John Alderson
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Birthday: April 10, 1916
Deathday: August 04, 2006
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Don't Go Near the Water
1957-11-14
Don't Go Near the Water
Overview: Madison Avenue-trained Navy men handle public relations on a South Pacific island during World War II.
Genres: Comedy Adventure Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-11-14
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To Catch a Thief
1955-08-03
To Catch a Thief
Overview: An ex-thief is accused of enacting a new crime spree, so to clear his name he sets off to catch the new thief, who’s imitating his signature style.
Genres: Mystery Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-08-03
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Wolf Larsen
1958-10-26
Wolf Larsen
Overview: A mean-spirited ship captain keeps his crew under his autocratic thumb while indulging his more refined side. But when his men rise up in mutiny, Larsen forces the cultured Van Weyden to help him quash the uprising.
Genres: Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-10-26
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The Hook
1963-02-15
The Hook
Overview: Three soldiers in Korea go through inner torment when they're ordered to execute an enemy soldier.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-02-15
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Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
1957-05-04
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
Overview: In Medicine Bend, a crooked businessman has the town mayor and sheriff in his pocket while his henchmen raid the wagon trains passing through the region.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-05-04
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Fear Is the Key
1972-12-26
Fear Is the Key
Overview: A deep-sea salvage expert enacts an elaborate plan to infiltrate and take revenge on a criminal organization that dealt him a foul misdeed.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-12-26
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My Fair Lady
1964-10-21
My Fair Lady
Overview: A snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society.
Genres: Music Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-10-21
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The Desert Rats
1953-05-20
The Desert Rats
Overview: In North Africa, German Field Marshal Rommel and his troops have successfully fended off British forces, and now intend to take Tobruk, an important port city. A ramshackle group of Australian reinforcements sent to combat the Germans is put under the command of British Captain MacRoberts. The unruly Aussies immediately clash with MacRoberts, a gruff, strict disciplinarian, however this unorthodox team must band together to protect Tobruk from the German forces.
Genres: War Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-05-20
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Blazing Saddles
1974-02-07
Blazing Saddles
Overview: A town—where everyone seems to be named Johnson—stands in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, robber baron Hedley Lamarr sends his henchmen to make life in the town unbearable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the Governor, so Hedley convinces him to send the town the first black sheriff in the west.
Genres: Western Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-02-07
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The Log of the Black Pearl
1975-01-04
The Log of the Black Pearl
Overview: A young stockbroker, Christopher Sand, inherits an old ship named "Black Pearl" along with a medallion that is the key to a sunken Nazi treasure. But there are other people looking for the sunken treasure, people who will stop at nothing to gain access to the medallion.
Genres: Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-01-04
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Strange Bedfellows
1965-02-09
Strange Bedfellows
Overview: After a hasty wedding, Carter and Toni find that they disagree on everything. They separate and seven years later, on the eve before their divorce, meet again and spend the night together. Reality sets in when morning comes and they begin arguing again. Once again, divorce proceedings are on — until Carter finds out that an important promotion hinges on whether he's married.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-02-09
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Spoilers of the Forest
1957-04-04
Spoilers of the Forest
Overview: Vera Ralston plays Joan Milna, who shares several thousand acres of valuable Montana timberland with her stepfather (John Alderson). Coveting Joan's property, lumber baron Eric Warren (Ray Collins) sends out his foreman Boyd Caldwell (Rod Cameron) to persuade her to sell. Instead, Caldwell falls in love with the girl, vowing to protect her trees from the eco-unfriendly Warren. Republic's wide-screen Naturama process is shown to good advantage throughout Spoilers of the Forest.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-04-04
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The Cat from Outer Space
1978-06-09
The Cat from Outer Space
Overview: A UFO is stranded on earth and impounded by the US government. Its pilot, a cat with a collar that gives it special powers, including the ability to communicate with humans, has eluded the authorities and seeks the help of a scientist in order to reclaim and repair his ship and get back home.
Genres: Comedy Family Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-06-09
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The Young Lions
1958-04-02
The Young Lions
Overview: The lives of three young men, a German and two Americans, during WWII.
Genres: War Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-04-02
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Donovan's Reef
1963-06-12
Donovan's Reef
Overview: After her great aunt's death, a high-society woman arrives on a Hawaiian island in search of the heir - the father she has never met.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-06-12
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Candleshoe
1977-12-16
Candleshoe
Overview: When ex-con artist Harry claims that a secret treasure is hidden inside Candleshoe, an English estate, he creates an elaborate plan to find and steal the prize. By convincing a girl named Casey to impersonate the estate owner's long-lost granddaughter, Harry hopes to uncover the treasure's location. But when Casey has a change of heart, she must follow the clues and find the treasure, in order to save Candleshoe and stop Harry before it is too late.
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-12-16
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Valentino
1977-09-07
Valentino
Overview: In 1926 the tragic and untimely death of a silent screen actor caused female moviegoers to riot in the streets and in some cases to commit suicide...
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-09-07
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Evil Under the Sun
1982-03-05
Evil Under the Sun
Overview: An opulent beach resort provides a scenic background to this amusing whodunit as Poirot attempts to uncover the nefarious evildoer behind the strangling of a notorious stage star.
Genres: Thriller Crime Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-03-05
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South Sea Woman
1953-06-27
South Sea Woman
Overview: Marine Sergeant James O'Hearn is being tried at the San Diego Marine base for desertion, theft, scandalous conduct and destruction of property in time of war. He refuses to testify or plead guilty or not guilty to the charges. Showgirl Ginger Martin takes the stand against his protest. She testifies O'Hearn won't talk because he is protecting the name of his pal, Marine Private Davey White. Ginger tells how she, broke and stranded, met the two marines in Shanghai two weeks before Pearl Harbor.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-06-27
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Knock on Wood
1954-04-06
Knock on Wood
Overview: Ventriloquist Jerry Morgan has failed with another love affair. The reason: when the relationship reaches the point when it is time to discuss marriage, his two dolls become mean and jealous. Morgan's dollmaker Papinek is a member of a spy ring who has stolen the secret plans for the top-secret Lafayette airplane. Since Morgan is leaving for Zurich the same night, he decides to hide the secret plan in the heads of the dolls.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-04-06
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Against All Flags
1952-12-24
Against All Flags
Overview: A British naval officer fights pirates in Madagascar.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-12-24
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Target Zero
1955-11-15
Target Zero
Overview: International soldiers fight to ignore their differences while holding a hill during the Korean War.
Genres: War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-11-15
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Romanoff and Juliet
1961-06-08
Romanoff and Juliet
Overview: Political satire has Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet story updated for the cold war era, with the children of the US and Russian ambassadors falling in love.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-06-08
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No Name on the Bullet
1959-02-01
No Name on the Bullet
Overview: When hired killer John Gant rides into Lordsburg, the town's folk become paranoid as each leading citizen has enemies capable of using the services of a professional killer for personal revenge.
Genres: Action Thriller Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-02-01
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Moonfleet
1955-06-24
Moonfleet
Overview: Set in the eighteenth century, Moonfleet is about John Mohune, a young orphan who is sent to the Dorset village of Moonfleet to stay with an old friend of his mother's, Jeremy Fox. Fox is a morally ambiguous character, an elegant gentleman involved with smugglers and pirates.
Genres: Adventure Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-06-24
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Double Trouble
1967-04-05
Double Trouble
Overview: When singer Guy Lambert goes on tour in Europe, he is pursued by two beautiful women, bumbling jewel thieves, and a mysterious killer.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-04-05
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Hellfighters
1968-11-27
Hellfighters
Overview: The adventures of oil well fire specialist Chance Buckman (based on real-life Red Adair), who extinguishes massive fires in oil fields around the world.
Genres: Action Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-11-27
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The Molly Maguires
1970-02-08
The Molly Maguires
Overview: Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, 1876. A secret society of Irish coal miners, bond by a sacred oath, put pressure on the greedy and ruthless company they work for by sabotaging mining facilities in the hope of improving their working conditions and the lives of their families.
Genres: Drama History Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-02-08
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Kisses at Fifty
1973-01-22
Kisses at Fifty
Overview: A father leaves his grown-up family to move in with his lover in the south, alienating himself from his four children.
Genres: Drama Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-01-22
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You Can't Win 'Em All
1970-07-23
You Can't Win 'Em All
Overview: During the 1922 Turkish Civil War, two Americans and a group of foreign mercenaries offer their services to a local Turkish governor who hires them as guards for a secret transport.
Genres: War Adventure Comedy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-07-23
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Doctor Who: The Gunfighters
1966-05-21
Doctor Who: The Gunfighters
Overview: Arriving in the town of Tombstone, the First Doctor finds himself involved with gunmen out to kill Doc Holliday...
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-05-21
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Last Stagecoach West
1957-07-16
Last Stagecoach West
Overview: The coming of the railroad to Cedar City spells the end of the stagecoach as the government gives the mail contract to the fastest means of delivery. McCord loses the stagecoach line gambling with the new buyer, but has enough hidden money to buy a ranch and some cattle. To make more money, he starts a gang to rob the railroad, express offices and steal cattle. But the railroads send out special agent Cameron to end his reign of violence.
Genres: Action Adventure Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-07-16
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Haywire
1980-05-14
Haywire
Overview: Based on the autobiography of Brooke Hayward, daughter of famous Broadway producer Leland Hayward and actress Margaret Sullavan, who grows up in the glamorous, cruel and emotionally unstable world of her parents.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-05-14
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Violent Saturday
1955-04-01
Violent Saturday
Overview: Three men case a small town very carefully, with plans to rob the bank on the upcoming Saturday, which turns violent and deadly.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-04-01
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The Klansman
1974-10-25
The Klansman
Overview: A small southern town has just been rocked by a tragedy: a young white woman has been raped by a black man. When young black man Garth witnesses the Ku Klux Klan's violent retaliation against his innocent friend, Garth declares a one-man war on the Klan and hunts them down one-by-one.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-10-25
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The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox
1976-04-01
The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox
Overview: A female hustler is chasing after rich men, but becomes repeatedly mixed up with a suave con man and card shark through a series of misadventures before falling in love with him.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-04-01
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The War Lord
1965-11-17
The War Lord
Overview: A knight in the service of a duke goes to a coastal village where an earlier attempt to build a defensive castle has failed. He begins to rebuild the duke's authority in the face of the barbarians at the border and is making progress until he falls in love with one of the local women.
Genres: History Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-11-17
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The Memory of Eva Ryker
1980-05-05
The Memory of Eva Ryker
Overview: A young woman has spent her life tormented by the death of her mother, who was on a ship torpedoed during World War II. When her father hires an investigator to look into the circumstances of the mother's death 30 years prior, it triggers a new rash of emotional turmoil for the young woman and uncovers a heinous crime.
Genres: Action Drama Mystery War TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-05-05
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Ragtime
1981-11-20
Ragtime
Overview: A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-11-20
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Cleopatra
1963-06-12
Cleopatra
Overview: Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar is murdered, she redirects her attentions to his general, Marc Antony, who vows to take power—but Caesar’s successor has other plans.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-06-12
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The Highwayman
1951-08-11
The Highwayman
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Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-08-11
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The Switch
1976-06-07
The Switch
Overview: Our heroes find themselves at the famed Cannes Film Festival to help foil a plot to murder a former American union boss cum government witness, Kyle Sander. Suspects include the beautiful Marissa and boyfriend, who have a few surprises in store. Lord Sinclair and Danny then travel to Switzerland, where they have to help an elderly Duchess protect her jewels by finding proof of past marriage to a prince.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-06-07
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