Sam Jaffe
Also Known As: Shalom "Sam" Jaffe, Shalom Jaffe
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Sam Jaffe (March 10, 1891 – March 24, 1984) was an American actor, teacher, musician and engineer. In 1951, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Asphalt Jungle (1950) and appeared in other classic films such as Ben-Hur (1959) and The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951). He may be best remembered for playing the title role in Gunga Din (1939), and the High Lama in Lost Horizon (1937). Description above from the Wikipedia article Sam Jaffe licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, U.S.
Birthday: March 10, 1891
Deathday: March 24, 1984
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Gender: Male
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Ben-Hur
Overview: In 25 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accused by a Roman childhood friend-turned-overlord of trying to kill the Roman governor, he is put into slavery and his mother and sister are taken away as prisoners.
Genres: History Drama Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-11-18
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The Day the Earth Stood Still
Overview: An alien and a robot land on Earth after World War II and tell mankind to be peaceful or face destruction.
Genres: Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-09-28
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Lost Horizon
Overview: British diplomat Robert Conway and a small group of civilians crash land in the Himalayas, and are rescued by the people of the mysterious, Eden-like valley of Shangri-la. Protected by the mountains from the world outside, where the clouds of World War II are gathering, Shangri-la provides a seductive escape for the world-weary Conway.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-03-03
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A Guide for the Married Man
Overview: A man gives his friend a series of lessons on how to cheat on one's wife without being caught.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-05-25
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Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion
Overview: In this exciting jungle adventure the esteemed archaeologist, Dr Singleton, and his daughter, Mary, travel to mystical Africa in search of an ancient artifact: the fabled Blue Stone of Heaven. Imbued with the unfathomable power to bestow its holder with immense strength, the statuette attracts corrupt Colonel Tatakombi, who, blind with greed, intends to spark an uprising, and turn the natives against Tarzan. Can mighty Tarzan avert the jungle rebellion?
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-09-06
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The Scarlet Empress
Overview: During the 18th century, German noblewoman Sophia Frederica, who would later become Catherine the Great, travels to Moscow to marry the dimwitted Grand Duke Peter, the heir to the Russian throne. Their arranged marriage proves to be loveless, and Catherine takes many lovers, including the handsome Count Alexei, and bears a son. When the unstable Peter eventually ascends to the throne, Catherine plots to oust him from power.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-05-09
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Gunga Din
Overview: British army sergeants Ballantine, Cutter and MacChesney serve in India during the 1880s, along with their native water-bearer, Gunga Din. While completing a dangerous telegraph-repair mission, they unearth evidence of the suppressed Thuggee cult. When Gunga Din tells the sergeants about a secret temple made of gold, the fortune-hunting Cutter is captured by the Thuggees, and it's up to his friends to rescue him.
Genres: Adventure War Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-01-26
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Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Overview: Three children evacuated from London during World War II are forced to stay with an eccentric spinster. The children's initial fears disappear when they find out she is in fact a trainee witch.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Comedy Family Music Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-10-07
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Gentleman's Agreement
Overview: A magazine writer poses as a Jew to expose anti-Semitism.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-11-11
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Main Street to Broadway
Overview: In New York, a surly, down-on-his-heels playwright meets a country girl who's giving up trying to act and returning home. He goes with her for inspiration when his agent convinces a stage star to take his next effort. When he returns to Broadway, his girl stays behind and starts seeing a local businessman.
Genres: Romance Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-10-12
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Under the Gun
Overview: A convicted racketeer becomes prison trustee when an inmate whom he persuaded to escape is killed.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-02-22
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Battle Beyond the Stars
Overview: A young farmer assembles a band of diverse mercenaries to defend his peaceful planet from an evil tyrant.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-09-08
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The Accused
Overview: A prim psychology professor fights to hide a murder she committed in self-defense.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-01-12
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Rope of Sand
Overview: Story of a South African diamond mine watched over by a sadistic policeman tasked with looking out for smugglers.
Genres: Adventure Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-08-03
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The Asphalt Jungle
Overview: Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran criminals together in the Midwest for a big jewel heist.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-05-12
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The Barbarian and the Geisha
Overview: Townsend Harris is sent by President Pierce to Japan to serve as the first U.S. Consul-General to that country. Harris discovers enormous hostility to foreigners, as well as the love of a young geisha.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-09-30
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13 Rue Madeleine
Overview: Bob Sharkey, an instructor of would-be spies for the Allied Office of Strategic Services, becomes suspicious of one of the latest batch of students, Bill O'Connell, who is too good at espionage. His boss, Charles Gibson confirms that O'Connell is really a top German agent, but tells Sharkey to pass him, as they intend to feed the mole false information about the impending D-Day invasion.
Genres: Thriller War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-01-15
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Guns for San Sebastian
Overview: Leon Alastray is an outlaw who has been given sanctuary by Father John, whom he then escorts to the village of San Sebastian. The village is deserted, with its cowardly residents hiding in the hills from Indians, who regularly attack the village and steal all their supplies. When Father John is murdered, the villagers mistakenly think the outlaw is the priest. Alastray at first tells them he is not a priest, but they don't believe it, and an apparent miracle seems to prove they are correct. Eventually, he assists them in regaining their confidence and defending themselves.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-03-20
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The Spies
Overview: A doctor at a run-down psychiatric hospital is offered a large sum of money to shelter a new patient. Soon the place is full of suspicious and secretive characters, all apparently international secret agents trying to find out who and what the patient is.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1957-10-10
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I Can Get It for You Wholesale
Overview: A ruthless fashion designer steps on everyone in her way in order to reach the top of her profession. Eventually she is forced to choose between her ambition and the man she loves.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-04-05
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The Great Bank Robbery
Overview: A motley group of phony church leaders attempts to rob a bank controlled by brothers in 1880's Texas.
Genres: Western Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-06-24
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Quarantined
Overview: A family of doctors that runs a medical clinic finds itself up against a sudden cholera epidemic and other difficulties like a movie star who refuses to cooperate with her treatment.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-02-24
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On the Line
Overview: A Border Patrol agent is determined to catch his old nemesis, an American criminal who successfully smuggles illegal aliens across the border from Mexico.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-11-07
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We Live Again
Overview: Nekhludoff, a Russian nobleman serving on a jury, discovers that the young girl on trial, Katusha, is someone he once seduced and abandoned and that he himself bears responsibility for reducing her to crime. He sets out to redeem her and himself in the process.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-11-01
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Nothing Lasts Forever
Overview: An artist fails a test and is required to direct traffic in New York City's Holland Tunnel. He winds up falling in love with a beautiful woman, who takes him to the moon on a Lunar Cruiser.
Genres: Romance Science Fiction Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-09-06
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The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
Overview: Emile Pulska is visiting his old friend Abe Stillman. During the visit they are attacked and Emile is struck senseless. When he wakes up he is told that Abe is dead, dead by natural causes, the doctors tell him. When Emile insists that they were attacked, his relatives try to give him psychiatric help. Emile decides to try to find the killers himself, but someone is watching his every step...
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-10-13
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On Location with Gunga Din
Overview: A documentary focusing on the production history and legacy of the adventure-comedy phenomenon, Gunga Din.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-12-07
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Enemies
Overview: A humble and long-suffering New York waiter finally turns the tables on a regular, insufferable customer who delights in pestering him about the service. Based on the playwright’s personal experiences as a waiter at a resort in the Catskill Mountains.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-11-11
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Stage Door Canteen
Overview: A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of the theater and films appear and host a recreational center for servicemen during the war. The soldier meets a pretty young hostess and they enjoy the many entertainers and a growing romance
Genres: Comedy Music Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-06-24
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Night Gallery
Overview: This anthology telefilm aired on NBC on November 8, 1969, and tells three strange tales: "The Cemetery," directed by Boris Sagal; "Eyes," directed by Steven Spielberg; and "The Escape Route," directed by Barry Shear. This film also served as a backdoor pilot for the TV series of the same name, which premiered on December 16, 1970.
Genres: TV Movie Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-11-08
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George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
Overview: Biography of the legendary filmmaker directed by his son.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-03
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Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
Overview: An alcoholic drifter decides to run for sheriff in a small town. However, in order to get elected, he must find out who killed a visiting preacher.
Genres: Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-02-01
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Saga of Sonora
Overview: A musical TV special with Vince Edwards as a hero who must stop gold-greedy villains, Jill St. John and Zero Mostel, and prove his love to his girl, Lesley Ann Warren.
Genres: Western Music Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-05-03
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The Tell-Tale Heart
Overview: A retelling of Edgar Allan's Poe haunting tale.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-01-01
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Gideon's Trumpet
Overview: True story of Clarence Gideon's fight to be appointed counsel at the expense of the state. This landmark case led to the Supreme Court's decision which extended this right to all criminal defendants.
Genres: Drama Crime History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-04-30
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Mooch Goes to Hollywood
Overview: A dog tries to become a canine star with the help of Zsa Zsa Gabor.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-12-31
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The Dunwich Horror
Overview: Dr. Henry Armitage, an expert in the occult, goes to the old Whateley manor in Dunwich looking for Nancy Wagner, a student who went missing the previous night. He is turned away by Wilbur, the family's insidious heir, who has plans for the young girl. But Armitage won't be deterred. Through conversations with the locals, he soon unearths the Whateleys' darkest secret — as well as a great evil.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-01-14
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