Victor Romito
Also Known As: Victor Raoul Romito
Biography: Victor Romito was born on 11 March 1908 in Livorno, Italy. He was an actor, known for Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955), The Gallant Men (1962) and Passport to Danger (1954). He died on 13 May 1980 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Italy
Birthday: March 11, 1908
Deathday: May 13, 1980
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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The Mating Season
Overview: Ellen McNulty leaves her New Jersey hamburger stand and heads west to pay a surprise visit to her son and his new bride. When Ellen arrives, her daughter-in-law mistakes her for the maid she has hired for a big party they are throwing. Rather than cause any embarrassment, Ellen goes along with the charade, which leads to many complications.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-01-12
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The Far Country
Overview: During the Klondike Gold Rush, a misanthropic cattle driver and his talkative elderly partner run afoul of the law in Alaska and are forced to work for a saloon owner to take her supplies into a newly booming but lawless Candian town.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-02-12
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The Golden Blade
Overview: Basra merchant Harun Al-Rashid avenges his father's murder in this adventure set in ancient Bagdad and inspired from the Arabic fairy tales of One Thousand and One Nights.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-08-12
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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Overview: A young but bright former window cleaner rises to the top of his company by following the advice of a book about ruthless advancement in business.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-03-09
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Singin' in the Rain
Overview: In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-04-09
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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
Overview: As novice detectives, Bud and Lou come face to face with the Invisible Man.
Genres: Comedy Crime Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-04-12
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Phantom of the Opera
Overview: Following a tragic accident that leaves him disfigured, crazed composer Erique Claudin transformed into a masked phantom who schemes to make beautiful young soprano Christine Dubois the star of the opera and wreak revenge on those who stole his music.
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-08-12
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Experiment Perilous
Overview: In 1903, Doctor Huntington Bailey meets a friendly older lady during a train trip. She tells him that she is going to visit her brother Nick and his lovely young wife Allida. Once in New York, Bailey hears that his train companion suddenly died. Shortly afterward, he meets the strange couple and gets suspicious of Nick's treatment of his wife.
Genres: Thriller Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-12-18
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How the West Was Won
Overview: The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-11-02
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Tarzan and the Slave Girl
Overview: The Lionians, a tribe of lion worshippers, make a desperate attempt to find a cure for the mysterious disease plaguing their village. Their Chief decides to kidnap Jane and Lola, a half-breed nurse, in order to help repopulate his civilization. Tarzan must rescue them while fending off blowgun attacks from people called the Waddies who are disguised as bushes.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-06-23
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The Devil's Hairpin
Overview: Cocky car racer Nick Jargin has retired since he nearly caused the death of his brother at a hairpin bend on a circuit. He now holds a trendy café who keeps him busy full time until one day, Tony Boari, a new champion racer, challenges him.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-10-04
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California Conquest
Overview: The period is the 1840s and California is part of Mexico. Many of the citizens wish to become part of the United States. Other countries are also interested and the Russians have established bases in the northern part of the state. To further their hold they have stolen guns and Don Arturo Bordega, a leader of those wanting statehood, is out to recover them.
Genres: Adventure History Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-07-04
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The Midnight Story
Overview: Beloved priest Father Thomasino is murdered in a San Francisco alley, and the police have few clues. But traffic cop Joe Martini becomes obsessed with finding the killer; he suspects Sylvio Malatesta. Ordered off the case, Joe turns in his badge and investigates alone. Soon he is a close friend of the Malatesta family, all delightful people, especially lovely cousin Anna. Uncertain whether Sylvio is guilty or innocent, Joe is now torn between old and new loyalties.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-06-04
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Buccaneer's Girl
Overview: A New Orleans performer loves a pirate who robs only from the shipowner who ruined his father.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Action Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-03-01
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The Garment Jungle
Overview: Alan Mitchell returns to New York to work for his father Walter, the owner of a fashion house that designs and manufactures dresses. To stay non-union, Walter has hired Artie Ravidge, a hood who uses strong-arm tactics to keep the employees in line.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-05-01
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Sex and the Single Girl
Overview: A womanizing reporter for a sleazy tabloid magazine impersonates his hen-pecked neighbor in order to get an expose on renowned psychologist Helen Gurley Brown.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-12-25
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Teacher's Pet
Overview: A rugged city editor poses as a journalism student and flirts with the professor.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-04-01
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High Society
Overview: With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - has 48 hours to convince her that she really still loves him.
Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-07-17
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Ocean's Eleven
Overview: Danny Ocean and his gang attempt to rob the five biggest casinos in Las Vegas in one night.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-08-10
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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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Mame
Overview: The madcap life of eccentric Mame Dennis and her bohemian, intellectual arty clique is disrupted when her deceased brother's 10-year-old son Patrick is entrusted to her care. Rather than bow to convention, Mame introduces the boy to her free-wheeling lifestyle, instilling in him her favorite credo, "Life is a banquet, and most poor sons of bitches are starving to death."
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-03-07
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Heartbeat
Overview: A female escapee from a reform school joins a pickpocket academy in Paris.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-05-01
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Sirocco
Overview: A mysterious American gets mixed up with gunrunners in Syria.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-06-13
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The Hallelujah Trail
Overview: A wagon train heads for Denver with a cargo of whisky for the miners. Chaos ensues as the Temperance League, the US cavalry, the miners and the local Indians all try to take control of the valuable cargo.
Genres: Western Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-06-23
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The Last Hurrah
Overview: In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a young sports journalist, witnesses how his uncle, Frank Skeffington, a veteran and honest politician, mayor of a New England town, tries to be reelected while bankers and captains of industry conspire in the shadows to place a weak and manageable candidate in the city hall.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-12-31
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Birdman of Alcatraz
Overview: After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement. Driven nearly mad by loneliness and despair, Stroud's life gains new meaning when he happens upon a helpless baby sparrow in the exercise yard and nurses it back to health. Despite having only a third grade education, Stroud goes on to become a renowned ornithologist and achieves a greater sense of freedom and purpose behind bars than most people find in the outside world.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-07-04
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Limelight
Overview: A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life.
Genres: Romance Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-10-23
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Casablanca
Overview: In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-01-15
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Out of the Past
Overview: Jeff Bailey seems to be a mundane gas station owner in remote Bridgeport, California. He is dating local girl Ann Miller and lives a quiet life. But Jeff has a secret past, and when a mysterious stranger arrives in town, Jeff is forced to return to the dark world he had tried to escape.
Genres: Crime Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-11-25
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Auntie Mame
Overview: Mame Dennis, a progressive and independent woman of the 1920s, is left to care for her nephew Patrick after his wealthy father dies. Conflict ensues when the executor of the father's estate objects to the aunt's lifestyle and tries to force her to send Patrick to prep school.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-12-04
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Gambit
Overview: Harry Dean is a career burglar set on stealing a piece of priceless art from the world's wealthiest man, Mr. Shahbandar. With the help of exotic showgirl Nicole Chang, he concocts the perfect scheme for how the robbery should go and lays it out point by point. However, when the team tries to execute the plan, perfection and reality don't quite match up, and Harry's vision begins to unravel in this twisty tale of a heist gone wrong.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-12-21
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Citizen Kane
Overview: Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-04-17
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The Desert Hawk
Overview: A desert guerilla, with flashing scimitar, opposes a tyrannical prince and marries the caliph's daughter.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-08-05
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A Game of Death
Overview: A shipwrecked Don Rainsford washes up on a homicidal big-game hunter's Caribbean island where the madman hunts human prey for his personal island habitat.
Genres: Adventure Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-11-23
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Tropic Holiday
Overview: A screenwriter falls in love with a Mexican woman while searching for a story line south of the border.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-06-29
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Hollywood Story
Overview: A producer takes over a small film studio and - sensing that it'll be a good movie- begins investigating an old murder of a silent film director shot in his office years ago. He finds that his life is threatened as he digs deeper into the mystery.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-06-01
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Lost in a Harem
Overview: Two bumbling magicians help a Middle Eastern prince regain his rightful throne from his despotic uncle.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-12-01
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Something to Live For
Overview: Advertising executive Alan Miller, a recovered alcoholic who now does interventions on behalf of Alcoholics Anonymous, is called to help Broadway actress Jenny Carey whose developing career is threatened by an increasing dependence on alcohol. Alan's growing interest in Jenny strains his marriage to Edna, with whom he has two children.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-03-07
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Frenchman's Creek
Overview: An English lady falls in love with a French pirate after he kidnaps her from her ancestral home on the coast of Cornwall and sweeps her off her feet into a world of adventure.
Genres: Romance Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-09-20
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Serenade
Overview: A wealthy woman discovers a vineyard worker with a beautiful operatic singing voice. She helps make him a star but then breaks his heart. He flees in misery to Mexico where he meets a sweet farm girl.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-03-23
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Tender Is the Night
Overview: Against the counsel of his friends, psychiatrist Dick Diver marries Nicole Warren, a beautiful but unstable young woman from a moneyed family. Thoroughly enraptured, he forsakes his career in medicine for life as a playboy, until one day Dick is charmed by Rosemary Hoyt, an American traveling abroad. The thought of Dick possibly being attracted to someone else sends Nicole on an emotional downward spiral that threatens to consume them both.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-01-19
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The Black Castle
Overview: A Man investigates the disappearance of two of his friends who were the guests of a sinister Austrian count.
Genres: Mystery Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-11-20
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The File on Thelma Jordon
Overview: Cleve Marshall, an assistant district attorney, falls for Thelma Jordon, a mysterious woman with a troubled past. When Thelma becomes a suspect in her aunt's murder, Cleve tries to clear her name.
Genres: Thriller Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-11-04
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Mirage
Overview: In New York City, David Stillwell struggles to recover his memory before the people who are trying to kill him succeed. Who is he, who are they, and why is he surrounded by murder?
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-10-29
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Flying with Music
Overview: The "Flyer" in question is William Marshall, a young man falsely accused of a crime. Escaping the clutches of the law, he becomes involved with several pretty young ladies. Marjorie Woodworth plays the girl who helps Marshall in his escape, pausing occasionally to participate in a some lively but forgettable musical numbers.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-05-22
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