Paul L. Smith
Biography: Paul L. Smith (born February 5, 1939) was an American character actor. Burly, bearded, and imposing, he has appeared in films and occasionally on TV since the 1970s, generally playing "heavies" and bad guys. His most notable roles include Hamidou, the vicious prison warden in Midnight Express (1978), Bluto in Robert Altman's Popeye (1980) and the Beast Rabban in David Lynch's Dune (1984). He is sometimes credited as Paul Smith or Paul Lawrence Smith.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: February 05, 1939
Deathday: April 25, 2012
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Popeye
1980-12-12
Popeye
Overview: Popeye is a super-strong, spinach-scarfing sailor man who's searching for his father. During a storm that wrecks his ship, Popeye washes ashore and winds up rooming at the Oyl household, where he meets Olive. Before he can win her heart, he must first contend with Olive's fiancé, Bluto.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-12-12
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Crimewave
1985-04-12
Crimewave
Overview: Fed up of his business partner, Ernest Trend hires the services of two exterminators. When things go drastically wrong and they murder the wrong man, the race is on to frame an innocent video surveillance man.
Genres: Comedy Crime Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-04-12
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Carambola's Philosophy: In the Right Pocket
1975-01-01
Carambola's Philosophy: In the Right Pocket
Overview: Len and Cody are two friends who can not spend more than two minutes without arguing. These crazy gunmen snatched a Confederate colonel charged an archaic machine gun sidecar soon becomes a coveted prize for all offenders in west Texas.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1975-01-01
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Maverick
1994-05-20
Maverick
Overview: Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them, and needs an additional three thousand dollars in order to enter a winner-takes-all poker game that begins in a few days, so he joins forces with a woman gambler with a marvellous southern accent, and the two try and enter the game.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-05-20
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Red Sonja
1985-04-09
Red Sonja
Overview: The tyrant Gedren seeks the total power in a world of barbarism. She raids the city Hablac and kills the keeper of a talisman that gives her great power. Red Sonja, sister of the keeper, sets out with her magic sword to overthrow Gedren.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-04-09
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Eric Falk: Sunshine-Judo auf Ibiza
2014-06-10
Eric Falk: Sunshine-Judo auf Ibiza
Overview: Featurette about the 1980 film "Gefangene Frauen" starring Eric Falk and Erwin C. Dietrich.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2014-06-10
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Pieces
1982-08-23
Pieces
Overview: A frustrated Boston detective searches for the maniac responsible for mutilating a number of university coeds.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1982-08-23
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Death Chase
1988-03-12
Death Chase
Overview: After a man's sister is killed by two gunmen who seemingly come out of nowhere, he manages to find and kill them. He then discovers that the men he killed were part of a multi-millionaire's bizarre "death game", where someone is hunted through the streets of Los Angeles by teams of killers who get a big-money prize for killing their quarry--and he realizes that now he is "it".
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-03-12
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Sonny Boy
1989-03-22
Sonny Boy
Overview: A small-town car thief and his transgender wife come across an abandoned infant; they amputate his tongue and train him for a life in crime.
Genres: Drama Action Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-03-22
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Gor
1987-05-08
Gor
Overview: American professor Tarl Cabot is transported via a magical ring to planet Gor, where he must help an oppressed country overthrow its evil king and his barbarian henchmen.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-05-08
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Disaster on the Coastliner
1979-10-28
Disaster on the Coastliner
Overview: A deranged engineer, bent on revenge for the deaths of his wife and daughter, sets two passenger trains on a collision course, and con-man William Shatner puts his life on the line to ward off the crash.
Genres: Action Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-10-28
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Return of the Tiger
1977-06-10
Return of the Tiger
Overview: Chang Hung, an agent who works for a rival organization, and his female partner devise an elaborate plan to take out a heroin ring led by the nefarious kingpin, Paul the Westerner.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1977-06-10
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Ten Little Indians
1989-11-29
Ten Little Indians
Overview: Ten people are invited to go on an African safari, only to find that an unseen person is killing them one by one. Could one of them be the killer?
Genres: Crime Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-11-29
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They Call Me Shmil
1973-01-01
They Call Me Shmil
Overview: Professional big-dude Paul Smith in an Israeli-produced action-comedy that looks to take inspiration from the Hill/Spencer comedies.
Genres: Drama Comedy Adventure
Original Language: he
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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Carambola!
1974-09-13
Carambola!
Overview: Coby is an ex-soldier and billiard champion. He and his friend Len accept the sum of 50,000 dollars to investigate the trafficking of arms across the Mexican border, but the pair come across a new revolutionary revolver.
Genres: Western Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-09-13
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Operation Shtreimel
1984-06-06
Operation Shtreimel
Overview: This wacky comedy takes place in the weeks leading up to the Allied invasion of Normandy during World War II. With the Allies uncertain as to what the Germans have in store for them after the invasion, it's up to one Jewish paratrooper to sneak into Germany's top-secret army base and steal the plans!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: he
Release Date: 1984-06-06
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Nahtche and the General
1972-06-06
Nahtche and the General
Overview: Comedy which revolves around the exploits of Nahtche and his constant success in disentangling himself from the grip of the persons who are after him and whom he is leading by the nose.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: he
Release Date: 1972-06-06
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Convoy Buddies
1975-07-20
Convoy Buddies
Overview: Toby and Butch are a couple of bumbling crooks who get a truck driving job hauling insecticide from Italy to France. Unbeknownst to the clueless duo, they're really smuggling guns. A group of equally inept mobsters try to steal the guns to no avail.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1975-07-20
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The Diamond Peddlers
1976-01-29
The Diamond Peddlers
Overview: Bumbling crooks Butch and Toby pose as priests in order to elude being arrested by the authorities in Africa. Butch and Toby deliver a statue of the Virgin Mary from Africa to Amsterdam. Unbenownst to the clueless duo, they're really smuggling diamonds. A group of equally inept mobsters give chase.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1976-01-29
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D.R.E.A.M. Team
1999-09-25
D.R.E.A.M. Team
Overview: J.W. Garrison, the head of a top-secret sub agency of the United Nations, discovers that a team of terrorists, led by the murderous Oliver Maxwell, plan on producing a bomb carrying an anthrax virus to be used in the United States. Garrison summons CIA agent Zack Hamilton who puts together a team of three beautiful women; CIA trainer Kim Taylor; photographer Victoria Carrera; and actress Eva Kirov to go to undercover as fashion models to infiltrate the terrorist organization to find the bomb before it can be used.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-09-25
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Sno-Line
1985-09-13
Sno-Line
Overview: A New York City district attorney secretly runs a cocaine-smuggling ring in Texas. When the mob tries to move in on his operation, he goes down there to try to stop them.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-09-13
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We Are No Angels
1975-09-25
We Are No Angels
Overview: Two wannabes rig a fight with a large prize fighter to buy a car.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1975-09-25
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The In-Laws
1979-06-15
The In-Laws
Overview: In preparation for his daughter's wedding, dentist Sheldon Kornpett meets Vince Ricardo, the groom's father. Vince, a manic fellow who claims to be a government agent, then proceeds to drag Sheldon into a series of chases and misadventures from New York to Central America.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-06-15
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Outlaw Force
1988-01-01
Outlaw Force
Overview: Some punks go into a small town and start hassling the gas station owner; Billy Ray Dalton a friend of the owner pulls a shot gun on them and tells them to go away. Later they go back and force the owner to tell them where Dalton lives. Now, Dalton a part time musician's out on a gig, when they go to his house and kill his pregnant wife, and take his daughter. Dalton follows them to try and get his daughter back.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-01-01
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Caged Fury
1990-03-01
Caged Fury
Overview: Kat arrives in Los Angeles to audition for movies. However, after meeting a sleazy producer, she and her new friend find themselves in a women's prison run by sadistic guards and a lesbian warden.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-03-01
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The Salamander
1981-04-25
The Salamander
Overview: An Italian policeman investigates a series of murders involving people in prominent positions. Left behind at each murder scene is a drawing of a salamander. The policeman begins to suspect these murders are linked to a plot to seize control of the government.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-04-25
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The Protector
1985-06-15
The Protector
Overview: Billy Wong is a New York City cop whose partner is gunned down during a robbery. Billy and his new partner, Danny Garoni, are working security at a fashion show when a wealthy man's daughter, Laura Shapiro, is kidnapped. The Federal authorities suspect that Laura's father is involved with Mr. Ko, a Hong Kong drug kingpin, so the NYC police commissioner sends the two cops to Hong Kong to investigate.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-06-15
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Desert Kickboxer
1992-11-14
Desert Kickboxer
Overview: A kickboxing cop abandons the violent life after he accidentally kills his opponent during a match. After quitting, he heads for the Arizona desert to live alone and occasionally work tracking drug runners for the area sheriff. One particularly wily Mexican drug lord, Santos, has been a real thorn in tracker Joe Highhawk's side, so when he encounters the beautiful Claudia and her simpleton brother Anthony running for their lives because she, an accountant, embezzled $20 million from Santos, he decides to help them. This actioner follows what happens next. Along the way, they encounter all sorts of danger, and double cross until the exciting final standoff between the kickboxer and the villain.
Genres: Drama Western Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-11-14
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When I Am King
1982-07-08
When I Am King
Overview: Two children move to a dream world of magicians, witches and an evil Gypsy.
Genres: Adventure Drama Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-07-08
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Alcohol: The Choice
1974-12-31
Alcohol: The Choice
Overview: A teenager is faced with pressure from peers to drink and his decision about the use of alcohol. The young man is assisted by a youth minister in making his choice.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-12-31
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The Three Hostages
1977-12-27
The Three Hostages
Overview: Retired British solider Richard Hannay is recruited by British intelligence in an attempt to recover three hostages taken prisoner by a shadowy criminal organisation
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-12-27
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Haunted Honeymoon
1986-07-25
Haunted Honeymoon
Overview: Radio personalities Larry Abbot and Vickie Pearle are stars of a mystery show. Since they announced their engagement, Larry has been plagued by speech problems and, seeking out an unconventional cure, he returns to his boyhood home, a mansion in the countryside, bringing Vickie along. Larry reunites with numerous family members, but discovers that there are sinister things afoot within the walls of the creepy estate.
Genres: Comedy Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-07-25
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Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus
1973-03-31
Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus
Overview: Johnny Cash appears in and narrates this retelling of the story of Jesus' Life, Death and Resurrection.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-03-31
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Crossing the Line
1990-08-08
Crossing the Line
Overview: A rich kid, with a fondness for fast bikes, is blamed when a motorcycle accident puts his best friend in a coma.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-08-08
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The Hired Gun
1989-01-01
The Hired Gun
Overview: A hardcore former mercenary in Africa is commissioned by a neo-Nazi organization to bring secret documents from WW2, hidden at an American military base.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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Eye of the Widow
1991-10-17
Eye of the Widow
Overview: A new international terrorist group attack the castle of an Austrian prince during his party, but one of the guests, a contractor, deals with them. The CIA then hires him to find the men behind the attack and take them out. This big budget film with many 'A' stars was barely released. In fact, despite being a U.S. production filmed in Europe, it was never widely screened theatrically in America nor did it receive a video release.
Genres: Crime Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-10-17
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Jungle Warriors
1984-05-11
Jungle Warriors
Overview: A group of models fly into the jungle of some South American country to look for a photo location. Their plane is shot down and they are captured by a drug baron's private army. At the same time, the Mafia's representative arrive to negotiate future collaboration.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-05-11
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Dune
1984-12-14
Dune
Overview: In the year 10,191, the most precious substance in the universe is the spice Melange. The spice extends life. The spice expands consciousness. The spice is vital to space travel. The spice exists on only one planet in the entire universe, the vast desert planet Arrakis, also known as Dune. Its native inhabitants, the Fremen, have long held a prophecy that a man would come, a messiah who would lead them to true freedom.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-12-14
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Going in Style
1979-12-25
Going in Style
Overview: Three senior citizens in their 70s who live together are slowly decaying in endless days with nothing to do but feed the birds. One of them comes up with an idea - rob a bank. They certainly could use the money if they get away with it and if they are caught, what could happen to three old men?
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-12-25
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Midnight Express
1978-08-31
Midnight Express
Overview: Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of Turkey. The Turkish courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison. Hayes has two opportunities for release: the appeals made by his lawyer, his family, and the American government, or the "Midnight Express".
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-08-31
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21 Hours at Munich
1976-12-25
21 Hours at Munich
Overview: A dramatization of the incident in 1972 when Arab terrorists broke into the Olympic compound in Munich and murdered 11 Israeli athletes.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-12-25
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Conspiracy of Terror
1975-12-29
Conspiracy of Terror
Overview: A husband-and-wife detective team investigate the existence of lethal Satanic cults , while the husband battles with his Orthodox Jewish parents who haven't forgiven him for marrying a Gentile woman.
Genres: Drama TV Movie Comedy Crime Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-12-29
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Madron
1970-12-01
Madron
Overview: A nun, the only survivor of an Indian massacre of a wagon train, is taken in by a cantankerous old gunfighter.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-12-01
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Fishke Bemilu'im
1971-01-01
Fishke Bemilu'im
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Original Language: he
Release Date: 1971-01-01
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You're Famous
1989-01-01
You're Famous
Overview: A woman goes streaking in a race track, a senior citizens' seminar features a pre-sex demonstration, public toilets' walls fall apart, and other candid camera pranks take place in South Africa.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: he
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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Crazy Camera
1989-01-01
Crazy Camera
Overview: A candid camera comedy where hidden camera films unsuspecting street passers-by reacting to comic situations the filmmakers set up.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: he
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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