Al Checco
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Biography: Al Checco (July 21, 1921 – July 19, 2015) was an American film, television and theatre actor. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he was known for playing the role of "Bernard Stein" in the 1968 film The Party. Checco was also the partner of actor, Don Knotts, in which they were performing entertainers in Special Services to soldiers during World War II.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Birthday: July 21, 1925
Deathday: July 19, 2015
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Gender: Male
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The Party
Overview: Hrundi V. Bakshi, an accident-prone actor from India, is accidentally put on the guest list for an upcoming party at the home of a Hollywood film producer. Unfortunately, from the moment he arrives, one thing after another goes wrong with compounding effect.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-04-04
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Happily Ever After
Overview: Suzanne Somers appears in her first TV starring role in this romantic comedy about an aspiring singer torn between making the most of her one chance at fame in Las Vegas or giving her heart to a love-struck mountain man.
Genres: Romance Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-09-05
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Helter Skelter
Overview: The investigation of two horrific mass murders leads to the capture and trial of the psychotic pseudo-hippie Charles Manson and his "family".
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller TV Movie Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-04-01
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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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Extreme Close-Up
Overview: While doing a story on the intrusion of surreptitious surveillance in peoples' private lives, a television reporter rents some surveillance equipment to get a feel for what it's like to spy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-05-16
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The Incredible Mr. Limpet
Overview: Milquetoast Henry Limpet experiences his fondest wish and is transformed into a fish. As a talking fish he assists the US Navy in hunting German submarines during World War II.
Genres: Animation Family Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-03-28
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How to Beat the High Cost of Living
Overview: In order to beat inflation and subsidize their alimony checks, three suburban housewives plot to steal $1 million from a large plastic ball which is displayed in a local shopping center.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-07-11
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The World's Greatest Athlete
Overview: Stuck with a feeble sports department, college coach Sam Archer (John Amos) faces the ax unless he can reverse the school's athletic fortunes. An African vacation with his assistant (Tim Conway) answers Archer's prayers when he spots the athletically gifted Nanu (Jan-Michael Vincent). Sam counts on Nanu's remarkable abilities to put the team back on the winning track. This upbeat farce boasts an impressive cast of comedians.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-02-14
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The Ghost & Mr. Chicken
Overview: Luther Heggs, a typesetter for the town newspaper, pitches an idea for a story about a local haunted house where a famous murder/suicide occurred 20 years earlier. After the editor assigns Luther to spend one night alone in the mansion, Heggs has a number of supernatural encounters and writes a front page story that makes him a hometown hero...until the nephew of the deceased sues him for libel.
Genres: Comedy Family Mystery Romance Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-01-20
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Alex & the Gypsy
Overview: A bail bondsman falls in love with one of his "customers" — a gypsy girl, who's been accused of attempted murder.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-10-03
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Some Kind of Miracle
Overview: The story of a TV newscaster who is paralyzed in a surfing accident and how he, and his fiance, have to adjust to his being in a wheelchair for the rest of his life.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-01-03
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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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Original Sin
Overview: When his son is kidnapped a man has to face his past demons in speaking to a Mafia don about it.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-02-20
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Bullitt
Overview: Senator Walter Chalmers is aiming to take down mob boss Pete Ross with the help of testimony from the criminal's hothead brother Johnny, who is in protective custody in San Francisco under the watch of police lieutenant Frank Bullitt. When a pair of mob hitmen enter the scene, Bullitt follows their trail through a maze of complications and double-crosses. This thriller includes one of the most famous car chases ever filmed.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-10-17
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Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang
Overview: A remake of the 1975 feature film. Donavan arrives in town and soon finds he is the legal guardian to two kids, Clovis and Celia. He tries to decline but the sheriff insists...
Genres: Family Adventure Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-01-16
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The Terminal Man
Overview: As the result of a head injury, brilliant computer scientist Harry Benson begins to experience violent seizures. In an attempt to control the seizures, Benson undergoes a new surgical procedure in which a microcomputer is inserted into his brain. The procedure is not entirely successful.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-06-19
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The Other Side of Hell
Overview: A disturbed, but highly intelligent man is sent to a criminally insane hospital to serve time and rehabilitate. But when he arrives, he discovers it's in fact a closed world where brutality is an everyday occurrence.
Genres: Drama TV Movie Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-01-17
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Hotel
Overview: This is the story of the clocklike movements of a giant, big city New Orleans hotel. The ambitious yet loyal manager wrestles with the round-the-clock drama of its guests. A brazen sneak thief, who nightly relieves the guests of their property, is chased through the underground passages of the hotel. The big business power play for control of the hotel and the VIP diplomat guest with a secret add to the excitement.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-01-19
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The Million Dollar Rip-Off
Overview: An electronics genius, who is an ex-con, and four of his lady friends devise a plot to steal millions of dollars from the Chicago Transit Authority. A detective, who had been keeping tabs on him since he got out of prison, suspects that he is up to something and tries to catch him at it.
Genres: Crime Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-09-22
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There Was a Crooked Man...
Overview: Arizona Territorial Prison inmate Paris Pitman, Jr. is a schemer, a charmer, and quite popular among his fellow convicts — especially with $500,000 in stolen loot hidden away and a plan to escape and recover it. New warden Woodward Lopeman has other ideas about Pitman. Each man will have the tables turned on him.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-09-18
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