Leonardo Cimino
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Leonardo Cimino (November 4, 1917 - March 3, 2012) was an Italian film, television and stage actor who in 1937 appeared in the original stage production of Marc Blitzstein's "The Cradle Will Rock." Leonardo's most well-known roles were in the 1983 science fiction miniseries, "V," as Abraham Bernstein and the 1987 feature film "The Monster Squad," as the "scary German guy." Cimino made guest appearances on TV shows, including "Naked City," "Kojak," "The Equalizer" and "Law & Order." Cimino was married to actress Sharon Powers. Description above from the Wikipedia article Leonardo Cimino, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: November 04, 1917
Deathday: March 03, 2012
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Dune
1984-12-14
Dune
Overview: In the year 10,191, the most precious substance in the universe is the spice Melange. The spice extends life. The spice expands consciousness. The spice is vital to space travel. The spice exists on only one planet in the entire universe, the vast desert planet Arrakis, also known as Dune. Its native inhabitants, the Fremen, have long held a prophecy that a man would come, a messiah who would lead them to true freedom.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-12-14
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The Power and the Glory
1963-05-31
The Power and the Glory
Overview: Based on Graham Greene's novel about a flawed but devoted priest in 1930s Mexico who attempts to perform his duties while eluding a police lieutenant determined to capture him.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-05-31
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
2007-09-26
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Overview: When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store, the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that send them and their family hurtling towards a shattering climax.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-09-26
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The Monster Squad
1987-08-14
The Monster Squad
Overview: Count Dracula adjourns to Earth, accompanied by Frankenstein's Monster, the Wolfman, the Mummy, and the Gillman. The uglies are in search of a powerful amulet that will grant them power to rule the world. Our heroes - the Monster Squad are the only ones daring to stand in their way.
Genres: Comedy Action Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-08-14
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A Time for Miracles
1980-12-21
A Time for Miracles
Overview: Elizabeth Bayley Seton, America's first native-born saint and founder of the Sisters of Charity, is the subject of this inspiring biopic. After the tragic death of her husband, Seton converts to Catholicism. Once again, she suffers terrible loss when two of her children die, but goes on to found the American Sisters of Charity and the first American Catholic schools. Seton died in 1826 and was canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1975.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-12-21
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Stiletto
1969-07-30
Stiletto
Overview: A rich, jet-setting playboy has a secret life: he's also a professional Mafia hitman. When he decides it's time to retire from that life, he finds that his former employers don't like the idea that someone who knows so much about them won't be under their control anymore, and decide to send their own hitmen to eliminate him.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-07-30
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Household Saints
1993-09-15
Household Saints
Overview: A chronicle of three generations of Italian-American women struggling to get by in post-World War II New York’s Little Italy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-09-15
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Penn & Teller Get Killed
1989-09-22
Penn & Teller Get Killed
Overview: The "bad boys of magic" go over the edge in this mind-blowing, role-switching comedy murder mystery set in the dizzying world of Atlantic City casinos. In a TV interview, Penn mentions his idea of a fun practical joke: "I wish someone were trying to kill me. It would give focus to my life, excitement. I'd be like James Bond." Twenty million people hear him. One decides to deliver a punchline he'll never forget. Made by people who thought Psycho was a comedy, Penn & Teller Get Killed (they also wrote the piece) features Caitlin Clarke as the femme fatale and David Patrick Kelly as the Edgar Allan Poe-esque nutcase with a new mission. Arthur Penn, known for hip masterpieces like Bonnie and Clyde, Alice's Restaurant and Little Big Man, directs with roller-coaster pacing and subversive intelligence.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-22
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Stardust Memories
1980-09-26
Stardust Memories
Overview: While attending a retrospect of his work, a filmmaker recalls his life and his loves: the inspirations for his films.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-09-26
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Jeremy
1973-08-01
Jeremy
Overview: Jeremy is learning cello at an arts school in New York. At school he spots Susan, who practices for a ballet audition, and he falls in love.
Genres: Drama Family Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-08-01
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Monsignor
1982-10-22
Monsignor
Overview: The vows of an ambitious young American priest are tested during World War II. Not only does Father John Flaherty get involved with the black market to raise money for the Vatican, he also falls in love with a young French nun.
Genres: Crime Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-10-22
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Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace
1991-11-24
Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace
Overview: Both sides of the law hunt Costabile 'Gus' Farace for slaying a federal drug agent in 1989 New York.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-11-24
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Come Back, Charleston Blue
1972-06-29
Come Back, Charleston Blue
Overview: Sequel to Cotton Comes to Harlem. Another bad influence is hitting Harlem and Gravedigger and Coffin Ed are the two cops who will stop it. Charleston Blue was a prohibition era black gangster, dead 4 decades. When he seems to have reappeared, once again slitting throats with his Blue straight edge razors, the two cops begin a complicated search for some answers.
Genres: Crime Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-06-29
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Hide in Plain Sight
1980-03-21
Hide in Plain Sight
Overview: True story of a man in search of his children after his ex-wife enters the Witness Protection Program.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-03-21
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The Love Song of Barney Kempinski
1968-05-10
The Love Song of Barney Kempinski
Overview: On his wedding day, in the few remaining hours of his bachelorhood, Barney Kempinski goes off to tour the city and sing his song to life, love and the city of New York.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-05-10
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Will There Really Be a Morning?
1983-02-22
Will There Really Be a Morning?
Overview: This is the story of actress Frances Farmer, her struggles with mental illness and involuntary confinement in an insane asylum.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-02-22
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Q & A
1990-04-27
Q & A
Overview: A young district attorney seeking to prove a case against a corrupt police detective encounters a former lover and her new protector, a crime boss who refuses to help him.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-04-27
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Give Us Barabbas!
1961-03-24
Give Us Barabbas!
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-03-24
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Rappaccini's Daughter
1980-01-01
Rappaccini's Daughter
Overview: Set in 18th Century Italy, RAPPACCINI'S DAUGHTER is the tale of a young scholar named Giovanni (Kristoffer Tabori) who falls in love with a beautiful, yet forbidden, girl who tends her father's poison garden. However, the strange and unearthly beauty of Beatrice (Kathleen Beller) masks a terrifying curse which Giovanni must tragically discover. Her father, the mysterious Dr. Rappaccini, has made her the subject of a diabolical experiment. In Giovanni's attempt to free Beatrice from the control of her father and to escape the poisonous effect she begins to have on him, he unwittingly destroys her. From the short story of master American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne, two quintessential Hawthorne themes are explored: the sins of interfering with another's soul and the futility of trying to tamper with nature.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-01
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Moonstruck
1987-12-16
Moonstruck
Overview: 37-year-old Italian-American widow Loretta Castorini believes she is unlucky in love, and so accepts a marriage proposal from her boyfriend Johnny, even though she doesn't love him. When she meets his estranged younger brother Ronny, an emotional and passionate man, she finds herself drawn to him. She tries to resist, but Ronny, who blames his brother for the loss of his hand, has no scruples about aggressively pursuing her while Johnny is out of the country. As Loretta falls for Ronny, she learns that she's not the only one in her family with a secret romance.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-12-16
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The Seventh Sign
1988-04-01
The Seventh Sign
Overview: Abby is a pregnant woman with a curious new boarder in the apartment over her garage. Turns out he's heaven-sent and is speeding along the Apocalypse by bloodying rivers, egging on plagues and following scripture word for word.
Genres: Horror Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-04-01
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Hudson Hawk
1991-05-23
Hudson Hawk
Overview: Eddie Hawkins, called Hudson Hawk has just been released from ten years of prison and is planning to spend the rest of his life honestly. But then the crazy Mayflower couple blackmail him to steal some of the works of Leonardo da Vinci. If he refuses, they threaten to kill his friend Tommy.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-05-23
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Cocaine and Blue Eyes
1983-01-02
Cocaine and Blue Eyes
Overview: Michael Brennen, a San Francisco private eye gets dragged into a drug-smuggling operation while searching for the girlfriend of a deal client, leading Brennen to a politically prominent family.
Genres: Drama Action Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-02
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Mad Dog Coll
1961-05-12
Mad Dog Coll
Overview: Killer Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll moves in on gangster Dutch Schultz in 1920s New York.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-05-12
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Claude
1992-01-11
Claude
Overview: A hapless, bad-luck prone loser meets a free-spirited Frenchwoman who inspires him to get his life back on track.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-11
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The Freshman
1990-07-20
The Freshman
Overview: After a film student gets his belongings stolen, he meets a mobster bearing a startling resemblance to a certain cinematic godfather. Soon, he finds himself caught up in a caper involving endangered species and fine dining.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-07-20
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Waterworld
1995-07-28
Waterworld
Overview: In a futuristic world where the polar ice caps have melted and made Earth a liquid planet, a beautiful barmaid rescues a mutant seafarer from a floating island prison. They escape, along with her young charge, Enola, and sail off aboard his ship. But the trio soon becomes the target of a menacing pirate who covets the map to 'Dryland'—which is tattooed on Enola's back.
Genres: Adventure Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-07-28
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18 Shades of Dust
1999-09-01
18 Shades of Dust
Overview: Two gangsters threaten the owner of an upscale restaurant after his son can't pay a gambling debt.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-09-01
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Amityville II: The Possession
1982-09-24
Amityville II: The Possession
Overview: Anthony and Dolores Montelli, along with their four children, move into their dream house in Amityville and are immediately plagued by a string of paranormal experiences. When the abusive Anthony wrongly places the blame on their children, Dolores recruits a local Catholic priest to exorcise the house.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-09-24
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The Man in the Glass Booth
1975-01-27
The Man in the Glass Booth
Overview: Arthur Goldman is a rich Jewish industrialist, living in luxury in a Manhattan high-rise. He banters with his assistant Charlie, often shocking Charlie with his outrageousness and irreverence about aspects of Jewish life. Nonetheless, Charlie is astonished when, one day, Israeli secret agents burst in and arrest Goldman for being not a Jewish businessman but a Nazi war criminal. Whisked to Israel for trial, Goldman forces his accusers to face not only his presumed guilt--but their own.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-01-27
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Cradle Will Rock
1999-12-10
Cradle Will Rock
Overview: A true story of politics and art in the 1930s USA, centered around a leftist musical drama and attempts to stop its production.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-12-10
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The Confession
1964-05-22
The Confession
Overview: Madame Rinaldi, owner of a bordello, helps thief Mario Forni locate an ancient buried treasure.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-05-22
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