Robert Urich
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert Urich (December 19, 1946 – April 16, 2002) was an American actor. He played the starring role in the television series Spenser: For Hire (1985–1988) and Vega$ (1978–1981). He also appeared in other television series over the years including: S.W.A.T. (1975), Soap (1977), and The Lazarus Man (1996), as well as in several feature films including Turk 182!, The Ice Pirates, and Magnum Force. Urich died in 2002 in Thousand Oaks, California. The actor announced in 1996 that he was suffering from synovial cell sarcoma, a rare cancer that attacks the body's joints, for which he underwent several treatments during the last years of his life. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Urich, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Birthday: December 19, 1946
Deathday: April 16, 2002
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The Ice Pirates
1984-03-16
The Ice Pirates
Overview: In the not too distant future, where by far the most precious commodity in the galaxy is water. The last surviving water planet was somehow removed to the unreachable centre of the galaxy at the end of the galactic trade wars. The galaxy is ruled by an evil emperor presiding over a trade oligarchy that controls all mining and sale of ice from asteroids and comets.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-03-16
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Magnum Force
1973-12-13
Magnum Force
Overview: "Dirty" Harry Callahan is a San Francisco Police Inspector on the trail of a group of rogue cops who have taken justice into their own hands. When shady characters are murdered one after another in grisly fashion, only Dirty Harry can stop them.
Genres: Drama Crime Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-12-13
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Killdozer
1974-02-02
Killdozer
Overview: A small construction crew on an island is terrorized when a spirit-like being takes over a large bulldozer, and goes on a killing rampage.
Genres: TV Movie Science Fiction Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-02-02
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Night Walk
1989-10-01
Night Walk
Overview: A woman witnesses a murder, reports the crime and become a target for the murderer.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-10-01
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Turk 182!
1985-02-15
Turk 182!
Overview: After New York City firefighter Terry Lynch is unable to receive any compensation for an injury incurred during the off-duty rescue of a young girl, he grows suicidal. Furious, his brother Jimmy attempts to have Mayor Tyler intervene, but the corrupt politician instead denounces Terry as a drunk. Determined to get justice, Jimmy begins a graffiti campaign of embarrassing slogans mocking the mayor, which soon captivates the city.
Genres: Action Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-02-15
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A Horse for Danny
1995-04-08
A Horse for Danny
Overview: Danny is a smart little girl. She lives at the track where her uncle is a horse trainer. She knows her uncle needs just one great horse to make his name.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-04-08
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Captains Courageous
1996-04-21
Captains Courageous
Overview: Harvey Cheyne, Jr., second richest person in the world, orphaned and spoiled rotten, encounters a cigar and the sea on his way to England for boarding school. Seasick, over the rail for real, rescued by Dan Troop of a Gloucester fishing sailboat. Three months at sea, under a firm but fair Captain Troop (fair wages of $10.50 a month, if you don't work you don't eat). A hard life and a dangerous one, and a lot of growing up to do through hardship and tragedy.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-04-21
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The Rodney Dangerfield Special: I Can't Take It No More
1983-11-29
The Rodney Dangerfield Special: I Can't Take It No More
Overview: Rodney Dangerfield special, featuring stand-up and sketches.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-11-29
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Final Descent
1997-10-12
Final Descent
Overview: An airliner collides with a light plane just after takeoff, causing its elevators to jam in the full climb position. It will crash as soon as the fuel runs out, unless some desperate measure succeeds in bringing the nose down.
Genres: Thriller Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-10-12
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Invitation to Hell
1984-05-24
Invitation to Hell
Overview: Family man Matt Winslow accepts a new job in Silicon Valley and quickly finds that his associates are obsessed with a mysterious local country club whose manager, Jessica Jones, holds sway over the community.
Genres: Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-05-24
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83 Hours 'Til Dawn
1990-11-04
83 Hours 'Til Dawn
Overview: A wealthy man's daughter is kidnapped and placed in a box with air for only 83 hours.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-11-04
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She Knows Too Much
1989-01-29
She Knows Too Much
Overview: In this comedy-drama set in Washington, D.C., an ex-burglar and a dumbbell detective must team up to solve several puzzling murders.
Genres: Drama Comedy Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-29
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April Morning
1988-04-24
April Morning
Overview: A teenager grows up during the onset of the American revolution.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-04-24
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Jock of the Bushveld
1995-12-22
Jock of the Bushveld
Overview: 20-year old Percy Fitzpatrick hears about the Eastern Transvaal gold rush and sets out from Cape Town in hopes of finding fortune. He becomes a transport rider bringing in supplies from Delagoa Bay current Maputo and comes across a runt puppy and saves it's life and christens it Jock. Percy and Jock form a close bond and friendship and share many adventures. Based on the classic novel, JOCK OF THE BUSHVELD by Sir Percy Fitzpatrick.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-22
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Spenser: A Savage Place
1995-05-20
Spenser: A Savage Place
Overview: Candy Sloane, a news reporter that Spenser used to date, hires him out as backup while she investigates a credit card fraud ring that might be operating out of a previously-bankrupt movie company
Genres: TV Movie Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-05-20
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Spenser: The Judas Goat
1994-12-01
Spenser: The Judas Goat
Overview: Spenser is hired out by Hugh Dixon to track down the killers of his wife and daughters. He and Hawk are drawn into a huge plot involving assassination attempts on African leader Winston Boyko by some racist terrorist named Paul.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-12-01
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Spenser: Ceremony
1993-07-23
Spenser: Ceremony
Overview: Spenser is hired to locate April Kyle, the missing daughter of Harry Kyle, millionaire and candidate for Governor. With the assistance of Hawk, Spenser travels from Boston's "Combat Zone" to Providence and the heart of child pornography in search of one seemingly unimportant runaway whom nobody wants found.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-07-23
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Young Again
1986-05-11
Young Again
Overview: A 40-year-old bachelor gets his wish to be 17 again, and he goes back to high school where he romances the daughter of the woman he dated in high school the first time.
Genres: Family Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-05-11
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Clover Bend
2002-03-20
Clover Bend
Overview: When an L.A. cop gets called to a crime scene on his anniversary, he is forced into a shootout that leaves both a criminal and his hostage dead. Soon after, with a troubled yet clear conscience, the officer and his family go on a camping weekend. After they stop at a gas station and end up in the middle of a robbery, fate and a twisted web of revenge have other, more violent plans for them. When the score is finally settled, will anyone be left standing?
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-03-20
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Night of the Wolf
2002-04-15
Night of the Wolf
Overview: Claire and her teenaged son, Jesse, along with their friend and ranch foreman Purly Owens, work the cattle ranch that Claire once shared with her husband who was killed in a ranching accident. As the over-protective Claire contemplates selling the ranch, a life-threatening accident strands her deep in the wilderness with only a wild wolf for company. While Claire and the wolf form an unlikely alliance in their struggle to survive, Jesse is forced to grow up fast as he races to evade poachers and rescue his mom before it's too late!
Genres: Drama Adventure Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-04-15
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A Perfect Stranger
1994-09-12
A Perfect Stranger
Overview: A television movie based on "A Perfect Stranger," Danielle Steel's novel about an attorney who falls in love with the young wife of a wealthy man who is dying.
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-09-12
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Murder by Night
1989-07-20
Murder by Night
Overview: A man inadvertently gets caught near a car explosion, and after he recovers from his injuries realizes that he has amnesia. Soon evidence begins to mount that he could be "The Claw Hammer Killer, " a serial murderer who targets for death the former patrons of a particular restaurant called Puzzles.
Genres: Horror Mystery Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-07-20
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Survive the Savage Sea
1992-01-05
Survive the Savage Sea
Overview: After their 43-foot schooner was stove in by a pod of killer whales, the six members of the Robertson family spend 37 days adrift in the Pacific with no maps, compass, or navigational instruments.They use every survival technique they can as they battle 20-foot waves, marauding sharks, thirst, starvation, and exhaustion.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-05
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Deadly Relations
1993-05-22
Deadly Relations
Overview: Leonard Fagot has four daughters and loves them so much, that he usurps his control over them. He lets them know how he feels about the men they date. And if he disapproves of them, he probably will have them killed to get them out of his daughters' life.
Genres: TV Movie Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-05-22
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Miracle on the 17th Green
1999-12-19
Miracle on the 17th Green
Overview: A 50 year old adman (Robert Urich) loses his job. Rather than facing trying to find a new job, he decides to try to make it on the senior golf tour. This causes him to neglect his wife (Meredith Baxter) and family.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-12-19
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In a Stranger's Hand
1991-09-29
In a Stranger's Hand
Overview: Jack Bauer, a workaholic businessman, accidentally gets involved in a case of child kidnapping when he returns a doll found in the subway.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-09-29
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The Specialists
1975-01-06
The Specialists
Overview: Inspectors for the U.S. Public Health Service try to track down the cause of a rash of mysterious ailments suddenly appearing among the general populace.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-01-06
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The Defiant Ones
1986-01-05
The Defiant Ones
Overview: Monroe and 'Joker' Johnson are two prisoners who despise each other. But after their prison transport crashes, they manage to escape chained to each other.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-05
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The President's Man: A Line in the Sand
2002-01-20
The President's Man: A Line in the Sand
Overview: A counterterrorism specialist is assigned by the President to track down a terrorist who is suspected of planning to set off a nuclear device in the U.S.
Genres: Thriller Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-20
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For Love of Olivia
2001-03-18
For Love of Olivia
Overview: To protect his wife's "secret", a small-town Southern lawyer in the 1960s decides to defend a young man accused of murder, all while running for Congress and encountering personal threats to his family.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-03-18
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Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes
1994-01-02
Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes
Overview: When Spenser (Robert Urich), his psychologist girlfriend, Susan Silverman (Barbara Williams), and his right-hand man, Hawk (Avery Brooks), investigate a brutal murder in a quaint New England town, they discover plenty of illegal activity and cocaine. This 1994 made-for-television movie brings many of the beloved characters from the 1980s drama series (based on the books by Robert B. Parker) back to the small screen.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-02
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Take Your Best Shot
1982-10-12
Take Your Best Shot
Overview: An actor whose career has gone flat resolves to pursue a more stable occupation while also trying to save his troubled marriage.
Genres: Drama Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-10-12
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Scandal Sheet
1985-01-21
Scandal Sheet
Overview: The publisher of a celebrity gossip tabloid sets out to destroy an aging actor, whose career is foundering and who is also facing a battle with alcoholism.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-21
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The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin
1992-06-14
The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin
Overview: Behind the scenes documentary about the making of Batman Returns.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-06-14
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Night of 100 Stars II
1985-03-10
Night of 100 Stars II
Overview: This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was taped February 17, 1985, at New York's Radio City Music Hall, this sequel to the 1982 "Night of 100 Stars" special features 288 celebrities.
Genres: Comedy Music TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-10
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Stranger at My Door
1991-09-27
Stranger at My Door
Overview: A cop on the run from his mob boss "in-laws" tries to start a new life on a deserted farm with his two children. But things are not that easy.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-09-27
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Leave Yesterday Behind
1978-05-14
Leave Yesterday Behind
Overview: A happy-go-lucky veterinary student, paralyzed for life in a college polo meet, finds love with a young woman who leaves her fiancée to help him overcome his handicap.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-05-14
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Alien Encounters from New Tomorrowland
1995-02-27
Alien Encounters from New Tomorrowland
Overview: Robert Urich, the legendary Jim Street in 'S.W.A.T.', is the host of this voyage around the UFO's and its mystery. From New Tomorrowland, in Disneyland, Urich talks about UFO, contacts, evidences of its arrives, abductions, military documents and other things what surround this controversial thematic. From the 30's years until the present, the UFOs always have been there very close to us, everyday, every time. Exists the aliens?, in truth they come to the Earth?, could it be a fiction created by the military? And the last and most important question: if they exists, would they will be our friends...or our enemies?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-02-27
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Final Run
1999-10-10
Final Run
Overview: The Grand Royale is a new high-tech passenger train with a computerized engine. On its maiden voyage, it suffers a severe technical failure, killing the controller and gradually increasing its already high speed, at the rate of 2 more miles per minute. With heavily populated areas ahead and the risk of a deadly derailment, every minute counts and once again, it's up to Lucky singer to save the 200 passengers on board.
Genres: Action Adventure Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-10-10
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Endangered Species
1982-09-10
Endangered Species
Overview: A retired New York cop on vacation in America's West is drawn into a sheriff's investigation of a mysterious series of cattle killings.
Genres: Thriller Drama Mystery Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-09-10
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A Long Way Home
2003-01-10
A Long Way Home
Overview: Family members struggle to heal their emotional wounds after an incident of sexual abuse.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-10
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To Save the Children
1994-04-05
To Save the Children
Overview: Teacher Jake Downey has relocated to a small town in Wyoming hoping to escape the urban problems of his last assignment. His myth of rural bliss is shattered when a former police officer comes unglued, builds a bomb and takes Jake's class hostage. The heroism of his true story unfolds as the hostage drama takes many surprising turns towards the phenomenal conclusion.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-04-05
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His Mistress
1984-10-20
His Mistress
Overview: This is how it usually happens. Some older man is unhappy in his marriage and meets a jolly young sweetheart in which he rediscovers his own youth. He dumps his old family and starts living with his new girlfriend. At that point problems araise.
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-10-20
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Killing at Hell's Gate
1981-10-31
Killing at Hell's Gate
Overview: A whitewater rafting party is terrorized by a group of loggers who, after accidentally killing one of the rafters in a drunken session of target practice, decide to eliminate the rest of the witnesses.
Genres: Action Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-10-31
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The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue
1996-12-15
The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue
Overview: When an unemployed Detroit man is arrested for a crime he didn't commit, his three children are determined to get him out of jail in time for Christmas and they decide to enlist the help of "the most powerful man in the world" - President Hoover. En route to the White House, they meet an array of colorful characters.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-12-15
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Bunco
1977-01-01
Bunco
Overview: Tom Selleck is a member of the "Bunco" squad the squad in charge of nabbing con men, cheats, and swindlers. Most of their time is spent dealing with penny-ante street-corner crooks. But their investigations start to reveal a larger con game in progress.
Genres: TV Movie Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-01-01
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Blind Man's Bluff
1992-02-19
Blind Man's Bluff
Overview: A blind professor is accused by the police of killing his neighbor and must clear his name by finding the murderer.
Genres: Thriller Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-02-19
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The Comeback
1989-01-08
The Comeback
Overview: Scotty Malloy is a former NFL football player who travels around the world without a care. He decides to come back to Minneapolis to settle down and start a life for himself.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-08
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Double Edge
1992-03-22
Double Edge
Overview: In this fast paced action-thriller, daytime's top star Susan Lucci plays two roles: both a crack FBI agent and the elusive killer-for-hire who she stalks in a deadly game of hide-and-seek. Each driven by an obsession to succeed, the perfectly matched competitors hurtle full-speed through a risky game od double-cross to an unexpected and deadly finish line.
Genres: Action Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-03-22
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Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier
1980-12-07
Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier
Overview: Based on Bleier's 1975 autobiography of the same name, it tells the story of how, after becoming a running back for the Steelers in 1968, he was then drafted by the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War.
Genres: Action Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-12-07
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A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder
1990-10-04
A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder
Overview: A suburban housewife thinks she has uncovered a murder plot.
Genres: Comedy Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-10-04
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Spooner
1989-12-02
Spooner
Overview: An escaped convict starts a new life as a Texas high school English teacher and wrestling coach, attempting to turn a fledgling team into a championship squad. He tries to make a difference in the life of a tough juvenile delinquent and falls in love with a fellow teacher, all while trying to keep out of sight of pursuing lawmen.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-12-02
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When She Was Bad...
1979-11-25
When She Was Bad...
Overview: Stressed by a recent move and being a stay-at-home mom, Teeny takes out her bottled-up rage on her daughter Robbie. Only the help of her friends, family and counselors can stop her from harming Robbie and herself.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-11-25
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Dirty Harry: The Original
2001-11-20
Dirty Harry: The Original
Overview: A retrospective look at the five Dirty Harry films (1971-88), starring Clint Eastwood.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-11-20
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Revolver
1992-04-19
Revolver
Overview: Nick Suster, a secret intelligence agent paralyzed by an assassin's bullet, sets out to track down his assailant and in the process, uncovers a major arms-smuggling operation that threatens international security.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-04-19
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Sixty Years of Seduction
1981-05-04
Sixty Years of Seduction
Overview: Documentary about Hollywood's glamorous stars, with commentary from five actors.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-05-04
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