Charles Robinson
Biography: Charles Robinson graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude from Princeton in 1958. His theatrical family opened his acting career at age three on Broadway. After college his first film was "Splendor in the Grass," to be followed by "The Singing Nun," "Shenandoah" and "Take Her, She's Mine." After "Tall Story," "The Pleasure of His Company" and "The Good Soup" all on Broadway, plus an army hitch, he and Mrs. Robinson set up house in Los Angeles--close to film work and his television appearances on, for instance, "Laramie," "The Alfred Hitchcock Show" and "Bachelor Father." Date of Birth 13 April 1932, Orange, New Jersey Date of Death 22 July 2006, Palm Springs, California (complications from Parkinson's disease)
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: April 13, 1932
Deathday: July 22, 2006
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Shenandoah
1965-06-03
Shenandoah
Overview: Charlie Anderson, a farmer in Shenandoah, Virginia, finds himself and his family in the middle of the Civil War he wants nothing to do with. When his youngest boy is taken prisoner by the North, the Civil War is forced upon him.
Genres: Western War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-06-03
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The Sand Pebbles
1966-12-20
The Sand Pebbles
Overview: Engineer Jake Holman arrives aboard the gunboat USS San Pablo, assigned to patrol a tributary of the Yangtze in the middle of exploited and revolution-torn 1926 China. His iconoclasm and cynical nature soon clash with the 'rice-bowl' system which runs the ship and the uneasy symbiosis between Chinese and foreigner on the river. Hostility towards the gunboat's presence reaches a climax when the boat must crash through a river-boom and rescue missionaries upriver at China Light Mission.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-12-20
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Psycho Sisters
1974-12-25
Psycho Sisters
Overview: After her husband dies, a woman begins to have a nervous breakdown and is consoled by her younger sister. Soon, however, other members of the family begin to suspect the younger woman's motives.
Genres: Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-12-25
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The Brotherhood of Satan
1971-08-06
The Brotherhood of Satan
Overview: A family is trapped in a desert town by a cult of senior-citizens who recruit the town's children to worship Satan.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-08-06
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The Cable Guy
1996-06-10
The Cable Guy
Overview: When recently single Steven moves into his new apartment, cable guy Chip comes to hook him up—and doesn't let go. Initially, Chip is just overzealous in his desire to be Steven's pal, but when Steven tries to end the 'friendship', Chip shows his dark side. He begins stalking Steven, who's left to fend for himself because no one else can believe Chip's capable of such behaviour.
Genres: Comedy Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-06-10
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The Daring Dobermans
1973-07-01
The Daring Dobermans
Overview: Three men track down a pack of Dobermans and along with a young Native American boy, train the Dobermans to rob the campaign funds of a politician.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-07-01
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The Case of the Baltimore Girls
1978-01-23
The Case of the Baltimore Girls
Overview: Former police captain and his assistant investigate extortion and murder at a dating service.
Genres: Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-01-23
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A Time to Sing
1968-08-15
A Time to Sing
Overview: A young farmer becomes a singer against the wishes of his uncle.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-08-15
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Take Her, She's Mine
1963-11-13
Take Her, She's Mine
Overview: After reluctantly packing up his daughter, Mollie, and sending her away to study art at a Paris college, Frank Michaelson gives new meaning to the term "concerned parent." Reading Mollie's letters describing her counter-culture experiences and beatnik friends, Frank eventually grows so paranoid that he boards a plane to Paris to see firsthand the kind of lessons his daughter is learning with her new artist amour.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-11-13
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Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
1987-06-11
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
Overview: After the death of his girlfriend's daughter from a drug overdose, Paul Kersey takes on the local drug cartel.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-06-11
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The Deadly Volley
1975-01-27
The Deadly Volley
Overview: Members of a professional tennis team are suspected in the attempted murder of the team's owner.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie Drama Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-01-27
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Man on the Outside
1975-06-29
Man on the Outside
Overview: A retired police captain storms angrily out of retirement when his son is shot down before his eyes and his grandson is kidnapped by a syndicate killer in this pilot for Lorne Greene's brief "Griff" series, which went off the air 18 months before this film was aired.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-06-29
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For Singles Only
1968-06-05
For Singles Only
Overview: Anne and Helen move into a California apartment complex for single only where all the occupants are looking to hook up. With Milton Berle as the building manager.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-06-05
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Set This Town on Fire
1973-01-08
Set This Town on Fire
Overview: After serving seven years in prison for manslaughter, a man returns to his hometown to find that the eyewitness whose testimony convicted him has second thoughts, and the town drunk has confessed to the crime.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-01-08
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Splendor in the Grass
1961-10-10
Splendor in the Grass
Overview: A fragile Kansas girl's unrequited and forbidden love for a handsome young man from the town's most powerful family drives her to heartbreak and madness.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-10-10
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The Six Million Dollar Man
1973-03-07
The Six Million Dollar Man
Overview: Colonel Steve Austin, astronaut and test pilot, is badly injured when he crashes while testing an experimental aircraft. A covert government agency (OSI) is willing to pay for special prosthetics to replace the eye, arm and both legs he lost in the crash. Highly advanced technology (bionics) built into them will make him faster, stronger and more resilient than normal. In return they want him to become a covert agent for the OSI. It will cost $6,000,000 to rebuild Steve Austin.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-03-07
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Dear Brigitte
1965-01-08
Dear Brigitte
Overview: Professor Leaf, an absent-minded poet with a prejudice against the sciences, is forced to face the fact that his son is a math prodigy with little artistic talent of his own.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-01-08
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Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident
1976-09-29
Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident
Overview: The story of Francis Gary Powers, a U-2 pilot for the CIA who was shot down in his spy plane over Russia, captured and imprisoned.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-09-29
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Police Headquarters
1974-03-19
Police Headquarters
Overview: A police lieutenant’s routine Sunday afternoon is interrupted by the deaths of a hoodlum and a socialite.
Genres: Mystery Drama Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-03-19
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Fer-de-Lance
1974-10-18
Fer-de-Lance
Overview: An American submarine leaves Tierra Del Fuego, and one of its crew has secretly brought aboard a container full of poisonous snakes which escape storage and bite key personnel on the submarine, causing an accident that cripples the vehicle so that it drops to the bottom of the Southern Ocean. Worse still, the snakes are still at large on the submarine and complicate the efforts of the crew to escape the sunken vessel.
Genres: Horror Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-10-18
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The Screaming Woman
1972-01-29
The Screaming Woman
Overview: A wealthy former mental patient goes home to her estate to rest and recuperate. While walking the grounds one day she hears the screams of a woman coming from underneath the ground. Her family, however, refuses to believe her story, and sees the incident as an opportunity to prove the woman's mind has snapped so they can take control of her money.
Genres: Drama Horror Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-29
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The Last Dance
2000-10-29
The Last Dance
Overview: A retired school teacher is reminded of her past after she befriends with one of her former students, Todd Cope.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-10-29
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The Singing Nun
1966-03-17
The Singing Nun
Overview: Belgian nun Sister Ann is sent to another order where she's at first committed to helping troubled souls, like Nichole and little Dominic. When Father Clementi hears Sister Ann's uplifting singing style, he takes her to a talent contest. Sister Ann is signed to a record deal and everyone is listening to her lighthearted songs. She is unprepared for her newfound fame (like appearing on The Ed Sullivan Show) and unwanted side effects, including a wrongful attraction to an old friend.
Genres: Music Comedy Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-03-17
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The Bridge in the Jungle
1971-01-01
The Bridge in the Jungle
Overview: Gale (Charles Robinson) is an idealistic and naive young hunter who ignores warnings that no one can survive for long in the jungles of Mexico except the native Indians. He tries to hunt crocodiles but becomes delirious, disoriented and nears death. Sleigh (John Huston) is a veteran hunter living among the natives who rescues Gale just in time. As he recovers in the Indian village, Gale listens to Sleigh's denunciation of the evils of modern society (ie. money, greed and oil). Later on, a former native of the village returns from the oil fields of Texas and presents his young brother with a pair of cowboy boots. Proudly wearing his new boots, the boy falls off the wooden bridge into the river and drowns as the boots, symbolic shackles of civilization, fill up with water and pull him beneath the surface. Sleigh and Gale observe the Indians as they recover the body and stage an elaborate funeral for the dead boy
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-01-01
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