Perry King
Biography: Perry King, born Perry Firestone King, made his film debut, aged around 23, in the 1972 film Slaughterhouse-Five. In 1975, he portrayed Hammond Maxwell in the exploitation film Mandingo. Since the 1970s, he has appeared in dozens of feature films, television series and television movies. He auditioned for the role of Han Solo in Star Wars, but the role ultimately went to Harrison Ford. However, he played the character in the radio adaptations of Star Wars and both its sequels. In 1984, King was nominated for a Golden Globe award for his role in the TV movie The Hasty Heart. That same year, he landed the role of Cody Allen on the series Riptide. In 1993, he starred in the television adaptation of Sidney Sheldon's novel A Stranger in the Mirror, which is a roman à clef on Groucho Marx. In 1995, he portrayed the role of Hayley Armstrong on Melrose Place. He also appeared as Richard Williams in the NBC TV series Titans with Yasmine Bleeth in 2000 and as the President of the United States in the 2004 film The Day After Tomorrow. King has made guest appearances on TV shows including Spin City, Will & Grace, Eve, and Cold Case.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: April 30, 1948
Deathday: N/A
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Known For
Switch
1991-05-10
Switch
Overview: Steve Brooks, a sexist womanizer, is killed by a group of his angry former lovers. In heaven, he makes a bargain with God for redemption and agrees to return to Earth. Once there, he must have a sincere relationship with a female and make her fall in love with him. If not, Steve's soul will become the property of the devil. But the devil hedges his bet, and Steve is reincarnated as a woman named Amanda Brooks.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-05-10
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Class of 1984
1982-08-20
Class of 1984
Overview: Andy is a new teacher at an inner city high school that is unlike any he has seen before. There are metal detectors at the front door and the place is basically run by a tough kid named Peter Stegman. Soon, Andy and Stegman become enemies and Stegman will stop at nothing to protect his turf and drug dealing business.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-08-20
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Slaughterhouse-Five
1972-03-15
Slaughterhouse-Five
Overview: Billy Pilgrim, a veteran of the Second World War, finds himself mysteriously detached from time, so that he is able to travel, without being able to help it, from the days of his childhood to those of his peculiar life on a distant planet called Tralfamadore, passing through his bitter experience as a prisoner of war in the German city of Dresden, over which looms the inevitable shadow of an unspeakable tragedy.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-03-15
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The Possession of Joel Delaney
1972-05-24
The Possession of Joel Delaney
Overview: Manhattan socialite begins to fear for her troubled younger brother when he starts behaving bizarrely and he seems to have been friends with a backstreet murderer.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-05-24
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Framed for Murder
2007-03-18
Framed for Murder
Overview: When a woman falsely accused of murdering her husband is released from prison after 8 years, she hires a private investigator, determined to find out who framed her. What she doesn't know, is that the killer is about to do it again.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-03-18
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Mandingo
1975-06-06
Mandingo
Overview: Warren Maxwell, the owner of a run-down plantation, pressures his son, Hammond, to marry and produce an heir to inherit the plantation. Hammond settles on his own cousin, Blanche, but purchases a sex slave when he returns from the honeymoon. He also buys his father a new Mandingo slave named Mede to breed and train as a prize-fighter.
Genres: Romance Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-06-06
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The Perfect Neighbor
2005-09-13
The Perfect Neighbor
Overview: A disturbed new neighbor fixates on another woman's husband.
Genres: Drama Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-09-13
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The Lords of Flatbush
1974-05-01
The Lords of Flatbush
Overview: Set in 1958, the coming of age story follows four lower middle-class Brooklyn teenagers known as The Lords of Flatbush. The Lords chase girls, steal cars, shoot pool, get into street fights, and hang out at a local malt shop.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-05-01
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Bad
1977-05-04
Bad
Overview: Hazel runs a beauty salon out of her house, but makes extra money by providing ruthless women the oppurtunity to perform hit jobs. L.T. is a parasite, and contacts Hazel looking for work after he runs out of money. She is reluctant to use him for a hit, since she prefers using women, but decides to try him on a trial basis. Meanwhile, the cop she pays off wants an arrest to make it look like he's doing his job, but Hazel doesn't want to sacrifice any of her "associates". The sleazy side of life is explored in this delightfully dark and deadpan film.
Genres: Horror Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-05-04
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The Choirboys
1977-12-23
The Choirboys
Overview: A group of Los Angeles cops decide to take off some of the pressures of their jobs by engaging in various forms of after-hours debauchery.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-12-23
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Home for the Holidays
2005-12-15
Home for the Holidays
Overview: After their parents are killed in a terrible accident, the four McMurrin children live with their loving Aunt Martha. Martha wants to adopt the children but the town's bitter old banker stands in their way. However, the children's courage and ingenuity triumph and they become a family just before the holidays.
Genres: Drama Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-12-15
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City in Fear
1980-03-30
City in Fear
Overview: A psycho-on-the-loose story, about a burned-out newspaper columnist and his circulation-hungry publisher who wants him to turn the killer into Page One news.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-03-30
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Search and Destroy
1979-07-05
Search and Destroy
Overview: The hunter becomes the prey as a Vietnam veteran (Perry King) tries to ferret out the real culprit after being tagged as the prime suspect in the murders of his former Army pals.
Genres: Action Thriller War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-07-05
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Lipstick
1976-04-02
Lipstick
Overview: An aspiring avant-garde composer rapes a fashion model. When she takes him to court, she's slut-shamed by the defense and the man is exonerated. But justice will be served.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-04-02
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Her Married Lover
1999-10-07
Her Married Lover
Overview: Film editor Katie and suspense novelist Richard share an erotically charged moment during a hostage crisis, before embarking on a rapturous affair. When Richard’s wife is killed in a suspicious accident, the lovers are accused of murder.
Genres: Thriller Crime Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-10-07
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Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues
1984-04-23
Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-04-23
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Samson and Delilah
1986-12-30
Samson and Delilah
Overview: From Hanna-Barbera's animated series depicting the tales of the bible, "Samson and Delilah" tells the story of the warrior Samson and the deception of Delilah.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-12-30
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Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood
2012-06-05
Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood
Overview: In this bloody long-standing feud, two families seek vengeance against each other as they unmercifully attempt to destroy each other's loved ones.
Genres: Drama Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-06-05
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The Wild Party
1975-03-01
The Wild Party
Overview: An aging silent movie comic star throws a lavish party to try and save his failing career.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-03-01
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Disaster at Silo 7
1988-11-27
Disaster at Silo 7
Overview: During routine maintenance of a liquid-fuelled ICBM, the fuel tank is penetrated by a falling spanner. The film traces the efforts of the maintenance crew and associated military and civilian personnel to recover the potentially disastrous situation before the fuel tank is sufficiently depressurised that the stack collapses and explodes.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-27
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A Cry in the Night
1992-09-17
A Cry in the Night
Overview: A divorced mother suspects that she and her two children may be in danger because of her insanely jealous new husband
Genres: TV Movie Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-09-17
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Kaleidoscope
1990-10-15
Kaleidoscope
Overview: A family friend hires gumshoe John Chapman to find and reunite three sisters estranged by fate for 30 years. The circuitous trail leads Chapman from the Big Apple to Beantown to the City of Light. His investigation, however, opens the door to disturbing revelations about a forgotten past.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-10-15
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A Different Story
1978-05-10
A Different Story
Overview: A gay man and a lesbian enter into a marriage of convenience in order to prevent his deportation, and then gradually fall in love with one another.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-05-10
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The Perfect Wife
2001-05-21
The Perfect Wife
Overview: When Leah's brother dies in a car accident, she vows revenge on the doc who failed to save him.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-05-21
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Stranger at the Door
2004-06-21
Stranger at the Door
Overview: Katherine "Kathy" is happily married to businessman Greg Norris and lives in his beautiful home with his about 18-year old daughter Tara. When suddenly a charming young man, who Tara first saw lurking around in the garden, turns up on their doorstep claiming he must be Jamie, the baby son she once gave up for adoption as a teenage mother on her parents' orders, the couple is delighted to meet him. They even take him in as they hear his adoptive parents have died in car accident and he's looking for a place to stay during his business studies just like Greg, to pay for which he held various jobs, even in Rio. The only one who remains suspicious is Tara, who doesn't want to be the kid sister and starts looking for holes is Jamie's story, going trough his things and having a friend examine his past- there are, since he didn't tell the Norris family about his lover who helps him unconditionally with his sinister hidden agenda.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-06-21
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Face of Evil
1996-04-09
Face of Evil
Overview: Using her girl-next-door looks to her advantage, Darcy Palmer is a calculating thief and murderer. After killing a young college student and taking her identity, Darcy enrolls in the victim's New England school in her place. At the university, Darcy gets to know her new roommate, Jeanelle, and her handsome father, Russell Polk, who soon play into her next scheme. When Darcy has to alter her plans, both Russell and Jeanelle become quite expendable.
Genres: Drama TV Movie Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-04-09
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Hijacked: Flight 285
1996-02-04
Hijacked: Flight 285
Overview: A convicted murderer is escorted by marshals on a regular flight from Phoenix to Dallas. Shortly after takeoff, two of his aides, traveling as ordinary passengers, take control and free him. He demands $20 million in bonds upon landing. And a sick passenger, bad weather or mechanical problems won't stop him.
Genres: Action Drama Crime Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-02-04
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She Led Two Lives
1994-11-20
She Led Two Lives
Overview: A married woman is reunited with her childhood sweetheart, and marries him too, forcing her to live two lives at once.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-11-20
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The Day After Tomorrow
2004-05-26
The Day After Tomorrow
Overview: After paleoclimatologist Jack Hall is largely ignored by UN officials when presenting his environmental concerns about the beginning of a new Ice Age, his research proves true when a superstorm develops, setting off catastrophic natural disasters throughout the world. Trying to get to his son, Sam, who is trapped in New York City with his friend Laura and others, Jack and his crew must travel to get to Sam before it's too late.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-05-26
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The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
1988-11-28
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
Overview: In this drama, an American art student is trapped amidst the political turmoil of war-torn Europe while visiting Paris and staying at the fabulous Ritz hotel. Rather than cope constructively with it all, the fellow opts to ignore it and continue living the high-life for as long as possible.
Genres: TV Movie Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-28
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Love's Savage Fury
1979-05-20
Love's Savage Fury
Overview: During the Civil War, a self-centered, young Southern belle tries to hold onto the family estate when the Union Army takes over the area.
Genres: Drama War TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-05-20
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The Adventures of Ragtime
1998-01-01
The Adventures of Ragtime
Overview: Ragtime is a miniature pet horse and the kids love him. But villains Sam and Lester think Ragtime can be their meal ticket. They kidnap the horse for ransom. Ragtime out-smarts the bad guys who are then happy to be hauled off to prison.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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The Cracker Factory
1979-03-16
The Cracker Factory
Overview: Drama depicting the problems of a suburban housewife suffering from fits of depression and alcoholism, and her stay in a psychiatric center after a feeble suicide attempt.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-03-16
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Sly
2023-09-16
Sly
Overview: His love of film began as an escape from a rocky childhood. From underdog to Hollywood legend, Sylvester Stallone tells his story in this documentary.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-09-16
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Shakedown on the Sunset Strip
1988-04-22
Shakedown on the Sunset Strip
Overview: Ambitious police sergeant, Charles Stoker, takes on prostitution in 1948 Los Angeles to make a name for himself. Madam, Brenda Allen, however has the 'whole city' on her payroll and his crusade proves difficult.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-04-22
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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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Another pretty face
2002-06-20
Another pretty face
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Original Language: es
Release Date: 2002-06-20
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Big Truck and Sister Clare
1972-01-01
Big Truck and Sister Clare
Overview: A middle-aged truck driver travelling through the desert with his good-for-nothing nephew and a pretty nun, gets stuck and are forced to wait to be rescued.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-01
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The Hasty Heart
1983-12-01
The Hasty Heart
Overview: In Burma on the penultimate day of World War II, Cameron Highlander Lachlan 'Lachie' MacLachlan is seriously wounded and transported to a local military hospital. He seems to have recovered from his wounds but appearances can be deceiving. The hospital commander asks nursing Sister Margaret Parker and the five remaining soldiers in her ward to befriend Lachie as he is dying and has only a few weeks to live. Lachie, who is not aware of his prognosis, is a proud man who wants no help from anyone. Slowly however, relationships are formed and Lachie begins to appreciate friendship, something he has never had with anyone.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-12-01
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Stranded
1986-09-22
Stranded
Overview: Loni Anderson and Perry King are stranded on a desert island.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-09-22
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Perfect People
1988-02-29
Perfect People
Overview: After many years of marriage Ken and Barbara decide to change their way of living radically. In order to become more attractive they submit themselves not only under modern diets and physical education but also try plastic surgery.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-02-29
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Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer
1989-01-01
Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer
Overview: When young Roxanne Ulrich (Chynna Phillips) meets wealthy charmer Herbert Pulitzer (Perry King) and enters the scandal-ridden world of the rich and famous, her life changes forever. After a whirlwind courtship, the two wed, but their marriage is quickly torn apart by drug abuse and affairs. Courteney Cox co-stars in this drama based on Roxanne Pulitzer's 1987 autobiography, written after her headline-making divorce from the publishing heir.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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Good King Wenceslas
1994-11-26
Good King Wenceslas
Overview: Based upon the true story that inpired the Christmas carol about a young king's care for his people.
Genres: TV Movie Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-11-26
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The Clairvoyant
1982-10-24
The Clairvoyant
Overview: Two uneasy friends, a police officer and a TV talk show host, each pursue the mysterious "handcuff killer" with the aid of an artist who sees - and draws - the killer's crimes before they're committed.
Genres: Thriller Horror Mystery Fantasy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-10-24
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A Stranger in the Mirror
1993-10-24
A Stranger in the Mirror
Overview: A naive young woman arrives in Hollywood to become a star, but after she gets drugged and raped during a shoot, she hardens quickly and catches the eye of a popular womanizing comedian who introduces her to his shady powerful agent.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-10-24
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Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
1992-03-26
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
Overview: An AIDS-stricken woman becomes a leader in the struggle to educate people about the disease and its prevention.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-03-26
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The Divide
2018-11-09
The Divide
Overview: Set in drought-plagued Northern California in 1976, The Divide chronicles the story of Sam Kincaid (King), an aging rancher with a failing memory, his estranged and independent-minded daughter, Sarah, and Luke, a young ranch hand who finds himself in the midst of a family in crisis. Internal struggles, the realities of an unforgiving landscape, and the need to reconcile a long-ago tragedy collide to create the backdrop for this classic American Western.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-11-09
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My Saga
2018-06-13
My Saga
Overview: Four years ago, Adam Harris was struck down with a brain tumour, an event that he was determined to transform from something tragic into a period of life-changing positivity. With the love of his family and driven by his passion for Star Wars, he undertook a pilgrimage with his son, Jack Anakin Harris, into the heart of Star Wars fan culture. This father and son embarked on a journey to explore the bonds between generations of fans as they experience the build up to the release of Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, while sharing their own profound moments of closeness.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-06-13
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The Cowboy and the Movie Star
1998-06-07
The Cowboy and the Movie Star
Overview: Depressed at the thought of losing his family ranch to settle his divorce, cowboy Clint Brannan decides to drive his cattle up to their high pasture.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-06-07
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The Deadly Visitor
1973-07-03
The Deadly Visitor
Overview: A writer who takes a room in a boarding house finds himself haunted by a menacing invisible presence that may be the ghost of a previous tenant or that of his long-lost love.
Genres: Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-07-03
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Jericho Fever
1993-12-16
Jericho Fever
Overview: A group of terrorists bomb peace negotiations in Mexico. One of the terrorists contracts a fever disease during the attack. The terrorists flee across the border to the US and while they are in the process of crossing the border they committ a murder. The sick terrorist infects a large number of people in New Mexico, and the patients start dying as the doctors are unable to cure the disease. A female doctor from the Centers for Disease Control arrives in New Mexico. Together with an FBI agent she starts to search for the terrorists. But there are also others who are looking for the terrorists...
Genres: Mystery Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-12-16
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Eyewitness
2015-09-05
Eyewitness
Overview: A mother and daughter set out on a weekend river rafting retreat, only to encounter 3 escaped convicts along the way.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-09-05
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Blood and Blackboards
2006-02-21
Blood and Blackboards
Overview: Director Mark L. Lestor, producer Merrie Lynn Ross and actor Perry King are interviewed about the making of CLASS OF 1984, the 1982 cult classic. At thirty-six minutes we get to hear all about the production from the how Lestor got the idea in his head to how they eventually got the movie made.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-02-21
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Inmates: A Love Story
1981-02-13
Inmates: A Love Story
Overview: Accountant Roy is sentenced to prison because he cooked up balances. He hopes that his companions, who profited from his cheat, will help him to a revision of his judgment. Meanwhile he has to adapt to a life in jail - which works out quite well, especially when he meets the self-conscious convicted thief Jane and falls in love. He starts to woo her. But then, while working in the prison's accounting department, he discovers that the prisoners' accounts are not properly kept. The director tries to keep him in her prison as long as possible.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-02-13
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Golden Gate
1981-09-25
Golden Gate
Overview: A venerable San Francisco publishing family becomes embroiled in a bitter power struggle between the iron-fisted, but ailing, patriarch's son and a ruthless businessman who tries for a takeover.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-09-25
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The Knife and Gun Club
1990-07-30
The Knife and Gun Club
Overview: Failed drama series pilot about events at a trauma center run by two doctors struggling to keep the Emergency Room open.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-07-30
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Foster & Laurie
1975-11-13
Foster & Laurie
Overview: The story of two New York City police officers, one white and one black, their ambush and murder by black revolutionaries and the efforts to hunt down and capture their killers.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-11-13
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The Hemingway Play
1976-03-11
The Hemingway Play
Overview: A novel portrait of author Ernest Hemingway, in which four versions of the man from different points of his life exist simultaneously.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-03-11
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Only One Survived
1990-10-27
Only One Survived
Overview: Four buddies set out on a three-week deep-sea fishing holiday in the Amazon and run into trouble.
Genres: Action Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-10-27
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