Max Gail
Also Known As: Maxwell Trowbridge Gail, Maxwell Gail Jr., Max Gail Jr.
Biography: Maxwell Trowbridge Gail Jr. (born April 5, 1943)[1] is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Detective Stan "Wojo" Wojciehowicz on the sitcom Barney Miller (1975–1982), which earned him two consecutive Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series nominations. He also won the 2019 and 2021 Daytime Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Mike Corbin on the soap opera General Hospital. His best-known feature film role is in D.C. Cab (1983) as Harold, the owner of the D.C. Cab taxi company.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Birthday: April 05, 1943
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Gender: Male
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Night Moves
Overview: Private detective and former football player Harry Moseby gets hired on to what seems a standard missing person case, as a former Hollywood actress whose only major roles came thanks to being married to a studio mogul wants Moseby to find and return her daughter. Harry travels to Florida to find her, but he begins to see a connection between the runaway girl, the world of Hollywood stuntmen, and a suspicious mechanic when an unsolved murder comes to light.
Genres: Crime Mystery Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-02-27
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D.C. Cab
Overview: The tale of a hapless group of cabbies and a rundown cab company owned by Harold. Albert comes to town with a dream of starting his own cab company but needs to motivate Harold's employees to want to make something out of themselves. It is only when Albert is kidnapped that the cabbies must decide whether or not they are loyal to Albert and his cause.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Crime Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-12-16
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Forest Warrior
Overview: John McKenna is a spiritual being who is able to transform into bear, wolf or eagle. He lives in the forests of Tanglewood and has dedicated his life to protect them. One day a gang of evil lumberjacks led by Travis Thorne arrive Tanglewood to chop the forest down. McKenna cannot let this happen, and together with his new friends - Lords of the Tanglewood, a band of children who love to play in the forest - he battles against Thorne and his evil gang.
Genres: Action Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-11-05
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The Inheritance
Overview: A beautiful orphan of mysterious parentage is asked by her adoptive family to help find a husband for their niece, but when two suitors both fall for the orphan girl, the niece instigates a scheme to discredit her in the eyes of her guardians. Based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott.
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-04-06
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Judgment in Berlin
Overview: An American judge in Germany must decide if the hijacking of an East German plane into West Berlin was justified.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-05-06
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All Together Now
Overview: An optimistic, talented teen clings to a huge secret: she's homeless and living on a school bus. When tragedy strikes, can she learn to accept a helping hand?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-08-28
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Heartbreakers
Overview: Blue, a yet-to-be discovered painter, is left by his longtime girlfriend because she considers him too immature for a lasting relationship. Eli, Blue's best friend, works for his father's garment business and is still searching for a woman who's interesting enough to spend more than one night with. Blue and Eli's friendship is put to the test when they both fall for Liliane, Blue's exotic gallerist.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-09-28
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Judgment Day
Overview: This sci-fi thriller finds the world in imminent danger when a collision in outer space sends huge pieces of interstellar debris on a path headed straight for Earth. A scientist has designed a system that would stop the largest meteor fragments from striking the earth, but a fanatical religious cult have made it their business to stop him. A convicted murderer (Ice-T) with ties to the group must now join forces with an FBI agent (Suzy Amis) to free the scientist from the cult's clutches and prevent millions of needless deaths. Mario Van Peebles and Linden Ashby appear in supporting roles
Genres: Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-11-12
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Not in This Town
Overview: When local hate groups besiege the town of Billings, Montana, the people of the community turn their backs. Only one woman takes a risk and battles the cruel acts of hatred and racism.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-04-16
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Vietnam: The Secret Agent
Overview: Via the New York Times: "...a tough, angry look at the consequences of exposure to the chemical Agent Orange on veterans and others, a chilling issue that is effectively addressed here."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-10-08
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Can You Feel Me Dancing?
Overview: Based on a true story. Karin is a young blind girl who's been encouraged by her overprotective parents to encounter life boldly. Karin meets a handsome young man named Richie, who falls in love with her. Seeking greater independence from her family, Karin becomes romantically involved with him. But Richie's love, too, smothers Karin, who realizes that she is trading one dependency for another. After entering and winning a dance contest, Karin feels strong and determined to find her own way. She accepts the fact that she must face the unknown in order to grow.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-10-13
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Mortal Fear
Overview: Based on the provocative best-selling novel, a brilliant scientist finds the hidden link that can save countless lives, but when a crazed killer uses the same information to play God, millions are at risk. Dr. Jennifer Kessler is the one person who stands in the way of ultimate medical disaster. After witnessing one, then dozens of patients at her hospital mysteriously and unexpectedly die, her search for the truth leads her through a bizarre world of intrigue, passion and controversial secret medical research. As Dr. Kessler races against the clock to find a way to stop catastrophe, she finds herself up against an imposing and terrifying conspiracy implicating the entire U.S. insurance and medical system in the process.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-11-20
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The Aliens Are Coming
Overview: A young astrophysicist searches for sinister extraterrestrials looking for sanctuary for their comrades by possessing the bodies of humans.
Genres: Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-03-02
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You Don't Know Jack: The Jack Soo Story
Overview: The film tells actor Jack Soo's story through a montage of film and television clips, rare footage, interviews with family members, friends, co-workers, and others who knew him best. From his early appearances on programs such as The Jack Benny Show and Valentines' Day, Soo's life is examined both in the historical context of the times, and the grandeur of an earlier Hollywood where stars like Soo succeeded in a multitude of artistic mediums, reminiscent of vaudevillian times. From Soo's early training as an announcer and stand-up comic, to his singing, acting and dancing career on Broadway, culminating with his signature role as Detective Nick Yemana, Soo's unique talent and dedication to his craft are fully explored and captured through a dazzling kaleidoscope of images, music, montages, interviews and stories.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-03-15
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Fun and Games
Overview: A divorcee decides to fight back after her hopes of gaining a promotion are dashed by her rejection of the advances of her boss, and it is only after he actually attacks her that her company and her union take notice.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-05-25
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11th Victim
Overview: A news anchorwoman from the Midwest comes to Hollywood to learn the truth about the death of her sister, the 11th victim of a killer preying on aspiring actresses, and finds herself possibly the next one on his list despite the help of an overworked cop.
Genres: TV Movie Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-04-14
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Underdog Kids
Overview: Inner city kids from a poor neighborhood go up against the undefeated Beverly Hills Junior National Karate Team.
Genres: Family Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-06-07
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Where Are the Children?
Overview: In Cape Cod, Missy and Michael, the two children of Nancy Eldridge, are kidnapped by a man who has disturbing intentions for them. Local police chief Ed Coffin wrongfully suspects that Nancy is behind the disappearances.
Genres: Drama Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-12-12
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The Frontier
Overview: A retired professor and his ranch hand son try to reconnect after years of estrangement.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-03-07
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The Perfect Wife
Overview: When Leah's brother dies in a car accident, she vows revenge on the doc who failed to save him.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-05-21
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Tell Me No Secrets
Overview: Jess Koster is a young attorney in LA who is being stalked by the serial killer she is prosecuting.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-20
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Hoxsey: When Healing Becomes a Crime
Overview: In the 1920s, former coal miner Harry Hoxsey claimed to have an herbal cure for cancer. Although scoffed at and ultimately banned by the medical establishment, by the 1950s, Hoxsey's formula had been used to treat thousands of patients, who testified to its efficacy. Was Hoxsey's recipe the work of a snake-oil charlatan or a legitimate treatment? Ken Ausubel directs this keen look into the forces that shape the policies of organized medicine.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-05-17
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Always and Forever
Overview: Grace and Michael were once inseparable high school sweethearts, but when Grace went away to college, they lost each other. At their 20th high school reunion, they reconnect and find that it is never too late for love.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-10-24
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The Legend of Tillamook's Gold
Overview: Julie, a lonely fourteen year old girl, moves to Manzanita, an Oregon seaside town, from Los Angeles after her writer father, Robert, loses his job. Her family, including mother Kathryn and older sister Susan, has trouble adjusting to life in a small town. Julie parents struggle with her father's unemployment and her sister, Susan, finds solace in a summer fling with Tom.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-04-23
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Naturally Native
Overview: Naturally Native follows the lives, loves, pain, joy and relationships of three sisters as they attempt to start their own business. Of American Indian ancestry, but adopted by white foster parents as young children, each sister has her own identity issues and each has chosen a very different career path. Now dedicated to starting a Native cosmetic business, they attempt to overcome obstacles both in the business world and in the home. A touching love story of family and culture, Naturally Native also interweaves a subtle, but strong wake-up call regarding the treatment of Native people in corporate America. Naturally Native also provides some insight into tribal infrastructure and gaming issues.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-10-08
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Pontiac Moon
Overview: An absent-minded-professor father and his son take off in an old Pontiac to bond during a symbolic road trip through the Western U.S. This while his wife tries to overcome her neuroses to save the family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-11-03
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Dangerous Touch
Overview: A promiscuous radio sex therapist is dragged into blackmail by a young hustler.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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Letting Go
Overview: Letting Go stars John Ritter as a widower and Sharon Gless as a lonely unmarried woman. They meet during a group-therapy session. Romance is inevitable, but the road to true happiness is pockmarked by a series of comic complications. Advertised as a straight romantic drama, Letting Go is actually more akin to the screwball comedies of the 1930s, with a strong satirical bent regarding "behavior modification" theories. The made-for-TV film debuted May 11, 1985.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-05-11
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A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story
Overview: A teenage mother is forced to give up her baby for adoption and, 19 years later, when she tries to contact her son, she learns that he died, under questionable circumstances when he was three years old.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-11-16
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I'll See You in My Dreams
Overview: A sudden loss disrupts Carol’s orderly life, propelling her into the dating world for the first time in 20 years. Finally living in the present tense, she finds herself swept up in not one, but two unexpected relationships that challenge her assumptions about what it means to grow old.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-05-15
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Dirty Harry
Overview: When a madman dubbed 'Scorpio' terrorizes San Francisco, hard-nosed cop, Harry Callahan – famous for his take-no-prisoners approach to law enforcement – is tasked with hunting down the psychopath.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-12-23
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Sodbusters
Overview: A group of homesteaders in 1875 are harassed by an evil, land-grabbing, gunslinging cattleman until a stranger with a mysterious past comes to their aid.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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Overview: In 1946, Branch Rickey (Harrison Ford), owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, took a stand against Major League Baseball's infamous colour line when he signed Jackie Robinson (Chadwick Boseman) to the team. The deal put both men in the crosshairs of the public, the press and even other players. Facing unabashed racism from every side, Robinson was forced to demonstrate tremendous courage and let his talent on the field wins over fans and his teammates – silencing his critics and forever changing the world by changing the game of baseball.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-04-12
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Abundant Acreage Available
Overview: After their father dies, a middle-aged brother and sister wrestle with legacy and ownership when three brothers, whose family farmed the land for generations, return after 50 years.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-09-29
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Act Your Age
Overview: Lake, a young theater actor with no respect for the elderly, is forced to make himself look old, in order to land a part in a Broadway-bound play. His ego drives his girlfriend away, and when research for the play requires him to spend a week in a nursing home, he is forced to review his life choices. Lake eventually learns to abandon his preconceptions and rid himself of the anger that has been holding him back, in pursuit of his dreams.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-01-11
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The Switch
Overview: Larry McAfee is paralyzed from the neck down following a motorcycle accident. He gradually loses the will to live, in the meantime befriending a talk radio DJ over the phone. The two meet each other and become friends, though Larry still wishes to end his life. The DJ reluctantly has a switch installed on Larry's life support that Larry can activate at any time (via his mouth) to end his life.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-17
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Tonight's the Night
Overview: The game of love starts in a typical blues bar. The hot and magic rhythm of the blues makes even the shiest man throw away his fears and participate in the erotic of the night.
Genres: Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-02-02
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Facing the Enemy
Overview: Griff McCleary is a cop, now his son shot himself with Griff's gun. A year later both he and his wife are still reeling from it. Griff feeling shut out by his wife Olivia, decides to move out. Now he is investigating what appears to be a murder-suicide. He believes that there was no suicide. His investigation leads him to a girl named Nikki.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-10-09
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The Last Full Measure
Overview: The incredible true story of Vietnam War hero William H. Pitsenbarger, a U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen medic who personally saved over sixty men. Thirty-two years later, Pentagon staffer Scott Huffman investigates a Congressional Medal of Honor request for Pitsenbarger and uncovers a high-level conspiracy behind the decades-long denial of the medal, prompting Huffman to put his own career on the line to seek justice for the fallen airman.
Genres: Drama Action War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-01-23
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The Hero
Overview: Lee, a former Western film icon, is living a comfortable existence lending his golden voice to advertisements and smoking weed. After receiving a lifetime achievement award and unexpected news, Lee reexamines his past, while a chance meeting with a sardonic comic has him looking to the future.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-06-09
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Mind Rage
Overview: A serial killer's trail of dead bodies leads to the haunting past of two brothers and one woman's love for both men. The fact this features some fairly well known actors (one of whom died in 1997), yet took at least seven years to release, probably isn't a hallmark of high quality.
Genres: Horror Mystery Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-05
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September Morning
Overview: When the world was falling apart, they came together. In the first dark hours of September 12th, 2001, five college freshmen stay up all night in a dorm room confronting the promises of youth that have been severed by national tragedy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-09-08
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Cardiac Arrest
Overview: The "Missing Heart Murders" are plaguing San Francisco - dead bodies that turn up with their hears surgically removed! So a weak-stomached homicide cop looks into the possibilities of a black market for human organs, while across town a man must make a difficult decision regarding his wife, who needs a transplant...
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-28
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Curse of the Black Widow
Overview: Tony Franciosa plays a detective who's on the trail of a murderer whose mutilated and predominantly male victims are found encased in silken cocoons...
Genres: Horror TV Movie Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-09-16
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Killer in the Mirror
Overview: A woman's truly evil twin steals her sister's wealthy beloved and marries him. After his death, she fakes her own demise and returns from the "dead" to claim her sister's identity--and to frame her for the murder of her husband.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-03-31
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Somebody's Daughter
Overview: A stripper and her bodyguard become involved in a murder.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-09-20
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DriverX
Overview: Follow rideshare driver Leonard on a voyage through LA's late-night, temptation-filled party scene, where you never know who's going to get into your car next.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-11-30
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Like Mom, Like Me
Overview: A middle-aged mom and her teenage daughter adjust to life together after Dad's affair breaks up the family.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-10-22
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Deadly Target
Overview: A Chinese gangster in Los Angeles escapes on the eve of his deportation to Hong Kong. A martial-arts master detective and his ragtag team get caught up in the action as they track down this ruthless killer.
Genres: Action Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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Street Crimes
Overview: When two cops start a gym to help keep kids out of the drug trade, the local crime lord schemes to keep control of the streets. Meanwhile, officer Brian romances his partner’s blind daughter.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-09-02
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The Outside Woman
Overview: A factory worker is convinced to hijack a helicopter and help two prisoners escape from jail.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-02-12
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Ride with the Wind
Overview: Frank Shelby is a motorcycle racer for whom age, personal tragedy and a love for the bottle have supplanted hopes of the big time. But when he meets Katherine, a widow whose young son, Danny, has leukemia, Frank forms an unexpected bond with them. And Danny's determination in the face of his illness gives Frank a newfound drive to win.
Genres: Adventure Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-04-18
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Graduation Night
Overview: "Graduation Night" is a coming-of-age comedy about four high school seniors and their wild adventures. Life has many unexpected twists and turns in store for each of them as their lives will forever be changed.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-12
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Man Against the Mob
Overview: In 1930s Los Angeles, a police detective leads an elite squad against a vicious organized crime ring.
Genres: Action Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-01-10
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Desperate Women
Overview: A laconic ex-hired gun in the Old West teams up with three scrappy female prisoners abandoned in the desert, two orphaned children, an army deserter, and a group of cantankerous animals, all of whom try to outsmart and outshoot a ratty gang of desperadoes trying to retrieve their boss' girlfriend and the saddle-tramp's secret cargo.
Genres: Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-10-25
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Intimate Strangers
Overview: A Vietnam War nurse, who was captured by the enemy and held prisoner of war for many years, escapes her captors and finds her way back to America. Upon returning to the States, she must cope with her readjustment to post-war society, POW nightmares and her husband's new wife.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-01
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The Organization
Overview: After a group of young revolutionaries break into a company's corporate headquarters and steal $5,000,000 worth of heroin to keep it off the street, they call on San Francisco Police Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs for assistance.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-10-20
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Foster & Laurie
Overview: The story of two New York City police officers, one white and one black, their ambush and murder by black revolutionaries and the efforts to hunt down and capture their killers.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-11-13
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The Other Lover
Overview: A novelist (Jack Scalia) enters into a complicated affair with a doctor's wife (Lindsay Wagner), who happens to be his publishing company's marketing director and a mother of two.
Genres: Drama TV Movie Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-12-03
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In Memory
Overview: In a seemingly utopian future, an elderly woman must hide a secret to protect the love of her life.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-10-14
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Shangri-La
Overview: When Joe discovers his high school crush has moved into his nursing home, he asks his best friend Alma for help, but little does he know, she has a crush of her own.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-07-27
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Jumping the Gun
Overview: A struggling inventor films his enthusiastic quest to launch a new sport, the 100m Jump Rope Sprint, and cameras follow him everywhere, from therapy sessions with his wife to races with premiere athletes, as his crazy dream runs into reality.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-12-12
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Call to Danger
Overview: A federal agent recruits a computer whiz to try to free a Mafia witness who has been kidnapped and held in a heavily fortified compound.
Genres: TV Movie Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-02-27
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Bloodlines
Overview: Based on one of the most famous mysterious disappearances in the world, Richard John Bingham, the Seventh Earl of Lucan, was accused of the murder of 29-year-old nanny Sandra Rivett on 7 November 1974, at his family home at 46 Lower Belgrave Street, in London. Three days later, police found his borrowed Ford Corsair abandoned some 16 miles away near the docks of Newhaven. Since then there have been many reported 'sightings' of Lord Lucan around the globe viz. Africa, Australia, the Netherlands, Ireland and Sicily.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-11-08
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Gun
Overview: Follows a gun and the different hands it falls into and the different characters that use it.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-04-12
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