John Beck
Biography: John Beck (born January 28, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actor. He grew up in Joliet, Illinois. Renowned as a gritty actor with plenty of presence on set, he is ultimately best-known worldwide for playing the role of Mark Graison in Dallas during the mid-1980s, but is also well-known for several other roles in which he specialised in playing hard-ball businessmen.
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Birthday: January 28, 1943
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Sleeper
1973-12-17
Sleeper
Overview: Miles Monroe, a clarinet-playing health food store proprietor, is revived out of cryostasis 200 years into a future world in order to help rebels fight an oppressive government regime.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-12-17
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Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973-05-23
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Overview: Pat Garrett is hired as a lawman on behalf of a group of wealthy New Mexico cattle barons to bring down his old friend Billy the Kid.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-05-23
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The Alternate
2000-04-07
The Alternate
Overview: The President of the United States, in the midst of negative public opinion, is kidnapped while attending a charity function. However, this is all part of a plan to boost his ratings, the 'kidnappers' being a CIA black ops team. It seems like a great idea until the leader of the black ops decides he can make it away with the ransom money himself, but one of his team has other ideas.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-04-07
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Rollerball
1975-06-25
Rollerball
Overview: In a corporate-controlled future, an ultra-violent sport known as Rollerball represents the world, and one of its powerful athletes is out to defy those who want him out of the game.
Genres: Science Fiction Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-06-25
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Steel Chariots
1997-09-23
Steel Chariots
Overview: Set in the world of NASCAR racing, a family racing team is in danger of being ripped apart by the rivalry between two brothers tempted by fame, money, and beautiful women.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-09-23
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Lawman
1971-03-11
Lawman
Overview: While passing through the town of Bannock, a bunch of drunken cattlemen go overboard with their celebrating and accidentally kill an old man with a stray shot. They return home to Sabbath unaware of his death. Bannock lawman Jered Maddox later arrives there to arrest everyone involved on a charge of murder. Sabbath is run by land baron Vince Bronson, a benevolent despot, who, upon hearing of the death, offers restitution for the incident.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-03-11
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A Place to Grow
1998-01-01
A Place to Grow
Overview: Following his brother's death, a musician returns home to the farm. He intends to sell it, but over the course of his visit, develops an appreciation for the hands-on, old-style method of farming that goes on there. As he spends more time on the farm, he begins to suspect that his brother's death might not have occurred the way he'd first thought, and that foul play might have been involved. A heart-rending drama of love, loss, and the value of family, A Place to Grow will touch your heart. Starring stage and screen stalwart, Wilford Brimley (The Natural, In & Out).
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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In the Cold of the Night
1990-08-16
In the Cold of the Night
Overview: High profile fashion photographer Scott Bruin has been suffering from a series of increasingly disturbing and violent dreams in which he savagely attacks and murders a young woman. Fearing for his sanity, Scott begins to investigate these strange visions but slowly starts to believe that these all-too-real seeming nightmares might not be dreams after all and that the woman in them is in imminent danger.
Genres: Horror Drama Mystery Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-08-16
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Audrey Rose
1977-04-06
Audrey Rose
Overview: A man is convinced that a young girl is the reincarnation of his own daughter Audrey Rose, who died in a fiery car accident, along with his wife, two minutes before the girl was born.
Genres: Drama Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-04-06
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Crash Point Zero
2000-11-22
Crash Point Zero
Overview: A scientist recovers a powerful weapon created by inventor Nicola Tesla in the early twentieth century. Now, the plane carrying the device and a disparate group of passengers crashes in the Canadian mountains. The battle to survive begins.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-11-22
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The Big Bus
1976-06-23
The Big Bus
Overview: The ultimate disaster film parody. A nuclear-powered bus is making its maiden non-stop trip from New York to Denver. The journey is plagued by disasters due to the machinations of a mysterious group allied with the oil lobby. Will the down-on-his-luck driver, with a reputation for eating his passengers, be able to complete the journey?
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-06-23
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The Other Side of Midnight
1977-06-08
The Other Side of Midnight
Overview: When French beauty Noelle Page falls in love with American pilot Larry Douglas, she believes he'll marry her. Instead, he returns to the U.S and marries the sweet but naive Catherine. Even though Noelle has found a new lover, an affluent Greek named Constantin, and has started a great career as an actress, she vows revenge on her onetime lover. But once her plan is in motion, she and Larry fall in love and plot Catherine's death.
Genres: Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-06-08
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Black Day Blue Night
1995-10-01
Black Day Blue Night
Overview: A wife's husband is cheating on her. She decides to go on a road trip with her husband's other woman. While driving the two women pick up a hitchhiker. The man they pick up may be a robber and murderer on the run from the cops. A policeman who is tracking the hitchhiker has a close eye on them, but the question is why?
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-10-01
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Paperback Hero
1973-09-21
Paperback Hero
Overview: A hockey player in a small town begins to lose his grip on reality and starts to believe that he is a gunslinger in the Old West.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-09-21
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Project Viper
2002-05-15
Project Viper
Overview: A space shuttle crashes containing a lethal prototype organism designed to survive in any environment. The only people who can stop the creature are the Secretary of Defense agent and the female scientist who created it.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-05-15
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Crash Landing
2006-07-11
Crash Landing
Overview: When a hostage situation arises on-board a private plane with the daughter of a billionaire on-board. Major John Masters (Sabato Jr.) teams up with Captain Williams (Michael Paré) to stop the terrorist and land the plane.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-07-11
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The Call of the Wild
1976-05-22
The Call of the Wild
Overview: A prospector, a trapper and their sled dog battle the Klondike elements on their journey to get to the gold country.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-05-22
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Deadly Illusion
1987-10-16
Deadly Illusion
Overview: A private eye hired to kill a man's wife warns her instead and then finds both are impostors.
Genres: Drama Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-10-16
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The Time Machine
1978-11-05
The Time Machine
Overview: A scientist builds a machine that will enable him to travel back and forth in time, but when he puts it in motion, he gets more than he bargained for.
Genres: Adventure Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-11-05
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Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
1971-02-17
Mrs. Pollifax — Spy
Overview: Mrs. Emily Pollifax of New Jersey goes to the CIA to volunteer for spy duty, being in her own opinion, expendable now that the children are grown and she's widowed. And being just what the department needed (someone who looks and acts completely unlike a spy), she's assigned to simple courier duty to pick up a book in Mexico City. But when the pickup doesn't go as planned, Mrs. Pollifax finds herself handcuffed to a handsome stranger on a plane bound for an Albanian prison. And it's up to her to get them out.
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-02-17
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Fire and Rain
1990-10-26
Fire and Rain
Overview: This movie is based on the actual events on the tragic day of August 2nd, 1985. Delta Airlines flight 191 en route to Los Angeles Via Dallas Ft Worth took off from Ft Lauderdale, Fl. When the plane was landing in Ft Worth wind-shear from a strong thunderstorm caused the plane to crash.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-10-26
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The Silent Gun
1969-12-16
The Silent Gun
Overview: A gunfighter with a reputation as a fast gun almost kills an innocent child. He makes up his mind that he is not going to carry around loaded weapons anymore, but when he's asked to become sheriff of a lawless town, he compromises by carrying an unloaded pistol and relying on his reputation to keep order.
Genres: TV Movie Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-12-16
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake
1988-05-15
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake
Overview: A woman suddenly disappears after an early morning walk, and her husband is accused of murder.
Genres: Crime Mystery Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-05-15
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The Law
1974-10-22
The Law
Overview: An examination of the workings of a big city's legal system as seen through the eyes of people involved in a sensational murder trial.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-10-22
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A Man of Sentiment
1933-09-15
A Man of Sentiment
Overview: A man and woman fall in love at first sight, but everyone in their universe tries to keep them apart except one old fool with a sentimental heart.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-09-15
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Last Time Out
1994-01-01
Last Time Out
Overview: The story of a young college quarterback's struggles with alcohol, cocaine, and family problems.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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Three in the Attic
1968-12-20
Three in the Attic
Overview: In the swinging sixties three girls discover they have the same boyfriend who has been playing around with them all while vowing fidelity to each. To teach him a lesson he won't forget, the trio contrive to lock him up and continually favour him with their attentions in turn.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-12-20
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Flamingo Road
1980-05-12
Flamingo Road
Overview: A carnival drifter marries into an aristocratic family and unwillingly takes on a ruthless sheriff who fancies himself a political kingmaker in this pilot film to the later series.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-05-12
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Gridlock
1980-10-02
Gridlock
Overview: A series of freak accidents on the Los Angeles freeway traps a cast-load of familiar TV faces in an astounding traffic tie-up, with the entire system caught in a gridlock that John Beck, as a traffic expert, endeavors to unsnarl.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-10-02
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Sky Riders
1976-03-26
Sky Riders
Overview: When an industrialist's wife and kids are kidnapped by terrorists in Greece, the woman's ex-husband comes to the rescue with a plan involving hang gliders.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-03-26
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Timecop 2: The Berlin Decision
2003-09-30
Timecop 2: The Berlin Decision
Overview: 20 years after a set of events, the Time Enforcement Commission (TEC), is still going strong. Now Brandon Miller a TEC operative, believes that they have a responsibility to change history hoping that the world will be better but Ryan Chan another Tec operative stops him but kills the woman he loves in the process.
Genres: Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-30
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Hart to Hart: Secrets of the Hart
1995-03-06
Hart to Hart: Secrets of the Hart
Overview: Set in San Francisco, Jonathan and Jennifer Hart are faced with the prospect of being reunited with Jonathan's long lost sister, and her nephew. Is it possible that Jonathan will finally discover a key to his past or will the "family" turn out to be after something, putting Jonathan and Jennifer in danger's past one more time?
Genres: Mystery Adventure Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-03-06
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Nightmare Honeymoon
1974-09-20
Nightmare Honeymoon
Overview: Sadistic low-budget thriller about newlyweds Dack Rambo and Rebecca Danna Smith who are pursued and terrorized by a pair of rural killer rapists.
Genres: Crime Drama Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-09-20
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Babies for Sale
1940-06-14
Babies for Sale
Overview: A determined newsman pursues his hunch that a charitable maternity hospital is running a ruthless adoption racket.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-06-14
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Honor Thy Father and Mother: The True Story of the Menendez Murders
1994-04-18
Honor Thy Father and Mother: The True Story of the Menendez Murders
Overview: TV movie based on the novel "Blood Brothers," about the murder of Jose Menéndez and his wife Kitty by their sons, Erik and Lyle.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-04-18
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Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
1975-02-20
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
Overview: After three civil-rights workers are murdered in Mississippi in 1964, a team of FBI agents is sent there to find the killers.
Genres: Drama Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-02-20
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Dark Planet
1997-01-01
Dark Planet
Overview: Two sides, one known as the Alphas and the other the Rebels, struggle in a brutal war on Earth and in outer space. When a habitable planet is discovered in orbit around a star that is on the far side of a dangerous wormhole, the two sides mysteriously set aside their differences and send a joint mission to explore the planet. The mission of the starship Scylla is soon beset by political intrigue and treachery, jeopardizing not only the mission, but the lives of the entire crew
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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A Climate for Killing
1991-07-18
A Climate for Killing
Overview: Shortly before a rodeo festival week in Yuma County a body is found in the desert. It seems that it's Ria Paris, who was assumed to be killed by her husband before he took his own life already 16 years ago - however the cadaver's no that old! Together with his new ambitious colleague Paul McCraw Sheriff Kyle starts to investigate in the old case again, trying to avoid shaking up the community of the small town during the celebrations.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-07-18
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Suspect Device
1995-01-01
Suspect Device
Overview: Sci-fi action tale of a man who discovers that no one recognizes him... no one except his government that is; and "they" are working overtime to erase him from existance.
Genres: Science Fiction Action TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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ABCs of Death 2 1/2
2016-08-02
ABCs of Death 2 1/2
Overview: An anthology of 26 fan entries submitted for inclusion in ABCs of Death 2, each offering various takes on the letter "M".
Genres: Horror Thriller Comedy Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-08-02
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Militia
2000-10-17
Militia
Overview: When deadly anthrax missiles are stolen by a militia, ATF agent Ethan Carter must go undercover and join the group to save the country from disaster.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-10-17
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Nourish the Beast
1974-06-05
Nourish the Beast
Overview: Baba Goya is a loudmouth mother who goes through husbands and orphans like the Turkish coffee she makes in a dirty old soup pan. In Queens she presides over a household comprised of a childish orphan who happens to be a cop, an elderly gentleman who explodes every time somebody calls him grandpa, a dying husband and an errant daughter who cries all night. The husband, Baba's fifth, is already submitting an ad for her sixth. The cop catches a Japanese stealing cameras and chains him to a radiator, the daughter guiltily confesses she voted for Nixon and runs off, and the husband-who may not die after all-insists they must wait out Watergate for a Democrat.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-06-05
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Lock, Stock and Barrel
1971-09-24
Lock, Stock and Barrel
Overview: A young frontier couple elope, are chased by the girl's father and brothers, join up with an escaped convict and get mixed up with a charlatan preacher.
Genres: Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-09-24
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Only God Knows
1974-09-13
Only God Knows
Overview: The sponsors of a drug-rehabilitation center stage a robbery to maintain funding of the facility, but the loot turns out to be syndicate-owned.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-09-13
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They Raid by Night
1942-06-19
They Raid by Night
Overview: The British Commandos send Bob Owen to Norway to prepare for a raid. His mission also includes freeing General Heden who is being held by the Nazis. His aides include Eric Falken and Harry. Inga, a Norwegian girl to whom Falken was once engaged but who has become the sweetheart of Oberst Von Ritter, betrays their hiding place.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-06-19
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Cyborg 2087
1966-10-01
Cyborg 2087
Overview: In the future world of the year 2087, freedom of thought is illegal and the thoughts of the world's populations are controlled by the government. A small band of "free thinkers" send a cyborg back in time to the year 1966 to prevent a scientist from making the breakthrough that will eventually lead to the mass thought control of the future. Our time traveler soon discovers he is not alone when government agents from the future try to prevent him from carrying out his mission.
Genres: Science Fiction Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-10-01
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A Good Time with a Bad Girl
1967-04-17
A Good Time with a Bad Girl
Overview: A millionaire goes to Las Vegas and has an affair with a sex-addicted girl, while his wife is back at home.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-04-17
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Peyton Place: The Next Generation
1985-05-13
Peyton Place: The Next Generation
Overview: Another attempt to bring the 1960s primetime serial back to network television
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-05-13
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