Hume Cronyn
Biography: Hume Blake Cronyn Jr. OC (July 18, 1911 – June 15, 2003) was a Canadian-American actor and writer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hume Cronyn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: July 19, 1911
Deathday: June 15, 2003
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Cocoon
1985-06-21
Cocoon
Overview: When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigor.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-06-21
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Brewster's Millions
1985-05-22
Brewster's Millions
Overview: Brewster, an aging minor-league baseball player, stands to inherit 300 million dollars if he can successfully spend 30 million dollars in 30 days without anything to show for it, and without telling anyone what he's up to... A task that's a lot harder than it sounds!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-05-22
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Cocoon: The Return
1988-09-13
Cocoon: The Return
Overview: The reinvigorated elderly group that left Earth comes back to visit their relatives. Will they all decide to go back to the planet where no one grows old, or will they be tempted to remain on Earth?
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-13
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*batteries not included
1987-12-18
*batteries not included
Overview: In a soon to be demolished block of apartments, the residents resist the criminal methods used to force them to leave so a greedy tycoon can build his new skyscraper. When tiny mechanical aliens land for a recharge, they decide to stay and help out.
Genres: Family Comedy Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-12-18
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The World According to Garp
1982-08-13
The World According to Garp
Overview: A struggling young writer finds his life and work dominated by his unfaithful wife and his radical feminist mother, whose best-selling manifesto turns her into a cultural icon.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-08-13
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Shadow of a Doubt
1943-01-15
Shadow of a Doubt
Overview: Just when Charlotte ‘Charlie’ Newton, is feeling especially frustrated by the lack of excitement in her small town in California, she receives wonderful news: Her uncle and namesake, Charlie Oakley, is coming to visit. However, as secrets about him come to the fore, Charlotte’s admiration turns into suspicion.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-01-15
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People Will Talk
1951-08-29
People Will Talk
Overview: Successful and well-liked, Dr. Noah Praetorius becomes the victim of a witchhunt at the hands of Professor Elwell, who disdains Praetorius's unorthodox medical views and also questions his relationship with the mysterious, ever-present Mr. Shunderson.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-08-29
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Cleopatra
1963-06-12
Cleopatra
Overview: Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar is murdered, she redirects her attentions to his general, Marc Antony, who vows to take power—but Caesar’s successor has other plans.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-06-12
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12 Angry Men
1997-08-17
12 Angry Men
Overview: During the trial of a man accused of his father's murder, a lone juror takes a stand against the guilty verdict handed down by the others as a result of their preconceptions and prejudices.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-08-17
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The Postman Always Rings Twice
1946-05-02
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Overview: A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband.
Genres: Drama Romance Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-05-02
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There Was a Crooked Man...
1970-09-18
There Was a Crooked Man...
Overview: Arizona Territorial Prison inmate Paris Pitman, Jr. is a schemer, a charmer, and quite popular among his fellow convicts — especially with $500,000 in stolen loot hidden away and a plan to escape and recover it. New warden Woodward Lopeman has other ideas about Pitman. Each man will have the tables turned on him.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-09-18
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Marvin's Room
1996-12-18
Marvin's Room
Overview: A leukemia patient attempts to end a 20-year feud with her sister to get her bone marrow.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-12-18
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Lifeboat
1944-01-28
Lifeboat
Overview: During World War II, a small group of survivors is stranded in a lifeboat together after the ship they were traveling on is destroyed by a German U-boat.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-01-28
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Brute Force
1947-07-16
Brute Force
Overview: Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey's chains?
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-07-16
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Impulse
1984-09-28
Impulse
Overview: After a small earthquake in a small and quiet town, local citizens start to have a bizarre, violent and self-destructive behavior...
Genres: Horror Mystery Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-09-28
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Phantom of the Opera
1943-08-12
Phantom of the Opera
Overview: Following a tragic accident that leaves him disfigured, crazed composer Erique Claudin transformed into a masked phantom who schemes to make beautiful young soprano Christine Dubois the star of the opera and wreak revenge on those who stole his music.
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-08-12
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Day One
1989-05-12
Day One
Overview: Hungarian physicist Leo Szilard leaves Europe, eventually arriving in the United States. With the help of Einstein, he persuades the government to build an atomic bomb. The project is given to no-nonsense Gen. Leslie Groves who selects physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer to head the Los Alamos Laboratory in New Mexico, where the bomb is built. As World War II draws to a close, Szilard has second thoughts about atomic weapons, and policy makers debate how and when to use the bomb.
Genres: History Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-05-12
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Rollover
1981-10-11
Rollover
Overview: An Arab oil organization devises a plan to wreck the world economy in order to cause anarchy and chaos.
Genres: Drama Mystery Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-10-11
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Yesterday's Children
2000-10-15
Yesterday's Children
Overview: After having strange dreams, Jenny Cole discovers that in her last incarnation she was Mary Sutton, an Irishwoman who died in the 1930s. Suspicious, Jenny goes to Ireland to investigate her past life.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-10-15
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The Parallax View
1974-06-14
The Parallax View
Overview: An ambitious reporter gets in trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corporation behind every event in the world's headlines.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-06-14
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The Arrangement
1969-11-18
The Arrangement
Overview: An adman attempts to rebuild his shattered life after suffering a nervous breakdown.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-11-18
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People: A Musical Celebration
1995-01-01
People: A Musical Celebration
Overview: In how many wonderful ways are we different from each other' What if the world were to rejoice in our differences' Cara and her lovable Grandfather (Hume Cronyn) embark on a journey of imagination that brings them face to face with the wonderful variety of people around the world. Featuring 10 original songs by major recording artists, elaborate animation, and unforgettable characters.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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Sunrise at Campobello
1960-09-28
Sunrise at Campobello
Overview: The story of Franklin Roosevelt's bout with polio at age 40 in 1921 and how his family (and especially wife Eleanor) cope with his illness. From being stricken while vacationing at Campobello to his triumphant nominating speech for Al Smith's presidency in 1924, the story follows the various influences on his life and his determination to recover - based on the award winning Broadway play of the same name.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-09-28
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Off Season
2001-12-16
Off Season
Overview: After the death of his parents, 10-year-old Jackson Mayhew moves in with his Aunt. But when he befriends an elderly man, he begins to suspect that the old man is actually Santa Claus.
Genres: Family Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-12-16
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Santa and Pete
1999-12-05
Santa and Pete
Overview: This warmhearted Yuletide tale tells the story of Grandpa Nichols (James Earl Jones) who is spending his first Christmas alone as a widower. His grandson Pete (Flex Alexander from SHE'S ALL THAT) is riveted by his grandfather's story of St. Nick, and Pete decides that it is his desire to do all he can to help out old St. Nick in any way he can. A delight for the whole family.
Genres: Drama TV Movie Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-12-05
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A Separate Peace
2004-09-12
A Separate Peace
Overview: Four friends with one dark secret they could never outrun.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-12
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The Beginning or the End
1947-02-19
The Beginning or the End
Overview: The research, development, and deployment of the first atomic bomb, as well as the bombing of Hiroshima, are detailed in this docudrama.
Genres: Drama Documentary History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-02-19
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The Seventh Cross
1944-07-24
The Seventh Cross
Overview: In Nazi Germany in 1936 seven men escape from a concentration camp. The camp commander puts up seven crosses and, as the Gestapo returns each escapee he is put to death on a cross. The seventh cross is still empty as George Heisler attempts an escape to freedom in Holland.
Genres: Drama Thriller War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-07-24
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The Cross of Lorraine
1943-11-12
The Cross of Lorraine
Overview: French soldiers (Jean-Pierre Aumont, Gene Kelly) surrender to lying Nazis and are herded into a barbaric prison camp.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-11-12
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Camilla
1994-11-25
Camilla
Overview: Freda Lopez, an aspiring musician, travels with her husband to the beautiful beaches of Georgia where she befriends Camilla, an odd and exotic elderly woman who plays the violin. When the two embark on a journey together, Camilla reclaims a lost love and makes peace with herself and her son, while Freda discovers inner resources she never knew she had.
Genres: Adventure Drama Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-11-25
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Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003-04-03
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Overview: Broadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about America's most celebrated indigenous art form. Award-winning filmmaker Rick McKay filmed over 100 of the greatest stars ever to work on Broadway or in Hollywood. He soon learned that great films can be restored, fine literature can be kept in print - but historic Broadway performances of the past are the most endangered. They leave only memories that, while more vivid, are more difficult to preserve. In their own words — and not a moment too soon — Broadway: The Golden Age tells the stories of our theatrical legends, how they came to New York, and how they created this legendary century in American theatre. This is the largest cast of legends ever in one film.
Genres: Music Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-04-03
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Main Street After Dark
1945-01-12
Main Street After Dark
Overview: A police detective (Edward Arnold) uses fluorescent powder to catch a pickpocket (Selena Royle) and her gang.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-01-12
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Sea People
1999-06-21
Sea People
Overview: At 14, Amanda is a perfect swimmer and a great student. When the factory where his father works closes and he must go to work in another city, she feels very sad. One morning she meets the McRea, a very nice elderly couple who, like her, cannot live without the sea, although in another sense.
Genres: Fantasy Family Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-06-21
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The Green Years
1946-07-04
The Green Years
Overview: An orphaned young boy is guided by his great-grandfather and strives to go to university to become a doctor. However, the boy's harsh grandfather stands in his way.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-07-04
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The Bride Goes Wild
1948-03-03
The Bride Goes Wild
Overview: McGrath publishes books for children and Uncle Bump is one of the best sellers. Unfortunately, Greg, who is Uncle Bump, tends to drink too much and has not started his next book. Martha won a contest to illustrate the book and the first thing that happens is that Greg gets her soused. To keep her there to illustrate, John gets a juvenile delinquent named Danny to play his son and show how much pressure he is under. The ploy works at first, but Greg's heart was broken by Tillie, and Martha may be the girl who makes him forget all about her.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-03-03
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Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
1964-09-23
Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
Overview: A stage production of Hamlet filmed at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York. It was deliberately staged in the style of a "dress rehearsal", but performed in front of a live audience.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-09-23
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Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
2001-04-03
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
Overview: Documentary about the making of 20th Century Fox's 1963 film "Cleopatra," then the most expensive film of all time.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-04-03
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To Dance with the White Dog
1993-12-05
To Dance with the White Dog
Overview: When Sam Peek's beloved wife, Cora, dies, a white dog suddenly materializes as his new companion and confidant.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-12-05
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Gaily, Gaily
1969-12-16
Gaily, Gaily
Overview: After runaway Ben Young is robbed and left on his own, he is taken in by Lil, the head of a Chicago brothel. Acting as a surrogate mother for Ben, who thinks she runs a boardinghouse, Lil gets him a job with Francis Sullivan at the local newspaper. As Ben is exposed to the workings of the big city, he realizes the extent of government corruption and sets out on the daunting task of reforming Chicago politics, finding several allies along the way.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-12-16
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Foxfire
1987-12-13
Foxfire
Overview: Annie Nations and her husband Hector loved their life together in the Blue Ridge Mountains, but when Hector dies, Annie has to decide if she can handle the wilderness on her own.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-12-13
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Top o' the Morning
1949-08-31
Top o' the Morning
Overview: A singing insurance investigator comes to Ireland to recover the stolen Blarney Stone...and romance the local policeman's daughter.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-08-31
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Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film
2000-01-03
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film
Overview: A short documentary about the Making Of Hitchcock's "Shadow of a Doubt" (1943).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-03
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The Fourposter
1955-01-01
The Fourposter
Overview: The story takes place entirely in a bedroom dominated by a couple's four-poster bed, taking them through fifty years of marriage, through happiness and sorrow, through good times and bad, through childbirth, parenthood, and the eventual sadness from the absence of their children. In the end, they face the future together, while remembering their past.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-01-01
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A Letter for Evie
1946-01-28
A Letter for Evie
Overview: Evie's co-workers at the uniform shirt factory, and her almost-fiancée's inability to kiss, inspire her to slip a letter into a size sixteen-and-a-half shirt for some anonymous soldier. It's received by "Wolf" Larson, who immediately throws it away, but his sensitive, dreaming--and short--buddy John McPherson snags it, and begins a correspondence with Evie, pretending to be Wolf. But things get complicated when Evie wants to meet her tall, handsome soldier. And even more complicated when Wolf sees Evie and likes what he sees.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-01-28
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Christmas on Division Street
1991-12-15
Christmas on Division Street
Overview: A good-natured homeless man and an ill-tempered student become good friends.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-12-15
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Rope Unleashed
2001-03-06
Rope Unleashed
Overview: A short documentary about the filming of Alfred Hitchcock's 'Rope'. Interviews with screenwriter Arthur Laurents delve into the troubles of secretly making a movie about gay murderers in the 1940s.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-03-06
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Age-Old Friends
1989-12-16
Age-Old Friends
Overview: John Cooper is in a retirement home. There are strict rules for the residents, but he refuses to fall into passivity. He flirts constantly with Nurse Wilson and spends time with his best buddy Michael Aylott, who's slowly drifting into senility.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-12-16
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The Sailor Takes a Wife
1945-12-28
The Sailor Takes a Wife
Overview: While waiting in New York City to ship out to Europe, a sailor stops by a serviceman's canteen and meets a USO hostess. They immediately fall for each other and get married that night. However, when the sailor is notified that he has been reclassified as 4-F (unfit for service) by the Navy and then discharged, he and his new wife realize that, having to set up house before they expected to, they actually know very little about each other. Complications ensue.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-12-28
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Night of 100 Stars III
1990-05-21
Night of 100 Stars III
Overview: A celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy.
Genres: Comedy Music TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-05-21
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Alone
1997-12-21
Alone
Overview: John Webb is recently widowed and living alone on the farm he and his brother used to share. He rarely sees his daughters, Jacqueline and Grace Ann, and his only company is Grey, the farm's longtime overseer. John's solitude is interrupted by his nephews, Carl and Gus Jr., who have been approached about drilling for oil on the farm. Tensions rise as John clashes with his opportunistic family.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-12-21
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The Wilderness Idea: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the First Great Battle for Wilderness
1989-01-01
The Wilderness Idea: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the First Great Battle for Wilderness
Overview: To one man, it was perfect natural resource to benefit thousands of people. To another, it was a beautiful, sacred land that mustn't be defiled under any circumstance. In this documentary, the debate over the damming and flooding of the Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park is examined by looking at the two most notable faces of the debate, United States Forest Service Chief Gifford Pinchot, and celebrated Scottish-American naturalist John Muir, two friends and notable conservationists who found themselves in complete opposition with one another in one of the earliest national controversies surrounding the United States wilderness.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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Angel Passing
1998-01-01
Angel Passing
Overview: An aging concert pianist in a nursing home, suffering from Alzheimers, revisits his past. When he comes back to his home, now occupied by an artist, a touching bond develops for a few moments between them. Two strangers, one asking for forgiveness about his past, the other with the ability to forgive in her own life. A touching short, with very few words but deeply portrayed feelings.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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Conrack
1974-03-27
Conrack
Overview: A young, white school teacher is assigned to Yamacraw Island, an isolated fishing community off the coast of South Carolina, populated mostly by poor black families. He finds that the basically illiterate, neglected children there know so little of the world outside their island.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-03-27
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The Pelican Brief
1993-09-17
The Pelican Brief
Overview: A law student's theory about the recent deaths of two Supreme Court justices embroils her in a far-reaching web of murder, corruption, and greed.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-09-17
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Broadway Bound
1992-03-22
Broadway Bound
Overview: Eugene and Stanley Jerome try to break into show biz as comedy writers while their parents' marriage ends.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-03-22
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Crowded Paradise
1956-06-21
Crowded Paradise
Overview: A Puerto Rican immigrant anxiously awaits his wedding day, but his fiancé's racist landlord intervenes.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-06-21
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The Gin Game
1981-04-21
The Gin Game
Overview: Weller Martin and Fonsia Dorsey, two elderly residents at a nursing home for senior citizens, strike up an acquaintance. Neither seems to have any other friends, and they start to enjoy each other's company. Weller offers to teach Fonsia how to play gin rummy, and they begin playing a series of games that Fonsia always wins. Weller's inability to win a single hand becomes increasingly frustrating to him, while Fonsia becomes increasingly confident. While playing their games of gin, they engage in lengthy conversations about their families and their lives in the outside world. Gradually, each conversation becomes a battle, much like the ongoing gin games, as each player tries to expose the other's weaknesses, to belittle the other's life, and to humiliate the other thoroughly.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-04-21
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Blonde Fever
1944-12-05
Blonde Fever
Overview: Peter and Delilah are a married couple running a roadside café in Nevada. Their stable partnership turns rocky, though, with the arrival of the sultry Sally, a waitress who catches Peter's wandering eye. Delilah strikes back by hiring Sally's boyfriend as a waiter. Sally is initially dismissive of Peter's advances, but when he wins $40,000 in a lottery, she quickly pounces, turning on the charm and eyeing the easy life.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-12-05
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A Doll's House
1959-11-15
A Doll's House
Overview: A wealthy woman's attempts to help her financially troubled husband go unrewarded.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-11-15
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The Secret Heart
1946-12-25
The Secret Heart
Overview: Penny Addams lives in a constant state of depression stemming from the trauma of her father's death when she was just a young girl. Her brother, Chase, and stepmother, Lee, work to help Penny process her grief through psychotherapy and revisiting their past, but only the revelation of long-buried family secrets -- including her mother's secret lover and the true nature of her father's death -- can bring Penny out of her intense despair.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-12-25
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Ziegfeld Follies
1945-08-26
Ziegfeld Follies
Overview: The late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld looks down from heaven and ordains a new revue in his grand old style.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-08-26
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Honky Tonk Freeway
1981-08-21
Honky Tonk Freeway
Overview: Ticlaw, a small town in Florida, has only one attraction: a safari park. The government constructs a freeway that passes near Ticlaw, but decides not to put an exit into the town. The people of Ticlaw, leaded by its Mayor, will do anything in order to convince the governor to alter the project.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-08-21
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The John Garfield Story
2003-02-03
The John Garfield Story
Overview: This documentary looks at the life and career of John Garfield, whose career was cut short when he died at age 39. His difficult childhood in the rough neighborhoods of New York City provided the perfect background for the tough-guy roles he would play on both stage and screen.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-02-03
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The Moon and Sixpence
1959-10-30
The Moon and Sixpence
Overview: A staid, dull Englishman abruptly deserts his wife and children to become a painter in the South Seas.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-10-30
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Hitchcock: Alfred the Great
1994-07-01
Hitchcock: Alfred the Great
Overview: Documentary the career of Alfred Hitchcock with Tippi Hedren bringing up allegations against the director.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-07-01
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