Ben Slack
Biography: Ben Slack (23 July 1937 – 13 December 2004; age 67) was the actor who played K'Tal in the Star Trek: The Next Generation fourth season episode "Redemption".
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: July 23, 1937
Deathday: December 13, 2004
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Bachelor Party
1984-06-29
Bachelor Party
Overview: On the eve of his wedding to his longtime girlfriend, unassuming nice guy Rick is dragged out for a night of debauchery by his friends.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-06-29
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Society
1989-05-13
Society
Overview: Bill Whitney is worried that he is different to his sister and parents. They mix with other upper-class people while Bill is more down to earth. Even his girlfriend seems a bit odd. All is revealed when Bill returns home to find a party in full swing.
Genres: Comedy Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-05-13
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Times Square
1980-10-17
Times Square
Overview: When a 13-year-old girl befriends a defiant antisocial child of the streets, the mismatched runaways set off to the Big Apple to find their own adventure.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-10-17
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Almost an Angel
1990-12-21
Almost an Angel
Overview: Terry Dean is an electronics wizard and thief. After he is released from jail, he is hit by a car while saving a little girl's life. While in the hospital, he dreams that God visits him and tells him he's an Angel, and must start doing good things to make up for his past life. Not believing it at first, he soon becomes convinced he must be an Angel. Not having any Angel powers yet, he must use his own experiences and talents to make good things happen.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-12-21
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Judgement
1992-08-05
Judgement
Overview: A juvenile court judge goes out of her way to try to aid a young man whom she believes has innocently gotten involved with a gang.
Genres: Drama Music Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-08-05
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Communicating Non-Defensively
1982-02-15
Communicating Non-Defensively
Overview: A 1980s educational video that teaches the view how to communicate more effectively in the workplace.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-02-15
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Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold Story
1993-01-10
Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold Story
Overview: The story of the relationship between Elvis Presley and his manager, Colonel Tom Parker, from its beginnings in 1955 right the way through until Presley's death on August 16, 1977.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-10
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The Other Side of Victory
1979-06-12
The Other Side of Victory
Overview: This film dramatizes the problems facing ordinary American soldiers during the Revolutionary War, explaining why most ultimately chose to stay and fight.
Genres: TV Movie Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-06-12
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Man on a Swing
1974-02-24
Man on a Swing
Overview: A small-town police chief investigating a murder is offered help by a self-described psychic. However, when the chief discovers that the "psychic" is in possession of information known only to the police, he suspects that the man may be more involved in the case than he lets on.
Genres: Crime Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-02-24
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My Chauffeur
1986-01-24
My Chauffeur
Overview: A feisty young woman accepts a mysterious offer to become a chauffeur for a Beverly Hills limousine business, much to the chagrin of her older male coworkers and the disbelief of her customers.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-24
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Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption
1991-09-23
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Redemption
Overview: Loyalties are divided when civil war splits the Klingon Empire. When Worf sees a chance to regain his wrongfully lost family honor, he must choose between his duty as a Starfleet officer and his heritage as a Klingon warrior. Meanwhile, Picard struggles to keep the Federation from being dragged into the fray. But a shocking new adversary from the past threatens to destroy both the Federation and the Klingon Empire.
Genres: Drama Adventure Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-09-23
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When the Bough Breaks
1986-10-12
When the Bough Breaks
Overview: A Los Angeles psychiatrist testifies for the prosecution in the trial of an accused child molester. Later the defendant, who is out on bail, is found dead in the psychiatrist's office, in what appears to be a suicide. Shaken, the psychiatrist moves to the mountains outside of L.A. Not long afterwards a detective he knows comes to him for help. A seven-year-old girl saw someone kill both of her parents, but is so traumatized by the event that she can't remember anything, and the detective wants the doctor to help jar her memory. Soon, however, the doctor and the detective discover that the parents' murder and the pedophiles "suicide" may be linked to a shadowy group of wealthy and influential pedophiles, and that the child isn't the only one whose life is in danger.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-10-12
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October 22
1998-11-04
October 22
Overview: A wounded man makes a desperate call, reporting that a gunman is holding a coffee shop hostage and shooting anyone he pleases -- but when the SWAT team shows up, the madman opens fire. Through flashbacks, a waitress serves an array of customers, all of whom are blissfully unaware of how their lives will be horrifically changed.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-11-04
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The Oasis
1984-01-02
The Oasis
Overview: A plane crash in the Mexican desert leaves a small group of survivors who are desperate for food and water. Fearing that they may never be found where they are, they head for where it is hoped there will be civilization and rescue. When their hopes prove unfounded, they must face the horrible possibility of choosing between giving up and dying, or doing the unthinkable to survive.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-02
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Serpico
1973-12-18
Serpico
Overview: Frank Serpico is an idealistic New York City cop who refuses to take bribes, unlike the rest of the force. Frank's actions get him shunned by the other officers, and often placed in dangerous situations by his partners. When his superiors ignore his accusations of corruption, Frank decides to go public with the allegations. Although this causes the Knapp Commission to investigate his claims, Frank has also placed a target on himself.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-12-18
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Piranha
1995-10-01
Piranha
Overview: Doctor Baines has been conducting genetic experiments on piranhas and has made them virtually unstoppable. Unfortunately, his assistants, Maggie and Paul, accidentally release the hybrids into the Lost River Lake threatening to destroy everyone in their path. Can they prevent the flesh-eating piranhas from escaping into the ocean and spawning?
Genres: Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-10-01
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Changes
1991-04-01
Changes
Overview: Melanie is a top TV news reporter, living in New York with her twin teenage daughters. Peter is a handsome and divorced heart surgeon working at an L.A. hospital with three children of his own. A chance meeting leads to instant romance and eventual marriage, bringing about drastic changes in their lives...not all of them good.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-04-01
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Silent Night Deadly Night 4: Initiation
1990-11-21
Silent Night Deadly Night 4: Initiation
Overview: A reporter investigating the bizarre death of a woman who leaped from a building in flames finds herself mixed up in a cult of witches who are making her part of their sacrificial ceremony during the Christmas season.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-11-21
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel
1987-11-15
Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel
Overview: Perry is suing a gutter trash newspaper that is running a story about a love affair between him and Della. The editor also has "dirt" files on an Army General, his banker and other "clients". All of them make little-concealed verbal threats to him at a party but the person that hated him most is a female reporter who the editor had just fired from the paper for attempting to write a serious story. She threatens him and soon after the editor is found, floating in his pool, shot. The reporter is arrested for the crime and Perry, who has a personal stake in this matter, with the aid of Della and Paul set out to solve the mystery. But the other suspects just want the case over with and will go to any lengths to protect their pasts and their secrets
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-11-15
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Switched at Birth
1991-04-28
Switched at Birth
Overview: This is the story of the two babies who were switched at birth. A few years later when one of the girls gets sick and tests revealed that she was not the daughter of the couple who raised her. Eventually she dies. And the couple most especially the mother, search for their real daughter. Eventually they suspect that it's a widower who has their child. Now while they try to find out if she is their daughter, the widower is advised by his attorney not to be so hasty to cooperate, cause if she is their daughter, he might lose her, and she is all he has.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-04-28
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On the Yard
1978-09-16
On the Yard
Overview: Chilly is "top con" on the yard, a title that gives him absolute power. Power to make the rules. Power to kill. When a young con confronts Chilly's power, he learns the vicious price of defiance.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-09-16
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Slow Dancing In The Big City
1978-11-08
Slow Dancing In The Big City
Overview: An aging out of shape reporter falls for a pretty but seriously ill ballerina.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-11-08
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An Innocent Man
1989-10-06
An Innocent Man
Overview: Jimmie Rainwood was minding his own business when two corrupt police officers (getting an address wrong) burst into his house, expecting to find a major drug dealer. Rainwood is shot, and the officers frame him as a drug dealer. Rainwood is convicted of drug dealing, based on the perjured evidence of a police informant. Thrown into a seedy jail, fighting to prove his innocence is diffucult when he has to deal with the realities of prison life, where everyone claims they were framed.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-10-06
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Come See the Paradise
1990-08-17
Come See the Paradise
Overview: In this drama from director Alan Parker, on-the-lam Jack McGurn flees to Los Angeles and takes a job as a projectionist at a movie theater owned by a Japanese-American man. Jack falls for the owner's daughter, Lily, but they are forced to elope to Seattle when her father forbids the relationship. The couple marry and have a daughter, but when World War II breaks out, Jack is powerless to stop his new family's forced internment.
Genres: Drama Romance History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-08-17
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With Intent to Kill
1984-10-24
With Intent to Kill
Overview: A high school football hero Bo Reinecker tries to piece together the events leading up to murder of his girl friend Lisa Nolen. Claiming to have experienced a total blackout, Bo is ultimately found not guilty of the murder by reason of insanity and placed in an institution for four years. Meanwhile, the dead girl's father, Tom Nolen, and her sister Wynn, bitterly prepare a campaign to put Nolen away in prison for life. Things come to a boil when Bo is released--and Tom and Wynn take "due process" into their own hands.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-10-24
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The Seduction of Joe Tynan
1979-08-17
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
Overview: Respected liberal Senator Joe Tynan is asked to to lead the opposition to a Supreme Court appointment. It means losing an old friend and fudging principles to make the necessary deals, as well as further straining his already part-time family life. But it could be a big boost to his career, so he takes it on. Helping him prepare the case is pretty southern researcher Karen Traynor, and their developing relationship further complicates and compromises his life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-08-17
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Murder in the First
1995-01-20
Murder in the First
Overview: A young, inexperienced public defender is assigned to defend an inmate accused of committing murder while behind bars.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-20
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Sketch Artist II: Hands That See
1995-01-28
Sketch Artist II: Hands That See
Overview: Police sketch artist Jack Whitfield helps blind rape victim Emmy describe her attacker – a serial rapist and murderer who is now out to get her.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-28
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