John C. Becher
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 13, 1915
Deathday: September 20, 1986
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Next Stop, Greenwich Village
1976-02-04
Next Stop, Greenwich Village
Overview: An aspiring Jewish actor moves out of his parents' Brooklyn apartment to seek his fortune in the bohemian life of Greenwich Village in 1953.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-02-04
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Murphy's Romance
1985-12-25
Murphy's Romance
Overview: Emma, a divorced single mother seeking to start her life over, moves to a small town in Arizona. She befriends Murphy, the older local pharmacist, but things turn complicated when her ex-husband shows up.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-12-25
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The Man Who Wasn't There
1983-08-12
The Man Who Wasn't There
Overview: When he accidentally takes possession of a top-secret invisibility potion while en route to his wedding, government bureaucrat Sam Cooper finds himself engulfed in a madcap free-for-all as Russians and other bad guys try to get the substance. To elude the Reds, his own State Department bosses and his livid fiancée, Cooper takes the vanishing juice himself—which only makes matters worse.
Genres: Action Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-08-12
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You Can't Go Home Again
1979-04-25
You Can't Go Home Again
Overview: An adaptation of Thomas Wolfe's literary classic, telling of the struggles of a young writer determined to be a success in New York's literary world of the 1920s, his married lover, and the brilliant editor who sees him as a blossoming genius. The story parallels the life of Wolfe himself and his affair with stage designer Aline Bernstein.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-04-25
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Below the Belt
1980-12-01
Below the Belt
Overview: A close-up look at the turbulent world of women's professional wrestling as a New York City waitress decides to become a professional wrestler.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-12-01
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The Love Song of Barney Kempinski
1968-05-10
The Love Song of Barney Kempinski
Overview: On his wedding day, in the few remaining hours of his bachelorhood, Barney Kempinski goes off to tour the city and sing his song to life, love and the city of New York.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-05-10
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Dirtymouth
1970-01-01
Dirtymouth
Overview: A Lenny Bruce biopic released in 1970. Thought to have been lost.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-01-01
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Say Yes
1986-06-12
Say Yes
Overview: A wealthy man leaves all his money to his grandson on the condition that he marries within 24 hours. If not the money will go to the boy's father...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-06-12
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OHMS
1980-01-02
OHMS
Overview: A conservative, Midwestern farmer rallies his neighbors against a power company planning to erect huge towers across their land, and a political activist schoolteacher helps them organize into an effective bloc.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-02
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Too Far to Go
1979-03-12
Too Far to Go
Overview: Love and passion, anger and heartbreak, laughter and happiness, all complex textures woven into the fabric so many have come to know as marriage. For behind the seemingly comfortable well-trimmed hedges of suburban Americana, live and often love, Richard and Joan Maple. Adapted from a series of stories appearing in the New Yorker Magazine over a period of twenty three years by Pulitzer Prize winning author John Updike ("The Witches of Eastwick", "Rabbit Run"), "Too Far To Go" garnered overwhelming critical praise in its theatrical debut. With its exceptional cast, this film envelops us in a poignant, sometimes funny, sometimes exasperating journey through this most important relationship.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-03-12
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Crazy Joe
1974-02-08
Crazy Joe
Overview: The rise and fall of a Mafia gangster, based on the life of murdered New York gangster "Crazy" Joey Gallo.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-02-08
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Honky Tonk Freeway
1981-08-21
Honky Tonk Freeway
Overview: Ticlaw, a small town in Florida, has only one attraction: a safari park. The government constructs a freeway that passes near Ticlaw, but decides not to put an exit into the town. The people of Ticlaw, leaded by its Mayor, will do anything in order to convince the governor to alter the project.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-08-21
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Up the Sandbox
1972-12-21
Up the Sandbox
Overview: Bored with day-to-day life in New York City and neglected by her husband, a young wife and mother slips into increasingly outrageous fantasies: her mother breaking into the apartment, an explorer's demonstration of tribal fertility music at a party causing strange transformations, and joining terrorists to plant explosives in the Statue of Liberty.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-12-21
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Mass Appeal
1984-12-14
Mass Appeal
Overview: A young seminarian rattles the established order at a Catholic parish run by an older pastor.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-12-14
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A Christmas Festival
1959-12-13
A Christmas Festival
Overview: A Christmas Festival was an annual television special by the anthology program Hallmark Hall of Fame. The 1959 event originally aired on December 13, 1959, and marked Elke Sommer's first appearance (in the role of The Princess) on American television.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-12-13
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Gremlins
1984-06-08
Gremlins
Overview: When Billy Peltzer is given a strange but adorable pet named Gizmo for Christmas, he inadvertently breaks the three important rules of caring for a Mogwai, unleashing a horde of mischievous gremlins on a small town.
Genres: Fantasy Horror Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-06-08
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