Ralph Manza
Also Known As: Ralph A. Manza Jr., Ralph B. Manza, Ralph P. Manza
Biography: Ralph Manza was an American screen and television character actor.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: December 01, 1921
Age: 103 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: January 31, 2000
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Godzilla
Overview: French nuclear tests irradiate an iguana into a giant monster that viciously attacks freighter ships in the Pacific Ocean. A team of experts, including Niko Tatopoulos, conclude that the oversized reptile is the culprit. Before long, the giant lizard is loose in Manhattan as the US military races to destroy the monster before it reproduces and it's spawn takes over the world.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-05-20
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Dave
Overview: A sweet-natured Temp Agency operator and amateur Presidential look-alike is recruited by the Secret Service to become a temporary stand-in for the President of the United States.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-05-07
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The One and Only
Overview: Andy Schmidt manages to win fellow student Mary’s heart, but getting a job after college turns out much harder than expected. Desperate and dreaming of stardom, he tries wrestling.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-02-03
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Donovan's Kid
Overview: Timothy Donovan, a con-man, returns to San Francisco to see his wife and daughter. Realizing his family is under the control of his wife's domineering uncle, Timothy Donovan teams up with a fellow con-man to free them.
Genres: Western Family Adventure Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-01-07
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The Wild Party
Overview: An aging silent movie comic star throws a lavish party to try and save his failing career.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-03-01
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While the City Sleeps
Overview: Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed "The Lipstick Killer".
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-04-19
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That Touch of Mink
Overview: Cathy Timberlake is en route to a job interview when a car transporting businessman Philip Shayne covers her in mud. He sends his assistant, Roger, to apologize, but upon meeting Cathy, Roger knows that she would be a suitable match for his boss. Despite their mutual attraction, Cathy and Philip want different things. Philip wants a fling, while Cathy wants a marriage. As they travel to exotic locales, their differing motivations are put to the test.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-06-14
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Dragnet
Overview: Also known as "Dragnet 1966," this TV movie was originally the pilot for the 1967 relaunch of the original 1950s "Dragnet" radio show and TV show (which also had its own movie in 1954, from the same creative team). However, the pilot wasn't actually aired until 1969. In this feature-length entry, Sgt. Joe Friday is called back from vacation to work with his partner, Officer Bill Gannon, on a missing persons case. Two amateur female models and a young war widow have vanished, having been last seen with one J. Johnson. In the course of tracking down Johnson and the young ladies, the detectives wind up with two different descriptions of the suspect, one of which closely resembles a dead body found in a vacant lot. But the dead man, later identified as Charles LeBorg of France, proves not to be J. Johnson, when a third young model disappears.
Genres: Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-01-27
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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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The Philadelphia Experiment
Overview: Based on an "actual event" that took place in 1943. About a US Navy Destroyer Escort that disappeared from the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, and sent two men 40 years into the future to 1984.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-10-05
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Retribution
Overview: After a depressed artist miraculously survives a suicide attempt, a series of horrific murders leads him to realize he may have been possessed by the vengeful spirit of a murdered gangster.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-10-01
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The Cat from Outer Space
Overview: A UFO is stranded on earth and impounded by the US government. Its pilot, a cat with a collar that gives it special powers, including the ability to communicate with humans, has eluded the authorities and seeks the help of a scientist in order to reclaim and repair his ship and get back home.
Genres: Comedy Family Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-06-09
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Love at First Bite
Overview: Dracula and Renefield relocate to '70s era New York in search of Cindy Sondheim, the reincarnation of Dracula's one true love, Mina Harker. "Trouble adjusting" is a wild understatement for the Count as he battles Cindy's psychiatrist, Jeffrey Rosenberg, a descendant of Van Helsing, who may almost certainly, possibly, may be in love with Cindy too.
Genres: Romance Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-04-26
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The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
Overview: Amos and Theodore, the two bumbling outlaw wannabes from The Apple Dumpling Gang, are back and trying to make it on their own. This time, the crazy duo gets involved in an army supply theft case -- and, of course, gets in lots of comic trouble along the way!
Genres: Comedy Family Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-06-27
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Samurai
Overview: Lee Cantrell, a young San Francisco attorney by day, at night becomes a samurai warrior, and battles a crazed multi-millionaire who is planning to destroy the city with an earthquake machine.
Genres: Action Crime Adventure TV Movie Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-04-30
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Her Last Chance
Overview: Drug adict teen gets out of rehab only to be accused of her boyfriend's death.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-04-08
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The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
Overview: Jack Diamond and his sickly brother arrive in prohibition New York as jewelry thieves. After a spell in jail, the coldly ambitious Diamond hits on the idea of stealing from thieves himself and sets about getting close to gangster boss Arnold Rothstein to move in on his booze, girls, gambling, and drugs operations.
Genres: Crime History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-02-03
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A Cry for Help
Overview: A talk-radio host, who specializes in abusing and insulting his audience, gets a call from a disturbed teenage girl who says she is going to commit suicide. After first encouraging her, he has a change of heart and frantically tries to get his listeners to help find the girl before she makes good on her threat.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-02-12
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Little Miss Marker
Overview: Sorrowful Jones is a cheap bookie in the 1930s. When a gambler leaves his daughter as a marker for a bet, he gets stuck with her. His life will change a great deal with her arrival and his sudden love for a woman also involved in gambling operations.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-03-21
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Perfect Gentlemen
Overview: Women whose husbands are incarcerated decide to band together to rob a hotel safe.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-03-14
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Terraces
Overview: Story of the various joys and crises of neighbors who share terraces in a high-rise apartment building.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-06-27
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I Married a Monster from Outer Space
Overview: Aliens from Outer Space are slowly switching places with real humans -- one of the first being a young man about to get married. Slowly, his new wife realizes something is wrong, and her suspicions are confirmed when her husband's odd behaviour begins to show up in other townspeople.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-10-01
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The Smugglers
Overview: A woman and her stepdaughter attempt to sneak a few souvenirs past customs and inadvertently become the couriers for an international smuggling ring.
Genres: Mystery Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-12-24
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Get Shorty
Overview: Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent by his boss, the psychopathic "Bones" Barboni, to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm, a Hollywood producer who specializes in cheesy horror films. When Chili meets Harry's leading lady, the romantic sparks fly. After pitching his own life story as a movie idea, Chili learns that being a mobster and being a Hollywood producer really aren't all that different.
Genres: Comedy Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-10-20
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What's Cooking?
Overview: Four families of different ethnicities prepare for a potentially explosive Thanksgiving dinner.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-20
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Too Soon to Love
Overview: Unmarried teenage lovers turn to desperate measures after their clandestine tryst results in an unplanned pregnancy.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-02-01
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Dear Heart
Overview: A lonely Ohio spinster hopes to find romance when she travels to New York City for a postmasters' convention.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-03-07
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The Tangerine Bear: Home in Time for Christmas!
Overview: When Tangie, a teddy bear goes into the Smile-erator on his head, his smile is put on upside down, causing him to end up on the bargain bin on Christmas Eve with other misfit toys, then onto Winkle's Emporium, a discount store. There, Tangie does his level best over the coming year to become a part of some family. He spends his time in Winkle's front window with Jack, a Jack-in-the-box with claustrophobia and Bird, a cuckoo clock bird with agorophobia.
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-11-11
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9 1/2 Ninjas!
Overview: When corrupt real estate mogul Arnold Gruber evicts Joe and Lisa from their dwellings to make way for new buildings, martial arts-trained Joe turns sexy Lisa into his ninja disciple, and the two team up to fight back in this erotic action comedy. Gruber sends his own ninjas to eliminate Joe and Lisa, who may have trouble focusing on the enemy as they're consumed by their lust for each other.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-24
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Gang War
Overview: A Los Angeles teacher becomes a mob target when he agrees to be a star witness in a gangland murder case.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-07-01
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The Enemy Below
Overview: The crew of the American destroyer escort, the USS Haynes, detects a German U-Boat—resulting in a prolonged, deadly battle of wits.
Genres: War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-12-25
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