Robert Blake
Biography: Robert Blake (September 18, 1933 – March 9, 2023) was an American actor who starred in the film In Cold Blood and the American television series Baretta in the 1970s. As a child actor he worked with Laurel and Hardy, Jack Benny, John Wayne, John Garfield, Humphrey Bogart and Gene Autry. In 2005 he was tried and acquitted for the 2001 murder of his wife. He was later found liable in a California civil court for her wrongful death.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: September 18, 1933
Deathday: March 09, 2023
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Lost Highway
1997-01-15
Lost Highway
Overview: A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgängers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell.
Genres: Drama Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-15
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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948-01-15
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Overview: Two jobless Americans convince a prospector to travel to the mountains of Mexico with them in search of gold. But the hostile wilderness, local bandits, and greed all get in the way of their journey.
Genres: Adventure Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-01-15
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Robot Wrecks
1941-07-12
Robot Wrecks
Overview: Spanky and the gang discover a demonstration of a "human-like" robot named Volto and are inspired to create a robot themselves to do their chores for them. Slicker Walburn convinces them they will need "invisible rays" to bring it to life which he just happens to have to sell to them. As they rush off to get their money, Slicker gets Boxcar Smith to wear the robot's outer body so when he "brings" the robot to life, it will be Boxcar bringing it to life. The gang unsuspectedly gets their robot to mow the lawn at Froggy's house, but with a signal from Slicker, Boxcar runs amok and mows down everything in his path. Froggy gets to explain what happened to his parents who bust up the fraud and get the miscreants to work with the gang to clean up the mess.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-07-12
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The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965-04-09
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Overview: From his birth in Bethlehem to his death and eventual resurrection, the life of Jesus Christ is given the all-star treatment in this epic retelling. Major aspects of Christ's life are touched upon, including the execution of all the newborn males in Egypt by King Herod; Christ's baptism by John the Baptist; and the betrayal by Judas after the Last Supper that eventually leads to Christ's crucifixion and miraculous return.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-04-09
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Mighty Lak a Goat
1942-10-10
Mighty Lak a Goat
Overview: The Our Gang gets splashed by mud from a passing car and so using some cleaning fluid to get rid of the mud; they unknowingly created a bad odour among themselves.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-10-10
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Money Train
1995-11-21
Money Train
Overview: When a vengeful New York transit cop decides to steal a trainload of subway fares, his foster brother—a fellow cop—tries to protect him.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-11-21
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Electra Glide in Blue
1973-05-17
Electra Glide in Blue
Overview: A short Arizona motorcycle cop gets his wish and is promoted to Homicide following the mysterious murder of a hermit. He is forced to confront his illusions about himself and those around him in order to solve the case, eventually returning to solitude in the desert.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-05-17
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Humoresque
1947-01-25
Humoresque
Overview: A classical musician from a working class background is sidetracked by his love for a wealthy, neurotic socialite.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-01-25
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PT 109
1963-06-26
PT 109
Overview: Dramatization of President John F. Kennedy's war time experiences during which he captained a PT boat, took it to battle and had it sunk by a Japanese destroyer. He and the survivors had to make their way to an island, find food and shelter and signal the Navy for rescue.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-06-26
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Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
1969-10-31
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
Overview: While confronting the disapproving father of his girlfriend Lola, Native American man Willie Boy kills the man in self-defense, triggering a massive manhunt, led by Deputy Sheriff Christopher Cooper.
Genres: Western Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-10-31
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Pork Chop Hill
1959-05-29
Pork Chop Hill
Overview: Korean War, April 1953. Lieutenant Clemons, leader of the King company of the United States Infantry, is ordered to recapture Pork Chop Hill, occupied by a powerful Chinese Army force, while, just seventy miles away, at nearby the village of Panmunjom, a tense cease-fire conference is celebrated.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-05-29
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Radio Bugs
1944-04-01
Radio Bugs
Overview: When Froggy discovers the fabulous salaries paid to radio stars, he gets the idea that the gang should be in on the action. But success in radio requires a sponsor. They audition comedy skits at the dentist's office, and Shakespeare at the mortuary. Their efforts to snag a sponsor are without success until . . .
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-04-01
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Calling All Kids
1943-04-24
Calling All Kids
Overview: An Our Gang salute to the armed forces.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-04-24
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Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch
1997-10-14
Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch
Overview: An in-depth look at artist/filmmaker David Lynch's movies, paintings, drawings, photographs, and various other works of art. Features interview footage and commentary by family members, friends, fans, and people he's worked with, as well as behind-the-scenes antics of some of his most critically praised efforts.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-10-14
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The Horn Blows at Midnight
1945-04-28
The Horn Blows at Midnight
Overview: A trumpet player in a radio orchestra falls asleep during a commercial and dreams he's Athanael, an angel deputized to blow the Last Trumpet at exactly midnight on Earth, thus marking the end of the world.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-04-28
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This Property Is Condemned
1966-08-03
This Property Is Condemned
Overview: Owen Legate, a railroad official, comes to Dodson, Mississippi to shut down the local railway - the town's main income. But Owen unexpectedly finds love with Dodson's flirt and main attraction, Alva Starr.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-08-03
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Kid Glove Killer
1942-04-17
Kid Glove Killer
Overview: Van Heflin stars as the head of a city crime lab who tries to solve the murder of the town mayor by scientifically analyzing evidence.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-04-17
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Stagecoach to Denver
1946-12-23
Stagecoach to Denver
Overview: Lambert has the stagecoach wrecked killing the Commissioner so his phony replacement can alter Coonskin's land survey. When Red Ryder exposes the survey hoax, Lambert has his stooge Sheriff put Red in jail.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-12-23
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In Cold Blood
1967-12-15
In Cold Blood
Overview: After a botched robbery results in the brutal murder of a rural family, two drifters elude police, in the end coming to terms with their own mortality and the repercussions of their vile atrocity.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-12-15
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Revolt in the Big House
1958-12-21
Revolt in the Big House
Overview: A crime boss tries to cause a riot and prison break while behind bars.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-12-21
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The Big Noise
1944-09-22
The Big Noise
Overview: During World War II Stan and Ollie find themselves as improbable bodyguards to an eccentric inventor and his strategically important new bomb.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-09-22
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Busting
1974-02-27
Busting
Overview: Defying orders to lay-off the case, two Los Angeles vice-squad cops go after a local mobster and use unorthodox methods to achieve results.
Genres: Crime Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-02-27
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Screaming Eagles
1956-05-27
Screaming Eagles
Overview: A group of young soldiers parachute into France in preparation for D-Day.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-05-27
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Town Without Pity
1961-10-10
Town Without Pity
Overview: Four American soldiers stationed near a German village face death in the rape of a local girl and are defended by outside counsel Major Steve Grant.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-10-10
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Coast to Coast
1980-10-03
Coast to Coast
Overview: Madie is a neurotic, wealthy woman who escapes from a New York state mental hospital where her unwholesome husband had her committed to avoid the trial of a expensive divorce. Madie hitches a ride back to California with a certain Charles Callahan, a debt-ridden truck driver. Madie and Charles eventually fall in love while evading an assortment of bad guys including a pair of thugs hired by Madie's husband to prevent her from returning to California, and a repo man sent to reclaim Charles' truck
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-10-03
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Rumble on the Docks
1956-12-01
Rumble on the Docks
Overview: A Brooklyn-born 17-year-old's loyalty is torn between his parents' old-fashion values and a local gangster's flashy lifestyle.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-12-01
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Apache War Smoke
1952-09-25
Apache War Smoke
Overview: An outlaw murders several Apaches and flees to a stagecoach way station with the tribe in hot pursuit. A stagecoach and its passengers have just pulled into the station, as has the stationmaster's father, a former bandit named Peso, and they all find themselves besieged by the Apaches, who want them to turn over the killer to them or they'll take the station and kill everybody. The problem is that the people in the station aren't sure just who among therm is the actual killer.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-09-25
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Marshal of Cripple Creek
1947-08-15
Marshal of Cripple Creek
Overview: Tom Lambert arrives and Long John Case gets him into trouble. To protect his wife and son he refuses to talk and is sent to prison. Long John then gets Lambert's son into his outlaw gang but Lambert is told the boy's problems are caused by Red Ryder. So Lambert breaks prison planning to kill Red. [Written by Maurice Van Auken]
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-08-15
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The Return of Rin Tin Tin
1947-11-01
The Return of Rin Tin Tin
Overview: A World War II European orphan, Paul, has lost all faith in humanity. Brought to the United States by Father Mathew, Paul's confidence and faith are gradually restored through his close association with a dog, Rin-Tin-Tin.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-11-01
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The Last Round-up
1947-11-05
The Last Round-up
Overview: A rancher tries to convince an Indian tribe to relocate so their land can be used to provide water for Kansas City.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-11-05
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Corky
1972-01-01
Corky
Overview: A country boy wants to make it big as a stockcar racer.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-01
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Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
2003-09-30
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
Overview: An overview of the making of John Huston's 1948 classic "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-30
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Lost Angel
1943-12-23
Lost Angel
Overview: Alpha's been raised along scientific principles, and will make Mike Regan a great human interest story for his paper. But when his interview prompts Alpha to run away from the institute and ask him to show her some magic, Mike gets more responsibility than he bargained for. Especially since another story of his, one involving gangsters, has also come home to roost.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-12-23
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Judgment Day: The John List Story
1993-02-23
Judgment Day: The John List Story
Overview: The pious John List regularly goes to church and is respected by his neighbours. But one day the police finds his wife Helen and their three children slayed in their house - obviously by John, who left two letters for the police and his priest and disappeared. Chief Richland is disgusted by the murder and starts an intensive investigation. In flashbacks we learn about the history of the disaster.
Genres: Drama Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-02-23
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Second-Hand Hearts
1981-05-08
Second-Hand Hearts
Overview: A boozy drifter tries to get to know the widow he married while on a bender.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-05-08
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Marshal of Reno
1944-07-02
Marshal of Reno
Overview: One of two towns will be selected to be the County Seat and Editor Palmer has a gang working to make sure his town is chosen. Investigating the lawlessness, Red Ryder poses as an outlaw to get into the gang hoping to find out who the boss is. But Palmer knows Red and exposes his true identity when he arrives and Red and Gabby then find themselves prisoners of the gang. [Written by Maurice Van Auken]
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-07-02
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Sheriff of Redwood Valley
1946-03-29
Sheriff of Redwood Valley
Overview: Redwood Valley residents raise $50,000 for blasting a mountain tunnel to bring a new railroad there. Town leader Bidwell engineers a plot to steal the money and to blame it on the Reno Kid (Bob Steele) who has recently broken out of prison in order to clear himself of false charges that sent him there and caused him to lose his ranch. The badly-wounded sheriff turns his badge over to Red Ryder. Reno visits his wife, Molly and their ailing son Johnny, and Red, also wounded, is brought there by Little Beaver. There, Red begins to believe Reno's story about being innocent. Written by Les Adams
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-03-29
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Out California Way
1946-12-15
Out California Way
Overview: Newcomer Monte Hale is tying to just get a job in western films when he meet young Danny McCoy and his sister Gloria. Danny is trying to get his horse, "Pardner" into films. Monte sings a song and "Pardner" does some tricks and a casting director notices. Monte gets a singing-cowboy role and the horse gets a bit, but there is an accidental explosion, engineered by western star Rod Mason, who is jealous of Monte, and the horse is badly scared and blows his lines.
Genres: Western Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-12-15
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San Antonio Kid
1944-08-16
San Antonio Kid
Overview: A geologist has found oil on the neighboring ranches and teams up with Ace who has his gang create a reign of terror to get the ranchers to sell out. But to get rid of Red Ryder, Ace sends for the San Antonio Kid. Arriving, the Kid has a freak accident and Red comes along to save his life. When the Kid later meets with Ace he learns that Red is the man he has been paid to kill. Written by Maurice Van Auken
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-08-16
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Blood Feud
1983-04-25
Blood Feud
Overview: Made for TV movie about Bobby Kennedy's campaign to bring Jimmy Hoffa to justice.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-04-25
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The Tijuana Story
1957-10-01
The Tijuana Story
Overview: Courageous newspaper editor Manuel Acosta Mesa tries to take on the mob in Tijuana through his newspaper, reporting on the violence, prostitution and drug sales in the border town.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-10-01
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The Boxer
1972-02-02
The Boxer
Overview: Boxer Teddy Wilcox leaves his manager and relocates. He finds Nick, a manager/trainer. Before Wilcox's first fight, Nick receives a threat-- Wilcox loses, or Nick will die.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-02-02
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Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976-05-01
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Overview: A Western-genre narrative, loosely woven from old clips from B-Western features.
Genres: Western Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-05-01
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Treasure of the Golden Condor
1953-02-04
Treasure of the Golden Condor
Overview: A nobleman searches for a hidden treasure in Guatemala.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-02-04
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Andy Hardy's Double Life
1942-12-01
Andy Hardy's Double Life
Overview: Andy is about to head off to college but he's got a few things to take care of before leaving. For starters, he must try and sell his junk car for $20 to pay for a bill and he must convince his father not to go with him to college. Worst of all is that Polly wants to make up but her best friend decides to give Andy a test.
Genres: Comedy Family Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-12-01
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The Seventh Cross
1944-07-24
The Seventh Cross
Overview: In Nazi Germany in 1936 seven men escape from a concentration camp. The camp commander puts up seven crosses and, as the Gestapo returns each escapee he is put to death on a cross. The seventh cross is still empty as George Heisler attempts an escape to freedom in Holland.
Genres: Drama Thriller War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-07-24
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Phantom of the Plains
1945-09-07
Phantom of the Plains
Overview: Red Ryder tries to warn a duchess that her newfound beau has a history of murdering his wives.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-09-07
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A Guy Could Change
1946-01-27
A Guy Could Change
Overview: A playboy is reformed by his daughter and fiancee.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-01-27
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The Purple Gang
1959-12-18
The Purple Gang
Overview: The story of the infamous Purple Gang - a ring of bootleggers, hijackers and killers in 1920's Detroit.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-12-18
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Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story
1985-05-01
Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story
Overview: The film details the life of Ray Mancini, a World Boxing Association world lightweight champion boxer from 1982 to 1984, Hollywood actor and a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-05-01
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The Beast of Budapest
1958-02-23
The Beast of Budapest
Overview: Archival footage combined with new footage re-creates the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. It is also a love story between a devout communist woman and the liberal son of a prominent professor. Because of their political differences, the two can never be together.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hu
Release Date: 1958-02-23
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Lone Texas Ranger
1945-05-20
Lone Texas Ranger
Overview: "Iron Mike" Haines (Tom Chatterton), a crooked sheriff, and "Hands" Weber (Roy Barcroft), the town blacksmith, are in cahoots and have been robbing stages, silver mines, etc., and framing innocent ranchers and cowhands with their deeds. They set out to rob the stage and frame Red Ryder (Bill Elliott as Wild Bill Elliott) for it, but the plan backfires and the sheriff is killed. The sheriff's son, Tommy (Jack McClendon), arrives home from college and is given his dad's job, not knowing he was a crook, and swears to get the man who killed him. Weber tells Tommy that Red killed his dad and Tommy sets out to get Red.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-05-20
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Rustlers of Devil's Canyon
1947-06-30
Rustlers of Devil's Canyon
Overview: Red Ryder returns to Sioux City, Wyoming, at the close of the Spanish-American War, settling down at the ranch of his aunt, The Duchess, with his pals Little Beaver and "Blizzard". But Red soon discovers that the country is over-run by rustlers.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-06-30
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I Love You Again
1940-08-09
I Love You Again
Overview: Boring businessman Larry Wilson recovers from amnesia and discovers he's really a con man...and loves his soon-to-be-ex wife.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-08-09
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The Woman in the Window
1944-10-25
The Woman in the Window
Overview: A seductive woman gets an innocent professor mixed up in murder.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-10-25
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Santa Fe Uprising
1946-11-15
Santa Fe Uprising
Overview: The Duchess, the aunt of Red Ryder, comes to town to protect her property. Crawford, a town big-shot behind an outlaw gang, tries to prevent her from reaching her destination, but the attack is thwarted by Red. The latter is made town marshal, and when he gets too close to the truth and is making it too hot for the Crawford faction, Crawford has his henchman Luke kidnap Red's Indian friend Little Beaver.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-11-15
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Vigilantes of Boomtown
1947-02-15
Vigilantes of Boomtown
Overview: The ranch of Red Ryder (Allan Lane) and his aunt, The Duchess (Martha Wentworth), is being used as the training site for "Gentleman Jim" Corbett (George Turner) for his upcoming fight in Carson City, Nevada for the heavyweight championship against Bob Fitzsimmons (John Dehner). Molly McVey (Peggy Stewart), the daughter of a U.S. Senator, crusading against prize-fighting in Nevada, complicates matters soemwhat when she conceives the bright idea of having Corbett kidnapped, thus causing the cancellation of the fight. The two men (George Chesebro and George Lloyd) she hires to do the kidnapping also add to the complications by kidnapping Ryder instead of Corbett. Meanwhile, a gang of crooks, led by McKean (Roy Barcroft), descend on the town intent on looting the town and also making off with the fight proceeds.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-02-15
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Homesteaders of Paradise Valley
1947-03-31
Homesteaders of Paradise Valley
Overview: Red Ryder convinces homesteaders to settle in Paradise Valley. Business men in nearby Central City want control of the valley and water supply and propose to build a dam for half interest in the land. They use Red to generate interest in the dam but when the dam is completed, they rig the stockholder's meeting so Central City will get the water.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-03-31
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Oregon Trail Scouts
1947-05-04
Oregon Trail Scouts
Overview: Red Ryder battles an unscrupulous fur thief named Hunter for the right to trap beaver and otter on the land of Chief Running Fox.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-05-04
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Father of Hell Town
1985-03-06
Father of Hell Town
Overview: In this pilot to the short-lived "Hell Town," Robert Blake plays a scrappy, ex-convict-turned-ghetto priest in an impoverished inner-city parish.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-06
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Joy Scouts
1939-06-24
Joy Scouts
Overview: The Boys Scouts give a demonstration of their camping skills, but Our Gang are excluded from participating because they are not yet old enough. Undeterred, the kids head off on their own unsupervised camping adventure, with comically disastrous results.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-06-24
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Mokey
1942-04-01
Mokey
Overview: A newlywed tries to deal with her troubled stepchild.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-04-01
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Come Back, Miss Pipps
1941-10-24
Come Back, Miss Pipps
Overview: On Mickey's birthday, Miss Pipps, the school teacher, serves cake and ice cream during school hours. Sour old Mr. Pratt, head of the school board, stumbles on the festivities and has Miss Pipps fired. The Our Gang conspire to save her job by inviting all the parents to a special meeting. There the gang stage a melodrama, with Mr. Pratt portrayed as Simon Legree. The parents react by demoting Mr. Pratt to janitor. They appoint kindly Mr. Swanson, the current janitor, to head the school board. And of course they reinstate Miss Pipps as school teacher. Sometime later, in an act of forgiveness, Miss Pipps and the gang hold a birthday party for Pratt who is then humbled by the experience.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-10-24
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Alfalfa's Double
1940-01-20
Alfalfa's Double
Overview: Our Gang member Alfalfa comes face to face with his wealthy lookalike Cornelius.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-01-20
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Melodies Old and New
1942-01-24
Melodies Old and New
Overview: The gang prevails upon old-time minstrel impresario Walter Wills to help them stage a fund-raising musical show.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-01-24
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Family Troubles
1943-04-03
Family Troubles
Overview: Our Gang member Janet Burston believes that her family is neglecting her, so she decides to run away from home. The other gang members try to help Janet get adopted (or "adapted") by a more agreeable family, choosing a kindly elderly couple (Sarah Padden and Harry C. Bradley) for the honor.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-04-03
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Of Mice and Men
1981-11-29
Of Mice and Men
Overview: George and Lenny travel through the Depression-era west working at odd jobs, hoping to make enough money to buy their own farm. George must always watch over his intellectually disabled friend, and keep him out of danger, both to himself and to others. After they take a new job at a ranch, Lenny gets into far more trouble than George can talk his way out of, leaving George to decide whether to help him, or leave him to his fate.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-11-29
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Vigilantes of Dodge City
1944-11-15
Vigilantes of Dodge City
Overview: This "Red Ryder" entry stars Gordon "Wild Bill" Elliot as Ryder. The heroine is having troubles with the freight company that she owns. Time and again, her coaches are beset by hooded thieves. With Red Ryder on the job, the robbers haven't got a chance, but they put up a fight anyway.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-11-15
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Don't Lie
1942-04-04
Don't Lie
Overview: After Buckwheat tells the gang he's seen a big monkey, Spanky, Froggy and Mickey decide to teach him once and for all not to lie. What the gang doesn't know is that the monkey is real, and hilarity will ensue.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-04-04
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Sheriff of Las Vegas
1944-12-31
Sheriff of Las Vegas
Overview: In this western, brave Red Ryder and his sidekick save a murdered judge's son from going to jail by proving that someone else killed his father.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-12-31
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The Big Premiere
1940-03-09
The Big Premiere
Overview: It is a premiere night at the Fox Carthay Circle theater, and the Our Gang show up to observe the festivities. But after the Gang causes a disruption, the police send them scurrying home. Not to worry--the Our Gang stage their own premiere night in the clubhouse barn.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-03-09
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Waldo's Last Stand
1940-10-05
Waldo's Last Stand
Overview: The gang offers to help their pal Waldo attract customers to his lemonade stand. Redecorating their clubhouse as a lavish nightclub, the kids stage an elaborate floor show, with Darla Hood as the star vocalist.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-10-05
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Bridal Suite
1939-05-26
Bridal Suite
Overview: A carefree playboy with an aversion to marriage falls for a lass he meets in the French Alps.
Genres: Romance Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-05-26
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Dad for a Day
1939-10-20
Dad for a Day
Overview: The "Our Gang" kids encourage a shy man to take a widow and her son to a picnic.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-10-20
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Dakota
1945-12-15
Dakota
Overview: In 1871, professional gambler John Devlin elopes with Sandra "Sandy" Poli, daughter of Marko Poli, an immigrant who has risen to railroad tycoon. Sandy, knowing that the railroad is to be extended into Dakota, plans to use their $20,000 nest egg to buy land options to sell to the railroad at a profit. On the stage trip to Ft. Abercrombie, their fellow passengers are Jim Bender and Bigtree Collins, who practically own the town of Fargo and Devlin is aware that they are prepared to protect the little empire... trying to drive out the farmers by burning their property, destroying their wheat, and blaming the devastation on the Indians. Continuing their journey north on the river aboard the "River Bird', Sandy and John meet Captain Bounce, an irascible old seafarer. Two of Bendender's henchmen, Slagin and Carp, board the boat and relieve John of his $20,000 at gunpoint. Captain Bounce, chasing the robber's dinghy..
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-12-15
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Unexpected Riches
1942-11-28
Unexpected Riches
Overview: Weighing themselves on a penny machine, the Our Gang kids receive a fortune card predicting that they will receive "unexpected riches." Acting upon this, the kids decide to dig for buried treasure, using a fraudulent map provided by one of their wise-guy acquaintances.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-11-28
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Trouble on the Trail
1954-12-26
Trouble on the Trail
Overview: "Trouble on the Trail" is two episodes of the "Wild Bill Hickok" television series edited together and released as a feature film by Allied Artists.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-12-26
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Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill
1981-01-29
Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill
Overview: The first of three private-eye movies created by Robert Blake about rugged Joe Dancer as the forerunner to a prospective but unrealized series after the retirement of his "Baretta" character. In the initial outing, Blake, as Dancer, follows a trail of bodies through a maze of corruption involving a politically ambitious Beverly Hills family.
Genres: Mystery Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-01-29
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Joe Dancer III: The Big Trade
1983-06-05
Joe Dancer III: The Big Trade
Overview: The last of Robert Blake's three "Joe Dancer movies" finds the private investigator framed for manslaughter as he tries to uncover a Hollywood scandal that could ruin a studio and destroy a top star's career.
Genres: Drama Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-06-05
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Joe Dancer II: The Monkey Mission
1981-03-23
Joe Dancer II: The Monkey Mission
Overview: Robert Blake's second (of three) "Joe Dancer" movies has the hard-boiled private investigator teaming up with a chimp named Gregor, his trainer (who also happens to be an expert thief), and an electronics genius of questionable repute to steal back a priceless vase looted from a family collection during World War II.
Genres: Drama Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-03-23
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In Old Sacramento
1946-05-31
In Old Sacramento
Overview: Dashing Johnny Barrett has a secret identity: Spanish Jack, the masked bandit. Always one step ahead of the law, Barrett effortlessly balances his double life--robbing by night, romancing by day and always with a smile. But when the woman he loves begins to suspect him and the young man he befriends is arrested for being him, it's time for Johnny to rethink his priorities.
Genres: Western Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-05-31
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The Black Rose
1950-09-01
The Black Rose
Overview: In the 13th century, Walter of Gurnie, a disinherited Saxon youth, is forced to flee England. With his friend, Tristram, he falls in with the army of the fierce but avuncular General Bayan, and journeys all the way to China, where both men become involved in intrigues in the court of Kublai Khan.
Genres: War Adventure History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-09-01
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Fightin' Fools
1941-02-25
Fightin' Fools
Overview: Spanky and the Our Gang kids go to battle over pranks with a rival gang.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-02-25
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The Veils of Bagdad
1953-10-06
The Veils of Bagdad
Overview: Antar is sent by Suleiman, head of the Ottoman Empire, to Bagdad to prevent Hammam, Pasha of Bagdad, from purchasing the services of local leader Mustapha to unite the hill tribes and overthrow the emperor. The intrigue mounts as Antar falls in love with dancer Selima, who tries to avenge her father's death against Hammam's right-hand-man Kasseim, whose wife Rosanna has fallen in love with Antar!
Genres: Drama Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-10-06
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Election Daze
1943-07-31
Election Daze
Overview: Mickey and Froggy are candidates running to be president of the Gang's club. When the vote continues to end in a tie, the club winds up split. Buckwheat then reminds everyone of the lessons learned from Abraham Lincoln when America was once divided.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-07-31
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Little Miss Pinkerton
1943-09-18
Little Miss Pinkerton
Overview: The Gang tries to solve a murder mystery contest in a department store window. However they soon get caught up in a real caper when they stumble upon two crooks robbing the store. Mickey, Froggy and Buckwheat are all kidnapped so it's up to Janet to convince the cops of what's going on.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-09-18
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Marshal of Laredo
1945-10-06
Marshal of Laredo
Overview: Substituting for Allan Lane, who'd been called away to active military service, Bill Elliot stars in the Republic "Red Ryder" western Marshal of Laredo. This time, Red comes to the aid of a frontier lawyer, who is suspected of being an outlaw
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-10-06
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Cheyenne Wildcat
1944-09-30
Cheyenne Wildcat
Overview: Bill Elliot is back as Red Ryder in Cheyenne Wildcat. Also back are Ryder's perennial cohorts Little Beaver (Bobby Blake, later Robert Blake of Baretta fame) and the Duchess (Alice Fleming). When not pummeling the bad guys, Ryder is the reluctant apex of a love triangle.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-09-30
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Great Stagecoach Robbery
1945-02-15
Great Stagecoach Robbery
Overview: In this western, Red Ryder tries to be a good example for a young man who idolizes his father, an outlaw. The boy wants to follow in his father's footsteps when the hero intervenes.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-02-15
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Colorado Pioneers
1945-11-14
Colorado Pioneers
Overview: An interesting entry in Republic Pictures' long-running "Red Ryder" B-Western series, this film is not about hardy settlers braving the Colorado winters, as the title would suggest. Instead it's a sort of Reform School Western about a couple of wayward Chicago boys (Billy Cummings and Freddie Chapman) taken in by Ryder's indomitable aunt, "The Duchess" (Alice Fleming.) The boys escaped their very own "Fagin," Bull Reagan (Roy Barcroft), and were given a second chance on the lady's Western ranch. Unfortunately, Reagan returns to do a bit of cattle rustling, once again luring the boys into becoming his accomplices.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-11-14
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Wagon Wheels Westward
1945-12-21
Wagon Wheels Westward
Overview: In this western, Red Ryder leads a wagon train of homesteaders into a ghost town and discovers that it has become an outlaw's hideout.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-12-21
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California Gold Rush
1946-02-04
California Gold Rush
Overview: California Gold Rush is set in 1849. Ryder heads to Sutter's Mill, where he must contend with claim-jumping and treachery.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-02-04
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Sun Valley Cyclone
1946-05-10
Sun Valley Cyclone
Overview: In this western, Red Ryder rounds up a gang of horse thieves who have been stealing cavalry horses.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-05-10
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Conquest of Cheyenne
1946-07-29
Conquest of Cheyenne
Overview: Red Ryder and his comical sidekick take on a new batch of bad-guys in this western, the 16th in the Red Ryder series. This time the heroic duo try to save a female rancher from a greedy financier who wants her land so he can exploit the enormous oil fields lying under it.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-07-29
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Good Bad Boys
1940-09-07
Good Bad Boys
Overview: Alfalfa and the gang decide to turn to a life of crime, but Spanky tries to trick them with a fake burglary.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-09-07
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Goin' Fishin'
1940-10-26
Goin' Fishin'
Overview: The gang is going fishing and wants to get an early start, but they end up causing all sorts of problems for the passengers of a city bus.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-10-26
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Baby Blues
1941-02-15
Baby Blues
Overview: Mickey's mom is about to give birth, but he gets worried when he reads that every fourth child born is Chinese. Spanky and the gang then visit a Chinese friend and learn that kids are kids, no matter where they are from.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-02-15
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Ye Olde Minstrels
1941-03-18
Ye Olde Minstrels
Overview: The gang puts on a show to raise money for the Red Cross.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-03-18
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Time Out for Lessons
1939-12-02
Time Out for Lessons
Overview: Alfalfa imagines himself being the star football player on a college team. After a big pep rally he ends up letting the team down when his poor grades cause him to be suspended from play.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-12-02
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All About Hash
1940-03-30
All About Hash
Overview: Mickey's parents are constantly quarreling because his mother serves hash every Monday night. The kids decide to put on a radio skit to try to get them to stop fighting.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-03-30
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The New Pupil
1940-04-27
The New Pupil
Overview: Spanky and Alfalfa both try to impress the new girl at school, much to Darla's dismay.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-04-27
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Home on the Range
1946-04-18
Home on the Range
Overview: Two brothers settle a wilderness, one builds the largest cattle ranch in the state while the other creates a game preserve to protect the wild life. Trouble lies ahead.....
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-04-18
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Surprised Parties
1942-05-30
Surprised Parties
Overview: Since Froggy was born on Leap Year Day, he's upset that he only gets a birthday party once every four years. So, the gang decide to have a surprise party for him.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-05-30
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Three Violent People
1956-12-01
Three Violent People
Overview: A rancher, his shady bride and his one-armed brother fight amid carpetbaggers in Texas.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-12-01
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Meet the People
1944-06-01
Meet the People
Overview: A idealistic shipyard worker interests a beautiful Hollywood star in staging a musical tribute to the war industry, but they disagree on some important issues.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-06-01
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Pillow to Post
1945-06-09
Pillow to Post
Overview: With a war on and most men being drafted, Howard Oil Supply Company has no salesmen left. So daughter Jean hits the road and does not make one sale. She finally gets one tentative sale with the Black Hills Oil Co., but Earl wants dinner with her. With the shortage of housing due to the war, Jean needs a military husband to get a place to stay in Clayfield, which is next to Camp Clay. She gets Lt. Mallory to act as her husband just to register. Then things go wrong as his commanding officer is there and believes them to be married. It gets worse as Don's mother shows up and then Jean's father.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-06-09
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Doin' Their Bit
1942-07-18
Doin' Their Bit
Overview: Our Gang puts on a show for the troops.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-07-18
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Rover's Big Chance
1942-08-22
Rover's Big Chance
Overview: Our Gang's dog, Rover, gets to audition for a movie studio.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-08-22
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Benjamin Franklin, Jr.
1943-01-30
Benjamin Franklin, Jr.
Overview: The kids are frustrated about the hardships they must face because of the war. So, the Our Gang kids put on a show to help them learn from Benjamin Franklin about being responsible citizens.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-01-30
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Dancing Romeo
1944-04-29
Dancing Romeo
Overview: Froggy plans a dance recital to win over Marilyn.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-04-29
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Bubbling Troubles
1940-05-25
Bubbling Troubles
Overview: To impress Darla, Alfalfa drinks a concoction of Butch's "dynamite" brew.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-05-25
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Slightly Dangerous
1943-04-01
Slightly Dangerous
Overview: Small-town soda-jerk Peggy Evans quits her dead-end job and moves to New York where she invents a new identity.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-04-01
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Tale of a Dog
1944-04-15
Tale of a Dog
Overview: When Bigshot Jones gives his unnamed dog to the All-For-One Club, Buckwheat quickly names the canine "Smallpox", inadvertently causing a city-wide panic.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-04-15
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Battle Flame
1959-07-26
Battle Flame
Overview: The trials and tribulations of a platoon of U.S. Marines, led by 1st Lt. Frank Davis, during the Korean War.
Genres: War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-07-26
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Main Street on the March!
1941-12-09
Main Street on the March!
Overview: This Best Short Subject Academy Award winning film begins in the spring of 1940, just before the Nazi occupation of the Benelux countries, and ends immediately after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. It chronicles how the people of "Main Street America", the country's military forces, and its industrial base were completely transformed when the decision was made to gear up for war. Original footage is interspersed with contemporary newsreels and stock footage.
Genres: History Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-12-09
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Kiddie Kure
1940-11-23
Kiddie Kure
Overview: While playing baseball near the home of wealthy hypochondriac, Mr. Morton, the gang inadvertently breaks one of his windows. This mishap coincides with a plan hatched by Morton's wife to get her husband's mind off his imaginary illnesses by adopting some children.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-11-23
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1-2-3-Go!
1941-04-26
1-2-3-Go!
Overview: While playing baseball, Mickey runs into the street to catch a fly ball and is struck by a car. When the gang visit him in the hospital they are appalled to find the ward populated by many other children injured in automobile accidents. The Our Gang kids resolve to do something about the problem, and thus the "1-2-3-Go Safety Society" is born.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-04-26
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Helping Hands
1941-09-29
Helping Hands
Overview: Inspired by his soldier brother, Spanky decides to organize a military unit among his friends, collecting odds and ends for the war effort.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-09-29
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Three Smart Guys
1943-10-23
Three Smart Guys
Overview: Froggy hatches a plan to get Mickey, Buckwheat, and himself sent home from school early so they can go fishing. When the plan backfires, the boys decide to play hooky the next day. At the fishing hole, there are plenty of lunkers just waiting for the bait, but the boys have some comic trouble. After Buckwheat finds a new way to catch fish, an old man gives them a life lesson. Will they keep fishing or change their ways?
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-10-23
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Wedding Worries
1941-12-13
Wedding Worries
Overview: The Our Gang kids worry that Darla's new stepmother will be an evil stepmother like of fairy tale fame.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-12-13
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China Girl
1942-12-09
China Girl
Overview: Two-fisted newsreel photographer Johnny Williams is stationed in Burma and China in the early stage of WW II. Captured by the Japanese, he escapes from a concentration camp with the aid of beautiful, enigmatic 'China Girl' Miss Young. The two arduously make their way back to friendly lines so that Johnny can deliver the vital military information he's managed to glean from his captors.
Genres: Romance Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-12-09
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Going to Press
1942-03-07
Going to Press
Overview: The Our Gang kids are running their own newspaper and are determined to get the big scoop by learning the identity of the leader of a gang of bullies.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-03-07
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Paul Williams Still Alive
2011-09-11
Paul Williams Still Alive
Overview: Filmmaker and longtime fan Stephen Kessler's portrait of the award-winning 1970s singer-songwriter-actor, who disappeared for much of the 1980s and '90s, but still performs today.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-09-11
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Joe Smith, American
1942-02-01
Joe Smith, American
Overview: Joe Smith is an ordinary American family man who works in an aircraft factory. Shortly after being a promoted to a much higher position, Joe is kidnapped by enemy agents who are determined to get military secrets out of him by any means possible. Will Joe keep quiet or betray his country...
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-02-01
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Tucson Raiders
1944-05-14
Tucson Raiders
Overview: In Elliot's initial appearance as Red Ryder, he finds himself framed for murder. Little Beaver then foils the crooked Sheriff's attempt to have Red killed escaping jail. When Hannah Rogers gives the Sheriff a note, Red sees her give him a signal. Gabby lifts the note and Red decodes it. The Duchess then gets a confession from Hannah enabling Red to set out after the outlaws.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-05-14
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Auto Antics
1939-07-22
Auto Antics
Overview: The "Our Gang" kids enter the Kidmobile Race Classic and must rescue their dog from the pound.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-07-22
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The Rack
1956-11-02
The Rack
Overview: Army Captain Edward Hall returns to the U.S. after two years in a prison camp in the Korean War. In the camp, he was brainwashed and helped the Chinese convince the other prisoners that they were fighting an unjust war. When he comes back he is charged for collaboration with the enemy. Where does loyalty end in a prison camp, when the camp is a living hell?
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-11-02
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Captain Spanky's Show Boat
1939-09-08
Captain Spanky's Show Boat
Overview: An abandoned old show boat is moored in a lazy creek. The Our Gang put the old vessel back to use when they stage a show featuring "Darla's Dancin' Dandies" and a "meller dramer" entitled "Out in the Snow You Go." All is not smooth sailing however, as Butch seeks revenge for having been excluded from the cast.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-09-08
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Farm Hands
1943-06-19
Farm Hands
Overview: Our Gang kids Mickey, Buckwheat, Froggy and Happy spend a day working on the farm.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-06-19
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