Mitchell Ryan
Biography: Mitchell Ryan (born January 11, 1934) was an American actor most recently known for playing Edward Montgomery on Dharma & Greg. Ryan was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. He served in the US Navy during the Korean War. After the Korean War, he went to the Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia. There he went on to make his acting debut in Thunder Road along with the Theatre's founder Robert Porterfield. Ryan was an original cast member on Dark Shadows, His other acting credits include Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, Liar, Liar, Magnum Force, Lethal Weapon, Grosse Pointe Blank, Electra Glide in Blue, and Hot Shots! Part Deux. In 1973, he played the lead on Chase. His Broadway theatre credits include Wait Until Dark, Medea, and The Price. Ryan was married and divorced twice and is the father of three children. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mitchell Ryan, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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Birthday: January 11, 1934
Deathday: March 04, 2022
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Lethal Weapon
1987-03-06
Lethal Weapon
Overview: Veteran buttoned-down LAPD detective Roger Murtaugh is partnered with unhinged cop Martin Riggs, who -- distraught after his wife's death -- has a death wish and takes unnecessary risks with criminals at every turn. The odd couple embark on their first homicide investigation as partners, involving a young woman known to Murtaugh with ties to a drug and prostitution ring.
Genres: Adventure Action Comedy Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-03-06
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Liar Liar
1997-03-21
Liar Liar
Overview: Fletcher Reed, a fast-talking, habitual liar, divorced father, is an incredibly successful lawyer who has built his career by lying. He is used to giving priority to his job and always breaking promises to be with his young son Max, but Fletcher often lets Max down, by missing his son's birthday party. But even then at 8:15 Max decides to make him an honest man as he wishes for a whole day where his father can't lie. When his son Max blows out the candles on his fifth birthday, he only has one wish - for his father to stop lying for 24 hours. When Max's wish comes true, Fletcher discovers that his mouth has suddenly become his biggest obstacle
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-03-21
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Magnum Force
1973-12-13
Magnum Force
Overview: "Dirty" Harry Callahan is a San Francisco Police Inspector on the trail of a group of rogue cops who have taken justice into their own hands. When shady characters are murdered one after another in grisly fashion, only Dirty Harry can stop them.
Genres: Drama Crime Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-12-13
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The Devil's Own
1997-03-13
The Devil's Own
Overview: Frankie McGuire, one of the IRA's deadliest assassins, draws an American family into the crossfire of terrorism. But when he is sent to the U.S. to buy weapons, Frankie is housed with the family of Tom O'Meara, a New York cop who knows nothing about Frankie's real identity. Their surprising friendship, and Tom's growing suspicions, forces Frankie to choose between the promise of peace or a lifetime of murder.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-03-13
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Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
1995-09-29
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
Overview: Six years after being kidnapped by a cult, Jamie tries to escape the clutches of her serial killer uncle, Michael Myers.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-29
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Two-Minute Warning
1976-11-12
Two-Minute Warning
Overview: A psychotic sniper plans a massive killing spree in a Los Angeles football stadium during a major championship game. The police, led by Captain Peter Holly and the SWAT commander, learn of the plot and rush to the scene.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-11-12
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A Face to Die For
1996-03-11
A Face to Die For
Overview: A scarred, unattractive young woman is conned into helping with a robbery of her employer. As a result, she is sent to prison, gets plastic surgery, and returns to seek revenge on those who wronged her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-03-11
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High Plains Drifter
1973-04-19
High Plains Drifter
Overview: A gunfighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago. After gunning down three gunmen who tried to kill him, the townsfolk decide to hire the Stranger to hold off three outlaws who are on their way.
Genres: Western Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-04-19
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Grosse Pointe Blank
1997-04-11
Grosse Pointe Blank
Overview: Martin Blank is a hitman for hire. When he starts to develop a conscience, he botches a couple of routine jobs. On the advice of his secretary and his psychiatrist, he decides to attend his ten-year high school reunion in Grosse Pointe, Michigan.
Genres: Action Comedy Thriller Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-04-11
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The Friends of Eddie Coyle
1973-06-26
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
Overview: An aging hood is about to go back to prison. Hoping to escape his fate, he supplies information on stolen guns to the feds, while simultaneously supplying arms to his bank robbing chums.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-06-26
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Electra Glide in Blue
1973-05-17
Electra Glide in Blue
Overview: A short Arizona motorcycle cop gets his wish and is promoted to Homicide following the mysterious murder of a hermit. He is forced to confront his illusions about himself and those around him in order to solve the case, eventually returning to solitude in the desert.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-05-17
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Hot Shots! Part Deux
1993-05-21
Hot Shots! Part Deux
Overview: Topper Harley is found to be working as an odd-job-man in a monastery. The CIA want him to lead a rescue mission into Iraq, to rescue the last rescue team, who went in to rescue the last rescue team—who went in to rescue hostages left behind after Desert Storm.
Genres: Action Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-05-21
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Blue Sky
1994-09-16
Blue Sky
Overview: Hank Marshall is a tough, square-jawed, straitlaced Army engineer and nuclear science expert, assigned to help conduct weapons testing in 1950s America. Hank has become a thorn in the side of the Army, though, for a couple of very different reasons. He is an outspoken opponent of atmospheric testing, though his superiors hold contrary views and want to squelch his concerns...and his reports. The other problem is his wife, Carly. She is voluptuous and volatile, wreaking havoc in his personal life and stirring up intrigue at each new Army base.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-09-16
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The Hunting Party
1971-07-16
The Hunting Party
Overview: A ruthless rancher, and his gang, use extremely long range rifles to kill the men who kidnapped his wife.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-07-16
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Deadly Game
1991-07-10
Deadly Game
Overview: A group of seven strangers, including a dancer, a doctor, a teacher, and a disgraced former football player, are brought together on an island owned by the mysterious Osirus. There they are told that at some point in their lives, they crossed Osirus and now must face his revenge. The seven must reach a boat on the opposite side of the island before Osirus and his hunters track them down and kill them.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie Mystery Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-07-10
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Monte Walsh
1970-10-02
Monte Walsh
Overview: Monte Walsh is an aging cowboy facing the ending days of the Wild West era. As barbed wire and railways steadily eliminate the need for the cowboy, Monte and his friends are left with fewer and fewer options. New work opportunities are available to them, but the freedom of the open prarie is what they long for. Eventually, they all must say goodbye to the lives they knew, and try to make a new start.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-10-02
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Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004-07-28
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Overview: From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop to countless movies. In this dazzling work, Andersen takes viewers on a whirlwind tour through the metropolis' real and cinematic history, investigating the myriad stories and legends that have come to define it, and meticulously, judiciously revealing the real city that lives beneath.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-07-28
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Chandler
1971-12-01
Chandler
Overview: A private eye is hired to follow a mobster's former mistress.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-12-01
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A Reflection of Fear
1973-02-12
A Reflection of Fear
Overview: A young girl lives with her mother and grandmother. One day her estranged father returns home with a female companion he introduces as his fiance. Soon the girl finds herself in the midst of strange goings-on, which evolve into a web of crime and murder.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-02-12
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Winter People
1989-04-14
Winter People
Overview: Wayland Jackson (Russell), a widower with a young daughter, moves to a small, impoverished mountain village in North Carolina, circa 1934. They are taken in by Collie Wright (McGillis), a single mother with an illegitimate baby, and she and Wayland soon fall in love. Trouble starts when the identity of her baby's father is revealed.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-04-14
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The Ryan White Story
1989-01-16
The Ryan White Story
Overview: The story of Ryan White, a 13-year-old haemophiliac who contracted AIDS from factor VIII, which was used to control this disorder.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-16
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Northstar
1986-08-09
Northstar
Overview: An astronaut's ship passes through a strange magnetic field on its way back to Earth, and when he emerges from it after landing, he finds he has acquired superhuman powers and a super-genius IQ.
Genres: Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-08-09
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Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story
1998-10-12
Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story
Overview: Told mostly in flashbacks, the film tells the story of Pamela Digby Churchill Hayward Harriman, one of the greatest and probably most famous courtesans of the twentieth century. While not showing her childhood, first marriage to Winston Churchill's son, or most of her affairs, we do get to see her affair and eventual marriage to Broadway producer Leland Hayward, and then her marriage to politician Averell Harriman, with whom she had an affair while both were married to others in World War II. We also see her as ambassador to France during her last years, and her death in 1997. While some (mostly her lovers) adored her, others (mostly her son and her husbands' children) hated her.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-10-12
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The Entertainer
1976-03-10
The Entertainer
Overview: A vaudeville entertainer approaches middle age still not having attained success or stardom.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-03-10
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Star
1993-09-20
Star
Overview: When Crystal Wyatt was 16 her father passed away. From that time her life would never be the same. Crystal is banished from the family ranch, and starts a new life as a singer in a San Francisco nightclub.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-09-20
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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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Majority Rule
1992-10-27
Majority Rule
Overview: A war heroine returns to the US to run for president and ends up facing enemies worse than those in the battle: corruption and the dangerous game of power.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-10-27
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Of Mice and Men
1981-11-29
Of Mice and Men
Overview: George and Lenny travel through the Depression-era west working at odd jobs, hoping to make enough money to buy their own farm. George must always watch over his intellectually disabled friend, and keep him out of danger, both to himself and to others. After they take a new job at a ranch, Lenny gets into far more trouble than George can talk his way out of, leaving George to decide whether to help him, or leave him to his fate.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-11-29
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Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story
1981-11-01
Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story
Overview: The life and tragic death of the "Playboy" centerfold model/actress Dorothy Stratten.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-11-01
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Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
1977-12-26
Christmas Miracle in Caufield, U.S.A.
Overview: Based on the true story of coal miners who became trapped underground in a cave-in on Christmas Eve, 1951.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-12-26
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Dirty Work
1992-07-22
Dirty Work
Overview: A bail bondsman deals drugs on the side and thinks he's struck it rich when he conceives a scheme to steal counterfeit money. When the mob comes calling for it, he tries to set up a fellow employee as the culprit.
Genres: Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-07-22
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Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force
1978-08-21
Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force
Overview: The true story of Leonard Matlovich, a U.S. Air Force sergeant who, in 1975, publicly divulged his homosexuality and fought to remain in service.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-08-21
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The Honkers
1972-05-17
The Honkers
Overview: An over-the-hill rodeo champion is so self-centered that he ignores his wife, son, and best friend.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-05-17
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Margaret Bourke-White
1989-04-24
Margaret Bourke-White
Overview: A biographical account of pioneering photographer Margaret Bourke-White's career.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-04-24
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Uncommon Valor
1983-01-22
Uncommon Valor
Overview: The pilot for an unsold weekly series, Uncommon Valor stresses the courage and resourceful of a team of firefighters in Salt Lake City, Utah. Headed by dauntless battalion chief Tom Riordan (Mitchell Ryam), the unit tries to drench a raging conflagration at County General Hospital (a disaster enhanced by some pretty good special effects). They also have to battle the villain of the piece, discreetly described in the original network press release as a "deranged arsonist."
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-22
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Medea
1983-01-01
Medea
Overview: Medea is in Corinth with Jason and their two young sons. King Kreon wants to reward Jason for his exploits: he gives the hand of his daughter, Glauce, to Jason.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion
1977-11-05
Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion
Overview: A teenage boy gets a job as a Pony Express rider in the Nebraska Territory not long before the Civil War breaks out.
Genres: Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-11-05
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Flesh & Blood
1979-10-14
Flesh & Blood
Overview: A young street-tough-turned-boxer struggles to reach the top while finding his romance with an attractive TV reporter is complicated by an incestuous relationship with his mother.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-10-14
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Joe Dancer II: The Monkey Mission
1981-03-23
Joe Dancer II: The Monkey Mission
Overview: Robert Blake's second (of three) "Joe Dancer" movies has the hard-boiled private investigator teaming up with a chimp named Gregor, his trainer (who also happens to be an expert thief), and an electronics genius of questionable repute to steal back a priceless vase looted from a family collection during World War II.
Genres: Drama Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-03-23
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Judgment
1990-10-13
Judgment
Overview: Fact-based story of a Louisiana priest accused of molesting young parishioners, and of the family of one of his victims, caught between their loyalty to their son and to their Church.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-10-13
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Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is
1994-02-18
Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is
Overview: When a mentor and friend of Jennifer's dies, she and Jonathan return to the sleepy town where Jennifer once lived and worked as a reporter. Nearly immediately, they discover that all is not right within this picturesque town. The town's economic troubles pale next to the danger the Harts find themselves in as they try to sort out whether their friend's death was murder, and what sinister secrets may lie behind the truth.
Genres: Adventure Crime Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-02-18
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The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them
1992-11-26
The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them
Overview: David seriously fancies smart, rich Carrie as soon as he first offends her in a Boston bar. They run into each other again and though she still finds him appalling, David manages to change her mind.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-11-26
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Judge Dredd
1995-06-30
Judge Dredd
Overview: In a dystopian future, Dredd, the most famous judge (a cop with instant field judiciary powers) is convicted for a crime he did not commit while his murderous counterpart escapes.
Genres: Science Fiction Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-06-30
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Iron Eagle III
1992-01-09
Iron Eagle III
Overview: Chappy discovers a drug-smuggling scheme at his own air base. It turns out that the lives of some village people in Peru are at stake, and he decides to fly there with ancient airplanes and friends to free them.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-09
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Gramps
1995-05-20
Gramps
Overview: After a long search, lawyer Clarke MacGruder finally locates his long lost father Jack. At first, everything seems fine with his new extended family, until the two set off on a hunting trip, where Jack starts showing a rather violent streak to his nature.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-05-20
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Hostage Flight
1985-11-17
Hostage Flight
Overview: A plane is hijacked and bound for London. Once the terrorists begin killing hostages, the passengers take matters into their own hands.
Genres: TV Movie Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-11-17
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Angel City
1980-11-12
Angel City
Overview: Jared Teeter has to work in a forced labor camp in Florida to make ends meet. "Angel City" is no place for the faint of heart.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-11-12
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Raven Hawk
1996-07-20
Raven Hawk
Overview: A Native-American woman, who was framed for the murders of her parents years before, returns to her reservation to seek revenge.
Genres: Drama Action TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-07-20
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My Old Man's Place
1971-06-29
My Old Man's Place
Overview: Two soldiers return from Vietnam with serious PTSD. They decide to go for a couple of days to a peaceful farm owned by the father of one of the men. A psychotic sergeant who also did tours in Nam, joins them. Personalities clash hard.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-06-29
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The Five of Me
1981-05-12
The Five of Me
Overview: Henry Hawksworth is a man menaced by a multiple personality. There is Dana, the conservative family man; Johnny, violent and sociopathic; Peter, creative and childish; and Phil, protective and unemotional. "Dana" falls in love with Ann and marries her. Following a crime, "Johnny" is arrested and tried. In court, Henry's multiple personalities are painfully revealed.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-05-12
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The Penalty Phase
1986-11-18
The Penalty Phase
Overview: Things looked pretty simple: the confessed murderer had all the evidence against him. The Prosecutor Jansen could not have been more relentless, conservative and incisive. Furthermore, the jury already had a verdict: guilty of the more than 30 charges against him. But suddenly Judge Kenneth Hoffman finds out that the evidence was not obtained legally, so the procedure is void. Judge Hoffman is in the middle of this legal storm, although he wants to apply the law strictly, he will find everybody against him.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-11-18
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Thunder Road
1958-05-10
Thunder Road
Overview: Unrepentant Tennessee moonshine runner Luke Doolin (Robert Mitchum) makes dangerous high-speed deliveries for his liquor-producing father, Vernon (Trevor Bardette), but won't let his younger brother Robin (James Mitchum) join the family business. Under pressure from both out-of-town gangster Kogan (Jacques Aubuchon), who wants a piece of the local action, and Treasury agent Barrett (Gene Barry), who wants to destroy the moonshine business, Luke fights for his fast-fading way of life.
Genres: Crime Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-05-10
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Escape from Bogen County
1977-10-07
Escape from Bogen County
Overview: A political despot controls his town and his wife Maggie. When Maggie tries to escape his control, he swears a warrant out for her arrest and sends the law after her. The arresting officer, however, takes pity on Maggie and tries to help her escape the despot's clutches.
Genres: Drama Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-10-07
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The Gambler: The Adventure Continues
1983-11-28
The Gambler: The Adventure Continues
Overview: Brady Hawkes, Billy Montana, and Jeremiah Hawkes are on a train bound for a huge gambling event when the train is taken over by a gang of vicious killers in search of money. As ransom, the gang takes young Jeremiah hostage. Brady and Billy embark on a quest to rescue him and form a small gang of their own along the way.
Genres: Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-11-28
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Midway
1976-06-18
Midway
Overview: This war drama depicts the U.S. and Japanese forces in the naval Battle of Midway, which became a turning point for Americans during World War II.
Genres: Action Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-06-18
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The Choice
1981-02-10
The Choice
Overview: A young woman agonizes over whether or not to have an abortion and learns that her mother did the same 20 years prior.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-02-10
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The Hemingway Play
1976-03-11
The Hemingway Play
Overview: A novel portrait of author Ernest Hemingway, in which four versions of the man from different points of his life exist simultaneously.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-03-11
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Speechless
1994-12-16
Speechless
Overview: In the midst of election season in New Mexico, political speechwriters Julia Mann and Kevin Vallick begin a romance, unaware they are working for candidates on opposite sides.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-12-16
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Having Babies III
1978-03-03
Having Babies III
Overview: Dr. Julie Farr presides over three impending births and cannot help but get involved in the lives of her troubled patients.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-03-03
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