Steve Cochran
Biography: He is perhaps best remembered for his role of Big Ed Somers, the power hungry gangster pal of James Cagney in "White Heat" (1949). Born Robert Alexander Cochran in Eureka, California, he was the son of a California lumberjack, who moved the family to Wyoming in the 1920s, where Cochran grew to adulthood. After graduating from the University of Wyoming in 1939, Cochran began working steadily as a Wyoming cowboy, while developing his acting skills working in summer stock and regional theaters and gradually moving on to Broadway. In 1945, he signed with MGM, and for the next several years, played mostly secondary roles as gangsters or boxers. He made his film debut with "Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion" (1945) and quickly followed with "Wonder Man" (1945). Released from his contract in 1948, he returned to Broadway where he worked with Mae West; the next year he signed on with Warner Brothers, where he earned leading roles in such films as "The Damned Don't Cry" (1950), "Highway 301" (1950) and "Tomorrow is Another Day" (1951). Warner Brothers often had him playing the villain in several of its western films, such as "Dallas" (1950), and "Back to God's Country" (1953). With the end of his contract in 1953, he began his own film company, Robert Alexander Productions, while also freelancing for other studios and moving on to guest star roles on television shows. He would show up in such television shows as Death Valley Days, Burke's Law, The Untouchables, Naked City, The Twilight Zone, Route 66, and The Virginian. A notorious womanizer, Cochran was married and divorced three times, and was often in the Hollywood tabloids reportedly having affairs with such actresses as Mae West, Jayne Mansfield, Joan Crawford, Merle Oberon, Ida Lupino and Mamie Van Doren. Cochran died under mysterious circumstances. In May 1965, Cochran had revived his production company, and together with three women, whom he had hired as his assistants, boarded his 40-foot yacht to travel to Central and South America to look for filming locations. On June 25, 1965, the yacht drifted into Port Champerico, Guatemala, with three alive but very distraught women aboard and the body of Steve Cochran, who had died ten days earlier. The women did not know how to operate the boat, and were dependent upon its drifting to shore after his death. There were numerous rumors of murder and poisoning, and actress / former lover Merle Oberon used her influence to push for further police investigation, but no evidence of foul play was ever determined. The official cause of his death was given as Acute Infectious Edema (lung infection).
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: May 25, 1917
Deathday: June 15, 1965
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The Best Years of Our Lives
1946-12-25
The Best Years of Our Lives
Overview: It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream is about to become a nightmare.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-12-25
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Storm Warning
1951-02-10
Storm Warning
Overview: A fashion model witnesses the brutal assassination of an investigative journalist by the Ku Klux Klan while traveling to a small town to visit her sister.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-02-10
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Il Grido
1957-09-26
Il Grido
Overview: A sugar-refinery worker flees his Northern Italy town after a woman refuses his marriage proposal.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1957-09-26
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The Chase
1946-11-16
The Chase
Overview: Chuck Scott gets a job as chauffeur to tough guy Eddie Roman; but Chuck's involvement with Eddie's fearful wife becomes a nightmare.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-11-16
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The Weapon
1956-09-01
The Weapon
Overview: A boy accidentally shoots a friend with a gun he found in the rubble of a destroyed building. The gun turns out to be a clue in a ten-year-old murder case.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-09-01
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Private Hell 36
1954-09-03
Private Hell 36
Overview: In New York, a bank robbery of $300,000 goes unsolved for a year, until some of the marked bills are found in a Los Angeles drugstore theft. Police detectives Cal Bruner and Jack Farnham investigate and are led from the drugstore to a nightclub, where singer Lili is another recipient of a stolen bill. With Lili's help, the partners track down the remaining money, but both Lili and Frank are dismayed when Cal decides he wants to keep part of it.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-09-03
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The Damned Don't Cry
1950-05-13
The Damned Don't Cry
Overview: Fed up with her small-town marriage, a woman goes after the big time and gets mixed up with the mob.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-05-13
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Tomorrow Is Another Day
1951-08-08
Tomorrow Is Another Day
Overview: A man who spent his formative years in prison for murder is released, and struggles to adjust to the outside world and escape his lurid past. He gets involved with a cheap dancehall girl, and when her protector is accidentally killed, they go on the lam together, getting jobs as farm labourers. But some fellow workers get wise to them.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-08-08
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Highway 301
1950-12-01
Highway 301
Overview: The "Tri-State" gang goes on a successful bank robbing streak causing local authorities to turn up the heat on the daring career criminals.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-12-01
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The Beat Generation
1959-07-03
The Beat Generation
Overview: A group of beatniks unwittingly harbor a serial rapist. A cop goes after him after his wife is attacked.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-07-03
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Carnival Story
1954-04-16
Carnival Story
Overview: In search of a better life, a German girl named Willi joins an American carnival passing through Munich. While traveling from town to town, she is torn between two suitors: cruel carnival barker Joe and kindhearted high-dive artist Frank. Frank gets the upper hand when he asks Willi to join his act. The partners soon become the most popular attraction at the carnival. But tragedy is only a slip away.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-04-16
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White Heat
1949-09-02
White Heat
Overview: A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-09-02
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The Deadly Companions
1961-06-06
The Deadly Companions
Overview: Ex-army officer accidentally kills a woman's son, tries to make up for it by escorting the funeral procession through dangerous Indian territory.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-06-06
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Copacabana
1947-05-30
Copacabana
Overview: A talent agent sells his girlfriend to a nightclub – as two separate acts. The deception and constant costume changes are too much for his girl, and the men who have fallen for the different performers.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-05-30
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Boston Blackie's Rendezvous
1945-07-05
Boston Blackie's Rendezvous
Overview: Blackie helps the police rescue hostage from an escaped maniac on a killing spree.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-07-05
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Tell Me In The Sunlight
1965-01-01
Tell Me In The Sunlight
Overview: A sailor and a stripper fall in love on the beaches of Nassau in this romance. Unfortunately, the exotic dancer already has a lover.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-01-01
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Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
1951-05-18
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
Overview: A warden and his assistant clash over prison reform, triggering a violent riot.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-05-18
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I, Mobster
1959-02-01
I, Mobster
Overview: The rise and fall of gang lord Joe Sante. A crime boss appears before a Senate subcommittee. A flashbacks tell his story.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-02-01
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Slander
1957-01-18
Slander
Overview: A tabloid magazine threatens to ruin a television performer's career.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-01-18
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The Kid from Brooklyn
1946-03-21
The Kid from Brooklyn
Overview: Shy milkman Burleigh Sullivan accidentally knocks out drunken Speed McFarlane, a champion boxer who was flirting with Burleigh's sister. The newspapers get hold of the story and photographers even catch Burleigh knock out Speed again. Speed's crooked manager decides to turn Burleigh into a fighter. Burleigh doesn't realize that all of his opponents have been asked to take a dive. Thinking he really is a great fighter, Burleigh develops a swelled head which puts a crimp in his relationship with pretty nightclub singer Polly Pringle. He may finally get his comeuppance when he challenges Speed for the title.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-03-21
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The Tanks Are Coming
1951-10-31
The Tanks Are Coming
Overview: An American tank crew fights its way into Germany in World War II.
Genres: War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-10-31
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Mozambique
1964-12-07
Mozambique
Overview: An American pilot assists the Portuguese colonial police who are battling a gang of criminals involved in drug smuggling from Lisbon to Mozambique to Zanzibar.
Genres: Action Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-12-07
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Dallas
1950-12-30
Dallas
Overview: After the Civil War, Confederate soldier Blayde Hollister travels to Dallas to avenge the savage murder of his family. Discovering his enemy is now an esteemed citizen, Hollister plots to expose the outlaw and his syndicate.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-12-30
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Quantrill's Raiders
1958-04-27
Quantrill's Raiders
Overview: A Civil War guerilla gang plans an attack on a Kansas arsenal.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-04-27
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Back to God's Country
1953-11-01
Back to God's Country
Overview: In a small village in the icy wilderness of Alaska Captain Peter Keith has to defend himself against two especially mean villains, who are after his wife Dolores and a boatload of precious hides.
Genres: Adventure Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-11-01
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The Lion and the Horse
1952-05-16
The Lion and the Horse
Overview: After selling it to a cruel rodeo owner, a cowboy attempts to buy back the wild stallion he snared.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-05-16
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The Desert Song
1953-05-30
The Desert Song
Overview: Shiek Yousseff, poses as a friend of the French while secretly plotting to overthrow them. Apposing Yousseff are the Riffs, whose secret leader, The Red Shadow, is Paul Bonnard, a professor who is studying the desert, and whose attacks on the supply trains intended for Yousseff keep the Riff villages in food. Foreign Legion General Birabeau arrives to conduct an investigation, accompanied by his daughter, Margot. Birabeau hires Bonnard to tutor her, and she is attracted to a Legionaire captain, Claud Fontaine. While the general, Bonnard and Fontaine pay a visit to Yousseff, an American newspaper man, Benji Kidd, discovers a secret way in and out of Yousseff's palace, with the aid of Azuri, a dancing girl in love with Bonnard. The latter is forced to resume his role as the Riffs leader, and kidnap Margot until he can convince her of Yousseff's treachery. But Yousseff's men attack the Riff camp and take Margot prisoner.
Genres: Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-05-30
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Raton Pass
1951-04-07
Raton Pass
Overview: Raton Pass is a curious western based on the rules of Community Property. Dennis Morgan and Patricia Neal portray a recently married husband and wife, each of whom owns half of a huge cattle ranch. Neal is a tad more ambitious than her husband, and with the help of a little legal chicanery she tries to obtain Morgan's half of the spread. He balks, so she hires a few gunslingers to press the issue. In a 1951 western, the greedy party usually came to a sorry end; Raton Pass adheres strictly to tradition.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-04-07
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Operation Secret
1952-11-05
Operation Secret
Overview: After assisting the French Underground during WWII, an American Officer is later accused of murder and subversive activities by former colleagues. Based on the actual exploits of Lieutenant Colonel Peter Ortiz.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-11-05
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The Big Operator
1959-08-01
The Big Operator
Overview: A power-mad union boss resorts to murder to eliminate witnesses scheduled to testify against him. The eclectic cast includes Mickey Rooney, Mamie Van Doren, Mel Torme, Jay North, Vampira, Charles Chaplin Jr., Jackie Coogan and Norman Grabowski.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-08-01
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Fremont: The Trailblazer
1956-01-01
Fremont: The Trailblazer
Overview: Fremont: The Trailblazer was a television pilot episode that never aired.
Genres: Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-01-01
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She's Back on Broadway
1953-03-14
She's Back on Broadway
Overview: When Catherine Terris's career in Hollywood hits the skids, she heads back to the site of her first great triumphs...Broadway! She takes the lead in a play which is being directed by Gordon Evans, the man who was both her Svengali and her lover. Evans is still bitter that she walked out on him to become the toast of Hollywood years earlier. Can Terris and Evans put aside their mutual animosity long enough to make a go of this production. The way things start off, it doesn't seem likely.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-03-14
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Wonder Man
1945-06-08
Wonder Man
Overview: Boisterous nightclub entertainer Buzzy Bellew was the witness to a murder committed by gangster Ten Grand Jackson. One night, two of Jackson's thugs kill Buzzy and dump his body in the lake at Prospect Park in Brooklyn. Buzzy comes back as a ghost and summons his bookworm twin, Edwin Dingle, to Prospect Park so that he can help the police nail Jackson.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-06-08
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Of Love and Desire
1963-09-11
Of Love and Desire
Overview: American engineer Steve Corey comes to Mexico to work at one of the mining projects owned by Katherine Beckman and her half-brother Paul. He meets Katherine, and the man he is replacing, Bill Maxton, tells him that Katherine is his for the asking..."all you have to do is touch her---she goes off like fireworks. There were plenty of guys before me, and there'll be plenty after me." Steve finds Katherine as advertised but he falls in love with her. Once he sees that the romance is for real, brother Paul is more than a little displeased at this turn of events and brings back one of Katherine's earlier flames, Gus Cole, to tempt Katherine away from Steve.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-09-11
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Come Next Spring
1956-03-09
Come Next Spring
Overview: Matt Ballot has returned home after 12 years of hard-drinking in all 48 states. His wife has managed to raise their 14-year-old daughter and 12-year-old son nicely without his help. Matt is considered a disgrace to the town he came from and now he finds himself trying to win the love of his children, his wife, and the respect of the townspeople. Set in Arkansas in the 1920s.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-03-09
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Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion
1945-05-10
Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion
Overview: Blackie is implicated in a murder when he accidently sells a phony Charles Dickens first edition at an auction.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-05-10
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Jim Thorpe – All-American
1951-08-24
Jim Thorpe – All-American
Overview: The triumph and tragedy of Native American Jim Thorpe, who, after winning both the pentathlon and decathlon in the same Olympics, is stripped of his medals on a technicality.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-08-24
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Shark River
1953-11-13
Shark River
Overview: Nobody has an easy time of it in the costume actioner Shark River. Wanted for murder, Clay Webley (Warren Stevens) and his wounded cellmate Curtis Parker (Robert Cunningham) hack their way through the Florida swampland. With the help of Clay's brother Dan (Steve Cochran), Clay is able to elude the authorities, but Parker dies of a snakebite. Subsisting on alligator meat, Dan and Clay make their way to the tiny cabin inhabited by widowed Jane Daughterty (Carole Mathews), her mother-in-law, and her son Johnny (Spencer Fox). The brothers rest here awhile, formulating plans to cross the Gulf of Mexico and head for Cuba.
Genres: Western Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-11-13
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A Song Is Born
1948-10-19
A Song Is Born
Overview: The story of seven scholars in search of an expert to teach them about swing music. They seem to have found the perfect candidate in winsome nightclub singer Honey Swanson. But Honey's gangster boyfriend doesn't want to give her up.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-10-19
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The Gay Senorita
1945-08-08
The Gay Senorita
Overview: Romance with a lovely senorita convinces a contractor to abandon his plans to take over a Mexican housing district.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-08-08
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Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains
2007-10-26
Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains
Overview: A chronicle of the former president's tour recent for his book "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-10-26
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