Cindy Pickett
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Cindy Lou Pickett (born April 18, 1947) is an American actress best known for her 1970s role as Jackie Marler-Spaulding on the CBS soap Guiding Light; her role as Dr. Carol Novino on the hugely-popular television drama St. Elsewhere in the 1980s; for her critically acclaimed performance as the real-life Kay Stayner, the mother of a boy who was kidnapped for several years, in the dramatic TV movie I Know My First Name Is Steven; and for her cinematic roles and performances as Valerie St. John in Roger Vadim's little-known 1980 erotic cult film, Night Games, for which she would have the leading role, and as the tough-as-nails and heroic Dr. Jane Norris in the 1989 sci-fi-horror film DeepStar Six. Pickett, however, is handily best-known to audiences for her highly memorable turn as Katie Bueller, Matthew Broderick's titular character's loving and unsuspecting mother, in the 1986 classic and iconic American comedy movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
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Birthday: April 18, 1947
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Hot to Trot
1988-08-26
Hot to Trot
Overview: Fred P. Chaney receives as inheritance after the death of his mother a speaking horse that also has good knowledge about the stock-market. With the help of this horse Fred gains a lot at the stock-market of Chicago.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-08-26
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DeepStar Six
1989-01-13
DeepStar Six
Overview: The crew of an experimental underwater nuclear base are forced to struggle for their lives when their explorations disturb a creature who threatens to destroy their base.
Genres: Action Horror Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-13
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Hate Crime
2005-01-14
Hate Crime
Overview: Robbie Levinson and Trey McCoy suddenly encounter intolerance and hostility at the hands of their new neighbor, Chris Boyd, the son of a fundamentalist preacher.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-01-14
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Son in Law
1993-07-02
Son in Law
Overview: Country girl Rebecca has spent most of her life on a farm in South Dakota, and, when she goes away to college in Los Angeles, Rebecca immediately feels out of place in the daunting urban setting. She is befriended by a savvy party animal named Crawl, who convinces the ambivalent Rebecca to stay in the city. When Thanksgiving break rolls around, Rebecca, no longer an innocent farm girl, invites Crawl back to South Dakota, where he pretends to be her fiancé.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-07-02
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off
1986-06-11
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Overview: After high school slacker Ferris Bueller successfully fakes an illness in order to skip school for the day, he goes on a series of adventures throughout Chicago with his girlfriend Sloane and best friend Cameron, all the while trying to outwit his wily school principal and fed-up sister.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-06-11
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Into the Homeland
1987-01-01
Into the Homeland
Overview: A man's daughter disappears after falling in love with the son of a right wing, white-supremacist terrorist organization.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-01-01
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Breach of Contract
1982-01-01
Breach of Contract
Overview: A husband and wife, both of whom are career-oriented, agree never to step on the other's ambitions. Unfortunately, both become too ambitious for their own good, and, true to the film's title, their verbal "contract" is shattered.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-01-01
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The Cookie Mobster
2014-12-27
The Cookie Mobster
Overview: A young mob member goes into the Witness Protection Program and settles into a quiet suburban village, where he falls for a local woman and gets involved with cookie-making fund-raising for her daughter's scout troop while dodging his former associates who have tracked him down.
Genres: Family TV Movie Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-12-27
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Call to Glory
1984-08-13
Call to Glory
Overview: Colonel Raynor Sarnac has to balance his family and his duty as head of a flight group facing the political tensions of the early 60's. Actual historical events are part of various stories as are the activities of three active children.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-08-13
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Evolver
1995-02-10
Evolver
Overview: A teenage boy gets a robotic opponent after winning a laser tag contest; however the robot is not what it seems!
Genres: Action Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-02-10
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Hysterical
1982-12-22
Hysterical
Overview: Frederic Lansing is a writer who hopes to find inspiration while vacationing in Hellview, Oregon; however, the lighthouse in which he's staying is haunted by the ghost of Venetia, who had killed herself 100 years ago and now wants to use Lansing as a vessel for her dead husband, Captain Howdy. When Howdy's ghost starts killing people, two bumbling scientists are brought in to investigate the history of the lighthouse and solve the case.
Genres: Horror Comedy Fantasy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-12-22
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Brainwash
1983-09-23
Brainwash
Overview: A group of husbands with their wives participate in a reunion where everybody will find his hidden secret. The methods used are terrible, but usually work. Just usually.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-09-23
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Crooked Hearts
1991-09-06
Crooked Hearts
Overview: An upper-middle class family in Washington state deals with failures, infidelities and troubling secrets. Charley is 26 and still lives at home, despite his simmering anger at his father, Edward. Charley's younger brother, Tom, just dropped out of college and returned home to live. Tom's unstable new girlfriend, Marriet, has designs on joining the family, but she's hardly a calming influence on the crumbling home.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-09-06
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The Men's Club
1986-09-19
The Men's Club
Overview: Seven men have a group session and share their feelings on women, love, life and work.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-09-19
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Plymouth
1991-05-26
Plymouth
Overview: The residents of a town displaced by an industrial accident agree to take over a failing mining base on the Moon as their new place to live and work. Their first big test comes in the form of a wave of radiation from a massive solar flare.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-05-26
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Painted Hero
1997-09-16
Painted Hero
Overview: Virgil Kidder hasn't been in Waco for quite a spell, but now that he's back in town clowning in the rodeo, his troubles are catching up with him quicker than a Brahma bull. Country star Dwight Yoakam makes his leading role debut as Kidder, a "painted hero" who's at his best - and safest - when he's taunting the meanest bulls in the business. It's only when the paint comes off that the real danger strikes on a wild Waco weekend filled with thrills, spills and more twists than an eight second bull ride.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-09-16
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Cry for the Strangers
1982-02-11
Cry for the Strangers
Overview: The little coastal town of Clark's Harbor seems like the perfect place for psychiatrist Brad Russell and his wife to get a little peace and spend more time with each other. But the locals don't seem very friendly and every time a storm rolls in another mysterious death occurs... Could an ancient Indian legend of ghostly tribes and human sacrifice have anything to do with it?
Genres: Horror Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-02-11
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Echoes in the Darkness
1987-11-01
Echoes in the Darkness
Overview: Based on the true life story that took place in the 1970s, this movie follows the murder of Susan Reinert and her two children in Upper Merion Township in Pennsylvania, a case that lasted seven years
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-11-01
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The Goodbye Bird
1994-04-02
The Goodbye Bird
Overview: A teenager finds himself in hot water when his school principal accuses him of stealing her prized, talking parrot. But with the help of a kindly veterinarian, he solves the case of the purloined bird and learns the value of helping those who need it most.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-04-02
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Night Games
1980-04-11
Night Games
Overview: A Californian housewife is terrified of having sex because of a past assault. When this phobia threatens to destroy her marriage, she takes refuge in a series of erotic fantasies about a masked man. But is it really all just a fantasy?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-04-11
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Margin for Murder
1981-10-15
Margin for Murder
Overview: Mickey Spillane's hard-hitting '50s private eye, Mike Hammer, returns to television in the guise of Kevin Dobson to track down the killer of his best friend who was driving Hammer's car. Joining in the hunt are the detective's Girl Friday, the ever-hopeful Velda, and his cop friend, Pat Chambers.
Genres: Crime Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-10-15
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Stranded in Paradise
2014-08-09
Stranded in Paradise
Overview: When a driven HR exec loses her high-powered job, she travels to Puerto Rico in an attempt to save her career at a business conference. But as the trip quickly becomes a disaster and a hurricane shuts down the whole island, she meets a handsome world traveler who gives her a new perspective on finding passion in life and love.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-08-09
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The Ivory Ape
1980-04-15
The Ivory Ape
Overview: An ivory ape escapes from a freighter and makes its way to Bermuda. Two anthropologists want to save it, but the local authorities hire a big-game hunter to track it down and kill it.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-04-15
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The Making of a Hollywood Madam
1996-02-21
The Making of a Hollywood Madam
Overview: The real-life California family doctor -- facing a jail sentence for money laundering and tax evasion -- recalls the events leading to the arrest of his notorious daughter, Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-02-21
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The Village Barbershop
2008-01-01
The Village Barbershop
Overview: A fading smalltime barber is forced to hire the last person on earth he'd want working in his shop - a woman.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-01-01
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Atomic Dog
1998-01-14
Atomic Dog
Overview: When a pooch is irradiated by a nuclear plant and threatens the town, only a teenage boy can redeem him.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-14
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Coyote Summer
1996-01-01
Coyote Summer
Overview: Teenage Callie has a wild streak. When her mother goes to London on business, she sends Callie to her sister's ranch for a dose of hard work and responsibility. Callie is sullen, at first, naturally, but perks up at the sight of a beautiful but wild black horse. When she overhears of the horse's destruction, due to his inability to be tamed, she arranges to steal the horse with a fellow ranch hand named Rafe. In hiding, the two begin to calm the horse and start his training. It works. But, will their hideaway be discovered?
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-01
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Her Hidden Truth
1995-11-12
Her Hidden Truth
Overview: A young Billie Calhoun is accused of killing her mother and sister in a house fire. she is taken to a juvenile detention center. When she reaches 18 she requests an early release, but it is denied. so she escapes to find the real killer of her mother and sister. Eventually she seeks the aid of a cop, Matt Samoni.
Genres: TV Movie Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-11-12
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Te Ata
2017-10-13
Te Ata
Overview: The extraordinary life of Chickasaw Nation citizen Mary Thompson Fisher is given a heartfelt tribute in this moving look at a culture in transition, and the way one woman used her voice to keep Native traditions and stories alive. Raised in Indian Territory, Fisher left home to pursue her dream of becoming an actress, only to find that her true calling was at home all along. From Chautauquas to Broadway and even the White House, Fisher traveled the world performing Native American songs and stories for heads of state, American presidents, and European royalty. Featuring Chickasaw citizens both in front of and be-hind the camera, this touching portrait starring Q’orianka Kilcher (“The New World”) and Graham Greene honors a woman whose own story was the most inspiring one she never told. -TCFF database
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-10-13
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The Stepdaughter
2000-10-31
The Stepdaughter
Overview: Growing up, Susan Miller survived countless foster homes and years of abuse and neglect with one, burning goal: to someday find the birth mother who abandoned her - and get revenge.
Genres: Horror TV Movie Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-10-31
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The Killing Secret
1997-01-06
The Killing Secret
Overview: A pregnant teen is murdered and a popular high-school senior is suspected. But will his girlfriend stick by him to prove his innocence despite the fact she has bonded with the victim's mother?
Genres: Mystery Thriller TV Movie Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-06
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Louis L'Amour's The Cherokee Trail
1981-05-21
Louis L'Amour's The Cherokee Trail
Overview: In the late 19th Century, Mary Breydon, a widow, and Peggy Breydon, her daughter manage a stagecoach stop on The Cherokee Trail. The story is told from the perspective of Peggy, looking back on her adventures.
Genres: Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-05-21
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Wild Card
1992-08-03
Wild Card
Overview: Thriller about a former preacher, now a professional gambler, who heads down New Mexico way to visit an old buddy, only for him to be killed. It is not long before the Preacher is uncovering a hotbed of corruption and murder in the seemingly peaceful town, aptly named Farewell.
Genres: Thriller Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-08-03
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Sex and Death 101
2007-06-15
Sex and Death 101
Overview: A guy's life is turned around by an email, which includes the names of everyone he's had sex with and ever will have sex with. His situation gets worse when he encounters a femme fatale (Ryder) who targets men guilty of sex crime.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-06-15
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Original Intent
1992-05-13
Original Intent
Overview: Matthew Cameron (Jay Richardson) is a lawyer undergoing a midlife crisis despite having a seemingly perfect life with his wife, advertising executive Jessica (Candy Clark), and his young son. When he champions a homeless shelter facing eviction, his problems only deepen. Matthew faces pressure from Jessica, whose agency is representing the corporate honcho pushing the eviction, and Matthew is forced to question his values and loyalties.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-05-13
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Wrapped Up In Christmas
2017-11-25
Wrapped Up In Christmas
Overview: With Christmas just around the corner, 8-year-old Molly asks the mall Santa to find a boyfriend for her beloved aunt.
Genres: Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-11-25
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Cocaine and Blue Eyes
1983-01-02
Cocaine and Blue Eyes
Overview: Michael Brennen, a San Francisco private eye gets dragged into a drug-smuggling operation while searching for the girlfriend of a deal client, leading Brennen to a politically prominent family.
Genres: Drama Action Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-02
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She's Having a Baby
1988-02-05
She's Having a Baby
Overview: Jake and Kristy Briggs are newlyweds. Being young, they are perhaps a bit unprepared for the full reality of marriage and all that it (and their parents) expect from them. Do they want babies? Their parents certainly want them to. Is married life all that there is? Things certainly aren't helped by Jake's friend Davis, who always seems to turn up just in time to put a spanner in the works.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-02-05
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Being Rose
2017-11-09
Being Rose
Overview: A widowed ex-cop discovers that she may have a life threatening illness, and decides to go on a solo road trip in a motorized wheelchair to explore the beauty of the Southwest. On her journey, Rose discovers more than just the simple beauty of New Mexico when she meets -- and falls in love with -- Max, an old cowboy who comes to a crossroads of his own. Sometimes love takes the backroads.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-11-09
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Kid Cop
1996-12-20
Kid Cop
Overview: Eleven year old Peter Hansen is determined to follow his Dad's career example by becoming a one-boy neighborhood police force. When a local burglary is committed, Peter follows clues overlooked by the police and ends up in getting into bigger trouble than he ever imagined.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-12-20
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Sleepwalkers
1992-04-10
Sleepwalkers
Overview: Charles Brady and his mother, Mary, are the last of a dying breed whose needs are not of this world. They are Sleepwalkers - able to stay alive only by feeding on the life-force of the innocent, but destined to roam the earth, avoiding discovery while searching for their next victim. That search takes them to the sleepy little town of Travis, Indiana, where beautiful teenager Tanya Robertson is about to become an unwilling pawn in their nightmarish fight for survival.
Genres: Horror Fantasy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-04-10
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Not Our Son
1995-03-03
Not Our Son
Overview: A Seattle household secretly cooperates with police in a case that links a family member to widespread arson.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-03-03
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Who Is Ferris Bueller?
2006-01-10
Who Is Ferris Bueller?
Overview: A short documentary that looks at the qualities that define the title character in the classic film "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," told through interview clips and film footage.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-10
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Opus of an Angel
2017-09-23
Opus of an Angel
Overview: When a suicidal man finds a blind girl lost and wandering the streets of LA, he is torn between getting her home safely and keeping his appointment with death.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-09-23
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A Question About Sex
1990-09-13
A Question About Sex
Overview: Teenage girl who advocates sex education at her school finds herself butting heads with her mother who is seeking a spot on the school board.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-09-13
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