Herb Vigran
Biography: A well known character actor, Vigran was originally a law school graduate. He later chose to pursue acting, and performed in hundreds of radio shows with the likes of Jack Benny, Bob Hope and Jimmy Durante. He appeared frequently as various villains on the television series Adventures of Superman (1952), and made several guest appearances on television series like The Brady Bunch (1969) and I Love Lucy (1951).
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: June 05, 1910
Deathday: November 29, 1986
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Redhead
1934-10-31
Redhead
Overview: A girl marries a playboy from a rich family, expecting a life of comfort and luxury. However, her new father-in-law turns his ne'er-do-well son out into the street with no money, and promises the girl that if she can make a man out of her new husband, the father will give her $10,000 and see that she gets a quick divorce.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-10-31
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Public Pigeon No. 1
1957-05-17
Public Pigeon No. 1
Overview: Swindlers con a lunchroom clerk into doing them a favor, supposedly on behalf of the FBI.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-05-17
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The Ghost Ship
1943-12-16
The Ghost Ship
Overview: Captain Stone's newly recruited officer, Tom Merriam, idolizes his senior who treats him like a friend. But when a couple of his crew members die mysteriously, Tom starts doubting Stone's authority.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-12-16
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A Cry in the Night
1956-08-17
A Cry in the Night
Overview: A police captain's emotions get in the way when his daughter is kidnapped.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-08-17
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Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)
1959-12-27
Magoo Meets Boing Boing (The Noise-Making Boy)
Overview: Mr. Magoo agrees to babysit Gerald McBoing Boing.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-12-27
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Who's a Dummy?
1941-11-28
Who's a Dummy?
Overview: Mrs. Errol, rehearsing for a play but keeping it a secret from Leon, forces him to take a taxi, as she needs the family car. The taxi driver tells Leon a tale of a love triangle that sets Leon's imagination on fire. He follows his wife and discovers her rehearsing a love scene with an actor, and he thinks it is real. He is leaving when he hears a pistol shot and rushes back, to discover his wife stuffing a dummy in a hamper, but he thinks it is a real body. To protect his wife, Leon steals the hamper, and is almost lynched by a crowd who also thinks the hamper contains a real body.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-11-28
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Bells Are Ringing
1960-06-23
Bells Are Ringing
Overview: Ella Peterson works in the basement office of Susanswerphone, a telephone answering service. She listens in on others' lives and adds some interest to her own humdrum existence by adopting different identities for her clients. They include an out-of-work Method actor, a dentist with musical yearnings, and in particular playwright Jeffrey Moss, who is suffering from writer's block and desperately needs a muse.
Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-06-23
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The Case Against Brooklyn
1958-06-01
The Case Against Brooklyn
Overview: A rookie cop takes on criminals who have the local government in their pocket.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-06-01
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Send Me No Flowers
1964-10-14
Send Me No Flowers
Overview: At one of his many visits to his doctor, hypochondriac George Kimball mistakes a dying man's diagnosis for his own and believes he only has about two more weeks to live. Wanting to take care of his wife Judy, he doesn't tell her and tries to find her a new husband. When he finally does tell her, she quickly finds out he's not dying at all (while he doesn't) and she believes it's just a lame excuse to hide an affair, so she decides to leave him.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-10-14
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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
1951-04-12
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
Overview: As novice detectives, Bud and Lou come face to face with the Invisible Man.
Genres: Comedy Crime Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-04-12
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House of Strangers
1949-07-01
House of Strangers
Overview: Gino Monetti is a ruthless Italian-American banker who is engaged in a number of criminal activities. Three of his four grown sons refuse to help their father stay out of prison after he's arrested for his questionable business practices. Three of the sons take over the business but kick their father out. Max, a lawyer, is the only son that stays loyal to his father.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-07-01
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Calling Homicide
1956-09-30
Calling Homicide
Overview: Cop Andy Doyle investigates a car-bombing murder and the killing of a sleazy modeling agency owner. Are they connected?
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-09-30
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The Judge
1949-01-31
The Judge
Overview: A study of an amoral and sleazy defense lawyer who suddenly tries to "go straight" when he finds out that his tart wife is cheating on him; as well as the similarities he has in life with one of his clients.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-01-31
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The Midnight Story
1957-06-04
The Midnight Story
Overview: Beloved priest Father Thomasino is murdered in a San Francisco alley, and the police have few clues. But traffic cop Joe Martini becomes obsessed with finding the killer; he suspects Sylvio Malatesta. Ordered off the case, Joe turns in his badge and investigates alone. Soon he is a close friend of the Malatesta family, all delightful people, especially lovely cousin Anna. Uncertain whether Sylvio is guilty or innocent, Joe is now torn between old and new loyalties.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-06-04
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1954-12-23
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Overview: A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.
Genres: Adventure Science Fiction Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-12-23
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The Band Wagon
1953-08-07
The Band Wagon
Overview: A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop.
Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-08-07
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Those High Grey Walls
1939-09-21
Those High Grey Walls
Overview: Dr. MacAuley, a kindly, beloved country doctor, is sent to Fillmore Prison. His crime was for removing a bullet from a young man who was escaping from the police.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-09-21
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What's My Lion?
1961-10-20
What's My Lion?
Overview: It's open season for hunting, and Rocky the Mountain Lion takes refuge from gunfire by sneaking into a cabin owned by Elmer Fudd.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-10-20
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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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That Certain Feeling
1956-06-04
That Certain Feeling
Overview: When Larry Larkin's comic strip needs some freshening up, he calls in ghost-writer Francis X. Dignan to help him with the strip. Things get complicated when Francis rekindles his love for his ex-wife, who happens to be Larkin's secretary and soon-to-be wife.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-06-04
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And Baby Makes Three
1949-12-02
And Baby Makes Three
Overview: A recently divorced couple see things differently after learning they are going to be parents.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-12-02
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Redhead
1941-05-21
Redhead
Overview: A wealthy businessman's irresponsible son and a down-on-her-luck model enter into a marriage of convenience, and end up falling in love.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-05-21
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First Monday in October
1981-08-21
First Monday in October
Overview: For the first time in history a woman is appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, where she becomes a friendly rival to a liberal associate.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-08-21
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Starchaser: The Legend of Orin
1985-05-17
Starchaser: The Legend of Orin
Overview: Set on the subterranean Mine-World, a band of human worker are treated like slaves under the power of the evil overlord Zygon until one, Orin, unearths the hilt of a mythical sword that only he can master. Escaping the planet, he runs into the rogue smuggler Dagg and a pair of helpful droids and the princess, who all team up to return to the Mine-World with a plan to defeat Zygon and free Orin's enslaved people.
Genres: Adventure Animation Family Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-05-17
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Somebody Loves Me
1952-09-24
Somebody Loves Me
Overview: Backstage musical biography of nightclub star Blossom Seeley that charts her rocky relationship with vaudeville singer Benny Fields.
Genres: Romance Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-09-24
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Lucky Me
1954-04-09
Lucky Me
Overview: Three struggling theatrical performers meet a famous songwriter who is trying to convince a wealthy oilman to finance a musical he is scripting, promising them stardom if it comes to fruition.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-04-09
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Inside O.U.T.
1971-03-22
Inside O.U.T.
Overview: Agents from The Office of Unusual Tactics (aka O.U.T.), a secret government agency, clean up snafus created by other government organizations.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-03-22
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Jan & Dean: On the Run
1966-08-01
Jan & Dean: On the Run
Overview: 8 hours in the life of college student teen superstars Jan & Dean! They fly from LA to San Diego to a sold-out show. They visit the zoo, do some skateboarding, then it's off to Washington, DC for another concert. In the end, it's back to school for exams.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-08-01
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Illegal
1955-10-09
Illegal
Overview: A hugely successful DA goes into private practice after sending a man to the chair -- only to find out later he was innocent. Now the drunken attorney only seems to represent criminals and low lifes.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-10-09
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City of Missing Girls
1941-03-27
City of Missing Girls
Overview: A female reporter goes undercover to investigate the series of mysterious disappearances of young women, who were all linked to a local drama school.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-03-27
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Dragnet
1954-09-04
Dragnet
Overview: Two homicide detectives try to find just the facts behind a mobster's brutal murder.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-09-04
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Side Street
1950-03-23
Side Street
Overview: A struggling young father-to-be gives in to temptation and impulsively steals an envelope of money from the office of a corrupt attorney. Instead of a few hundred dollars, it contains $30,000, and when he decides to return the money things go wrong and that is only the beginning of his troubles.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-03-23
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Chase
1973-03-24
Chase
Overview: A special police unit goes after a cop-killer in this pilot film to the short-lived series.
Genres: Action Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-03-24
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Emergency!
1972-01-15
Emergency!
Overview: The pilot movie to the hit series about Los Angeles paramedics and their interaction with the fire department and hospital system.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-15
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The Rose Bowl Story
1952-08-24
The Rose Bowl Story
Overview: The newly crowned Rose Bowl Princess and a tough but tender football player find the California Rose Bowl is an area for their budding romance.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-08-24
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The Unsinkable Molly Brown
1964-06-11
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Overview: The buoyant Molly Brown has survived the first crisis of her life—a flood. Sixteen years later she sets out to make her way in the world. She assures the Leadville saloon keeper that she can sing and play the piano, and learns quickly. Soon she marries Johnny Brown, who in a few years will be able to replace the original cigar wrapper wedding ring with a replica in gold and gemstones. The Browns head for Europe and bring a few crowned heads back to Denver for a party that turns into a ballroom brawl. Molly goes to Europe alone, returning on the Titanic. She didn't survive a flood as a baby for the story to end here.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-06-11
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Period of Adjustment
1962-10-31
Period of Adjustment
Overview: A newlywed couple on their honeymoon visit friends who are having marital problems of their own.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-10-31
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Party Girl
1958-10-28
Party Girl
Overview: Slick lawyer Thomas Farrell has made a career of defending mobsters in trials. It's not until he meets a lovely showgirl at a mob party that he realizes that there's more to life than winning trials. Farrell tries to quit the racket, but mob boss Rico Angelo threatens to hurt the showgirl if Farrell leaves him.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-10-28
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The Long, Long Trailer
1954-02-19
The Long, Long Trailer
Overview: A newly wed couple, Tacy and Nicky, travel in a trailer for their honeymoon. The journey is a humorous one that could end up destroying their marriage.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-02-19
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The Mystery Man
1935-02-12
The Mystery Man
Overview: Hard-boiled newspaper reporter Larry Doyle (Robert Armstrong) goes a bit too far in celebrating a work bonus and wakes up on a train bound for St. Louis with only a buck on his person. To remedy the problem, Doyle pawns the revolver he's carrying. When the gun is subsequently used in a murder, Doyle's problems only multiply. In the meantime, he's also fallen in love with a comely stranger (Maxine Doyle) he convinced to impersonate his wife.
Genres: Crime Mystery Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-02-12
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The Devil and John Q
1952-02-03
The Devil and John Q
Overview: The devil poses as a business tycoon to try and raise the price on home living to start another war and it's up to John Q to stop him.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-02-03
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Gypsy
1962-11-01
Gypsy
Overview: Rose Hovick lives to see her daughter June succeed on Broadway by way of vaudeville. When June marries and leaves, Rose turns her hope and attention to her elder, less obviously talented, daughter Louise. However, having her headlining as a stripper at Minsky's Burlesque is not what she initially has in mind.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-11-01
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Getting Wasted
1980-01-01
Getting Wasted
Overview: An uptight military school gets a dose of hippie-infused rebellion when a group of students gather in support of the 1960s uprising going on around them. When a few students decide to bring the more liberal, artsy side of the revolution onto campus, they face opposition from much of the school's staff.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-01
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Skybound
1935-09-22
Skybound
Overview: Captain John Kent is a pilot in charge of the border patrol. Two crooks who head up a smuggling operation, Morley and his associate Faber, are trying to outwit Kent. The smugglers hope that they can influence Kent's younger brother Doug to help them, and they employ an attractive singer in an attempt to win Doug over.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-09-22
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All My Sons
1948-05-01
All My Sons
Overview: During WWII, industrialist Joe Keller commits a crime and frames his business partner Herbert Deever. Years later, his sin comes back to haunt him when his son plans to marry Deever's daughter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-05-01
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Gunsight Ridge
1957-09-01
Gunsight Ridge
Overview: An undercover agent takes the job of sheriff in order to find the men responsible for a series of stagecoach robberies.
Genres: Western Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-09-01
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The Payoff
1942-11-24
The Payoff
Overview: The city's District Attorney is murdered, and a newspaper reporter investigates. He starts finding out that everything wasn't quite as cut and dried as it appeared to be.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-11-24
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Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
1948-07-16
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
Overview: Eddie Tayloe's grandfather leaves him six thousand dollars and the money belt it came in, freeing Tayloe to leave his dull newspaper job in Texas and move to New York to become a playwright. Along the way, his car breaks down and a girl walking along the highway asks for a lift. It turns out she's a nice girl, named Perry, running away from a job at a gasoline station. Soon they're off to New York together, but part ways once they arrive. Time passes and Eddie is failing to sell his play; Perry is failing to find a job. Odd circumstances, involving an old pickpocket named Mandy, bring them together again.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-07-16
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Charlotte's Web
1973-03-01
Charlotte's Web
Overview: Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table. He hatches a plan with Charlotte, a spider that lives in his pen, to ensure that this will never happen.
Genres: Family Music Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-03-01
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The Helen Morgan Story
1957-10-02
The Helen Morgan Story
Overview: Torch singer Helen Morgan rises from sordid beginnings to fame and fortune only to lose it all to alcohol and poor personal choices.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-10-02
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Three for Jamie Dawn
1956-07-08
Three for Jamie Dawn
Overview: Three jurors are ripe for bribery by the lawyer of a playgirl up for murder.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-07-08
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Susan Slept Here
1954-07-28
Susan Slept Here
Overview: On Christmas Eve, suffering from a case of writer's block, screenwriter Mark Christopher and his gofer Virgil get an unexpected visit from Sergeant Maizel. Knowing Christopher is working on a juvenile delinquent script, the sergeant brings by delinquent Susan thinking she will inspire Christopher while providing a place for her to spend the holidays outside of juvenile hall.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-07-28
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O. Henry's Full House
1952-08-07
O. Henry's Full House
Overview: Five O. Henry stories, each separate. The primary one from the critics' acclaim was "The Cop and the Anthem". Soapy tells fellow bum Horace that he is going to get arrested so he can spend the winter in a nice jail cell. He fails. He can't even accost a woman; she turns out to be a streetwalker. The other stories are "The Clarion Call", "The Last Leaf", "The Ransom of Red Chief", and "The Gift of the Magi".
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-08-07
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Oklahoma Annie
1952-03-24
Oklahoma Annie
Overview: A spunky storekeeper is determined to clean up corruption in her small town, as well as win the heart of the new sheriff. Comedy.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-03-24
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Monsieur Verdoux
1947-09-26
Monsieur Verdoux
Overview: The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his work, Verdoux has been laid-off. To make money for his wife and child, he marries wealthy widows and then murders them. His crime spree eventually works against him when two particular widows break his normal routine.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-09-26
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So This Is Love
1953-07-15
So This Is Love
Overview: Film biography of opera star Grace Moore, released in 1953.
Genres: Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-07-15
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The Star
1952-12-11
The Star
Overview: Actress Margaret Elliot is well past her prime but refuses to retire from the acting business. Despite entreaties from both her daughter, Gretchen, and one-time professional colleague Jim Johannsen, Margaret remains convinced that she can regain her former glory. As she sets her sights on a coveted Hollywood role, Johannsen tries doggedly to get his unrequited love to see the folly of her ways.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-12-11
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Secrets of a Co-Ed
1942-10-26
Secrets of a Co-Ed
Overview: An attorney's immature college-student daughter becomes romantically involved with a mobster, unaware that a nightclub singer also loves him - or that her father is secretly the mob's leader.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-10-26
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Reg'lar Fellers
1941-09-05
Reg'lar Fellers
Overview: Based on the comic strip by Gene Byrnes, the "Reg'lar Fellers", and one girl-feller, tinker with building a land/water machine, form a kid-band and go on the radio, celebrate a birthday, get involved with gangsters...and reunite a wealthy recluse with her baby granddaughter and estranged daughter-in-law.
Genres: Crime Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-09-05
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Happy Landing
1934-09-01
Happy Landing
Overview: An action-filled film with outlaws-of-the-clouds at war with the men of the U. S. Flying Service. A young pilot, Nick Ferris, fights to track down a dangerous gang of smugglers and clear his name of an undeserved stigma.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-09-01
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Dear Uncle
1953-01-01
Dear Uncle
Overview: Lost industrial cartoon from late 1940s or early 1950s telling everyone to PAY YOUR TAXES!. Directed by Carl Urbano. Produced by John Sutherland. Sponsored by harding College.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-01-01
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It's Always Fair Weather
1955-08-30
It's Always Fair Weather
Overview: Three World War II buddies promise to meet at a specified place and time 10 years after the war. They keep their word only to discover how far apart they've grown. But the reunion sparks memories of youthful dreams that haven't been fulfilled -- and slowly, the three men reevaluate their lives and try to find a way to renew their friendship.
Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-08-30
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Hazard
1948-05-28
Hazard
Overview: A compulsive gambler bets her freedom against a $16,000 debt to a crime boss…and loses. But before he can collect, she skips town, with a private detective hot on her trail.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-05-28
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It All Came True
1940-04-06
It All Came True
Overview: After crooked nightclub owner murders a police informant, he blackmails his piano player to allow him to stay at his eccentric mother's boarding house.
Genres: Comedy Crime Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-04-06
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The Golden Fleecing
1940-08-16
The Golden Fleecing
Overview: A mild-mannered insurance salesman gets mixed up with gangsters.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-08-16
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Two Girls on Broadway
1940-04-19
Two Girls on Broadway
Overview: Eddie Kerns sells his song to a Broadway producer and also lands a job dancing in the musical. He sends for his dance partner-fiancée Molly Mahoney who brings her younger sister Pat. Upon seeing Molly and Pat dance, the producer picks Pat for the show and gives Molly a job selling cigarettes. A wealthy friend of the producer named "Chat" Chatsworth also has his eye on Pat. Pat is teamed with Eddie in the specialty number as Kerns and Mahoney. Pat and Eddie soon realize that they are in love and must tell Molly. Pat balks at hurting Molly and goes out with Chat who already has five ex-wives. Remake of The Broadway Melody (1929).
Genres: Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-04-19
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Cross-Country Romance
1940-07-12
Cross-Country Romance
Overview: A runaway heiress hides in a doctor's trailer for a rollicking trip to San Francisco.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-07-12
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Stranger on the Third Floor
1940-08-16
Stranger on the Third Floor
Overview: Newspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence" has sentenced the wrong man to death.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-08-16
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Behind the News
1940-12-20
Behind the News
Overview: As suggested by its title, Behind the News was a "stop the presses!" yarn set in a big-city newsroom. Lloyd Nolan is top-billed as a cynical reporter with a penchant for sticking his neck out too far. Frank Albertson costars as a cub reporter fresh out of journalism school, whose presence is resented by Nolan and his fellow workers. But it is Albertson who, after running afoul of the law, is instrumental in breaking up a ring of racketeers. Behind the News was remade by Republic as Headline Hunters (55).
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-12-20
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Hold That Woman!
1940-06-28
Hold That Woman!
Overview: A skip tracer--someone who collects late payments from people who've purchased appliances, etc., or takes them back them when they don't pay--repossesses a small radio from a deadbeat who's skipped payments. What he doesn't know is that a gang that has stolen diamonds from a Hollywood movie star has stashed them inside the radio, and they start hunting for him.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-06-28
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Let's Do It Again
1953-06-16
Let's Do It Again
Overview: Composer Gary Stuart (Ray Milland) and his wife, Connie (Jane Wyman), have an argument over her alleged affair with Courtney Craig (Tom Helmore). The Stuarts agree to get divorced, and each tries to move on to a new love: Gary with socialite Deborah Randolph (Karin Booth) and Connie with businessman Frank McGraw (Aldo Ray). However, they start to realize that they still have strong feelings for each other. The Stuarts must make a decision before their divorce is final.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-06-16
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The Vampire
1957-06-14
The Vampire
Overview: A small town doctor mistakenly ingests an experimental drug made from the blood of vampire bats which transforms the kindly medic into a bloodthirsty monster.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-06-14
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The Damned Don't Cry
1950-05-13
The Damned Don't Cry
Overview: Fed up with her small-town marriage, a woman goes after the big time and gets mixed up with the mob.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-05-13
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Every Girl Should Have One
1978-01-01
Every Girl Should Have One
Overview: A merry who-done-it diamond caper unfolds after a woman's million dollar necklace is stolen while she is having her portrait done.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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The Great Gildersleeve
1942-12-17
The Great Gildersleeve
Overview: A small-town blowhard runs for water commissioner while fighting to win custody of his niece and nephew.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-12-17
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Murder by Invitation
1941-06-30
Murder by Invitation
Overview: The relatives of a rich old woman unsuccessfully try to have her declared insane, so they can divide up her money. To show them that there are no hard feelings, she invites them to her estate for the weekend so she can decide to whom she actually will leave her money when she dies. Soon, however, family members begin turning up dead.
Genres: Comedy Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-06-30
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Plunderers of Painted Flats
1959-01-23
Plunderers of Painted Flats
Overview: To scare the squatters from the cattle country he claims as his own, rancher Ed Sampson orders the Martin farm house burned. Galt Martin is killed, and his eldest son, Joe, is pistol-whipped. Timmy Martin sees the killer, Cass Becker and points him out when he and Joe are in Painted Flats. Cass forces Joe to put on a gun but Ned East, a retired gunfighter, saves the inexperienced Joe by forcing Cass to draw on him, and Ned is the winner.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-01-23
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The Reluctant Astronaut
1967-09-05
The Reluctant Astronaut
Overview: Roy Fleming is a small-town kiddie-ride operator who is deathly afraid of heights. After learning that his father has signed him up for the space program, Roy reluctantly heads for Houston, only to find out upon arriving that his job is as a janitor, not an astronaut. Anxious to live up to the expectations of his domineering father, Roy manages to keep up a facade of being an astronaut to his family and friends. When NASA decides to launch a layperson into space to prove the worthiness of a new automated spacecraft, Roy gets the chance to confront his fears.
Genres: Comedy Family Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-09-05
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The Burning Cross
1947-09-01
The Burning Cross
Overview: Recently returned from WWII combat, unable to find a job, finding his sweetheart engaged to another man, and generally aware of the changes which have occurred in his hometown while he was away, a young man becomes easily talked into joining the Ku Klux Klan. Banned by the Virginia Board of Censors, and financed independently because no bank would loan money for it.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-09-01
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Last of the Desperados
1955-10-31
Last of the Desperados
Overview: After killing Billy the Kid, Sheriff Pat Garrett is relentlessly dogged by members of the Kid's gang.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-10-31
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The Gun Runners
1958-08-01
The Gun Runners
Overview: Remake of "To Have and Have Not" based on Hemingway short story. Plot reset to early days of Cuban revolution. A charter boat skipper gets entangled in gunrunning scheme to get money to pay off debts. Sort of a sea-going film noir with bad girl, smarmy villain, and the "innocent" drawn into wrong side of law by circumstances.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-08-01
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New York Town
1941-10-31
New York Town
Overview: Victor Ballard, a happy-go-lucky albeit impoverished sidewalk photographer, shares a New York City studio apartment with Polish immigrant painter Stefan Janowski. The big city doles out joy and misery indiscriminately: In the apartment below Victor and Steve, Gus Nelson learns that his wife has given birth to quintuplets, while the lonely tenant in the apartment below Gus has given up on life and committed suicide.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-10-31
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Benji
1974-10-17
Benji
Overview: Benji is a stray who has nonetheless worked his way into the hearts of a number of the townspeople, who give him food and attention whenever he stops by. His particular favorites are a pair of children who feed and play with him against the wishes of their parents. When the children are kidnapped, however, the parents and the police are at a loss to find them. Only Benji can track them down, but will he be in time? If he can save the day, he may just find the permanent home he's been longing for.
Genres: Adventure Family Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-10-17
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Herbie Rides Again
1974-02-12
Herbie Rides Again
Overview: The living Volkswagen Beetle helps an old lady protect her home from a corrupt developer.
Genres: Romance Comedy Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-02-12
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Never Wave at a WAC
1953-01-28
Never Wave at a WAC
Overview: A divorced socialite decides to join the Army because she hopes it will enable her to see more of her boyfriend, a Colonel. She soon encounters many difficulties with the Army lifestyle. Moreover, her ex-husband is working as a consultant with the Army, and he uses his position to disrupt her romantic plans by making her join a group of WACs who are testing new equipment.
Genres: Comedy Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-01-28
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The Day of the Wolves
1971-11-01
The Day of the Wolves
Overview: A group of six thieves selected from different areas are sent a letter that promises them a minimum of $50,000 and includes a plane ticket. The letter instructs them to grow a beard. After being given a blindfolded ride from the airport, they arrive at a ghost town and meet with the boss (Number #1, Jan Murray). All of the "Wolves" are assigned a number, wear identical overalls and instructed never to take off the gloves that they are given. They are only to address eachother by their numbers; in that way, if one is caught, he can't rat-out the others. Number #1 reveals to them that they will take over a town, and clean it out. Using the ghost town for training, they develop their tactics to fleece the town.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-11-01
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Just for You
1952-09-27
Just for You
Overview: Jordan Blake (a widower) is a successful Broadway Producer who has always been to busy for his children, Barbara and Jerry. Girlfriend, Carolina a musical comedy star, urges Jordan to take his kids on a vacation and get to know them before they are all grown up. Is Jordan already too late?
Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-09-27
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The Edge of Innocence
1957-10-31
The Edge of Innocence
Overview: An unscrupulous criminal lawyer falls in love with a wealthy widow and becomes involved with her brother's disappearance and murder.
Genres: Drama Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-10-31
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The Cry Baby Killer
1958-08-15
The Cry Baby Killer
Overview: A teenage boy panics and takes hostages when he thinks he's committed murder.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-08-15
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White Christmas
1954-10-14
White Christmas
Overview: Two talented song-and-dance men team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show business. In time they befriend and become romantically involved with the beautiful Haynes sisters who comprise a sister act.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-10-14
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The Errand Boy
1961-11-28
The Errand Boy
Overview: Paramutual Pictures wants to know where all the money is going so they hire Morty to be their spy. Morty works for Mr. Sneak and gets a job in the mail room so that he can have access to the lot. But all that Morty ever finds is that he can cause havoc no matter what he does.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-11-28
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Appointment with Danger
1950-03-31
Appointment with Danger
Overview: Al Goddard, a detective who works for the United States Postal Inspection Service, is assigned to arrest two criminals who've allegedly murdered a U.S. postal detective.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-03-31
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The Brass Bottle
1964-05-20
The Brass Bottle
Overview: A genie tends to get his master into more predicaments than he gets him out of.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-05-20
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Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
1943-05-08
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
Overview: In this 13th entry to the Dr. Kildare series, the medical staff of Blair General hospital are challenged with further dilemmas, not the least of which includes a prison inmate who Dr. Gillespie believes belongs instead in an insane asylum.
Genres: Drama Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-05-08
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Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad
1948-02-07
Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad
Overview: Joe Palooka goes blind during a fight. An operation restores his vision, but he's told not to fight for a year. His trainer Knobby has picked up another fighter, but gangsters are pressing him to fix fights. Joe decides to risk his eyesight to save Knobby's honor.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-02-07
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Bedtime for Bonzo
1951-04-05
Bedtime for Bonzo
Overview: College prof Peter Boyd tries to salvage his professional and personal reputation by using a lab chimp to prove that environment trumps heredity in behavioral development.
Genres: Comedy Family Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-04-05
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World Without End
1956-03-25
World Without End
Overview: Four astronauts returning from man's first mission to Mars enter a time warp and crash on a 26th Century Earth devastated by atomic war. At first unaware where they are, but finding the atmosphere safe to breathe, they start exploring and find themselves in a divided future where disfigured mutants living like cavemen inhabit the surface, while the normals live comfortably below the surface but are dying as a race from lack of natural water, air and sunlight.
Genres: Adventure Romance Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-03-25
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Hunt the Man Down
1950-12-26
Hunt the Man Down
Overview: A lawyer uncovers secrets behind a 12-year-old murder case.
Genres: Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-12-26
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Pardon My Sarong
1942-08-07
Pardon My Sarong
Overview: A pair of bus drivers accidentally steal their own bus. With the company issuing a warrant for their arrest, they tag along with a playboy on a boat trip that finds them on a tropical island, where a jewel thief has sinister plans for them.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-08-07
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It Ain't Hay
1943-03-10
It Ain't Hay
Overview: Abbot and Costello must find a replacement for a woman's horse they accidentally killed after feeding it some candy. They head for the racetrack, find a look-a-like and take it. They do not realize that the nag is "Tea Biscuit," a champion racehorse.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-03-10
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Blackbeard's Ghost
1968-02-08
Blackbeard's Ghost
Overview: The eponymous wraith returns to Earth to aid his descendant, elderly Emily Stowecroft. The villains want to kick Emily and her friends out of their group home so that they can build a crooked casino. Good guy Steve Walker gets caught in the middle of the squabble after evoking Blackbeard's ghost.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-02-08
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Night in New Orleans
1942-07-01
Night in New Orleans
Overview: A policeman's family helps to exonerate him of murder charges in the death of a man he had under interrogation.
Genres: Mystery Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-07-01
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Our Miss Brooks
1956-04-24
Our Miss Brooks
Overview: The big-screen translation of the successful television show of the 1950's. Arden stars as Connie Brooks, wisecracking English teacher at Madison High School, still hoping to tie the knot with shy biology teacher Philip Boynton (Robert Rockwell).
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-04-24
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I Was a Mail Order Bride
1982-12-14
I Was a Mail Order Bride
Overview: On a bet with one of his practical-joking partners, a Los Angeles lawyer responds to an ad from a pretty Chicago magazine writer offering herself as a bridal candidate as an investigative reporting assignment, and then makes another bet that he can keep the relationship platonic for two weeks.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-12-14
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The Noose Hangs High
1948-04-05
The Noose Hangs High
Overview: Two window washers who are mistaken by Nick Craig, a bookie, as the messengers he sent for to pick up $50,000. Now the person he sent them to sent two of his men to get the money back but they found out about it. So they try to mail to Craig but a mix up has the money sent somewhere else and the woman who got it spent it. Now Craig needs the money to pay off one of his clients.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-04-05
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The Loneliest Runner
1976-12-20
The Loneliest Runner
Overview: A young boy who still wets the bed finds escapism from his abusive mother and his own embarrassment by going running after school.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-12-20
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Behave Yourself!
1951-09-22
Behave Yourself!
Overview: A young man takes in a dog that turns out to be wanted by mobsters.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-09-22
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Her Adventurous Night
1946-06-05
Her Adventurous Night
Overview: A boy's tall tale about a gun puts his parents and school principal in jail.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-06-05
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So You Want to Know Your Relatives
1954-12-18
So You Want to Know Your Relatives
Overview: Do-gooder Joe McDoakes is the guest on the "Know Your Relatives" TV show where, to his chagrin, many of his black sheep relations reveal the skeletons in the family closet.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-12-18
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The Wayward Girl
1957-09-22
The Wayward Girl
Overview: Framed by her stepmother for manslaughter, a convict turns to a parole racket.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-09-22
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The Flintstones: Little Big League
1978-04-06
The Flintstones: Little Big League
Overview: Fred manages a little league baseball team that seems absolutely hopeless, except for a player that he blindly refuses to recognize.
Genres: Animation Comedy Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-04-06
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The Racket
1951-10-25
The Racket
Overview: The big national crime syndicate has moved into town, partnering up with local crime boss Nick Scanlon. McQuigg, the only honest police captain on the force, and his loyal patrolman, Johnson, take on the violent Nick.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-10-25
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A Hatful of Rain
1957-07-17
A Hatful of Rain
Overview: A Korean War veteran's morphine addiction wreaks havoc upon his family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-07-17
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Uranium Boom
1956-03-02
Uranium Boom
Overview: Ex-lumberjack Brad Collins (Dennis Morgan) and mining engineer Grady Mathews (William Talman) find uranium in the Colorado badlands. While Grady guards the claim, Brad goes to register it in town, where he meets and marries Jean Williams (Patricia Medina.) Returning to the claim, Brad learns that Jean was once Grady's fiancee. Grady, as one would expect, is somewhat put out and leaves the mine in Brad's hands, while he hooks up with a confidence man and engineers a scheme to break the back of Brad's somewhat rapidly-created mining empire.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-03-02
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At Gunpoint
1955-12-25
At Gunpoint
Overview: A general-store keeper scares off bank robbers with a lucky shot, but they come back.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-12-25
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You Can't Run Away from It
1956-10-30
You Can't Run Away from It
Overview: A reporter stumbles on a runaway heiress whose story could salvage his career.
Genres: Romance Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-10-30
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Support Your Local Gunfighter
1971-05-26
Support Your Local Gunfighter
Overview: A con artist arrives in a mining town controlled by two competing companies. Both companies think he's a famous gunfighter and try to hire him to drive the other out of town.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-05-26
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Go, Johnny, Go!
1959-06-01
Go, Johnny, Go!
Overview: Rock-n-roll promoter Alan Freed holds a talent search to develop a new rock star, then must find the elusive, mystery contestant (Jimmy Clanton) who doesn't know he has won.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-06-01
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My Dog, the Thief
1969-09-21
My Dog, the Thief
Overview: As ratings for Jack Crandall's lifeless airborne traffic reports plummet, a super-size St. Bernard on the lam stows away in his chopper. Crandall's new co-pilot helps send ratings sky-high, but the canine's chronic kleptomania generates girl trouble, jewel thievery, and loads of laughs.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-09-21
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Night Into Morning
1951-06-08
Night Into Morning
Overview: Berkeley university professor adjusts (using alcohol) to tragic fire deaths of wife & son.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-06-08
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The Notorious Mr. Monks
1958-02-28
The Notorious Mr. Monks
Overview: A drunken driver, his wife and a hitchhiker equals murder.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-02-28
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Amazon Women on the Moon
1987-09-18
Amazon Women on the Moon
Overview: Centered around a television station which features a 1950s-style sci-fi movie interspersed with a series of wild commercials, wacky shorts and weird specials, this lampoon of contemporary life and pop culture skewers some of the silliest spectacles ever created in the name of entertainment.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-09-18
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Vagabond Lady
1935-05-03
Vagabond Lady
Overview: Josephine Spiggins is thinking of marrying John Spear, the stuffed-shirt son of a department store owner. When John's free-spirit brother Tony returns from touring the South Seas in his boat, the "Vagabond Lady," Jo is attracted to him instead.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-05-03
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