Robert Beatty
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert Beatty (19 October 1909 – 3 March 1992) was a Canadian actor who worked in film, television and radio for most of his career and was especially known in the UK. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Beatty, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: October 19, 1909
Deathday: March 03, 1992
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2001: A Space Odyssey
1968-04-02
2001: A Space Odyssey
Overview: Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.
Genres: Science Fiction Mystery Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-04-02
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Where Eagles Dare
1968-12-04
Where Eagles Dare
Overview: World War II is raging, and an American general has been captured and is being held hostage in the Schloss Adler, a Bavarian castle that's nearly impossible to breach. It's up to a group of skilled Allied soldiers to liberate the general before it's too late.
Genres: Action Adventure War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-12-04
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Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
1951-04-10
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
Overview: Captain Horatio Hornblower leads his ship HMS Lydia on a perilous transatlantic voyage, during which his faithful crew battle both a Spanish warship and a ragged band of Central American rebels.
Genres: Adventure War History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-04-10
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Against the Wind
1948-02-01
Against the Wind
Overview: A disparate group of volunteers are trained as saboteurs and parachuted into Belgium to blow up an office containing important Nazi records and to rescue a prominent S.O.E. agent, who is being interrogated by the Germans for vital information.
Genres: War Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-02-01
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Operation Universe
1959-05-01
Operation Universe
Overview: A British documentary that covers the atomic energy developments made in Great Britain since the end of World War II, with a focus towards advancing progress towards space flight.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-05-01
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Odd Man Out
1947-01-30
Odd Man Out
Overview: Belfast police conduct a door-to-door manhunt for an IRA gunman wounded in a daring robbery.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-01-30
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Golden Rendezvous
1977-12-25
Golden Rendezvous
Overview: Action-packed suspense thriller finds innocuous-looking purser Carter (Harris) the unlikely hero when the floating casino on which he works is hijacked by a heavily armed group of mercenaries, led by John Vernon. Complicating matters, a nuclear warhead has been smuggled aboard as collateral for a rendezvous with another ocean liner, loaded with gold bullion. A cast full of supernovas, dazzling set & stunt work, and a catchy theme tune by Jeff Wayne create a pleasing audio-visual experience light on logic but fast paced and entertaining nonetheless.
Genres: Thriller Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-12-25
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San Demetrio London
1943-12-07
San Demetrio London
Overview: British drama documentary from 1943, based on the true story of the 1940 rescue of the tanker MV San Demetrio by parts of her own crew after she had been set afire in the middle of the Atlantic by the German heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer and then had been abandoned. When one of the lifeboats drifted back to the burning tanker the day after, and found that she still hadn't exploded, they decided to board her and put out the fires. Eventually, they managed to start the engine again and decided to try to reach Britain against all odds.
Genres: Action Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-12-07
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Unidentified Flying Oddball
1979-07-19
Unidentified Flying Oddball
Overview: A NASA spacecraft proves Einstein right when, traveling faster than light, it ends up near King Arthur's Camelot. On board are big-hearted Tom Trimble and Hermes, the look-alike robot he built. Tom immediately makes friends with pretty Alisande while becoming enemies with the evil knight Sir Mordred. It seems Mordred has joined up with the Sorcerer Merlin and they are both up to no good. It is now up to Tom to try and use 20th century technology to foil their plans.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-07-19
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The Magic Box
1952-01-01
The Magic Box
Overview: Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young and handsome William Green he changed his name to include his first wife's so that it sounded more impressive for the photographic portrait work he was so good at. But he was also an inventor and his search for a way to project moving pictures became an obsession that ultimately changed the life of all those he loved.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-01-01
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Tarzan and the Lost Safari
1957-04-12
Tarzan and the Lost Safari
Overview: Tarzan leads five passengers from a downed airplane out of the jungle. En route white hunter Hawkins tries to sell them to the Oparian chief.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-04-12
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The Gentle Gunman
1952-10-23
The Gentle Gunman
Overview: The relationship between brothers Terry and Matt, both active in the IRA, comes under strain when Terry begins to question the use of violence.
Genres: Thriller Drama Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-10-23
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Sitting Target
1972-05-01
Sitting Target
Overview: Imprisoned Harry Lomart is a vicious, brute of a man and yet he is prepared to do his long jail term as he is confident that on his release his beautiful wife Pat will be waiting for him, but a visit from Pat brings him his worst nightmare.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-05-01
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Dangerous Moonlight
1941-06-26
Dangerous Moonlight
Overview: Stefan Radetzky, a Polish pilot and famous concert pianist, is hospitalised in England from injuries sustained while in combat, and having lost his memory. As Radetzky plays the piano in a trance-like state, the story moves back in time to war-torn Warsaw. During an air-raid, Radetzky meets American journalist Carole, and there is a mutual attraction. Following the fall of Poland, Radetzky and Irish pilot, Mike, escape to Rumania and then on to America. Radetzky continues his musical career in America and meets up again with Carole.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-06-26
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Appointment with Crime
1946-05-13
Appointment with Crime
Overview: Small-time jewel thief Leo Martin is deserted by his partners-in-crime, club owner Gus Loman and driver Hatchett, when the robbery they are committing goes wrong. After serving his prison sentence, Leo emerges with an intricate plan for revenge. Leo implicates Loman, as well as his amoral boss, Gregory Lang, for murder -- but Inspector Rogers suspects Leo.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-05-13
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The Square Ring
1953-07-13
The Square Ring
Overview: Boxing drama following the lives of 5 different fighters and their reasons for becoming boxers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-07-13
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Albert R.N.
1953-11-23
Albert R.N.
Overview: The British inmates of a POW camp think they have an informer among them after several escape attempts fail. One of the prisoners constructs a dummy which they christen "Albert" and use at roll call in order to foil the German guards.
Genres: War History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-11-23
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Wings of Danger
1952-04-01
Wings of Danger
Overview: A former pilot suffering from blackouts discovers that a fellow flyer is suspected of being mixed up with a web of smugglers. While searching for his missing buddy, he unwittingly becomes entangled in a morass of suspicion.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-04-01
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The Twenty Questions Murder Mystery
1950-01-31
The Twenty Questions Murder Mystery
Overview: The story evolves around a radio panel game show "Twenty Questions." The panel is challenged with an anonymous question. The answer leads to a series of murders in which the killer uses the programme to name his victims in advance. Two reporters spot a link between them and enlist the aid of the panel in trapping the guilty party.
Genres: Mystery Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-01-31
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The Gathering Storm
1974-11-29
The Gathering Storm
Overview: Winston Churchill's life in the years leading up to World War II.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-11-29
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Man and Superman
1982-12-31
Man and Superman
Overview: An adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's play.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-12-31
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Counterblast
1948-05-18
Counterblast
Overview: An escaped World War 2 Nazi doctor impersonates a murdered English doctor so he can work on a vaccination to protect the Germans in their planned germ warfare.
Genres: Thriller Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-05-18
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After Mein Kampf
1940-09-13
After Mein Kampf
Overview: Allied propaganda in the form of cartoons and newsreels shows the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis.
Genres: Documentary War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-09-13
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Calling Bulldog Drummond
1951-07-02
Calling Bulldog Drummond
Overview: Bulldog Drummond leaves retirement to help a Scotland Yard Sergeant catch thieves armed with radar.
Genres: Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-07-02
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Another Shore
1948-11-24
Another Shore
Overview: A young Irishman comes up with an unusual plan to get the money to emigrate to Tahiti. One of the Ealing comedies.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-11-24
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Portrait of Alison
1955-11-29
Portrait of Alison
Overview: An actress and an artist are linked by his brother to deadly smugglers sought by Scotland Yard.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-11-29
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The Amateur
1981-12-11
The Amateur
Overview: A researcher for the CIA who convinces his superiors to send him to the eastern bloc in order to avenge the murder of his wife by enemy agents discovers a web of deception underneath his wife's death.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-12-11
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Spotlight at the Fair
1951-06-01
Spotlight at the Fair
Overview: Rides, boxing booths, and a dog-faced monkey keep on moving as the travelling fair hits Mitcham and Stratford-upon-Avon, with a look in at Blackpool.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-06-01
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Out of the Clouds
1955-02-15
Out of the Clouds
Overview: A day following workers at an airport
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-02-15
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Green Fingers
1947-06-02
Green Fingers
Overview: A fisherman begins studying to be an osteopath. Although he isn't finished with medical school, he begins treating his landlady's daughter who is believed to have a chronic illness. He seems to cure her, and the case draws a lot of attention, some of it negative because he was unlicensed when he treated her. He still does not have a degree when he marries the daughter and begins practising osteopathy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-06-02
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It Happened One Sunday
1944-07-28
It Happened One Sunday
Overview: A young woman who comes to Liverpool for domestic employment and finds romance with a young sailor who winds up in hospital after a fight.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-07-28
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Time Lock
1957-08-27
Time Lock
Overview: A boy is accidentally locked in a bank vault. With less than 10 hours of oxygen left in the vault, it becomes a race to save the boy.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-08-27
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Portrait from Life
1948-12-01
Portrait from Life
Overview: A British army officer becomes fascinated by the portrait of a young woman. He travels to Germany to find her, only to discover that she is suffering from amnesia.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-12-01
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The Amorous Prawn
1962-11-26
The Amorous Prawn
Overview: While her husband, the General is abroad, Lady Fitzadam decides to convert their army residence into a fishing resort for rich American tourists in order to raise money for their dream retirement cottage.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-11-26
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A Matter of Life and Death
1946-12-15
A Matter of Life and Death
Overview: When a young RAF pilot miraculously survives bailing out of his aeroplane without a parachute, he falls in love with an American radio operator. But the officials in the other world realise their mistake and dispatch an angel to collect him.
Genres: Romance Fantasy Drama War Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-12-15
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A Journal of the Outdoors No. 11
1953-03-01
A Journal of the Outdoors No. 11
Overview: Wildfowl and wallabies in the wild, exotic animals in the office.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-03-01
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The Return of Sam McCloud
1989-11-12
The Return of Sam McCloud
Overview: Ex-Marshal McCloud now is senator of New Mexico, fighting for a new environment law. His enemy is Maitland, unscrupulous owner of Chemtel, the world's most important chemical manufacturer. Shortly after McCloud gives an inspiring speech, he barely escapes an bomb in his car and a shooting in a restaurant. When he learns that his niece, medical researcher for Chemtel, was killed, he begins to suspect that the attempts on his life were not made by Arabian terrorists, but by Maitland. He pays him a visit in Britain and starts to research on his own.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-11-12
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Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987-07-24
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Overview: With global superpowers engaged in an increasingly hostile arms race, Superman leads a crusade to rid the world of nuclear weapons. But Lex Luthor, recently sprung from jail, is declaring war on the Man of Steel and his quest to save the planet. Using a strand of Superman's hair, Luthor synthesizes a powerful ally known as Nuclear Man and ignites an epic battle spanning Earth and space.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-07-24
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Murder in Soho
1939-02-01
Murder in Soho
Overview: A London nightclub hostess pretends to fall for the mobster who killed her husband.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-02-01
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The Secret of Magic Island
1956-10-19
The Secret of Magic Island
Overview: The carnival is coming to town! Unfortunately, the Good Fairy's wand is stolen by the diabolical Black Troll. And he turns The Poet's girlfriend to stone! It's up to The Poet to brave the darkness at the edge of the forest and journey to the Troll's mountain lair to save the day! Also the Black Troll is a monkey and The Poet is a duck. FYI.
Genres: Animation Family Fantasy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1956-10-19
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Breakthrough at Reykjavik
1987-12-06
Breakthrough at Reykjavik
Overview: Political drama about the Gorbachev-Reagan summit at Reykjavik
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-12-06
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All Found
1954-01-01
All Found
Overview: From The World of Life film series. A documentary narrated by Robert Beatty, of a working day of Laurie Smith - the Head Keeper of London Zoo.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-01-01
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Her Favourite Husband
1950-05-11
Her Favourite Husband
Overview: While casing a bank he intends to rob, gangster Leo discovers one of the clerks, Antonio, is his exact double. He kidnaps Antonio and robs the bank, posing as Antonio. But Leo hadn't accounted for the involvement of Antonio's wife, Dorothy.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1950-05-11
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Suspected Person
1942-06-01
Suspected Person
Overview: After a $50,000 heist in New York, two of the suspected robbers walk free from the courtroom and they waste no time in heading to London in search of the missing loot. This means bad news for their former accomplice Jim Raynor, who has the money hidden away not least because they're not the only ones on his tail; Scotland Yard is also on the case...
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-06-01
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One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
1942-04-24
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Overview: On its way back from a raid on the city of Stuttgart, Germany, a British bomber is shot down over Nazi-held Holland. Parachuting into Dutch farmlands under cover of darkness, the six-member crew connects with members of the local resistance, who shelter the Brits from their Nazi inquisitors as they make their way towards freedom.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-04-24
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Something of Value
1957-05-08
Something of Value
Overview: As Kenya's Mau Mau uprising tears the country apart, former childhood friends Kimani (Sidney Poitier), a native, and Peter (Rock Hudson), a British colonist, find themselves on opposite sides of the struggle in this provocative drama. Though each is devoted to his cause, both wish for a more moderate path -- but their hopes for a peaceful resolution are thwarted by rage, colonial arrogance and escalating violence on both sides.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-05-08
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Man on a Tightrope
1953-05-21
Man on a Tightrope
Overview: The owner of an impoverished circus in Communist-ruled Czechoslovokia plots to flee across the border to freedom, taking his entire troupe of performers and wild animals with him.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-05-21
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49th Parallel
1941-11-24
49th Parallel
Overview: In the early days of World War II, a German U-boat is sunk in Canada's Hudson Bay. Hoping to evade capture, a small band of German soldiers led by commanding officer Lieutenant Hirth attempts to cross the border into the United States, which has not yet entered the war and is officially neutral. Along the way, the German soldiers encounter brave men such as a French-Canadian fur trapper, Johnnie, a leader of a Hutterite farming community, Peter, an author, Philip and a soldier, Andy Brock.
Genres: War Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-11-24
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The Net
1953-02-09
The Net
Overview: A secret jet aircraft capable of traveling three times the speed of sound is being developed by a group of scientists. On the day of the test flight, one of the scientists dies in a mysterious accident, and there are many arguments concerning the flight itself; some think it should be ground-controlled while Heathley (James Donald) wants it to be a manned flight with himself at the controls. Conflict also arises when one of his fellow scientists, taking advantage of Heathley's lack of attention toward his wife, Lydia (Phyllis Calvert), makes some moves on her. Then there is the question of just who is the enemy agent on the project.
Genres: Science Fiction Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-02-09
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The Figurehead
1952-01-01
The Figurehead
Overview: A poem of unrequited love: the studio's first puppet production. Based on a poem by Cosbie Garstin, the film tells the story of a carved wooden saint who is painted to look like a soldier and used as a figurehead on a sailing ship. The ship sinks and the figurehead is saved by a beautiful mermaid who falls in love with him. Her love is not returned because despite his dashing looks he has the wooden heart of a saint.
Genres: Romance Animation Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-01-01
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The Shakedown
1960-01-01
The Shakedown
Overview: Augie comes out of prison and finds his old vice racket has been taken over by the sinister Gollar, so he dreams up a new scam.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-01-01
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Loves of Three Queens
1954-12-24
Loves of Three Queens
Overview: At a wedding party involving three beautiful women, a young man should choose the most charming. But a professor intervenes to prevent the verdict, remembering the troubles caused by Paris in a similar situation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1954-12-24
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The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse
1964-09-17
The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse
Overview: The evil Dr. Mabuse develops a death ray with which he threatens the world.
Genres: Thriller Science Fiction Mystery
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1964-09-17
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Labyrinth
1986-06-27
Labyrinth
Overview: When teen Sarah is forced to babysit her half-brother Toby, she summons Jareth the Goblin King to take him away. When he is actually kidnapped, Sarah is given just thirteen hours to solve a labyrinth and rescue him.
Genres: Adventure Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-06-27
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The Oracle
1953-06-01
The Oracle
Overview: An Irish "oracle" foretells the next day's track results to a newspaperman, resulting in a national uproar.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-06-01
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The Pink Panther Strikes Again
1976-12-15
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Overview: Charles Dreyfus, who has finally cracked over inspector Clouseau's antics, escapes from a mental institution and launches an elaborate plan to get rid of Clouseau once and for all.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-12-15
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Bikini Paradise
1967-05-03
Bikini Paradise
Overview: A pair of U.S. Navy officers are marooned on a South Pacific island with a group of women whom want to use them for marriage and mating purposes.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-05-03
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The Broken Horseshoe
1953-01-10
The Broken Horseshoe
Overview: When a hit and run patient is murdered an attending doctor is placed under suspicion.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-01-10
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Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet
1966-10-29
Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet
Overview: The Doctor's TARDIS lands at the Snowcap space tracking station in Antarctica in December 1986. A routine space mission starts going wrong. When the base personnel's suspicions are roused, the Doctor informs them that the space capsule is being affected by the gravitational pull of another planet — a tenth planet in the Solar system.
Genres: Adventure Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-10-29
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The Atlantic Community: Introducing the United Kingdom
1956-12-31
The Atlantic Community: Introducing the United Kingdom
Overview: One of a series of short documentaries giving an overview of the various members of NATO.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-12-31
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Pope Joan
1972-08-16
Pope Joan
Overview: Based on the medieval legend of Pope Joan, who was made Pope for a brief period around 855 A.D. The movie presents her existence as fact, though it is questionable that Pope Joan really did exist, and portrays her relationships with other notables of the time.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-08-16
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Superman III
1983-06-17
Superman III
Overview: Aiming to defeat the Man of Steel, wealthy executive Ross Webster hires bumbling but brilliant Gus Gorman to develop synthetic kryptonite, which yields some unexpected psychological effects in the third installment of the 1980s Superman franchise. Between rekindling romance with his high school sweetheart and saving himself, Superman must contend with a powerful supercomputer.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-06-17
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Sleepwalker
1975-10-07
Sleepwalker
Overview: A young American woman visiting her author father in London discovers that her childhood habit of sleepwalking has recurred. She has a vivid dream of witnessing a murder in a strange house - or is it a dream?
Genres: Crime Thriller Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-10-07
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