Billy Beck
Biography: Billy Beck (born Frank Billerbeck; May 26, 1920 – June 29, 2011) was an American clown and character actor.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: May 26, 1920
Deathday: June 29, 2011
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Moving Violations
1985-04-19
Moving Violations
Overview: A group of careless and unlucky drivers are sentenced to attend traffic school to keep their records clean.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-04-19
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Mean Dog Blues
1978-03-03
Mean Dog Blues
Overview: A victim of circumstance, country and western musician Paul Ramsey finds himself on a Southern chain gang.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-03-03
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Buddy Buddy
1981-04-02
Buddy Buddy
Overview: During a high profile Mafia testimony case, a contract killer checks-in a hotel room near the courthouse while his next door depressed neighbor wants to commit suicide due to marital problems.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-04-02
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Airport 1975
1974-10-18
Airport 1975
Overview: When an in-flight collision incapacitates the pilots of an airplane bound for Los Angeles, stewardess Nancy Pryor is forced to take over the controls. From the ground, her boyfriend Alan Murdock, a retired test pilot, tries to talk her through piloting and landing the 747 aircraft. Worse yet, the anxious passengers — among which are a noisy nun and a cranky man — are aggravating the already tense atmosphere.
Genres: Drama Thriller Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-10-18
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Stranger in Our House
1979-08-16
Stranger in Our House
Overview: A country family of five take in charming cousin Julie, whose parents recently died in a car crash, though teenaged daughter Rachel grows suspect that she has an alternative agenda; one that possibly includes witchcraft.
Genres: Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-08-16
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Mystery Men
1999-08-06
Mystery Men
Overview: When Champion City's hero Captain Amazing is kidnapped by the recently paroled supervillain Casanova Frankenstein, a trio of average, everyday superheroes -- Mr. Furious, the Shoveler and the Blue Raja -- assemble a new super team to save him.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Action Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-08-06
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A Change of Seasons
1980-12-01
A Change of Seasons
Overview: Marriage takes a sour turn when a middle-aged husband falls for a young and sexy woman. Things get even more complicated when his wife starts a hot affair with a younger lover of her own.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-12-01
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First Family
1980-12-25
First Family
Overview: When the First Daughter is kidnapped by an African tribe, the President must do what he can to keep them from sacrificing her.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-12-25
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Dirty O'Neil
1974-05-01
Dirty O'Neil
Overview: A police officer has very little work as there is virtually no crime in his small California town...until three hoodlums appear and rape a young woman.
Genres: Comedy Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-05-01
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Checking Out
1988-10-26
Checking Out
Overview: When his best friend dies of a heart attack, Ray Macklin becomes a man obsessed with his own mortality. Convinced that all his aches and pains are an indication of his imminent death, Ray's life turns into a slapstick farce of health-crazed anxiety and hypochondria.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-10-26
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Yours, Mine and Ours
1968-04-24
Yours, Mine and Ours
Overview: When a widower with ten children marries a widow with eight, can the twenty of them ever come together as one big happy family?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-04-24
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The Kid with the Broken Halo
1982-04-05
The Kid with the Broken Halo
Overview: Andy LeBeau is a fallen angel of sorts. He keeps messing up and causing trouble in angel training. The archangel, Michael, decides to give him one more shot. His mission: Help out the problems of three cases. First, the Desautel family, who are on the edge of breaking up. Then, the McNulty family, who are workaholics. Finally, Dorothea Powell who is a secluded, grumpy old woman. Andy's guide on earth is Blake, who is none too thrilled to work with Andy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-04-05
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Nickelodeon
1976-12-21
Nickelodeon
Overview: In the silent film era, attorney Leo Harrigan and gunslinger Buck Greenway are hired to stop an illegal film production. However, they soon team up with the filmmakers and become important players in the show business industry. Leo learns he has a talent for directing, and Buck's cowboy persona quickly earns him leading-man status — but both men fall for beautiful starlet Kathleen Cooke, leading to a heated personal rivalry.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-12-21
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Valley of the Dolls
1967-12-27
Valley of the Dolls
Overview: In New York City, bright but naive New Englander Anne Welles becomes a secretary at a theatrical law firm, where she falls in love with attorney Lyon Burke. Anne befriends up-and-coming singer Neely O'Hara, whose dynamic talent threatens aging star Helen Lawson and beautiful but talentless actress Jennifer North. The women experience success and failure in love and work, leading to heartbreak, addiction and tragedy.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-12-27
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First Love
1977-08-08
First Love
Overview: A college soccer player falls hard for a campus beauty, who is the mistress of an older married attorney.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-08-08
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Brain Donors
1992-04-17
Brain Donors
Overview: Three manic idiots—a lawyer, a cab driver and a handyman—team up to run a ballet company to fulfil the will of a millionaire. Stooge-like antics result as the trio try to outwit the rich widow and her scheming big-shot lawyer, who also wants to run the ballet.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-04-17
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Stir Crazy
1980-12-12
Stir Crazy
Overview: New Yorkers Skip Donahue and Harry Monroe have no jobs and no prospects, so they decide to flee the city and find work elsewhere, landing jobs wearing woodpecker costumes to promote the opening of a bank. When their feathery costumes are stolen and used in a bank robbery, they no longer have to worry about employment — they're sent to prison.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-12-12
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From Noon Till Three
1976-08-01
From Noon Till Three
Overview: Bank robber Graham Dorsey spends a few hours with beautiful widow Amanda Starbuck, in which time his gang takes part in a disastrous holdup. Learning of his comrades' demise, Dorsey goes on the lam. Believing her short-term lover was killed by the law, Amanda decides to make the most of having had a liaison with the supposedly deceased desperado by writing a book about him. Much to his confusion, the still-living Dorsey watches as his name becomes legendary.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-08-01
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Fireball 500
1966-06-07
Fireball 500
Overview: Stock car racer Dave Owens plays into the hands of whiskey runners by agreeing to drive in a cross-country road race.
Genres: Drama Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-06-07
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Micki + Maude
1984-12-21
Micki + Maude
Overview: TV reporter Rob Salinger longs for a baby. But his career-minded wife, Micki, is too busy for motherhood. A romantic fling with a seductive cellist, Maude, leads to her pregnancy. Rob receives another shock when Micki announces that she's also expecting! In love with both women, he marries Maude and starts leading a double life full of complicated and riotous situations.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-12-21
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The Day After
1983-11-20
The Day After
Overview: In the mid-1980s, the U.S. is poised on the brink of nuclear war. This shadow looms over the residents of a small town in Kansas as they continue their daily lives. Dr. Russell Oakes maintains his busy schedule at the hospital, Denise Dahlberg prepares for her upcoming wedding, and Stephen Klein is deep in his graduate studies. When the unthinkable happens and the bombs come down, the town's residents are thrust into the horrors of nuclear winter.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-11-20
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The Fortune Cookie
1966-10-19
The Fortune Cookie
Overview: A cameraman is knocked over during a football game. His brother-in-law, as the king of the ambulance-chasing lawyers, starts a suit while he's still knocked out. The cameraman is against it until he hears that his ex-wife will be coming to see him. He pretends to be injured to get her back, but also sees what the strain is doing to the football player who injured him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-10-19
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Crazy in the Noodle
1957-05-14
Crazy in the Noodle
Overview: Pierre Cousin, a depressive compositor, wants to die. After five vain attempts at committing suicide, he decides to hire professional hit men to do the job on him. But as he's waiting for death, he accidentally saves a suicidal young woman's life... and falls in love. Having suddenly found a reason to live, he now fears the killers he himself hired. Is there still time to call off his contract?
Genres: Comedy Romance Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1957-05-14
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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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Guilty As Charged
1991-04-19
Guilty As Charged
Overview: A female parole officer discovers a secret death row prison under a meat plant, that's being run by the plant's unhinged vigilante owner and his reverend friend. A politician with a shady past becomes its latest "guest". But is he guilty?
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-04-19
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Baby Boom
1987-10-07
Baby Boom
Overview: J.C. Wiatt is a talented and ambitious New York City career woman who is married to her job and working towards partner at her firm. She has a live-in relationship with Steven, a successful investment broker who, along with J.C., agreed children aren't part of the plan. J.C.'s life takes an unexpected turn when a distant relative dies and the will appoints her the caretaker of their baby girl, Elizabeth. The baby's sudden arrival causes Steven to leave, breaking off their relationship. Juggling power lunches and powdered formula, she is soon forced off the fast track by a conniving colleague and a bigoted boss. But she won't stay down for long. She'll prove to the world that a woman can have it all and on her own terms too!
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-10-07
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Things Are Tough All Over
1982-08-04
Things Are Tough All Over
Overview: Everybody has problems these days, and Cheech and Chong are no exceptions. They're hired by Slyman and Habib to drive a limousine to Las Vegas with $5 million secretly stashed in the front seat. In order to get there, the pair sells off the car piece by piece, including the seven-figure front seat. Cheech and Chong then have a much bigger problem - Slyman and Habib are after them, swearing to kill them after the appropriate torture.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-08-04
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Leprechaun 2
1994-04-08
Leprechaun 2
Overview: A thousand years ago, the Leprechaun left a bloody trail when he ripped through the countryside in search of his stolen gold. Now he's back in the big city using all of his deadly tricks to snare the girl of his nightmares. His bloody quest becomes more deadly when her boyfriend steals one of the Leprechaun's gold coins. The town soon discovers two dead bodies and a trail of gold dust leads them to the Leprechaun's lair.
Genres: Comedy Horror Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-04-08
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Poodle Springs
1998-07-25
Poodle Springs
Overview: Private eye Philip Marlowe and his bride move to a desert town, where he uncovers a land scheme.
Genres: TV Movie Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-07-25
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Invitation to Hell
1984-05-24
Invitation to Hell
Overview: Family man Matt Winslow accepts a new job in Silicon Valley and quickly finds that his associates are obsessed with a mysterious local country club whose manager, Jessica Jones, holds sway over the community.
Genres: Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-05-24
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House
1985-12-06
House
Overview: Roger Cobb, a divorced horror novelist coming to terms with the disappearance of his young son, inherits an old mansion home to malevolent supernatural residents.
Genres: Comedy Horror Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-12-06
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Just Like Heaven
2005-09-16
Just Like Heaven
Overview: Shortly after David Abbott moves into his new San Francisco digs, he has an unwelcome visitor on his hands: winsome Elizabeth Masterson, who asserts that the apartment is hers -- and promptly vanishes. When she starts appearing and disappearing at will, David thinks she's a ghost, while Elizabeth is convinced she's alive.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-09-16
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Bachelor Party
1984-06-29
Bachelor Party
Overview: On the eve of his wedding to his longtime girlfriend, unassuming nice guy Rick is dragged out for a night of debauchery by his friends.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-06-29
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The Woman in Red
1984-08-15
The Woman in Red
Overview: When a happily married family man, who would never consider an affair, meets a beautiful woman in red, he is totally infatuated and desperate to make her acquaintance. However, as he tries out various schemes to sneak out to meet her, he realizes that adultery is not quite as easy as it looks.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-08-15
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Near Dark
1987-10-02
Near Dark
Overview: A farm boy reluctantly becomes a member of the undead when a girl he meets turns out to be part of a band of vampires who roam the highways in stolen cars.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-10-02
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Another You
1991-07-26
Another You
Overview: George has been in a mental hospital for 3 years and is finally ready to go out into the real world again. Eddie Dash, a dedicated con-man, is supposed to keep him out of trouble, but when people begin to recognise George as a missing millionaire, Eddie wants to take advantage of the situation.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-07-26
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Two Men in Manhattan
1959-10-16
Two Men in Manhattan
Overview: Two French journalists become embroiled in a criminal plot in New York City involving a disappeared United Nations diplomat.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1959-10-16
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Avenging Angel
1985-01-11
Avenging Angel
Overview: Molly Stewart, now a law student at UCLA, is determined to leave her prostitute past behind. After learning that the detective who helped save her life has been murdered, she quickly finds herself pitted against an underworld of mob figures who might be more than she's bargained for...
Genres: Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-11
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The Killing Mind
1991-04-23
The Killing Mind
Overview: Isobel Neiman, a former FBI agent turned cop, is assigned to catch a ballerina's murderer, but runs into resistance by fellow cops who don't think a woman detective can handle the case.
Genres: TV Movie Thriller Mystery
Original Language: ab
Release Date: 1991-04-23
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Amazing Stories
1986-07-10
Amazing Stories
Overview: A feature film edited from three episodes of Amazing Stories (1985): The Mission, Mummy Daddy and Go to the Head of the Class.
Genres: TV Movie Fantasy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-07-10
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Irma la Douce
1963-06-05
Irma la Douce
Overview: When a naive policeman falls in love with a prostitute, he doesn’t want her seeing other men and creates an alter ego who’s to be her only customer.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-06-05
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The Incredible Doktor Markesan
1962-02-25
The Incredible Doktor Markesan
Overview: Penniless Fred Bancroft, along with his new wife Molly, visits a sinister uncle he hasn't seen in years in hopes of living rent-free in his musty, decaying mansion.
Genres: Horror Mystery Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-02-25
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The Black Marble
1980-03-07
The Black Marble
Overview: When alcoholic homicide investigator Valnikov is transferred to a burglary case that seems to involve a creepy dogcatcher, he's also given a new partner -- the pragmatic Sgt. Natalie Zimmerman, who's experiencing a midlife crisis and does not welcome Valnikov's company. But as these emotionally bruised cops are drawn deeper into the bizarre world of dog shows, animal fanatics and pet cemeteries, they're also drawn to each other.
Genres: Comedy Crime Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-03-07
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The Dark Wind
1991-01-01
The Dark Wind
Overview: An Indian police officer is mixed up in murder and drug smuggling on the reservation.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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