Frederic Downs
Also Known As: Fred Downs, Fredric Downs
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
Birthday: May 06, 1916
Deathday: April 24, 1998
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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I, the Jury
Overview: Jack Williams was the best friend of Vietnam veteran and detective Mike Hammer. When Jack is murdered, Mike makes it his business to solve the crime. He is helped by his secretary Velda, and partly helped, partly hindered by the Chief of Police, Pat Chambers. On the trail of the killer, Mike discovers government conspiracies, and plots used by the CIA and the Mafia.
Genres: Crime Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-04-22
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Terror from the Year 5000
Overview: Prof. Erling and his financial backer Victor build a prototype time machine to snatch objects from the past. Latest find, a statuette, radiometrically dates to 5200 AD! When this draws colleague Richard Hedges to the island lab, Erling reveals that 20th-century objects put in the machine seem to be "traded" for analogous future objects by intelligent life. And on the sly, Victor's been trying to get a living visitor. Does the future need help, or is the present in danger?
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-10-30
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Way Down Cellar
Overview: Three friends find a secret tunnel under the ruins of a church that leads them to the basement of a dilapidated house and, incidentally, a group of counterfeiters.
Genres: Family Crime Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-01-07
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I Love My Wife
Overview: Young surgeon becomes bored with his wife and family, he has a very successful career, but even with having so much in life, he feels empty and goes through a series of brief and meaningless relations with attractive women.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-12-21
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Experiment in Terror
Overview: A man with an asthmatic voice telephones and assaults clerk Kelly Sherwood at home and coerces her into helping him steal a large sum from her bank.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-04-12
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Power
Overview: Loosely based on the life of Jimmy Hoffa, this traces the rise of Tommy Vanda (Joe Don Baker) from a Chicago dock worker to an influential labor leader who, like Hoffa, finds himself behind bars in a federal prison, and not long after, taken for a ride by shady men never to be seen again.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-14
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Skag
Overview: Pete "Skag" Skagska is a 56-year-old union foreman of a Pittsburgh steel mill until a crippling stroke forces him to stay home and try to put his life back together and deal with family problems.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-06
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Huckleberry Finn
Overview: Huckleberry Finn, a rambuctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish, plotting father by sailing a raft down the Mississippi River. Accompanying him is Jim, a slave running away from being sold. Together the two strike a bond of friendship that takes them through harrowing events and thrilling adventures.
Genres: Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-03-25
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The Trip to Bountiful
Overview: A woman has to live with a daughter in law who hates her and a son who does not dare take her side. While the unhappy family lives in a Houston apartment, Carrie Watts dreams of returning to Bountiful, where she was raised.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-03-01
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The California Kid
Overview: A sadistic small-town sheriff has a habit of deliberately forcing speeders to their deaths on the mountain roads leading into town. The brother of one of the victims rolls into town in his hot rod to investigate his brother's death.
Genres: Action Thriller Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-09-25
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Bug
Overview: An earthquake releases a strain of mutant cockroaches with the ability to start fires, which proceed to cause destructive chaos in a small town. The studies carried out by scientist James Parmiter, however, reveal an intent with much more far-reaching consequences.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-06-06
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Shadow on the Land
Overview: Patriotic freedom fighters struggle against a fascist dictatorship in a near-future USA.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-12-04
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A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
Overview: One of the most moving stories in the annals of sports is presented in this true drama documenting the love affair of baseball immortal Lou Gehrig and his wife Eleanor. Their romance spans the time period from his days of glory with Babe Ruth and the New York Yankees to his unsuccessful battle with an incurable disease. As the story begins, the talented but shy Gehrig is already a popular Yankee slugger when he meets the outgoing Eleanor. Their romance begins hesitantly, but blossoms as they exchange letters while Gehrig is on the road with the team. However, Gehrig's possessive mother becomes a formidable obstacle, first to their marriage and later to their happiness. But their love for one another proves triumphant. In the midst of their happiness, when Gehrig is at the peak of his career, he learns that he is suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The courage and dignity exhibited by the Gehrigs during this crisis make this a powerful, memorable film.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-01-15
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