Tol Avery
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Biography: Tol Avery (August 28, 1915 - August 27, 1973) was an American actor.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Birthday: August 28, 1915
Deathday: August 27, 1973
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Twist Around The Clock
Overview: The plot is virtually identical to the plot of the earlier film "Rock Around the Clock." A struggling manager visits a hayseed town and discovers a new dance craze, and hopes to turn it into a overnight nationwide sensation. Features performances by Chubby Checker and Dion.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-12-30
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Naked Alibi
Overview: Questioned as a murder suspect, solid (but drunk) citizen Al Willis attacks his police questioners, is beaten, and swears vengeance against them. Next night, Lieut. Parks is murdered; Willis is the only suspect in the eyes of tough Chief Conroy, who pursues him doggedly despite lack of evidence. The obsessed Conroy is dismissed from the force, but continues to harass Willis, who flees to a sleazy town on the Mexican border. Of course, Conroy follows. But which is crazy, Conroy or Willis?
Genres: Crime Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-10-01
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I'll Cry Tomorrow
Overview: Deprived of a normal childhood by her ambitious mother, Lillian Roth becomes a star of Broadway and Hollywood before she is twenty. Shortly before her marriage to her childhood sweetheart, David Tredman, he dies and Lillian takes her first drink of many down the road of becoming an alcoholic.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-12-25
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Buchanan Rides Alone
Overview: Passing through a border town, a man is caught up in a Mexican's murder of a member of the town's most powerful family.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-08-01
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The Case Against Brooklyn
Overview: A rookie cop takes on criminals who have the local government in their pocket.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-06-01
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Man-Trap
Overview: Helmed by Edmond O'Brien, this slick crime thriller stars Jeffrey Hunter as naïve Matt Jameson, whose Korean War pal Vince Biskay talks Matt into helping commandeer nearly $4 million from a Central American dictator. After Vince is wounded in a gun battle as they're making off with the loot, the duo holes up at Matt's house -- where his boozy, promiscuous wife puts the moves on Vince.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-09-20
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This Rebel Breed
Overview: To combat the problem of drug-dealing juvenile delinquents operating in racial gangs, two recent police academy graduates are sent to a local high school, posing as students. [Initially released in theaters in 1960 as "This Rebel Breed", it was re-released as "The Black Rebels" five years later, re-edited with the addition of a handful of dialogue-free scenes of youths making out in a bedroom, with partial female nudity.]
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-03-19
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The Marcus-Nelson Murders
Overview: A homicide detective begins to suspect that the black teenager accused of murdering two white girls is being framed by his fellow detectives.
Genres: TV Movie Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-03-08
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Scarlet Angel
Overview: After robbing a sea captain in New Orleans, a beautiful saloon girl flees and assumes a dead woman's identity.
Genres: Adventure Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-06-20
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Gambling House
Overview: A gambler faces deportation when he gets mixed up with murder.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-12-27
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Period of Adjustment
Overview: A newlywed couple on their honeymoon visit friends who are having marital problems of their own.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-10-31
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Set This Town on Fire
Overview: After serving seven years in prison for manslaughter, a man returns to his hometown to find that the eyewitness whose testimony convicted him has second thoughts, and the town drunk has confessed to the crime.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-01-08
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The Unholy Wife
Overview: A woman marries a man for his wealth, then concocts a plan to kill him, take his money, and run off with her lover. Things go wrong when they accidentally kill the wrong person.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-06-24
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North by Northwest
Overview: Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
Genres: Thriller Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-07-08
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R.P.M.
Overview: R.P.M. stands for (political) revolutions per minute. Anthony Quinn plays a liberal college professor at a west coast college during the hedy days of campus activism in the late 1960s. Radical students take over the college, the president resigns, and Quinn's character, who has always been a champion of student activism, is appointed president. As the students continue to push the envelope of revolution, Quinn's character is faced with the challenge of restoring order or abetting the descent into anarchy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-09-16
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Where Danger Lives
Overview: A young doctor falls in love with a disturbed young woman and apparently becomes involved in the death of her husband. They head for Mexico trying to outrun the law.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-11-16
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All That Heaven Allows
Overview: Two different social classes collide when Cary Scott, a wealthy upper-class widow, falls in love with her much younger and down-to-earth gardener, prompting disapproval and criticism from her children and country club friends.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-12-25
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She Couldn't Say No
Overview: An heiress decides to pass out anonymous gifts in a small town.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-02-15
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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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Bunco Squad
Overview: Police sergeants Johnson and McManus take on Los Angeles confidence tricksters. Con man Tony Wells, lining up rich widow Jessica Royce as his latest mark, sets up a false paranormal society with other charlatans to convince the credulous Jessica that her late son is speaking to her through their sham seances. When the plan leads to murder, Johnson and McManus must bring the group down before they kill again.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-09-01
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A Ticklish Affair
Overview: A young widow Amy Martin with three young boys is investigated by the Navy after one of her children inadvertently sends out a distress signal in Morse code by the blinds on his upstairs bedroom window. Commander Weedon and crew observe the signal from their ship and investigates. He falls for the young mother and proposes marriage. However, she is reluctant to have her family live out of a suitcase and initially declines. Gramps tries to bring her on board to sail the sea of love with the commander.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-08-18
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His Kind of Woman
Overview: Career gambler Dan Milner agrees to a $50,000 deal to leave the USA for Mexico, only to find himself entangled with fellow guests at a luxurious resort and suspecting that the man who hired him may be the deported crime boss Nick Ferraro aiming to re-enter to the USA.
Genres: Crime Comedy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-08-15
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WUSA
Overview: Rheinhardt, a cynical drifter, gets a job as an announcer for right-wing radio station WUSA in New Orleans. Rheinhardt is content to parrot WUSA's reactionary editorial stance on the air, even if he doesn't agree with it. Rheinhardt finds his cynical detachment challenged by a lady friend, Geraldine, and by Rainey, a neighbour and troubled idealist who becomes aware of WUSA's sinister, hidden purpose. And when events start spinning out of control, even Rheinhardt finds he must take a stand.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-08-19
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Hotel
Overview: This is the story of the clocklike movements of a giant, big city New Orleans hotel. The ambitious yet loyal manager wrestles with the round-the-clock drama of its guests. A brazen sneak thief, who nightly relieves the guests of their property, is chased through the underground passages of the hotel. The big business power play for control of the hotel and the VIP diplomat guest with a secret add to the excitement.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-01-19
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