William Bendix
Biography: William Bendix (January 14, 1906 – December 14, 1964) was an American film, radio, and television actor, best remembered in movies for the title role in the movie The Babe Ruth Story and for portraying clumsily earnest aircraft plant worker Chester A. Riley in radio and television's The Life of Riley. He also received an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor for Wake Island (1942). Description above from the Wikipedia article William Bendix, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Birthday: January 14, 1906
Deathday: December 14, 1964
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The Movie Orgy
1968-01-01
The Movie Orgy
Overview: Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloopers, satirical short films and promotional and government films of the 1950s and 1960s are intercut together to tell a single story of various creatures and societal ills attacking American cities.
Genres: Comedy Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-01-01
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Detective Story
1951-10-24
Detective Story
Overview: Tells the story of one day in the lives of the various people who populate a police detective squad. An embittered cop, Det. Jim McLeod, leads a precinct of characters in their grim daily battle with the city's lowlife. The characters who pass through the precinct over the course of the day include a young petty embezzler, a pair of burglars, and a naive shoplifter.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-10-24
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Woman of the Year
1942-02-05
Woman of the Year
Overview: Rival reporters Sam Craig and Tess Harding fall in love and get married, only to find their relationship strained when Sam comes to resent Tess' hectic lifestyle.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-02-05
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The Dark Corner
1946-04-09
The Dark Corner
Overview: Ex-con turned private investigator Bradford Galt suspects someone is following him and maybe even trying to kill him. With the assistance of his spunky secretary, Kathleen Stewart, he dives deep into a mystery in search of answers.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-04-09
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Macao
1952-04-11
Macao
Overview: Nick Cochran, an American in exile in Macao, has a chance to restore his name by helping capture an international crime lord. Undercover, can he mislead the bad guys and still woo the attractive singer/petty crook, Julie Benson?
Genres: Adventure Drama Romance Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-04-11
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Calcutta
1946-12-20
Calcutta
Overview: Neale and Pedro fly cargo between Chungking and Calcutta. When their buddy Bill is murdered they investigate. Neale meets Bill's fiancée Virginia and becomes suspicious of a deeper plot while also falling for her charms.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-12-20
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Crashout
1955-03-01
Crashout
Overview: Convict Van Duff engineers a large-scale prison break; the six survivors hide out in a forgotten mine working near the prison, then set out on a long, dangerous journey by foot, car, train and truck to retrieve Duff's bank loot. En route, as they touch the lives of "regular folks," each has his own rendezvous with destiny.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-03-01
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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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Boys' Night Out
1962-06-21
Boys' Night Out
Overview: Fred, George, Doug and Howie are quickly reaching middle-age. Three of them are married, only Fred is still a bachelor. They want something different than their ordinary marriages, children and TV-dinners. In secret, they get themselves an apartment with a beautiful young woman, Kathy, for romantic rendezvous. But Kathy does not tell them that she is a sociology student researching the sexual life of the white middle-class male.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-06-21
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The Web
1947-06-04
The Web
Overview: A brash young lawyer takes a short-term, high-paying job as bodyguard for a slick business exec being threatened by a former partner, and quickly realizes he may be in over his head.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-06-04
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1949-04-18
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Overview: A bump on the head sends Hank Martin, 1912 mechanic, to Arthurian Britain, 528 A.D., where he is befriended by Sir Sagramore le Desirous and gains power by judicious use of technology. He and Alisande, the King's niece, fall in love at first sight, which draws unwelcome attention from her fiancée Sir Lancelot; but worse trouble befalls when Hank meddles in the kingdom's politics.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-04-18
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The Babe Ruth Story
1948-09-16
The Babe Ruth Story
Overview: The baseball player goes from wayward youth to Boston Red Sox pitcher to New York Yankees home-run hero.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-09-16
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Guadalcanal Diary
1943-10-27
Guadalcanal Diary
Overview: Concentrating on the personal lives of those involved, a war correspondent takes us through the preparations, landing and initial campaign on Guadalcanal during WWII.
Genres: Action War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-10-27
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Wake Island
1942-08-11
Wake Island
Overview: In late 1941, with no hope of relief or re-supply, a small band of United States Marines tries to keep the Japanese Navy from capturing their island base.
Genres: War Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-08-11
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Cover Up
1949-02-25
Cover Up
Overview: Insurance investigator Sam Donovan is looking into the apparent suicide of a man in a small Midwestern town. All clues leads him into suspecting murder. Unfortunately, no one wants to assist him with the case, including Sheriff Larry Best.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-02-25
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The Blue Dahlia
1946-04-16
The Blue Dahlia
Overview: Soon after a veteran returns from war, his cheating wife is found dead. He evades police in an attempt to find the real murderer.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-04-16
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Gambling House
1950-12-27
Gambling House
Overview: A gambler faces deportation when he gets mixed up with murder.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-12-27
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Where There's Life
1947-11-21
Where There's Life
Overview: In a far off country, their king is critically wounded after an assassination attempt and the only heir is a timid New York radio personality, Michael Valentine (Bob Hope). After reluctantly traveling to his father's homeland, Michael is not happy that he's become the target of the same terrorist organization that attacked the king.
Genres: Comedy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-11-21
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The Glass Key
1942-09-08
The Glass Key
Overview: A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-09-08
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Who Done It?
1942-10-30
Who Done It?
Overview: Two dumb soda jerks dream of writing radio mysteries. When they try to pitch an idea at a radio station, they end up in the middle of a real murder when the station owner is killed during a broadcast.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-10-30
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The Big Steal
1949-07-01
The Big Steal
Overview: Army Lieutenant Halliday, accused of stealing the Army payroll, pursues the real thief on a frantic chase through Mexico aided by the thief's ex-girlfriend and is in turn being chased by his accuser, Capt. Blake.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-07-01
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Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004-07-28
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Overview: From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop to countless movies. In this dazzling work, Andersen takes viewers on a whirlwind tour through the metropolis' real and cinematic history, investigating the myriad stories and legends that have come to define it, and meticulously, judiciously revealing the real city that lives beneath.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-07-28
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Race Street
1948-09-11
Race Street
Overview: A night club owner takes on the crooks who killed his best friend.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-09-11
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A Girl in Every Port
1952-02-13
A Girl in Every Port
Overview: After two sailors are conned into buying a lame race-horse, they go ashore to sort out the problem, but when they realize that the horse is one of a pair of identical twins, their plan for revenge becomes more complicated.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-02-13
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The Time of Your Life
1948-09-03
The Time of Your Life
Overview: Joe spends a lot of his time at Nick's Pacific Street Saloon. Tom, who credits Joe with once saving his life, stops by regularly to run errands for Joe. Today, Tom notices a woman named Kitty when she comes into Nick's, and he quickly falls in love with her. Meanwhile, a distraught young man repeatedly calls his girlfriend, begging her to marry him. Nick himself muses on all the various persons who come into his bar, some to ask for work and others just to pass the time.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-09-03
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Brooklyn Orchid
1942-01-31
Brooklyn Orchid
Overview: Two taxi-fleet operators rescue a girl and she follows them to a mountain resort.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-01-31
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The Deep Six
1958-01-15
The Deep Six
Overview: The conflict between duty and conscience is explored in the WWII drama The Deep Six. Alan Ladd stars as Naval gunnery officer Alec Austin, a Quaker whose sincere pacifist sentiments do not sit well with his crew members. When he refuses to fire upon an unidentified plane, the word spreads that Austin cannot be relied upon in battle (never mind that the plane turns out to be one of ours). To prove that he's worthy of command, Austin volunteers for a dangerous mission: the rescue of a group of US pilots on a Japanese-held island. The ubiquitous William Bendix costars as Frenchy Shapiro (!), Austin's Jewish petty officer and severest critic. If the film has a villain, it is Keenan Wynn as ambitious Lt. Commander Edge, who seems to despise anyone who isn't a mainline WASP.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-01-15
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Star Spangled Rhythm
1942-03-05
Star Spangled Rhythm
Overview: Pop, a security guard at Paramount has told his son that he's the head of the studio. When his son arrives in Hollywood on shore leave with his buddies, Pop enlists the aid of the studio's dizzy switchboard operator in pulling off the charade. Things get more complicated when Pop agrees to put together a show for the Navy starring Paramount's top contract players.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-03-05
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Blackbeard, the Pirate
1952-12-24
Blackbeard, the Pirate
Overview: Honest Robert Maynard finds himself serving as ship's surgeon under the infamous pirate Blackbeard.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-12-24
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I'll Be Yours
1947-02-02
I'll Be Yours
Overview: A small-town girl tells a small fib to a wealthy businessman; complications ensue.
Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-02-02
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White Tie and Tails
1946-08-30
White Tie and Tails
Overview: When his employer goes to Florida, a butler masquerades as a millionaire and winds up getting involved with an heiress.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-08-30
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Submarine Command
1951-11-01
Submarine Command
Overview: Submarine commander Ken White is forced to suddenly submerge, leaving his captain and another crew member to die outside the sub during WW II. Subsequent years of meaningless navy ground assignments and the animosity of a former sailor, leave White (now a captain) feeling guilty and empty. His life spirals downward and his wife is about to leave him. Suddenly, he is forced into a dangerous rescue situation at the start of the Koren War.... reassigned to the same submarine where all of his problems began.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-11-01
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Kill the Umpire
1950-04-27
Kill the Umpire
Overview: Ex-baseball player Bill Johnson, failing at many jobs when his ball-playing days are over, reluctantly takes the advice of his father-in-law, Jonah Evans, a retired umpire, and enters an umpire-training school. Assigned to the Texas League, he does fine until the championship play-offs when a riot develops over one of his calls. The involved player is knocked unconscious in the proceedings and cannot verify that Bill made the correct call. Despite lynch mob plans to at least tar-and-feather him, Bill's family - his daughters Lucy (Gloria Henry and Susan and his wife Betty - help Bill reach the ballpark safely the next day through a series of hair-raising encounters.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-04-27
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Dangerous Mission
1954-03-06
Dangerous Mission
Overview: A policeman tries to protect a young woman against a hit man, when she flees New York after witnessing a mob killing.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-03-06
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The Hairy Ape
1944-07-02
The Hairy Ape
Overview: Aboard ship, a spoiled woman (Susan Hayward) insults the brutish stoker (William Bendix) while watching him work.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-07-02
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Variety Girl
1947-08-29
Variety Girl
Overview: Dozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (a show-business charity) are woven into a framework about two hopeful young ladies who come to Hollywood, exchange identities, and cause comic confusion (with slapstick interludes) throughout the Paramount studio.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-08-29
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Streets of Laredo
1949-05-27
Streets of Laredo
Overview: Texas, 1878: cheerful outlaw-buddies Jim, Lorn and Wahoo rescue spunky orphan Rannie Carter from rustling racketeers, then are forced to separate. Lorn goes on to bigger and better robberies, while Jim and Wahoo are (at first reluctantly) maneuvered into joining the Texas Rangers. For friendship's sake, the three try to keep out of direct conflict, but a showdown begins to look inevitable. And Rannie, now grown into lovely young womanhood, must choose between Lorn and Jim
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-05-27
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A Bell for Adano
1945-06-21
A Bell for Adano
Overview: Major Joppolo and his men are assigned to restore order to the war-torn Italian town of Adano. He has to manage getting supplies into town without interfering with troop movements, all the while dealing with colorful citizens of the town. One of his quests is to replace the bell which orders the town's life.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-06-21
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China
1943-04-21
China
Overview: Shortly before Pearl Harbor, American opportunist Jones and partner Johnny are in China to sell oil to the invading Japanese army. Cynical about the sufferings of the Chinese, Jones meets compassionate teacher Carolyn Grant while travelling cross-country to Shanghai. Sparks fly between these strong-willed characters, neither budging an inch. But when Jones witnesses a Japanese atrocity, his feelings toward his customers (and Carolyn) begin to change...
Genres: War Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-04-21
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The McGuerins from Brooklyn
1942-12-31
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
Overview: Tim McGuerin and Eddie Corbett operates a big taxi-fleet company together and because of a misunderstanding Tim's wife Sadie thinks he is having an affair with his secretary, Ms. Lucy Gibbs. To annoy Tim, Sadie starts taking classes with a fitness instructor, Samson, and later going with him to his out-of-town health club. To sort out all the misunderstandings both Tim and Eddie go to the health club as well.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-12-31
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Taxi, Mister
1943-04-16
Taxi, Mister
Overview: The owner (William Bendix) of a cab company tries to foil a racketeer.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-04-16
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Johnny Holiday
1949-11-18
Johnny Holiday
Overview: A guard (William Bendix) befriends a wayward youth (Allen Martin Jr.) sent to the Indiana Boys School.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-11-18
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Young Fury
1964-11-01
Young Fury
Overview: A group of young thugs rides into the town of Dawson and take it over. When the cowardly sheriff is unable to restore control, the parents of the leader must take action. The leader's father is an infamous ex-gunfighter, and he straps his guns on one more time.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-11-01
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Greenwich Village
1944-09-27
Greenwich Village
Overview: In 1922, a would-be classical composer gets involved with people putting on a musical revue.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-09-27
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The Crystal Ball
1943-01-22
The Crystal Ball
Overview: A young woman pretends to be a fortune teller in order to find romance.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-01-22
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Abroad with Two Yanks
1944-08-04
Abroad with Two Yanks
Overview: Biff and Jeff, two American G.I.'s on furlough in Australia during The Second World War, are enjoying their time the way most soldiers on leave do. When they meet the beautiful Joyce, however, they both fall head over heels for her, and start competing for her attentions. As their R&R time begins to run out, the schemes they each come up with to win her affection and foil the other's plans to do the same become more and more outrageous.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-08-04
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Law of the Lawless
1964-05-13
Law of the Lawless
Overview: A former gunfighter, now a circuit court judge, faces his father's killer in a small post-Civil War Kansas town.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-05-13
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Hostages
1943-08-11
Hostages
Overview: After the mysterious disappearance of a German soldier from a Prague cafe, the staff and customers are held captive by the Nazis accused of murder and collusion with the Czech resistance.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-08-11
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The Life of Riley
1949-04-16
The Life of Riley
Overview: Inspired by the popular '40s radio show of the same title, director Irving Brecher's 1949 comedy stars William Bendix as a hard-working husband-and-father with no shortage of family problems.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-04-16
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Don Juan Quilligan
1945-06-01
Don Juan Quilligan
Overview: When a an overly romantic barge captain marries two women, each reminding him of his mother, he finds himself resorting to prison to escape them.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-06-01
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Blaze of Noon
1947-05-02
Blaze of Noon
Overview: In this aerial melodrama, four brothers working as stunt pilots for a flying circus leave their jobs to become mail pilots. Because their job requires that they constantly travel, they are advised to not settle down with wives and kids. Still, one pilot falls in love and marries. Unfortunately, the woman dislikes his brothers and constantly worries that he will be killed during a flight. Her fears are not unfounded and much tragedy ensues as the story unfolds.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-05-02
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For Love or Money
1963-08-07
For Love or Money
Overview: Wealthy Chloe Brasher has three beautiful daughters; Bonnie, Kate, and Jan. Chloe pays attorney Deke Gentry to fix them up with three suitable husbands.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-08-07
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Sentimental Journey
1946-03-06
Sentimental Journey
Overview: An actress becomes taken with Hitty, a young orphan prone to dreaming. Julie soon finds out that she is ill and has only a short time to live. She decides to adopt the child so that her husband Bill will not be alone when she dies. Unfortunately, Bill is not charmed by Hitty.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-03-06
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The Rough and the Smooth
1959-10-02
The Rough and the Smooth
Overview: Young blonde woman seems to destroy everyone she comes in contact with.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-10-02
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Two Years Before the Mast
1946-11-22
Two Years Before the Mast
Overview: In 1834, Charles Stewart (Alan Ladd), the spoiled, dissolute son of a shipping magnate, is shanghaied aboard the Pilgrim, one of his father's own ships. He embarks upon a long, hellish sea voyage under the tyrannical rule of Captain Francis Thompson (Howard Da Silva), assisted by his first mate, Amazeen (William Bendix). One of his crewmates is Richard Henry Dana Jr. (Brian Donlevy).
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-11-22
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Idol on Parade
1959-03-24
Idol on Parade
Overview: A rock'n'roll idol is drafted into the wrong regiment.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-03-24
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Skirmish on the Home Front
1944-05-11
Skirmish on the Home Front
Overview: Promotional short extolling the virtues of the American government's wartime Economic Stabilization Plan.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-05-11
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Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991-03-10
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Overview: A retrospective on the career of Robert Mitchum through interviews with friends and co-workers, scenes from his films and the actor himself.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-03-10
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It's in the Bag!
1945-04-21
It's in the Bag!
Overview: The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find which chair it's hidden in.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-04-21
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The Young and the Brave
1963-08-01
The Young and the Brave
Overview: A drama of the Korean War. Four American Army POWs escape behind enemy lines and try to make their way back to their units in the South. Along the way they are aided by a young Korean boy and his adopted dog, a US trained German Shepherd named Lobo.
Genres: War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-08-01
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Battle Stations
1956-02-01
Battle Stations
Overview: The crew of a U.S. Navy ship in World War II goes into battle against the Japanese fleet.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-02-01
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10,000 Kids and a Cop
1948-10-01
10,000 Kids and a Cop
Overview: A documentary showing the constructive approach taken by the Lou Costello, Jr. Youth Foundation in Los Angeles toward prevention of juvenile delinquency. William Bendix, as a neighborhood policeman, visits the Foundation and discovers the juveniles who used to give him trouble now engaged in sports and activities, furnished them gratis, under self-supervision. Abbott and Costello furnish a couple of bits to liven it up some.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-10-01
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They Drive by Night
1940-07-26
They Drive by Night
Overview: Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small one-truck business. The Fabrini boys constantly battle distributors, rivals and loan collectors, while trying to make a success of their transport company.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-07-26
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Johnny Nobody
1961-10-01
Johnny Nobody
Overview: When the atheistic ranting of Irish-American author James Mulcahy upsets the inhabitants of the Irish village to which he has retired, a mob threatens him. But moments after he has dared God to strike him dead, a stranger appears and does so. The man, dubbed "Johnny Nobody" by the press, claims no knowledge of Mulcahy or even of himself. He asks the help of the village priest, Father Carey, in his upcoming trial for Mulcahy's murder. While the amnesiac Johnny goes to trial, Father Carey mulls questions of belief raised by the case. And then, the good father learns a little more about Johnny Nobody...
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-10-01
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The Ransom of Red Chief
1959-08-16
The Ransom of Red Chief
Overview: Based upon a famous O. Henry short story, two crooks think they have an opportunity to make a quick buck by kidnapping a rich man's son. Ironically, the hostage takers become the hostages as they pay through the nose becoming the butts of the kid's stunts.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-08-16
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High Air
1956-09-12
High Air
Overview: A father and his estranged son, both tunnel workers in New York City, are forced to deal with each other during a dangerous collapse.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-09-12
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