Allen Jaffe
Also Known As: Allan Jaffe
Biography: Allen Jaffe was an American film and television actor.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Birthday: April 09, 1928
Deathday: March 18, 1989
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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The War Lord
Overview: A knight in the service of a duke goes to a coastal village where an earlier attempt to build a defensive castle has failed. He begins to rebuild the duke's authority in the face of the barbarians at the border and is making progress until he falls in love with one of the local women.
Genres: History Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-11-17
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The Sixth Column
Overview: Two different alien races are at war. Representatives of each race have landed on Earth to battle it out here, but they've taken human form and they can only spot other aliens through the use of special glasses.
Genres: Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-03-10
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Yellowstone Kelly
Overview: A fur-trapper named Kelly, who once saved the life of a Sioux chief, is allowed to set his traps in Sioux territory during the late 1870s. Reluctantly he takes on a tenderfoot assistant named Anse and together they give shelter to a runaway Arapaho woman. Tensions develop when Anse falls in love with this woman and when the Sioux chief arrives with his warriors to re-claim her.
Genres: Adventure Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-11-11
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The Buccaneer
Overview: During the War of 1812 against Britain: General Andrew Jackson has only 1,200 men left to defend New Orleans when he learns that a British fleet will arrive with 60 ships and 16,000 men to take the city. In this situation an island near the city becomes strategically important to both parties, but it's inhabited by the last big buccaneer: Jean Lafitte. Although Lafitte never attacks American ships, the governor hates him for selling merchandise without taxes - and is loved by the citizens for the same reason. When the big fight gets nearer, Lafitte is drawn between the fronts. His heart belongs to America, but his people urge him to join the party that's more likely to win.
Genres: Adventure Drama War History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-12-11
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Walk Like a Dragon
Overview: California, 1870s. The cowboy Lincoln 'Linc' Bartlett finds out there's a slave auction of Chinese women in San Francisco and he intervenes and purchases the Chinese Kim Sung from the auction with the intent of setting her free. But it doesn't occur to Linc that setting her free isn't enough. Where is she going to go? Kim doesn't speak English and she's just going to be exploited by somebody else. Linc takes Kim home to serve as a housekeeper. Ma Bartlett Linc's mother, is not happy that a Chinese girl is living in her home, and even less happy when Kim and her son fall in love. Their affair also arouses the jealousy of Cheng Lu, a Chinese immigrant.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-06-01
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Al Capone
Overview: In this unusually accurate biography, small-time hood Al Capone comes to Chicago at the dawn of Prohibition to be the bodyguard of racketeer Johnny Torrio. Capone's rise in Chicago gangdom is followed through murder, extortion, and political fraud. He becomes head of Chicago's biggest "business," but moves inexorably toward his downfall and ignominious end.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-03-25
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The Perfect Furlough
Overview: A love-starved soldier stationed at an Arctic base wins a furlough in Paris, but a pretty, no-nonsense military psychologist is ordered to accompany him as chaperone to keep him out of trouble.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-11-30
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Ransom!
Overview: A wealthy business man stuns his wife and town with a televised response to his son's kidnappers.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-01-24
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Istanbul Express
Overview: An art dealer on a special mission is pulled into dangerous intrigue while railway detective Cheval tries to help and pursues criminals on the Istanbul Express.
Genres: Action Adventure TV Movie Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-03-07
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The First Traveling Saleslady
Overview: At the turn of the century Rose and ex-showbiz friend Molly get involved in selling steel. When they come unstuck with corsets they embark on the even more hazardous project of selling barbed wire to highly suspicious Texas cowboys.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-08-01
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Jailhouse Rock
Overview: After serving time for manslaughter, young Vince Everett becomes a teenage rock star.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-11-08
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Dick Tracy - The Plot To Kill NATO
Overview: Dick Tracy must save a trio of ambassadors who have been kidnapped by Mr. Memory. Pilot for Dick Tracy TV show from Batman's William Dozier.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-09-01
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The Man Who Knew Too Much
Overview: A couple vacationing in Morocco with their young son accidentally stumble upon an assassination plot. When the child is kidnapped to ensure their silence, they have to take matters into their own hands to save him.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-05-16
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Somebody Up There Likes Me
Overview: The story of boxer Rocky Graziano's rise from juvenile delinquent to world champ.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-07-04
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Around the World in Eighty Days
Overview: Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Family Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-10-17
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The Death of Me Yet
Overview: The editor of a small-town newspaper has his past unexpectedly catch up with him: he finds out that a Soviet agent who knew him when he was a spy has been sent to the U.S. to kill him.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-10-26
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Papillon
Overview: A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-12-16
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Nicole
Overview: Nicole is a beautiful, rich and neurotic woman who lives in a mansion alone with her maids and chauffeur. But without someone to really account to, Nicole begins to spin out of control. Her decadent and lustful life leads to murder, despair and, ultimately, mournful regret in this cautionary tale for the idle rich who have too much money and time.
Genres: Drama Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-09-10
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Cutter's Trail
Overview: The Marshal of Santa Fe returns home to find his town almost wiped out by Mexican bandits and enlists the help of a young Mexican boy and his mother to track them down.
Genres: Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-02-10
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The Firebrand
Overview: A Mexican outlaw begins a one-man war against corrupt California Rangers who are harassing Hispanic locals during the California Gold Rush.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-08-07
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