Joseph G. Medalis
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Victims
1982-01-11
Victims
Overview: A serial rapist gets acquitted of his crimes due to a police mishandling of the investigation. His victims decide to turn the tables on him and begin stalking him.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-01-11
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Pennies from Heaven
1981-12-11
Pennies from Heaven
Overview: During the Great Depression, a sheet music salesman seeks to escape his dreary life through popular music and a love affair with an innocent school teacher.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-12-11
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Nickelodeon
1976-12-21
Nickelodeon
Overview: In the silent film era, attorney Leo Harrigan and gunslinger Buck Greenway are hired to stop an illegal film production. However, they soon team up with the filmmakers and become important players in the show business industry. Leo learns he has a talent for directing, and Buck's cowboy persona quickly earns him leading-man status — but both men fall for beautiful starlet Kathleen Cooke, leading to a heated personal rivalry.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-12-21
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Cool and the Crazy
1994-09-16
Cool and the Crazy
Overview: Unhappily married couple Roslyn and Michael lead separate affairs that lead to violent repercussions for all.
Genres: Drama Romance Action Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-09-16
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Brewster's Millions
1985-05-22
Brewster's Millions
Overview: Brewster, an aging minor-league baseball player, stands to inherit 300 million dollars if he can successfully spend 30 million dollars in 30 days without anything to show for it, and without telling anyone what he's up to... A task that's a lot harder than it sounds!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-05-22
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Callie & Son
1981-10-13
Callie & Son
Overview: A fictional drama, covering a 30-year period, about a poverty-stricken teenager forced to give up her illegitimate son at birth, and the climb to wealth and power as the wife of a newspaper publisher who helps her locate her son, in whose future she becomes obsessed.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-10-13
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Twirl
1981-10-25
Twirl
Overview: Best friends compete for the title of "Miss Twirl" (similar to a Miss America contest with the primary category of competition being (what else?) twirling!). The real test, however, is whether their friendship will survive through the contest with the pressure and interference from their parents to win.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-10-25
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All God's Children
1980-04-28
All God's Children
Overview: Big city judge Parke Denison is involved in a forced busing dispute at the climax of his long career. The friendship between two families -- one white, one black -- and their sons, who are buddies, provides the microcosm of this major social issue that has been argued for several decades.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-04-28
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Cosmic Slop
1994-11-08
Cosmic Slop
Overview: In the tradition of The Twilight Zone, this bizarre, thought-provoking trilogy addresses the destiny of the world's minorities: Part I: A conservative African American politician must choose between his people's survival and appeasing his white colleagues when space aliens propose to share their profound knowledge in exchange for all black people on earth. Part II: The Virgin Mary's appearance in an inner-city housing project forces a Hispanic priest to face the hidden cultural origins of Western religion. Part III: On the dawn of the "Black Revolution," an African American couple discovers who the "real" enemy is.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-11-08
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The Cat from Outer Space
1978-06-09
The Cat from Outer Space
Overview: A UFO is stranded on earth and impounded by the US government. Its pilot, a cat with a collar that gives it special powers, including the ability to communicate with humans, has eluded the authorities and seeks the help of a scientist in order to reclaim and repair his ship and get back home.
Genres: Comedy Family Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-06-09
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The Chicken Chronicles
1977-10-01
The Chicken Chronicles
Overview: A late-1960s teen (Steve Guttenberg) working in a chicken-takeout stand cannot get his mind off his dream-girl (Lisa Reeves).
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-10-01
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The Ordeal of Patty Hearst
1979-03-04
The Ordeal of Patty Hearst
Overview: The story of the kidnapping of newspaper heiress Patty Hearst by members of a radical guerrilla organization, as seen by the FBI agent in charge of her case.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-03-04
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Terror Among Us
1981-01-12
Terror Among Us
Overview: A convicted rapist continually violates his parole but slips through the cracks of the justice system until his crimes escalate into a frenzy of terror against five helpless women.
Genres: Thriller Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-01-12
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Revenge of the Stepford Wives
1980-10-12
Revenge of the Stepford Wives
Overview: A TV reporter arrives in the quiet town of Stepford to launch an investigation into why the town has the lowest divorce and crime rates in America. However, she begins to notice some bizarre behavior in the women of the town, discovering that Stepford is not as clean-cut as it seems.
Genres: Horror Thriller TV Movie Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-10-12
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Making Love
1982-02-12
Making Love
Overview: A perfect typical LA couple find their happily-ever-after life broken when Zach confronts his long-repressed attraction for other men.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-02-12
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Big Trouble
1986-05-30
Big Trouble
Overview: Leonard Hoffman is an insurance salesman struggling to make ends meet. The fact that he has triplet sons who all want to go to Yale isn't making things any easier. Blanche Rickey is also worried about money; her husband is a millionaire with a weak heart, and she worries that he'll blow through all his cash before he finally dies. When Blanche meets Leonard, she devises a murderous plan that she claims will fix both their problems.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-05-30
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Dead & Buried
1981-05-29
Dead & Buried
Overview: After a series of gory murders commited by mobs of townspeople against visiting tourists, the corpses appear to be coming back to life and living normally as locals in the small town.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-05-29
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Frame Up
1991-06-27
Frame Up
Overview: In the small American town of Orton Creek, David Farmer is accidentally killed by Don Curran, son of town tyrant Will Curran, during a fraternity initiation. The frat boys frame electronic parts salesman Frank Govers for hit-and-run but determined newcomer Sheriff Ralph Baker and his love interest Jo Westlake seek the truth. Govers and girlfriend Lee Ann Hadley hide in a hunting cabin and are captured by prison escapees Mick August and Merlin Wells (who is tricked by Govers into electrocuting himself). August tries to claim the bounty on Govers from Will Curran but Sheriff Baker is only one step behind.
Genres: Thriller Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-06-27
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An Enemy of the People
1978-03-17
An Enemy of the People
Overview: A small forest town is trying to promote itself as a place for tourists to come enjoy the therapeutic hot springs and unspoiled nature. Dr. Stockmann, however, makes the inconvenient discovery that the nature around the village is not so unspoiled. In fact, the runoff from the local tanning mill has contaminated the water to a dangerous degree. The town fathers argue that cleaning up the mess would be far too expensive and the publicity would destroy the town's reputation, so therefore news of the pollution should be suppressed. Dr. Stockmann decides to fight to get the word out to the people, but receives as very mixed reaction.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-03-17
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In Quiet Night
1998-01-01
In Quiet Night
Overview: A thriller about a man, Dr Wolcott, who is wrongfully acquitted of charges that he molested his daughter, Dinah. The deputy district attorney, Joey, takes Dinah with her seeking refuge from Dr. Wolcott's molestation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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The Long Days of Summer
1980-05-23
The Long Days of Summer
Overview: In this sequel to his 1978 "When Every Day Was the Fourth of July" (and a pilot to a prospective series), producer/director Dan Curtis recalls more of his youth during the late '30, and follows a fictionalized family where the father has jeopardized a promising law career to defend a Jewish immigrant against the prejudices of a staid New England town.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-05-23
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Endangered Species
1982-09-10
Endangered Species
Overview: A retired New York cop on vacation in America's West is drawn into a sheriff's investigation of a mysterious series of cattle killings.
Genres: Thriller Drama Mystery Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-09-10
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Friendly Fire
1980-11-09
Friendly Fire
Overview: In March 1970, a U.S. Army officer arrived at the Iowa farm of Peg and Gene Mullen and informed them that their son Michael had been killed in Vietnam by "friendly fire." Their determined attempts to learn more about the circumstances of their son's death are the subject of this true account film.
Genres: Drama War TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-11-09
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Carpool
1983-10-05
Carpool
Overview: Four strangers are thrown together in a carpool when a bag of money, almost a million dollars, falls from a Brinks truck into their path. Because of circumstances, they are unable to turn in the money, and they struggle over what to do. They are pursued by thieves, the mob, and the police.
Genres: Action Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-10-05
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Having Babies
1976-10-17
Having Babies
Overview: The story of four couples who are about to have children using the Lamaze method.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-10-17
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Looker
1981-10-30
Looker
Overview: Plastic surgeon Larry Roberts performs a series of minor alterations on a group of models who are seeking perfection. The operations are a resounding success. But when someone starts killing his beautiful patients, Dr. Roberts becomes suspicious and starts investigating. What he uncovers are the mysterious - and perhaps murderous - activities of a high-tech computer company called Digital Matrix.
Genres: Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-10-30
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Monchhichis
1983-09-10
Monchhichis
Overview: The Monchhichis are monkey-like creatures living in the forest land of Monchia. The tribe leader is a magical wizard called Wizzar, who can make up spells and potions to defeat their enemy, Horrg, and the evil Grumplins of Grumplor.
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-09-10
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Space Force
1978-04-28
Space Force
Overview: The comic adventures that befall a crew of astronauts assigned to a remote military space station.
Genres: Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-04-28
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Deadly Messages
1985-02-21
Deadly Messages
Overview: When Laura unearths an old Ouija board in her closet, her roommate, Cindy, uses it and encounters the spirit of a man that had been murdered in their apartment. After Laura later witnesses Cindy being strangled to death, the authorities arrive to find Cindy missing and no evidence of a crime. Laura sets out to convince everyone that the murder was real while evading the man she feels is Cindy's killer.
Genres: Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-02-21
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