Daniel J. Travanti
Biography: The highly regarded actor Daniel J. Travanti was born Danielo Giovanni Travanty in the southeastern part of Wisconsin on March 7, 1940, but raised for a time in Iowa before returning to his native state. The youngest son of an American Motors auto worker, he showed both athletic and academic prowess in high school on both the football and debate teams. It was during the course of his studies at the University of Wisconsin that Dan first developed a strong, abiding interest in drama, appearing in many college plays while there. He, in fact, turned down top football scholarships in order to pursue his acting dream. Following training at the Yale School of Drama, he co-starred as Nick with Colleen Dewhurst in a touring company of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" in 1965 and he was off and running.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: March 07, 1940
Deathday: N/A
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Millennium
1989-08-25
Millennium
Overview: An investigator seeking the cause of an airline disaster discovers the involvement of an organisation of time travellers from a future Earth irreparably polluted who seek to rejuvenate the human race from those about to die in the past. Based on a novel by John Varley.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-08-25
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Just Cause
1995-02-17
Just Cause
Overview: A Harvard professor is lured back into the courtroom after twenty-five years to take the case of a young black man condemned to death for the horrific murder of a child.
Genres: Action Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-02-17
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The Wasp Woman
1995-08-29
The Wasp Woman
Overview: Janice Starlin is an aging model who owns a cosmetics company. When a researcher experimenting with wasps brings her a serum that will turn back the aging process, she decides to first try it on herself. The serum works, but it also turns her into a killer wasp woman.
Genres: Horror Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-08-29
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St. Ives
1976-02-24
St. Ives
Overview: A dabbler-in-crime and his assistant hire an ex-police reporter to recover some stolen papers.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-02-24
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Midnight Crossing
1988-05-13
Midnight Crossing
Overview: A blind woman, her husband and another couple sail off to find cash hidden on an island near Cuba.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-05-13
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The Sixth Column
1970-03-10
The Sixth Column
Overview: Two different alien races are at war. Representatives of each race have landed on Earth to battle it out here, but they've taken human form and they can only spot other aliens through the use of special glasses.
Genres: Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-03-10
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The Organization
1971-10-20
The Organization
Overview: After a group of young revolutionaries break into a company's corporate headquarters and steal $5,000,000 worth of heroin to keep it off the street, they call on San Francisco Police Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs for assistance.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-10-20
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Adam
1983-10-10
Adam
Overview: Based on the true story that shocked the nation and led to vast changes in how law enforcement handled missing children cases...John and Reve Walsh deal with their grief in front of the whole country when their son, Adam, is abducted and later found dead.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-10-10
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Who Killed Teddy Bear?
1965-09-01
Who Killed Teddy Bear?
Overview: A grim police detective embarks on a one-man crusade to track down a depraved sex maniac when a nightclub deejay receives a disturbing series of obscene phone calls. Finding himself getting far too close to the victim for comfort, the hard-boiled cop must track down the unbalanced pervert before he can carry out his sick threats...
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-09-01
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One Small Hitch
2013-02-14
One Small Hitch
Overview: On a flight home to Chicago for a family wedding, childhood friends Josh and Molly innocently agree to fake a wedding engagement to make Josh's dying father happy. Things quickly get out of hand with their two boisterous families, and a series of events causes them to pretend to be a couple and start planning a phony wedding. When the playacting begins to foster real feelings, the two must make some serious decisions: Split up and return to their lives in LA, or make a life as a couple back in Chicago?
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-02-14
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Weep No More, My Lady
1992-01-01
Weep No More, My Lady
Overview: When demanding actress Leila is found drowned there are numerous suspects but the main suspect is her husband Ted. Adapted from the novel by Mary Higgins Clark.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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Aurora
1984-02-01
Aurora
Overview: A single mother is trying to trace previous partners in order to help her fund a life changing operation for her blind son.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1984-02-01
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Siao Yu
1995-09-10
Siao Yu
Overview: Siao Yu needs a green card. Mario Moretti needs his debts paid. Getting married could solve their problems, or multiply them.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1995-09-10
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NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002-05-05
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
Overview: A celebration of NBC's 75 year history, featuring clips of special moments.
Genres: TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-05-05
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Murder in My House
2006-05-06
Murder in My House
Overview: A retired lawyer and his daughter investigates a murder that had taken place in their new home. However, the two are unaware of the the dangers they are uncovering with each step closer to the truth.
Genres: Crime Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-05-06
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Little Moon of Alban
1964-03-18
Little Moon of Alban
Overview: Irish Brigid Mary blames the English for the deaths of her fiance, brother, and father. Becoming a nurse following WWI she finds herself caring for what she considers the enemy. Then she begins to fall in love with soldier Kenneth Boyd.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-03-18
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Tagget
1991-02-14
Tagget
Overview: A disabled Vietnam veteran investigates an attempt on his life.
Genres: TV Movie Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-02-14
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Megaville
1990-01-22
Megaville
Overview: In the future, national boundaries have been broken down and two giant super-states remain—the bleak, oppressive, and totalitarian "Hemisphere," and the sprawling and futuristic "Megaville." Megaville has an elected president, but the entire system is rife with corruption. All forms of media are encouraged in Megaville, but this freedom has aided moral decay with the distribution of pornography and violent movies. Outside Megaville lies the Hemisphere; whereas Megaville is clean and ordered, the Hemisphere is in a state of decay. Travel from the Hemisphere to Megaville is restricted with few exceptions to the powerful. An outwardly totalitarian regime governs the daily life of civilians in the Hemisphere and the people live in fear of the "CKS" (the secret police). All forms of media are illegal in the Hemisphere. CC wikipedia.org
Genres: Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-22
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I Never Sang for My Father
1988-06-15
I Never Sang for My Father
Overview: A man who wants to move on with his life by moving to California and marry his girlfriend, finds it difficult as he still lives in the towering shadow of his aging father.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-06-15
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Fellow Traveller
1989-09-29
Fellow Traveller
Overview: In the Golden Age of Hollywood, two men had it all; one was a top screenwriter, the other a film idol. But when the witch hunts of McCarthyism swept into Tinseltown, it drove one out of the country and the other to suicide.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-29
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Adam: His Song Continues
1986-09-29
Adam: His Song Continues
Overview: Follows the true story of John and Reve Walsh who, after their child was murdered, fought to raise national awareness of the problem of missing children.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-09-29
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Murrow
1986-01-19
Murrow
Overview: Follow legendary news reporter/commentator from his radio broadcasts from the rooftops of London during the Blitz to his TV documentary series "See It Now" and his confrontations with the Senator from Wisconsin that helped put an end to the witch-hunts.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-19
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Eyes of a Witness
1991-03-30
Eyes of a Witness
Overview: Roy Baxter is concerned for his daughter Christina's safety. She's working as a doctor among the Masai in Kenya. Poaching gangs are slaughtering protected species, then raiding Masai villages and forcing them to help carry their ill-gotten gains across the border. Roy flies to Kenya to convince her to leave and becomes a suspect for murder when the village is raided and he tries to help a UN doctor shot by the raiders. The only witness is a young Masai boy, who is reluctant to come forward because of possible retribution against his tribe.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-03-30
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The Winter Stallion
1992-01-01
The Winter Stallion
Overview: Dai Davies (Eric Wyn) is a Welshman running a cash-strapped farm in modern Wales and raising his orphaned granddaughter Gwen (Sian MacLean) with the help of her godmother Nerys (Lynette Davies). When he dies unexpectedly, he leaves Gwen's guardianship to his estranged son Alan (Daniel J. Travanti), who has returned to Wales accompanied by his stepson Cliff Dean (Patrick Loomer). Alan's return pits himself against land developer Howard (Dafydd Hywel) and Cliff against Gwen's would-be suitor Gwilyn (Richard Lynch). As Alan and Gwen try to connect in the background of readying the farm's prize stallion Mabon for a race that could save the farm, Howard resorts to dirty tricks to try and force through the farm's sale.
Genres: Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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My Name Is Kate
1994-01-24
My Name Is Kate
Overview: Kate (Donna Mills) is an alcoholic--and, as is often the case, she is in full denial regarding her illness. Only when she is threatened with mass desertion by her husband, children and best friend does the sullen Kate agree to seek out treatment.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-24
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To Sir, with Love II
1996-04-07
To Sir, with Love II
Overview: After thirty years teaching in London, Mark Thackeray retires and returns to Chicago. There, however, the challenge of teaching kids in an inner city school proves to be too much to resist.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-04-07
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A Case of Libel
1983-10-17
A Case of Libel
Overview: Fact-based courtroom drama about a news reporter in 1954 who sued a columnist for libel after he proclaimed him a communist in print.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-10-17
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In the Shadows, Someone's Watching
1993-10-04
In the Shadows, Someone's Watching
Overview: There are a bunch on children in a suburban neighborhood getting hurt in unusual ways. One mother's child gets hurt and she goes looking for answers and finds them but its with twist no one would expect.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-10-04
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Making a Case for Murder
1989-12-04
Making a Case for Murder
Overview: In December, 1986, 3 black men ran into car trouble in Howard Beach, a middle-class neighborhood in New York City. Unable to start their car, they sought refuge in a nearby restaurant. What happened later that night shocked the entire city.
Genres: TV Movie Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-12-04
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Little Moon of Alban
1958-03-24
Little Moon of Alban
Overview: Irish Brigid Mary blames the English for the deaths of her fiance, brother, and father. Becoming a nurse following WW I she finds herself caring for what she considers the enemy. Then she begins to fall in love with soldier Kenneth Boyd.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-03-24
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It's My Turn
1980-10-24
It's My Turn
Overview: A successful but stressed mathematics professor goes to her father's wedding and falls in love with her father's bride's son, a prematurely retired pro baseball player. She must choose between him and her current boyfriend, between Chicago and New York, and between research and administration.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-10-24
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Night of 100 Stars
1982-03-08
Night of 100 Stars
Overview: The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City Music Hall. The event, for which ticket-buyers paid up to $1,000 a seat (tax-deductible as a contribution to the Actors' Fund) was billed as "The Night of 100 Stars" but, actually, around 230 stars took part. And most of the audience of 5,800 had no idea in advance that they were paying to see a TV taping, complete with long waits for set and costume changes, tape rewinding, and the like. Executive producer Alexander Cohen estimated that the 5,800 Radio City Music Hall seats sold out at prices ranging from $25 to $1,000. The show itself cost about $4 million to produce and was expected to yield around $2 million for the new addition to the Actors Fund retirement home in Englewood, N. J. ABC is reputed to have paid more than $5 million for the television rights.
Genres: Comedy Music TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-03-08
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