Raymond Serra
Also Known As: Ray Serra, Aurelio Lacagnina, Tony Ramond
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: August 13, 1936
Age: 88 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: June 20, 2003
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Bill
Overview: Bill, an intellectually disabled man, ventures out into the world for the first time, having spent most of his life in a dreary inner city institution. He is taken in by a kind family and learns what it means to love and be loved for the first time in his life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-12-22
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18 Shades of Dust
Overview: Two gangsters threaten the owner of an upscale restaurant after his son can't pay a gambling debt.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-09-01
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The Shepherd
Overview: In a futuristic wasteland, a mercenary saves a woman and her son from lethal cultists.
Genres: Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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Forever, Lulu
Overview: When Elaine, an adventurous young woman from Germany, arrives in New York City, she sets out to be a famous writer. After a brief stint at a mundane job, Elaine falls on hard times and also becomes intrigued by a mysterious stranger named Lulu. Before long, Elaine gets roped into situations involving theft, murder and the mob. Can the beleaguered expatriate with big dreams turn her life around and steer clear of crime and chaos?
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-11-13
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The Purple Rose of Cairo
Overview: Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary life during the Great Depression. Her only escape from her mundane reality is the movie theatre. After losing her job, Cecilia goes to see 'The Purple Rose of Cairo' in hopes of raising her spirits, where she watches dashing archaeologist Tom Baxter time and again.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-01
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Safe Men
Overview: Two untalented singers are mistaken for a pair of major league safe crackers in Providence, Rhode Island. The two are pressed into service by the local hoodlums and quickly find themselves in conflict with their professional colleagues. Romantic interest is added by the daughter of the underworld leader who won't date the men she knows are gangsters.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-08-07
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Hooch
Overview: Hooch is an inexpensive regional exploitation action-comedy (hicksploitation) about a small county in the Appalachians and its many moonshine-brewing inhabitants, who are all struggling to make a living. The older "brewers" are pissed off at the success of handsome young upstart Eddie Joe, who is charmingly stealing their regular customers. Meanwhile, the owner of the country store (also a moonshiner) conspires with a trio of carpetbagging Mafioso who want to take over the moonshine business in that county as an extension of their Northern business ventures.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-09-02
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Alphabet City
Overview: A New York City drug dealer decides to get out of the business, but has to flee from mobsters.
Genres: Crime Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-03-04
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Voices
Overview: An up-and-coming nightclub singer falls in love with a shy young deaf teacher who aspires to be a dancer.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-03-14
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Hardhat & Legs
Overview: A sex education teacher falls for a construction worker with a gambling problem.
Genres: Comedy Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-02-09
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Mail Order Bride
Overview: Nobody likes to be made a fool of, especially no the mafia. So, when it comes to light that a number of men from The Mob in New York have fallen for a Russian mail-order bride, who has blatantly ripped each of them off, their boss is not impressed. In fact, Tony Santini thinks the only way to prove that you shouldn't mess with the mob is to send his nephew to Russia to bring back the beautiful but manipulative Nina.
Genres: Action Comedy Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-10-31
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Vigilante
Overview: New York City factory worker Eddie Marino is a solid citizen and regular guy, until the day a sadistic street gang brutally assaults his wife and murders his child. When a corrupt judge sets the thugs free, he goes berserk and vows revenge.
Genres: Crime Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-05-18
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Alone in the Neon Jungle
Overview: A by-the-book female police officer is assigned to the most corrupt precinct in Pittsburgh and told to get it cleaned up.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-01-17
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
Overview: The Turtles and the Shredder battle once again, this time for the last cannister of the ooze that created the Turtles, which Shredder wants to create an army of new mutants.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure Action Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-03-22
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Nasty Hero
Overview: Chase has just got out of jail for a crime he didn't commit, and goes in search of a gang that have kidnapped his friend's niece.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-09-25
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Gotti
Overview: John Gotti, the head of a small New York mafia crew breaks a few of the old family rules. He rises to become the head of the Gambino family and the most well-known mafia boss in America. Life is good, but suspicion creeps in, and greed, rule-breaking and his high public profile all threaten to topple him.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-08-17
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Money, Power, Murder.
Overview: Peter Finley is a cable-TV newsman who is led into a network of sin and conspiracy when he has interest in a missing anchorwoman's story.
Genres: Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-12-10
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Marathon Man
Overview: A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his brother, a member of the secretive Division.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-10-08
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Wannabes
Overview: When two brothers Angelo and the younger Paulie, get into a fight,it's broken up by the local Mafia don, the much feared and respected Santo. Fed up with their dead-end-jobs, Angelo, Paulie and two freinds abandon the 9-5 grind
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-06-29
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A Deadly Business
Overview: The movie, and true story, is about how Harold began working for the garbage industry in New Jersey only to find out that it was run by the Mafia. Having been in and out of jail most of his life, Harold feared more jail time and so went to the FBI. Harold went undercover to get as much illegal information that he could. The information he got helped put away dozens of Mafia men. Harold is currently in the witness protection program.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-03-13
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Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier
Overview: Based on Bleier's 1975 autobiography of the same name, it tells the story of how, after becoming a running back for the Steelers in 1968, he was then drafted by the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War.
Genres: Action Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-12-07
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Dog Day Afternoon
Overview: Based on the true story of would-be Brooklyn bank robbers John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile. Sonny and Sal attempt a bank heist which quickly turns sour and escalates into a hostage situation and stand-off with the police. As Sonny's motives for the robbery are slowly revealed and things become more complicated, the heist turns into a media circus.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-09-21
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The Switch or How to Alter Your Ego
Overview: A shy, withdrawn female scientist invents a formula that turns her into a horny, oversexed nymphomaniac.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-12-01
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Hoodlums
Overview: Loretta is a singer and escort in a mob-owned NYC nightclub and illegal casino. The favorite working girl of manager George, Loretta is unhappy with her current occupation and looking for a way out. George, meanwhile, is losing his stranglehold on the business. Complications arise when Loretta finds herself falling for a man she meets in her off-hours.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-09-16
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The House of Ramón Iglesia
Overview: Ramón Iglesia, the head of a Puerto Rican family living in Long Island, encounters difficulties fulfilling his dream of moving back to Puerto Rico. Portrays many of the hardships faced by Puerto Ricans and other Hispanics in the United States, including confrontation among family members as traditional Hispanic values conflict with American values.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-04-14
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Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair
Overview: The 1960s. Bobby Kennedy is in power in Washington. Marilyn Monroe is a legendary film star. For years there has been widespread speculation and rumors of a secret romance between Marilyn and Bobby. Now that story is told for the first time in this account of two very public figures whose brief romance fired the imaginations of millions and fueled debate over their mysterious and untimely deaths.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-08-04
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Splitz
Overview: Three sororities must compete in a series of sports contests to determine which one will lose their sorority house. The odds are stacked against the Phi Betas until they're joined by an all-girl rock band.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-05-31
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Sugar Hill
Overview: In the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, the Mafia steps in when a drug dealer quits his partner brother to lead a straight life with his girlfriend.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-02-25
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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues
Overview: Going to college and working in a seedy speakeasy bring Indy into contact with jazz great Sidney Bechet, who teaches him how to play the blues. Unfortunately, he also crosses paths with up-and-coming thug Al Capone and it's only with the assistance of his dorm roommate, future Untouchable Eliot Ness, that Indy is able to solve a vicious murder and prevent himself from ending up in a pair of cement overshoes.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-03-13
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Prizzi's Honor
Overview: Charley Partanna is a hitman who works for the Prizzis, one of the richest crime families in the US. When he sees Irene Walker, it's love at first sight. But he soon finds that she, too, is a killer for hire. Charley can overlook his suspicions, but he can't turn off his heart. And the couple must remember that even if they love each other, the Prizzis love only money.
Genres: Romance Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-06-14
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Arthur
Overview: Arthur is a 30-year-old child who will inherit $750 million if he complies with his family's demands and marries the woman of their choosing.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-07-17
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The Ghost Valley
Overview: The efforts of an aspiring filmmaker to include an unwilling female in his production.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1987-09-16
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Wolfen
Overview: A New York City cop and an expert criminologist trying to solve a series of grisly deaths in which the victims have seemingly been maimed by feral animals discover a sinister connection between the crimes and an old legend.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-07-24
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The Gambler
Overview: New York City English professor Axel Freed outwardly seems like an upstanding citizen. But privately Freed is in the clutches of a severe gambling addiction that threatens to destroy him.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-10-02
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Manhattan
Overview: Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-04-25
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Overview: A quartet of humanoid turtles, trained by their mentor in ninjitsu, must learn to work together to face the menace of Shredder and the Foot Clan.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-03-30
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Hot Ice, No-one Is Safe
Overview: No one is safe in this action filled suspense. Who can you trust, when you don't even recognize yourself anymore?
Genres: Crime Drama Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-09-16
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A Time to Remember
Overview: It is small town America in the 1950's. Twelve year-old Angelo Villano has one dream: to someday sing like his idol, Mario Lanza. His grandmother, Mama Theresa encourages him; and his beautiful voice catches the attention of the formidable but kind Father Walsh who arranges for him to receive formal training. This infuriates Angelo's widowed father, Frank, who wants his son to be a steelworker like him. Determined to "make a man out of him", Frank forbids Angelo from singing. When Angelo is chased by bullies into the path of an oncoming car, he recovers all but his voice, retreating into a silent world that no one can touch. One night, locked in the church basement, the frightened Angelo experiences a spectacular vision, a true Christmas miracle, that changes his life. And when his vision and his voice return during Christmas Eve Mass, no one can deny the beauty and blessing of his amazing gift.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-11-25
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The Saint in Manhattan
Overview: Simon Templar returns to New York via Concorde and is feeling restless, until a note from an old flame surfaces. This TV movie was an unsold pilot for an attempted series revival.
Genres: Action Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-06-12
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The Dollmaker
Overview: During World War II, hard-luck farmer Colvis Nevels leaves his rural Kentucky home to take a factory job in bustling Detroit. Reluctantly accompanying Colvis is his long-suffering wife, Gertie, a talented woodcarver set in her traditional ways. When the perils of city life and Colvis' reckless squandering of money send the Nevels into precarious financial straits, Gertie starts a business making hand-carved dolls in order to provide for her family.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-05-13
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Stone Pillow
Overview: A homeless woman named Florabelle becomes the unwitting guide to the streets for a New York social worker named Carrie who thinks she has lessons to offer the down-and-out clients she serves at the homeless shelter. Soon, however, Carrie realizes that she's the one who has much to learn.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-11-05
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