Richard Jordan
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Richard Jordan (July 19, 1937 – August 30, 1993) was an American stage, screen and film actor. A long-time member of the New York Shakespeare Festival, he performed in many Off Broadway and Broadway plays. His films include Logan's Run, Les Misérables, Raise the Titanic!, The Friends of Eddie Coyle, The Yakuza, The Bunker, Dune, The Secret of My Success, The Hunt for Red October, Posse and Gettysburg. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Jordan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Birthday: July 19, 1937
Deathday: August 30, 1993
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The Secret of My Success
1987-04-10
The Secret of My Success
Overview: Brantley Foster, a well-educated kid from Kansas, has always dreamed of making it big in New York, but once in New York, he learns that jobs - and girls - are hard to get. When Brantley visits his uncle, Howard Prescott, who runs a multi-million-dollar company, he is given a job in the company's mail room.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-04-10
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The Hunt for Red October
1990-03-02
The Hunt for Red October
Overview: A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius. The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. Lone CIA analyst Jack Ryan has a different idea: he thinks Ramius is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find him and prove it - because the entire Russian naval and air commands are trying to find Ramius, too. The hunt is on!
Genres: Action Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-03-02
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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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Gettysburg
1993-10-08
Gettysburg
Overview: In the summer of 1863, General Robert E. Lee leads the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia into Gettysburg, Pennsylvania with the goal of marching through to Washington, D.C. The Union Army of the Potomac, under the command of General George G. Meade, forms a defensive position to confront the rebel forces in what will prove to be the decisive battle of the American Civil War.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-10-08
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Logan's Run
1976-06-23
Logan's Run
Overview: In the 23rd century, inhabitants of a domed city freely experience all of life's pleasures — but no one is allowed to live past 30. Citizens can try for a chance at being "renewed" in a civic ceremony on their 30th birthday. Escape is the only other option.
Genres: Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-06-23
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Les Misérables
1978-12-27
Les Misérables
Overview: In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
Genres: Drama History Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-12-27
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Valdez Is Coming
1971-04-09
Valdez Is Coming
Overview: Old Mexican-American sheriff Bob Valdez has always been a haven of sanity in a land of madmen when it came to defending law and order. But the weapon smuggler Frank Tanner is greedy and impulsive. When Tanner provokes a shooting that causes the death of an innocent man and Valdez asks him to financially compensate the widow, Tanner refuses to do so and severely humiliates Valdez, who will do justice and avenge his honor, no matter what it takes.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-04-09
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The Mean Season
1985-02-15
The Mean Season
Overview: A routine investigation of a shocking murder takes a bizarre twist when the killer contacts the reporter and appoints him his personal spokesman. As the killer's calls and clues increase, the reporter is lured into a deadly trap.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-02-15
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Raise the Titanic
1980-08-01
Raise the Titanic
Overview: To obtain a supply of a rare mineral, a ship raising operation is conducted for the only known source, the Titanic.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-08-01
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Shout
1991-10-04
Shout
Overview: A new music teacher in a 1955 West Texas home for wayward boys brings new vision and hope for many of the interned boys.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-10-04
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The Friends of Eddie Coyle
1973-06-26
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
Overview: An aging hood is about to go back to prison. Hoping to escape his fate, he supplies information on stolen guns to the feds, while simultaneously supplying arms to his bank robbing chums.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-06-26
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Romero
1989-08-25
Romero
Overview: Romero is a compelling and deeply moving look at the life of Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador, who made the ultimate sacrifice in a passionate stand against social injustice and oppression in his county. This film chronicles the transformation of Romero from an apolitical, complacent priest to a committed leader of the Salvadoran people.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-08-25
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Chato's Land
1972-05-25
Chato's Land
Overview: In 1870s New Mexico, a half-breed kills a bigoted sheriff in self-defense but the posse that eventually hunts him finds itself in dangerous territory.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-05-25
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The Yakuza
1974-12-21
The Yakuza
Overview: When George Tanner does business with high-ranking Yakuza Tono, Tono kidnaps his daughter, and George summons his old friend, private eye Harry Kilmer, to Japan to investigate.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-12-21
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The Bunker
1981-04-15
The Bunker
Overview: Dramatization depicting the events surrounding Adolf Hitler's last weeks in and around his underground bunker in Berlin before and during the battle for the city.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-04-15
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Solarbabies
1986-11-26
Solarbabies
Overview: In a future in which most water has disappeared from the Earth, we find a group of children, mostly teenagers, who are living at an orphanage, run by the despotic rulers of the new Earth. The group in question plays a hockey based game on roller skates and is quite good. It has given them a unity that transcends the attempts to bring them to heel by the government. Finding an orb of special power, they find it has unusual effects on them. They escape from the orphanage (on skates) and try to cross the wasteland looking for a place they can live free as the storm-troopers search for them and the orb.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-11-26
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Lawman
1971-03-11
Lawman
Overview: While passing through the town of Bannock, a bunch of drunken cattlemen go overboard with their celebrating and accidentally kill an old man with a stray shot. They return home to Sabbath unaware of his death. Bannock lawman Jered Maddox later arrives there to arrest everyone involved on a charge of murder. Sabbath is run by land baron Vince Bronson, a benevolent despot, who, upon hearing of the death, offers restitution for the incident.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-03-11
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Interiors
1978-08-02
Interiors
Overview: When Eve, an interior designer, is deserted by her husband of many years, Arthur, the emotionally glacial relationships of the three grown-up daughters are laid bare. Twisted by jealousy, insecurity and resentment, Renata, a successful writer; Joey, a woman crippled by indecision; and Flyn, a budding actress; struggle to communicate for the sake of their shattered mother. But when their father unexpectedly falls for another woman, his decision to remarry sets in motion a terrible twist of fate…
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-08-02
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Rooster Cogburn
1975-11-01
Rooster Cogburn
Overview: After a band of drunken thugs overruns a small Indian Nation town, killing Reverend Goodnight and raping the women folk, Eula Goodnight enlists the aid of US Marshal Cogburn to hunt them down and bring her father's killers to justice.
Genres: Adventure Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-11-01
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Kamouraska
1973-07-18
Kamouraska
Overview: A writer, Kamouraska is based on a real nineteenth-century love-triangle in rural Québec. It paints a poetic and terrifying tableau of the life of Elisabeth d'Aulnières: her marriage to Antoine Tassy, squire of Kamouraska; his violent murder; and her passion for George Nelson, an American doctor. Passionate and evocative, Kamouraska is the timeless story of one woman's destructive commitment to an ideal love.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-07-18
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Washington Mistress
1982-01-13
Washington Mistress
Overview: Maggie Parker, a U.S. Senator's ambitious aide, falls head over heels for her boss' chief adversary, Michael Reynolds, a high-powered lobbyist who happens to be married with children. Both mismatched lovers become involved in a long-running affair.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-01-13
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The Men's Club
1986-09-19
The Men's Club
Overview: Seven men have a group session and share their feelings on women, love, life and work.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-09-19
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A Flash of Green
1984-10-05
A Flash of Green
Overview: A reporter at a local Florida newspaper is torn between his friendship with a corrupt real estate developer and his love for an activist opposing the developer's latest project.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-10-05
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A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
1980-03-16
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
Overview: An American ex-con who is trying to go straight is persuaded to be the inside man for an audacious bank job in central London.
Genres: Crime Comedy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-03-16
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Old Boyfriends
1979-03-22
Old Boyfriends
Overview: When her marriage falls apart, a psychiatrist seeks out those of her former boyfriends who left the biggest impact on her life, mostly in a bad way.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-03-22
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The Defection of Simas Kudirka
1978-01-23
The Defection of Simas Kudirka
Overview: Based on the true story of the attempted defection in 1970 by a Lithuanian seaman seeking political asylum in the United States. Kudirka was denied asylum and returned to the Soviets, charged with treason, and sentenced to ten years of hard labor. It was later discovered and verified that his mother had been born in Brooklyn and gone to Lithuania at a young age, which meant she was a U. S. citizen. As a result, Kudirka was declared a U. S. citizen and in 1974 released by the Soviets.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-01-23
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Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991-03-10
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Overview: A retrospective on the career of Robert Mitchum through interviews with friends and co-workers, scenes from his films and the actor himself.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-03-10
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Primary Motive
1992-08-02
Primary Motive
Overview: In this political thriller, a gubernatorial candidate's idealistic press secretary discovers that the opposing political candidate has feathered the nest of his campaigns with terrible lies.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-08-02
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Timebomb
1991-05-25
Timebomb
Overview: When someone tries to murder watchmaker Eddy Kay, the incident triggers a barrage of nightmares and flashbacks into a past that isn't his own. Fearing for his sanity, Eddy contacts psychiatrist Dr. Anna Nolmar for help. Anna thinks he's hallucinating until another attack proves the dangers are all too real. The two of them go on the run, trying to discover the truth about Eddie's past and true identity before it kills them.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-05-25
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Manhunt: Search for the Night Stalker
1989-11-12
Manhunt: Search for the Night Stalker
Overview: Based on the true story of Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez who terrorized California in 1985 and the two Los Angeles police detectives who try to track him down.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-11-12
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Delusion
1991-06-07
Delusion
Overview: In this fast-paced, noirish road movie, a computer expert embezzles half a million dollars and races off to Reno to start anew. Unfortunately, en route, he picks up a pair of hitchers and ends up entangled with a crazed couple who commandeer his car and leave him alone in the desert to die. As soon as he can, he hits the road to get revenge and to find his money before they do.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-06-07
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One Night Stand
1976-10-16
One Night Stand
Overview: An aimless American translator gets involved with a series of Hong Kong women.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1976-10-16
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Ready for the People
1964-10-01
Ready for the People
Overview: In a barroom fight over Connie Zelenko, Eddie Dickinson is badly wounded and Connie's boyfriend is killed. Witnesses claim Dickinson is the killer, but he maintains his innocence despite public prosecutor Murray Brock's advice that he plead guilty and take a life-imprisonment sentence rather than risk capital punishment. When Connie comes out of hiding, she confirms the other witnesses' stories, but Brock believes Dickinson is innocent. Dickinson sticks to his story at his trial but receives the death sentence. In the death house, Dickinson continues to maintain his innocence, but after the execution of the sentence, Brock receives a letter from Dickinson confessing to the murder.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-10-01
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Posse
1993-05-14
Posse
Overview: A group of mostly black infantrymen return from the Spanish-American War with a cache of gold. They travel to the West where their leader searches for the men who lynched his father.
Genres: Action Adventure Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-05-14
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Incident at Vichy
1973-12-06
Incident at Vichy
Overview: Adapted from Arthur Miller's play, film focuses on a group of Frenchmen who are detained at Vichy, the capital of France while under Nazi occupation, and "investigated" under suspicion of secretly being Jewish.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-12-06
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Klute
1971-06-23
Klute
Overview: A high-priced call girl is forced to depend on a reluctant private eye when she is stalked by a psychopath.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-06-23
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