David Huddleston
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Biography: David William Huddleston (September 17, 1930 – August 2, 2016) was an American actor. An Emmy Award nominee, Huddleston had a prolific television career, and appeared in many films, including Rio Lobo, Blazing Saddles, Crime Busters, Santa Claus: The Movie, and The Big Lebowski.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Vinton, Virginia, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: September 17, 1930
Age: 94 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: August 02, 2016
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The Big Lebowski
Overview: Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker who only wants to bowl and drink White Russians, is mistaken for another Jeffrey Lebowski, a wheelchair-bound millionaire, and finds himself dragged into a strange series of events involving nihilists, adult film producers, ferrets, errant toes, and large sums of money.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-03-06
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Postal
Overview: The story begins with a regular Joe who tries desperately to seek employment, but embarks on a violent rampage when he teams up with cult leader Uncle Dave. Their first act is to heist an amusement park, only to learn that the Taliban are planning the same heist as well. Chaos ensues, and now the Postal Dude must not only take on terrorists but also political figures.
Genres: Comedy Action Adventure Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-10-18
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Amy and the Angel
Overview: Amy, a depressed seventeen year old high school girl, is visited by her guardian angel Oliver after wishing she had never been born. Oliver shows Amy how important she is to the people in her life.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-09-22
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Crime Busters
Overview: An attempted robbery turns to be an unexpected recruitment when two unemployed men mistakenly break into a police office instead of a store.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1977-04-01
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Go for It
Overview: After Doug picks up hitchhiking Rosco with his truck, they are mistaken for two bank robbers by the traffic police. They manage to escape only to be confused for two secret agents while trying to take a flight at the airport.
Genres: Adventure Action Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1983-02-01
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Bad Company
Overview: After Drew Dixon, an upright young man, is sent west by his religious family to avoid being drafted into the Civil War, he drifts across the land with a loose confederation of young vagrants.
Genres: Western Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-10-08
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Breakheart Pass
Overview: At the height of the frontier era, a train races through the Rocky Mountains on a classified mission to a remote army post. But one by one the passengers are being murdered, and their only hope is the mysterious John Deakin, who's being transported to face trial for murder.
Genres: Thriller Western Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-12-09
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Capricorn One
Overview: In order to protect the reputation of the American space program, a team of NASA administrators turn the first Mars mission into a phony Mars landing. Under threat of harm to their families the astronauts play their part in the deception on a staged set in a deserted military base. But once the real ship returns to Earth and burns up on re-entry, the astronauts become liabilities. Now, with the help of a crusading reporter, they must battle a sinister conspiracy that will stop at nothing to keep the truth hidden.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-12-10
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A Lovely Way to Die
Overview: A cop quits the force after too much disappointment in the system. He becomes a bodyguard of a rich recent widow. She is on trial for her husband's murder. He decides to help her clear her name... and get over her husband.
Genres: Mystery Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-04-19
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Billy Two Hats
Overview: After a bank robbery, runaway Scottish outlaw Arch Deans and his young half-breed Kiowa partner Billy Two Hats develop a father-son relationship, but Sheriff Henry Gifford is determined to capture or kill them.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-03-07
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Rio Lobo
Overview: After the Civil War, a former Union colonel searches for the two traitors whose perfidy led to the loss of a close friend.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-04-01
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Sherlock Holmes in New York
Overview: An affectionate bow to the master sleuth in this lavishly produced original that has Holmes rushing to New York City after discovering that his old nemesis, Moriarty, has kidnapped the son of the detective's long-time love, actress Irene Adler.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-10-18
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McQ
Overview: Police Lieutenant Lon McQ investigates the killing of his best friend and uncovers corrupt elements of the police department dealing in confiscated drugs.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-01-04
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The Producers
Overview: Broadway producer Max Bialystock and his accountant, Leo Bloom plan to make money by charming wealthy old biddies to invest in a production many times over the actual cost, and then put on a sure-fire flop, so nobody will ask for their money back – and what can be a more certain flop than a tasteless musical celebrating Hitler.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-12-25
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Santa Claus: The Movie
Overview: In ancient times, a man named Claus, who delivers toys in his small village, fulfils his destiny to become Santa Claus after meeting an expert toy-making elf, Patch, in the North Pole. In the present day, Santa Claus has become overwhelmed by his workload, and the disgruntled Patch flees the workshop to New York City. There, Patch unknowingly threatens the fate of Christmas by taking a job at a failing toy company run by a scheming businessman.
Genres: Family Fantasy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-10-29
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All the Way Home
Overview: In the early 1900's Tennessee, a loving family undergoes the shock of the father's sudden, accidental death. The widow and her young son must endure the heartache of life following the tragedy, but slowly rise up from the ashes to face the hope of renewed life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-10-17
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A Very Sunny Christmas
Overview: Dennis and Dee decide to teach Frank a lesson "A Christmas Carol"-style, and Mac and Charlie learn some shocking things about their childhood Christmas traditions.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-11-17
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Brian's Song
Overview: Based on the real-life relationship between teammates Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers and the bond established when Piccolo discovers that he is dying.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-11-30
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Country Blue
Overview: Bobby Lee (Jack Conrad) has just been released from jail and wants to make a better life for he and girlfriend Ruthie (Rita George).
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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The Klansman
Overview: A small southern town has just been rocked by a tragedy: a young white woman has been raped by a black man. When young black man Garth witnesses the Ku Klux Klan's violent retaliation against his innocent friend, Garth declares a one-man war on the Klan and hunts them down one-by-one.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-10-25
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The Man Next Door
Overview: A community is shocked to learn that their new neighbor is a convicted sex offender who has been paroled.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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Locker 13
Overview: The story of Skip, a young ex-convict who takes a position as a night janitor at an old-west theme park. His supervisor Archie, teaches him the ropes, but more importantly attempts to convey critical philosophical messages through a series of four stories: a down and out boxer is given the opportunity to become a real golden gloves killer; an assassin kidnaps three people in order to find out who hired him for his latest hit; a new recruit is initiated into a lodge of fez-wearing businessmen where hazing can take a malevolent turn; and a member of a suicide club introduces real fear into a man about to jump to his death.
Genres: Horror Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-03-29
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Frantic
Overview: The wife of an American doctor suddenly vanishes in Paris. To find her, he navigates a puzzling web of language, locale, laissez-faire cops, triplicate-form filling bureaucrats and a defiant, mysterious waif who knows more than she tells.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-02-19
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Heatwave!
Overview: A devastating heatwave hits the Los Angeles area and a young expecting couple try to evade it by escaping to a mountain resort town.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-01-27
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Computercide
Overview: The year is 1995 and Michael Stringer is the only private eye left on Earth. One day, he is assigned by a woman to investigate Eden Isle, a complex for people who want a perfect life started by an industrialist named Korter. Interestingly, Korter is found on a beach and is 20 years younger than he was before. When he gets into the complex, he is caught in a web of mystery.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-08-01
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Sarge: The Badge or the Cross
Overview: After his wife is murdered, a veteran cop quits the police department and becomes a priest. Several years later he is assigned to a parish where he meets the man who killed his wife -- and discovers that the killer was gunning for him instead. The first of two feature-length pilots for the series "Sarge."
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-02-22
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Something to Talk About
Overview: Grace King Bichon, who is managing her father's riding-stable, discovers that her husband Eddie is deceiving her with another woman. After confronting him in the middle of the night on the streets of their small home town, she decides to stay at her sister Emma Rae's house for a while to make up her mind. Breaking out of her everyday life, she starts to question the authority of everyone.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-08-04
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Spot Marks the X
Overview: A dog trained to be a thief is the only member of a gang of bank robbers who knows where a quarter of a million dollars is hidden.
Genres: Family Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-10-17
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The World's Greatest Lover
Overview: When frustrated movie studio mogul Adolph Zitz announces a talent search for a romantic leading man to rival the great Rudolph Valentino, thousands of hopefuls decend upon Hollywood. Rudy Valentine, a neurotic baker from Milwaukee, knows little about romance or acting. But when his wife leaves him for the real Valentino, Rudy goes to outrageous lengths to win the role of a lifetime and win back the love of his life.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-12-18
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When the Bough Breaks
Overview: A Los Angeles psychiatrist testifies for the prosecution in the trial of an accused child molester. Later the defendant, who is out on bail, is found dead in the psychiatrist's office, in what appears to be a suicide. Shaken, the psychiatrist moves to the mountains outside of L.A. Not long afterwards a detective he knows comes to him for help. A seven-year-old girl saw someone kill both of her parents, but is so traumatized by the event that she can't remember anything, and the detective wants the doctor to help jar her memory. Soon, however, the doctor and the detective discover that the parents' murder and the pedophiles "suicide" may be linked to a shadowy group of wealthy and influential pedophiles, and that the child isn't the only one whose life is in danger.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-10-12
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Blazing Saddles
Overview: A town—where everyone seems to be named Johnson—stands in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, robber baron Hedley Lamarr sends his henchmen to make life in the town unbearable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the Governor, so Hedley convinces him to send the town the first black sheriff in the west.
Genres: Western Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-02-07
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Fools' Parade
Overview: When a trio of ex-convicts led by Mattie Appleyard is released from prison, they hope to open a general store using money Mattie has saved during his 40-year sentence. This attempt is met with great resistance from a corrupt prison official and the banker who issued Mattie the check.
Genres: Comedy Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-08-18
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The Tracker
Overview: After a series of vicious crimes by a renegade group of cowboys, led by "Red Jack" Stilwell, a legendary tracker, Noble Adams is pulled out of retirement to capture Stilwell, dead or alive. Reluctantly, needing more men, he allows his son, Tom to tag along, revealing to Tom a whole brutal side of ruthlessness Noble thought he left behind.
Genres: Action Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-03-26
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The Act
Overview: Blackmail, a complex heist, and political snakery collide into a complicated caper full of disguises and surprises, where it's never clear who's really working for whom.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-08-01
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Smokey and the Bandit II
Overview: The Bandit goes on another cross-country run, transporting an elephant from Florida to Texas. And, once again, Sheriff Buford T. Justice is on his tail.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-08-15
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The Greatest
Overview: Muhammad Ali's life story up to the late 1970s, which includes his Olympic boxing triumphs as Cassius Clay, his conversion to Islam, his refusal of the Army draft and the legal battle after being stripped of his World Title.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-05-17
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Margaret Bourke-White
Overview: A biographical account of pioneering photographer Margaret Bourke-White's career.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-04-24
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Family Reunion
Overview: Elizabeth Winfield is a retired teacher, who desperately tries to keep her family together. While she's traveling through the country and meeting her relatives, back in her hometown, a group of shopping mall developers are planning to take over her family land in order to begin their ambitious project. Now she needs to find ways to stop this construction in time before the town's annual festivities.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-10-11
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Zero to Sixty
Overview: A divorced man hooks up with a street-smart 16-year-old who makes her living by repossessing cars from their owners.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-06-23
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Gorp
Overview: Pranksters cause trouble at a summer camp for rich kids.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-05-01
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Black Like Me
Overview: Black Like Me is the true account of John Griffin's experiences when he passed as a black man.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-01-01
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Slaves
Overview: A Kentucky slave (Davis) fights for his freedom from a cruel overseer whose mistress eventually joins him and the other slaves in their revolt.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-07-02
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Norwood
Overview: A Vietnam veteran returns to his Texas home but feels restless and decides to become a radio singer.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-11-24
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Suddenly Single
Overview: A newly divorced man finds it difficult to get used to the single world.
Genres: Drama Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-10-19
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Something Big
Overview: Joe Baker has a dream. He wants to do 'something big.' When he needs a Gatling gun to accomplish this, he seeks out a black marketeer. The price he wants for the gun? A woman! So Baker kidnaps a woman off of the stagecoach, only to find that she is the wife of the commandant of the local Cavalry detachment. Things get further complicated when a girl named Dover McBride shows up. She has come to force Baker to marry her and return east, as he promised to do four years earlier
Genres: Western Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-11-19
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The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
Overview: It's Christmas Eve, early 1930s on Walton's Mountain. As the family prepares for the holiday, they anxiously await Pa's return home from his job in the city some 50 miles away. He is late, and Ma and the grandparents hear on the radio a report of a bus accident that worries them. Oldest son John-Boy must step up to help grandfather cut down a Christmas tree, and upon learning the concern about Daddy sets out to find him.
Genres: Drama Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-12-19
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Brock's Last Case
Overview: A New York City cop who has retired to a small Western town is drawn into the local case of an Indian who is accused of murdering a sheriff.
Genres: TV Movie Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-03-05
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The Gun and the Pulpit
Overview: In the days of the "Wild West," a gunslinger, with a price on his head, discovers the body of a traveling minister who has been killed in an ambush. Fearing those who are following him, he assumes the dead minister's identity.
Genres: Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-04-03
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Nightmare Honeymoon
Overview: A newlywed couple seek revenge after narrowly surviving a savage attack in rural Louisiana.
Genres: Crime Drama Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-09-20
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Shark Kill
Overview: Two adventurers set sail to find a giant man-eating great white shark.
Genres: TV Movie Adventure Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-05-20
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Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
Overview: A turn-of-the-century investigator named Kate Bliss goes to the wide-open spaces of the wild west to capture a gang of outlaws led by a charming "Robin Hood of the plains," leading a band of dispossessed ranchers against a stuffy English land baron who has cheated them out of their property.
Genres: Western Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-05-26
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James Cagney: Top of the World
Overview: Documentary on the life and career of James Cagney
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-07-05
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Life with Mikey
Overview: Michael Chapman, a former child TV star, runs a struggling talent agency specilizing in child acts. When a young girl off the street puts on a real performance after he catches her picking his pocket, he may have just found the next big thing.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-06-04
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The Oklahoma City Dolls
Overview: Susan Blakey plays Sally Jo Purkey, a factory worker who leads a rebellion among her co-workers for equal rights by forming a company football team for women and hires a down-on-his-luck coach (Eddie Albert) to make them winners.
Genres: Action Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-01-23
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Finnegan Begin Again
Overview: A schoolteacher in her early 40s, involved in a dead-end love affair with a married mortician, drifts into a relationship with an aging newspaperman.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-02-24
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Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie
Overview: This behind-the-scenes documentary follows Team Salkind as they set out to bring Santa's "true" story to the screen. Dudley Moore (Patch) hosts; David Huddleston intros in character as Santa.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-12-01
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M.A.D.D.: Mothers Against Drunk Drivers
Overview: A mother relentlessly tries to spearhead a movement for national anti-drunk driver legislation after her own daughter becomes the victim of a hit-and-run by a drunk driver.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-03-13
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Joe's Apartment
Overview: A nice guy has just moved to New York and discovers that he must share his run-down apartment with a couple thousand singing, dancing cockroaches.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-07-26
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Plimpton! Shoot-Out at Rio Lobo
Overview: George Plimpton got a job playing one of the bad guys in the Howard Hawks-directed John Wayne Western "Rio Lobo." In this special we see him talking to Hawks about whether he'll be killed off or not, to Wayne about how to cultivate a special walk to make oneself a star in movies and to himself as he attempts to rehearse his tiny part and while doing so is caught in the frame of a setup for another scene and chastised by Wayne. Wayne calls Plimpton "Pimpleton" throughout this special.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-12-09
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The Priest Killer
Overview: A police chief who is confined to a wheelchair and a former cop who is now a priest team up to discover who has been committing a series of murders of local priests. This is a TV movie and backdoor pilot for the proposed crime series SARGE, this aired as a special episode of IRONSIDE, at a movie-length 100 minutes (2 hours with commercials).
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-09-14
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Saving Grace B. Jones
Overview: In a 1950s-era Missouri town the life of a couple is thrown into chaos when the husband's sister is released from the local asylum and comes to live with the family.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-03-28
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