Biff Elliot
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Biff Elliot (July 26, 1923) is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as popular detective Mike Hammer in the 1953 version of I, the Jury, and as his guest appearance in the Star Trek episode "The Devil in the Dark". Description above from the Wikipedia article Biff Elliot, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: July 26, 1923
Deathday: August 15, 2012
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Good Morning, Miss Dove
1955-11-23
Good Morning, Miss Dove
Overview: Miss Dove is a prim New England school teacher who is treasured by her students in the small town of Liberty Hill. When she falls ill, a kindly doctor, who is a former student of Miss Dove's, comes to her aid. As many of her pupils, present and past, come to see her in the hospital, they reveal how Miss Dove has greatly impacted their lives over the years. These visitors include a police officer, a playwright, a banker, a convict, and an unmarried mother.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-11-23
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House of Bamboo
1955-07-01
House of Bamboo
Overview: Eddie Kenner is given a special assignment by the Army to get the inside story on Sandy Dawson, a former GI who has formed a gang of fellow servicemen and Japanese locals.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-07-01
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PT 109
1963-06-26
PT 109
Overview: Dramatization of President John F. Kennedy's war time experiences during which he captained a PT boat, took it to battle and had it sunk by a Japanese destroyer. He and the survivors had to make their way to an island, find food and shelter and signal the Navy for rescue.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-06-26
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Blood Bath
1966-03-02
Blood Bath
Overview: A painter of morbid art, who becomes a murderous vampire by night and kills young women, attempts a daytime relationship with a woman who resembles a former love and is also the sister of one of his victims.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-03-02
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Destination Inner Space
1966-05-01
Destination Inner Space
Overview: A futuristic underwater sea-lab is having problems with a UFO that's parked between them and a nearby deep ocean trench. As they investigate, they attract the unwanted attention of a dangerous creature who puts the scientists and crew in danger.
Genres: Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-05-01
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Pork Chop Hill
1959-05-29
Pork Chop Hill
Overview: Korean War, April 1953. Lieutenant Clemons, leader of the King company of the United States Infantry, is ordered to recapture Pork Chop Hill, occupied by a powerful Chinese Army force, while, just seventy miles away, at nearby the village of Panmunjom, a tense cease-fire conference is celebrated.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-05-29
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I, the Jury
1953-08-14
I, the Jury
Overview: After his best friend and war buddy is mysteriously gunned down, Mike Hammer will stop at nothing to settle the score for the man who sacrificed a limb to save his own life during combat. Along the way, Hammer rides a fine line between gumshoe and a one-man jury, staying two-steps ahead of the law—and trying not to get bumped off in the process.
Genres: Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-08-14
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The Enemy Below
1957-12-25
The Enemy Below
Overview: The crew of the American destroyer escort, the USS Haynes, detects a German U-Boat—resulting in a prolonged, deadly battle of wits.
Genres: War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-12-25
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Save the Tiger
1973-02-14
Save the Tiger
Overview: A businessman's professional struggles begin to conflict with his personal life over the course of two days.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-02-14
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The True Story of Jesse James
1957-03-22
The True Story of Jesse James
Overview: Having fought with the Confederacy during the Civil War, Jesse James and his brother Frank dream of a farm life in Missouri. Harassed by Union sympathizers, they assemble a gang of outlaws, robbing trains and becoming folk heroes in the process. Jesse marries his sweetheart, Zee, and maintains an aura of domesticity, but after a group of lawmen launch an attack on his mother's house, Jesse plans one more great raid -- on a Minnesota bank.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-03-22
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The Navy vs. the Night Monsters
1966-11-01
The Navy vs. the Night Monsters
Overview: US Navy battles monsters unearthed from the frozen arctic.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-11-01
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Cool Breeze
1972-03-29
Cool Breeze
Overview: A paroled crook masterminds a $3 million jewelry theft to fund a bank for businessmen.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-03-29
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The Dark
1979-04-27
The Dark
Overview: At night the Mangler stalks the streets of Los Angeles, killing and mutilating random victims. On the trail are a TV reporter, the father of one of the victims, and a police detective, but despite their efforts only the mysterious psychic DeRenzy knows what the killer is and how to stop it.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-04-27
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The Hard Ride
1971-04-22
The Hard Ride
Overview: While in Vietnam, a GI promises his dying buddy that he'll take care of his motorcycle, "Baby", when he gets back home. After his discharge, he meets up with his dead friend's girlfriend, gets the bike, and then runs into trouble from some other bikers who don't like the idea of his having the motorcycle or the girl.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-04-22
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The Wild McCullochs
1975-05-21
The Wild McCullochs
Overview: A story about the rich McCulloch Family, their overbearing father and the children's misguided blaming him for everything that doesn't go right.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-05-21
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The Story on Page One
1959-12-01
The Story on Page One
Overview: An adulterous couple is accused of murder after the woman's husband is shot and killed during a scuffle. A high-profile court case tells the story.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-12-01
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Brainstorm
1965-05-05
Brainstorm
Overview: Scientist Jim Grayam saves his boss' wife from suicide but then falls in love with her.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-05-05
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Portrait of an Escort
1980-10-08
Portrait of an Escort
Overview: Jordan West is a divorcée who moonlights at a professional dating service to make ends meet. But her secret job causes gossip among her neighbors and trouble at the real estate office where she works in the daytime, while her teenage daughter is the only one who remains oblivious to her mother's night job. When Jordan tries to quit her escort profession, she finds herself harassed by her boss/madam, Mrs. Kennedy, and then stalked by an unknown former client.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-10-08
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Beyond Reason
1985-09-26
Beyond Reason
Overview: An unconventional psychiatrist slowly begins to question his own sanity.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-09-26
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Back to the Planet of the Apes
1980-11-17
Back to the Planet of the Apes
Overview: Astronauts Pete Burke and Allan Virdon crash on Earth in the far future and are captured by the apes. The men befriend a chimp named Galen who helps them to escape. In the hopes of finding a way to get back to their own time, the astronauts search for a computer in an earthquake-threatened city, with which they will be able to access their flight records. [The first of five telefilms edited from episodes of the 1974 TV series; this film combines the episodes "Escape from Tomorrow" and "The Trap"]
Genres: Action Thriller Adventure Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-11-17
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The Front Page
1974-11-01
The Front Page
Overview: A journalist suffering from burn-out wants to finally say goodbye to his office – but his boss doesn’t like the idea one bit.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-11-01
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Kotch
1971-09-17
Kotch
Overview: When retired salesman Joseph Kotcher begins to feel pressure to move out of the house he shares with the family of his son, he opts to embark on a road trip instead of settling in a retirement home. Befriending Erica, a young pregnant woman and his grandson's former nanny, Kotch begins to finds new meaning in life as he helps her prepare to welcome her baby into the world.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-09-17
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Between Heaven and Hell
1956-10-11
Between Heaven and Hell
Overview: Sam Gifford remembers : In prewar years he was an arrogant southern cotton plantation owner, married to the daughter of a colonel. At the beginning of the war he was mobilized with his National Guard unit as a sergeant. Came the day when, revolted by the cowardice of his lieutenant, who had fired at his own men, he hit him. Downgraded, he was sent to a disciplinary battalion. Sam now discovers his new detachment, his new commanding officer, just another cowardly brute, Captain Waco Grimes. While in combat, Sam will gradually become closer to the privates, working-class people he used to despise. He will become another man, a better man.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-10-11
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The Day of the Wolves
1971-11-01
The Day of the Wolves
Overview: A group of six thieves selected from different areas are sent a letter that promises them a minimum of $50,000 and includes a plane ticket. The letter instructs them to grow a beard. After being given a blindfolded ride from the airport, they arrive at a ghost town and meet with the boss (Number #1, Jan Murray). All of the "Wolves" are assigned a number, wear identical overalls and instructed never to take off the gloves that they are given. They are only to address eachother by their numbers; in that way, if one is caught, he can't rat-out the others. Number #1 reveals to them that they will take over a town, and clean it out. Using the ghost town for training, they develop their tactics to fleece the town.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-11-01
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That's Life!
1986-10-10
That's Life!
Overview: A wealthy architect struggles with a severe case of male menopause at the approach of his 60th birthday.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-10-10
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Torpedo Run
1958-10-24
Torpedo Run
Overview: A submarine commander is on a relentless pursuit of a Japanese aircraft carrier in the South Seas during World War II.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-10-24
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The Girl Who Knew Too Much
1969-11-07
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
Overview: A runaway truck containing the corpse of a slain gang leader rolls into a California nightclub owned by Johnny Cain, a hard bitten former free-lance adventurer. The gang threatens to kill Johnny, unless he solves the murder. The CIA also investigates - because it turns out that the slaying was part of a long-range Communist plan to take over the crime syndicate. Cain's search for clues leads him into a maze of beautiful girls, mysterious Oriental statues and murderous spies.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-11-07
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The Stranger Who Looks Like Me
1974-03-06
The Stranger Who Looks Like Me
Overview: A young woman searching for her birth parents in order to fulfill her sense of identity joins with an organization that fights the bureaucracy keeping adoption records sealed.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-03-06
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Steambath
1973-05-04
Steambath
Overview: Tandy, Merideth and assorted others unexpectedly wake up in a steambath with no easy exit. After spending some time there, it becomes clear that the steambath is a sort of Afterlife, where indifferent souls come to tell their stories to God who happens to be the attendant picking up the towels.
Genres: Drama Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-05-04
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