Philip Bruns
Biography: Philip Bruns (May 2, 1931 – February 8, 2012) was an American television and movie actor and writer. He portrayed George Shumway, the father of Mary Hartman on the 1970s comedic series Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, and Morty Seinfeld, the father of Jerry Seinfeld, in the 1990 second episode of Seinfeld.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: May 02, 1931
Deathday: February 08, 2012
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Flashdance
1983-04-14
Flashdance
Overview: Alex Owens, a young woman juggling between two odd jobs, aspires to become a successful ballet dancer. Nick, who is her boss and lover, supports and encourages her to fulfil her dream.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-04-14
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The Out-of-Towners
1970-05-28
The Out-of-Towners
Overview: George & Gwen Kellerman make a trip to New York, where George is going to start a new job, it turns out to be a trip to hell.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-05-28
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Pentathlon
1994-06-04
Pentathlon
Overview: When East German Eric Brogar wins a gold medal in the pentathlon, he escapes to freedom in the west with the help of a beautiful American athlete. But his demanding coach, Heinrich Mueller vows revenge and Eric's best friend and his father pay the ultimate price for his freedom when they are killed by the Secret Police. In Los Angeles, Eric starts to train for the gold again. But when Mueller comes to America, Eric must win the most deadly game of all… the fight for his life.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-06-04
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Return of the Living Dead Part II
1988-01-15
Return of the Living Dead Part II
Overview: A group of kids discover one of the drums containing a rotting corpse and release the 2-4-5 Trioxin gas into the air, causing the dead to once again rise from the grave and seek out brains.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-01-15
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Corvette Summer
1978-06-02
Corvette Summer
Overview: Ken loves to design and build exotic cars. When the High School shop class project car, a fully tricked out dream Corvette, is stolen, he begins searching for it. His search leads him to Las Vegas, where Vanessa, a teenaged prostitute wannabe, helps him try to track it down.
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-06-02
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Night of the Dark Full Moon
1972-11-01
Night of the Dark Full Moon
Overview: A man investigates the grisly crimes that occurred in a former insane asylum, unsettling the locals who all seem to have something to hide.
Genres: Thriller Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-11-01
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Harry and Tonto
1974-08-12
Harry and Tonto
Overview: Harry is a retired teacher in his 70s living in the Upper West Side of New York City where his late wife and he raised his children--where he's lived all his life. When the building he lives in is torn down to make way for a parking garage, Harry and his beloved cat Tonto begin a journey across the United States, visiting his children, seeing a world he never seemed to have the time to see before, making new friends, and saying goodbye to old friends.
Genres: Comedy Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-08-12
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The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them
1992-11-26
The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them
Overview: David seriously fancies smart, rich Carrie as soon as he first offends her in a Boston bar. They run into each other again and though she still finds him appalling, David manages to change her mind.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-11-26
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The Great Waldo Pepper
1975-03-13
The Great Waldo Pepper
Overview: A biplane pilot who had missed flying in WWI takes up barnstorming and later a movie career in his quest for the glory he had missed.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-03-13
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The Swimmer
1968-08-09
The Swimmer
Overview: Well-off ad man Ned Merrill is visiting a friend when he notices the abundance of backyard pools that populate their upscale suburb. Ned suddenly decides that he'd like to travel the eight miles back to his own home by simply swimming across every pool in town. Soon, Ned's journey becomes harrowing; at each house, he is somehow confronted with a reminder of his romantic, domestic and economic failures.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-08-09
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Nickelodeon
1976-12-21
Nickelodeon
Overview: In the silent film era, attorney Leo Harrigan and gunslinger Buck Greenway are hired to stop an illegal film production. However, they soon team up with the filmmakers and become important players in the show business industry. Leo learns he has a talent for directing, and Buck's cowboy persona quickly earns him leading-man status — but both men fall for beautiful starlet Kathleen Cooke, leading to a heated personal rivalry.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-12-21
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Johnny Skidmarks
1998-01-18
Johnny Skidmarks
Overview: Johnny Scardino is working for blackmailers, photographing wealthy guys in seedy motels. One such assignment turns the wrong way and blackmailers die one by one. Is Johnny the next on the list?
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-18
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Rock-a-Die Baby
1975-03-21
Rock-a-Die Baby
Overview: A premonition comes true when the members of a rock group begin to die off for no apparent reason.
Genres: TV Movie Music Mystery Drama Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-03-21
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Last Hours Before Morning
1975-04-19
Last Hours Before Morning
Overview: An ex-cop, now a private detective, investigating a gambler's murder finds that there may be a connection between that crime and the jewel robbery at a beautiful movie star's home.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-04-19
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Target Risk
1975-01-06
Target Risk
Overview: A professional courier's girlfriend is abducted, and the kidnappers threaten to kill her unless the courier helps them fake a diamond robbery.
Genres: Action Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-01-06
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Jenny
1970-01-02
Jenny
Overview: An unwed mother-to-be marries a total stranger so he can avoid the draft. She now has a father for her child and he doesn't have to go to Vietnam. But this marriage-of-convenience leads to a romance between the two.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-01-02
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The Stunt Man
1980-06-27
The Stunt Man
Overview: A fugitive stumbles onto a movie set just when they need a new stunt man, takes the job as a way to hide out and falls for the leading lady while facing off with his manipulative director.
Genres: Action Comedy Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-06-27
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Airwolf: The Movie
1984-06-26
Airwolf: The Movie
Overview: Airwolf is capable of supersonic speeds, invisible to radar and armed with ultra state-of-the-art hardware. Airwolf is the most awesome aerial weapon ever developed. When the helicopter is stolen by Libyan mercenaries, Michael Archangel, Project director for the CIA, enlists the help of Vietnam veteran Stringfellow Hawke and his closest friend Dominic Santini, to attempt to recover the Airwolf. The mission throws them into the midst of Middle Eastern violence and destruction, where they come face to face with danger, romance and intrigue in their battle to re-possess the deadliest aerial weapon ever used.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-06-26
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The Family Kovack
1974-04-05
The Family Kovack
Overview: A tightly-knit family headed by a beleaguered Chicago widow rallies behind the eldest son when he is charged with bribing a city health department inspector in this pilot for a possible series.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-04-05
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Aunt Mary
1979-12-05
Aunt Mary
Overview: The true-life drama about a handicapped Baltimore woman living on welfare who organized a sandlot baseball team and ended up coaching more than 50,000 boys and girls over nearly 40 years.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-12-05
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Love Bites
1993-09-15
Love Bites
Overview: Story about a vampire who falls in love with a woman and tries to "re-humanize" himself in order to be with her.
Genres: Horror Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-09-15
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Flash and the Firecat
1975-05-31
Flash and the Firecat
Overview: Gang of robbers use dune buggies for their big heist.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-05-31
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My Favorite Year
1982-10-01
My Favorite Year
Overview: Fledgling comic Benjy Stone can't believe his luck when his childhood hero, the swashbuckling matinee idol Alan Swann, gets booked to appear on the variety show he writes for. But when Swann arrives, he fails to live up to his silver screen image. Instead, he's a drunken womanizer who suffers from stage fright. Benjy is assigned to look after him before the show, and it's all he can do to keep his former idol from going completely off the rails.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-10-01
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The Gold Bug
1980-02-02
The Gold Bug
Overview: Shortly after the Civil War, while exploring the long deserted and reputedly haunted Sullivan's Island off Charleston S.C., a boy encounters two obsessed eccentrics living there. These men chase him away and warn him never to return or to tell anyone about them. Soon, however, they locate him and summon him back, because he has unknowingly given them a clue vital to their quest and they need his help to unravel the rest of the mystery. If he can do so, they will find buried pirate treasure and all become rich. But in joining the search, he falls under the same obsession and curse -- an ominous fate suggested by the unearthly electronic music which contributes to the film's atmosphere.
Genres: Adventure Drama Family Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-02-02
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The Kansas City Massacre
1975-09-19
The Kansas City Massacre
Overview: Gangsters free one of their colleagues being escorted to prison and kill several FBI agents and local police officers in the attempt. FBI agent Melvin Purvis puts together a special squad to track down and capture the men responsible.
Genres: TV Movie Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-09-19
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Betrayed by Innocence
1986-03-01
Betrayed by Innocence
Overview: A married commercial filmmaker (Barry Bostwick) is charged with statutory rape when it is revealed that his lover (Cristen Kaufman) is only 16.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-03-01
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Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside
1973-03-14
Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside
Overview: Two New York City cops investigate a drug-smuggling ring that they believe is run by New York-based foreign diplomats.
Genres: Drama Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-03-14
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Dead Men Don't Die
1990-09-08
Dead Men Don't Die
Overview: A reporter investigating a drug dealing ring is murdered. Brought back to life by the voodoo spell of a cleaning woman, he goes after his killers.
Genres: Horror Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-09-08
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The Trigger Effect
1996-08-30
The Trigger Effect
Overview: A blackout leaves those affected to consider what is necessary, what is legal, and what is questionable, in order to survive in a predatory environment.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-08-30
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Taking Off
1971-03-28
Taking Off
Overview: Unable to deal with her parents, Jeannie Tyne runs away from home. Larry and Lynn Tyne search for her, and in the process meet other people whose children ran away. With their children gone, the parents are now free to rediscover/enjoy life.
Genres: Music Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-03-28
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The Chopped Liver Brothers
1977-05-06
The Chopped Liver Brothers
Overview: Tom and Jay are best friends. Tom is married to Sally and Jay is single. Tom and Jay are also stand-up comedians and their mishaps as they seek stardom as headliners are related.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-05-06
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The Christmas Star
1986-12-14
The Christmas Star
Overview: Horace McNickle (Edward Asner) is a two-time felon serving prison time for counterfeiting. On the week before Christmas, he escapes from prison dressed as Santa Claus due to his uncanny resemblence to St. Nick resulting from his long white beard and heavyset features. McNickle hides out from the police in a nearby suburban neighborhood where he is befriended and helped by two local children who think he is the real Santa Claus. McNickle takes advantage of the kids naive ness to help him get his counterfeit money hidden somewhere in a local department store while he develops kind-hearted feelings for his two con victims that make him slowly understand the true nature of Christmas.
Genres: Drama Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-12-14
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Inferno
1999-09-25
Inferno
Overview: Eddie Lomax is a drifter who has been in a suicidal funk since the death of his close friend Johnny. Riding his motorcycle into a small desert town where Johnny once lived, Lomax is confronted by a gang of toughs, who beat him and steal his bike. However, Lomax is not a man to take an injustice lying down, and soon he begins exacting a violent revenge on the men who stole his motorcycle, with local handyman Jubal Early lending a hand and several area ladies offering aid and comfort.
Genres: Action Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-09-25
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A Thousand Clowns
1965-12-13
A Thousand Clowns
Overview: Twelve-year-old Nick lives with his Uncle Murray, a Mr.Micawber-like Dickensian character who keeps hoping something won't turn up. What turns up is a social worker, who falls in love with Murray and a bit in love with Nick. As the child welfare people try to force Murray to become a conventional man (as the price they demand for allowing him to keep Nick), the nephew, who until now has gloried in his Uncle's iconoclastic approach to life, tries to play mediator. But when he succeeds, he is alarmed by the uncle's willingness to cave in to society in order to save the relationship.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-12-13
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Let Me Hear You Whisper
1969-05-23
Let Me Hear You Whisper
Overview: A scrub-woman attempts to rescue a dolphin who will talk to no one but her from a research laboratory.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-05-23
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The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
1971-12-22
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
Overview: A Brooklyn mobster and his gang try to rub out their rivals.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-12-22
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Midnight Cowboy
1969-05-25
Midnight Cowboy
Overview: Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and a quixotic fantasy of escaping to Florida.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-05-25
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Digital Man
1995-09-05
Digital Man
Overview: An out-of-control robot is inadvertently set loose in a small community, and a crack squad of soldiers are sent to hunt it down. Gradually, the members of the squad begin to suspect that some of them are robots.
Genres: Action Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-05
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Judgment: The Court Martial of the Tiger of Malaya — General Yamashita
1974-06-11
Judgment: The Court Martial of the Tiger of Malaya — General Yamashita
Overview: Dramatization of the trial of General Yamashita.
Genres: Drama History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-06-11
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