Thayer David
Also Known As: David Thayer Hersey
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Medford, Massachusetts, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: March 04, 1927
Age: 98 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: July 17, 1978
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Rocky
Overview: An uneducated collector for a Philadelphia loan shark is given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fight against the world heavyweight boxing champion.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-11-20
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The Eiger Sanction
Overview: A classical art professor and collector, who doubles as a professional assassin, is coerced out of retirement to avenge the murder of an old friend.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-05-21
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Journey to the Center of the Earth
Overview: An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth's center.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-12-15
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The Story of Ruth
Overview: Ruth is one of two Moabite women who marry the sons of Elimelech and Naomi. When Elimelech and sons Mahlon and Chillion die, leaving Naomi a widow with two widowed daughters-in-law, Naomi decides to return to Israel. One daughter-in-law, Orpah, bids her goodbye. Daughter-in-law Ruth however says she will not desert her.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-06-17
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Save the Tiger
Overview: A businessman's professional struggles begin to conflict with his personal life over the course of two days.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-02-14
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Hearts of the West
Overview: Lewis Tater writes Wild West dime novels and dreams of actually becoming a cowboy. When he goes west to find his dream he finds himself in possession of the loot box of two crooks who tried to rob him.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-10-08
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A Time to Love and a Time to Die
Overview: A German soldier home on leave falls in love with a girl, then returns to World War II.
Genres: Drama War Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-07-09
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Savages
Overview: A tribe of primitive "mudpeople" encounter a croquet ball, rolling through their forest. Following it, they find themselves on a vast, deserted Long Island estate. Entering, they begin to become civilized and assume the stereotypical roles and dress of people at a weekend party. There follows an allegory of upper-class behavior. At last, they begin to devolve toward their original status, and after a battle at croquet, they disappear into the woods.
Genres: Fantasy Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-06-27
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Fore Play
Overview: A three-part omnibus centered around sex and its discontents.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-03-01
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Dead of Night: A Darkness at Blaisedon
Overview: Investigator Jonathon Fletcher and his assistant Sajeed Rau investigate an apparently haunted mansion at the request of the woman who has inherited it.
Genres: Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-08-26
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Wolf Larsen
Overview: A mean-spirited ship captain keeps his crew under his autocratic thumb while indulging his more refined side. But when his men rise up in mutiny, Larsen forces the cultured Van Weyden to help him quash the uprising.
Genres: Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-10-26
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40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
Overview: Sylvester Stallone and John G. Avildsen narrate behind-the-scenes footage from the making of "Rocky" to mark the film's 40th anniversary.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-06-09
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Nero Wolfe
Overview: Gourmet Nero Wolfe interrupts his orchid-tending to take on the case of a lady tycoon who wants to know why she's under investigation by the FBI, only to find himself enmeshed in a puzzling murder-mystery. TV movie based on Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe series.
Genres: Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-12-19
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Sudden Death
Overview: When Ed Neilson's entire family is viciously murdered, he pleads with retired CIA operative Duke Smith (Robert Conrad) to investigate. He refuses, but relents after Neilson too meets an explosive death. Deception, international intrigue and a ruthless "syndicate of businessmen" intent on raping a South Pacific Islands nation of its resources keep the pace fast.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-05-01
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The Secret Night Caller
Overview: A man who is the pillar of his community has a secret - he has a compulsion to make obscene telephone calls.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-02-18
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House of Dark Shadows
Overview: Barnabas Collins searches for a cure for vampirism in order to marry a woman resembling his long-lost fiancée Josette.
Genres: Drama Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-09-09
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The Werewolf of Washington
Overview: After being unknowingly inflicted with the bite of a werewolf while on a visit to Europe, White House press secretary Jack Whittier begins to turn into a deadly beast by night, terrorizing Washington D.C. and presenting a very deadly threat to the President.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-10-01
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The Reformation: Age of Revolt
Overview: This educational documentary describes the political, social, and religious conditions of sixteenth century Europe. It also Interprets the reforms of Martin Luther as a part and/of these conditions as indications of future trends.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-02-02
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Baby Face Nelson
Overview: Famed Depression-era gangster “Baby Face Nelson” (Mickey Rooney) robs and kills while accompanied by his beautiful moll (Carolyn Jones).
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-12-11
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The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox
Overview: A female hustler is chasing after rich men, but becomes repeatedly mixed up with a suave con man and card shark through a series of misadventures before falling in love with him.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-04-01
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Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident
Overview: The story of Francis Gary Powers, a U-2 pilot for the CIA who was shot down in his spy plane over Russia, captured and imprisoned.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-09-29
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Happy Mother's Day, Love George
Overview: An adopted teen who runs away to what he believes to be his birth town and mother, in the hopes of putting together the missing pieces of his sense of identity. He arrives during a wave of disappearances and murders, only to encounter New England aloofness and some very eccentric relatives.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-08-17
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Little Big Man
Overview: Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Indians and fighting with General Custer.
Genres: Adventure Western Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-12-23
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Night of Dark Shadows
Overview: Recently married, Quentin and Tracy Collins have just moved into Collinwood, a New England estate that has long been in the Collins family and which Quentin has just inherited. They soon find themselves plagued by spirits of past residents.
Genres: Drama Horror Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-08-04
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Dark Shadows: The Vampire Curse
Overview: This compilation of select episodes from the vintage gothic TV drama "Dark Shadows" reveals the love triangle behind Barnabas Collins' tragic transformation to an immortal creature of the night.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-15
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Dark Shadows: The Haunting of Collinwood
Overview: Dark Shadows: The Haunting of Collinwood is a DVD compilation of episodes 639 to 694, key scenes from which have been edited together to form a three hour feature. It focuses on Quentin Collins' possession of David Collins & Amy Jennings.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-15
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The Stoolie
Overview: Roger Pitman is a petty thief who makes a deal with the police to use bait money to trap other criminals. But when he gets the cash, Roger can't resist the temptation and steals part of it. He runs off to Miami Beach, but now lives in fear of the crooks that he set up as well as the police.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-11-30
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Spider-Man
Overview: When an extortionist threatens to force a multi-suicide unless a huge ransom is paid, only Peter Parker can stop him with his new powers as Spider-Man.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-09-14
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Fun with Dick and Jane
Overview: When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-03-18
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Peeper
Overview: A detective is hired to locate a girl adopted 30 years earlier whose birth father wants to bequeath her his fortune.
Genres: Comedy Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-12-03
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The Crucible
Overview: Landmark TV adaptation of the Arthur Miller play. Nominated for 3 Emmy awards.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-05-04
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The Amazing Howard Hughes
Overview: The Amazing Howard Hughes is a 1977 television movie about American aviation pioneer and filmmaker Howard Hughes, based on the book by Hughes' business partner Noah Dietrich. The film starred Tommy Lee Jones, Ed Flanders, and Tovah Feldshuh.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-04-13
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