Ernie Kovacs
Biography: Ernie Kovacs (January 23, 1919 – January 13, 1962) was an American comedian and actor.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 23, 1919
Deathday: January 13, 1962
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Bell, Book and Candle
1958-12-25
Bell, Book and Candle
Overview: A modern-day witch likes her neighbor but despises his fiancée, so she enchants him to love her instead... only to fall in love with him for real.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-12-25
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North to Alaska
1960-11-07
North to Alaska
Overview: After striking gold in Alaska, the romantic George sends his womanizing partner Sam to bring his fiancée up from Seattle. When Sam finds that she has already married, he returns instead with Angel, a dancer originally from France.
Genres: Western Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-11-07
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Our Man in Havana
1960-01-27
Our Man in Havana
Overview: Jim Wormold is an expatriate Englishman living in pre-revolutionary Havana with his teenage daughter Milly. He owns a vacuum cleaner shop but isn’t very successful so he accepts an offer from Hawthorne of the British Secret Service to recruit a network of agents in Cuba.
Genres: Comedy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-01-27
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It Happened to Jane
1959-05-24
It Happened to Jane
Overview: Jane Osgood runs a lobster business, which supports her two young children. Railroad staff inattention ruins her shipment, so with her lawyer George, Jane sues Harry Foster Malone, director of the line and the "meanest man in the world".
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-05-24
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Operation Mad Ball
1957-08-17
Operation Mad Ball
Overview: In this wacky military spoof, Lemmon plays a terminally bored Army private waging a war of wits as he tries to throw a party under the nose of his obnoxious commanding officer.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-08-17
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Sail A Crooked Ship
1961-12-01
Sail A Crooked Ship
Overview: A bungling burglar, determined to go down in the annals of crime as a genius, steals a ship in New York in order to rob a bank in Boston.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-12-01
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Kovacs on Music
1959-05-22
Kovacs on Music
Overview: An hour-long special.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-05-22
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Five Golden Hours
1961-02-01
Five Golden Hours
Overview: A petty crook gallantly consoles wealthy widows and is doing all right in his chosen profession until he meets and falls in love with a lovely baroness, who knows all about get-rich-quick schemes.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-02-01
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Pepe
1960-12-21
Pepe
Overview: Mario "Cantinflas" Moreno is a hired hand, Pepe, employed on a ranch. A boozing Hollywood director buys a white stallion that belongs to Pepe's boss. Pepe, determined to get the horse back (as he considers it his family), decides to take off to Hollywood. There he meets film stars including Jimmy Durante, Frank Sinatra, Zsa Zsa Gabór, Bing Crosby, Maurice Chevalier and Jack Lemmon in drag as Daphne from Some Like It Hot. He is also surprised by things that were new in America at the time, such as automatic swinging doors. When he finally reaches the man who bought the horse, he is led to believe there is no hope of getting it back. However, the last scene shows both him and the stallion back at the ranch with several foals.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-12-21
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Strangers When We Meet
1960-06-29
Strangers When We Meet
Overview: A suburban architect loves his wife but is bored with his marriage and with his work, so he takes up with the neglected, married beauty who lives down the street.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-06-29
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Wake Me When It's Over
1960-06-10
Wake Me When It's Over
Overview: The war may be over, but that doesn't keep the hapless Gus Brubaker from being drafted and posted on a forgotten little Japanese Island...and that's just the beginning of this wacky Air Force adventure!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-06-10
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Showdown at Ulcer Gulch
1956-01-01
Showdown at Ulcer Gulch
Overview: Short promotional film for a Saturday Evening Post sales convention.
Genres: Comedy Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-01-01
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Baseball Film
1951-01-01
Baseball Film
Overview: A vignette for television filmed by and starring Ernie Kovacs as everybody in a baseball team, in the field watching... and something else.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-01-01
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Death Scenes 2
1992-01-01
Death Scenes 2
Overview: DEATH SCENES II continues the exploration into the dark recesses of violence and rage that ended in such heinous crimes as the Manson Family's assault on society. You'll see the gruesome aftermath of mob reprisals, public executions and international terrorism. DEATH SCENES II uniquely ushers the brave and curious into a spellbinding trip through the reality that is our world today.
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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