Chuck Hicks
Also Known As: Charles Dallas "Chuck" Hicks, Charles Dallas Hicks
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Stockton, California, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: December 26, 1927
Age: 97 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: May 05, 2021
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Cool Hand Luke
Overview: When petty criminal Luke Jackson is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play by the rules of either the sadistic warden or the yard's resident heavy, Dragline, who ends up admiring the new guy's unbreakable will. Luke's bravado, even in the face of repeated stints in the prison's dreaded solitary confinement cell, "the box," make him a rebel hero to his fellow convicts and a thorn in the side of the prison officers.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-11-01
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Creature with the Atom Brain
Overview: Murders, with victims dying from spines broken by brute strength, erupt in the city and the killers, when encountered, walk away unharmed by police bullets which strike them. A police doctor's investigation of the deaths leads to the discovery of an army of dead criminal musclemen restored to life, remotely controlled by a vengeful former crime boss and a former Nazi scientist, from the latter's laboratory hidden in the suburbs.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-07-01
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Shock Corridor
Overview: With the help of his girlfriend Cathy and Dr. Fong, a psychiatrist, ambitious journalist Johnny Barrett poses as a madman in order to be admitted to a mental institution where a bloody murder has been committed.
Genres: Drama Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-09-25
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Joe Dancer III: The Big Trade
Overview: The last of Robert Blake's three "Joe Dancer movies" finds the private investigator framed for manslaughter as he tries to uncover a Hollywood scandal that could ruin a studio and destroy a top star's career.
Genres: Drama Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-06-05
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Cheaper to Keep Her
Overview: A newly divorced swinger on the prowl goes to work as a detective for a neurotic feminist attorney.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-01-01
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Merrill's Marauders
Overview: Brigadier General Frank D. Merrill leads the 3,000 American volunteers of his 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), aka "Merrill's Marauders", behind Japanese lines across Burma to Myitkyina, pushing beyond their limits and fighting pitched battles at every strong-point.
Genres: War Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-03-16
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...All the Marbles
Overview: A two-bit promoter tries to take a women's wrestling team to the top.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-03-01
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Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
Overview: Vigilante Slaughter comes under attack from Duncan, a local money launderer whose hit-man traps Slaughter in a car at a cliff, but Slaughter escapes, arms himself, and goes after Duncan's hideout.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-08-31
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River of No Return
Overview: An itinerant farmer and his young son help a heart-of-gold saloon singer search for her estranged husband.
Genres: Adventure Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-04-30
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Johnny Reno
Overview: The townsfolk are set on lynching an accused killer held in the town lockup. But US Marshal Johnny Reno stands in their way.
Genres: Action Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-03-09
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White Christmas
Overview: Two talented song-and-dance men team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show business. In time they befriend and become romantically involved with the beautiful Haynes sisters who comprise a sister act.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-10-14
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The Great Race
Overview: Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto makers that a race from New York to Paris (westward across America, the Bering Straight and Russia) will help to promote automobile sales. Leslie's arch-rival, the mustached and black-attired Professor Fate vows to beat Leslie to the finish line in a car of Fate's own invention.
Genres: Comedy Adventure Action Family Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-07-01
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Our Man Flint
Overview: When scientists use eco-terrorism to impose their will on the world by affecting extremes in the weather, Intelligence Chief Cramden calls in top agent Derek Flint.
Genres: Action Comedy Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-01-16
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The Silencers
Overview: Matt Helm is called out of retirement to stop the evil Big O organization who plan to explode an atomic bomb over Alamagordo, NM, and start WW III.
Genres: Comedy Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-02-18
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The Man from Galveston
Overview: Circuit-riding Texas lawyer Timothy Higgins defends a former girlfriend against a murder charge stemming from an extortionist's threat to reveal her shady past. Through adroit courtroom work, Higgins is able to acquit her and reveal who actually shot the fatal bullet.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-12-18
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The Enemy Within
Overview: A officer with the Joint Chiefs of Staff uncovers a planned military coup of the U.S. government and has only one week to prevent the takeover.
Genres: Thriller Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-08-24
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Screen Kill
Overview: Doug, a horror movie fan, and Ralis, lead singer of a rock band, start making a slasher film but Ralis gets carried away.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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Casanova's Big Night
Overview: Italy 1757, Pippo Popolino, a lowly tailor, disguises himself as the great Casanova in order to romance the attractive widow Francesca. He little suspects what awaits him... Locked into the incongruous role by the desperation of the real Casanova's creditors, Pippo must journey to Venice on a delicate mission far beyond his capabilities.
Genres: Comedy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-04-07
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Robin and the 7 Hoods
Overview: Set in Prohibition era Chicago, bootlegger Robbo and his cronies refuse to pay the greedy Guy Gisborne a cut of their profits after Guy shoots mob boss Big Jim and takes over. When Big Jim's daughter, Marian, gives Robbo a large sum, believing he has avenged her father's death, the gangster donates to an orphanage, cementing his reputation as a softhearted hood.
Genres: Music Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-06-24
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Overview: Lorelei Lee is a beautiful showgirl engaged to be married to the wealthy Gus Esmond, much to the disapproval of Gus' rich father, Esmond Sr., who thinks that Lorelei is just after his money. When Lorelei goes on a cruise accompanied only by her best friend, Dorothy Shaw, Esmond Sr. hires Ernie Malone, a private detective, to follow her and report any questionable behavior that would disqualify her from the marriage.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-07-14
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Pleasure Palace
Overview: Story of a professional gambler, connoisseur, gourmet and sportsman who sets out to help a Las Vegas hotel-casino owner from losing his controlling interest to a business syndicate but finds his reputation is on the line when he runs into a mystery lady who seems to operate on both sides of the law.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-10-22
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Hard Times
Overview: In the depression, Chaney, a strong silent streetfighter, joins with Speed, a promoter of no-holds-barred street boxing bouts. They go to New Orleans where Speed borrows money to set up fights for Chaney, but Speed gambles away any winnings.
Genres: Drama Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-08-13
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Point Blank
Overview: After being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the rather inconsequential sum of money that was stolen from him.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-08-30
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She's Working Her Way Through College
Overview: Shapely burlesque dancer Hot Garters Gertie aka Angela Gardner meets her future drama professor. Her new landlady proves to be the professor's wife. Angela helps breath life into the annual school stage show...but someone has discovered her secret past.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-07-09
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The Last Hurrah
Overview: In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a young sports journalist, witnesses how his uncle, Frank Skeffington, a veteran and honest politician, mayor of a New England town, tries to be reelected while bankers and captains of industry conspire in the shadows to place a weak and manageable candidate in the city hall.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-12-31
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Rebel Without a Cause
Overview: After moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark is supposed to have a clean slate, although being the new kid in town brings its own problems. While searching for some stability, Stark forms a bond with a disturbed classmate, Plato, and falls for local girl Judy. However, Judy is the girlfriend of neighborhood tough, Buzz. When Buzz violently confronts Jim and challenges him to a drag race, the new kid's real troubles begin.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-10-27
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Flesh & Blood
Overview: A young street-tough-turned-boxer struggles to reach the top while finding his romance with an attractive TV reporter is complicated by an incestuous relationship with his mother.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-10-14
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Blackboard Jungle
Overview: Richard Dadier is a teacher at North Manual High School, an inner-city school where many of the pupils frequently engage in anti-social behavior. Dadier makes various attempts to engage the students' interest in education, challenging both the school staff and the pupils. He is subjected to violence as well as duplicitous schemes.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-03-25
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Dirty Harry
Overview: When a madman dubbed 'Scorpio' terrorizes San Francisco, hard-nosed cop, Harry Callahan – famous for his take-no-prisoners approach to law enforcement – is tasked with hunting down the psychopath.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-12-23
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Raging Bull
Overview: The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-11-14
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Days of Wine and Roses
Overview: An alcoholic falls in love with and gets married to a young woman, whom he systematically addicts to booze so they can share his "passion" together.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-02-04
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The Enforcer
Overview: Dirty Harry Callahan returns again, this time saddled with a rookie female partner. Together, they must stop a terrorist group consisting of angry Vietnam veterans.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-12-16
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Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
Overview: When the Great Northeast Blackout of 1965 hit, millions of people were left in the dark, including Waldo Zane, a New York executive in the process of stealing a fortune from his company, and two people whose paths he's destined to cross, Broadway actress Margaret Garrison and her husband, Peter.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-06-19
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Not With My Wife, You Don't
Overview: During the Korean War, Italian nurse Virna Lisi falls in love with two American fliers, Tony Curtis and George C. Scott. Lisi marries Curtis after he convinces her that Scott has been killed in a plane crash. She soon discovers Scott is alive, but remains happily married to Curtis until Scott re-enters their lives 14 years later.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-11-02
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Battle Cry
Overview: The dramatic story of US Marines in training, in combat, and in love, during World War II. The story centers on a major who guides the raw recruits from their training to combat.
Genres: War Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-02-02
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Angel Face
Overview: Ambulance driver Frank Jessup is ensnared in the schemes of the sensuous but dangerous Diane Tremayne.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-01-02
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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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Hide in Plain Sight
Overview: True story of a man in search of his children after his ex-wife enters the Witness Protection Program.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-03-21
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Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
Overview: When a young mother is murdered, Chicago police sergeant Jack Reed sets out to find her killer. But the secret world of undercover operations rears its ugly head.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-11-12
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Escape
Overview: A scientist's experiment could lead to the first man-made, functioning, living organism. An elite escape artist-private investigator is working to stop him.
Genres: TV Movie Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-04-06
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Gunfire at Indian Gap
Overview: A stagecoach is attacked by a group of outlaws who make off with a pile of money. Unfortunately for Mexican Juan, the sheriff believes he's one of the criminals and has him locked up. But the beautiful Cheel thinks Juan is innocent, and offers to help him escape. Overhearing their plan, the real mastermind behind the heist forces Juan to act as the runner for the money.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-12-11
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Indio
Overview: A half-breed Marine takes on greedy industrialists in the Amazonian rain forests. Marvelous Marvin proves his ability as a fighter!
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-07
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Dick Tracy
Overview: The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-04-05
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Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
Overview: A hip hop horror anthology of three tales of terror told by the Hound of Hell (Snoop Dogg) that revolve around the residents of an inner-city neighborhood whose actions determine where they will go in the afterlife.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-06-27
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The Ring
Overview: Rachel Keller is a journalist investigating a videotape that may have killed four teenagers. There is an urban legend about this tape: the viewer will die seven days after watching it. Rachel tracks down the video... and watches it. Now she has just seven days to unravel the mystery of the Ring so she can save herself and her son.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-10-18
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The Top of the Hill
Overview: Michael Stone is a rising company executive who decides to chuck his career and marriage to fulfill a fantasy to be a member of the U.S. Olympic bobsled team and partake in the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid.
Genres: TV Movie Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-02-06
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Farewell, My Love
Overview: Brigit as a young girl saw her family killed by the Karpovs, a Russian crime family, she would have been dead too, if her neighbor did not come to her house and saved her. Years later, she plans to take out all of the Karpovs, and she does. However, the Reillys, the Karpovs rival are afraid that the Karpovs will think that they are behind it. So, they grab her so that they could find out what's going on
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-02-15
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Every Which Way but Loose
Overview: Philo Beddoe is your regular, easygoing, truck-driving guy. He's also the best bar-room brawler west of the Rockies. And he lives with a 165-pound orangutan named Clyde. Like other guys, Philo finally falls in love - with a flighty singer who leads him on a screwball chase across the American Southwest. Nothing's in the way except a motorcycle gang, some cops, and legendary brawler Tank Murdock.
Genres: Action Comedy Adventure Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-12-16
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The Assassin
Overview: The basic plot of this film concerns a secret service-esque man in Mexico battling personal demons who discovers a conspiracy behind an assassination attempt on a visiting American senator.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-02-21
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Wild Women
Overview: Five female convicts are recruited to secretly transport arms into Mexican-held Texas in 1840
Genres: Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-10-20
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Johnny Dangerously
Overview: An honest, goodhearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's skyrocketing medical bills.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-12-21
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Native Son
Overview: In 1940s Chicago, a young black man takes a job as a chauffeur to a white family, which takes a turn for the worse when he accidentally kills the teenage daughter of the couple and then tries to cover it up.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-12-24
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Bronco Billy
Overview: An idealistic, modern-day cowboy struggles to keep his Wild West show afloat in the face of hard luck and waning interest.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-06-11
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The Beastmaster
Overview: Dar, is the son of a king, who's hunted by a priest after his birth and grows up in another family. When he becomes a grown man, his new father is murdered by savages and he discovers that he's the ability to communicate with the animals, which leads him on his quest for revenge against his father's killers.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-08-16
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In God We Tru$t
Overview: A naive monk, named Brother Ambrose, is sent by the abbot on a mission to raise $5,000 in order to save their monastery from closing. He goes to Hollywood where he encounters a number of eccentric characters.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-09-26
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The Split
Overview: A group of thieves attempt a daring robbery of a football stadium.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-11-04
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Movie Movie
Overview: Three movie genres of the 1930s, boxing films, WWI aviation dramas, and backstage Broadway musicals, are satirized using the same cast.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-11-01
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Horizons West
Overview: Brothers Dan and Neil Hammond return to Texas after the Civil War. Ambitious Dan turns to rustling and then shady land deals to build an empire. Being held for a murder, he is rescued from a lynch mob by Neil, who is now the Marshal, but there is eventually a falling out between the brothers, good triumphing over evil.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-10-11
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Hell Is for Heroes
Overview: World War II drama where the action centers around a single maneuver by a squad of GIs in retaliation against the force of the German Siegfried line. Reese joins a group of weary GIs unexpectedly ordered back into the line when on their way to a rest area. While most of the men withdraw from their positions facing a German pillbox at the far side of a mine-field, half a dozen men are left to protect a wide front. By various ruses, they manage to convince the Germans that a large force is still holding the position. Then Reese leads two of the men in an unauthorized and unsuccessful attack on the pillbox, in which the other two are killed; and when the main platoon returns, he is threatened with court-martial. Rather that face the disgrace, and in an attempt to show he was right, he makes a one-man attack on the pillbox.
Genres: War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-06-26
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Sunrise at Campobello
Overview: The story of Franklin Roosevelt's bout with polio at age 40 in 1921 and how his family (and especially his wife Eleanor) cope with his illness. From being stricken while vacationing at Campobello to his triumphant nominating speech for Al Smith's presidency in 1924, the story follows the various influences on his life and his determination to recover.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-09-28
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The Boston Strangler
Overview: Boston is being terrorized by a series of seemingly random murders of women. Based on the true story, the film follows the investigators path through several leads before introducing the Strangler as a character. It is seen almost exclusively from the point of view of the investigators who have very few clues to build a case upon.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-10-08
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Going Forth By Day
Overview: The film is a five-part projection-based installation, which addresses the complexity of human existence through the themes of individuality, society, death and rebirth. Each video is projected directly onto the wall of the exhibition space, just as paint from a fresco adheres to the surface of a plaster wall.
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Original Language: xx
Release Date: 2002-02-09
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