Sam Wanamaker
Also Known As: Samuel Wanamaker
Biography: Was an American film director and actor and is credited as the person most responsible for the modern recreation of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London. He is father to actress Zoë Wanamaker. Description above from the Wikipedia article Samuel Wanamaker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: June 14, 1919
Age: 105 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: December 18, 1993
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Raw Deal
Overview: Mark Kaminsky is kicked out of the FBI for his rough treatment of a suspect. He winds up as the sheriff of a small town in North Carolina. FBI Chief Harry Shannon, whose son has been killed by a mobster named Patrovina, enlists Kaminsky in a personal vendetta with a promise of reinstatement into the FBI if Patrovina is taken down. To accomplish this, he must go undercover and join Patrovina's gang.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-06-06
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Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
Overview: In order to boost circulation of his newspaper, Lord Rawnsley announces an air race and offers £10,000 to the first person who can fly across the English Channel. But one of the participants, Percy, plots to sabotage his competitor's planes. Will Percy triumph?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-06-16
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Baby Boom
Overview: J.C. Wiatt is a talented and ambitious New York City career woman who is married to her job and working towards partner at her firm. She has a live-in relationship with Steven, a successful investment broker who, along with J.C., agreed children aren't part of the plan. J.C.'s life takes an unexpected turn when a distant relative dies and the will appoints her the caretaker of their baby girl, Elizabeth. The baby's sudden arrival causes Steven to leave, breaking off their relationship. Juggling power lunches and powdered formula, she is soon forced off the fast track by a conniving colleague and a bigoted boss. But she won't stay down for long. She'll prove to the world that a woman can have it all and on her own terms too!
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-10-07
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Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Overview: With global superpowers engaged in an increasingly hostile arms race, Superman leads a crusade to rid the world of nuclear weapons. But Lex Luthor, recently sprung from jail, is declaring war on the Man of Steel and his quest to save the planet. Using a strand of Superman's hair, Luthor synthesizes a powerful ally known as Nuclear Man and ignites an epic battle spanning Earth and space.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-07-24
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The Criminal
Overview: When a robbery at a racetrack goes wrong ex-con Johnny Bannion is caught and sent back to prison. He won't tell the rest of the gang where he has stashed the loot leading to violent consequences.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-09-13
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Guilty by Suspicion
Overview: Owing to his alleged involvement with communist parties, film director David Merrill is forbidden from working in Hollywood. He decides to fight for his rights and faces numerous challenges.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-03-15
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The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
Overview: British agent Alec Leamas refuses to come in from the Cold War during the 1960s, choosing to face another mission, which may prove to be his final one.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-12-16
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The Competition
Overview: The movie centers on a piano competition whose winner is assured of success. It is Paul's last chance to compete, but newcomer Heidi may be a better pianist. Can romance be far away? Will she take a dive despite the pressure to win from her teacher, Greta, or will she condemn Paul to obscurity?
Genres: Drama Romance Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-12-03
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Taras Bulba
Overview: Ukraine, 16th century. While the Poles dominate the Cossack steppes, Andrei, son of Taras Bulba, a Cossack leader, must choose between his love for his family and his folk and his passion for a Polish woman.
Genres: Adventure Romance History War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-11-21
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Mr. Denning Drives North
Overview: When well-off aircraft designer Denning finds his daughter's current boyfriend is a nasty character he tries to buy him off, ending up hitting him and causing his death when he falls. Instead of calling the police he dumps the body in a lonely spot on the road to the North, making it look like a hit-and-run accident. Weeks later there is still no report of the body being found, and Denning starts to go to pieces. When he lets his wife into his secret the two start making enquiries, possibly making things worse.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-12-18
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Irreconcilable Differences
Overview: Alternating between the past and the present, a precocious little girl sues her selfish, career-driven parents for emancipation, surprising them both.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-09-28
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Judgment in Berlin
Overview: An American judge in Germany must decide if the hijacking of an East German plane into West Berlin was justified.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-05-06
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Pure Luck
Overview: The daughter of a wealthy businessman has disappeared in Mexico, and all the efforts to find her have been unsuccessful. A psychologist, knowing that the girl has an ultra bad luck, persuades her father to send to Mexico one of his employees, an accountant with super bad luck, to find her. Perhaps he will be lucky, and his bad luck could help to find the unlucky girl.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-08-09
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Deceptions
Overview: Twin sisters -- one a European jet-setter, the other an unhappy New Jersey housewife -- impulsively decide to swap lives and identities for a week, with unforseen results.
Genres: Drama Romance Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-05-26
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The Aviator
Overview: A 1920s mail pilot and a rich man's daughter crash-land on a mountain full of hungry wolves.
Genres: Drama Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-01
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Voyage of the Damned
Overview: A luxury liner carries Jewish refugees from Hitler's Germany in a desperate fight for survival.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-12-22
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Give Us This Day
Overview: Exiled from Hollywood due to the blacklist, director Edward Dmytryk briefly operated in England in the late 1940s. Though filmed in its entirety in London, Dmytryk's Give Us This Day is set in New York during the depression. Fellow blacklistee Sam Wanamaker is starred as the head of an Italian immigrant family struggling to survive the economic crisis.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-10-14
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Danger Route
Overview: Jonas Wilde, a British secret agent licensed to kill, wants to resign from his murderous work, but his superiors pressure him into taking on a new assignment-the assassination of a defecting Soviet scientist. In the course of the dangerous mission, he discovers a mole has infiltrated British intelligence.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-10-01
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From Hell to Victory
Overview: In 1939, at a Paris café, six friends of various nationalities vow to meet again at the same spot after the end of WW2.
Genres: War
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1979-03-15
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Warning Shot
Overview: Hounded by the press for shooting a doctor, an ousted Los Angeles policeman works his own case.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-01-18
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Mousey
Overview: A high school teacher separated from his son plots revenge on his ex-wife.
Genres: Action Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-05-24
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Man in the Middle
Overview: In a remote jungle outpost in the Far Eastern theater of World War II, a hotheaded American soldier murders an allied British sergeant in cold blood. Stalwart American Lt. Colonel Barney Adams (Mitchum) is dispatched to defend him in the ensuing court martial. But when Lt. Adams starts encountering roadblocks in his search for evidence, and his key witnesses start disappearing one after another, he soon realizes he's merely a pawn in a mysterious conspiracy that could extend to the highest levels of military power.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-01-27
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Charlie Muffin
Overview: Charlie Muffin, top British Intelligence operative, has just broken up a major Soviet spy network in England. However, a new Director with new ideas takes over and wants Charlie out. But then a high-ranking Soviet spy-master hints that he wants to defect, and both British Intelligence and the CIA want him and will do anything to get him. Charlie may be the only man who can bring the defection off successfully, but is the whole thing an elaborate set-up? And when your so-called allies are stabbing each other and you in the back to get this prize, whom can Charlie trust on either side?
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-12-11
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Wild Justice
Overview: Colonel Peter Stride is on the trail of a mysterious international criminal known only as Caliph.
Genres: TV Movie Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-05-13
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The Shell Seekers
Overview: After a mild heart attack at 63, Penelope Keeling is not ready to be an invalid yet...despite her children's attempts to take control of her life. She's given them everything she could over the years, but now they want Penelope to sell her most prized possession. Torn between the selfish demands of her children and her desire to hold onto cherished mementos of the past, Penelope must learn what is really important to her. She returns to the seashore, the only place she was ever truly free, in an unforgettable odyssey that will take her back to her home, her heart and another chance for happiness.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-12-03
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The Spiral Staircase
Overview: A mute young woman is stalked by a serial killer at her uncle's mansion.
Genres: Horror Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-01-31
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The Ghost Writer
Overview: Nathan Zuckerman, a budding 23 year old writer infatuated with the Great Books, discovers the contradictory claims of literature and experience while an overnight guest in the secluded New England farmhouse of his idol, E. I. Lonoff. Also staying is Amy Bellette, a young woman with a vague past.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-11-12
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Running Against Time
Overview: Hoping to prevent his brother's Vietnam death and to prevent the JFK assassination, a time-traveling college professor goes back to the '60s but can't find his way out. Trapped in a time warp, he can't effect a change because he can't return to his present time
Genres: Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-09-12
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Heartsounds
Overview: New York urologist Harold Lear gets a taste of his own medicine when he suffers a heart attack and is confronted with a medical institution which doesn't seem equipped to help. Wife Martha steps in to fight the system and get a measure of service and compassion. Ultimately the greatest battle is not waged against the medical profession, however, but against Lear's own failing body and his own mortal fears.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-09-30
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The Law
Overview: An examination of the workings of a big city's legal system as seen through the eyes of people involved in a sensational murder trial.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-10-22
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The Secret
Overview: An American loses all his money and finds himself stranded in England. He finds hope when he meets a female smuggler who has brought jewels into the country inside a teddy bear, but unfortunately, things quickly get out of hand.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-06-01
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The Day the Fish Came Out
Overview: A plane carrying a weapon more dangerous than a nuclear weapon goes down near Greece. To prevent panic, the officials go in dressed as tourists (who are dressed so casually that the pilots assume that they are all gay). The pilots are not to make themselves known and can't contact the rescue team. The secrecy causes a comedy of errors including the desolate Greek Isle deciding that since tourists have now arrived, they have to become touristy.
Genres: Science Fiction Comedy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 1967-09-27
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Our Family Business
Overview: A syndicate mob boss doesn't realize that his eldest son, Gep, has been informing to the police on the family's dealings in exchange for protection, while Gep's younger brother, Phil, a bank vice president, tries to separate himself from the family's business.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-09-20
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Killer Rules
Overview: Two adoptive brothers -- one a mob hit man, the other a Department of Justice investigator -- who are unaware of each other's existence until they become involved with the same woman, end up in a deadly triangle in this thriller.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-24
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Embassy
Overview: US ambassador in Rome must protect US interests and secrets from mob, spies and curious girlfriends who may be more than what they seem.
Genres: Action TV Movie Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1985-04-21
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The Battle of the Sexes
Overview: Angela Barrows is a man-eating business woman sent by her American employer to investigate their export opportunities in Edinburgh. En route she meets Robert MacPherson, a businessman who asks for her help to bring his company into the 20th Century. The staff, led by Mr Martin, has other ideas—and a battle between the old and new business methods soon breaks out.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-02-25
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Private Benjamin
Overview: A sheltered young high society woman joins the US Army on a whim and finds herself in a more difficult situation than she ever expected.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-10-06
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Grace Kelly: The American Princess
Overview: A biography of American actress Grace Kelly from her early days as an aspiring actress to her death as Princess of Monaco.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-06-08
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The Fifth Facade: The Making of the Sydney Opera House
Overview: On 20 October 1973, the Sydney Opera House was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II. From conception to completion, it had taken more than 15 years and over $100 million dollars. In the years since its completion, the Sydney Opera House has become one of the most identifiable of Australia’s icons - ranking with the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Uluru, the koala and kangaroo - and is considered by many to be among the world's great architectural masterpieces.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-12-01
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The Paradise Suite
Overview: A troubled actress has conversations with a range of different people.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-02-24
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Cognac
Overview: A wealthy American on the quest for a perfect brandy runs afoul of petty criminal monks and falls in love with an impostor.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1988-06-21
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Billy Jack Goes to Washington
Overview: After a senator suddenly dies after completing (and sealing) an investigation into the nuclear power industry, the remaining senator and the state governor must decide on a person who will play along with their shady deals and not cause any problems. They decide on Billy Jack, currently sitting in prison after being sent to jail at the end of his previous film, as they don't expect him to be capable of much, and they think he will attract young voters to the party.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-04-16
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Always Remember I Love You
Overview: Just after he turns sixteen, Robert finds out that he is adopted. His parents find to their horror that he was kidnaped from his real parents. They decide to tell him about this, even though they fear they might lose him. Robert runs away to find his real parents. He finds and gets close to them, without revealing his true identity. Eventually he must decided where he belongs.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-12-23
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The Gangster Show: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
Overview: The rise to underworld eminence of the notorious Chicago gangster Artuto Ui - who bears a striking resemblance to Adolf Hitler.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-11-07
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Death on the Nile
Overview: As Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board and every elegant passenger becomes a prime suspect.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-09-29
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I Was a Mail Order Bride
Overview: On a bet with one of his practical-joking partners, a Los Angeles lawyer responds to an ad from a pretty Chicago magazine writer offering herself as a bridal candidate as an investigative reporting assignment, and then makes another bet that he can keep the relationship platonic for two weeks.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-12-14
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The Sell Out
Overview: This action drama centers on a former CIA operative who grudgingly rejoins the spy game due to the machinations of his one-time student - a screw up who goes to work for the Soviets. As his job drags him deeper into a dangerous and under-handed world, the student wants out of the agency and oout of the U.S.S.R. But the man's choices have made him a target and now both the United States and Russia want him dead, sending their mos able hit men to do it.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-05-01
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Bloodlines: Murder in the Family
Overview: Stewart and Neil Woodman plot to have their parents murdered.
Genres: Drama Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-03-01
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My Girl Tisa
Overview: 1905 was a period of heavy immigration from Europe to America before laws were passed restricting the flow of immigrants. Almost every character in this movie is a recent arrival. Tisa has been in America only four months, yet she is holding four jobs to save enough money to pay for her father's boat passage to America. She works in a garment factory in Greenwich Village owned by Mr. Grumbach, who is studying to pass his citizenship test. Denek, a brash young man, tries to help her but gets her into trouble and her deportation is ordered by an immigration judge.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-02-07
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Sadie and Son
Overview: It's a family affair when a 50-ish police officer is joined by her son on the force.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-10-21
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The Billion Dollar Bubble
Overview: The Billion Dollar Bubble is a 1976 film made for the BBC series Horizon and directed by Brian Gibson about the story of the two billion dollar insurance embezzlement scheme involving Equity Funding Corporation of America. The movie stars James Woods in the role of the actuary.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-06-08
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