Don C. Harvey
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: December 12, 1911
Deathday: April 23, 1963
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Known For
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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Dig That Uranium
1955-12-25
Dig That Uranium
Overview: The boys buy a uranium mine out west, but when they get there they find that it's pretty much worthless. However, the local badmen are distrustful of these new strangers, and when they mistakenly get the impression that the mine is loaded with uranium, they hatch a scheme to get rid of the boys and take over the mine.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-12-25
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The Far Country
1954-02-12
The Far Country
Overview: During the Klondike Gold Rush, a misanthropic cattle driver and his talkative elderly partner run afoul of the law in Alaska and are forced to work for a saloon owner to take her supplies into a newly booming but lawless Candian town.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-02-12
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Women's Prison
1955-02-01
Women's Prison
Overview: A crusading psychiatrist battles a sadistic female warden to improve conditions at a women's prison.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-02-01
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For You I Die
1947-12-17
For You I Die
Overview: A convict is forced to participate in a prison break even though he only has a year left on his sentence.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-12-17
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Gang Busters
1955-06-17
Gang Busters
Overview: A life-long criminal continues his practice of breaking out of Oregon State Prison - much to the frustration of the police.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-06-17
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Texans Never Cry
1951-03-15
Texans Never Cry
Overview: A Texas Ranger tries to bring down counterfeiters selling fake lottery tickets.
Genres: Western
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1951-03-15
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No Time to Be Young
1957-08-01
No Time to Be Young
Overview: A melodrama about young adults growing up and facing the pressures of life.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-08-01
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The Unholy Wife
1957-06-24
The Unholy Wife
Overview: A woman marries a man for his wealth, then concocts a plan to kill him, take his money, and run off with her lover. Things go wrong when they accidentally kill the wrong person.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-06-24
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The Old West
1952-09-29
The Old West
Overview: Doc Lockwood and his gang are trying to take away Autry's contract for supplying horses to the stagecoach line. Parson Brooks joins Autry in an effort to clean up the town of Sadderlock.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-09-29
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The Lost Volcano
1950-06-25
The Lost Volcano
Overview: Little David Gordon lives in the jungle with his parents Ruth and Fred, along with their servant Nona. David likes living there while his father captures wild animals; he's made friends with Bomba the jungle boy, who has shown him a great deal about life in the jungle. One day two adventurers come looking for ancient treasure in the shadow of a live volcano.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-06-25
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Gunmen from Laredo
1959-03-01
Gunmen from Laredo
Overview: A framed Texas rancher escapes from prison for a showdown with a saloonkeeper.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-03-01
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So You Think You're Not Guilty
1950-04-15
So You Think You're Not Guilty
Overview: Joe McDoakes pleads "not guilty" to a traffic violation but is convicted anyway. Handling this setback in his usual manner, the two-dollar fine quickly pyramids to a 10-year jail sentence.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-04-15
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Written on the Wind
1956-10-04
Written on the Wind
Overview: Mitch Wayne is a geologist working for the Hadleys, an oil-rich Texas family. While the patriarch, Jasper, works hard to establish the family business, his irresponsible son, Kyle, is an alcoholic playboy, and his daughter, Marylee, is the town tramp. Mitch harbors a secret love for Kyle's unsatisfied wife, Lucy -- a fact that leaves him exposed when the jealous Marylee accuses him of murder.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-10-04
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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963-11-07
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Overview: A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is the madcap adventures of those strangers as each attempts to claim the prize for himself.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-11-07
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Apache Ambush
1955-08-24
Apache Ambush
Overview: Two former enemies find themselves together on a cattle drive and fighting marauding Apaches and Mexican bandits.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-08-24
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Dynamite Pass
1950-03-23
Dynamite Pass
Overview: A cowhand becomes involved in a war between a road construction crew and the greedy toll-owner hoping to thwart the new project.
Genres: Western Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-03-23
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Blackjack Ketchum Desperado
1956-04-01
Blackjack Ketchum Desperado
Overview: A former gunslinger comes to the aid of ranchers battling a murderous land baron.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-04-01
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The Bad Seed
1956-09-12
The Bad Seed
Overview: Air Force Colonel Kenneth Penmark and his wife, Christine, adore their daughter Rhoda, despite her secret tendency for selfishness. Christine keeps her knowledge of her daughter's darker side to herself, but when a schoolmate of Rhoda's dies mysteriously, her self-deception unravels.
Genres: Thriller Drama Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-09-12
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Untamed Mistress
1951-06-17
Untamed Mistress
Overview: Two men search the jungle for a woman who has been captured by a tribe of murderous gorillas. When they finally find her, they must fight off attacks by the gorillas, who are determined to keep her.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-06-17
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Big Town Scandal
1948-05-27
Big Town Scandal
Overview: A crusading editor and his star reporter aid underprivileged youths and crack down on racketeers out to fix basketball.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-05-27
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Domino Kid
1957-10-01
Domino Kid
Overview: A rancher vows revenge on the five men responsible for his father's death.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-10-01
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Rimfire
1949-03-25
Rimfire
Overview: An undercover Army captain links missing gold and murder to a gambler's ghost.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-03-25
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The Slowest Gun in the West
1960-05-07
The Slowest Gun in the West
Overview: The town of Primrose, Arizona is beset by outlaws, so the towns people hire Fletcher Bissell III (A.K.A. The Silver Dollar Kid) as their new sheriff. Fletcher is so cowardly the townsfolk are sure that the local outlaws will be too proud to gun him down. This proves to be the case, and the outlaws hire their own cowardly gunfighter, Chicken Farnsworth, to go up against The Silver Dollar Kid. Written by Jim Beaver
Genres: Western Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-05-07
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Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer!
1954-12-31
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer!
Overview: In this half-hour unsold pilot, private eye Mike Hammer embarks on a righteous quest for vengeance over the death of his newsboy pal in a mob hit.
Genres: Crime Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-12-31
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According to Mrs. Hoyle
1951-05-20
According to Mrs. Hoyle
Overview: A retired teacher sells her apartment to a group of gangsters.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-05-20
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The Counterfeiters
1948-05-28
The Counterfeiters
Overview: Scotland Yard cop goes undercover to nab counterfeiter and his gang.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-05-28
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The Golden Idol
1954-01-10
The Golden Idol
Overview: Prince Ali wants the Golden Idol of Watusi and hires a ruthless hunter to get it for him. Bomba has the idol and, with the help of Commissioner Barnes, Eli, and a beautiful archeologist, he foils Ali's plans.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-01-10
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Merry Mavericks
1951-09-06
Merry Mavericks
Overview: Set in the old west, the stooges are mistaken for lawmen and manage to capture a gang of crooks. The boys then get the job of guarding some money in an old house reputed to be haunted by the ghost of an Indian Chief. The crooks escape and go after the money disguised as ghosts, but Shemp, disguised as the Indian Chief, manages to knock them out.
Genres: Western Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-09-06
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Batman and Robin
1949-05-26
Batman and Robin
Overview: This 15-chapter serial pits Batman and Robin against The Wizard, who uses a device that allows him to control machinery to hold the city hostage.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Thriller Adventure Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-05-26
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Beginning of the End
1957-06-28
Beginning of the End
Overview: An attractive reporter investigating the mysterious destruction of an Illinois town stumbles upon a secret government laboratory conducting radiation experiments on vegetables. The lead scientist is eager to help find out what happened. Together they discover that giant grasshoppers are behind the devastation. Worse yet, thousands of them are headed toward Chicago! Can they be stopped... or is this the BEGINNING OF THE END?
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-06-28
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Forbidden Jungle
1950-03-02
Forbidden Jungle
Overview: A hunter is hired to take an expedition deep into the African jungle to search for a white boy lost in a plane crash years before, and who has been rumored to be living among the wild animals.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-03-02
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The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure
1956-10-02
The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure
Overview: Frank and Joe Hardy are the sons of Fenton Hardy, a famous private detective. Finding everyday life at home in Bayport dull, the boys hope their father will let them work on one of his cases. Disappointed when he tells them his work is too dangerous for children, they are more determined than ever to follow in their dad's footsteps, and solve mysteries.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-10-02
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Prince of Pirates
1953-03-07
Prince of Pirates
Overview: In a 16th century kingdom in the Netherlands, the newly crowned King Stephan concludes a secret treaty with the Spanish. This puts him at odds with his younger brother, Prince Roland, who favors a treaty with the French. Stephan orders Roland imprisoned but Roland escapes and leads a revolt.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-03-07
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Prairie Roundup
1951-01-15
Prairie Roundup
Overview: In Prairie Roundup, Fred F. Sears' direction brings a welcome jolt of vitality to Columbia's aging "Durango Kid" western series. Once again, Charles Starrett stars as Steve Carson, a lawman who is forced to assume the identity of masked do-gooder Durango. Framed for murder, Carson escapes to locate the real killer. It turns out that he was set up by cattle baron Buck Prescott (Frank Fenton), who eliminates competition by stealing livestock from other ranchers.
Genres: Western
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1951-01-15
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Trail of the Rustlers
1950-02-02
Trail of the Rustlers
Overview: Charles Starrett goes up against an entire family of criminals posing as respectable citizens in this entry in Columbia's long-running Durango Kid Western series.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-02-02
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The Square Jungle
1955-12-30
The Square Jungle
Overview: Grocery clerk Eddie Quaid, in danger of losing his father to alcoholism and his girl Julie through lack of career prospects, goes into boxing.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-12-30
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Mara Maru
1952-04-23
Mara Maru
Overview: An American salvage diver plunges into dangerous intrigue around a sunken treasure in the Philippines.
Genres: Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-04-23
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Amos, Shepherd of Tekoa
1947-08-29
Amos, Shepherd of Tekoa
Overview: The prophet Amos spoke in the name of the Lord during the oppressive rule of King Jeroboam II. Joab, a wealthy minister's son is mistaken for a poor man's son and taken away to be tortured.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-08-29
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Blazing the Overland Trail
1956-08-04
Blazing the Overland Trail
Overview: Roberts and Moore played an army scout and a pony express rider who come to the aid of settlers terrorized by a greedy rancher-turned-outlaw.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-08-04
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Night Riders of Montana
1951-02-28
Night Riders of Montana
Overview: After being hit by rustlers, a group of Montana ranchers asks the governor to send state rangers for protection. State Ranger Rocky Lane becomes involved in a mystery surrounding a gang of horse rustlers and a young rancher who is blamed falsely for a killing. Lane helps uncover the real killers and unmasks the ringleader of the rustlers.
Genres: Action Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-02-28
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Northwest Territory
1951-12-09
Northwest Territory
Overview: Wilderness adventure starring Kirby Grant and Chinook.
Genres: Western Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-12-09
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The Fighting Stallion
1950-03-23
The Fighting Stallion
Overview: Released from a navy hospital following WW II, Lon Evans learns that he faces eventual blindness and returns to his Wyoming ranch. He sees a beautiful white stallion named Starlight and his cowhands Lem and Yancy say he is a killer and cannot be trained. Lon disproves this by training the stallion to act as his guide in preparation for his future blindness.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-03-23
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The Girl from San Lorenzo
1950-02-24
The Girl from San Lorenzo
Overview: Cisco and Pancho set out to clear their names in a series of stage robberies committed by two thugs who are impersonating them.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-02-24
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Gunmen of Abilene
1950-02-06
Gunmen of Abilene
Overview: Abilene gunmen are bent on terrorizing the town of Blue Valley and massacring its inhabitants. They have been hired by local druggist Henry Turner, who has discovered gold beneath the town and wishes complete possession.
Genres: Action Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-02-06
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The Two Gun Teacher
1954-12-26
The Two Gun Teacher
Overview: Two episodes of the TV series "Wild Bill Hickok" edited together and released as a feature.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-12-26
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Chain Gang
1950-11-01
Chain Gang
Overview: Crusading newspaperman Cliff Roberts masquerades as a prison guard to document inhuman conditions.
Genres: Crime Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-11-01
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The Man Who Turned to Stone
1957-03-01
The Man Who Turned to Stone
Overview: A new social worker at a girls' reformatory discovers that her charges are being used by a group of ancient alchemists, who have insinuated themselves as the prison's chief staffers, to keep themselves alive and free from an insidious petrification, which is already afflicting one of their number.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-03-01
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Son of a Badman
1949-04-15
Son of a Badman
Overview: Lash and Fuzzy come to town to unmask the mysterious outlaw kingpin, El Sombre.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-04-15
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Gunfighters of the Northwest
1954-04-14
Gunfighters of the Northwest
Overview: Constable Ward is assigned to track down a mysterious villain known only as The Leader. Trying to locate a secret gold mine, The Leader pits the Indians against the Mounties, whom he blames for creating trouble.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-04-14
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Perils of the Wilderness
1956-01-06
Perils of the Wilderness
Overview: In the 56th (and next-to-last serial) made by Columbia Pictures, Montana Deputy Dan Lawson, posing as an outlaw called Laramie, goes to the Canadian northwest on the trail of Bart Randall who is wanted for murder and bank robbery in the states. In Canada, Randall is a little more upscale and uses a hydra-plane and a fake totem to over-awe the Indians. Laramie is aided in his search by RCMP Sergeant Gray and by Donna Blane, who is suspected at first of giving information to Randall, but who is actually a Canadian secret agent investigating Randall's gun-trading with the Indians.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-01-06
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The Wild Westerners
1962-06-06
The Wild Westerners
Overview: Sheriff Plummer and his men are using their badges to easily rob gold shipments and kill the drivers. Marshal McDowell and his men are looking for the killers. They catch one who is murdered to keep from talking but his killer is identified as Plummer's Deputy. Plummer is still not suspected when McDowell's wife is kidnaped and the outlaws demand the big gold shipment be sent unguarded. So McDowell heads out alone to face the gang with a load of gunpowder instead of gold and only a few trusted Deputies nearby.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-06-06
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Revenge of the Creature
1955-05-13
Revenge of the Creature
Overview: In a tributary of the Amazon, a monster – half-man, half-fish – is captured and placed in a reservoir in a Florida national park to be observed by scientists.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-05-13
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The Black Panther
1956-01-01
The Black Panther
Overview: Principal scenes from this kids' film, minus all shots featuring Sabu, were also used in the semi-adult film "Untamed Mistress", made and released by the same people in the same year.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-01-01
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Wyoming Renegades
1954-03-27
Wyoming Renegades
Overview: Brady Sutton returns from three years in prison and tries to go straight. One a member of the Butch Cassidy gang, he is still suspected of being cahoots with them. When Cassidy and his men rob the bank, he is blamed. Escaping from the townspeople, he once again joins up with Cassidy to wait for a chance to help bring him in.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-03-27
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Tyrant of the Sea
1950-02-22
Tyrant of the Sea
Overview: In 1803, the only thing standing between Napoleon and his plan of world domination is England and the British Navy. The admiralty, learning that Napoleon has assembled an invasion fleet decides to send out one of its vessels to destroy it the French flagship under cover of fog. Forced out of retirement, ruthless, tyrannical and temperamental Captain William Blake is put in command. He wields his command with sadistic fury until an epidemic of scurvy attacks the crew and, when he refuses to go ashore for needed provision, mutiny and insubordination results...and, then, the French flagship arrives.
Genres: History Adventure War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-02-22
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Dragnet
1947-08-16
Dragnet
Overview: Scotland Yard Inspector Geoffrey James comes to the United States looking for a band of international gem-thieves who have smuggled a rich load of jewels from England to America via a trans-ocean airline. Mary Hogan, an airline hostess, aids him in his quest.
Genres: Mystery Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-08-16
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Blackhawk
1952-07-24
Blackhawk
Overview: Based on a successful comic book that began in 1941, the Blackhawks were seven flyers who banded together during WW II to fight the Nazis. After the war, they continued to fight evil where ever they find it. In this movie, they are battling a group of spies and saboteurs bent on destroying democracy. The Blackhawks foil a succession of plots, with a cliff hanger ending in each episode.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-07-24
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The Mutineers
1949-04-22
The Mutineers
Overview: Mobster Thomas Nagle and his gang take over a ship to use running guns and counterfeit money into Lisbon.
Genres: Action Crime Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-04-22
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Buchanan Rides Alone
1958-08-01
Buchanan Rides Alone
Overview: Passing through a border town, a man is caught up in a Mexican's murder of a member of the town's most powerful family.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-08-01
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The Great Jewel Robber
1950-07-15
The Great Jewel Robber
Overview: Director Peter Godfrey's 1950 drama, inspired by true events, dramatizes the crime spree of the notorious jewel thief known as "The Hollywood Raffles", whose famous robbery victims included such real-life celebrities as Joan Crawford, Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith and Dennis Morgan. David Brian stars in the title role, and he's supported by John Archer, Marjorie Reynolds, Jacqueline de Wit, Alix Talton, Ned Glass, Perdita Chandler and columnist Sheilah Graham, playing herself.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-07-15
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Wild Weed
1949-07-20
Wild Weed
Overview: A chorus girl's career is ruined and her brother is driven to suicide when she starts smoking marijuana.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-07-20
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Guns, Girls and Gangsters
1959-01-01
Guns, Girls and Gangsters
Overview: Chuck Wheeler gets out of the Pen and sets up an elaborate heist of Vegas casino money travelling by armored truck. He enlists the help of shady club owner Joe Darren and his ex-cellmate's wife, Vi. Vi's husband Mike is a trigger happy and jealous hothead and will not grant her a divorce. Mike escapes from prison right before the armored truck job goes into motion and promises trouble as he tries to locate his associates and his wandering wife.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-01-01
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Joe Palooka in Triple Cross
1951-09-16
Joe Palooka in Triple Cross
Overview: Joe Palooka and two friends are taking hostage by three criminals.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-09-16
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The Werewolf
1956-07-01
The Werewolf
Overview: The arrival in a small mountain town of a dissheveled stranger launches a series of murders committed by some sort of animal. As the town doctor and his daughter attempt to help the stranger, the sheriff investigates the murders; and they uncover a sinister experiment involving two rogue scientists, a car accident victim, his wife and children, and a serum that causes a man to turn into a ravaging werewolf.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-07-01
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Pushover
1954-07-14
Pushover
Overview: A police detective falls for the bank robber's girlfriend he is supposed to be tailing.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-07-14
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New York Confidential
1955-02-15
New York Confidential
Overview: Story follows the rise and subsequent fall of the notorious head of a New York crime family, who decides to testify against his pals in order to avoid being killed by his fellow cohorts.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-02-15
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Fort Worth
1951-07-14
Fort Worth
Overview: Ex-gunfighter Ned Britt returns to Fort Worth after the civil war to help run a newspaper which is against ambitious men and their schemes for control.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-07-14
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Johnny Shiloh
1963-01-20
Johnny Shiloh
Overview: Johnny Shiloh is a 1963 made for TV film that originally aired in two parts on the Wonderful World of Disney in Color. It was released in other countries theatrically as one film and is on DVD as one film. Johnny Shiloh is the true story about Johnny Clem, the ten year old drummer boy who became a union officer in the Civil War.
Genres: Drama War TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-01-20
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Money Madness
1948-04-15
Money Madness
Overview: A murderous bank robber on the run from the law hides out in a small town.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-04-15
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