George Peppard
Biography: George Peppard (October 1, 1928 – May 8, 1994) was an American actor. He is best remembered for his role as struggling writer Paul Varjak in the 1961 film Breakfast at Tiffany's, and for playing commando leader Col. John "Hannibal" Smith in the 1980s television series The A-Team. Peppard secured a major role when he starred alongside Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), and later portrayed a character based on Howard Hughes in The Carpetbaggers (1964). On television, he played the title role of millionaire insurance investigator and sleuth Thomas Banacek in the early-1970s mystery series Banacek. He played Col. John "Hannibal" Smith, the cigar-smoking leader of a renegade commando squad in the hit 1980s action show The A-Team.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: October 01, 1928
Deathday: May 08, 1994
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Breakfast at Tiffany's
1961-10-06
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Overview: Holly Golightly is an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. But when young writer Paul Varjak moves into her apartment building, her past threatens to get in their way.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-10-06
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The Victors
1963-11-22
The Victors
Overview: Intercutting dramatic vignettes with newsreel footage, the story follows the characters from an infantry squad as they make their way from Sicily to Germany during the end of World War II.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-11-22
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House of Cards
1968-09-16
House of Cards
Overview: In 1960s Paris, an American boxer stumbles upon an international fascist conspiracy that aims to create a new world order.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-09-16
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How the West Was Won
1962-11-02
How the West Was Won
Overview: The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-11-02
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Tobruk
1967-02-07
Tobruk
Overview: In September 1942, the German Afrika Korps under Rommel have successfully pushed the Allies back into Egypt. A counter-attack is planned, for which the fuel dumps at Tobruk are a critical impediment. In order to aid the attack, a group of British commandos and German Jews make their way undercover through 800 miles of desert, to destroy the fuel dumps starving the Germans of fuel.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-02-07
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Damnation Alley
1977-09-10
Damnation Alley
Overview: Following World War III, four survivors at an desert military installation attempt to drive across the desolate wasteland of America to Albany, where they hope more survivors are living, using a specially built vehicles to protect themselves against the freakish weather, mutated plant and animal life, and other dangers encountered along the way.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-09-10
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An Almost Perfect Affair
1979-04-27
An Almost Perfect Affair
Overview: An idealistic first-time director lives for his art — until he meets a wife of an Italian producer at the Cannes Film Festival. A passionate affair begins, but the couple's romance is tested as they face the temptations of fame and fortune.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-04-27
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Operation Crossbow
1965-04-01
Operation Crossbow
Overview: Allied agents infiltrate the Nazi rocket complex at Peenemunde in order to obtain their secrets and sabotage the plant. The film alternates between German developments of the V-1 missile and V-2 rocket (with a German cast speaking their own language) and discovery by British Intelligence of the weapon.
Genres: Drama War Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-04-01
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Battle Beyond the Stars
1980-09-08
Battle Beyond the Stars
Overview: A young farmer assembles a band of diverse mercenaries to defend his peaceful planet from an evil tyrant.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-09-08
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The Carpetbaggers
1964-04-08
The Carpetbaggers
Overview: When playboy Jonas inherits his father's industrial empire, he expands it by acquiring an aircraft factory and movie studio. His rise to power is ruthless. He marries and then quickly abandons sweet, bubbly Monica, turns his young, attractive stepmother Rina into a self-destructive actress and manages to disappoint even his closest friend, cowboy movie star Nevada. Is Jonas beyond redemption?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-04-08
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Pork Chop Hill
1959-05-29
Pork Chop Hill
Overview: Korean War, April 1953. Lieutenant Clemons, leader of the King company of the United States Infantry, is ordered to recapture Pork Chop Hill, occupied by a powerful Chinese Army force, while, just seventy miles away, at nearby the village of Panmunjom, a tense cease-fire conference is celebrated.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-05-29
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Rough Night in Jericho
1967-08-01
Rough Night in Jericho
Overview: The only business in the Wild West town of Jericho that corrupt sheriff Alex Flood doesn't control behind the scenes is the stagecoach owned by tough-willed widow Molly Lang and her right-hand man, Hickman. Former marshal Dolan, recently hired by Lang and Hickman as a driver, wants to stay out of the mess, but when he sees Flood's henchman Yarbrough assault Lang, he steps up to fight the corruption.
Genres: Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-08-01
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The Strange One
1957-04-12
The Strange One
Overview: A military school student develops a destructive power over his fellow cadets.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-04-12
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The Blue Max
1966-06-21
The Blue Max
Overview: A young pilot in the German air force of 1918, disliked as lower-class and unchivalrous, tries ambitiously to earn the medal offered for 20 kills.
Genres: War Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-06-21
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The Groundstar Conspiracy
1972-06-12
The Groundstar Conspiracy
Overview: A break-in and sabotage attempt occurs at a top secret research institute and the culprit is cornered and captured. The problem is that he's been badly injured and claims to have lost his memory entirely. A cat-and-mouse game ensues between investigator Tuxan, the mystery intruder Welles and the people who sent him on the mission.
Genres: Action Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-06-12
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Night of the Fox
1990-11-27
Night of the Fox
Overview: This classic war mini-series stars George Peppard and Michael York in a gripping tale of danger, intrigue, and a deadly secret that could determine the fate of millions. U.S. Officer Colonel Hugh Kelso has inside knowledge about the imminent and highly secretive D-Day Invasion. When he washes ashore behind enemy lines, special agents Harry Martineau and Sara Drayton of the Allied Forces must stage a covert rescue to save his life – or end it – before the Germans acquire the valuable information he possesses. Joined by an Italian naval officer and a Jewish actor-turned-German paratrooper, the agents embark on a thrilling rescue mission with a shocking twist.
Genres: Adventure Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-11-27
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From Hell to Victory
1979-03-15
From Hell to Victory
Overview: In 1939, at a Paris café, six friends of various nationalities vow to meet again at the same spot after the end of WW2.
Genres: War
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1979-03-15
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Cannon for Cordoba
1970-10-01
Cannon for Cordoba
Overview: In 1912, during the Mexican Revolution, the border between Texas and Mexico is on flames due to savage raids by Mexican bandits who call themselves freedom fighters, so the US government entrusts to General Pershing the capture of General Héctor Córdoba, the most notorious among them.
Genres: Action Adventure Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-10-01
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Race for the Yankee Zephyr
1981-11-28
Race for the Yankee Zephyr
Overview: In a lake high in the mountains of New Zealand hunter Gibbie Gibson discovers a plane wreck from WW2. When he tells it around, a gang of crooks follows and threatens him and his daughter, because they know there are 50 million dollars in the wreck. Helicopter pilot Barney helps Gibbie against them, risking his life thereby.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-11-28
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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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Newman's Law
1974-08-21
Newman's Law
Overview: LAPD Officer Newman has not gotten the reputation of a straight arrow by avoiding conflict when fighting for right. In this police drama, his honesty is put to the test when he and his partner discover an international drug ring involving some of the department's highest ranking officers.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-08-21
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One More Train to Rob
1971-02-19
One More Train to Rob
Overview: Harker Flet and compatriots Timothy X. Nolan and Katy, along with three other men, steal $40,000 in money and jewelry from a California train in the gold-mining country of the 1880's. The six split up and while they are hiding out awaiting the rendezvous to divide the loot, Hark is cornered, framed and sent to prison. He is released after two-and-a-half years and sets out to find Katy and Nolan and get his share of the loot.
Genres: Western Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-02-19
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The Third Day
1965-08-04
The Third Day
Overview: A man stumbles out of a car crash with no memory of what transpired. Everyone who he meets suggests that he is a ruthless man with an aggressive temper. Could he be deliberately blocking out memories of his past?
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-08-04
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Twilight Theatre
1982-02-13
Twilight Theatre
Overview: Television parody. Sketches include: Women Who Have Made It With Me, No-Arms Bandits, Pee-Wee's Playhouse, & Funky High School. Features a performance by Riders in the Sky & Devo's "Beautiful World" music video. Also, excerpts from Tom Tom Club's "Genius of Love" video, & QUASI AT THE QUACKADERO.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-02-13
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P.J.
1968-03-27
P.J.
Overview: Reluctant New York City private eye P.J. Detweiler is hired as a bodyguard to protect Maureen Preble, the mistress of shady millionaire William Orbison. In truth, Orbison plans a deadly intrigue in which P.J. is to play a central part. Meanwhile, complications ensue as P.J. gradually falls in love with Maureen. (Wikipedia)
Genres: Action Drama Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-03-27
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Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders
1989-01-01
Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders
Overview: Honest cop in corrupt 1940s Los Angeles fights against gangsters who are kidnapping and selling women into prostitution.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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The Bravos
1972-01-09
The Bravos
Overview: The commander of an isolated frontier cavalry post tries to stop an Indian war and find his son, who has been kidnapped.
Genres: TV Movie Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-09
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The Executioner
1970-09-06
The Executioner
Overview: A British intelligence agent must track down a fellow spy suspected of being a double agent.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-09-06
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The Subterraneans
1960-06-23
The Subterraneans
Overview: A disillusioned writer explores the subterranean depths of San Francisco's North Beach district.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-06-23
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The Tigress
1992-10-15
The Tigress
Overview: It's the roaring twenties in Berlin. The Tigress, a gorgeous, wild, and very independent street walker, falls for a handsome grifter. When one of her lovers gets jealous, she betrays him and has to skip town. The grifter reveals he has what it takes to move in upper class circles and suggests they flee to Carlsbad, a spa in Czechoslovakia. Does he love her or is he only using her? Is the Tigress madly in love with him or does she want to satisfy her vanity and drop him once he falls for her? The ancient cat and mouse game between a man and a woman unfolds amidst sensual seduction, the scheme of robbing a rich Texan and the jilted lover arriving from Berlin, gun drawn.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1992-10-15
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Target Eagle
1982-09-10
Target Eagle
Overview: A Spanish police chief hires an undercover agent, Eagle, to infiltrate a gang of heroin smugglers. Infiltrating the gang, he uses a female agent as a point of contact. However he discovers that there bigger goings-on than dope. The gang is involved in the transportation of smuggled uranium for the manufacture of nuclear arms for sale to Libya and other aspiring third world countries.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1982-09-10
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Five Days from Home
1978-07-30
Five Days from Home
Overview: A man escapes from a Louisiana prison to be at the California hospital bedside of his ailing son.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-07-30
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Pendulum
1969-02-14
Pendulum
Overview: On the evening of his decoration for bringing a murderer to justice, Washington DC Police Captain Frank Matthews' wife, and her lover are murdered in bed. Jailed as the prime suspect, with the aforementioned murderer released on a technicality Matthews escapes in search of the man he believes to be the real killer.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-02-14
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What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
1968-05-24
What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
Overview: A new infection that simply makes people feel happy is treated as a threat by the authorities while its "victims" work to spread it to others.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-05-24
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Crisis in Mid-Air
1979-02-13
Crisis in Mid-Air
Overview: The life of a stressed-out air controller falls apart as he battles a court case involving a mid-air collision for which an investigator is trying to hold him responsible.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-02-13
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Breakfast at Tiffany's: The Making of a Classic
2006-02-07
Breakfast at Tiffany's: The Making of a Classic
Overview: A behind-the-scenes look at the making of "Breakfast at Tiffany's".
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-02-07
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Silence Like Glass
1989-07-06
Silence Like Glass
Overview: True story of two diametrically opposed young women dealing with terminal illness.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1989-07-06
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Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
1993-08-11
Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Overview: Audrey Hepburn was one of the movies' best-loved stars, blessed with beauty, talent, an elegant sophistication and an enduring aura of youthful innocence. As Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF, she spoke for the world's suffering children and families, earning an affection and admiration that only increased with news of her untimely death. From the star herself we learn of her career and the family and friendships that were her priority.
Genres: TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-08-11
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Sad?
1996-01-18
Sad?
Overview: Set in the mid sixties and shot with more black than white, ‘SAD?’ is a dark ten minute film that explores the time that we spend alone watching television, and the good and sad effects it can have on you. The film has a timeless, forgotten feel about it, a study of a world and time detached from the norm, a life filled with both laughter and loneliness, escapism and escapees...
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-18
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Bang the Drum Slowly
1956-09-26
Bang the Drum Slowly
Overview: A pitcher of a major-league baseball team finds out that his teammate and pal is desperately trying to hide that he is dying of a terminal disease so the owner won't find out and fire him.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-09-26
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Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid
1981-09-19
Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid
Overview: Set within the super-rich jet-set society of Paris, Richard Harris portrays a man whose life is gradually being destroyed. From sexual trauma to financial disaster, he slowly descends into a world of insanity, perversion and finally the bottomless pit!
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-09-19
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Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case
1975-11-17
Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case
Overview: The story of Dr. Sam Sheppard, an Ohio doctor convicted of murdering his wife, despite his vehement denials of the crime.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-11-17
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Torn Between Two Lovers
1979-02-07
Torn Between Two Lovers
Overview: Diane is happily married. But, one day while travelling she meets a dashing architect. With some relief, she parts ways with him at the airport, her resistance to his alluring manner having been tested. She later discovers that she has his gloves, so she returns them in person, only to end up in bed with the man, and later falling in love. She now faces the toughest decision of her life.
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-02-07
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Rowan & Martin at the Movies
1968-01-01
Rowan & Martin at the Movies
Overview: This public service short for U.S. Savings Bonds starts out with Rowan and Martin arriving at a TV studio, ostensibly to host a show. It turns out that trumpet player Herb Alpert is the only other performer listed in the credits who is actually there in person. The others appear in clips, some from their own U.S. Savings Bonds spots, others from unidentified movie or TV appearances. Singer Barbara McNair is shown entertaining U.S. troops in Viet Nam, and the youth group The Young Americans also sings.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-01-01
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Man Against the Mob
1988-01-10
Man Against the Mob
Overview: In 1930s Los Angeles, a police detective leads an elite squad against a vicious organized crime ring.
Genres: Action Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-01-10
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Little Moon of Alban
1958-03-24
Little Moon of Alban
Overview: Irish Brigid Mary blames the English for the deaths of her fiance, brother, and father. Becoming a nurse following WW I she finds herself caring for what she considers the enemy. Then she begins to fall in love with soldier Kenneth Boyd.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-03-24
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One of Our Own
1975-05-05
One of Our Own
Overview: Dr Jake Goodwin is the chief neurosurgeon at a busy city hospital. As he makes his rounds, Goodwin becomes involved in a vast array of medical cases. Problems arise when a top doctor is brought in seriously injured after a car crash, and Goodwin must deal with the doctor's own personal physician who wants to avoid a scandal. At the same time Goodwin's own son is brought in with a life threatening condition. This film was the pilot for the TV series Doctor's Hospital.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-05-05
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