Duke Fishman
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: July 15, 1906
Deathday: December 22, 1977
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Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1960-03-31
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
Overview: Drama critic Larry Mackay, his wife Kate and their four sons move from their crowded Manhattan apartment to an old house in the country. While housewife Kate settles into suburban life, Larry continues to enjoy the theater and party scene of New York.
Genres: Comedy Family Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-03-31
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The Wild One
1953-12-30
The Wild One
Overview: The Black Rebels Motorcycle Club ride into the small California town of Wrightsville, eager to raise hell. Brooding gang leader Johnny Strabler takes a liking to Kathie, the daughter of the local lawman, as another club rolls into town.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-12-30
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The Shootist
1976-07-21
The Shootist
Overview: Afflicted with a terminal illness John Bernard Books, the last of the legendary gunfighters, quietly returns to Carson City for medical attention from his old friend Dr. Hostetler. Aware that his days are numbered, the troubled man seeks solace and peace in a boarding house run by a widow and her son. However, it is not Books' fate to die in peace, as he becomes embroiled in one last valiant battle.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-07-21
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Horsing Around
1957-09-12
Horsing Around
Overview: A sequel (sort of) to "Hoofs and Goofs", The stooges are taking care of their sister Birdie who has been reincarnated as a horse. When they learn that her mate "Schnapps", a famous circus horse, is about to be destroyed, they got to the circus grounds to rescue him. The stooges are successful, and Birdie and Schnapps are reunited.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-09-12
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Home from the Hill
1960-03-03
Home from the Hill
Overview: The wealthiest man in a Texas town decides to teach his teenage son how to hunt to make a man out of him.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-03-03
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Pressure Point
1962-10-10
Pressure Point
Overview: An African-American prison psychiatrist finds the boundaries of his professionalism sorely tested when he must counsel a disturbed inmate with bigoted Nazi tendencies.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-10-10
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Hell's Island
1955-05-06
Hell's Island
Overview: Down-on-his-luck Mike Cormack is hired to fly to a Caribbean island to retrieve a missing ruby. On the island, possibly involved with the ruby's disappearance, is his ex-girlfriend.
Genres: Adventure Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-05-06
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Kid Galahad
1962-11-29
Kid Galahad
Overview: After completing his military service, Walter Gulick takes a job as a sparring partner at a gym, the owner of which sees potential in Walter as a professional fighter—and takes him under his wing.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-11-29
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The Fastest Gun Alive
1956-07-12
The Fastest Gun Alive
Overview: Whenever it becomes known how good he is with guns, ex-gunman George and his wife Dora have to flee the town, in fear of all the gunmen who might want to challenge him. Unfortunately he again spills his secret when he's drunk. All citizens swear to keep his secret and support him to give up his guns forever -- but a boy tells the story to a gang of wanted criminals. Their leader threatens to burn down the whole town, if he doesn't duel him.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-07-12
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Roustabout
1964-11-11
Roustabout
Overview: After a singer loses his job at a coffee shop, he finds employment at a struggling carnival, but his attempted romance with a teenager leads to friction with her father.
Genres: Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-11-11
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Red Line 7000
1965-11-09
Red Line 7000
Overview: The lives and passions of a stock car team are revealed against the turbulent backdrop of the professional racing world.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-11-09
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The Lonely Man
1957-06-21
The Lonely Man
Overview: Aging gunslinger Jacob Wade hopes to settle down with his estranged son, but his old enemies have other plans for him. Gunslinger Jacob Wade finds his long-abandoned son Riley, now a young man who hates his father but has nowhere else to go. Hoping to settle down, Jacob finds no town will have him. They end at Monolith, the ranch of Jacob's former girlfriend Ada, to whom he had no intention of returning. A mustang hunt finds Riley himself attracted to the shapely Ada...and Jacob having trouble with his eyesight. And his visions of a quiet life are doomed by the re-appearance of enemies from his past...
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-06-21
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Brainstorm
1965-05-05
Brainstorm
Overview: Scientist Jim Grayam saves his boss' wife from suicide but then falls in love with her.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-05-05
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Raintree County
1957-12-20
Raintree County
Overview: In 1859, idealist John Wickliff Shawnessey, a resident of Raintree County, Indiana, is distracted from his high school sweetheart Nell Gaither by Susanna Drake, a rich New Orleans girl. This love triangle is further complicated by the American Civil War, and dark family history.
Genres: Romance Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-12-20
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Point Blank
1967-08-30
Point Blank
Overview: After being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the rather inconsequential sum of money that was stolen from him.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-08-30
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Luv
1967-07-26
Luv
Overview: Depressed by the direction his life is taking, Harry decides to take his own life by jumping off the Manhattan Bridge. At the last minute he's stopped by old friend Milt Manville, a successful stock broker. Milt, however, is facing his own problem: he has fallen out of love with his argumentative wife, Ellen. In a misguided effort to solve both of their problems, he introduces Ellen to Harry, hoping the two will fall in love.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-07-26
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The Last Hurrah
1958-12-31
The Last Hurrah
Overview: In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a young sports journalist, witnesses how his uncle, Frank Skeffington, a veteran and honest politician, mayor of a New England town, tries to be reelected while bankers and captains of industry conspire in the shadows to place a weak and manageable candidate in the city hall.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-12-31
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Some Like It Hot
1959-03-19
Some Like It Hot
Overview: Two musicians witness a mob hit and struggle to find a way out of the city before they are found by the gangsters. Their only opportunity is to join an all-girl band as they leave on a tour. To make their getaway they must first disguise themselves as women, then keep their identities secret and deal with the problems this brings - such as an attractive bandmate and a very determined suitor.
Genres: Comedy Romance Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-03-19
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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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Inherit the Wind
1960-07-07
Inherit the Wind
Overview: Schoolteacher Bertram Cates is arrested for teaching his students Darwin's theory of evolution. The case receives national attention and one of the newspaper reporters, E.K. Hornbeck, arranges to bring in renowned defense attorney and atheist Henry Drummond to defend Cates. The prosecutor, Matthew Brady is a former presidential candidate, famous evangelist, and old adversary of Drummond.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-07-07
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Angel Baby
1961-05-14
Angel Baby
Overview: A woman who believes she has been chosen by God to heal people is taken in by a greedy promoter and his shrewish wife to make the rounds of the rural South.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-05-14
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The Tin Star
1957-10-23
The Tin Star
Overview: An experienced bounty hunter helps a young sheriff learn the meaning of his badge.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-10-23
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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962-04-13
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Overview: Questions arise when Senator Stoddard attends the funeral of a local man named Tom Doniphon in a small Western town. Flashing back, we learn Doniphon saved Stoddard, then a lawyer, when he was roughed up by a crew of outlaws terrorizing the town, led by Liberty Valance. As the territory's safety hung in the balance, Doniphon and Stoddard, two of the only people standing up to him, proved to be very important, but different, foes to Valance.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-04-13
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It's Always Fair Weather
1955-08-30
It's Always Fair Weather
Overview: Three World War II buddies promise to meet at a specified place and time 10 years after the war. They keep their word only to discover how far apart they've grown. But the reunion sparks memories of youthful dreams that haven't been fulfilled -- and slowly, the three men reevaluate their lives and try to find a way to renew their friendship.
Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-08-30
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Support Your Local Sheriff!
1969-03-26
Support Your Local Sheriff!
Overview: In the old west, a man becomes a Sheriff just for the pay, figuring he can decamp if things get tough.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-03-26
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Friendly Persuasion
1956-11-25
Friendly Persuasion
Overview: The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religious sect is strongly opposed to violence and war. It's not easy for them to meet the rules of their religion in everyday life but when Southern troops pass the area they are in real trouble. Should they fight, despite their peaceful attitude?
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-11-25
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The Spirit of St. Louis
1957-04-01
The Spirit of St. Louis
Overview: Charles Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his 1927 New York to Paris flight the first solo trans-Atlantic crossing.
Genres: Adventure Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-04-01
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Around the World in Eighty Days
1956-10-17
Around the World in Eighty Days
Overview: Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Family Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-10-17
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Great Day in the Morning
1956-05-16
Great Day in the Morning
Overview: After a card game, Southerner Owen Pentecost finds himself the owner of a Denver hotel. Involved with two women, he then has to make even more fundamental choices when, with the start of the Civil War, he becomes one of a Confederate minority in a strongly Unionist town.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-05-16
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The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
1970-11-16
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
Overview: Walter Brennan is back as the clever and funny over the hill Texas Ranger Nash Crawford. This time the gang must face corruption in their own home town. The gang put their heads together to clean up their town, take back the rule of law and rehabilitate the town lush (played by Fred Astaire) along with way.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-11-16
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Convicted
1950-08-01
Convicted
Overview: A prison warden fights to prove one of his inmates was wrongly convicted.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-08-01
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A Lawless Street
1955-11-15
A Lawless Street
Overview: A Marshal must face unpleasant facts about his past when he attempts to run a criminal gang out of town.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-11-15
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Decision at Sundown
1957-11-10
Decision at Sundown
Overview: A man and his partner arrive at a small Western town to kill its most powerful man because the former blames him for his wife's death.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-11-10
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Myra Breckinridge
1970-06-24
Myra Breckinridge
Overview: Myron Breckinridge flies to Europe to get a sex-change operation and is transformed into the beautiful Myra. She travels to Hollywood, meets up with her rich Uncle Buck and, claiming to be Myron's widow, demands money. Instead, Buck gives Myra a job in his acting school. There, Myra meets aspiring actor Rusty and his girlfriend, Mary Ann. With Myra as catalyst, the trio begin to outrageously expand their sexual horizons.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-06-24
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There Was a Crooked Man...
1970-09-18
There Was a Crooked Man...
Overview: Arizona Territorial Prison inmate Paris Pitman, Jr. is a schemer, a charmer, and quite popular among his fellow convicts — especially with $500,000 in stolen loot hidden away and a plan to escape and recover it. New warden Woodward Lopeman has other ideas about Pitman. Each man will have the tables turned on him.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-09-18
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The Horse Soldiers
1959-06-11
The Horse Soldiers
Overview: A Union Cavalry outfit is sent behind confederate lines in strength to destroy a rail supply center. Along with them is sent a doctor who causes instant antipathy between him and the commander. The secret plan for the mission is overheard by a southern belle who must be taken along to assure her silence.
Genres: Western War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-06-11
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The Legend of Lylah Clare
1968-08-21
The Legend of Lylah Clare
Overview: A dictatorial film director hires an unknown actress to play the lead role in a planned movie biography of a late, great Hollywood star.
Genres: Drama Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-08-21
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