Peter Mamakos
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: December 14, 1918
Deathday: April 27, 2008
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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
1968-07-31
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Overview: Singer is a deaf-mute whose small world brings him in contact with a young girl, Mick, who cherishes a seemingly hopeless dream of becoming a concert pianist. At first hostile, Mick soon becomes friends with Singer, hoping to enlarge his small world. Three other central characters come to Singer for help also, each of them seeing in him a powerful force.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-07-31
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I Cover the Underworld
1955-05-19
I Cover the Underworld
Overview: Gunner O'Hara is about to be released from prison after serving a five-year sentence, and receives a visit from his twin brother John, a divinity student soon to be ordained as a priest. Aware that Gunner plans to resume his criminal career, John decides to stop him.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-05-19
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The Magnificent Stranger
1966-08-26
The Magnificent Stranger
Overview: Rowdy Yates is accused of murder, and has to alert the Army to a bandit assault.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-08-26
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The Murder Men
1961-01-01
The Murder Men
Overview: Melodrama of the attempt to smash a drug ring and to promote a former addict singer's rehabilitation. Edited from TV series, Cain's Hundred
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-01-01
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Between Midnight and Dawn
1950-10-01
Between Midnight and Dawn
Overview: Rocky and Dan, war buddies, are prowl car cops on night duty. Dan is a cynic who views all lawbreakers as scum; Rocky feels more lenient. Both are attracted to the radio voice of communicator Kate Mallory; but in person, Kate proves reluctant to get involved with men who just might stop a bullet. By lucky chance, Rocky and Dan cause big trouble for murderous racketeer Ritchie Garris; but when he swears vengeance, Kate's fears may prove justified.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-10-01
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Pier 23
1951-05-11
Pier 23
Overview: Pier 23 was one of three hour-long mysteries produced by Lippert Productions for both TV and theatrical release. Each of the three films was evenly divided into two half-hour "episodes," and each starred Hugh Beaumont as San Francisco-based amateur sleuth Dennis O'Brien. In Pier 23, O'Brien first tackles the case of a wrestler who has died of a suspicious heart attack after refusing to lose a match. He then agrees to help a priest talk an escaped criminal into returning to prison. The film's two-part structure leads to repetition and predictability, but it's fun to watch TV's "Ward Cleaver" making like Philip Marlowe.
Genres: Crime Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-05-11
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House of Strangers
1949-07-01
House of Strangers
Overview: Gino Monetti is a ruthless Italian-American banker who is engaged in a number of criminal activities. Three of his four grown sons refuse to help their father stay out of prison after he's arrested for his questionable business practices. Three of the sons take over the business but kick their father out. Max, a lawyer, is the only son that stays loyal to his father.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-07-01
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The Man with Bogart's Face
1980-10-03
The Man with Bogart's Face
Overview: In this send-up of the Humphrey Bogart detective films of the 1940s, a man idolizes Bogart so much that he has his features altered to look exactly like him and then opens up a detective agency under the name Sam Marlow.
Genres: Comedy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-10-03
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Merry Andrew
1958-03-20
Merry Andrew
Overview: When eccentric English teacher Andrew Larabee needs a raise in order for his fiancée to marry him, his interest in archaeology leads him to an ancient statue's burial site. But when he finds a traveling circus directly above the statue's location, he accidentally becomes part of the act. With a newfound passion for performance and an attraction to the beautiful acrobat Selena, Andrew must decide what is truly important to him.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-03-20
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Taggart
1965-02-01
Taggart
Overview: Taggart's family is slaughtered by a rival rancher. Taggart mortally wounds the rancher and kills his son. Before he dies the rancher hires three bounty hunters to avenge him with the promise of $5000 as a reward. Taggart must flee into Apache territory to escape the wrath of the trio of hired killers.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-02-01
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Tarzan and the Slave Girl
1950-06-23
Tarzan and the Slave Girl
Overview: The Lionians, a tribe of lion worshippers, make a desperate attempt to find a cure for the mysterious disease plaguing their village. Their Chief decides to kidnap Jane and Lola, a half-breed nurse, in order to help repopulate his civilization. Tarzan must rescue them while fending off blowgun attacks from people called the Waddies who are disguised as bushes.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-06-23
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Desert Sands
1955-11-18
Desert Sands
Overview: The French Foreign Legion battles rebellious Arabs in North Africa.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-11-18
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Fort Vengeance
1953-03-28
Fort Vengeance
Overview: Two brothers flee America and join the Canadian North West Mounted Police. One brother is good, the other bad, both men on a collision course just as trouble starts to brew with the Indians.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-03-28
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Captain Pirate
1952-08-27
Captain Pirate
Overview: In 1690, years have passed since Captain Blood was pardoned by the Crown for his daring deeds against the Spanish on the Spanish Main, and he is living quietly on his plantation in the West Indies, practicing medicine and planning his marriage to Isabella. But his peaceful existence is shattered when Hilary Evans arrives and arrests him on a piracy charge. Somebody has been raiding the islands, and making it appear it was Captain Blood. In order to prove his innocence, Captain Blood has to sail again under the "Jolly Roger."
Genres: Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-08-27
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Justine
1969-08-06
Justine
Overview: In Alexandria, in 1938, Darley, a young British schoolmaster and poet, makes friends through Pursewarden, the British consular officer, with Justine, the beautiful and mysterious wife of a Coptic banker. He observes the affairs of her heart and incidentally discovers that she is involved in a plot against the British, meant to arm the Jewish underground in Palestine. The plot finally fails, Justine is sent to jail and Darley decides to return to England.
Genres: Drama Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-08-06
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The Bandits of Corsica
1953-02-27
The Bandits of Corsica
Overview: Siamese twins separated at birth retain a psychic link; each feels the other's pain and happiness.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-02-27
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Quincannon, Frontier Scout
1956-05-01
Quincannon, Frontier Scout
Overview: A young woman hires a frontier scout to help her discover if her brother died in an Indian attack on a remote fort.
Genres: Action Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-05-01
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Sabu and the Magic Ring
1957-11-24
Sabu and the Magic Ring
Overview: Young Sabu is a happy stable boy in the kingdom of Samukan, in charge of taking care of the Caliph's elephant. Searching for a lost diamond, he finds instead a mysterious ring which, unbeknownst to Sabu, conjures up a genie when he rubs it.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-11-24
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A Bullet for Joey
1955-04-15
A Bullet for Joey
Overview: Raoul Leduc is a police inspector trailing a spy who plots to kidnap an important American atomic scientist. Joe Victor a gangster who is hired to carry out the abduction, balks when he learns what is at stake and helps Leduc out instead.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-04-15
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Harem Girl
1952-01-22
Harem Girl
Overview: The palace secretary to a princess foils a sheik's plot to grab royal oil.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-01-22
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Fort Bowie
1958-02-01
Fort Bowie
Overview: Fort Bowie commander Colonel Garrett, suspecting that his wife Alison is having an affair with good-looking Captain Thompson, sends him on a dangerous mission to try to persuade renegade Indian leader Victorio to cease his attacks against white settlers and soldiers.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-02-01
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The Crooked Circle
1957-11-11
The Crooked Circle
Overview: A young prizefighter finds himself being squeezed on all sides to throw a fight.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-11-11
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Tuna Clipper
1949-04-11
Tuna Clipper
Overview: Hoping to become a lawyer, Alec (Roddy McDowall) becomes a tuna fisherman in order to pay a debt. This turn of events puts Alec on the outs with his taciturn family. Eventually, the lad proves himself on all fronts, and is welcomed back into the family fold.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-04-11
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The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler
1971-11-30
The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler
Overview: A U.S. Senator is spirited away to a secret New Mexico medical lab after a serious car crash. His injuries are completely healed by a secret organization that has developed advanced medical technology. What does the organization want in exchange for saving his life? Meanwhile, a reporter who witnessed the accident decides to investigate the senator's disappearance.
Genres: Science Fiction Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-11-30
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Forbidden
1953-12-02
Forbidden
Overview: Eddie Darrow, seeking a mobster's widow in Macao, gets involved in a casino owner's affairs.
Genres: Crime Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-12-02
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My Gun Is Quick
1957-08-01
My Gun Is Quick
Overview: Detective Mike Hammer's investigation of a murder puts him in the middle between warring jewel thieves.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-08-01
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The Searchers
1956-05-16
The Searchers
Overview: As a Civil War veteran spends years searching for a young niece captured by Indians, his motivation becomes increasingly questionable.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-05-16
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Island of Love
1963-06-12
Island of Love
Overview: Con artist Steve Blair persuades Tony Dallas, a Manhattan gangster, to finance a movie about Adam and Eve by offering the female lead to Tony's stripper girl friend, Cha Cha Miller. The film is such a disaster, however, that Steve and his writer, Paul Ferris, decide to escape on a freighter to Greece. En route, Steve learns that the island of Paradeisos has lost its tourist trade because it has no apparent historical or mythological heritage. Intrigued, he hits upon the scheme of turning Paradeisos into a legendary island of love and taking a cut from all commercial enterprises. After planting Greek antiquities in the waters surrounding the island, Steve induces Paul to "recover" them, thus causing the tourist trade to increase.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-06-12
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Sirocco
1951-06-13
Sirocco
Overview: A mysterious American gets mixed up with gunrunners in Syria.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-06-13
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The People Against O'Hara
1951-09-01
The People Against O'Hara
Overview: A defense attorney jeopardizes his career to save his client.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-09-01
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Viva Zapata!
1952-02-07
Viva Zapata!
Overview: The story of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who led a rebellion against the corrupt, oppressive dictatorship of president Porfirio Díaz in the early 20th century.
Genres: History Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-02-07
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Trail of the Yukon
1949-07-31
Trail of the Yukon
Overview: When the local Banker jumps the Blaine's claim, they have men rob the bank to retrieve their money. When the men try to double-cross the Blains, a gunfight erupts and Jim Blaine gets away with the money. Mountie Bob McDonald gets Jim Blaine to return the money. Bob thinks the Banker was really behind the robbery and now uses the money to try and lure him into a trap.
Genres: Adventure Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-07-31
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Spook Chasers
1957-06-02
Spook Chasers
Overview: Sach and the gang (Bowery Boys) find stashed cash in an old farmhouse apparently haunted.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-06-02
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Looking for Danger
1957-10-06
Looking for Danger
Overview: Sach and the gang (Bowery Boys) fool Nazis and a sultan in North Africa.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-10-06
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Silver Canyon
1951-06-19
Silver Canyon
Overview: At the close of the Civil War, a band of Southern guerillas disguised themselves as Union soldiers, the better to perform acts of sabotage in Utah. Autry plays a cavalry scout who goes after guerilla leader McQuarrie.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-06-19
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A Dream of Kings
1969-12-15
A Dream of Kings
Overview: A Greek American father of a dying boy decides to take his son to Greece to breathe the clean air of his ancestors, in an attempt to save the boy's life. However, money is a problem.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-12-15
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Drums of Africa
1963-05-15
Drums of Africa
Overview: David Moore is in East Africa to get to his employer's railway construction site. He's accompanied by the owner's son Brian and they've lined up Jack Cuortemayn, reputedly the best guide available, to take them there. Cuortemayn refuses as he doesn't care for the impact the railroad will have on the local inhabitants. While Moore tries to make other arrangements, he meets Ruth Knight who has lived there for many years working with her father in a medical clinic. There will be adventures along the way but when Ruth is captured by slave traders, it's up to the others to rescue her.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-05-15
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Blades of the Musketeers
1950-11-24
Blades of the Musketeers
Overview: In 1625 France, D'Artagnan joins the king's musketeers, meets three new friends - Athos, Porthos and Aramis - among them and, together, the four quickly find themselves embroiled in court intrigue with Prime Minister Richelieu attempting to sabotage the congenial relationship existing between France and England. Originally produced as a 60-minute episode of THE MAGNAVOX THEATER on CBS as THE THREE MUSKETEERS. This has the distinction of being the first movie specifically made for TV. Later retitled and released theatrically.
Genres: Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-11-24
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The Gambler from Natchez
1954-08-04
The Gambler from Natchez
Overview: A discharged army Captain returns home to New Orleans to take revenge on the men who murdered his father.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-08-04
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The Marauders
1955-09-26
The Marauders
Overview: A poor homesteader fights back when he's targeted for extinction by a powerful rancher and his gang of hired thugs.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-09-26
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The Ten Commandments
1956-10-05
The Ten Commandments
Overview: Escaping death, a Hebrew infant is raised in a royal household to become a prince. Upon discovery of his true heritage, Moses embarks on a personal quest to reclaim his destiny as the leader and liberator of the Hebrew people.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-10-05
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Terror At Black Falls
1962-05-23
Terror At Black Falls
Overview: A Mexican gunslinger is injured trying to save his son and is put into prison. When he's released, he's got revenge on his mind.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-05-23
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The Conqueror
1956-03-28
The Conqueror
Overview: Mongol chief Temujin battles against Tartar armies and for the love of the Tartar princess Bortai. Temujin becomes the emperor Genghis Khan.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-03-28
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El Alaméin
1953-12-03
El Alaméin
Overview: A small group of men and a tank stave off a German attack in a Bedouin desert during World War II.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-12-03
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For Pete's Sake
1974-06-26
For Pete's Sake
Overview: Henrietta Robbins borrows money from a loan shark to finance her husband's investment in the stock market. However, when their stock plummets, she scrambles to find a way to pay the money back.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-06-26
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City Beneath the Sea
1953-04-21
City Beneath the Sea
Overview: Two adventures dive for treasure off the coast of Jamaica.
Genres: Adventure Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-04-21
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Ain't Misbehavin'
1955-06-30
Ain't Misbehavin'
Overview: Rowdy young girl crashes high society when wealthy older man falls for her.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-06-30
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The Miami Story
1954-05-03
The Miami Story
Overview: Fed up with the raising crime in Miami, the police chief and the leading members of the city council hire a former Miami gangster, gone straight, to help eliminate the biggest crime syndicate in the city.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-05-03
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Horizons West
1952-10-11
Horizons West
Overview: Brothers Dan and Neil Hammond return to Texas after the Civil War. Ambitious Dan turns to rustling and then shady land deals to build an empire. Being held for a murder, he is rescued from a lynch mob by Neil, who is now the Marshal, but there is eventually a falling out between the brothers, good triumphing over evil.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-10-11
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Flame Of Stamboul
1951-03-05
Flame Of Stamboul
Overview: An American agent working undercover as a cafe pianist in Cairo sets out to capture a notorious spy and jewel thief known as "The Voice".
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-03-05
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