Dan O'Herlihy
Biography: Daniel Peter O'Herlihy (May 1, 1919 – February 17, 2005) was an Irish film actor, known for such roles as Brigadier General Warren A. "Blackie" Black in Fail Safe, Marshal Ney in Waterloo, Conal Cochran in Halloween III: Season of the Witch, "The Old Man" in RoboCop, and Andrew Packard in Twin Peaks. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 1954 film Adventures of Robinson Crusoe.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: May 02, 1919
Deathday: February 17, 2005
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Fail Safe
1964-10-07
Fail Safe
Overview: Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United States has but little time to prevent an atomic catastrophe from occurring.
Genres: Thriller Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-10-07
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Halloween III: Season of the Witch
1982-10-22
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
Overview: A terrified toy salesman is mysteriously attacked, and at the hospital, babbles and clutches the year's most popular Halloween costume, an eerie pumpkin mask. Suddenly, Doctor Daniel Challis finds himself thrust into a terrifying nightmare.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-10-22
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RoboCop 2
1990-06-22
RoboCop 2
Overview: After a successful deployment of the RoboCop Law Enforcement unit, OCP sees its goal of urban pacification come closer and closer, but as this develops, a new narcotic known as "Nuke" invades the streets led by God-delirious leader Cane. As this menace grows, it may prove to be too much for Murphy to handle. OCP tries to replicate the success of the first unit, but ends up with failed prototypes with suicidal issues... until Dr. Faxx, a scientist straying away from OCP's path, uses Cane as the new subject for the RoboCop 2 project, a living God.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-06-22
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RoboCop
1987-07-17
RoboCop
Overview: In a violent, near-apocalyptic Detroit, evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from the city government to privatize the police force. To test their crime-eradicating cyborgs, the company leads street cop Alex Murphy into an armed confrontation with crime lord Boddicker so they can use his body to support their untested RoboCop prototype. But when RoboCop learns of the company's nefarious plans, he turns on his masters.
Genres: Action Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-07-17
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The Black Shield of Falworth
1954-09-02
The Black Shield of Falworth
Overview: In the days of King Henry IV, stalwart young Myles and his sister Meg have been raised as peasants, without any knowledge of who their father really was. But one day, they journey to Macworth Castle. There, Myles falls in love with Lady Anne Macworth, makes friends and enemies, and learns to be a knight.
Genres: Adventure History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-09-02
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The Last Starfighter
1984-07-13
The Last Starfighter
Overview: Video game expert Alex Rogan finds himself transported to another planet after conquering the video game The Last Starfighter, only to find out it was just a test. He was recruited to join the team of best Starfighters to defend their world from the attack.
Genres: Adventure Science Fiction Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-07-13
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The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951-10-16
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
Overview: The life and career of Erwin Rommel and his involvement in the plot to assassinate Hitler.
Genres: Action Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-10-16
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Larceny
1948-09-03
Larceny
Overview: Rick Mason is the no-good lowdown rat who tries to capitalize on postwar patriotism and grief. He finagles a war widow into giving up her savings for a nonexistent memorial. When Mason falls in love with the widow he has pangs of conscience, but he reckons without his con-artist boss, who tends to bolster his arguments with muscle and bullets.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-09-03
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Imitation of Life
1959-06-26
Imitation of Life
Overview: In 1940s New York, a white widow who dreams of being on Broadway has a chance encounter with a black single mother, who becomes her maid.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-06-26
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Mark Twain: Beneath the Laughter
1979-12-10
Mark Twain: Beneath the Laughter
Overview: Starring Dan O Herlihy as Mark Twain, this PBS special was created by renowned Twain scholars.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-12-10
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Macbeth
1948-10-01
Macbeth
Overview: A Scottish warlord and his wife murder their way to a pair of crowns.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-10-01
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King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
1961-06-11
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
Overview: Gambler Arnold Rothstein marries an actress, avenges his buddy and meets an underworld fate.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-06-11
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100 Rifles
1969-03-26
100 Rifles
Overview: When half-breed Indian Yaqui Joe robs an Arizona bank, he is pursued by dogged lawman Lyedecker. Fleeing to Mexico, Joe is imprisoned by General Verdugo, who is waging a war against the Yaqui Indians. When Lyedecker attempts to intervene, he is thrown into prison as well. Working together, the two escape and take refuge in the hills, where Lyedecker meets beautiful Yaqui freedom fighter Sarita and begins to question his allegiances.
Genres: Adventure Action Western War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-03-26
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The Virgin Queen
1955-07-22
The Virgin Queen
Overview: Sir Walter Raleigh overcomes court intrigue to win favor with the Queen in order to get financing for a proposed voyage to the New World.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-07-22
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Odd Man Out
1947-01-30
Odd Man Out
Overview: Belfast police conduct a door-to-door manhunt for an IRA gunman wounded in a daring robbery.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-01-30
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Invasion, U.S.A.
1952-12-10
Invasion, U.S.A.
Overview: A group of American witness the deadly invasion of the United States by the Soviet Union.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-12-10
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The Young Land
1959-05-01
The Young Land
Overview: An American gunslinger kills a Mexican man in California immediately after the Mexican-American war. The killer is arrested and put on trial for murder with the Hispanic population waiting to learn of American justice.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-05-01
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The Dead
1987-09-03
The Dead
Overview: After a convivial holiday dinner party, things begin to unravel when a husband and wife address some prickly issues concerning their marriage.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-09-03
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The Tamarind Seed
1974-07-11
The Tamarind Seed
Overview: During a Caribbean holiday, a British civil servant finds herself falling in love with a Russian agent.
Genres: Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-07-11
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The Big Cube
1969-04-30
The Big Cube
Overview: A young woman and her drug addict boyfriend plot to drive the woman's stepmother insane with LSD in a plot to secure an inheritance.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-04-30
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The Carey Treatment
1972-03-29
The Carey Treatment
Overview: A doctor uncovers a hotbed of corruption when he tries to clear a colleague of a murder charge.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-03-29
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Love, Cheat & Steal
1993-12-05
Love, Cheat & Steal
Overview: Paul Harrington thinks he has the perfect wife... stunning, kind, and ambitious. Yet behind Lauren's pretty face lies a wicked person who sent her former boyfriend to jail by setting him up. Reno Adams has lost seven years of his life in Jail and wants revenge. After escaping, he tracks Lauren down and intends to make her and her husband's life a living hell.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-12-05
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Robinson Crusoe
1954-08-05
Robinson Crusoe
Overview: An English slave trader is marooned on a remote tropical island, forced to fend for himself and deal with crushing loneliness.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-08-05
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That Woman Opposite
1957-05-28
That Woman Opposite
Overview: In a French coastal town, Det. Dermot Kinross is inspecting the murder of antiques dealer Maurice Lawes, and the evidence points to Lawes's son, Toby -- and especially to Toby's bride-to-be, Eve Atwood. Eve's ex-husband, Ned, had his eyes set on something Lawes possessed.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-05-28
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Actors and Sin
1952-06-18
Actors and Sin
Overview: Two-part story--the first is about a washed-up Broadway actor and his tough daughter, who is a bigger star than he is; the second is about a literary agent whose newest client--a nine-year-old boy--is the author of a borderline pornographic book.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-06-18
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Home Before Dark
1958-11-16
Home Before Dark
Overview: A young woman returns home after being institutionalized in a mental hospital.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-11-16
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Kidnapped
1948-11-28
Kidnapped
Overview: In Scotland in 1752, seventeen-year-old David Balfour is cheated out of his birthright by his evil uncle Ebenezer.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-11-28
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The Cabinet of Caligari
1962-05-25
The Cabinet of Caligari
Overview: A delirious young woman feels trapped in a remote mansion at the mercy of a madman.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-05-25
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The Purple Mask
1955-06-15
The Purple Mask
Overview: France, 1803: 11 years after the Revolution, a royalist underground is led by a new 'Scarlet Pimpernel', the Purple Mask, who rescues nobles in distress and kidnaps Napoleon's officials for ransom, aided by the spy services of a group of lovely models headed by Laurette (really the Duc de Latour's daughter). But even she doesn't know the Purple Mask's real identity as foppish dancing master Rene...
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-06-15
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'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
2020-01-28
'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War
Overview: Film critic J. Hoberman discusses the best-selling 1962 novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler on which "Fail-Safe" is based, along with the pervasiveness of nuclear paranoia in films of the sixties.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-01-28
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The Blue Veil
1951-10-26
The Blue Veil
Overview: A World War I widow loses her only child and spends the rest of her life as a children's nurse.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-10-26
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At Sword's Point
1952-04-22
At Sword's Point
Overview: France, 1648: Richelieu and Louis XIII are dead, the new king is a minor, and the Duc de Lavalle is in virtually open rebellion, scheming to seize power. As a last resort, Queen Anne summons the heirs of the original Musketeers to her aid...including Claire, daughter of Athos, who when she chooses can miraculously pass as a boy, and wields as fine a sword as any. All their skills will be needed for a battle against increasing odds. One for all and all for one! Written by Rod Crawford
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-04-22
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One Foot in Hell
1960-09-11
One Foot in Hell
Overview: Mitch Barrett becomes embittered because his wife is allowed to die when he can't pay for the medicine she needs. The remorseful townspeople hire Mitch to be a deputy sheriff, thereby enabling him to plot an elaborate bank robbery with the help of an artist, a pickpocket, a gunslinger and a bar-girl.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-09-11
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A Terrible Beauty
1960-06-17
A Terrible Beauty
Overview: In 1941, the IRA plans a campaign to coincide with the planned German invasion of England. Dermott O'Neil finds it easy to get into the IRA, but can he get out?
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-06-17
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Bengal Brigade
1954-11-06
Bengal Brigade
Overview: Year 1856, British India. Capt. Jeffrey Claybourne is severely punished after disobeying an order. Feeling unworthy of his fiancée Vivian Morrow, the daughter of his superior officer, Claybourne leaves the army until he could regain his reputation. When the Rajah Karam launches an attack on the British forces in India, Claybourne finds a chance at redemption.
Genres: War Adventure History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-11-06
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MacArthur
1977-07-15
MacArthur
Overview: The film portrays MacArthur's life from 1942, before the Battle of Bataan, to 1952, the time after he had been removed from his Korean War command by President Truman for insubordination, and is recounted in flashback as he visits West Point.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-07-15
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The Quest: The Longest Drive
1976-01-01
The Quest: The Longest Drive
Overview: To save an old friend's ranch, the Beaudine brothers round up a gang of misfits to drive a huge herd to market.
Genres: Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-01-01
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Operation Secret
1952-11-05
Operation Secret
Overview: After assisting the French Underground during WWII, an American Officer is later accused of murder and subversive activities by former colleagues. Based on the actual exploits of Lieutenant Colonel Peter Ortiz.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-11-05
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Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
1974-11-05
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
Overview: Lee Remick stars as Jennie Jerome, born in the United States in 1845, who eventually became Lady Randolph Churchill, and gave birth to Sir Winston Churchill in this seven-part, seven-hour biographical mini-series.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-11-05
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Waterloo
1970-10-26
Waterloo
Overview: After defeating France and imprisoning Napoleon on Elba, ending two decades of war, Europe is shocked to find Napoleon has escaped and has caused the French Army to defect from the King back to him. The best of the British generals, the Duke of Wellington, beat Napolean's best generals in Spain and Portugal, but now must beat Napoleon himself with an Anglo Allied army.
Genres: History Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-10-26
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Deadly Game
1977-12-01
Deadly Game
Overview: A military convoy is transporting something apparently for disposal. They pass by Sheriff Abel Marsh's town and they are passing by property that's owned by Amy Franklin who is the girlfriend of Abel's deputy, Malcolm. Before they know it, everything around the property is uninhabitable. The army returns to clean things up and make restitution. But there is one nagging question, was this an accident or was it deliberate? That is something Abel is most interested in finding out.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-12-01
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Soldiers Three
1951-04-01
Soldiers Three
Overview: Kiplingesque tale of British forces in 19th-century India.
Genres: Adventure Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-04-01
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The People
1972-01-22
The People
Overview: A young woman is assigned to teach school in a secluded valley whose inhabitants appear stern, secretive and anti-pleasure. Following two children who disappear to play in the woods, she finds that this is actually a community of extraterrestrials with mild paranormal powers who are attempting to repress and deny their heritage for fear of arousing prejudice and hatred in their human neighbors. Based on a series of novels by the late Zenna Henderson.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-22
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The Whoopee Boys
1986-08-22
The Whoopee Boys
Overview: Two obnoxious and dim-witted misfits attempt to save a school for needy children by attempting to sneak into the wealthy high society of Palm Beach to get the money needed for their cause.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-08-22
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A Waltz Through the Hills
1988-01-01
A Waltz Through the Hills
Overview: When Sammy Dean and her older brother Andy are suddenly orphaned, they fear that they will be separated and placed in foster homes. So they set off along on foot, hoping to reach a ship that will take them to England and their only surviving relatives. The two young runaways must make their dangerous journey through some of the world’s harshest terrain-the wilds of the Australian outback.
Genres: TV Movie Adventure Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-01-01
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Death Ray 2000
1981-03-05
Death Ray 2000
Overview: A flamboyant secret agent from UNIT, a secret counterespionage group, teams with a lady spy to retrieve a stolen device capable of destroying the world from the clutches of a sinister munitions magnate. Pilot film for the television series "A Man Called Sloane" (1979).
Genres: Action Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-03-05
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Good Against Evil
1977-05-22
Good Against Evil
Overview: Dack Rambo and Elyssa Davalos star as sweethearts Andy Stuart and Jessica Gordon. The course of true love is messed up when Satan claims Jessica as his own personal property. Desperately, Andy turns to a pair of priests, Fathers Kemschler and Wheatley, for spiritual guidance, not to mention a bit of brute force in purging poor Jessica of her demons.
Genres: TV Movie Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-05-22
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Dark Mansions
1986-08-23
Dark Mansions
Overview: A woman hired to write the history of a wealthy family stays at the family's estate in Oregon. She discovers that she strongly resembles a long-dead ancestor in the family, and finds things happening to her that happened to--and led to the death of--that woman.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-08-23
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The Iroquois Trail
1950-06-15
The Iroquois Trail
Overview: An American scout and his Indian friend help the English troops against the French during the French and Indian War.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-06-15
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Artemis '81
1981-12-29
Artemis '81
Overview: Paranormal novelist Gideon Harlax is drawn into a battle between the forces of good, represented by alien angel Helith, and the forces of evil, represented by Helith's evil brother Asrael. Ranging from Oxford to Denmark, a North Sea ferry to an alien planet, Harlax unwittingly becomes part of an ancient plot that may result in the destruction of Earth...
Genres: Drama Science Fiction Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-12-29
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Hungry Hill
1947-01-07
Hungry Hill
Overview: Life becomes a tragedy for the wife of an Irish heir to a 19th-century family feud and fortune.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-01-07
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Sword of Venus
1953-02-20
Sword of Venus
Overview: An enemy of the Count of Monte Cristo frames his son for a murder in order to exact revenge and steal the family fortune.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-02-20
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Hunters of the Deep
1955-05-09
Hunters of the Deep
Overview: Underwater exploration by oceanographers and geologists round the coast of Southern California and Mexico. Portrays many species and varieties of fish and mammals as well as ocean flora and rock formation.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-05-09
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The Rat Pack
1998-08-22
The Rat Pack
Overview: After a brief flash-forward to Frank Sinatra as an old man, saying "I miss my guys," the movie's main narrative begins during high points in the solo careers of the Rat Pack: Dean Martin has become a big success despite the breakup of his partnership with Jerry Lewis; Sinatra's career is at its peak; Sammy Davis, Jr., is making a comeback after a near fatal car crash, and standup comic Joey Bishop is gaining exposure as an opening act for the other three. The Pack becomes complete when Sinatra reconciles with actor Peter Lawford, who has been ostracized since being seen out publicly with Sinatra's ex-wife, Ava Gardner.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-08-22
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Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'
2000-10-31
Revisiting 'Fail-Safe'
Overview: Documentary featuring interviews with director Sidney Lumet, "Fail-Safe" (2000) producer George Clooney, star Dan O’Herlihy and screenwriter Walter Bernstein.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-10-31
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Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free
1976-05-03
Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free
Overview: A traveling horse trader and his young nephew travel the west in search of the boy's prize Arabian horse, who has been stolen by a bounty hunter.
Genres: Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-05-03
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The Highwayman
1951-08-11
The Highwayman
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Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-08-11
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Buñuel in Hollywood
2000-02-22
Buñuel in Hollywood
Overview: This documentary traces the relationship of Buñuel with American culture and Hollywood. The program proposes a chronological journey through the Aragonese filmmaker stays in the U.S., the characters he met, the films he made and he could never do. The program also includes new material-unpublished until 2012 - the Aragonese director filmed in the U.S. in the early 1940s and where he can be seen playing one of their children or enjoying a short holiday in a cottage.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-02-22
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