wilford Brimley (September 27, 1934 – August 1, 2020) was an American actor and singer. After serving in the Marines and taking on a variety of odd jobs, he became an extra for Western films, and in little more than a decade he had established himself as a character actor in films such as The China Syndrome (1979), The Thing (1982), and The Natural (1984). Brimley was the longtime face of television advertisements for the Quaker Oats Company. He also promoted diabetes education and appeared in related commercials for Liberty Medical.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: September 27, 1934
Deathday: August 01, 2020
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The China Syndrome
1979-03-16
The China Syndrome
Overview: While doing a series of reports on alternative energy sources, opportunistic reporter Kimberly Wells witnesses an accident at a nuclear power plant. Wells is determined to publicize the incident, but soon finds herself entangled in a sinister conspiracy to keep the full impact of the incident a secret.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-03-16
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The Thing
1982-06-25
The Thing
Overview: In the winter of 1982, a twelve-man research team at a remote Antarctic research station discovers an alien buried in the snow for over 100,000 years. Soon unfrozen, the form-changing creature wreaks havoc, creates terror... and becomes one of them.
Genres: Horror Mystery Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-06-25
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Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
1985-10-11
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
Overview: An officially "dead" cop is trained to become an extraordinary unique assassin in service of the U.S. President.
Genres: Comedy Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-10-11
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Cocoon
1985-06-21
Cocoon
Overview: When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigor.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-06-21
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Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
1985-11-24
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
Overview: The army of the Marauders, led by King Terak and the witch Charal, attack the Ewoks village, killing Cindel's family. Cindel and the Ewok Wicket escape and meet Teek in the forest, a naughty and very fast animal. Teek takes them to a house in which an old man, Noa, lives. Like Cindel, he also crashed with his Starcruiser on Endor. Together they fight Terak and Charal.
Genres: Adventure Family TV Movie Science Fiction Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-11-24
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Hard Target
1993-04-27
Hard Target
Overview: When a woman's father goes missing, she enlists a local to aid in her search. The pair soon discover that her father has died at the hands of a wealthy sportsman who hunts homeless men as a form of recreation.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-04-27
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In & Out
1997-09-10
In & Out
Overview: A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-09-10
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Roughnecks
1980-07-15
Roughnecks
Overview: Ida McBride decides to drill for oil on her ranch, against her son Tom's wishes. A contentious crew of wildcatters arrives, including a stalwart drilling magnate, his tool-pusher and a young roughneck associate, who endeavor to save the ranching empire by trying to bring in a methane gas well.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-07-15
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Where The Red Fern Grows Part 2
1992-01-01
Where The Red Fern Grows Part 2
Overview: An embittered WWII veteran returns to his grandfather's home in the Louisiana woods. The old man helps his grandson readjust by giving him two hound dog puppies to care for.
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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The Electric Horseman
1979-12-21
The Electric Horseman
Overview: A former champion rodeo rider is reduced to using his saddle skills to promote a breakfast cereal in a gaudy Las Vegas show. When he's asked to perform with a $12 million horse, he discovers it is being doped to remain docile. He flees into the desert astride the beast in an act of defiance. A story-hungry female reporter gives chase.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-12-21
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Cocoon: The Return
1988-09-13
Cocoon: The Return
Overview: The reinvigorated elderly group that left Earth comes back to visit their relatives. Will they all decide to go back to the planet where no one grows old, or will they be tempted to remain on Earth?
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-13
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The Natural
1984-05-11
The Natural
Overview: An unknown middle-aged batter named Roy Hobbs with a mysterious past appears out of nowhere to take a losing 1930s baseball team to the top of the league.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-05-11
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Borderline
1980-12-19
Borderline
Overview: Jeb Maynard is a patrolman guarding the U.S.-Mexican border, whose partner and buddy Scooter has just been murdered. Maynard knows that a smuggler of illegal aliens is responsible for Scooter's death, but the feds insist that drug dealers committed the crime.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-12-19
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Brigham City
2001-03-30
Brigham City
Overview: Wes Clayton is a lawman and a bishop in a Mormon community called Brigham. The town is shaken when a woman from California is found murdered. Clayton and his young deputy work with an FBI agent sent to investigate. As a civil and spiritual leader in the frightened town, Clayton must uncover the town's deepest secrets, find the murderer and keep Brigham from ripping itself apart.
Genres: Crime Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-03-30
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Crossfire Trail
2001-01-21
Crossfire Trail
Overview: Rafe Covington is as good as his word, and he's determined to keep his promise to a dying man that he'll look after the man's widow and Wyoming ranch. But the widow doubts the integrity of drifter Covington. And an unscrupulous land grabber and his gunmen are sizing up the ranch the way a spider eyes a fly.
Genres: Drama Romance Thriller Western Action TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-21
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Country
1984-09-29
Country
Overview: Jewell and Gil are farmers. They seem to be working against the odds, producing no financial surplus. Gil has lost hope of ever becoming prosperous, but Jewell decides to fight for her family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-09-29
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Tender Mercies
1983-03-04
Tender Mercies
Overview: Alchoholic former country singer Mac Sledge makes friends with a young widow and her son. The friendship enables him to find inspiration to resume his career.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-03-04
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The Firm
1993-06-30
The Firm
Overview: Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is approached by 'The Firm' and made an offer he doesn't refuse. Seduced by the money and gifts showered on him, he is totally oblivious to the more sinister side of his company. Then, two Associates are murdered. The FBI contact him, asking him for information and suddenly his life is ruined. He has a choice - work with the FBI, or stay with the Firm. Either way he will lose his life as he knows it. Mitch figures the only way out is to follow his own plan...
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-06-30
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A Place to Grow
1998-01-01
A Place to Grow
Overview: Following his brother's death, a musician returns home to the farm. He intends to sell it, but over the course of his visit, develops an appreciation for the hands-on, old-style method of farming that goes on there. As he spends more time on the farm, he begins to suspect that his brother's death might not have occurred the way he'd first thought, and that foul play might have been involved. A heart-rending drama of love, loss, and the value of family, A Place to Grow will touch your heart. Starring stage and screen stalwart, Wilford Brimley (The Natural, In & Out).
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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Tough Enough
1983-04-14
Tough Enough
Overview: An aspiring country singer, whose money is disappearing faster than his career opportunities, enters a "Tough Man" amateur boxing contest to earn some cash to pay his bills. Amazingly enough, he wins it, and is picked to go onto the national finals. He's torn between his first love, music, and the glitz, glamor and money of the "Tough Man" world.
Genres: Action Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-04-14
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OP Center
1995-02-26
OP Center
Overview: Paul Hood is the newly appointed director of the OP Center, a special agency gathering a wide variety of experts monitoring international crisis. On his first day on the job, nuclear missiles are stolen from the former Soviet Union by terrorists. The team must find out who did it, why, and most importantly, where they are heading so they can retrieve them
Genres: Thriller Action TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-02-26
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10 to Midnight
1983-03-11
10 to Midnight
Overview: Warren Stacy, an office equipment repairman, begins murdering women after they reject his advances. To minimize the evidence, Stacy always kills while naked, wearing nothing but gloves, and further evades the law with his strong alibis. Veteran detective Leo Kessler is convinced of Stacy's guilt and begins using questionable methods to catch him.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-03-11
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My Fellow Americans
1996-12-20
My Fellow Americans
Overview: They used to run the country. Now they're running for their lives! Two on-the-lam former Presidents of the United States. Framed in a scandal by the current President and pursued by armed agents, the two squabbling political foes plunge into a desperately frantic search for the evidence that will establish their innocence.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-12-20
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End of the Line
1987-08-28
End of the Line
Overview: When the closure of a railway is announced, employees commandeer a locomotive to get to corporate headquarters and confront the president.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-08-28
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Absence of Malice
1981-11-19
Absence of Malice
Overview: Megan Carter is a reporter duped into running an untrue story on Michael Gallagher, a suspected racketeer. He has an alibi for the time his crime was allegedly committed—but it involves an innocent party. When he tells Carter the truth and the newspaper runs it, tragedy follows, forcing Carter to face up to the responsibilities of her job when she is confronted by Gallagher.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-11-19
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High Road to China
1983-03-18
High Road to China
Overview: A biplane pilot is saddled with a spoiled industrialist's daughter on a search for her missing father through Asia that eventually involves them in a struggle against a Chinese warlord.
Genres: Adventure Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-03-18
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Death Valley
1982-05-07
Death Valley
Overview: A divorced mother, her young son and her new boyfriend set out on a road trip through Death Valley and run afoul of a local serial killer.
Genres: Crime Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-05-07
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Harry & Son
1984-03-02
Harry & Son
Overview: Widower Harry Keach is a construction worker who was raised to appreciate the importance of working for a living. He takes a dim view of his sensitive son Howard's lackadaisical lifestyle and has a strained relationship with his daughter Nina as he does not approve of her husband. When Harry is fired from his job, his life changes drastically as he is made to focus on the relationships around him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-03-02
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Progeny
1998-03-30
Progeny
Overview: An unsuspecting woman is impregnated by aliens who are experimenting on the human population.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-03-30
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Summer of the Monkeys
1998-10-30
Summer of the Monkeys
Overview: One summer, Jay finds four chimps on the prairie who have fallen off a circus cart.
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-10-30
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Mutant Species
1995-01-19
Mutant Species
Overview: A rocket containing bio-hazardous material to be disposed of by launching into space crashes in a remote wooded area. An army team is sent to recover it. One of the men is infected and mutates into a monster, killing most of the rest of the team. One man escapes with the help of a brother & sister who live in the woods. He then tries to stop his former buddy, while also fighting against another army team sent in to destroy everything. The bio-material was supposed to create a super-soldier, was banned, and the crash of the rocket appears to have been deliberate so the experiment could proceed. But who is behind it all? And will others be infected?
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-19
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The Stone Boy
1984-04-04
The Stone Boy
Overview: 12-year-old Arnold Hillerman and his 17-year-old brother Eugene live with their family on a farm in Montana. In an accident, Eugene is killed by Arnold's gun. Isolated from emotions he cannot comprehend, Arnold now has to come to terms with his grieving family - including his father, mother, hostile uncle, and grandfather - while his family has to come to terms with Arnold.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-04-04
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Rodeo Girl
1980-09-17
Rodeo Girl
Overview: Sammy Garrett, the wife of a champion rodeo performer, is tired of her subsidiary role at home as a housewife. So she becomes an aspiring rodeo rider herself, encouraged by her one-time performer mother, and eventually confronts her new lifestyle, despite her husband's disapproval. Based on the true story of rodeo champion Sue Pirtle.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-09-17
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Heaven Sent
1994-01-01
Heaven Sent
Overview: Eddie, a fourteen-year-old juvenile delinquent of sorts, collides with a car during a petty theft and dies in the hospital. Due to some confusion in heaven, however, he is given three days to clean up his life with the help of a beginner angel - and save his mom.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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Lunker Lake
1998-12-12
Lunker Lake
Overview: A puppet-starring fish story.
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-12-12
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Eternity
1990-11-15
Eternity
Overview: TV producer James has an extremely vivid dream, in which he is a prince struggling to keep the kingdom at peace against the wishes of his warfaring brother, while at the same time competing with his brother for a woman's love. The figures in his dream match those in his real life, with his brother being an aggressive business man trying to buy James out, the king being James' advisor, and the woman being an actress recently cast for a commercial at his studio. Seeing his dreams as a message about his life, James decides to act on their guidance, even though they lead him into the fight of his life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-11-15
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Thompson's Last Run
1986-02-16
Thompson's Last Run
Overview: A hardened con being transferred from a federal penitentiary to a Texas institution to finish a life sentence as a habitual criminal is freed at gunpoint by his niece. The police man, who was transferring him and has been the con's adversary for over 30 years, vows to catch the twosome.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-02-16
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Shadows on the Wall
1986-01-01
Shadows on the Wall
Overview: A reporter becomes the target of a murderer when he starts investigating a fifty-year-old murder/suicide case.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-01
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Murder in Space
1985-07-28
Murder in Space
Overview: Set in the "not-so-distant future", the crew of an international space station are set to return triumphantly to Earth, until someone starts killing the other crew members.
Genres: Mystery Crime Science Fiction TV Movie Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-07-28
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Act of Vengeance
1986-09-04
Act of Vengeance
Overview: In 1969, an administrator runs against the corrupt president of the United Coal Miners Union, and becomes the target of a murder plot.
Genres: Drama Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-09-04
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The Wild Wild West Revisited
1979-05-09
The Wild Wild West Revisited
Overview: The intrepid team of Old West government intelligence agents are brought out of retirement after 10 years to hunt down a cunning new adversary, the son of their former archenemy, who is suspected of cloning imposters to be substituted for the crowned heads of Europe and perhaps even the President of the United States.
Genres: Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-05-09
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Timber the Treasure Dog
2016-02-05
Timber the Treasure Dog
Overview: A boy rises to the occasion with his best friend (a lovable talking dog) to save his home and family.
Genres: Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-02-05
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The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
2001-01-20
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
Overview: The adventures of a family who head west to the California gold fields in the 1850s.
Genres: Drama Family Mystery Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-20
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Comanche
2000-01-10
Comanche
Overview: The heart warming true story of the only U.S. survivor of The Battle of Little Big Horn... the horse named Comanche.
Genres: Western Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-10
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Gore Vidal's Billy the Kid
1989-05-10
Gore Vidal's Billy the Kid
Overview: Gore Vidal's historical novel is brought to life in this television production of Turner Network Television's Billy the Kid.
Genres: History Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-05-10
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The Good Old Boys
1995-03-05
The Good Old Boys
Overview: An aging cowboy must choose between his desire to remain free and the responsibilities of maintaining a family.
Genres: Western Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-03-05
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Blood River
1991-03-17
Blood River
Overview: Jimmy Pearls, a directionless young drifter, kills Henry Logan's son and two other men after he found out that they murdered Jimmy's parents for their land. Trying to get away from Logan's vengeance, he goes to ground in the mountains and meets Winston Patrick Culler, an old trapper, who becomes his traveling companion and protector. Jimmy doesn't understand though why Culler is helping him...
Genres: Western Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-03-17
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I Believe
2019-06-06
I Believe
Overview: A 9 year old boy experiences God's power in a supernatural way.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-06-06
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The Hotel New Hampshire
1984-03-09
The Hotel New Hampshire
Overview: Over the course of several years beginning in the 1950s, a man and his oddball family run hotels in New England and Vienna, as unexpected events change their lives forever.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-03-09
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The Round and Round
2002-06-01
The Round and Round
Overview: A state proposes a law banning cock fights.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-06-01
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Lawman
1971-03-11
Lawman
Overview: While passing through the town of Bannock, a bunch of drunken cattlemen go overboard with their celebrating and accidentally kill an old man with a stray shot. They return home to Sabbath unaware of his death. Bannock lawman Jered Maddox later arrives there to arrest everyone involved on a charge of murder. Sabbath is run by land baron Vince Bronson, a benevolent despot, who, upon hearing of the death, offers restitution for the incident.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-03-11
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Amber Waves
1980-03-09
Amber Waves
Overview: A drifter stranded in Kansas accepts a job offer from a wheat harvester who, in desperation over his cancer and financial woes, attempts suicide but becomes a father-figure to the young man.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-03-09
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Did You Hear About the Morgans?
2009-12-17
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Overview: New Yorkers Paul and Meryl Morgan seem to have it all -- except that their marriage is crumbling around them. But their romantic woes are small compared to the trouble they find themselves in after witnessing a murder. To protect them from an assassin, federal agents whisk away Paul and Meryl to a small town in Wyoming, where their marriage will crash and burn, or their passion will reignite.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-12-17
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Jackals
1986-09-19
Jackals
Overview: Cops in a small town near the Mexican border find themselves caught up in a scheme that smuggles illegal aliens into the country.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-09-19
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Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill
1981-01-29
Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill
Overview: The first of three private-eye movies created by Robert Blake about rugged Joe Dancer as the forerunner to a prospective but unrealized series after the retirement of his "Baretta" character. In the initial outing, Blake, as Dancer, follows a trail of bodies through a maze of corruption involving a politically ambitious Beverly Hills family.
Genres: Mystery Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-01-29
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True Grit
1969-06-11
True Grit
Overview: The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy on a mission of 'justice', which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marshal, 'Rooster' Cogburn because he has 'true grit', and a reputation of getting the job done.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-06-11
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Brubaker
1980-06-20
Brubaker
Overview: The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-06-20
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Last of the Dogmen
1995-09-08
Last of the Dogmen
Overview: A Montana bounty hunter is sent into the wilderness to track three escaped prisoners. Instead he sees something that puzzles him. Later with a female Native Indian history professor, he returns to find some answers.
Genres: Adventure Mystery Thriller Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-08
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Pitcher and the Pin-Up
2003-06-14
Pitcher and the Pin-Up
Overview: Growing up in Las Vegas, Danny and Melissa meet at age eight and are destined to become life-long friends. During their teen years, they cling to each other for love and security, but as they grow older, their lives take different paths. Danny fills the void in his heart with his passion and love for America's favorite pastime. Melissa, filled with the insecurities of her youth, struggles to find the strength to pursue her childhood dreams. Although apart, their lives are forever connected. Like a glorious seven-game world series, "Pitcher and the Pin-Up" is a story of imperishable hope, courage, faith, love, and coming home.
Genres: Drama Action Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-06-14
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All My Friends Are Cowboys
1998-01-01
All My Friends Are Cowboys
Overview: All My Friends Are Cowboys is a musical play based on the formative years of Kelly C. Crabb, who worked on a livestock farm in Utah before becoming an author and entertainment lawyer. The show was produced for television by PBS, and featured performances by Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash, Wilford Brimley, Joe Diffie and (in his final taped appearance) Roy Rogers.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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Resurrection Mary
2002-10-16
Resurrection Mary
Overview: Resurrection is a small, unassuming rural town in Kentucky. It is a place known only for one peculiar attribute: a string of mysterious disappearances stretching back to the turn of the century. Locals believe that the legendary ghost of a woman named Mary Bregavy may be haunting the town, looking for suitors to meet her in the realm beyond. A local innkeeper seems to have all the answers, but is his account of Mary true, or just more local folklore? A burnt-out tabloid writer goes in search of the legend and ends up becoming a key player in a story he could only dream of inventing.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-10-16
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The Making of Comanche
The Making of Comanche
Overview: Welcome to the behind-the-scenes journey of "Comanche," the true story of the only U.S. survivor of The Battle of Little Big Horn. This captivating documentary delves deep into the making of the film directed by Burt Kennedy.
Genres: Western Documentary
Original Language: en
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