Earl Holliman
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Henry Earl Holliman (September 11, 1928 - November 25, 2024) was an American actor, animal rights activist and singer known for his many character roles in films, mostly westerns and dramas, in the 1950s and 1960s. He won a Golden Globe Award for the film The Rainmaker (1956) and portrayed Sergeant Bill Crowley on the television police drama Police Woman throughout its 1974–1978 run.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: September 11, 1928
Deathday: November 25, 2024
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Giant
1956-11-08
Giant
Overview: Wealthy rancher Bick Benedict and dirt-poor cowboy Jett Rink both woo Leslie Lynnton, a beautiful young woman from Maryland who is new to Texas. She marries Benedict, but she is shocked by the racial bigotry of the White Texans against the local people of Mexican descent. Rink discovers oil on a small plot of land, and while he uses his vast, new wealth to buy all the land surrounding the Benedict ranch, the Benedict's disagreement over prejudice fuels conflict that runs across generations.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-11-08
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Forbidden Planet
1956-03-23
Forbidden Planet
Overview: Starship C57D travels to planet Altair 4 in search of the crew of spaceship "Bellerophon," a scientific expedition that has been missing for twenty years. They find themselves unwelcome by the expedition's lone survivor and warned of destruction by an invisible force if they don't turn back immediately.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-03-23
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Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957-05-30
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Overview: Lawman Wyatt Earp and outlaw Doc Holliday form an unlikely alliance which culminates in their participation in the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
Genres: Western Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-05-30
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The Big Combo
1955-02-13
The Big Combo
Overview: Police Lt. Leonard Diamond vies to bring a clever, well connected, and sadistic gangster to justice all the while obsessing over the gangster's girlfriend.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-02-13
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The Bridges at Toko-Ri
1954-12-01
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Overview: A naval aviator is assigned to bomb a group of heavily defended bridges during the Korean War.
Genres: War Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-12-01
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I Died a Thousand Times
1955-11-09
I Died a Thousand Times
Overview: After aging criminal Roy Earle is released from prison he decides to pull one last heist before retiring — by robbing a resort hotel.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-11-09
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Anzio
1968-07-24
Anzio
Overview: American troops land unopposed on Italian beaches during World War II, but instead of pushing on to Rome, they dig in and the Germans fight back ferociously.
Genres: War Action Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-07-24
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Broken Lance
1954-09-25
Broken Lance
Overview: Cattle baron Matt Devereaux raids a copper smelter that is polluting his water, then divides his property among his sons. Son Joe takes responsibility for the raid and gets three years in prison. Matt dies from a stroke partly caused by his rebellious sons and when Joe gets out he plans revenge.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-09-25
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Sharky's Machine
1981-12-18
Sharky's Machine
Overview: Police officer Tom Sharky gets busted back to working vice, where he happens upon a scandalous conspiracy involving a local politician. Sharky's new 'machine' gathers evidence while Sharky falls in love with a woman he has never met.
Genres: Crime Drama Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-12-18
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Last Train from Gun Hill
1959-07-29
Last Train from Gun Hill
Overview: A marshal tries to bring the son of an old friend, an autocratic cattle baron, to justice for the rape and murder of his wife.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-07-29
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The Boy and the Bronc Buster: Part 1
1973-03-18
The Boy and the Bronc Buster: Part 1
Overview: An orphan teen (Vincent Van Patten) follows a rider (Earl Holliman) on the rodeo circuit, unaware his hero is wanted for murder.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-03-18
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The Sons of Katie Elder
1965-06-23
The Sons of Katie Elder
Overview: The four sons of Katie Elder reunite in their hometown of Clearwater, Texas for their mother's funeral, and discover that the family ranch is now in the hands of Morgan Hastings, the town's gunsmith.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-06-23
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The Power
1968-02-21
The Power
Overview: One by one members of a special project team are being killed by telekinesis - the ability to move things with the power of the mind alone. The race is on to determine which of the remaining team members is the murderer and to stop them.
Genres: Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-02-21
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The Trap
1959-01-28
The Trap
Overview: Lawyer Ralph Anderson arrives in Tula, an amazingly remote town in the desert, as reluctant emissary of mob chief Victor Massonetti, who wants the airstrip clear for his unofficial exit from the country. Ralph's arrival has a profound effect on his estranged father, the sheriff; his brother Tip, an alcoholic deputy; and his ex-sweetheart Linda, now married to Tip. Tension builds as a small army of gangsters takes over the town. Then the situation abruptly changes...
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-01-28
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The Biscuit Eater
1972-03-22
The Biscuit Eater
Overview: Nothing warms the heart like the story of a boy and his dog. Lonnie (Johnny Whitaker) and Text (George Spell) are two friends determined, against all odds, to turn a misfit hound into a hero. Tennessee farmer and dog trainer Harve McNeil (Earl Holliman) tells his son Lonnie that his dog, Moreover, is a good-for-nothing "biscuit eater."
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-03-22
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Summer and Smoke
1961-11-16
Summer and Smoke
Overview: In a small Mississippi town in 1916, an eccentric spinster battles her romantic yearnings for the randy boy next door.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-11-16
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Tribes
1970-11-10
Tribes
Overview: A Marine Corps drill instructor who is disgusted by the fact that the Corps now accepts draftees finds himself pitted against a hippie who has been drafted but refuses to accept the military's way of doing things.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-11-10
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Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge
1987-09-27
Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge
Overview: Will Mannon, "product of the Devil's loins," is released from a frontier prison and promptly goes in search of the people who put him there some 12 years ago -- Matt Dillon and Kitty Russell.
Genres: TV Movie Action Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-09-27
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Visit to a Small Planet
1960-02-04
Visit to a Small Planet
Overview: The weirdest alien of the galaxy pays a visit to Earth... Jerry Lewis is Kreton, a childish alien who, against his teacher's will leaves his planet to visit the Earth, and lands in the backyard of a famous television journalist who doesn't believe in UFOs and aliens. Wanting to study humans but not able to fully understand them, Kreton makes a mess out of it, generating a lot of comic situations.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-02-04
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The Burning Hills
1956-09-01
The Burning Hills
Overview: When Trace Jordan's brother is murdered by members of the land-grabbing Sutton family, he vows to report this injustice to the nearest Army fort.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-09-01
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Trooper Hook
1957-07-12
Trooper Hook
Overview: When Apache chief Nanchez is captured by the cavalry, his white squaw and infant son are returned to civilization by Sergeant Hook, but Nanchez escapes custody and attempts to re-claim his son.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-07-12
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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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Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
1979-04-13
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
Overview: An abusive sexual relationship between a white spinster schoolteacher and a young black janitor in 1956 Kansas complicates her struggle to come to grips with her sexuality and emotions.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-04-13
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Trapped
1974-06-13
Trapped
Overview: A man is accidentally locked in a department store overnight and finds himself held at bay by six vicious Doberman guard dogs.
Genres: Action Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-06-13
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Smoke
1970-02-01
Smoke
Overview: A boy finds an injured German Shepherd Dog whom he names Smoke.
Genres: Drama Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-02-01
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Hot Spell
1958-05-21
Hot Spell
Overview: Alma Duval, a middle-aged housewife, tries to hide how much she suffers from her husband's amorous excursions while trying to help her children solve their problems and doing her best to keep her family together as it's slowly falling apart. Meanwhile, daughter Virginia is dumped by her boyfriend because she cannot help him with his career. Her cheating husband's birthday party is approaching and many lines will be crossed after that event.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-05-21
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Tennessee Champ
1954-03-03
Tennessee Champ
Overview: A boxer desperate for money falls in with a shady promoter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-03-03
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Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon
2006-11-14
Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon
Overview: A short documentary about Robby the Robot.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-11-14
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A Covenant with Death
1967-02-15
A Covenant with Death
Overview: An innocent man is found guilty of murder and sentenced to death, but as he's about to be hanged he accidentally kills his executioner. He now faces a new trial, presided over by a young and inexperienced judge.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-02-15
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The Rainmaker
1956-12-13
The Rainmaker
Overview: Lizzie Curry is on the verge of becoming a hopeless old maid. Her wit and intelligence and skills as a homemaker can't make up for the fact that she's just plain plain! Even the town sheriff, File, for whom she harbors a secrect yen, won't take a chance --- until the town suffers a drought and into the lives of Lizzie and her brothers and father comes one Bill Starbuck ... profession: Rainmaker!
Genres: Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-12-13
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Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn
1977-05-16
Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn
Overview: In this sequel to Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway, Alexander's story is told in both the past and the present. Alexander's parents send him away from home for being too sensitive and not helping enough on their farm. He goes to Los Angeles in hopes of going to art school, but when he can't find a job as a minor, he turns to prostitution. After being arrested, he wants to head to Arizona to marry Dawn, but he falls into a lucrative job/relationship with a gay football star.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-05-16
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Bad City Blues
1999-02-16
Bad City Blues
Overview: In the aftermath of a violent robbery, a New Orleans doctor, Eugene Grimes, wakes to find a wounded woman and $2 million in cash on his doorstep. In pursuit of the thieves, police captain Clarence Jefferson discovers that Grimes is the key not only to the money but to a dark web of intrigue and vengeance stretching back to a bloody civil war in El Salvador a decade before.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-02-16
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Cannon
1971-03-26
Cannon
Overview: In this pilot film to the TV series, Cannon investigates the murder of a war buddy to clear the man's wife of suspicion in his death.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-03-26
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Where the Ladies Go
1980-03-14
Where the Ladies Go
Overview: A small-town bar, open only from 9AM to 3PM and owned by Buck (Earl Holliman), is the setting where bored housewives and wandering husbands go to find some adventure in their miserable lives.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-03-14
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East of Sumatra
1953-09-23
East of Sumatra
Overview: Duke Mullane, manager of a Malayan tin mine, goes to a little-known island to open a new mine in the jungle. Initially, the natives there are friendly, especially dancer Minyora...who proves to be affianced to local ruler King Kiang. Alas, a series of unfortunate incidents changes Kiang's attitude to hostility, and Duke is stranded with his crew, Minyora, and his old flame Lory...who's now engaged to his boss!
Genres: Action Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-09-23
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Armored Command
1961-07-09
Armored Command
Overview: An American army unit is trapped in a small town during a German counterattack and discovers that a spy in the town is providing the Germans with information about them.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-07-09
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Children of 'Giant'
2015-04-17
Children of 'Giant'
Overview: "Children of 'Giant'" is a documentary film that unearths deeply wrought emotions in the small West Texas town of Marfa, before, during and after the month-long production of George Stevens' 1956 feature film, "Giant." Based on the controversial Edna Ferber novel of the same name, the film, "Giant" did not shy from strong social-issue themes experienced throughout post-WWII America. George Stevens, its producer and director, purposely gravitated to the drought-ridden community of Marfa for most all of the exterior scenes.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-04-17
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The Desperate Mission
1969-11-20
The Desperate Mission
Overview: A man who has lost everything joins others paid to convey a wealthy man's wife - and a mysterious treasure - to safety in San Francisco.
Genres: Western Action Adventure Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-11-20
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Montserrat
1971-03-02
Montserrat
Overview: The story is set during the South American Wars of Independence. Simón Bolivar, the liberator, has escaped from Spanish custody with the aid of an idealistic Spanish officer, Captain Montserrat. The Spanish commander, Colonel Izquierdo ('left' in Spanish), threatens Montserrat with torture to find out where Bolivar can be recaptured.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-03-02
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Scared Stiff
1953-04-27
Scared Stiff
Overview: A nightclub singer and his partner escape mobsters by fleeing to Cuba with a beautiful heiress, who has inherited a haunted castle on an isolated island. The trio hunt for a hidden treasure and encounter a ghost, a zombie, and a mysterious killer...
Genres: Music Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-04-27
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Devil's Canyon
1953-08-13
Devil's Canyon
Overview: An outlaw woman helps one Arizona convict stop another with a Gatling gun.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-08-13
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Country Gold
1982-11-23
Country Gold
Overview: An aging country singer becomes irritated with the success of a popular young country singer. However, she is not yet ready to become yesterday's news.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-11-23
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The Perfect Tenant
2000-07-24
The Perfect Tenant
Overview: Twenty years ago Danny Summer found his father hanging from the rafters on Christmas Eve. Ever since that night he has been plotting revenge. When Brian Hartwell moves into Jessica Michael's guesthouse, she has no idea that her new tenant has a deadly agenda to go with his new identity. Her daughter Laura doesn't trust him from the beginning but can't convince her mother that there's more to "The Perfect Tenant" than meets the eye.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-07-24
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Cry Panic
1974-02-06
Cry Panic
Overview: A man accidentally runs over and kills a pedestrian outside a small town. He begins to suspect that the locals, including the sheriff, are keeping secrets about the victim.
Genres: Mystery Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-02-06
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The Dark Side of the Earth
1957-09-19
The Dark Side of the Earth
Overview: A drama set in 1956, during the unsuccessful Hungarian uprising against the Russians.
Genres: Drama War TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-09-19
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Destination Gobi
1953-03-20
Destination Gobi
Overview: A group of US Navy weathermen taking measurements in the Gobi desert in World War II are forced to seek the help of Mongol nomads to regain their ship while under attack from the Japanese.
Genres: War Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-03-20
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The Solitary Man
1979-10-09
The Solitary Man
Overview: A family man must make an adjustment after his wife of fifteen years one day blurts out that she wants a divorce and leaves him to construct a new life.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-10-09
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I Love You...Good-bye
1974-02-12
I Love You...Good-bye
Overview: A suburban wife begins to resent the pressures she sees society putting on her as a wife and mother, and leaves her family to find the meaning of her life.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-02-12
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Return to 'Giant'
1996-09-21
Return to 'Giant'
Overview: In the summer of 1955, an army of cameramen, lighting techs and movie stars descended on the small, west Texas town of Marfa to film what has become, "the national movie of Texas."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-09-21
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American Harvest
1987-01-16
American Harvest
Overview: American Harvest is set in the heartland of Kansas. Two proud, stubborn families have not spoken to one another because of an incident in the distant past. Wayne Rogers, the patriarch of one of the families, is in danger of losing his wheat farm. He knows that his land will be saved if he patches things up with rival farmer Earl Holliman, but such a reconciliation is out of the question.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-01-16
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Shattered: If Your Kid's on Drugs
1986-01-01
Shattered: If Your Kid's on Drugs
Overview: A made-for-tv byproduct of The War On Drugs.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-01
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The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War
1973-10-20
The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War
Overview: After Col. Steve Austin fails to retrieve the contents of a safe owned by arms dealer Arlen Findletter, he takes up an friendly offer of a holiday in the Bahamas. There he runs into Soviet Agent Alexi Kaslov and his lovely assistant Katrina Volana, who also happen to be out to find Findletter. Is it a coincidence, or was Steve's trip all part of one of Oscar Goldman's missions?
Genres: Science Fiction Action Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-10-20
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Nightman
1997-11-23
Nightman
Overview: After lightning strikes saxophonist Johnny Domino, he finds he is telepathically tuned to the frequency of evil. This gives him an edge for finding the bad guys, and some special classified wearable gear gives him an edge for fighting them.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-11-23
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Pony Soldier
1952-04-01
Pony Soldier
Overview: Duncan MacDonald, a 19th-century Royal Canadian Mountie, has to escort a group of Cree Indians back to their above-the-border reservation. His guide in this endeavor is the not-too-trustworthy half-breed Natayo.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-04-01
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The Girls of Pleasure Island
1953-04-01
The Girls of Pleasure Island
Overview: In the spring of 1945, World War II is coming to a close. Roger Halyard, a dignified, strait-laced Englishmen, lives on a South Sea atoll with his three daughters, Gloria, Hester and Violet, along with the housekeeper, Thelma, who has raised the girls since childhood. Other than their father, the girls have never seen another man. Halyard is informed that 1500 U.S. Marines will soon arrive to establish an air base on the island. Halyard is rather apprehensive over the prospect of his daughters, who have never met another man, being thrown together with 1500 Marines who haven't seen a woman in months.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-04-01
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Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
2006-11-14
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
Overview: A documentary about the making of, and legacy of, the Forbidden Planet movie.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-11-14
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Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
1996-03-15
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
Overview: He went from street-wise tough to art-collector liberal-activist, from circus-acrobat hunk to Academy Award winner. Burton Stephen Lancaster — later Burt Lancaster — was one of five children of a New York City postal worker. By eighteen, Burt was 6'2" and blessed with the athletic physique and dynamic good looks that helped make him famous. A stint in the Army introduced Burt to acting and led him to Hollywood where his first release, "The Killers" (1946), propelled him to stardom at age 32. He took control of his own career and seldom faltered.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-03-15
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Journey to Royal: A WWII Rescue Mission
2021-02-02
Journey to Royal: A WWII Rescue Mission
Overview: WWII hero with the 4th Emergency Rescue Squadron, Lt. Royal Stratton, leads a deadly mission to save the lives of nine downed airmen adrift in enemy waters of a war-torn South Pacific. Immersive cinematography and gripping action, mixed with firsthand accounts and historical images, showcase the valor of this squadron who faced overwhelming odds to bring their brothers home.
Genres: War History Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-02-02
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Westinghouse Presents: The Dispossessed
1961-10-23
Westinghouse Presents: The Dispossessed
Overview: In 1879, the American Indian lived under severe handicaps: having no legal status as a human being and with the requirement to stay on reservations. Defying the law, Ponca Chief Standing Bear leads his people off their disease-ridden reservation. Though they're captured, the Poncas are given three days to find a lawyer and find a legal way to become their own people once again.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-10-23
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The Day They Hanged Kid Curry
1971-09-16
The Day They Hanged Kid Curry
Overview: Hayes visits con-artist Silky O'Sullivan at his San Francisco mansion and discovers that Kid Curry is on trial for murder in Colorado. Heyes rushes to the town and sees Curry in the audience; the man on trial is an impostor who didn't commit the murder he's accused of. Originally a longer duration episode of the TV series Alias Smith and Jones (1971). It occasionally appeared in syndication as a TV movie, under its own name, with the series title bluntly edited out of the regular series' opening credits.
Genres: Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-09-16
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