Tyler McVey
Biography: Tyler McVey was born on February 14, 1912 in Bay City, Michigan, USA. He was an actor, known for Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959), Man's Favorite Sport? (1964) and Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. (1966). He was married to Esther Geddes, Rita Ann Stickelmaier and Lorraine Budge. He died on July 4, 2003 in Rancho Mirage, California, USA.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: February 14, 1912
Deathday: July 04, 2003
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Creature with the Atom Brain
1955-07-01
Creature with the Atom Brain
Overview: Murders, with victims dying from spines broken by brute strength, erupt in the city and the killers, when encountered, walk away unharmed by police bullets which strike them. A police doctor's investigation of the deaths leads to the discovery of an army of dead criminal musclemen restored to life, remotely controlled by a vengeful former crime boss and a former Nazi scientist, from the latter's laboratory hidden in the suburbs.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-07-01
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Attack of the Giant Leeches
1959-10-01
Attack of the Giant Leeches
Overview: A backwoods game warden and a local doctor discover that giant leeches are responsible for disappearances and deaths in a local swamp, but the local police don't believe them.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-10-01
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The Come On
1956-04-16
The Come On
Overview: A con woman tries to swindle her partner-in-crime husband with the help of one of her former marks. But is she to be trusted?
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-04-16
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Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
1966-10-12
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
Overview: A sophisticated con man mounts an intricate plan to rob an airport bank while the Soviet premier is due to arrive.
Genres: Crime Thriller Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-10-12
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The Killers
1964-07-07
The Killers
Overview: A hit man and his partner try to find out why their latest victim, a former race-car driver, did not try to get away.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-07-07
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Mister Cory
1957-02-23
Mister Cory
Overview: An opportunistic young man from the slums gambles his way to wealth, power and high society.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-02-23
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Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
1966-07-29
Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.
Overview: Lt. Robin Crusoe is a navy pilot who bails out of his plane after engine trouble. He reaches a deserted island paradise where he builds a house and begins to adjust to life. He is in for trouble however when a local girl is banished to the island by her father, who then comes after Crusoe.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-07-29
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Teenage Thunder
1957-01-01
Teenage Thunder
Overview: Teenagers rebel and race cars.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-01-01
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Night of the Blood Beast
1958-08-01
Night of the Blood Beast
Overview: An astronaut returns to Earth as the no-pulse host of an alien monster's embryos; he is discovered by a loony farmer who find ways to feed his new critter.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-08-01
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Terror in a Texas Town
1958-09-01
Terror in a Texas Town
Overview: Armed with a harpoon, a Swedish whaler is out for revenge after the death of his father. A greedy oil man trying to buy up the Swede's land might be the guilty party.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-09-01
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Seven Days in May
1964-02-01
Seven Days in May
Overview: A U.S. Army colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-02-01
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Santa Fe Passage
1955-05-12
Santa Fe Passage
Overview: A disgraced Indian scout and his partner are hired to escort a wagonload of guns through Indian territory.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-05-12
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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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From Here to Eternity
1953-08-28
From Here to Eternity
Overview: In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's wife and second in command are falling in love.
Genres: War Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-08-28
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A Public Affair
1962-03-03
A Public Affair
Overview: Expository internal affairs drama which brings to light the often unprincipled tactics used in negative "smear" campaigning, and its effects within the political arena.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-03-03
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Hello, Dolly!
1969-12-12
Hello, Dolly!
Overview: Dolly Levi is a strong-willed matchmaker who travels to Yonkers, New York in order to see the miserly "well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire" Horace Vandergelder. In doing so, she convinces his niece, his niece's intended, and Horace's two clerks to travel to New York City.
Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-12-12
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The Louisiana Hussy
1959-04-01
The Louisiana Hussy
Overview: Cajun newlyweds must deal with the jealousy of his brother, who also loved her, and the arrival of a mysterious seductress in their bayou backwater.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-04-01
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The Gallant Hours
1960-06-13
The Gallant Hours
Overview: A semi-documentary dramatization of five weeks in the life of Vice Admiral William F. "Bull" Halsey, Jr., from his assignment to command the U.S. naval operations in the South Pacific to the Allied victory at Guadalcanal.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-06-13
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The Day the Earth Stood Still
1951-09-28
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Overview: An alien and a robot land on Earth after World War II and tell mankind to be peaceful or face destruction.
Genres: Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-09-28
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The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Ghost Farm
1957-09-15
The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Ghost Farm
Overview: A 15 episode serial in which boy detectives Frank and Joe Hardy try to solve the mystery of a haunted farm where the farmer has died and left no one to care for his livestock. A ghost assists them to prevent the acceptance of a false inheritance claim.
Genres: Mystery Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-09-15
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The Caine Mutiny
1954-06-24
The Caine Mutiny
Overview: When a US Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardize his ship, the first officer relieves him of command and faces court martial for mutiny.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-06-24
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Day of Triumph
1954-12-25
Day of Triumph
Overview: A film about the last days of Jesus Christ.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-12-25
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Friendly Persuasion
1956-11-25
Friendly Persuasion
Overview: The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religious sect is strongly opposed to violence and war. It's not easy for them to meet the rules of their religion in everyday life but when Southern troops pass the area they are in real trouble. Should they fight, despite their peaceful attitude?
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-11-25
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Hot Car Girl
1958-08-17
Hot Car Girl
Overview: In this violent drama, a young juvenile delinquent gets into more trouble when he gets involved with a gang that steals auto parts and resells them on the black market to pay for their beer parties. It looks as if he might actually turn his life around after he meets a good-hearted woman, when he decides to run a final game of chicken against a juvenile delinquent girl who gets killed in the ensuing crash. The terrified boy then takes his girlfriend and splits. He is later shot-down by the police. Later the authorities learn that the boy was set upon his crooked path by policemen who beat him when he was younger.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-08-17
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Somebody Up There Likes Me
1956-07-04
Somebody Up There Likes Me
Overview: The story of boxer Rocky Graziano's rise from juvenile delinquent to world champ.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-07-04
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Lone Texan
1959-03-01
Lone Texan
Overview: After the Civil War, a Texan who served in the Union army comes back home to find himself ostracized by his neighbors for having fought against the Confederacy. On top of that, he finds that his younger brother is now the sheriff, and is ruling the town with an iron hand.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-03-01
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Young Jesse James
1960-08-02
Young Jesse James
Overview: When Missouri farm boy Jesse James witnesses the lynching of his father by the Yankees, he forsakes his family's homestead to find his brother Frank, a soldier in Quantrill's Raiders, a renegade band of Confederates. Bent on revenge, Jesse begs to join the raiders.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-08-02
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Chicago Syndicate
1955-07-01
Chicago Syndicate
Overview: An ex-military accountant is recruited by the FBI to infiltrate the mob in Chicago in an attempt to break open the rackets. To complicate his job, two women stand in his way, each with their own agenda.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-07-01
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Man's Favorite Sport?
1964-01-31
Man's Favorite Sport?
Overview: Roger Willoughby is a renowned fishing expert, who, unbeknownst to his friends, co-workers, or boss, has never cast a line in his life. One day, he crosses paths with Abigail Paige, a sweetly annoying girl who has just badgered his boss into signing Roger up for an annual fishing tournament.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-01-31
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Small Town Girl
1953-04-10
Small Town Girl
Overview: Rick Belrow Livingston, in love with Broadway star Lisa, is sentenced to 30 days in jail for speeding through a small town. He persuades the judge's daughter Cindy to let him leave for one night, so that he can visit Lisa on her birthday. After that he goes on the town with Cindy and she falls in love with him. But Dr. Schemmer wants his son to become her husband.
Genres: Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-04-10
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A Blueprint for Murder
1953-07-24
A Blueprint for Murder
Overview: Whitney Cameron is in a quandary: he's attracted to his beautiful sister-in-law, Lynn, but also harbors serious suspicions about her. Her husband, Cameron's brother, died under mysterious circumstances, and now that the death of her stepchild, Polly, has been attributed to poisoning, he suspects that Lynn is after his late brother's estate, and killing everyone in her way.
Genres: Mystery Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-07-24
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The Best Man
1964-04-05
The Best Man
Overview: The other party is in disarray. Five men vie for the party nomination for president. No one has a majority as the first ballot closes and the front-runners begin to decide how badly they want the job.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-04-05
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The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler
1971-11-30
The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler
Overview: A U.S. Senator is spirited away to a secret New Mexico medical lab after a serious car crash. His injuries are completely healed by a secret organization that has developed advanced medical technology. What does the organization want in exchange for saving his life? Meanwhile, a reporter who witnessed the accident decides to investigate the senator's disappearance.
Genres: Science Fiction Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-11-30
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Horizons West
1952-10-11
Horizons West
Overview: Brothers Dan and Neil Hammond return to Texas after the Civil War. Ambitious Dan turns to rustling and then shady land deals to build an empire. Being held for a murder, he is rescued from a lynch mob by Neil, who is now the Marshal, but there is eventually a falling out between the brothers, good triumphing over evil.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-10-11
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Human Interest Story
1959-05-24
Human Interest Story
Overview: Newspaperman Bill Everett is told by his editor to go to the bar across the street and interview a man who claims to be a Martian.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-05-24
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Judgment at Nuremberg
1959-04-16
Judgment at Nuremberg
Overview: Judgment at Nuremberg is an American television play broadcast live on April 16, 1959, as part of the CBS television series, Playhouse 90. It was a courtroom drama written by Abby Mann and directed by George Roy Hill that depicts the trial of four German judicial officials as part of the Nuremberg trials. Claude Rains starred as the presiding judge with Maximilian Schell as the defense attorney, Melvyn Douglas as the prosecutor, and Paul Lukas as the former German Minister of Justice.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-04-16
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Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid
1955-01-01
Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid
Overview: While working as a department store 'Santa Claus', a paroled convict tries to help a troubled boy.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-01-01
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