Walter Matthau
Biography: Walter Matthau (born Walter John Matthow; October 1, 1920 – July 1, 2000) was an American actor, comedian and film director. He is best known for his film roles in A Face in the Crowd (1957), King Creole (1958) and as a coach of a hapless little league team in the baseball comedy The Bad News Bears (1976). He also starred in 10 films alongside Jack Lemmon, including The Odd Couple (1968), The Front Page (1974) and Grumpy Old Men (1993). Matthau won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the Billy Wilder film The Fortune Cookie (1966). Matthau is also known for his performances in Stanley Donen's romance Charade (1963), Gene Kelly's musical Hello, Dolly! (1969), Elaine May's screwball comedy A New Leaf (1971) and Herbert Ross' ensemble comedy California Suite (1978). He also starred in Plaza Suite, Kotch (both 1971), Charley Varrick (1973), The Sunshine Boys (1975), and Hopscotch (1980). On Broadway, Matthau originated the role of Oscar Madison in The Odd Couple by playwright Neil Simon, for which he received a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play in 1965, his second after A Shot in the Dark in 1962. Matthau also received two British Academy Film Awards and a Golden Globe Award. In 1963, he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for his performance in The DuPont Show of the Week. In 1982, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Description above from the Wikipedia article Walter Matthau, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Birthday: October 01, 1920
Deathday: July 01, 2000
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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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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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JFK
1991-12-20
JFK
Overview: Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison.
Genres: Drama Thriller History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-12-20
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The Fortune Cookie
1966-10-19
The Fortune Cookie
Overview: A cameraman is knocked over during a football game. His brother-in-law, as the king of the ambulance-chasing lawyers, starts a suit while he's still knocked out. The cameraman is against it until he hears that his ex-wife will be coming to see him. He pretends to be injured to get her back, but also sees what the strain is doing to the football player who injured him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-10-19
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Hanging Up
2000-02-16
Hanging Up
Overview: Three sisters - Georgia, Eve, and Maddy - do what they do best with life, love, and lunacy on the telephone lines that bind - when their curmudgeonly father, Lou, is admitted to a Los Angeles Hospital. After years of wild living, intermittent affection, and constant phoning, he is finally threatening to die.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-02-16
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Charade
1963-12-01
Charade
Overview: After Regina Lampert falls for the dashing Peter Joshua on a skiing holiday in the French Alps, she discovers upon her return to Paris that her husband has been murdered. Soon, she and Peter are giving chase to three of her late husband's World War II cronies, Tex, Scobie and Gideon, who are after a quarter of a million dollars the quartet stole while behind enemy lines.
Genres: Comedy Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-12-01
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Earthquake
1974-11-15
Earthquake
Overview: Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits Los Angeles, California.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-11-15
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A Guide for the Married Man
1967-05-25
A Guide for the Married Man
Overview: A man gives his friend a series of lessons on how to cheat on one's wife without being caught.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-05-25
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A Face in the Crowd
1957-05-29
A Face in the Crowd
Overview: The rise of a raucous hayseed named Lonesome Rhodes from itinerant Ozark guitar picker to local media rabble-rouser to TV superstar and political king-maker. Marcia Jeffries is the innocent Sarah Lawrence girl who discovers the great man in a back-country jail and is the first to fall under his spell.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-05-29
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The Odd Couple
1968-05-16
The Odd Couple
Overview: In New York, Felix, a neurotic news writer who just broke up with his wife, is urged by his chaotic friend Oscar, a sports journalist, to move in with him, but their lifestyles are as different as night and day are, so Felix's ideas about housekeeping soon begin to irritate Oscar.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-05-16
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Grumpy Old Men
1993-12-25
Grumpy Old Men
Overview: For decades, next-door neighbors and former friends John and Max have feuded, trading insults and wicked pranks. When an attractive widow moves in nearby, their bad blood erupts into a high-stakes rivalry full of naughty jokes and adolescent hijinks.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-12-25
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Last of the Independents: Don Siegel and the Making of 'Charley Varrick'
2015-03-19
Last of the Independents: Don Siegel and the Making of 'Charley Varrick'
Overview: Don Siegel’s classic crime thriller "Charley Varrick," made in 1972 in the wake of the immensely successful "Dirty Harry," stars Walter Matthau in what is probably the actor’s finest dramatic role, airshow pilot turned crop duster turned bank robber turned mob target Charley Varrick. This feature-length documentary takes the viewer back to the time of the shooting of this cult item and features original interviews with Siegel’s son, Kristoffer Tabori, actors Andy Robinson and Jacqueline Scott, stunt driver and actor Craig R. Baxley, composer Lalo Schifrin and Howard A. Rodman, whose father co-wrote the screenplay.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-03-19
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I.Q.
1994-12-24
I.Q.
Overview: Albert Einstein helps a young man who's in love with Einstein's niece to catch her attention by pretending temporarily to be a great physicist.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-12-24
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The Bad News Bears
1976-04-06
The Bad News Bears
Overview: An aging, down-on-his-luck ex-minor leaguer coaches a team of misfits in an ultra-competitive California little league.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-04-06
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Pirates
1986-05-08
Pirates
Overview: The adventures of pirate Captain Red and his first mate Frog.
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-05-08
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1974-10-02
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Overview: In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's paid, how could they get away?
Genres: Crime Thriller Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-10-02
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The Couch Trip
1988-01-15
The Couch Trip
Overview: The escaped delinquent John W. Burns, Jr. replaces Dr. Maitlin on a radio show, saying he's the psychiatrist Lawrence Baird.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-01-15
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Hopscotch
1980-09-26
Hopscotch
Overview: When CIA operative Miles Kendig deliberately lets KGB agent Yaskov get away, his boss threatens to retire him. Kendig beats him to it, however, destroying his own records and traveling to Austria where he begins work on a memoir that will expose all his former agency's covert practices. The CIA catches wind of the book and sends other agents after him, initiating a frenetic game of cat and mouse that spans the globe.
Genres: Comedy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-09-26
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Dennis the Menace
1993-06-09
Dennis the Menace
Overview: Mr. Wilson's ever-present annoyance comes in the form of one mischievous kid named Dennis. But he'll need Dennis's tricks to uncover a collection of gold coins that go missing when a shady drifter named Switchblade Sam comes to town.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-06-09
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The Odd Couple II
1998-04-09
The Odd Couple II
Overview: Brucey, the son of Oscar, calls his father to invite him to his wedding to Felix's daughter next Sunday in California. Oscar and Felix meet again at Los Angeles International Airport and rent a car in order to go to San Malina for the wedding.
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-04-09
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Bigger Than Life
1956-11-20
Bigger Than Life
Overview: A friendly, successful suburban teacher and father grows dangerously addicted to cortisone, resulting in his transformation into a household despot.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-11-20
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California Suite
1978-12-15
California Suite
Overview: The misadventures of four groups of guests at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-12-15
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Charley Varrick
1973-09-19
Charley Varrick
Overview: Charley Varrick robs a bank in a small town with his friends, but instead of obtaining a small amount of money, they discover they stole a very large amount of money belonging to the mob. Charley must now come up with a plan to not only evade the police but the mob as well.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-09-19
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Cactus Flower
1969-12-16
Cactus Flower
Overview: Distraught when her middle-aged lover breaks a date with her, 21-year-old Toni Simmons attempts suicide. Impressed by her action, her lover, dentist Julian Winston reconsiders marrying Toni, but he worries about her insistence on honesty. Having fabricated a wife and three children, Julian readily accepts when his devoted nurse, Stephanie, who has secretly loved Julian for years, offers to act as his wife and demand a divorce.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-12-16
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The Survivors
1983-06-24
The Survivors
Overview: Having both lost their jobs, two strangers become unlikely friends after a run in with a would be robber, who is actually a hitman with a grudge against the two.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-06-24
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I Love Liberty
1982-03-21
I Love Liberty
Overview: An all-star variety special saluting America.
Genres: Music TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-03-21
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Buddy Buddy
1981-04-02
Buddy Buddy
Overview: During a high profile Mafia testimony case, a contract killer checks-in a hotel room near the courthouse while his next door depressed neighbor wants to commit suicide due to marital problems.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-04-02
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I Ought to Be in Pictures
1982-03-26
I Ought to Be in Pictures
Overview: Grandmother has nothing to say when Libby tells her that she is off to LA to look up Dad, a Hollywood screenwriter. Grandmother has been in a New York cemetery for six years and Dad has been out of Libby's life for 16 of her 19 years. Libby arrives in LA on a Tuesday and phones Dad the one night that Stephanie, who does Jane Fonda's hair, stays over. Stephanie is there the next morning when Libby decides she needs to tell her story face-to-face.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-03-26
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Hello, Dolly!
1969-12-12
Hello, Dolly!
Overview: Dolly Levi is a strong-willed matchmaker who travels to Yonkers, New York in order to see the miserly "well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire" Horace Vandergelder. In doing so, she convinces his niece, his niece's intended, and Horace's two clerks to travel to New York City.
Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-12-12
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The Laughing Policeman
1973-12-20
The Laughing Policeman
Overview: When a gunman opens fire on a crowded city bus in San Francisco, Detective Dave Evans is killed, along with the man he'd been following in relation to a murder. Evans' partner, Sgt. Jake Martin, becomes obsessed with solving the case.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-12-20
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House Calls
1978-03-15
House Calls
Overview: Charley is a surgeon who's recently lost his wife; he embarks on a tragicomic romantic quest with one woman after another until he meets up with Ann, a singular woman, closer to his own age, who immediately and unexpectedly captures his heart.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-03-15
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Plaza Suite
1971-05-12
Plaza Suite
Overview: Film version of the Neil Simon play has three separate acts set in the same hotel suite in New York's Plaza Hotel with Walter Matthau in a triple role. In the first, Karen Nash tries to get her inattentive husband Sam's attention to spruce up their failing marriage. In the second, brash film producer Jesse Kiplinger tries to get his former one-time flame Muriel to see him for what he stands for. In the third, Roy Hubley and his wife Norma try and try to get their uncertain-of-herself daughter out of the bathroom before her approaching wedding.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-05-12
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A New Leaf
1971-03-11
A New Leaf
Overview: After running out of funds, Henry Graham, a carefree playboy, plots to marry and murder wealthy botanist Henrietta Lowell.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-03-11
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Ensign Pulver
1964-07-31
Ensign Pulver
Overview: 1945, on an old cargo ship somewhere deep in the Pacific ocean: Captain Morton strives to become commander, so he demands the maximum quality of work from his crew, without granting them any freedom or favors - ignoring that they're thousand of miles away from the front. In one word: he drives his crew crazy. They are near mutiny, but no-one dares to do the first step. Until Ensign Pulver plays a prank on the captain that triggers fatal consequences...
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-07-31
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Lonely are the Brave
1962-05-24
Lonely are the Brave
Overview: A fiercely independent cowboy arranges to have himself locked up in jail in order to then escape with an old friend who has been sentenced to the penitentiary.
Genres: Western Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-05-24
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I'm Not Rappaport
1996-12-24
I'm Not Rappaport
Overview: Old Nat Moyer is a talker, a philosopher, and a troublemaker with a fanciful imagination. His companion is Midge Carter, who is half-blind, but still the super of an apartment house. When he is threatened with retirement, Nat battles on his behalf. Nat also takes on his daughter, a drug dealer, and a mugger in this appealing version of a really 'odd couple'.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-12-24
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The Little Devil
1988-07-01
The Little Devil
Overview: Father Maurice, a priest living in a residential college for priests in Rome, is called out one day to "exorcise" the devil from someone. The devil turns out to be in the form of a fun-loving man called Giuditta. What Father Maurice doesn't know is that this type of devil will turn his life around.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1988-07-01
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Grumpier Old Men
1995-12-22
Grumpier Old Men
Overview: A family wedding reignites the ancient feud between next-door neighbors and fishing buddies John and Max. Meanwhile, a sultry Italian divorcée opens a restaurant at the local bait shop, alarming the locals who worry she'll scare the fish away. But she's less interested in seafood than she is in cooking up a hot time with Max.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-22
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Ride a Crooked Trail
1958-11-23
Ride a Crooked Trail
Overview: After robbing a bank Murphy assumes the identity of his pursuer, a famous US Marshal, when he stumbles into a town and is confronted by the local judge, Matthau. Murphy is forced to remain as the new Marshal; an old flame, Scala, nearly unmasks him by accident, only to be forced to assume the ruse of being Murphy's wife. The "couple" given a house and respectability, which neither has had before. They maintain the charade to avoid hurting a young orphan boy, Matthau's ward. Scala is torn by her loyalty to boyfriend planning to rob the bank and growing feelings for Murphy
Genres: Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-11-23
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The Sunshine Boys
1975-11-06
The Sunshine Boys
Overview: Lewis and Clark, aka The Sunshine Boys, were famous comedians during the vaudeville era, but off-stage they couldn't stand each other and haven't spoken in over 20 years of retirement. Willy Clark's nephew is the producer of a TV variety show that wants to feature a reunion of this classic duo. It is up to him to try to get the Sunshine Boys back together again.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-11-06
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Candy
1968-12-17
Candy
Overview: A high school girl encounters a variety of kookie characters and humorous sexual situations while searching for the meaning of life.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-12-17
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The Kentuckian
1955-07-22
The Kentuckian
Overview: A frontiersman and his son fight to build a new home in Texas.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-07-22
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Little Miss Marker
1980-03-21
Little Miss Marker
Overview: Sorrowful Jones is a cheap bookie in the 1930s. When a gambler leaves his daughter as a marker for a bet, he gets stuck with her. His life will change a great deal with her arrival and his sudden love for a woman also involved in gambling operations.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-03-21
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The Grass Harp
1995-09-10
The Grass Harp
Overview: Based on the novel by Truman Capote, this often-witty coming-of-age drama looks at a young man growing up with an unusual family in the Deep South in the 1940s. Becoming an orphan in 1935, Collin moves to his dad's cousins Verena and Dolly. Verena is a rich, bossy businesswoman. Dolly, Collin and the maid revolt, moving to a tree house.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-10
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Out to Sea
1997-07-02
Out to Sea
Overview: Care-free Charlie cons his widower brother-in-law Herb into an expenses-paid luxury cruise in search of rich, lonely ladies. The catch is that they are required to be dance hosts! With a tyrannical cruise director, and the luscious Liz and lovely Vivian, our heroes have lots of mis-adventures before they finally return to port.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-07-02
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King Creole
1958-07-02
King Creole
Overview: Danny Fisher, young delinquent, flunks out of high school. He quits his job as a busboy in a nightclub, and one night he gets the chance to perform. Success is imminent and the local crime boss Maxie Fields wants to hire him to perform at his night club The Blue Shade. Danny refuses, but Fields won't take no for an answer.
Genres: Drama Music Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-07-02
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Gangster Story
1959-12-01
Gangster Story
Overview: Gangster and cop killer Jack Martin is on the run from the law, and hides out in a small town. Low on funds, he engineers a clever bank robbery that yields him a big bundle. Now he has not only the cops and the FBI after him, but also the local crime boss, who's outraged that an outsider can pull off a heist like that in his territory and not cut him in on it.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-12-01
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Mirage
1965-10-29
Mirage
Overview: In New York City, David Stillwell struggles to recover his memory before the people who are trying to kill him succeed. Who is he, who are they, and why is he surrounded by murder?
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-10-29
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Voice in the Mirror
1958-08-13
Voice in the Mirror
Overview: Jim Burton, chronic alcoholic, is cared for by Ellen, his incredibly patient, sexy, hard-working wife. A doctor's warning that Jim could become mentally ill strikes enough fear into him that he really wants to cure himself...but can't. One night, he meets William Tobin, a fellow drunk, and finds that he helps himself by trying to help Tobin. Thus is born, amid setbacks, a group resembling Alcoholics Anonymous.
Genres: Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-08-13
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Slaughter on 10th Avenue
1957-09-01
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
Overview: A rookie assistant DA is assigned to investigate the murder of a longshoreman, killed for exposing gangster involvement on the piers, and meets up with a "code of silence" amongst all potential witnesses.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-09-01
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Incident in a Small Town
1994-01-23
Incident in a Small Town
Overview: Lily and her son John live alone in a small town as her husband has been killed fighting the war in France. Or at least that is what she told John, but the arrival of Frank back in the town leads him to find out that she not only has been lying about that but also about the fact that she never married him. When Frank tussles with Lily in her yard she applies for a restraining order, calling on the help of her father (the esteemed judge Stoddard Bell) and his partner (lawyer Harmon Cobb). The case fails and when Frank is found murdered later that night Stoddard is arrested and Cobb has a defence case on his hands.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-23
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Casey's Shadow
1978-01-01
Casey's Shadow
Overview: Young Casey comes from a family of racehorse trainers, and his best friend, a foal called Casey's Shadow, may just be a champion.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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First Monday in October
1981-08-21
First Monday in October
Overview: For the first time in history a woman is appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, where she becomes a friendly rival to a liberal associate.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-08-21
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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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The Indian Fighter
1955-12-21
The Indian Fighter
Overview: A scout leading a wagon train through hostile Indian country gets involved with a Sioux chief's daughter.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-12-21
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Strangers When We Meet
1960-06-29
Strangers When We Meet
Overview: A suburban architect loves his wife but is bored with his marriage and with his work, so he takes up with the neglected, married beauty who lives down the street.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-06-29
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Who's Got the Action?
1962-12-25
Who's Got the Action?
Overview: A lawyer begins to win after his wife secretly becomes his bookie to save their money.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-12-25
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Movers & Shakers
1985-05-03
Movers & Shakers
Overview: Studio head Joe Mulholland promises his dying producer and mentor, Saul Gritz, to adapt a popular sex manual into a film, despite his better judgment. Unable to figure out how to turn the nonfiction book into a narrative movie, Mulholland enlists the services of Herb Dorman, a screenwriter of popular romantic films with a bad marriage, and volatile director Sid Spokane to help him create a movie.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-05-03
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The Kid Stays in the Picture
2002-08-16
The Kid Stays in the Picture
Overview: Documentary about legendary Paramount producer Robert Evans, based on his famous 1994 autobiography.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-08-16
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Pete 'n' Tillie
1972-12-17
Pete 'n' Tillie
Overview: A fun-loving bachelor woos and weds a secretary, but the bonds of this marriage aren't strong enough to stop his philandering from continuing.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-12-17
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Island of Love
1963-06-12
Island of Love
Overview: Con artist Steve Blair persuades Tony Dallas, a Manhattan gangster, to finance a movie about Adam and Eve by offering the female lead to Tony's stripper girl friend, Cha Cha Miller. The film is such a disaster, however, that Steve and his writer, Paul Ferris, decide to escape on a freighter to Greece. En route, Steve learns that the island of Paradeisos has lost its tourist trade because it has no apparent historical or mythological heritage. Intrigued, he hits upon the scheme of turning Paradeisos into a legendary island of love and taking a cut from all commercial enterprises. After planting Greek antiquities in the waters surrounding the island, Steve induces Paul to "recover" them, thus causing the tourist trade to increase.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-06-12
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Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter
1982-05-16
Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter
Overview: A retrospective look at 60 years of great moments in film comedy, from the 1920s to 1982.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-05-16
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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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'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 Incident
1990-03-04
The Incident
Overview: Small town lawyer, Harmon Cobb, defends a Nazi prisoner of war against murder charges. Set during World War II, Cobb has to contend with the difficulties of defending the devil when the town's only doctor (Barnard Hughes) dies while at "Camp Bremen" in the fictitious town of Bremen, Colorado.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-03-04
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Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder
1982-05-21
Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder
Overview: French film critic Michel Ciment interviews Billy Wilder about his life and filmmaking.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-05-21
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Onionhead
1958-10-25
Onionhead
Overview: An irresponsible student enlists in the Coast Guard expecting to sit out World War II.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-10-25
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The Gentleman Tramp
1976-10-10
The Gentleman Tramp
Overview: A film about the life and work of the master comedy filmmaker, Charles Chaplin.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-10-10
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The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995-06-05
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Overview: Based on the first centenary of the largest exporter of films in the world, that is Hollywood, is the story told by its protagonists, actors and writers and other people who made life in this business, interspersing images of famous movies.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-06-05
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The Stingiest Man in Town
1978-12-23
The Stingiest Man in Town
Overview: This cartoon version of A Christmas Carol hails from the production house of Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass--the team that brought you just about every other Christmas special you saw as a kid (including Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer). Reinvented as a 49-minute musical ghost story, it stars the voice of Walter Matthau as the bedeviled Scrooge and Tom Bosley as the Jiminy Cricket-type narrator, B. Humbug, Esq.
Genres: Animation TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-12-23
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A Beverly Hills Christmas
1987-12-22
A Beverly Hills Christmas
Overview: An evening of Christmas music from stars living in Beverly Hills, California.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-12-22
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Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love
1991-05-12
Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love
Overview: Longtime singles Lillian Lambert and Clifford Pepperman enjoy a romance late in their lives.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: hu
Release Date: 1991-05-12
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Goodbye Charlie
1964-11-18
Goodbye Charlie
Overview: When a cavorting Hollywood writer is killed by the angry husband of a woman he was having an affair with, he comes back as a spirit in the form of a beautiful woman and moves in with his/her best friend as a base operation for enacting sweet revenge.
Genres: Comedy Romance Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-11-18
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Funny Business
Funny Business
Overview: A documentary hosted by Walter Matthau, which discussed and showed examples from cinematic comedy classics. Long portions of the documentary were devoted to the comedy teams of Abbot & Costello and Laurel & Hardy, and to the films of director Ernst Lubitsch.
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Original Language: en
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Awake and Sing!
1972-06-03
Awake and Sing!
Overview: The Bergers, a blue-collar Jewish family living in an overstuffed tenement and undone by the Depression, struggle through hard times and dream of a better future in this 1972 production of Clifford Odets' pungent play. Personalities and politics clash as Odets' mélange of characters try to survive on pennies a day. Walter Matthau plays cynical World War I amputee Moe Axelrod, and Leo Fuchs portrays the family's iron-willed leftist grandfather.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-06-03
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The Secret Life of an American Wife
1968-06-25
The Secret Life of an American Wife
Overview: A bored housewife poses as a call girl for a movie star sex-symbol, hoping she can prove to her husband, the star's agent, that she is still desirable to other men and thereby, rekindle the spark in their marriage.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-06-25
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Actor
1978-02-21
Actor
Overview: A musical play based on the early years of actor Paul Muni.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-02-21
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How The Grinch Stole Christmas!
1992-12-12
How The Grinch Stole Christmas!
Overview: This short video features illustrations from the Dr Seuss story book with narration by Walter Matthau. A hermit known as the Grinch hates Christmas and is tired of the Whos of Who-ville celebrating it. This year, he plans to steal it from them. Video also includes the story If I Ran The Zoo.
Genres: Animation Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-12-12
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Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
1986-01-17
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
Overview: An all-star cast celebrates George Burn's 90th birthday and showcases highlights in Burns' career.
Genres: Comedy Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-17
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Two by Saroyan: 'Once Around the Block' and 'My Heart's in the Highlands'
1960-11-07
Two by Saroyan: 'Once Around the Block' and 'My Heart's in the Highlands'
Overview: Two plays by William Saroyan portraying writers stymied, inspired, frustrated, excited, listful, wistful, slothful, awed, unnerved, perhaps corrupted and perplexed by the promise and let-down writing holds for them.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-11-07
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Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
1998-02-04
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
Overview: A profile of writer-director Billy Wilder
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-02-04
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The Marriage Fool
1998-09-20
The Marriage Fool
Overview: Recently widowed after 41 years of marriage, Frank Walsh meets the outgoing Florence, sparking joy back into his life again. However, there is clear disapproval of her from his grown children, especially his eldest son Robert. As Frank and Florence grow closer in their relationship, Robert begins to change his perspective on their commitment and devotion to one another.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-09-20
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Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore
1992-01-19
Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore
Overview: In the second dramatic case for lawyer Harmon Cobb, he defends an incarcerated woman who is wrongly imprisoned and refused release from a mental institution.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-19
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Atomic Attack
1954-05-19
Atomic Attack
Overview: A family living 50 miles away try to flee from the fallout of an atomic bomb that fell on New York City.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-05-19
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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1988-11-22
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Overview: Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-22
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Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
1996-11-25
Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
Overview: Jack Lemmon made over 60 films and received numerous awards, including eight Academy Award Nominations and two Oscars. Later in life, his achievement was enriched by new challenges in which he exposed the vulnerability and emotion of the later years as few had dared. He reveled in his ongoing screen partnerships with directors like Billy Wilder and stars like Walter Matthau. Narrated on-camera by Jack Lemmon, this documentary includes interviews with Lemmon's son, the actor Chris Lemmon. Also appearing are such legends as Jack's life-long friend, the writer and director Billy Wilder, writer-director Garson Kanin, drama teacher Uta Hagen and actor Gregory Peck.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-11-25
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And the Oscar Goes To...
2014-02-01
And the Oscar Goes To...
Overview: The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in forming this professional honorary organization. Two years later the Academy began bestowing awards, which were nicknamed "Oscar," and quickly came to represent the pinnacle of cinematic achievement.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-02-01
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Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough
1997-01-01
Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough
Overview: A profile of the life of actor Walter Matthau.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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Big Deal in Laredo
1962-10-07
Big Deal in Laredo
Overview: A timid man with money problems gets into a big card game with some high-rollers.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-10-07
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The Lion Roars Again
1975-01-01
The Lion Roars Again
Overview: A chronicle of the 1975 International Press Conclave hosted by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer over two days in May 1975.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-01-01
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Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
1993-01-20
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
Overview: This spellbinding documentary re-examines the issues raised by Oliver Stone's JFK, and explores the late Jim Garrison's contention that there was a "second conspiracy" to cover up the truth, including attempts to ruin his own reputation.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-20
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Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
1992-04-05
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
Overview: Modern comedians share their thoughts about Laurel and Hardy. Also includes archival footage of contemporary comedians. Hosted by Dom DeLuise.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-04-05
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Private Screenings: Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau
1998-08-12
Private Screenings: Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau
Overview: Robert Osborne hosts this TCM original featuring an exclusive interview with the original Odd Couple.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-08-12
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Carol Channing and 101 Men
1968-02-29
Carol Channing and 101 Men
Overview: Carol Channing hosts musical variety special with guests Walter Matthau, George Burns, U.S. Air Force Academy Cadet Chorale, The Association, Eddy Arnold.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-02-29
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Jack Benny's Bag
1968-11-16
Jack Benny's Bag
Overview: Jack Benny's 1968 TV specials features topical references including a parody of The Graduate.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-11-16
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Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989-06-26
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Overview: A study of the Group Theatre, a company that changed the face of American drama. The Group was founded in 1931 by Cheryl Crawford, Harold Clurman and Lee Strasberg, who were strongly influenced by the naturalistic acting of Konstantin Stanislavski’s Moscow Art Theatre.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-06-26
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