Russ Bender
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Birthday: January 01, 1910
Deathday: August 16, 1969
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Panic in Year Zero!
1962-07-05
Panic in Year Zero!
Overview: While on a fishing trip, Harry Baldwin and his family hear an explosion and realize that Los Angeles has been leveled by a nuclear attack. Looters and killers are everywhere. Escaping to the hills with his family, he sets about the business of surviving in a world where, he knows, the old ideals of humanity will be the first casualties.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-07-05
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It Conquered the World
1956-07-14
It Conquered the World
Overview: An alien from Venus tries to take over the world with the help of a disillusioned human scientist, as his wife, his best friend and the friend's wife try to intervene.
Genres: Science Fiction Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-07-14
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Live a Little, Love a Little
1968-10-23
Live a Little, Love a Little
Overview: Photographer Greg Nolan moonlights in two full-time jobs to pay the rent, but has trouble finding time to do them both without his bosses finding out.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-10-23
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Anatomy of a Psycho
1961-06-14
Anatomy of a Psycho
Overview: The crazed brother of a condemned killer sent to the gas chamber swears vengeance on those he holds responsible for his brother's execution.
Genres: Crime Horror Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-06-14
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War of the Colossal Beast
1958-06-04
War of the Colossal Beast
Overview: Glenn Manning, "The Amazing Colossal Man," believed dead after falling from the Hoover Dam, reemerges in rural Mexico, brain damaged, disfigured, and very angry.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-06-04
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A Gathering of Eagles
1963-06-21
A Gathering of Eagles
Overview: Rock Hudson plays an Air Force Colonel who has just been re-assigned as a cold war B-52 commander who must shape up his men to pass a grueling inspection that the previous commander had failed, and had been fired for. He is also recently married, and as a tough commanding officer doing whatever he has to do to shape his men up, his wife sees a side to him that she hadn't seen before.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-06-21
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No Name on the Bullet
1959-02-01
No Name on the Bullet
Overview: When hired killer John Gant rides into Lordsburg, the town's folk become paranoid as each leading citizen has enemies capable of using the services of a professional killer for personal revenge.
Genres: Action Thriller Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-02-01
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Invasion of the Saucer-Men
1957-06-01
Invasion of the Saucer-Men
Overview: A teenage couple making out in the woods accidentally runs over an alien creature with their car. The creature's hand falls off, but it comes alive, and, with an eye growing out of it, begins to stalk the teens. Meanwhile, Joe the town drunk wants to store the body in his refrigerator, but some of the alien's buddies inject alcohol into his system, and Joe dies of an overdose.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-06-01
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Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow
1959-07-01
Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow
Overview: A group of drag-racing fanatics, members of a Los Angeles club, move into an old deserted mansion and set up shop, making it their headquarters. They hold a Halloween masked ball for the club's grand opening, and invite everyone to come dressed as their favorite monster! Oddly enough, the festivities turn sour when one of the bright youths discovers an impostor among them in the form of an honest-to-gosh live monster who's been hogging all the dances with the best-looking girls
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-07-01
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Devil's Angels
1967-04-14
Devil's Angels
Overview: A gang of outlaw bikers strike a bargain with the Sheriff of a small beach town; let them stay and the town is safe. But a local girl strays into their lair and sets off a full-scale war.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-04-14
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The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come
1961-06-01
The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come
Overview: Director Andrew V. McLaglen's 1961 drama, based on John William Fox's novel, is the tale of a young man returning home after fighting in the Civil War. The cast includes Jimmie Rodgers, Luana Patten, Chill Wills, George Kennedy, Neil Hamilton and Morris Ankrum.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-06-01
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The Navy vs. the Night Monsters
1966-11-01
The Navy vs. the Night Monsters
Overview: US Navy battles monsters unearthed from the frozen arctic.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-11-01
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Wild on the Beach
1965-08-25
Wild on the Beach
Overview: 3 boys, 3 girls, one beachhouse. The cast of this 1965 comedy includes Frankie Randall, Sherry Jackson, The Astronauts and Sonny & Cher.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-08-25
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The Young Animals
1968-10-01
The Young Animals
Overview: A small Arizona town is plagued by violence created from the tension between Anglo and Mexican-American youths. Tony (Tom Nardini) is the idealistic new kid in school who tries to alleviate long-time tensions between the rival factions. The Mexican gang is led by Paco (Zooey Hall), a hot-tempered youth with good reason to resent some of his Caucasian counterparts due to past prejudices. Bruce (David Macklin) is the leader of the white gang. Patty McCormack and Joanna Frank are the female interests who become victims of the gang struggles. Tony, formerly from San Diego, attempts to change the attitudes of the polarized and violent groups. Simms (Russ Bender) is a bigoted educator who fans the flames of hate, and Wilson (Arthur Peterson) is the school principal who is helpless to stop the violence between the two factions.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-10-01
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Motorcycle Gang
1957-10-22
Motorcycle Gang
Overview: A troublemaker returns to town only to find his old tearaway pals have joined a supervised motorcycle club. Friction erupts between him and the new leader about this goody-goody setup, and about the charms of gang moll Terry.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-10-22
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Space Probe Taurus
1965-01-01
Space Probe Taurus
Overview: In the year 2000, the spaceship Hope One sets off to find new galaxies for colonization. However, an encounter with an alien being and a swarm of meteorites sends the ship streaking off course into a sea of monsters on an uncharted world.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-01-01
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Lover Come Back
1961-12-20
Lover Come Back
Overview: Jerry Webster and Carol Templeton are rival Madison Avenue advertising executives who each dislike each other’s methods. After he steals a client out from under her cute little nose, revenge prompts her to infiltrate his secret "VIP" campaign in order to persuade the mystery product’s scientist to switch to her firm.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-12-20
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Suicide Battalion
1958-02-28
Suicide Battalion
Overview: Second World War drama, set in the Philippines about a group of men recruited for the dangerous mission of destroying an American base to keep strategic papers out of enemy hands when Japanese forces invade. The men spend their last hours drowning their sorrows in a bar, but time is running out. American International Pictures originally distributed this film as a double feature with "Jet Attack".
Genres: War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-02-28
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The Amazing Colossal Man
1957-10-25
The Amazing Colossal Man
Overview: Lt. Col. Glenn Manning is inadvertently exposed to a plutonium bomb blast and although he sustains burns over 90% of his body, he survives. Then he begins to grow, but as he grows he starts losing his mind. By the time he stops he is 50 ft tall, insane and is on the rampage.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-10-25
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Maryjane
1968-02-01
Maryjane
Overview: A teacher trying to break up a local drug ring is framed and arrested for possession of marijuana.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-02-01
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Dragstrip Girl
1957-04-24
Dragstrip Girl
Overview: Girl loves hot cars and a rich dragstrip racer. Her parents don't like either one.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-04-24
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The Joker is Wild
1957-09-26
The Joker is Wild
Overview: A Prohibition-era nightclub crooner has his career is cut short when his throat is slashed by a mob boss.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-09-26
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Days of Wine and Roses
1963-02-04
Days of Wine and Roses
Overview: An alcoholic falls in love with and gets married to a young woman, whom he systematically addicts to booze so they can share his "passion" together.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-02-04
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Walk Tall
1960-09-01
Walk Tall
Overview: To keep peace, an Army captain (Willard Parker) hunts for an outlaw-gang leader (Kent Taylor) who is raiding Indians.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-09-01
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I Saw What You Did
1965-07-21
I Saw What You Did
Overview: Teenage friends Kit and Libby make prank phone calls for fun but then find themselves involved in a brutal double murder committed by one of their targets.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-07-21
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Jack the Ripper
1958-03-08
Jack the Ripper
Overview: Comprised of 4 episodes from the unsold TV series "The Veil" (1958) - "Summer Heat," "Genesis," "Food on the Table," and "Jack the Ripper."
Genres: Fantasy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-03-08
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Air Patrol
1962-07-17
Air Patrol
Overview: L.A. detective Sgt. Castle and his two partners investigate the theft of a valuable Fragonard painting by a thief who pilots a helicopter.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-07-17
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Vice Raid
1959-12-01
Vice Raid
Overview: A prostitute sets out to frame a cop.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-12-01
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Raiders from Beneath the Sea
1964-12-12
Raiders from Beneath the Sea
Overview: A down-on-his-luck apartment house manager hatches a plan to rob a Catalina Island bank and escape with his accomplices using scuba gear.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-12-12
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The Purple Hills
1961-10-31
The Purple Hills
Overview: When a bounty hunter kills an outlaw for the reward, he has to deal with both a man falsely claiming he made the kill, and the revengeful brother of the dead man.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-10-31
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Badlands of Montana
1957-05-01
Badlands of Montana
Overview: Wanting to follow in his late father's footsteps, eager reformer Steve Brewster runs for mayor of a small Montana town but is forced to flee and join a gang of notorious outlaws after he's provoked into killing two corrupt officials in self-defense. Gang leader Hammer takes Steve in, and Steve falls for his daughter, Susan, but his loyalties are divided when he's appointed marshal of his hometown.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-05-01
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The Satan Bug
1965-03-26
The Satan Bug
Overview: A US government germ warfare lab has had an accident. The first theory is that one of the germs has been released and killed several scientists. The big fear is that a more virulent strain, named The Satan Bug because all life can be killed off by it should it escape, may have been stolen.
Genres: Science Fiction Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-03-26
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I Bury the Living
1958-07-01
I Bury the Living
Overview: A newly appointed cemetery chairman believes that, merely by inserting a black plot-marking pin into a wall-sized map of the cemetery, he can cause the deaths of that plot's owner.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-07-01
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The Strangler
1964-04-01
The Strangler
Overview: An overweight lab technician with low self esteem, brought on by his dominant mother, becomes a serial killer of female nurses.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-04-01
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King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
1961-06-11
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
Overview: Gambler Arnold Rothstein marries an actress, avenges his buddy and meets an underworld fate.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-06-11
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Man of a Thousand Faces
1957-08-15
Man of a Thousand Faces
Overview: The turbulent life and professional career of vaudeville actor and silent screen horror star Lon Chaney (1883-1930), the man of a thousand faces; bearer of many personal misfortunes that even his great success could not mitigate.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-08-15
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The War of the Worlds
1953-08-13
The War of the Worlds
Overview: The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they discover it is the first of many transport devices from Mars bringing an army of invaders invincible to any man-made weapon, even the atomic bomb.
Genres: Science Fiction Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-08-13
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Hot Rod Gang
1958-08-01
Hot Rod Gang
Overview: A kid who wants to enter his car in the drag races joins a rock band to make enough money to do it.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-08-01
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Cowboy
1958-01-23
Cowboy
Overview: Chicago hotel clerk Frank Harris dreams of life as a cowboy, and he gets his chance when, jilted by the father of the woman he loves, he joins Tom Reece and his cattle-driving outfit. Soon, though, the tenderfoot finds out life on the range is neither what he expected nor what he's been looking for...
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-01-23
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Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man
1962-07-25
Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man
Overview: Young and restless Nick Adams, the only son of a domineering mother and a weak but noble doctor father, leaves his rural Michigan home to embark on an eventful cross-country journey. He is touched and affected by his encounters with a punch-drunk ex-boxer, a sympathetic telegrapher, and an alcoholic advanceman for a burlesque show. After failing to get a job as reporter in New York, he enlists in the Italian army during World War I as an ambulance driver. His camaraderie with fellow soldiers and a romance with a nurse he meets after being wounded propel him to manhood.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-07-25
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