Robert Henderson
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Robert Henderson was an American director and actor who has roots in theater and film festival management.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Birthday: December 19, 1904
Deathday: September 09, 1985
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Gender: Male
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Dance Hall
Overview: Episodic tale of four factory girls and their various romances at the local dance hall in Chiswick, London. Unusual at the time, the film tells its story from a feminine perspective. Today, it is mainly recognised for its post-war London atmosphere, with bomb sites, trolleybuses and rationing.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-06-08
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Penny Princess
Overview: A tiny European country which for years has survived financially only through evading its bills and smuggling is finally facing bankruptcy, when a rich American agrees to save the place by buying it. But before, the deal is closed, he dies. His nearest relative and heir turns out to be a young woman with high ethical and democratic standards, but no experience with money, or affairs of state, or Europe. A charming young English visitor helps her to muddle through. Comedy and romance follow.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-03-24
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Orders to Kill
Overview: A grounded American fighter pilot is switched to espionage on a special job in which he must kill a small-time Paris lawyer suspected of double-crossing France by selling out radio operators to the Nazis.
Genres: War Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-07-25
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A Night to Remember
Overview: The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. The disaster is portrayed largely from the perspective of the ocean liner's second officer, Charles Lightoller. Despite numerous warnings about ice, the ship sails on, with Capt. Edward John Smith keeping it going at a steady clip. When the doomed vessel finally hits an iceberg, the crew and passengers discover that they lack enough lifeboats, and tragedy follows.
Genres: Drama Action History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-07-03
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Midas Run
Overview: A veteran secret service officer from Britain hijacks a government shipment of $15 million of gold out of an irritation for never being knighted.
Genres: Crime Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-05-07
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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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Superman III
Overview: Aiming to defeat the Man of Steel, wealthy executive Ross Webster hires bumbling but brilliant Gus Gorman to develop synthetic kryptonite, which yields some unexpected psychological effects. Between rekindling romance with his high school sweetheart and saving himself, Superman must contend with a powerful supercomputer.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-06-17
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Funny Money
Overview: Crime, drama. In Las Vegas, young Barry Nichols inadvertently steals a fortune from the Mob and is slashed to death by a limping hood. Later, his girlfriend Cass arrives in London with a stack of stolen credit cards looking for Ben Turtle, a talented pianist whose fingering is famous in the world of credit card crime. Their stormy relationship is hindered by hotel detective Keith Banks and assistant manager Diana Sharman. -- BFI synopsis from http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b69480238
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-01-08
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Phase IV
Overview: Arizona ants mock the food chain on their way to a desert lab to get two scientists and a woman.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-09-01
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The Dead One
Overview: A voodoo priestess sends out zombies to bring back live victims for her sacrificial rituals.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-01-01
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Superman
Overview: Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush: Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-12-14
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Morons from Outer Space
Overview: The story begins on a small spaceship docking with a refueling station. On board are a group of four aliens, Bernard, Sandra, Desmond, and Julian. During a particularly tedious period of their stay at the station, the other three begin playing with the ship’s controls while Bernard is outside playing spaceball. They accidentally disconnect his part of the ship, leaving him stranded while they crash into a large blue planet close by...
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-29
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Too Young to Love
Overview: A court case ensues when a 47-year old man is caught with a 15-year old girl, and he claims he never knew she was so young.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-03-08
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Never Let Me Go
Overview: An American reporter falls in love with a Russian ballet dancer.
Genres: Romance Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-03-18
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Follies: In Concert
Overview: A backstage documentary film including footage from the legendary 1985 concert performance of Stephen Sondheim's classic musical at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall. The plot of the musical centers around a reunion of showgirls who appeared in an annual Follies extravaganza when it was staged between the wars.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-03-14
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Ragtime
Overview: A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-11-20
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36 Hours
Overview: When his wife stops writing to him and his letters are returned unanswered, Dan becomes extremely concerned about her welfare. He returns home but is only able to meet with her briefly before she is found murdered. Dan is the obvious suspect but has only 36 hours to find out who murdered her. In so doing he uncovers a shocking catalogue of his wife's past affairs and an identity that he knew nothing about.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-12-04
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Ice Age
Overview: ' You should have thrown the hand-grenade.' ' I've still got it!' An unexpected stranger arrives at the old people's home in Norway where a famous writer is kept in confinement after the war. Should he be brought to trial for collaborating with the Nazis? Or will the young partisan carry through his original plan to kill him?
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-05-17
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