John Pleshette
Biography: John Pleshette (born 27 July 1942) is an American actor and screenwriter.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: July 27, 1942
Deathday: N/A
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Known For
Rocky II
1979-06-15
Rocky II
Overview: After Rocky goes the distance with champ Apollo Creed, both try to put the fight behind them and move on. Rocky settles down with Adrian but can't put his life together outside the ring, while Creed seeks a rematch to restore his reputation. Soon enough, the "Master of Disaster" and the "Italian Stallion" are set on a collision course for a climactic battle that is brutal and unforgettable.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-06-15
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James Dean
2001-08-04
James Dean
Overview: The man behind the legend and a knowing look at the 1950's Hollywood are revealed in this dynamic bioepic of the meteoric star whose troubled life echoed his gut-grabbing performances in East of Eden, Rebel Without A Cause and Giant.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-08-04
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Shattered Innocence
1988-03-09
Shattered Innocence
Overview: A high school graduate leaves behind her modest life and finds work in the sex industry, but it ends in disaster. A dramatized account of the life of the adult actress Shauna Grant.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-03-09
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Detonator
2003-02-23
Detonator
Overview: A former FBI agent must stop a crazy man from blowing up bombs.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-02-23
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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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The Failures
2004-10-14
The Failures
Overview: In this dark comedy, a teenage misfit helps a depressed loser try to end his life. But her plan gets complicated when love gets in the way.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-14
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House Calls
1978-03-15
House Calls
Overview: Charley is a surgeon who's recently lost his wife; he embarks on a tragicomic romantic quest with one woman after another until he meets up with Ann, a singular woman, closer to his own age, who immediately and unexpectedly captures his heart.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-03-15
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The Day Lincoln Was Shot
1998-04-12
The Day Lincoln Was Shot
Overview: A dramatization of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Based on the book by Jim Bishop.
Genres: Drama History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-04-12
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Malice in Wonderland
1985-01-01
Malice in Wonderland
Overview: Struggling actress Hedda Hopper can't get a break in Hollywood, even though an acquaintence of hers is the extremely powerful gossip monger Louella Parsons - maker and breaker of careers (and lives) through her daily syndicated newspaper column. The big movie moguls, fed up with Parson's power over their stars, decide to de-claw her by setting up gossip Hopper as a competitor in the rumour industry. What they couldn't forsee was that Hopper would become as big as Parsons -- and every bit as much of a pain. Based on the true life stories of two of the most powerful (and arguably dangerous) women of Hollywood's hay-day.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-01
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Her Name Was Ellie, His Name Was Lyle
1967-09-25
Her Name Was Ellie, His Name Was Lyle
Overview: In New York City, a relationship is threatened when a young man discovers he's caught syphilis from a tryst with a waitress named Ellie. This threatens his relationship with a new girl. Film critic Amy Taubin co-stars as the new girl who gets the bad news. The director is apparently the same man who edited Fritz Lang's The Testament of Dr. Mabuse.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-09-25
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Paramedics
1988-06-01
Paramedics
Overview: Two paramedics are transferred to the nasty part of the city where a gang is killing people to sell their organs.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-06-01
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Murder in Paradise
1990-01-19
Murder in Paradise
Overview: A stressed-out, big-city cop seeks refuge in Hawaii, only to become embroiled in a serial murder case that appears to be identical to his last case in New York City.
Genres: Action Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-19
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Once Upon a Family
1980-01-22
Once Upon a Family
Overview: A father tries to make it as a single parent when his wife walks out on him and the children.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-22
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Helter Skelter
2004-07-23
Helter Skelter
Overview: The rise of Charles Manson and his "family," who are responsible for a series of famous murders in the late 1960s. Manson, a magnetic and mysterious man, attracts road-weary single mother Linda Kasabian to join his collection of outcasts on a ranch outside of Los Angeles. After murdering actress Sharon Tate, Manson and his followers are investigated by district attorney Vincent Bugliosi.
Genres: Action Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-07-23
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Eye of the Stranger
1993-04-23
Eye of the Stranger
Overview: A stranger comes into town and causes a stir when he stands up for the townfolk, in the face of the intimidation tactics from Mayor Howard Baines. The scheming mayor wants to buy up all the local properties, and has hired two thugs to help 'persuade' the owners to sell.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-04-23
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Vietnam Texas
1990-03-09
Vietnam Texas
Overview: A priest (Robert Ginty) learns that he fathered a child during his tour of duty in Vietnam and that the mother and child has relocated to Houston, Texas in the Little Saigon quarters. Searching for them, he also finds massive prejudice against the Vietnamese people, particularly among the fishing community in which they are trying to work. Setting out to right the wrongs, the priest tends to use more fisticuffs than friendly, priestly persuasion.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-03-09
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Percy & Thunder
1993-09-07
Percy & Thunder
Overview: A veteran trainer takes a promising fighter under his wing and lives his dreams through his protégé.
Genres: Action Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-09-07
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Stormin' Home
1985-04-05
Stormin' Home
Overview: An aging motor-cross racer, already having lost his wife and daughter to his footlooseness and now about to have his semi-tractor cab repossessed, vows to make one last go of it on his bike in the race of his career.
Genres: Action Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-04-05
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Rocky
1976-11-20
Rocky
Overview: An uneducated collector for a Philadelphia loan shark is given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fight against the world heavyweight boxing champion.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-11-20
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Welcome Home, Bobby
1986-02-22
Welcome Home, Bobby
Overview: When a Chicago teen is arrested for drug possession, the ensuing investigation reveals that he has had sexual contact with an older man. Discovering his sexual encounter, other students start shunning him and call for his expulsion from school. His conservative blue-collar dad also rejects him, while his mother does try to offer support.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-02-22
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Born to Be Wild
1995-03-31
Born to Be Wild
Overview: Rick Heller is a juvenile delinquent who keeps getting himself into trouble. To keep him out of trouble his mother puts him to work cleaning the cage of a gorilla named Katie which she is teaching to communicate through the use of sign language. When the owner of the gorilla takes her back to become a flea market freak Rick takes it upon himself to break Katie out and take her on an adventurous journey to get her out of the country.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-03-31
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Kosher Pig
2010-01-13
Kosher Pig
Overview: A young woman learns that her adoptive Jewish family rescued her from China's "one child" policy.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-01-13
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End of the Road
1970-02-10
End of the Road
Overview: Moments after receiving his graduate diploma, Jacob waits at a train station. The future lies ahead, but life abruptly intervenes. Images flash in Jacob's mind: of war, injustice, assassination, protest, the entire spectrum of 1960s angst and anger - sending Jacob into a catatonic state. What follows during his bizarre rehab and its aftermath will be another form of madness.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-02-10
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The Truman Show
1998-06-04
The Truman Show
Overview: Every second of every day, from the moment he was born, for the last thirty years, Truman Burbank has been the unwitting star of the longest running, most popular documentary-soap opera in history. The picture-perfect town of Seahaven that he calls home is actually a gigantic soundstage. Truman's friends and family - everyone he meets, in fact - are actors. He lives every moment under the unblinking gaze of thousands of hidden TV cameras.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-06-04
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Bloodlines: Murder in the Family
1993-03-01
Bloodlines: Murder in the Family
Overview: Stewart and Neil Woodman plot to have their parents murdered.
Genres: Drama Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-03-01
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Burning Rage
1984-09-21
Burning Rage
Overview: While coal fires burn beneath a depressed mining town a greedy businessman stops at nothing to buy up the mineral rights.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-09-21
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Gentlemen Broncos
2009-09-30
Gentlemen Broncos
Overview: A teenager attends a fantasy writers' convention where he discovers his idea has been stolen by an established novelist.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-30
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Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry
1986-03-30
Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry
Overview: A rich widow shocks her snobbish WASP family when she decides to marry her Jewish, divorced, doctor. His family is equally shocked.
Genres: Comedy Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-03-30
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The Curse of Inferno
1996-12-30
The Curse of Inferno
Overview: A rather dull minded bank robber suddenly suffers from a change of heart and decides to give the money back. However, he then learns that getting the money back into the bank is much more difficult than taking it out.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-12-30
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Parades
1972-07-23
Parades
Overview: An American soldier sent to Vietnam goes AWOL and returns to his hometown. His parents turn him over to military authorities. He is court-martialled and sent to the toughest military prison...
Genres: War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-07-23
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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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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 Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
1977-09-30
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
Overview: The bizarre story behind the man accused of assassinating John F. Kennedy and what might have happened had he been brought to trial.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-09-30
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Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story
1992-05-18
Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story
Overview: Story of attractive cop Laurencia Bembenek, who, in 1982, was sentenced to prison for killing her husband's ex-wife in Milwaukee, WI.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-05-18
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The Users
1978-10-01
The Users
Overview: A beautiful girl from a small town with dreams of making it in Hollywood marries an actor whose career is fading, then schemes to get him back into the big time - and her with him.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-10-01
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S.O.B.
1981-07-01
S.O.B.
Overview: A movie producer who made a huge flop tries to salvage his career by revamping his film as an erotic production, where its family-friendly star takes her top off.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-07-01
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