Bruno VeSota
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: March 25, 1922
Deathday: September 24, 1976
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The Fast and the Furious
1954-11-01
The Fast and the Furious
Overview: A framed man escapes prison and takes a wealthy woman's Jaguar with her in it. After she tries to escape numerous times, they begin to develop feelings for each other, and enter a road race that ends in Mexico.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-11-01
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A Bucket of Blood
1959-10-21
A Bucket of Blood
Overview: Nerdy Walter Paisley, a maladroit busboy at a beatnik café who doesn't fit in with the cool scene around him, attempts to woo his beautiful co-worker, Carla, by making a bust of her. When his klutziness results in the death of his landlady's cat, he panics and hides its body under a layer of plaster. But when Carla and her friends enthuse over the resulting artwork, Walter decides to create some bigger and more elaborate pieces using the same artistic process.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-10-21
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The Wild World of Batwoman
1966-01-01
The Wild World of Batwoman
Overview: Batwoman and her bevy of Batmaidens fight evil and dance.
Genres: Adventure Crime Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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Attack of the Giant Leeches
1959-10-01
Attack of the Giant Leeches
Overview: A backwoods game warden and a local doctor discover that giant leeches are responsible for disappearances and deaths in a local swamp, but the local police don't believe them.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-10-01
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Code of Silence
1960-05-29
Code of Silence
Overview: An ex-mafioso moves to Mexico to become a writer, revealing mob secrets in his books which are met with understandable displeasure. He is soon pursued by hit-men as well as the FBI, who need his testimony in a court case.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-05-29
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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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War of the Satellites
1958-05-18
War of the Satellites
Overview: An "unknown force" declares war against planet Earth when the United Nations disobeys warnings to cease and desist in its attempts at assembling the first satellite in the atmosphere.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-05-18
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The Undead
1957-03-01
The Undead
Overview: Two psychics place a prostitute under hypnosis in order to learn about her past-life experiences. When they unwittingly send her back in time, she finds herself in the Middle Ages, suspected of being a witch and on the verge of being executed.
Genres: Horror Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-03-01
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The Long Wait
1954-05-26
The Long Wait
Overview: Soon after thumbing a ride from a truck driver, Johnny McBride is badly burned and suffers from complete amnesia when the vehicle he’s riding in blows a tire and goes over an embankment in a fiery blaze. McBride later receives a tip from an acquaintance that a photo of him was placed prominently in the window of a photography studio in a town called Lyncastle, so Johnny immediately leaves for the burg in the hopes that something there will jog his memory.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-05-26
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Carnival Rock
1957-09-01
Carnival Rock
Overview: An ocean-side nightclub owner loves a singer who only has eyes for a gambler.
Genres: Crime Music Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-09-01
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The System
1953-04-18
The System
Overview: A gambling boss is pressured by the law and press when a crusade is started against him after one of his collectors becomes a killer.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-04-18
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Bait
1954-02-24
Bait
Overview: A man looking for his fortune in a mine decides to tempt his partner with his much younger wife. The goal? To catch them "in the act" and kill him without consequence.
Genres: Thriller Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-02-24
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Night Tide
1961-07-01
Night Tide
Overview: A young sailor falls in love with a mysterious woman performing as a mermaid on the local pier. As they become entwined, he comes to suspect the woman might be a real mermaid who lures men to a watery death during the full moon. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 2007.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Romance Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-07-01
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Female Jungle
1956-06-16
Female Jungle
Overview: Alcoholic detective investigating the murder of an actress starts getting worried when all fingers begin to point at him.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-06-16
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The Devil's Hand
1961-09-13
The Devil's Hand
Overview: A man is haunted by visions of a beautiful woman. When he finally meets her, he winds up involved in a satanic cult.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-09-13
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20,000 Eyes
1961-06-14
20,000 Eyes
Overview: An investment counselor turns jewel thief when the gangster he embezzled funds from demands to be paid back.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-06-14
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Your Cheatin' Heart
1964-11-04
Your Cheatin' Heart
Overview: The story of the country and western singer Hank Williams.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-11-04
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Dementia
1955-12-22
Dementia
Overview: In a shadowy world stitched from nightmares, a young woman's harrowing journey in a seedy hotel unveils her traumatic past. Haunted by violence and stalked through desolate streets, her psyche unravels as she confronts an abusive husband and unsettling memories.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-12-22
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Attack of the Mayan Mummy
1964-01-01
Attack of the Mayan Mummy
Overview: A scientist hypnotically regresses a woman to a previous life, a Mayan princess, who leads him to a secret tomb where the princess was buried - and the mummy of an ancient warrior, cursed to live after death and guard the treasure buried with her. Edited by Jerry Warren from the Mexican horror film LA MOMIA AZTECA, and following its general plot but with 36 minutes of new, American-made footage added and English narration in lieu of dubbed dialogue for the Mexican footage.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-01-01
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The Wild One
1953-12-30
The Wild One
Overview: The Black Rebels Motorcycle Club ride into the small California town of Wrightsville, eager to raise hell. Brooding gang leader Johnny Strabler takes a liking to Kathie, the daughter of the local lawman, as another club rolls into town.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-12-30
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Hot Car Girl
1958-08-17
Hot Car Girl
Overview: In this violent drama, a young juvenile delinquent gets into more trouble when he gets involved with a gang that steals auto parts and resells them on the black market to pay for their beer parties. It looks as if he might actually turn his life around after he meets a good-hearted woman, when he decides to run a final game of chicken against a juvenile delinquent girl who gets killed in the ensuing crash. The terrified boy then takes his girlfriend and splits. He is later shot-down by the police. Later the authorities learn that the boy was set upon his crooked path by policemen who beat him when he was younger.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-08-17
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Valley of the Redwoods
1960-05-08
Valley of the Redwoods
Overview: Wayne, Jan, and Dino try pulling off a heist of a lumber company's payroll, and everything seems to go wrong right from the beginning, in spite of Dino's expertise. The trio take off for the woods in Canada with Wayne suffering from a wound and the law in hot pursuit. To complicate matters slightly there is a romantic tie-up with Jan, someone too tough and efficient to be easily won over.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-05-08
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Curse of the Stone Hand
1965-03-03
Curse of the Stone Hand
Overview: A house by the sea has stood vacant for many years, after misfortune befell several owners, which an artist painting the house explains to a passergy. A cross-editing of principal material from two Chilean films, LA CASA ESTA VACIA and LA DAMA DE LA MUERTE, with the addition of new American-made footage, to create a single story.
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-03-03
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Daddy-O
1958-03-01
Daddy-O
Overview: Phil, a part-time truck driver and singer who wears his pants far too high, meets a feisty platinum blonde who challenges him to a drag race through Griffith Park. When he is caught and loses his license, he meets up with the sketchy Frank Wooster who offers him a job singing in his new nightclub. When Phil discovers that his new job also includes drug running, he must fight to save his friends and himself.
Genres: Crime Music Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-03-01
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Creature of the Walking Dead
1965-06-15
Creature of the Walking Dead
Overview: Brought back to life by his grandson, a diabolical scientist with an unquenchable thirst for blood goes on a rampage. A revision of the Mexican horror film LA MARCA DEL MUERTE, considerably edited and with 20 minutes of new American-made footage.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-06-15
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Last of the American Hoboes
1969-01-01
Last of the American Hoboes
Overview: Previously lost semi-documentary on the rise and fall of American hobo culture.
Genres: Documentary Drama Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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Tell-Tale Heart
1947-02-27
Tell-Tale Heart
Overview: American television adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s story “The Tell-Tale Heart”.
Genres: TV Movie Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-02-27
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I, Mobster
1959-02-01
I, Mobster
Overview: The rise and fall of gang lord Joe Sante. A crime boss appears before a Senate subcommittee. A flashbacks tell his story.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-02-01
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Gunslinger
1956-06-01
Gunslinger
Overview: After her husband is gunned down, Rose Hood takes his place as sheriff of a small Western town.
Genres: Western Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-06-01
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Bunny O'Hare
1971-10-18
Bunny O'Hare
Overview: Bette Davis handles the title role in this highly offbeat crime comedy about two aging hippies who elect to rob a bank to restore Bunny O'Hare's financial affairs after she's been unjustly evicted and rendered homeless. When that heist ends up paying off, rather than take off for the border, Bunny opts for a life of crime with her new partner, Bill Green, played by fellow Oscar-winner Ernest Borgnine.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-10-18
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The Oklahoma Woman
1956-06-15
The Oklahoma Woman
Overview: After six years in jail Steve returns to claim a ranch left him in a will. The town is in the middle of a rough election masterminded by saloon owner Marie. Steve is soon on the side of the opposition candidate and his pretty daughter. The town's tough sheriff is on no-one's side, least of all Steve's
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-06-15
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The Haunted Palace
1963-08-28
The Haunted Palace
Overview: A warlock burned at the stake comes back and takes over the body of his great grandson to take his revenge on the descendents of the villages that burned him.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-08-28
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Wild Rovers
1971-06-23
Wild Rovers
Overview: Ross Bodine and Frank Post are cowhands on Walt Buckman's R-Bar-R ranch. Bodine is older and broods a bit about how he will get along when he's too old to cowboy. Post is young and rambunctious and ambitious for a better life than wrangling cows. When one of their fellow cowboys is killed in a corral accident, Post suggests a way into a better life for himself and his friend: robbing a bank. Bodine reluctantly joins in the plan and the two contrive to rob the local bank. They make good their escape initially, but Walt Buckman and his two sons, John and Paul, are incensed at this betrayal by their own trusted employees. John and Paul set out to bring Bodine and Post to justice.
Genres: Action Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-06-23
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The Cat Burglar
1961-07-01
The Cat Burglar
Overview: Unwitting pickup artist Jack Coley (Jack Hogan) nabs a briefcase holding a costly scientific formula, turning himself into a moving target for owner Alan Sheridan (John Baer), foreign agents and the fuzz -- all bent on a blistering game of finders, keepers. In this stylized crime drama, the quarry coolly eludes the pack while eliciting the aid of an unlikely party: blonde beauty Nan Baker (June Kenney), the attaché's original carrier.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-07-01
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Single Room Furnished
1968-08-21
Single Room Furnished
Overview: The story of woman's change from an innocent teenager to an embittered, disillusioned prostitute and the life tragedies which brought the transformation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-08-21
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The Choppers
1961-11-30
The Choppers
Overview: A gang of teenage delinquents terrorize a small community by stealing cars and stripping them for parts, then selling the parts to a crooked junkyard owner. The police and an insurance company investigator set out to break up the gang.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-11-30
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Hells Angels on Wheels
1967-06-01
Hells Angels on Wheels
Overview: At first gas station attendant Poet is happy when the rockers gang “Hell’s Angels” finally accepts him. But he’s shocked when he learns how brutal they are – not even murder is a taboo to them. He gets himself in trouble when the leader’s girlfriend falls in love with him – and he welcomes her approaches.
Genres: Adventure Drama Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-06-01
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The Case of Patty Smith
1962-05-01
The Case of Patty Smith
Overview: Poor pretty Patty. An "average American girl," she goes on a quiet date with her boyfriend and ends up getting raped by three psychotic thugs. Too embarrassed to report it to the police and advised by her boyfriend to "forget the whole thing".
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-05-01
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Something Evil
1972-01-21
Something Evil
Overview: A young couple moves into a farmhouse in rural Pennsylvania. What they don't know is that there is an unseen presence in the house, and that it wants to take possession of the wife.
Genres: TV Movie Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-21
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The Million Dollar Duck
1971-06-30
The Million Dollar Duck
Overview: Professor Dooley takes home a duck from his research laboratory as a toy for his son, but soon finds out that it lays golden eggs.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-06-30
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The Cry Baby Killer
1958-08-15
The Cry Baby Killer
Overview: A teenage boy panics and takes hostages when he thinks he's committed murder.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-08-15
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The Violent and the Damned
1962-01-01
The Violent and the Damned
Overview: When chain gang prisoners attack their guards, some of the hardened criminals escape Brazil's infamous Anchieta Prison amidst all the pick-ax carnage. The government dispatches a machine-gun squad to round up the fugitives, who have fled by foot and boat and now have begun to turn on each other.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-01-01
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Rock All Night
1957-04-01
Rock All Night
Overview: Cloud Nine, the local teen hangout, has been taken over by a pair of escaped killers, who hold the local teens hostage. The bartender realizes it's up to him to save the kids.
Genres: Crime Music Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-04-01
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Teenage Doll
1957-09-19
Teenage Doll
Overview: The Black Widows, a teenage girl gang, find one of their number killed; they suspect Barbara, sometime girlfriend of the leader of rival gang The Vandals. As the gangs prepare for a rumble, we glimpse the members' home lives, exaggerating every type of family dysfunction; but that of their "average American" quarry is no better. Full of shadowy urban night scenes.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-09-19
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The Perils of Pauline
1967-08-02
The Perils of Pauline
Overview: Pauline becomes involved in a series of adventures around the world and is aided by her ever present friend, George.
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-08-02
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Kismet
1955-10-08
Kismet
Overview: A silver-tongued poet and self-proclaimed "King of the Beggars" searches old Baghdad for a rich bachelor to marry his dreamy daughter, Marsinah. Along the way, he poses as the renowned sorcerer Hajj and gets in and out of scrapes with an elderly thief, a dim-witted wazir, and his wife. Meanwhile, his daughter develops feelings for a handsome caliph.
Genres: Music Romance Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-10-08
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