Don McGovern
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: March 19, 1932
Deathday: October 15, 2013
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The Two Jakes
1990-08-10
The Two Jakes
Overview: Real estate developer Jake Berman hires private investigator and war veteran Jake Gittes for some run-of-the-mill matrimonial work. After Berman shoots his wife's lover, who happens to be his business partner, Gittes is drawn into a web of conspiracy and deceit involving the oil reserves beneath Los Angeles. While investigating, Gittes hears a voice from his past that causes him to revisit a traumatic case in Chinatown.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-08-10
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Lady Sings the Blues
1972-10-12
Lady Sings the Blues
Overview: Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday, beginning with her traumatic youth. The story depicts her early attempts at a singing career and her eventual rise to stardom, as well as her difficult relationship with Louis McKay, her boyfriend and manager. Casting a shadow over even Holiday's brightest moments is the vocalist's severe drug addiction, which threatens to end both her career and her life.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-10-12
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Goin' South
1978-10-06
Goin' South
Overview: Henry Moon is captured for a capital offense by a posse when his horse quits while trying to escape to Mexico. He finds that there is a post-Civil War law in the small town that any single or widowed woman can save him from the gallows by marrying him.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-10-06
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The Iceman Cometh
1973-11-10
The Iceman Cometh
Overview: Set in 1912, inside a dive bar named The Last Chance Saloon, its destitute patrons eagerly await the arrival of Hickey, who arrives annually and props everyone up with free drinks and spirited stories of his travels. However, when Hickey does show up this year, it is with a message of temperance and an exhortation to give up hopeless dreams and face reality.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-11-10
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The Last Detail
1973-12-11
The Last Detail
Overview: Two Navy men are ordered to bring a young offender to prison, but decide to show him one last good time along the way.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-12-11
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Killer Bees
1974-02-26
Killer Bees
Overview: A strong-willed woman not only dominates her family of California winegrowers, but also has a strange hold on a colony of bees in her vineyard.
Genres: Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-02-26
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The Wicked Die Slow
1968-10-08
The Wicked Die Slow
Overview: “The Kid,” a notorious gunfighter, and his Mexican sidekick Armadillo ride through the post-Civil War West looking for four Indians who raped the Kid’s girl friend.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-10-08
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Capone
1975-04-16
Capone
Overview: Young Al Capone catches the eye of Johnny Torrio, a criminal visiting New York from Chicago. Torrio invites Capone to move to Illinois to help run his Prohibition-era alcohol sales operation. Capone rises through the ranks of Torrio's gang and eventually takes over. On top, he works to consolidate his power by eliminating his enemies, fixing elections to his advantage and getting rich. In his spare time, Capone courts the principled Iris Crawford.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-04-16
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Hit!
1973-09-18
Hit!
Overview: A federal agent whose daughter dies of a heroin overdose is determined to destroy the drug ring that supplied her. He recruits various people whose lives have been torn apart by the drug trade and trains them. Then they all leave for France to track down and destroy the ring.
Genres: Drama Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-09-18
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Class of '63
1973-03-14
Class of '63
Overview: A jealous husband uses a college reunion to gauge whether or not his wife is still in love with her old flame.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-03-14
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