Les Tremayne
Biography: Les Tremayne (16 April 1913 – 19 December 2003) was a radio, film, and television actor. Born Lester Tremayne in England, he moved with his family at the age four to Chicago, where he began in community theater. He danced as a vaudeville performer and worked as amusement park barker. He began working in radio when he was 17 years old. Description above from the Wikipedia article Les Tremayne, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: April 16, 1913
Deathday: December 19, 2003
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North by Northwest
1959-07-08
North by Northwest
Overview: Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
Genres: Thriller Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-07-08
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The Fortune Cookie
1966-10-19
The Fortune Cookie
Overview: A cameraman is knocked over during a football game. His brother-in-law, as the king of the ambulance-chasing lawyers, starts a suit while he's still knocked out. The cameraman is against it until he hears that his ex-wife will be coming to see him. He pretends to be injured to get her back, but also sees what the strain is doing to the football player who injured him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-10-19
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The Angry Red Planet
1959-11-23
The Angry Red Planet
Overview: The first manned flight to Mars returns after having been out of communications since it had arrived on Mars. What would it reveal?
Genres: Adventure Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-11-23
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The Racket
1951-10-25
The Racket
Overview: The big national crime syndicate has moved into town, partnering up with local crime boss Nick Scanlon. McQuigg, the only honest police captain on the force, and his loyal patrolman, Johnson, take on the violent Nick.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-10-25
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Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
1975-01-09
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
Overview: Rikki is a young mongoose who is adopted by a human family after nearly drowning in the river. He returns the favour by protecting them from two murderous cobra.
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-01-09
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The Naked Monster
2005-04-22
The Naked Monster
Overview: Using soundtracks and extensive footage from many old movies, this spoof/homage of 1950's science-fiction films brings back many favorite actors from these classic movies, some reprising their former roles, to help destroy a giant stop-motion monster that is threatening to destroy Los Angeles.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-04-22
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Girl Happy
1965-04-14
Girl Happy
Overview: A Chicago mobster hires a rock and roll singer and his band to keep an eye on his daughter during Spring Break in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-04-14
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The Story of Ruth
1960-06-17
The Story of Ruth
Overview: Ruth is one of two Moabite women who marry the sons of Elimelech and Naomi. When Elimelech and sons Mahlon and Chillion die, leaving Naomi a widow with two widowed daughters-in-law, Naomi decides to return to Israel. One daughter-in-law, Orpah, bids her goodbye. Daughter-in-law Ruth however says she will not desert her.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-06-17
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The Slime People
1963-03-29
The Slime People
Overview: After Los Angeles is invaded by an army of subterranean monsters, a small group of people must fight for survival in the deserted metropolis.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-03-29
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A Man Called Peter
1955-03-31
A Man Called Peter
Overview: Based on the true story of a young Scottish lad, Peter Marshall, who dreams of only going to sea but finds out there is a different future for him when he receives a "calling" from God to be a minister. He leaves Scotland and goes to America where after a few small congregations he lands the position of pastor of the Church of the Presidents in Washington, D.C. and eventually he becomes Chaplain of the U.S. Senate.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-03-31
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From the Earth to the Moon
1958-11-26
From the Earth to the Moon
Overview: Set just after the American civil war, businessman and inventor Victor Barbicane invents a new source of power called Power X. He plans to use it to power rockets, and to show its potential he plans to send a projectile to the moon. Joining him for the trip are his assistant Ben Sharpe, Barbicane's arch-rival Stuyvesant Nicholl, and Nicholl's daughter Virginia. Nicholl believes that Power X goes against the will of God and sabotages the projectile so that they cannot return to earth, setting up a suspenseful finale as they battle to repair the projectile.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-11-26
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Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
1962-12-18
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
Overview: In this animated musical version of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol", Ebenezer Scrooge - via Mr. Magoo's starring performance in a stage production of the classic - doesn't have a ghost of a chance unless he learns the true meaning of Christmas from the three spirits who haunt him one Christmas Eve.
Genres: Animation Family TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-12-18
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Susan Slept Here
1954-07-28
Susan Slept Here
Overview: On Christmas Eve, suffering from a case of writer's block, screenwriter Mark Christopher and his gofer Virgil get an unexpected visit from Sergeant Maizel. Knowing Christopher is working on a juvenile delinquent script, the sergeant brings by delinquent Susan thinking she will inspire Christopher while providing a place for her to spend the holidays outside of juvenile hall.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-07-28
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Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island
1983-08-05
Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island
Overview: Daffy Duck and Speedy Gonzales find a treasure map that leads them to a wishing well, which for a penny will grant any wish (through old cartoon footage). Daffy sets up a resort around the well and various Looney Tunes characters have their dreams come true. Meanwhile, Yosemite Sam and the Tasmanian Devil hunt for the varmints who stole their treasure map!
Genres: Animation Comedy Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-08-05
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Fangs
1974-12-01
Fangs
Overview: A snake lover sends out poisonous snakes and reptiles to kill his enemies.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-12-01
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Yankee Doodle Cricket
1975-01-16
Yankee Doodle Cricket
Overview: The War of Independence has begun, and Tucker the Mouse, Harry the Cat and Chester C. Cricket are indispensable to the American colonies' effort to free themselves from the rule of the despotic English king. Harry and Tucker help Thomas Jefferson write the Declaration of Independence. Chester creates the tune for "Yankee Doodle Dandy." And all the animals--including John and Marsha, the lightning bugs--help Paul Revere spread the message that the British are coming. [Plot summary written by J. Spurlin.]
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-01-16
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The Monolith Monsters
1957-12-01
The Monolith Monsters
Overview: Rocks from a meteor which grow when in contact with water threaten a sleepy Southwestern desert community.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-12-01
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The Monster of Piedras Blancas
1959-04-22
The Monster of Piedras Blancas
Overview: An old lighthouse keeper who lives with his daughter secretly keeps a prehistoric fish-man by feeding it scraps and fish. One day he misses the feeding and all hell breaks loose.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-04-22
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Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy in the Pumpkin Who Couldn't Smile
1979-10-31
Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy in the Pumpkin Who Couldn't Smile
Overview: Aunt Agatha threatens to call the police on innocent trick-or-treaters. Her nephew, Ralph, would love to be out with them. But what he wants most of all is a pumpkin. From across the street, Raggedy Ann and Andy watch the drama unfold. Andy is furious at Agatha for preventing the boy from enjoying the wonderful, horrible holiday. Ann, with her irritating insistence on fairness, decides that Agatha has merely forgotten what it's like to be young. The pressing matter ahead is getting Ralph a pumpkin. Andy scoffs at the idea of finding one at this late date. Ann reasons that if there's a little boy who needs a pumpkin, there must be a pumpkin who needs a little boy. She's right. Not far away, a miserable pumpkin is blubbering out pumpkin seed-tears because no one wants him for Halloween.
Genres: Family Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-10-31
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The Unguarded Moment
1956-12-27
The Unguarded Moment
Overview: A high-school music teacher is the victim of a student who writes indecent notes and assaults women.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-12-27
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A Very Merry Cricket
1973-12-14
A Very Merry Cricket
Overview: A sequel to "A Cricket in Times Square," in this feature a musical cricket returns to his New York City home and his friends, a cat and a mouse, to discover the meaning of Christmas.
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-12-14
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Creature of Destruction
1967-01-01
Creature of Destruction
Overview: A mad stage hypnotist Dr. John Basso reverts his beautiful assistant Doreena into the physical form of a prehistoric sea monster she was in a past life. Using this power he attempts to find fame and fortune by predicting a series of murders and then using the monster to carry them out.
Genres: TV Movie Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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Shootout at Big Sag
1962-05-31
Shootout at Big Sag
Overview: A man has his eyes set on controlling the Big Sag territory in Montana and hopes to achieve his goal by forcing a newly-arrived family from Texas from their land. Hoping to convince the local saloonkeeper to help him, the man sends his daughter into town with instructions for his potential partner. A storm waylays the daughter during her trip to town and she is forced to stay at the home of her father's intended victims, leading to an interesting turn or two.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-05-31
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Strawberries Need Rain
1971-04-01
Strawberries Need Rain
Overview: Death comes to take a beautiful young girl, and she persuades him to let her live out her fantasies before he finally takes her away.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-04-01
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The Blue Veil
1951-10-26
The Blue Veil
Overview: A World War I widow loses her only child and spends the rest of her life as a children's nurse.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-10-26
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A Cricket in Times Square
1973-04-24
A Cricket in Times Square
Overview: Chester Cricket gets trapped inside a picnic basket and transported from his home in Connecticut to the middle of New York City. Alone and lost, he meets up with Harry and Tucker, a cat and mouse that have somehow become friends, and with Mario, a young boy who works with his father at a Times Square newsstand. When it's discovered that Chester can play songs he hears from the radio just by rubbing his legs, people begin to come from all around to listen. Though Chester is happy with his new-found friends, he will eventually have to say good-bye and return to his home.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-04-24
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Raggedy Ann & Andy: The Great Santa Claus Caper
1978-11-30
Raggedy Ann & Andy: The Great Santa Claus Caper
Overview: When inventor/efficiency expert Alexander Graham Wolf plots to take over Santa's workshop, Comet asks for help from Raggedy Ann, Andy and their dog, Raggedy Arthur.
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-11-30
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Starchaser: The Legend of Orin
1985-05-17
Starchaser: The Legend of Orin
Overview: Set on the subterranean Mine-World, a band of human worker are treated like slaves under the power of the evil overlord Zygon until one, Orin, unearths the hilt of a mythical sword that only he can master. Escaping the planet, he runs into the rogue smuggler Dagg and a pair of helpful droids and the princess, who all team up to return to the Mine-World with a plan to defeat Zygon and free Orin's enslaved people.
Genres: Adventure Animation Family Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-05-17
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Birthday
1969-01-01
Birthday
Overview: A BAFTA award nominated drama about a young anti-war demonstrator contemplating her pregnancy and recalling her childhood as she prepares to give birth.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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The Perfect Furlough
1958-11-30
The Perfect Furlough
Overview: A love-starved soldier stationed at an Arctic base wins a furlough in Paris, but a pretty, no-nonsense military psychologist is ordered to accompany him as chaperone to keep him out of trouble.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-11-30
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Everything But the Truth
1956-12-01
Everything But the Truth
Overview: Upset with the prevarications of the adult world, Willie launches a truth-telling campaign at school, with the blessings of his pretty teacher Joan Madison.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-12-01
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It Grows on Trees
1952-09-02
It Grows on Trees
Overview: The Baxters are a typical happy American family trying to live on too little money. Mrs. Polly Baxter acquires two mysterious trees that got into a nursery shipment by mistake. They turn out to be money trees. After initial problems, Polly decides to spend the money.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-09-02
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I Love Melvin
1953-03-20
I Love Melvin
Overview: Melvin Hoover, a budding photographer for Look magazine, accidentally bumps into a young actress named Judy LeRoy in the park. They start to talk and Melvin soon offers to do a photo spread of her. His boss, however, has no intention of using the photos. Melvin wants to marry Judy, but her father would rather she marry dull and dependable Harry Black. As a last resort, Melvin promises to get Judy's photo on the cover of the next issue of Look, a task easier said than done.
Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-03-20
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Kwaheri
1964-12-09
Kwaheri
Overview: Early Mondo film featuring primitive rituals, animals being butchered, unusual birth defects, and a legit trepanation scene.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-12-09
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Dream Wife
1953-06-19
Dream Wife
Overview: Clemson Reade, a business tycoon with marriage on his mind, and Effie, a U.S. diplomat, are a modern couple. Unfortunately there seems to be too much business and not enough pleasure on the part of Effie. When Clemson meets Tarji, a princess trained in all the arts of pleasing men, he decides he wants an old fashioned girl. Princess Tarji's father is king of oil-rich Bukistan. Because of the oil situation and to maintain good political relations during the courtship between Clemson & Tarji, the State Department assigns a diplomat to maintain protocol until the wedding - Effie!
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-06-19
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Strange Bedfellows
1965-02-09
Strange Bedfellows
Overview: After a hasty wedding, Carter and Toni find that they disagree on everything. They separate and seven years later, on the eve before their divorce, meet again and spend the night together. Reality sets in when morning comes and they begin arguing again. Once again, divorce proceedings are on — until Carter finds out that an important promotion hinges on whether he's married.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-02-09
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The Gallant Hours
1960-06-13
The Gallant Hours
Overview: A semi-documentary dramatization of five weeks in the life of Vice Admiral William F. "Bull" Halsey, Jr., from his assignment to command the U.S. naval operations in the South Pacific to the Allied victory at Guadalcanal.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-06-13
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The Pogo Special Birthday Special
1969-05-18
The Pogo Special Birthday Special
Overview: Pogo and his friends celebrate various holidays in their own special ways, while Porkypine does his best to woo Mademoiselle Hepzibah.
Genres: Family Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-05-18
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Oliver Twist
1974-07-10
Oliver Twist
Overview: In this animated version of Charles Dickens' classic novel, we see the story of young Oliver Twist, a boy orphaned at birth and left to grow up under the cruel tutelage of Mr. Bumble, the local parish beadle.
Genres: Animation Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-07-10
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The Phantom Tollbooth
1970-11-07
The Phantom Tollbooth
Overview: The Phantom Tollbooth, based upon the children's adventure novel by Norton Juster, tells the story of a bored young boy named Milo. Unexpectedly receiving a magic tollbooth and, having nothing better to do, Milo drives through it and enters a kingdom in turmoil following the loss of its princesses, Rhyme and Reason.
Genres: Fantasy Animation Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-11-07
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Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer
1985-11-15
Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer
Overview: Rainbow Brite, and her magical horse Starlite, must stop an evil princess and her underlings from taking over the planet Spectra. When they meet Orin, the wise Sprite tries to make the two children get along and work together to stop the evil Princess. Orin tells them that they can only destroy her by combining their own powers against her. Getting in the way of their mission is the sinister Murky Dismal and his bumbling assistant Lurky who, as usual, are lavishing in the new gloom created by the darkening of Spectra, as well as trying to steal Rainbow's magical color belt.
Genres: Animation Family Science Fiction Fantasy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-11-15
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Francis Goes to West Point
1952-07-01
Francis Goes to West Point
Overview: Francis the talking mule gets his owner in and out of trouble while he is taking basic training at West Point.
Genres: Comedy Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-07-01
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The Smurfs: 'Tis the Season to Be Smurfy
1987-12-13
The Smurfs: 'Tis the Season to Be Smurfy
Overview: The Smurfs set out to help out an elderly human couple.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-12-13
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The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
1956-01-11
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
Overview: TV writer Greg Whitcomb did his military service heroically but now has settled into everyday life with a young wife, Katy. A letter from the war department arrives that Katy believes is calling Greg back to active duty from the Air Force reserve, but she hides it during a party celebrating their wedding anniversary.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-01-11
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Say One for Me
1959-06-19
Say One for Me
Overview: Father Conroy has a parish which serves the acting and performance community. When one of his parishioners gets too sick to work, his daughter Holly finds a job working for a dance club of questionable character, which is run by Tony Vincent. Vincent never made the big time, and Father Conroy tries to look after Holly.
Genres: Romance Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-06-19
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Ultraman: The Adventure Begins
1987-10-12
Ultraman: The Adventure Begins
Overview: The lives of three stunt pilots (Scott, Chuck, and Beth) are changed when they gain the ability to transform into three new Ultra-beings, and form the Ultra Force, to battle four giant Sorkin Monsters.
Genres: Action Adventure Animation Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-10-12
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About Time
1962-02-05
About Time
Overview: An entry in the Bell Science animated film series, on the nature of time.
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-02-05
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Quest
1984-10-01
Quest
Overview: On a distant planet, descendants of a crashed spaceship are subjected to mysterious forces that cause them to age and die in just eight days. They must also live in caves to escape the bitter cold of night and the killing heat of day. One young boy is determined to find his way back to the ship that brought them there. But how will he accomplish this in the short time left to him?
Genres: Fantasy Action Adventure Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-10-01
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The Creation - Greatest Adventure Stories from the Bible
1988-07-05
The Creation - Greatest Adventure Stories from the Bible
Overview: The three protagonists listen to a storyteller recount the creation as well as the Fall. At the same time, they learn their own lessons in honesty after tricking a gardener into giving them fruit for free.
Genres: Adventure Drama History Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-07-05
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The Big Parade of Comedy
1964-09-02
The Big Parade of Comedy
Overview: Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-09-02
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Forbidden Planet
1956-03-23
Forbidden Planet
Overview: Starship C57D travels to planet Altair 4 in search of the crew of spaceship "Bellerophon," a scientific expedition that has been missing for 20 years, only to find themselves unwelcome by the expedition's lone survivor and warned of destruction by an invisible force if they don't turn back immediately.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-03-23
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King Kong vs. Godzilla
1963-06-26
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Overview: When an underhanded pharmaceutical company goes to a remote tropical island to steal King Kong for advertising purposes, they get more than they bargained for when the gigantic ape attacks an unsuspecting village and an enormous octopus.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Comedy Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-06-26
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The War of the Worlds
1953-08-13
The War of the Worlds
Overview: The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they discover it is the first of many transport devices from Mars bringing an army of invaders invincible to any man-made weapon, even the atomic bomb.
Genres: Science Fiction Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-08-13
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