John Hoyt
Biography: John Hoyt was an American film, theatre, and television actor, October 5, 1905 – September 15, 1991. He began his acting career on Broadway, later appearing in numerous films and television series. He is perhaps best known for his roles in the films The Lawless (1950), When Worlds Collide (1951), Julius Caesar (1953), Blackboard Jungle (1955), Spartacus (1960), Cleopatra (1963), The Outer Limits (1964), Flesh Gordon (1974), and the television series Gimme a Break! (1981-87). Hoyt was born John McArthur Hoysradt in Bronxville, New York, the son of Warren J. Hoysradt, an investment banker, and his wife, Ethel Hoysradt, née Wolf. He attended the Hotchkiss School and Yale University, where he served on the editorial board of campus humor magazine The Yale Record. He received a bachelor's and a master's degree from Yale. He worked as a history instructor at the Groton School for two years. Hoyt shortened his surname in 1945, the year before his film debut in O.S.S. He became a familiar face in film noir and played the strict Principal Warneke in the 1955 film Blackboard Jungle, starring Glenn Ford. He played an industrialist in the 1951 film When Worlds Collide. Hoyt appeared in one Shakespearean film: MGM's Julius Caesar, reprising the role of Decius Brutus (or Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus), whom he had played in the 1937 Mercury Theatre production. In 1952, he played Cato in Androcles and the Lion. In 1953, he portrayed Elijah in the biblical film Sins of Jezebel. He had featured roles in the big-budget sixties epics Spartacus and Cleopatra.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: October 05, 1905
Deathday: September 15, 1991
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Spartacus
1960-10-13
Spartacus
Overview: The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners and leads the other slaves in rebellion. As the rebels move from town to town, their numbers swell as escaped slaves join their ranks. Under the leadership of Spartacus, they make their way to southern Italy, where they will cross the sea and return to their homes.
Genres: History War Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-10-13
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Duel at Diablo
1966-06-15
Duel at Diablo
Overview: In Apache territory, a supply Army column heads for the next fort, an ex-scout searches for the killer of his Native wife, and a housewife abandons her husband to rejoin her Apache lover's tribe.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-06-15
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The Black Castle
1952-11-20
The Black Castle
Overview: A Man investigates the disappearance of two of his friends who were the guests of a sinister Austrian count.
Genres: Mystery Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-11-20
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Julius Caesar
1953-06-04
Julius Caesar
Overview: The assassination of the would be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic consequences for the idealist and the republic.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-06-04
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The Big Combo
1955-02-13
The Big Combo
Overview: Police Lt. Leonard Diamond vies to bring a clever, well connected, and sadistic gangster to justice all the while obsessing over the gangster's girlfriend.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-02-13
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Cleopatra
1963-06-12
Cleopatra
Overview: Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar is murdered, she redirects her attentions to his general, Marc Antony, who vows to take power—but Caesar’s successor has other plans.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-06-12
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The Bribe
1949-02-03
The Bribe
Overview: United States Federal agent Rigby travels to the Central American island Carlotta to investigate a stolen aircraft engines smuggling racket.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-02-03
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Blackboard Jungle
1955-03-25
Blackboard Jungle
Overview: Richard Dadier is a teacher at North Manual High School, an inner-city school where many of the pupils frequently engage in anti-social behavior. Dadier makes various attempts to engage the students' interest in education, challenging both the school staff and the pupils. He is subjected to violence as well as duplicitous schemes.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-03-25
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The Company She Keeps
1951-01-27
The Company She Keeps
Overview: A lady con artist sets out to steal her parole officer's fiance.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-01-27
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Brute Force
1947-07-16
Brute Force
Overview: Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey's chains?
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-07-16
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Forever, Darling
1956-02-09
Forever, Darling
Overview: Susan and Lorenzo have been married for over five years and they are starting to drift apart. So into her life comes an angel, which only Susan can see, to tell her that there will be trouble ahead if they do not work out their problems. Lorenzo is developing insecticide #383 at Finlay Vega Chemical Co. and plans to test it on a camping trip that he takes with Susan, but the trip becomes an obstacle course for him.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-02-09
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Merrill's Marauders
1962-03-16
Merrill's Marauders
Overview: Brigadier General Frank D. Merrill leads the 3,000 American volunteers of his 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), aka "Merrill's Marauders", behind Japanese lines across Burma to Myitkyina, pushing beyond their limits and fighting pitched battles at every strong-point.
Genres: War Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-03-16
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Baby Face Nelson
1957-12-11
Baby Face Nelson
Overview: Famed Depression-era gangster “Baby Face Nelson” (Mickey Rooney) robs and kills while accompanied by his beautiful moll (Carolyn Jones).
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-12-11
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Trapped
1949-09-27
Trapped
Overview: Secret Service agents make a deal with a counterfeiting inmate to be released on early parole if he will help them recover some bogus moneymaking plates, but he plans to double-cross them.
Genres: Crime Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-09-27
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The Lady Gambles
1949-05-20
The Lady Gambles
Overview: When Joan Boothe accompanies husband-reporter David to Las Vegas, she begins gambling to pass the time while he is doing a story. Encouraged by the casino manager, she gets hooked on gambling, to the point where she "borrows" David's expense money to pursue her addiction. This finally breaks up their marriage, but David continues trying to help her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-05-20
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Moonfleet
1955-06-24
Moonfleet
Overview: Set in the eighteenth century, Moonfleet is about John Mohune, a young orphan who is sent to the Dorset village of Moonfleet to stay with an old friend of his mother's, Jeremy Fox. Fox is a morally ambiguous character, an elegant gentleman involved with smugglers and pirates.
Genres: Adventure Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-06-24
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Winter Meeting
1948-04-07
Winter Meeting
Overview: A repressed poetess and an embittered war hero help each other cope with their problems.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-04-07
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Death of a Scoundrel
1956-10-31
Death of a Scoundrel
Overview: A Czech refugee uses women to advance his business interest.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-10-31
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Attack of the Puppet People
1958-04-01
Attack of the Puppet People
Overview: A deranged scientist creates a ray that can shrink people down to doll size.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-04-01
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Lost Continent
1951-08-17
Lost Continent
Overview: When an experimental atomic rocket crashes somewhere off-radar, its three developing scientists are joined by three Air Force men in tracking it down to a small Pacific island, where it apparently has landed on the plateau of the island's steep-walled, taboo mountain...
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-08-17
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When Worlds Collide
1951-09-14
When Worlds Collide
Overview: When a group of astronomers calculate a star is on a course to slam into Earth, a few days before, it's accompanying planet will first pass close enough to the Earth to cause havoc on land and sea. They set about building a rocket so a few selected individuals can escape to the planet.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-09-14
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The Lawless
1950-06-01
The Lawless
Overview: A newspaper editor takes on the cause of oppressed migrant Mexican fruit pickers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-06-01
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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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Two on a Guillotine
1965-01-13
Two on a Guillotine
Overview: The daughter of a dead magician who accidentally killed his wife, her mother, while performing a guillotine trick must spend the night in his house in order to collect her inheritance. Is the house haunted or is it all magic?
Genres: Mystery Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-01-13
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Mulberry Street
2006-05-23
Mulberry Street
Overview: A deadly infection breaks out in Manhattan, causing humans to devolve into blood-thirsty rat creatures. Six recently evicted tenants must survive the night and protect their downtown apartment building as the city quickly spirals out of control.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-05-23
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To the Ends of the Earth
1948-02-07
To the Ends of the Earth
Overview: A treasury agent becomes obsessed with exposing an international drug ring.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-02-07
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The Time Travelers
1964-10-29
The Time Travelers
Overview: Research scientists experimenting with time warps are accidentally propelled forward into an unbearable future.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-10-29
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The Student Prince
1954-06-15
The Student Prince
Overview: A prince has a romance with a barmaid before he must give up personal happiness for duty.
Genres: Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-06-15
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My Favorite Brunette
1947-03-19
My Favorite Brunette
Overview: Ronnie Jackson is a lowly baby photographer who secretly fantasizes about being a private detective. When a lovely baroness actually mistakes him for one and asks him to help locate her missing husband, Baron Montay, Ronnie finds himself agreeing. Several days later he is on death row whiling away the hours until his execution by recounting to a group of reporters the bizarre tale of how he ended up there.
Genres: Comedy Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-03-19
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The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
1980-11-18
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
Overview: Human astronauts Burke and Virdon, with their chimp companion Galen, are forced to become involved in the strange gladiatorial games of the district run by prefect Tolar. The trio escape the gorilla police and find an abandoned government research project with a computer containing a vast amount of recording information about the old human-ruled world. [The second of five telefilms edited from episodes of the 1974 TV series; this film combines the episodes "The Gladiators" and "The Legacy"]
Genres: TV Movie Science Fiction Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-11-18
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Loan Shark
1952-05-23
Loan Shark
Overview: A vicious loan shark ring has been preying on factory workers. When several workers at a tire factory suffer violence at the hands of the loan sharkers, a union leader and the factory owner try to recruit ex-con Joe Gargan to infiltrate to the gang. At first Joe does not want to get involved, but changes his mind when his brother-in-law dies at the hands of a savage loan shark hood. Joe works his way into the mob, but in order to keep his cover, Joe can't tell anyone what he is up to. This results in him being disowned by his sister and girl friend.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-05-23
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The Unfaithful
1947-07-01
The Unfaithful
Overview: Christine Hunter kills an intruder and tells her husband and lawyer that it was an act of self-defense. It's later revealed that he was actually her lover and she had posed for an incriminating statue he created.
Genres: Thriller Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-07-01
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Creepy Classics
1987-10-01
Creepy Classics
Overview: A compilation of trailers for various horror and sci-fi films, narrated and hosted by Vincent Price.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-10-01
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The Pompatus of Love
1996-07-26
The Pompatus of Love
Overview: Four guys sit around drinking beer and talking, trying to figure out the meaning of "the pompatus of love" (from the Steve Miller song "Joker") and analyzing their relationships with women.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-07-26
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O.S.S.
1946-05-26
O.S.S.
Overview: The (O)ffice of (S)trategic (S)ervices' Cmdr. Brady (Patric Knowles) forms Operation "Applejack" (based on a composite of actual incidents during WWII) and sends Lt. (j.g.) Philip Masson, U.S.N.R. aka John Martin as spy Philippe Martine (Alan Ladd) along with Miss Ellen Rogers posing as her college roommate, Madame Elaine Duprez (Geraldine Fitzgerald) and Robert Bouchet, Tech Sgt., A.U.S. as Albert Bernardito (Richard Benedict) to acquire secret Nazi plans. After nearly getting caught they succeed and get new identities. However they discover a secret that could change the war and risk their lives to get the information back to London before it jeopardizes their lives.
Genres: War Thriller Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-05-26
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Wetbacks
1956-05-04
Wetbacks
Overview: Former Coastguardsmen Jim Benson is about to lose his boat when a couple approaches him for a fishing charter. Jim departs just ahead of the Sherrif with drunken Shanks, and his companion Sally (Gates). Shanks takes off into a small Mexican village after a fight with Jim, stranding both Sally and him with no money. Two local men hear of Jim's plight, and offer him money to smuggle a batch of illegal aliens, called Wetbacks, into the U.S. He agrees but is blackmailed into continuing to run the smuggling operation. Afraid, Jim decides to make a run for it, but someone close to him reveals themselves as a US Immigration agent and asks him to assist them in shutting down the smugglers for good.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-05-04
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The Purple Mask
1955-06-15
The Purple Mask
Overview: France, 1803: 11 years after the Revolution, a royalist underground is led by a new 'Scarlet Pimpernel', the Purple Mask, who rescues nobles in distress and kidnaps Napoleon's officials for ransom, aided by the spy services of a group of lovely models headed by Laurette (really the Duc de Latour's daughter). But even she doesn't know the Purple Mask's real identity as foppish dancing master Rene...
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-06-15
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Young Dillinger
1965-04-28
Young Dillinger
Overview: The 1930s outlaw teams up with Pretty Boy Floyd, Baby Face Nelson and Homer Van Meter.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-04-28
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Curse of the Undead
1959-05-01
Curse of the Undead
Overview: A mysterious epidemic has struck an Old West frontier town and young girls are falling deathly ill. Doc Carter, his lovely daughter Dolores, and preacher Dan Young have their hands full caring for the infirm. When one of the patients dies unexpectedly, Dan notices two puncture wounds on her neck. His investigation leads him to the strange gunslinger Drake Robey, who always seems to be slower on the draw than his opponents, but who—despite being outdrawn, and even shot—always manages to survive these deadly encounters. Dan soon discovers that Drake also has an aversion to crucifixes, sleeps in coffins, and cannot tolerate sunlight...
Genres: Horror Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-05-01
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Gunpoint
1966-04-25
Gunpoint
Overview: A young, determined sheriff and his posse chase a gang of murderous train robbers, and a kidnapped woman into New Mexico.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-04-25
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Quebec
1951-03-15
Quebec
Overview: Story of a revolt against England in 1830s Canada.
Genres: Adventure History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-03-15
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Forty Days of Musa Dagh
1982-01-01
Forty Days of Musa Dagh
Overview: Armenian guerrilla troops fight against the Turkish forces on the mountain of Musa Dagh.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-01-01
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The Glass Cage
1964-02-06
The Glass Cage
Overview: Two detectives investigate the murder of a local businessman by a mysterious woman.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-02-06
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Sins of Jezebel
1953-09-04
Sins of Jezebel
Overview: The aging king of Israel, Ahab, falls under the influence of a young and beautiful but scheming Pagan woman named Jezebel and, against the advice of his advisers and the prophet Elijah, marries her. Her plan to introduce her idols to Israel angers God, who wreaks vengeance on Israel.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-09-04
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The Last Request
2006-05-16
The Last Request
Overview: Pop's last request is for his sons to continue the family name. When his brother dies trying, Jeff leaves the seminary and encounters crazy women and odd ball characters.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-05-16
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Sierra Stranger
1957-05-01
Sierra Stranger
Overview: A prospector becomes a small town outcast after he rescues a man about to be lynched.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-05-01
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Désirée
1954-11-16
Désirée
Overview: In Marseilles, France in 1794, Desiree Clary, a young millinery clerk, becomes infatuated with Napoleon Bonaparte, but winds up wedding Genaral Jean-Baptiste Berandotte, an aid to Napoleon who later joins the forces that bring about the Emperor's downfall. Josephine Beauharnais, a worldly courtesan marries Napoleon and becomes Empress of France, but is then cast aside by her spouse when she proves unable to produce an heir to the throne.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-11-16
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Casanova's Big Night
1954-04-07
Casanova's Big Night
Overview: Italy 1757, Pippo Popolino, a lowly tailor, disguises himself as the great Casanova in order to romance the attractive widow Francesca. He little suspects what awaits him... Locked into the incongruous role by the desperation of the real Casanova's creditors, Pippo must journey to Venice on a delicate mission far beyond his capabilities.
Genres: Comedy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-04-07
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Asylum for a Spy
1965-04-02
Asylum for a Spy
Overview: A spy wants to "come in from the cold" since his last assignment resulted in the death of two innocent people. But the service cannot let a man quit.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-04-02
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Everybody Does It
1949-10-24
Everybody Does It
Overview: Leonard Borland loves his monied wife, but with his wrecking business looking shaky he treasures her all the more. So when she decides to try again to become an opera singer he indulges her. While organising a concert for her he meets glamorous Cecil Carver. She in turn discovers Leonard has a splendid voice, and encourages him to use it for reasons very much her own.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-10-24
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The Beast of Budapest
1958-02-23
The Beast of Budapest
Overview: Archival footage combined with new footage re-creates the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. It is also a love story between a devout communist woman and the liberal son of a prominent professor. Because of their political differences, the two can never be together.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hu
Release Date: 1958-02-23
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New Mexico
1951-05-18
New Mexico
Overview: Captain Hunt of the cavalry is trying to promote good relations with the Indian chief Acoma. But Hunt's superiors in the military insist on pursuing policies that will provoke a conflict, and Chief Acoma is not willing to let himself be insulted.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-05-18
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Outside the Wall
1950-02-08
Outside the Wall
Overview: Larry Nelson, paroled from prison after serving nearly half of his thirty-year sentence, is determined to not fall into the clutches of the law again, and takes a quiet job at a country sanitarium. Thete, he meets and falls for a nurse, Charlotte Maynard, and he knows the only way to enter her web is to have a lot of money, for Miss Maynard is somewhat of a gold-digger.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-02-08
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Operation C.I.A.
1965-09-08
Operation C.I.A.
Overview: A young CIA agent is assigned to Saigon to stop a planned political assassination.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-09-08
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The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
1955-10-01
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
Overview: Broadway showgirl Evelyn Nesbit (Joan Collins) is the object of affection of two men: playboy architect Stanford White (Ray Milland) and wealthy but unstable Harry Thaw (Farley Granger). She marries Thaw, but White’s continued pursuit puts him in the path of Thaw’s volatile temper. Inspired by true events that occurred at the turn of the 20th century.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-10-01
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Never So Few
1959-12-07
Never So Few
Overview: A U.S. military troop takes command of a band of Burmese guerillas during World War II.
Genres: War Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-12-07
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Mohawk
1956-04-01
Mohawk
Overview: An artist working in a remote army post is juggling the storekeeper's daughter, his fiancée newly arrived from the east, and the Indian Chief's daughter. But when a vengeful settler manages to get the army and the braves at each other's throats his troubles really begin.
Genres: Action Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-04-01
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God Is My Partner
1957-07-01
God Is My Partner
Overview: A retired surgeon starts giving away money to religious causes and his family tries to file suit, claiming that he's incompetent.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-07-01
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Winchester '73
1967-03-14
Winchester '73
Overview: TV Remake of the 1950 James Stewart Western movie of the same title has two brothers, one an ex-con the other a law officer, competing for possession of the famed repeating rifle.
Genres: Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-03-14
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The Great Dan Patch
1949-07-22
The Great Dan Patch
Overview: David Palmer, a young chemist, returns to his father's Indiana farm, to marry a local school teacher, Ruth Treadwell. David meets again his father's horse-trainer, Ben Lathrop, whose daughter, Cissy, has left high school to help her father. Palmer marries and becomes wealthy through an invention, and is able to indulge his socially-ambitious wife. His father dies and Palmer returns to Indiana, where his interest in harness-racing is rekindled, as is his interest in Cissy Lathrop.
Genres: Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-07-22
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The Conqueror
1956-03-28
The Conqueror
Overview: Mongol chief Temujin battles against Tartar armies and for the love of the Tartar princess Bortai. Temujin becomes the emperor Genghis Khan.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-03-28
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The Turning Point of Jim Malloy
1975-04-12
The Turning Point of Jim Malloy
Overview: The son of a small-town doctor returns to his hometown after being kicked out of Yale, and begins a new career on the town's newspaper.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-04-12
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Inside Straight
1951-03-01
Inside Straight
Overview: A tycoon rises to the top in 19th-century San Francisco through greed and corruption.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-03-01
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The Intruders
1970-11-10
The Intruders
Overview: The James and Younger outlaw gangs ride into town, and it is up to the local marshal, who has lost both his nerve and his gun skills, to stop them.
Genres: TV Movie Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-11-10
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Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
1972-01-30
Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
Overview: An American soldier manages to endure his captivity in a Vietnamese POW camp by keeping alive the memories of life in his home town. When he is finally released from the camp, and is discharged from the military, he goes back to his town - but he can find no trace whatsoever of it.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-30
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The Decision of Christopher Blake
1948-12-23
The Decision of Christopher Blake
Overview: A young boy begins to have fantasies when he learns his parents are planning to divorce. Director Peter Godfrey's 1948 drama stars Ted Donaldson, Alexis Smith, Robert Douglas, Cecil Kellaway, John Hoyt, Mary Wickes and Harry Davenport.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-12-23
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The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951-10-16
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
Overview: The life and career of Erwin Rommel and his involvement in the plot to assassinate Hitler.
Genres: Action Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-10-16
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Fame Is the Name of the Game
1966-11-26
Fame Is the Name of the Game
Overview: A brash, big-time investigative reporter, looking into the death of a call girl, uncovers her diary and tries to find her killer among the names contained in it.
Genres: Drama Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-11-26
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Trial
1955-10-07
Trial
Overview: A Mexican boy accused of rape and murder becomes a pawn for Communists and red-baiters. A courtroom drama set in 1947 and underlying post-WW2 acute problems facing the USA such as stormy race relations and the growing threat of local communism.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-10-07
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Panic in the City
1968-10-01
Panic in the City
Overview: An American agent is assigned to track down a renegade Soviet spy who is building an atomic device in Los Angeles and plans to destroy the city with it.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-10-01
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Sealed Verdict
1948-11-05
Sealed Verdict
Overview: John Hoyt plays a high-ranking Nazi being prosecuted by an army tribunal in the aftermath of World War II. Sentenced to death, the general appeals to the American investigating Major (Ray Milland), claiming mitigating circumstances, and providing the names of witnesses who will clear his name. This sends the Major in a search through the ruins of post-war Germany to determine the degree of the general's guilt.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-11-05
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Androcles and the Lion
1952-12-01
Androcles and the Lion
Overview: George Bernard Shaw’s breezy, delightful dramatization of this classic fable—about a Christian slave who pulls a thorn from a lion’s paw and is spared from death in the Colosseum as a result of his kind act—was written as a meditation on modern Christian values. Pascal’s final Shaw production is played broadly, with comic character actor Alan Young as the titular naïf. He’s ably supported by Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Robert Newton, and Elsa Lanchester.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-12-01
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X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
1963-07-13
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
Overview: A doctor uses special eye drops to give himself x-ray vision, but the new power has disastrous consequences.
Genres: Science Fiction Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-07-13
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A Great Ride
1979-10-17
A Great Ride
Overview: Cocky, overconfident motocross champion Jim Dancer and his more mature and levelheaded bike racing buddy Steve Mitchell decide to trek from Mexico to Canada via an unmarked off-road route. During their eventful pilgrimage the carefree fun-loving (and seeking) protagonists encounter a mixed bag of folks who include a perky middle-aged lady who wrecks cars for a living, two sexy swinging babes, a friendly farmer, and a hotshot aspiring motocross rider teen who challenges Dancer to a race. This latter episode ends in tragedy, with the kid taking a fatal spill off his bike. So the kid's gung-ho militant gun fanatic father decides to hunt Dancer and Mitchell down in his sinister souped-up truck.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-10-17
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The Winds of Kitty Hawk
1978-12-17
The Winds of Kitty Hawk
Overview: The story of the Wright Brothers and their efforts to invent, build, and fly the world's first successful motor-operated airplane.
Genres: History Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-12-17
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In Search of Historic Jesus
1979-08-01
In Search of Historic Jesus
Overview: Re-created Biblical tableaux mixed with interviews.
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-08-01
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Alvin Goes Back to School
1986-09-12
Alvin Goes Back to School
Overview: 1986 NBC Saturday Morning preview special.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-09-12
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Riot in Juvenile Prison
1959-04-01
Riot in Juvenile Prison
Overview: When the shootings of two juvenile inmates bring public protest, a psychologist is brought in to see if he can do anything to control the problems peacefully.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-04-01
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Nero Wolfe
1979-12-19
Nero Wolfe
Overview: Gourmet Nero Wolfe interrupts his orchid-tending to take on the case of a lady tycoon who wants to know why she's under investigation by the FBI, only to find himself enmeshed in a puzzling murder-mystery. TV movie based on Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe series.
Genres: Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-12-19
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Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
1980-11-19
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
Overview: The fugitives Burke, Virdon and Galen try to save the life of a human blacksmith and his son, whom gorilla leader Urko has threatened with death should his horse lose another race. The trio also attempt to expose a crooked gorilla by framing him in a plot to kill Urko. [The third of five telefilms edited from episodes of the 1974 TV series; this film combines the episodes "The Horse Race" and "The Tyrant"]
Genres: TV Movie Adventure Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-11-19
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1955-07-28
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Overview: Adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic. Part of Chrysler sponsored series "Climax!"
Genres: TV Movie Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-07-28
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Freeing “Trapped”
2019-12-31
Freeing “Trapped”
Overview: Film noir expert Eddie Muller and others discuss the classic film Trapped.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-12-31
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Desperately Seeking Susan
1985-03-29
Desperately Seeking Susan
Overview: A bored New Jersey suburban housewife's fascination with a free-spirited woman she has read about in the personal columns leads to her being mistaken for the woman herself and into a chaotic adventure of amnesia and self-discovery.
Genres: Drama Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-29
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Flesh Gordon
1974-07-30
Flesh Gordon
Overview: Emperor Wang (the Perverted) is leader of the planet Porno and sends his mighty "Sex Ray" towards Earth, turning everyone into sex-mad fiends. Only one man can save the Earth, football player Flesh Gordon. Along with his girlfriend Dale Ardor and Professor Flexi-Jerkoff, they set off towards the source of the Sex Ray, unaware of the perils that face them!
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-07-30
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Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn
2013-05-21
Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn
Overview: After being released from prison, Bobby goes back to the mob connected streets. When forced to make a life altering decision the truth is revealed that he was too blind to see.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-05-21
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