William Roerick
Biography: William George Roerick was an American actor. He is particularly associated with the stage, but also played in many films and TV productions. He was also a stage manager and writer. His name is sometimes given as William Roehrick
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: December 17, 1911
Deathday: November 30, 1995
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A Lovely Way to Die
1968-04-19
A Lovely Way to Die
Overview: A cop quits the force after too much disappointment in the system. He becomes a bodyguard of a rich recent widow. She is on trial for her husband's murder. He decides to help her clear her name... and get over her husband.
Genres: Mystery Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-04-19
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The Wasp Woman
1959-10-30
The Wasp Woman
Overview: The head of a major cosmetics company experiments on herself with a youth formula made from royal jelly extracted from wasps, but the formula's side effects have deadly consequences.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-10-30
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Not of This Earth
1957-02-10
Not of This Earth
Overview: An agent from a distant planet has been sent to earth to ship large quantities of blood to his world, where a plague is ravaging the populace. He comes equipped with an interstellar matter transmitter, telepathic mind-control powers, and deathray-shooting eyes. Because he is also affected by the blood disease, he gains control of the town's physician and has him place a nurse at his disposal, while he collects live humans for fresh blood; but gains the nurse's suspicions, along with those of her boyfriend - a town police officer.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-02-10
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A Separate Peace
1972-09-27
A Separate Peace
Overview: Gene and Finny are two boys who are best friends living in 1943, at the height of World War II. The idea that the boys will most likely be drafted when they turn eighteen is surrounding them, and they are practically forced to live their lives to the fullest. The two boys attend the Devon School, which prepares them for military life that they will most likely be subjected to. The film begins with a narration by an older Gene, traveling back to Devon some years later. The thing he wishes most to see is the tree, which had a great effect on the boys' lives
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-09-27
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The Sporting Club
1971-02-28
The Sporting Club
Overview: The wealthy members of an exclusive backwoods retreat face an existential threat from both a disgruntled former manager as well as a subversive, anarchistic current member.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-02-28
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The Love Machine
1971-08-14
The Love Machine
Overview: An ambitious TV newscaster has an affair with the wife of a network executive to get a promotion.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-08-14
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The Day of the Dolphin
1973-12-19
The Day of the Dolphin
Overview: Dr. Jake Terrell, who has been training a pair of dolphins for many years, has had a breakthrough. He has taught his dolphins to speak and understand English, although they do have a limited vocabulary. When the dolphins are stolen, he discovers they're to be used in an assassination attempt. Now he is in a race to discover who is the target, and where the dolphins are, before the attempt is carried out.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction Thriller Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-12-19
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The Harder They Fall
1956-05-08
The Harder They Fall
Overview: Jobless sportswriter Eddie Willis is hired by corrupt fight promoter Nick Benko to promote his current protégé, an unknown Argentinian boxer named Toro Moreno. Although Moreno is a hulking giant, his chances for success are hampered by a powder-puff punch and a glass jaw. Exploiting Willis' reputation for integrity and standing in the boxing community, Benko arranges a series of fixed fights that propel the unsophisticated Moreno to #1 contender for the championship. The reigning champ, the sadistic Buddy Brannen, harbors resentment at the publicity Toro has been receiving and vows to viciously punish him in the ring. Eddie must now decide whether or not to tell the naive Toro the truth.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-05-08
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God Told Me To
1976-10-22
God Told Me To
Overview: A repressed Catholic NYPD detective uncovers a netherworld of deranged faith, alien insemination and his own unholy connection to a homicidal messiah with a perverse plan for the soul of mankind.
Genres: Crime Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-10-22
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Eloise
1956-11-22
Eloise
Overview: It's not so much that Eloise is a mischievous child, but the darnedest things do happen when she's around.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-11-22
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The Last Tycoon
1957-03-14
The Last Tycoon
Overview: Based off the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel of the same title, a movie producer is slowly working himself to death.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-03-14
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The Other Side of the Mountain
1975-11-14
The Other Side of the Mountain
Overview: One year before the Olympics, Jill Kinmont, an 18-year-old skiing champion, suffers a fall during competition and is left paralyzed. With her life now completely altered, she undergoes an exhausting fight to regain some of what she has lost.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-11-14
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92 in the Shade
1975-08-22
92 in the Shade
Overview: A young drifter returns to his home in Key West, Florida and attempts to open a fishing charter business, provoking a dangerous feud with a rival fishing sea captain.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-08-22
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This Is the Army
1943-08-14
This Is the Army
Overview: In WW I dancer Jerry Jones stages an all-soldier show on Broadway, called Yip Yip Yaphank. Wounded in the War, he becomes a producer. In WW II his son Johnny Jones, who was before his fathers assistant, gets the order to stage a knew all-soldier show, called THIS IS THE ARMY. But in his pesonal life he has problems, because he refuses to marry his fiancée until the war is over.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-08-14
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