Russell Thorson
Also Known As: Russell Thorsen
Biography: Delos Russell Thorson (October 14, 1906 – July 6, 1982) was an American actor, perhaps best known for his co-starring role as Det. Lt. Otto Lindstrom in ABC's 1959-1962 hit crime drama, The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: October 14, 1906
Age: 118 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: July 06, 1982
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It Happened at the World's Fair
Overview: Mike and Danny fly a cropduster, but because of Danny's gambling debts, a local sheriff takes custody of it. Trying to earn money, they hitch-hike to the World's Fair in Seattle and, while Danny tries to earn money playing poker, Mike takes care of a small girl whose father has disappeared. Being a ladies' man, he also finds the time to court a young nurse.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-04-03
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I Want to Live!
Overview: Brazen perpetual offender Barbara Graham tries to go straight but she finds herself implicated in a murder and sent to death row.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-11-18
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Good Day for a Hanging
Overview: As a youth, Eddie came into the town with his gang to rob the bank, but was caught and convicted. Marshal Ben helped him to become a honorable citizen. Now, many years later, the gang returns to again rob the bank. On their flight they shoot the Marshal. Eddie is the only one to identify the murderer - but is in doubt if he shall be loyal to his new or his old friends.
Genres: Western Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-01-01
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36 Hours
Overview: Germans kidnap an American major and try to convince him that World War II is over, so that they can get details about the Allied invasion of Europe out of him.
Genres: Drama Thriller War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-11-26
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Please Murder Me
Overview: A lawyer tries to exact justice on a woman he defended in court -- a woman whom he found out was guilty after getting her off.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-03-01
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Two on a Guillotine
Overview: The daughter of a dead magician who accidentally killed his wife, her mother, while performing a guillotine trick must spend the night in his house in order to collect her inheritance. Is the house haunted or is it all magic?
Genres: Mystery Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-01-13
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Undersea Girl
Overview: A woman reporter, a navy investigator, and a heavyset police detective come across a gang which scuttled a ship in order to loot her later, underwater, for a Navy money consignment.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-10-12
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Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
Overview: An American scientist tells two colleagues about the finding of an abominable snowman living in the Japanese alps, where it is worshipped by a remote tribe as a god, and how it was discovered by modern man after it raided a skiers shelter following an avalanche, killing all inside. This is an adaptation of the Japanese film "Jūjin Yuki Otoko" (1955) with added American-made footage, narration, and music.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-12-01
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Gunfighters of Abilene
Overview: A gunman receives a request for help from his brother, but arrives too late to save him from the lawless rancher who wanted him dead.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-01-01
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Walking Tall
Overview: Ex-wrestler and Tennessee Sheriff Buford Pusser walks tall and carries a big stick as he tussles with county-wide corruption and moonshining thugs.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-02-22
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My Blood Runs Cold
Overview: Wealthy, reckless Californian Julie Merriday, accompanied by her boyfriend Harry Lindsay, an attorney, narrowly avoids crashing into a motorcycle driven by young Ben Gunther. Ben temporarily abandons his damaged cycle and accepts a ride from Julie but insists upon calling her Barbara. Later, at the Merriday beach house, Julie's Aunt Sarah tells Julie that her great great grandmother was named Barbara, and furthermore, that ancestress had an illegitimate child fathered by one Benjamin Gunther.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-03-24
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When Hell Broke Loose
Overview: Near the end of the war in Germany, GI Steve Boland, a self-described "sharp-operator", meets a German girl, Ilsa, and they fall in love. Ilsa's brother Karl, whom she has not seen in three years, and his fellow Nazi Ludwig visit Ilsa. Karl proudly informs her that he and Ludwig are "Werewolves", a group of Nazi assassins parachuted behind Allied lines for the purpose of killing Allied High Command officers. She and Steve go to Army Intelligence with their information, where Steve is immediately arrested for being A.W.O.L. Captain Melton of Army G-2 intervenes on Steve's behalf, as G-2 has had a suspicion about the existence of the "Werewolves" but no concrete info before now.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-11-01
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Run Silent, Run Deep
Overview: The captain of a submarine sunk by the Japanese during WWII is finally given a chance to skipper another sub after a year of working a desk job. His singleminded determination for revenge against the destroyer that sunk his previous vessel puts his new crew in unneccessary danger.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-03-27
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Cocoon
Overview: In this pilot film to the "Hawaii Five-0" television series, special law officer Steve McGarrett tracks down Red Chinese operatives and their spy ring in Honolulu.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-09-20
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Zero Hour!
Overview: In 1950s Canada, during a commercial flight, the pilots and some passengers suffer food poisoning, thus forcing an ex-WW2 fighter pilot to try to land the airliner in heavy fog.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-11-13
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Destination 60,000
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1957-05-12
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The Learning Tree
Overview: The story, set in Kansas during the 1920's, covers less than a year in the life of a black teenager, and documents the veritable deluge of events which force him into sudden manhood. The family relationships and enmities, the fears, frustrations and ambitions of the black teenager in small-town America are explored with a strong statement about human values.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-08-06
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Hang 'em High
Overview: Marshall Jed Cooper survives a hanging, vowing revenge on the lynch mob that left him dangling. To carry out his oath for vengeance, he returns to his former job as a lawman. Before long, he's caught up with the nine men on his hit list and starts dispensing his own brand of Wild West justice.
Genres: Western Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-04-12
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Night Slaves
Overview: A man and his wife stumble upon a town whose inhabitants turn into zombies and head for the edge of town every night... he seems to be the only one unaffected. What is happening to the townsfolk? Who is the mysterious young woman he keeps seeing? Why isn't he affected?
Genres: TV Movie Horror Science Fiction Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-09-29
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Gun Fever
Overview: Luke Ram seeks revenge against the white renegade who lead a Sioux raiding party against his father's stagecoach way station, killing all the inhabitants except himself. He's joined by his mining partner, young Sam Weller, not realizing that they man they seek is Weller's father, in whose gang Sam rode as a young man.
Genres: Western Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-01-01
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Bitter Heritage
Overview: A powerful story of the son of America's most famous outlaw: Jesse James. Jesse, Jr. struggles to return to the town which his father lived. His love interest is Elizabeth Montgomery.
Genres: TV Movie Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-08-07
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The Screaming Woman
Overview: A wealthy former mental patient goes home to her estate to rest and recuperate. While walking the grounds one day she hears the screams of a woman coming from underneath the ground. Her family, however, refuses to believe her story, and sees the incident as an opportunity to prove the woman's mind has snapped so they can take control of her money.
Genres: Drama Horror Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-29
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Incident in San Francisco
Overview: A man who tries to stop a mugging finds himself accused of murdering the criminal after the victim and witnesses fail to corroborate his story. A young reporter believes the man and tries to find out why the parties involved are trying to frame him.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-02-28
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Easy Living
Overview: A football halfback has a heart condition, a nagging wife and a team secretary who loves him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-10-08
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The Stalking Moon
Overview: While moving a group of Apaches to a Native American reservation in Arizona, an American scout named Sam Varner is surprised to find a white woman, Sarah Carver, living with the tribe. When Sam learns that she was taken captive by an Indian named Salvaje ten years ago, he attempts to escort Sarah and her half-Native American son to his home in New Mexico. However, it soon becomes clear that Salvaje is hot on their trail.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-12-25
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Tarawa Beachhead
Overview: A soldier is expected to never question the actions of his commanding officer, but when a Marine sees his CO breaking the law, he finds himself facing a difficult dilemma in this provocative war drama.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-11-02
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Double Dynamite
Overview: An innocent bank teller, suspected of embezzlement, is aided by an eccentric, wisecracking waiter.
Genres: Comedy Adventure Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-12-25
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