John Ireland
Also Known As: John Ireland Jr, John Benjamin Ireland
Biography: John Benjamin Ireland (January 30, 1914 – March 21, 1992) was a Canadian-American actor and film director. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance in All the King's Men (1949), making him the first Vancouver-born actor to receive an Academy Award nomination. Ireland was a supporting actor in several famous Western films such as My Darling Clementine (1946), Red River (1948), Vengeance Valley (1951), and Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957). His other notable film roles were in 55 Days at Peking (1963), The Adventurers (1970), and Farewell, My Lovely (1975). Ireland also appeared in many television series, notably The Cheaters (1960–1962). He was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contribution to the television industry.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Birthday: January 31, 1914
Deathday: March 21, 1992
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Spartacus
Overview: The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners and leads the other slaves in rebellion. As the rebels move from town to town, their numbers swell as escaped slaves join their ranks. Under the leadership of Spartacus, they make their way to southern Italy, where they will cross the sea and return to their homes.
Genres: History War Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-10-13
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My Darling Clementine
Overview: Three brothers stop off for a night in the town of Tombstone. The next morning they find one of their brothers dead and their cattle stolen. They decide to take revenge on the culprits.
Genres: Western Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-10-17
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Red River
Overview: Following the Civil War, headstrong rancher Thomas Dunson decides to lead a perilous cattle drive from Texas to Missouri. During the exhausting journey, his persistence becomes tyrannical in the eyes of Matthew Garth, his adopted son and protégé.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-08-26
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Farewell, My Lovely
Overview: Private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by ex-con Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend, a former lounge dancer. While also investigating the murder of a client and the theft of a jade necklace, Marlowe becomes entangled with seductress Helen Grayle and discovers a web of dark secrets that are better left hidden.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-08-08
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The Fast and the Furious
Overview: A framed man escapes prison and takes a wealthy woman's Jaguar with her in it. After she tries to escape numerous times, they begin to develop feelings for each other, and enter a road race that ends in Mexico.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-11-01
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Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Overview: Lawman Wyatt Earp and outlaw Doc Holliday form an unlikely alliance which culminates in their participation in the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
Genres: Western Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-05-30
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Zenabel
Overview: Zenabel, a young woman from a humble background, discovers that she is actually the daughter of a Spanish nobleman who was killed by a ruthless don, Alonso, who took the title. So Zenable assembles a group of misfit friends to reclaim her title.
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1969-12-12
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All the King's Men
Overview: A man of humble beginnings and honest intentions rises to power by nefarious means. Along for the wild ride are an earnest reporter, a heretofore classy society girl, and a too-clever-for-her-own-good political flack.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-11-16
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Party Girl
Overview: Slick lawyer Thomas Farrell has made a career of defending mobsters in trials. It's not until he meets a lovely showgirl at a mob party that he realizes that there's more to life than winning trials. Farrell tries to quit the racket, but mob boss Rico Angelo threatens to hurt the showgirl if Farrell leaves him.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-10-28
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The Gangster
Overview: Based on the novel Low Company. One of the most peculiar film noirs of the 1940s stars Barry Sullivan as a small-time hood who suffers a mental breakdown as his big plans begin to crumble. Beautiful Belita is the slumming society girlfriend who only fuels his paranoia.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-11-25
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Wild in the Country
Overview: A troubled young man discovers that he has a knack for writing when a counselor encourages him to pursue a literary career.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-06-15
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Raw Deal
Overview: Joe Sullivan is itching to get out of prison. He's taken the rap for his accomplice Rick, a sadistic mobster who owes him $50,000 from the job they pulled. Rick sets up an escape for Joe, assuming that Joe will be killed while fleeing. But with the help of his love-struck girl Pat and his sympathetic legal caseworker Ann, Joe gets further than Rick intended...
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-05-21
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Messenger of Death
Overview: Wifes and children of the Mormon Orville Beecham become victims of a massacre in his own house. The police believes the crime had a religious motive. Orville doesn't give any comment on the case, is taken into protective custody. Journalist Smith persuades him to help him in the investigation - and finds out about economic motives for the murder.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-16
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55 Days at Peking
Overview: Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the International Compound in Peking during the 1900 Boxer Rebellion. The disparate interests unite for survival despite competing factions, overwhelming odds, delayed relief and tacit support of the Boxers by the Empress of China and her generals.
Genres: History War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-05-06
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Terror Night
Overview: Lance Hayward, a silent movie star, appears as various characters, killing quite a handful of unfortunates, using various weapons.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-10-01
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I Saw What You Did
Overview: Teenage friends Kit and Libby make prank phone calls for fun but then find themselves involved in a brutal double murder committed by one of their targets.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-07-21
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Queen Bee
Overview: A devilish Southern woman, married to a man who despises her, manages to manipulate those around her under the guise of being kind. But, when her sister-in-law is engaged to be married to the woman's former lover and her husband starts up an affair with her cousin, visting from New York, things start to go awry and she sets a plan to destroy it all.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-11-07
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Guyana: Crime of the Century
Overview: This horrific dramatization of the Guyana tragedy traces the steps of Reverend Jim Jones, a highly charismatic, but profoundly paranoid clergyman, who after years of evangelism and good deeds, begins his own church in the mid-western United States. When Jim Jones becomes increasingly obsessed with the belief that the CIA is "a wicked enemy" who is out to get him, he emigrates with his congregation to Guyana, where he plans to create a utopia. But Jim Jones' utopia consists of a society where he demands his followers turn their minds, bodies and possessions over to him, one that is rife with orgies, physical violence, mental torture, and sexual abuse of children and adults. Ultimately, Jim Jones' paranoia reaches a fevered pitch that culminates in him taking savage action against his own congregation. (VCI Home Video)
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-09-20
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Waxwork II: Lost in Time
Overview: The survivors of the first Waxwork must use a portal through time to defeat the evil that has followed them and turned their lives upside down.
Genres: Horror Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-05-11
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I Shot Jesse James
Overview: Bob Ford murders his best friend Jesse James in order to obtain a pardon that will free him to marry his girlfriend Cynthy. The guilt-stricken Ford soon finds himself greeted with derision and open mockery throughout town. He travels to Colorado to try his hand at prospecting in hopes that marriage with Cynthy is still in the cards.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-02-26
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The Shape of Things to Come
Overview: Planet Earth is a devastated wasteland, and what's left of humanity has colonized the Moon in domed cities. Humanity's continued survival depends on an anti-radiation drug only available on planet Delta Three, which has been taken over by Omus, a brilliant but mad mechanic who places no value on human life. Omus wants to come to the Moon to rule and intends to attack it by ramming robot-controlled spaceships into the domes. Dr. John Caball, his son Jason, Jason's friend, Kim, and a robot named Sparks embark on Caball's space battlecruiser on an unauthorized mission to Delta Three to stop Omus.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-05-04
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Satan's Cheerleaders
Overview: The janitor at a local high school is actually the scout for a coven of Satanists on the lookout for a virgin to sacrifice. One day he kidnaps the cheerleading squad to use for their rituals. However, unbeknownst to the devil-worshipers, one of the cheerleaders is actually a witch, and has plans of her own for the Satanists.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-03-18
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Repeat Performance
Overview: On New Year's Eve 1946, Sheila Page kills her husband Barney. She wishes that she could relive 1946 and avoid the mistakes that she made throughout the year. Her wish comes true but cheating fate proves more difficult than she anticipated.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-05-22
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Miami Golem
Overview: A Miami TV reporter is sent to a local university to do a story on a professor who is cloning a cell from DNA found inside a meteorite. Soon after the reporter leaves, a gunman kills everyone in the professor's lab and steals the cell for a wealthy businessman. When the reporter learns that he is targeted for assassination as well, he enlists the help of two scientists to discover who is behind the crimes, why they stole the cell, and whether or not the cell should be allowed to continue living.
Genres: Action Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-11-12
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The Scarf
Overview: A man who is believed to have murdered a woman, escapes from the insane asylum to find if he was the one to actually kill her using the scarf she was wearing.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-04-06
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Mission to Glory: A True Story
Overview: Father Kino , a 17th-century Jesuit missionary, dedicated his life to helping Native Americans in the Southwest by teaching them agricultural skills as well as building missions and spreading Christianity. An explorer, astronomer and map maker, Father Kino surmounted numerous challenges as he journeyed through California, Arizona and Mexico.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-01-01
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The House of Seven Corpses
Overview: A director is filming on location in a house where seven murders were committed. The caretaker warns them not to mess with things they do not understand (the murders were occult related), but the director wants to be as authentic as possible and has his cast re-enact rituals that took place in the house thus summoning a ghoul from the nearby cemetery to bump the whole film crew off one by one.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-02-01
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Vengeance Valley
Overview: A cattle baron takes in an orphaned boy and raises him, causing his own son to resent the boy. As they get older the resentment festers into hatred, and eventually the real son frames his stepbrother for fathering an illegitimate child that is actually his, seeing it as an opportunity to get his half-brother out of the way so he can have his father's empire all to himself.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-02-14
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Railroaded!
Overview: A beautician and her crooked boyfriend attempt to rob the bookie operation located in the back room, but when the plan goes wrong, they frame an innocent man.
Genres: Thriller Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-09-25
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I Love Trouble
Overview: A wealthy man hires a detective to investigate his wife's mysterious past.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-01-15
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The Swiss Conspiracy
Overview: A Swiss bank discovers some of its clients are becoming the victim of a brilliant blackmailer. The bank's president contacts David Christopher, a former agent with the U.S. Treasury, to help discover who the blackmailer is and to foil his plot. As Christopher delves into the mystery, he uncovers a complicated web of intrigue, car chases, and shoot-outs that takes all of his wits to unravel.
Genres: Drama Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-03-01
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Behind Green Lights
Overview: An unscrupulous private investigator with a penchant for blackmail is found dead in a car and the leading suspect is Janet Bradley, the daughter of a mayoral candidate. With the election just weeks away, shady and ruthless individuals muscle the medical officer into switching the corpse with another body. Lieutenant Sam Carson, one of the few good apples in the bunch must find a way to get to the bottom of it all.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-02-15
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Cargo to Capetown
Overview: A sailor and his captain fight over a beautiful girl.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-04-01
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Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat
Overview: Reclusive vampires lounge in a lonely American town. They wear sunscreen to protect themselves. A descendant of Van Helsing arrives with hilarious consequences.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-05-18
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The Undercover Man
Overview: Frank Warren is a treasury agent assigned to put an end to the activities of a powerful mob crime boss. Frank works undercover, posing as a criminal to seek information, but is frustrated when all he finds are terrified witnesses and corrupt police officers.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-03-21
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The Good Die Young
Overview: An amoral, psychotic playboy incites three men who are down on their luck to commit a mail van robbery, which goes badly wrong.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-03-02
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The Fall of the Roman Empire
Overview: In the year 180 A.D. Germanic tribes are about to invade the Roman empire from the north. In the midst of this crisis ailing emperor Marcus Aurelius has to make a decision about his successor between his son Commodus, who is obsessed by power, and the loyal general Gaius Livius.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-03-24
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Tomorrow Never Comes
Overview: Coming back from an extended business trip, Frank discovers that his girlfriend Janie is now working at a new resort hotel where the owner has given her a permanent place to stay, as well as other gifts, in exchange for her affections. The two of them get into a fight and things quickly get out of control and the police are called and in turns into a hostage situation...
Genres: Action Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-03-02
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A Matter of Cunning
Overview: An ambitious businesswoman will do whatever it takes to climb the corporate ladder.
Genres: Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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Welcome to Arrow Beach
Overview: A hippie girl wandering on a California beach is taken in by a Korean War veteran who lives in a nearby mansion with his sister. The girl soon begins to suspect that the mansion is home to some very strange goings-on.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-05-01
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Villa Rides
Overview: Pulled into the Mexican Revolution by his own greed, Texas gunrunner and pilot Lee Arnold joins bandit-turned-patriot Pancho Villa and his band of dedicated men in a march across Mexico battling the Colorados and stealing women's hearts as they go. But each has a nemesis among his friends: Arnold is tormented by Fierro, Villa's right-hand-man; and Villa must face possible betrayal by his own president's naiveté
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-05-29
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Run, Man, Run
Overview: The legendary Tomas Milian stars as Cuchillo, a knife-throwing thief on the run from murderous bandits, sadistic American agents, his hot-blooded fiancée and a sheriff turned bounty hunter, all of whom are gunning for a hidden fortune in gold that could finance the Mexican Revolution.
Genres: Western Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-08-29
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Mr. Soft Touch
Overview: When he learns that a gangster has taken over his nightclub and murdered his partner, returning WWII hero Joe Miracle steals the money from the club's safe and hides in a settlement home, while the mob is on his tail.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-07-28
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Open Secret
Overview: A couple discovers that their friend has gone missing. Their investigation leads them to believe that anti-semites are behind the disappearance.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-02-14
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Thunder Run
Overview: A vicious band of nuclear terrorists is threatening America's atomic weapons research. Truck jockey Charlie Morrison (Forrest Tucker) volunteers for a last-ditch, suicide scheme to lure them into a trap, baited with a vital shipment of bomb-grade plutonium. Soon, Charlie's high-balling it down a remote desert road with a small army of lethally equipped bandits zeroing in on him. Charlie's secret weapon? "Big Thunder", a 65-foot, 18-wheeled war wagon of merciless high-tech destruction!
Genres: Thriller Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-10-22
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When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
Overview: Some of TV and film's popular western actors reunite in this tribute special hosted by Glenn Ford.
Genres: Documentary Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-06-05
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The Girl on the Late, Late Show
Overview: A television producer decides to find out the whereabouts of a former movie actress whose career has long since faded, then discovers that his inquiries have set off a string of murders.
Genres: Mystery TV Movie Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-04-01
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Treasure of the Amazon
Overview: An adventurer and his buddies race a former Nazi and others to diamonds in the South American jungle.
Genres: Action Thriller Adventure Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-05-30
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Day of the Nightmare
Overview: A young wife's marriage begins to crumble after she's attacked by a knife-wielding woman whom the police believed was already dead.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-10-01
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Faces in the Dark
Overview: A businessman loses his sight in an explosion on the day his wife planned to leave him for another man.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-11-22
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Wam Bam Thank You Spaceman
Overview: Two aliens from a dying planet are on a mission to impregnate Earth women.
Genres: Science Fiction Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-12-31
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Incubus
Overview: In the small New England town of Galen, a young teenage boy claims he has dreams of young women being brutally raped and murdered. A doctor and the local sheriff discover that the boy's dreams are real and that a sinister cult might be behind the brutal murders. They must track down the vicious killer, who may be the indestructible incarnation of a demon spawned from hell.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-02-24
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Gatling Gun
Overview: This dramatization of the origin of Dr. Gatling's self-named invention stands tall in the annals of the Old West. As cavalry transported the high-tech gun across the dangerous frontier, it blasted its way into history to become the predecessor to the modern-day machine gun.
Genres: Action History Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-12-13
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The Adventurers
Overview: The wealthy playboy son of an assassinated South American diplomat discovers that his father was murdered on orders of the corrupt president of the country- a man who was his father's friend and who, in fact, his father had helped put into power. He returns from living a jet-set life in Europe to lead a revolution against the government, only to find out that things aren't quite as black and white as he'd assumed.
Genres: Drama Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-03-25
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Dead for a Dollar
Overview: When the lead robber in their gang steals the money from his two companions, a cat and mouse/back and forth game plays out as the men try to get the money for themselves. But another player, the heir of the sneaky gang leader, is also on the hunt...
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-08-17
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Carnal Circuit
Overview: We follow the Journal reporter Paulo whose close friend mysteriously been taken out of the way and it's now up to Paulo to figure out who the culprits are. The film is set in a drug-scented and "swinging" Los Angeles, where orgies and violence seem to be commonplace, and it soon appears that Paulo is on someone's hit list.
Genres: Horror Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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The Glass Cage
Overview: A circus barker stages a sensational new act, the world's longest fast undertaken by “Sapolio”, on view in a glass cage. But this act also results in several murders, a kidnapping, and a poisoning!
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-04-15
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Roughshod
Overview: Rancher Clay and his brother, Steve, head out across the Sonora mountain pass, followed by Lednov, an ex-con seeking revenge on Clay for putting him behind bars. Clay and Steve unexpectedly cross paths with a group of dance hall girls -- including Mary, Marcia and Helen -- whose stagecoach has broken down, and help them get to the nearest ranch, where Lednov unfortunately catches up to Clay.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-05-11
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The Basketball Fix
Overview: A college basketball star collaborrates with organized crime and becomes involved in 'point shaving.' A sportswriter tries to get him back on the right track.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-08-01
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The Rangers
Overview: The adventures of a group of rangers that are tasked with saving a couple of alpinists and a young lady with a broken leg, while also dealing with a hungry bear.
Genres: Drama Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-12-24
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The 49th Man
Overview: Two federal agents do not believe an atomic-bomb threat is just another war game.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-05-20
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The Steel Cage
Overview: Drama set in San Quentin prison.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-12-01
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A Gun for One Hundred Graves
Overview: At the end of the Civil War, Jim Slade, a young confederate soldier and conscientious objector, returns to his ranch to find his parents murdered and the ranch practically destroyed. He finds and kills three of the murderers and learns the name of the fourth, a certain Corbett. Finally he discovers Corbett as the leader of a gang that has plans to rob a local bank and is invited to help defend the town from the bandits. Teaming with a preacher, who has an agenda of his own, the two take a stand against Corbett.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-08-24
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The Doolins of Oklahoma
Overview: When the Daltons are killed at Coffeyville, gang member Bill Doolin, arriving late, escapes but kills a man. Now wanted for murder, he becomes the leader of the Doolin gang. He eventually leaves the gang and tries to start a new life under a new name, but the old gang members appear and his true identity becomes known. Once again he becomes an outlaw trying to escape from the law.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-05-27
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A Taste of Death
Overview: Scaife, the sadistic leader of a gang of cattle thieves, terrorizes the people of a Colorado mountain town. Bill Ransom, the retired sheriff, is the only one to stand up against Scaife and his men, among whom is Dan El, a former friend of his. Dan El is also the father of Tony, Bill's adopted son...
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-09-14
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Go For Broke
Overview: The Indian called Copper Face is suspected to have stolen a large quantity of gold from a bank.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-03-27
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Security Risk
Overview: An FBI agent on vacation in the mountains begins to suspect that a Communist spy ring may be operating in the area.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-08-08
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Red Mountain
Overview: Towards the end of the American Civil War, a rebel captain flees to Colorado to join a band of Southern mercenaries. He drags an innocent gold prospecting couple into trouble when the husband is accused of a murder he committed.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-11-01
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Little Big Horn
Overview: Two cavalry officers (Lloyd Bridges, John Ireland) lead a patrol to warn Gen. Custer about an ambush.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-06-15
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Blood River
Overview: A bunch of unscrupulous men make havoc of a tribe of Indians to take their land. A survivor of the massacre decides to avenge his people by killing the whole bunch one by one.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-08-18
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Challenge of McKenna
Overview: A former priest becomes embroiled in the drama raging between a Mexican rancher, his unhappy daughter and psychotic son whilst dealing with his own issues of guilt and a loss of faith. A new relationship with the local brothel keeper seems to offer a fresh start but the rancher and his son are set on making him pay for his interference and his own inner demons are never far away.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1970-03-21
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It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
Overview: A pretty blonde with a Doberman pinscher walks into a bar on April Fool's Day and asks for a bag of bones. Thus begins a merry chase in which a newspaper reporter, a drunken policeman and a hand-painted necktie help locate the missing witness in a criminal investigation.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-07-01
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The Perfect Killer
Overview: Betrayed by his girl and best friend, thief Harry Chapman takes the fall for a racetrack robbery. While in prison, he is offered a chance to participate in an escape plan. What he doesn't know is that once he is on the outside, the group responsible for the prison break has Harry in their debt and they use him as a hit-man. Naturally, he grows tired of the job and splits because he is hellbent on getting revenge on the former partners. So the mob puts young hit-man Luc on Harry's trail.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1977-11-30
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Return of a Stranger
Overview: An obsessed man returns to claim the woman he loves.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-01-01
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Arizona Bushwhackers
Overview: During the Civil War, a Confederate spy takes a job as marshal of a small western town as a cover for his espionage activities. However, he soon finds out that a local businessman is selling weapons to a band of rampaging Indians.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-03-01
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The Ceremony
Overview: A man has an affair with his condemned brother's girlfriend while plotting his escape in Tangier.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-12-18
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Gunslinger
Overview: After her husband is gunned down, Rose Hood takes his place as sheriff of a small Western town.
Genres: Western Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-06-01
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Hannah Lee: An American Primitive
Overview: Professional killer Bus Crow is hired by cattlemen to eliminate squatters. When Marshal Sam Rochelle is sent to investigate, saloon owner Hallie has to be a reluctant witness.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-07-13
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Stormy Crossing
Overview: After murdering his lover, cross-channel swimmer Joy Webster, Derek Bond attempts to do same to her other boyfriend, Sheldon Lawrence. John Ireland plays an Interpol detective who stems Bond's homicidal hijinks. Black Tide was produced by Monty Berman in his pre-Saint days.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-08-01
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No Time To Kill
Overview: A vengeful ex-con, framed and sentenced to eight years on for arson, heads to Sweden to look for the real guilty party.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-01-02
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Martin's Day
Overview: Threatened with recapture after a prison escape, Martin Stechert grabs a 12-year-old as hostage. He proves to be named Martin, too a quiet "good little boy" always obeying the rules, whom life has given only dismal loneliness and frustration in return. Soon he begins to admire "Stech" for his cheeky pranks against society and his desperate mission to make dreams come true. In a climactic moment, he chooses to stay with the man even though he could run away. Via hijacks and hijinx, they flee to the idyllic peace of the older Martin's childhood home, a cabin on a lake. But the police are close behind, impatient and trigger-happy.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-02-22
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Anna Lucasta
Overview: A prostitute is thrown out of her house by her alcoholic father, and her scheming brother-in-law tries to devise a plan to marry her off and make some money in the process.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-07-11
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Hurricane Smith
Overview: South Sea freebooters fight for hidden treasure and the love of the beautiful Luana.
Genres: Adventure Action Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-10-02
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Fort Utah
Overview: An ex-gunfighter goes up against a man who is trying to stir up trouble with the Indians to enrich himself.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-09-01
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Marilyn: The Untold Story
Overview: The story of the life and times of the legendary Hollywood blonde bombshell, Marilyn Monroe, from her meteoric rise to stardom to her marriages and untimely death.
Genres: Drama History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-11-10
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Merlin
Overview: A modern-day retelling of the Arthurian legend with the Lady of the Lake as a reporter and Pendragon as an evil businessman. Merlin's immortal apprentice is trying to protect a powerful sword forged by Merin from the clutches of Pendragon.
Genres: Fantasy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-04-30
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This Is Korea!
Overview: John Ford's documentary about the early battles of the Korean War, shot in color.
Genres: Documentary War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-08-10
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The Walking Hills
Overview: A study in greed in which treasure hunters seek a shipment of gold buried in Death Valley.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-03-05
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A Southern Yankee
Overview: Red Skelton plays Aubrey Filmore, a feather-brained but lovable bellboy who dreams of becoming an agent for the Union's secret service during the Civil War.
Genres: Comedy History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-08-05
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Dirty Heroes
Overview: Set near the end of World War II in the Netherlands, Dirty Heroes concerns a group of ex-convicts recruited into the U.S. Army to recover Dutch jewels originally stolen by the Nazis as well as confiscated Allied plans
Genres: War Action
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1967-09-21
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Wake Up and Dream
Overview: Aided by her eccentric friends, a young woman goes looking for her missing brother.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-12-02
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The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling
Overview: Screen icon Charlotte Rampling has fascinated the world of cinema, fashion and photography with her mysterious and almost inaccessible beauty. A major figure in genre and auteur films, she is unclassifiable: between presence and absence, shyness and audacity, she's always hypnotic, magnetic and fascinating. From her film debut in the mid-1960s in England, to her unconventional career path, through the tragic loss suicide of her older sister that will irremediably mark her acting, this film is a dive into the existential quest of a complex actress, whose every facet is discovered through her roles. Through a conversation with the actress herself, along with personal archives and extracts from her films, this documentary raws a dazzling portrait of her life and career.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-06-18
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The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
Overview: Samuel Fuller discusses his career as a filmmaker, illustrated by plenty of clips.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-07-02
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On the Air Live with Captain Midnight
Overview: A suburban teen stars a pirate radio station in the back of his van and becomes a cult hero.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-07-12
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Southwest Passage
Overview: As the Cavalry tests the viability of bringing camels to US deserts, a surveyor, Arab drivers, and fugitive bank robbers confront Apaches and thirst. Originally filmed in 3-D
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-04-01
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We Are No Angels
Overview: Two wannabes rig a fight with a large prize fighter to buy a car.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1975-09-25
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Crossbar
Overview: The story of an Olympic high jumper, played by Brent Carver, who loses his leg and yet doggedly persists in his pursuit of athletic glory. Released a year before Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope, this made-for-Canadian-TV movie, which also stars Sex and the City's Kim Cattrall, has been described as a tear-jerker.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-07-21
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The Graveyard Story
Overview: After a rich man discovers a grave of a little girl, some unknown force drives him to discover the circumstances of her death. He hires a private eye to do so, and discovers more than he ever imagined.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-07-29
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Sex Diary
Overview: The Don Juan of a small provincial town saves from suicide a young American girl who falls in love with him. The citizens, after having discovered that the girl is very rich, will do everything to organize the marriage between them.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1975-07-27
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The Ransom
Overview: A Native American travels around a resort town, murdering cops and rich people with a high-powered crossbow, while demanding that the town's richest residents pay him money to stop the killings.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-04-29
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Vengeance for Vengeance
Overview: Major Bower’s wife tells her lover Chaliko where her father’s fortune is hidden. When the major finds out he murders her and with his gang, goes after Chaliko.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-09-19
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Caxambu!
Overview: Thieves hijack an aircraft loaded with diamonds, and then must face deadly Amazonian headhunters when the plane crashes in the jungles of Caxambu, Brazil.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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Bloody Che Contra
Overview: The story of Che Guevara's desperate attempt to escape the mountains of Bolivia. Pursued by an elite ranger unit of the army led by a determined CIA agent, Che is eventually trapped and his men are killed.
Genres: History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-01-01
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The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog
Overview: The story of a champion Eskimo sled dog named Kavik who survives a plane crash in the wilds of Alaska and is found and cared for by a young boy named Andy Evans. But the dog's owner finds Kavik and takes him back to his home in Colorado where the dog escapes and embarks on a 2,000-mile odyssey in search of Andy.
Genres: Adventure Action Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-20
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Combat Squad
Overview: A tough sergeant helps a raw recruit find courage under fire during the Korean War.
Genres: War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-10-01
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Tourist
Overview: A group of tourists on a "once-in-a-lifetime" European vacation try to rekindle their romances with themselves.
Genres: Comedy Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-07-17
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The Return of Jesse James
Overview: Frank James resents and tries to stop a ruthless drifter who has adopted the name of his dead brother in order to duplicate his crimes.
Genres: Drama Western Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-08-01
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No Place to Land
Overview: A cropduster pilot finds himself caught between two women—one who loves him and the other, who doesn’t handle rejection well, who’s out to destroy him.
Genres: Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-10-03
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The Millionaire
Overview: Three people's lives are drastically changed when they are suddenly given one million dollars each by an eccentric billionaire in this pilot to a prospective new series which the producers hoped would equal the success of the original one that ran from 1955 to 1960.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-12-19
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Delta Fox
Overview: Woman is kidnaped by hitman who discovers that he is the target of another hitman.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-10-31
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Brushfire
Overview: Group of farmers go to the rescue of a couple kidnapped by rebels, who want to exchange them for weapons and ammunition.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-03-01
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Salon Kitty
Overview: Kitty runs a brothel in Nazi Germany where the soldiers come to "relax". Recording devices have been installed in each room by a power hungry army official who plans to use the information to blackmail Hitler and gain power himself. A girl named Margherita discovers the little ploy and with Kitty's help plans to take on the dangerous task of exposing the conspiracy.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1976-03-02
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3-D Rarities
Overview: Selections include Kelley's Plasticon Pictures, the earliest extant 3-D demonstration film from 1922 with incredible footage of Washington and New York City; New Dimensions, the first domestic full color 3-D film originally shown at the World’s Fair in 1940; Thrills for You, a promotional film for the Pennsylvania Railroad; Stardust in Your Eyes, a hilarious standup routine by Slick Slavin; trailer for The Maze, with fantastic production design by William Cameron Menzies; Doom Town, a controversial anti-atomic testing film mysteriously pulled from release; puppet cartoon The Adventures of Sam Space, presented in widescreen; I’ll Sell My Shirt, a burlesque comedy unseen in 3-D for over 60 years; Boo Moon, an excellent example of color stereoscopic animation…and more!
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-06-11
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The Phantom of Hollywood
Overview: The internationally famous Worldwide Studios has hit hard times and is forced to sell its Hollywood backlot to property developers. The trouble is someone keeps killing off the site surveyors. The studio chiefs then learn of the legend of a masked man who lives on the lot and is sworn to protect it from harm.
Genres: Horror Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-02-12
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Bonanza: The Next Generation
Overview: This is the continuing saga of the Cartwrights, only none of the original Cartwrights are here anymore but their sons. Ben and Hoss have passed on, and Little Joe is MIA; he went with Teddy Roosevelt and is currently missing. Ben's brother, Aaron is now in charge of the Ponderosa, and Little Joe's wife Annie also lives there. His son, Benjamin has come back fom the East. Charlie Poke is a man who owes his life to Ben Cartwright and is now the ranch foreman, and is not exactly on good terms with Aaron. Aaron has allowed a mining company access to mine on the Ponderosa, but the man in charge has other ideas. And Hoss' son Josh whom no one has seen before, has come to the Ponderosa to kill Hoss cause he thinks Hoss deserted him and his mother not knowing that Hoss died before he could go back to bring his mother back to the Ponderosa.
Genres: Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-03-22
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Somewhere in the Night
Overview: George Taylor returns from WWII with amnesia. Back home in Los Angeles, he tries to track down his old identity, stumbling into a 3-year old murder case and a hunt for a missing $2 million.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-06-12
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The War Devils
Overview: A German Captain and an American Captain help each other survive the North African desert during WWII. They meet again a year later during combat operations in France.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1969-12-19
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A Walk in the Sun
Overview: In the 1943 invasion of Italy, one American platoon lands, digs in, then makes its way inland to attempt to take a fortified farmhouse, as tension and casualties mount.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-12-25
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The Bushwhackers
Overview: Confederate veteran Jeff Waring arrives in Independence, Missouri shortly after the Civil War, intending never again to use a gun. He finds that rancher Artemus Taylor and his henchmen are forcing out the settlers in order to claim their land for the incoming railroad.
Genres: Thriller Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-12-07
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Hate for Hate
Overview: After being captured during a bank robbery, a cowboy is sent to a prison located in a swamp, where he contracts malaria. He soon escapes and, with the help of a Mexican, sets out to track down his partner, who escaped from the bank robbery with all the money.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1967-08-18
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake
Overview: A woman suddenly disappears after an early morning walk, and her husband is accused of murder.
Genres: Crime Mystery Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-05-15
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Love and the Midnight Auto Supply
Overview: An auto-theft ring decides to help out migrant workers from Mexico with the proceeds from their racket.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-09-24
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Bordello
Overview: Minister with four virgin daughters inherits a bordello. The land contains a silver mine and the corrupt sheriff tries to force them to leave.
Genres: Western Adventure Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1981-02-05
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Joan of Arc
Overview: In the 15th Century, France is a defeated and ruined nation after the One Hundred Years War against England. The fourteen-year-old farm girl Joan of Arc claims to hear voices from Heaven asking her to lead God's Army against Orleans and crowning the weak Dauphin Charles VII as King of France. Joan gathers the people with her faith, forms an army, and conquers Orleans.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-12-22
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Northeast of Seoul
Overview: Three adventurers--at times competing with each other, at other times allied with each other--search South Korea for a magical sword that is supposed to imbue its owner with wealth and power.
Genres: Action Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-04-05
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The Big Parade of Comedy
Overview: Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-09-02
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Escape to the Sun
Overview: Two young university students wish to escape the oppressive Soviet Union. But their plans are monitored by the KGB, who try to intimidate them. One of them is taken into custody and tortured, which spurs them to make an escape attempt that could cost them their lives
Genres: Thriller Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-10-31
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Seasons in the Sun
Overview: A terminally ill pop-music singer's retirement is complicated by the arrival of a defecting scientist and a CIA agent.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-07
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Hell's Horizon
Overview: The pilot, co-pilot, and crew of a bomber try to hit a Korean bridge in bad weather.
Genres: Action Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-12-31
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One on Top of the Other
Overview: A San Francisco doctor encounters a prostitute who bears a striking resemblance to his late wife.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1969-08-15
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Hammer Down
Overview: A string of tough homicide cases confronts veteran Det. Eddie Van Owen and youthful partner Johnny Marks, but the murder of a music video dancer takes their investigation in an unexpected direction. When the duo looks into the killing, a shady producer turns up the prime suspect, and the ensuing scandal spills out of the music world and into gangland.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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