Roy Poole
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: March 31, 1924
Deathday: July 01, 1980
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The Whole World Is Watching
1969-03-11
The Whole World Is Watching
Overview: In this second pilot of "The Lawyers," a rotating segment of "The Bold Ones" series, the firm of Nichols, Darrell & Darrell defends the leader of a student protest movement charged with the murder of a campus policeman. The problem is that the student, and his supporters, may be more interested in making a statement about their grievances than about his acquittal.
Genres: Drama Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-03-11
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The End of August
1981-11-19
The End of August
Overview: In the turn of the century South, a woman feels unfulfilled by marriage and motherhood and has an affair with a younger man. Later, the woman leaves her family and tries to start a new life alone.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-11-19
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The Greatest Man in the World
1981-06-09
The Greatest Man in the World
Overview: This version of James Thurber's tale tells the story of a young amateur pilot who beats Charles Lindbergh's feat of nonstop flying around the world--with his own unique ways of conserving fuel and energy.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-06-09
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Hellinger's Law
1981-03-10
Hellinger's Law
Overview: A flamboyant criminal lawyer named Nick Hellinger takes on the case of a syndicate's accountant (actually a Justice Department agent who has infiltrated the mob) accused of murdering a local TV newscaster.
Genres: Drama Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-03-10
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Up the Down Staircase
1967-06-28
Up the Down Staircase
Overview: Sylvia, a novice schoolteacher, is hired to teach English in a high school, but she’s met with an apathetic faculty, a delinquent student body and an administration that drowns its staff in paperwork. The following days go from bad to worse as Sylvia struggles to reach her most troubled students.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-06-28
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Act of Violence
1979-11-10
Act of Violence
Overview: A liberal-minded, divorced newswriter is the victim of a brutal mugging. Robbed of her confidence, she finds her life cloaked in fear and paranoia, causing her to reevaluate her lifelong beliefs.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-11-10
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Mandingo
1975-06-06
Mandingo
Overview: Warren Maxwell, the owner of a run-down plantation, pressures his son, Hammond, to marry and produce an heir to inherit the plantation. Hammond settles on his own cousin, Blanche, but purchases a sex slave when he returns from the honeymoon. He also buys his father a new Mandingo slave named Mede to breed and train as a prize-fighter.
Genres: Romance Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-06-06
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Sometimes a Great Notion
1971-12-17
Sometimes a Great Notion
Overview: Hank Stamper and his father, Henry, own and operate the family business by cutting and shipping logs in Oregon. The town is furious when they continue working despite the town going broke and the other loggers go on strike ordering the Stampers to stop, however Hank continues to push his family on cutting more trees. Hank's wife wishes he would stop and hopes that they can spend more time together. When Hank's half brother Leland comes to work for them, more trouble starts.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-12-17
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Experiment in Terror
1962-04-12
Experiment in Terror
Overview: A man with an asthmatic voice telephones and assaults clerk Kelly Sherwood at home and coerces her into helping him steal a large sum from her bank.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-04-12
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OHMS
1980-01-02
OHMS
Overview: A conservative, Midwestern farmer rallies his neighbors against a power company planning to erect huge towers across their land, and a political activist schoolteacher helps them organize into an effective bloc.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-02
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The Ordeal of Patty Hearst
1979-03-04
The Ordeal of Patty Hearst
Overview: The story of the kidnapping of newspaper heiress Patty Hearst by members of a radical guerrilla organization, as seen by the FBI agent in charge of her case.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-03-04
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The Land of Hope
1976-01-01
The Land of Hope
Overview: Chronicles the experiences of four immigrant families as they experience the Lower East Side of New York during the early twentieth century.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-01-01
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George Romero's Golden Tales 3
George Romero's Golden Tales 3
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Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
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1776
1972-11-09
1776
Overview: Colonial representatives gather in Philadelphia with the aim of establishing a set of governmental rules for the burgeoning United States. Benjamin Franklin and John Adams charge Thomas Jefferson with the task of writing a statement announcing the new country's emancipation from British rule.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-11-09
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Network
1976-11-14
Network
Overview: When veteran anchorman Howard Beale is forced to retire his 25-year post because of his age, he announces to viewers that he will kill himself during his farewell broadcast. Network executives rethink their decision when his fanatical tirade results in a spike in ratings.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-11-14
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A Cry in the Wilderness
1974-03-26
A Cry in the Wilderness
Overview: The father of a wilderness family gets bitten by a skunk, and fearing rabies, chains himself to a barn to protect his family should he go mad. He orders his son not to come near him no matter how persuasive or rational his appearance or argument. However, the creek dries up, indicating an upstream blockage and an imminent flood. Several trips upstream by the son have failed to locate the blockage and now Dad wants to be released...
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-03-26
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The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope
1972-01-01
The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope
Overview: A bizarre series of events focused on young women in the village of Salem causes paranoia in the late 1600s. It ends with the lynching of the accused and subsequent releases from jail. Dark and gritty, but not frightening.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-01
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The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
1974-01-31
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Overview: In February, 1962, as the civil rights movement reaches Bayonne, Louisiana, a New York journalist arrives to interview Jane Pittman, who has just turned 110. She tells him her story dating back to her earliest memories before slavery ended. In between the chapters of her life, the present-day struggles of Blacks in Bayonne, urged on by Jimmy, are dramatized.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-01-31
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O. Henry's Christmas
1996-06-03
O. Henry's Christmas
Overview: Three episodes based on O. Henry's texts. The first deals with the friendship between a painter and two young women. The second, a young man who receives an insignificant amount of his uncle, as an inheritance. The third concerns two people who make it all possible when they give themselves love as Christmas presents.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-06-03
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The Face of Fear
1971-10-08
The Face of Fear
Overview: A young Iowa schoolteacher, thinking she is dying of leukemia, goes to San Francisco, where she hires a mob killer to take her life. However, she soon changes her mind, and with the help of the local police, tries to find the killer before he fulfills his part of the bargain.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-10-08
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The Tenth Level
1976-08-26
The Tenth Level
Overview: Inspired by the Stanley Milgram obedience research, this TV movie chronicles a psychology professor's study to determine why people, such as the Nazis, were willing to "just follow orders" and do horrible things to others. Professor Stephen Turner leads students to believe that they are applying increasingly painful electric shocks to other subjects when they fail to perform a task correctly, and is alarmed to see how much pain the students can be convinced to inflict "in the name of science."
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-08-26
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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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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
1978-06-02
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Overview: 1978 movie starring Morgan Freeman. This movie is the shortened version that was released from the original 3 part mini series back in 1978.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-06-02
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Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1964-02-02
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Overview: The life of Abraham Lincoln is traced from the 1830s when he was a struggling backwoods lawyer to winning the Presidency in 1860.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-02-02
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Gaily, Gaily
1969-12-16
Gaily, Gaily
Overview: After runaway Ben Young is robbed and left on his own, he is taken in by Lil, the head of a Chicago brothel. Acting as a surrogate mother for Ben, who thinks she runs a boardinghouse, Lil gets him a job with Francis Sullivan at the local newspaper. As Ben is exposed to the workings of the big city, he realizes the extent of government corruption and sets out on the daunting task of reforming Chicago politics, finding several allies along the way.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-12-16
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The Betsy
1978-02-02
The Betsy
Overview: Ruthless patriarch Loren hires racecar driver Angelo to build a more efficient vehicle against the wishes of his grandson. But things get even messier when Angelo romances two women in Loren's life -- his great-granddaughter and his grandson's mistress.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-02-02
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