Kerwin Mathews
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Kerwin Mathews (January 8, 1926 – July 5, 2007) was an American actor best known for playing the titular heroes in The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958), The Three Worlds of Gulliver (1960) and Jack the Giant Killer (1962). Description above from the Wikipedia article Kerwin Mathews, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 08, 1926
Deathday: July 05, 2007
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Nightmare in Blood
1978-07-01
Nightmare in Blood
Overview: Attendees at a horror-film convention in San Francisco keep disappearing. It turns out that the guest of honor is a real vampire, and his henchmen are kidnapping the convention guests. A horror writer, a Sherlock Holmes fan and an Israeli Nazi-hunter set out to stop him.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-07-01
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The Devil at 4 O'Clock
1961-10-18
The Devil at 4 O'Clock
Overview: A crusty, eccentric priest recruits three reluctant convicts to help him rescue a children's leper colony from a Pacific island menaced by a smoldering volcano.
Genres: Adventure Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-10-18
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The Garment Jungle
1957-05-01
The Garment Jungle
Overview: Alan Mitchell returns to New York to work for his father Walter, the owner of a fashion house that designs and manufactures dresses. To stay non-union, Walter has hired Artie Ravidge, a hood who uses strong-arm tactics to keep the employees in line.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-05-01
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Barquero
1970-07-29
Barquero
Overview: Jake Remy leads a gang of outlaw cutthroats making their escape toward Mexico from a successful robbery. Barring their way is a river--crossable only by means of a ferry barge. The barge operator, Travis, refuses to be bullied into providing transport for the gang and escapes across river with most of the local populace--leaving Remy and his gang behind, desperately seeking a way across. A river-wide stand-off begins between the gang and the townspeople, both groups of which have left people on the wrong side of the river.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-07-29
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Jack the Giant Killer
1962-05-18
Jack the Giant Killer
Overview: The terrible and trecherous Pendragon plans to gain the throne of Cornwall by getting the king to abdicate and to marry his lovely daughter. To help him he has his dreadful witches in his castle and his almost unstoppable sorcery. A giant under his control abducts the princess, but on the way home with her the giant meets farming lad Jack who slays him. This is only the beginning.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-05-18
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Maniac
1963-05-20
Maniac
Overview: When a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexual guilt and murder.
Genres: Crime Mystery Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-05-20
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The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
1958-12-05
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
Overview: When a princess is shrunken by an evil wizard, Sinbad must undertake a quest to an island of monsters to cure her and prevent a war.
Genres: Action Adventure Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-12-05
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Battle Beneath the Earth
1967-10-01
Battle Beneath the Earth
Overview: Government officials discover a horrible plot: the Chinese are tunneling their way to the United States.
Genres: Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-10-01
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5 Against the House
1955-06-10
5 Against the House
Overview: Former war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-06-10
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The 3 Worlds of Gulliver
1960-11-30
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver
Overview: Doctor Gulliver is poor, so nothing - not even his charming fiancée Elisabeth - keeps him in the town he lives. He signs on to a ship to India, but in a storm he's washed off the ship and ends up on an island, which is inhibitated by very tiny people. After he managed to convince them he's harmless and is accepted as one of their citizens, their king wants to use him in war against a people of giants. Compared to them, even Gulliver is a gnome.
Genres: Music Adventure Fantasy Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-11-30
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Man on a String
1960-05-20
Man on a String
Overview: U.S. spies catch a Moscow-born U.S. citizen helping spies, and they force him to counterspy.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-05-20
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Octaman
1971-11-03
Octaman
Overview: A scientific team in Mexico discover a pool of unusual baby "octopus-like" specimens. Gathering a few for analysis back at the lab, it is soon discovered that the critters belong to a gangly six-foot half man/half octopus-like creature, that's pretty angry and wants her 'babies' returned…
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-11-03
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The Boy Who Cried Werewolf
1973-08-01
The Boy Who Cried Werewolf
Overview: Little Richie Bridgestone goes to spend the weekend with his father at his secluded mountain cabin, and witnesses his father being attacked by 'a creature' that the boy recognizes as a werewolf. He tries to convince his mother and his therapist that his father is now a werewolf.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-08-01
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The Pirates of Blood River
1962-05-09
The Pirates of Blood River
Overview: A group of ruthless pirates attack a 17th Century Huguenot settlement on the Isle of Devon in search of treasure and will stop at nothing to obtain it.
Genres: Adventure Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-05-09
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Dead of Night: A Darkness at Blaisedon
1969-08-26
Dead of Night: A Darkness at Blaisedon
Overview: Investigator Jonathon Fletcher and his assistant Sajeed Rau investigate an apparently haunted mansion at the request of the woman who has inherited it.
Genres: Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-08-26
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OSS 117: Panic in Bangkok
1964-06-12
OSS 117: Panic in Bangkok
Overview: A secret agent sets out to stop an evil scientist who is about to unleash on the world a virulent biological strain he has developed during experiments on rats.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-06-12
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Tarawa Beachhead
1958-11-02
Tarawa Beachhead
Overview: A soldier is expected to never question the actions of his commanding officer, but when a Marine sees his CO breaking the law, he finds himself facing a difficult dilemma in this provocative war drama.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-11-02
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OSS 117 Is Unleashed
1963-06-18
OSS 117 Is Unleashed
Overview: An American agent disappears after a scuba diving reconnaissance mission in Corsica. The Secret Service sends agent code name OSS 117 to investigate.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1963-06-18
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Death Takes a Holiday
1971-10-23
Death Takes a Holiday
Overview: Death takes a human form and visits Earth to try to find out why humans want so desperately to cling to life. He unexpectedly falls in love with a beautiful young woman.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-10-23
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The Viscount
1967-04-04
The Viscount
Overview: Inspector for a major insurance company, Clint de La Roche, known as "le vicomte", is enjoying a pleasant vacation on the Spanish coast with a few pretty girls and his assistant, Billette, when he is urgently called back to Paris to investigate a bank robbery. The bank manager has had the key to the security system stolen by a certain Tania. But Tania is killed in a car bomb attack. However, Clint soon discovers that behind this case lies a rivalry between the gangs of Rico Barone and Marco Demoygne, who are fighting for control of the drug market.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1967-04-04
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Ghostbreakers
1967-09-08
Ghostbreakers
Overview: A professor and his beautiful assistant investigate a murder which occurs in a supposedly haunted house.
Genres: TV Movie Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-09-08
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The Warrior Empress
1960-08-24
The Warrior Empress
Overview: The poetess Sappho led an uprising against the corrupt government of the island of Lesbos.
Genres: History Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-08-24
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The Waltz King
1964-02-14
The Waltz King
Overview: A look at the life of Johann Strauss, Jr., beginning when, as a boy, he earns his famous father’s displeasure when he tries his hand at composing. But he eventually proves to his father and the world that he is a fine musician.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-02-14
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The Last Blitzkrieg
1959-01-30
The Last Blitzkrieg
Overview: The fanatical son of a Nazi General leads a squad of German commandos, disguised as American Troops, behind the lines in order to sabotage the Allied Forces.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-01-30
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Aliens, Dragons, Monsters & Me
1983-01-01
Aliens, Dragons, Monsters & Me
Overview: Documentary about the life and work of Ray Harryhausen.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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The Killer Likes Candy
1968-04-12
The Killer Likes Candy
Overview: Shrewd and evasive ex-Nazi and top assassin Oscar Snell is determined to rub out the King of Kafiristan. Snell's sole weakness is his sweet tooth; he leaves candy wrappers at the scene of his every crime. It's up to no-nonsense CIA agent Mark Stone to find Snell and stop him before it's too late.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-04-12
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A Boy... A Girl
1969-04-25
A Boy... A Girl
Overview: A teenage girl reunites with her estranged young boyfriend following an affair with a much older man.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-04-25
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