Jerry Haynes
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Biography: Jerome Martin "Jerry" Haynes (January 31, 1927 – September 26, 2011) was an American actor from Dallas, Texas. He is most well known as Mr. Peppermint, a role he played for 30 years as the host of one of the longest-running local children's shows in television, the Dallas-based Mr. Peppermint (1961–1969), which was retitled Peppermint Place for its second run (1975–1996). He also had a long career in local and regional theater and appeared in more than 50 films. A 1944 graduate of Dallas' Woodrow Wilson High School, he was the father of Butthole Surfers frontman Gibby Haynes.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Dallas, Texas, USA
Birthday: January 31, 1927
Deathday: September 26, 2011
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Gender: Male
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Boys Don't Cry
Overview: A young transgender man explores his gender identity and searches for love in rural Nebraska.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-09-02
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RoboCop
Overview: In a violent, near-apocalyptic Detroit, evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from the city government to privatize the police force. To test their crime-eradicating cyborgs, the company leads street cop Alex Murphy into an armed confrontation with crime lord Boddicker so they can use his body to support their untested RoboCop prototype. But when RoboCop learns of the company's nefarious plans, he turns on his masters.
Genres: Action Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-07-17
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A Killing in a Small Town
Overview: The gory ax-murder of one mousy, suburban Texas housewife by another is nearly as shocking as the excuse offered by the bespectacled defendant's attorney: self-defense.
Genres: Drama TV Movie Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-05-22
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Papa Was a Preacher
Overview: Edwin Porter, a Methodist minister, is sent to a little church in the small town of Sterling, Texas, to try to save it from financial insolvency. The move is sudden and is complicated by the fact that Porter’s wife and eight children are all very comfortable in the large, successful church they have been serving in Dallas.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-09-19
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The Keyman
Overview: A homeless man searches for a key he has lost, finding redemption along the way.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-08-02
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Possums
Overview: When the town of Nowata votes to cancel its losing high school football team, the Possums, a local radio announcer decides to keep broadcasting imaginary games, team or no team.
Genres: Drama Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-06-13
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The Locusts
Overview: Delilah Potts has always had her choice of men to work her ranch and fill her bed. But from the moment Clay Hewitt, a handsome drifter with a mysterious past, arrives at her door, Delilah knows that her life will never be the same. And when he spurns her affections, she unleashes a torrent of forbidden passions and deadly secrets that will prove to Clay that the only thing darker and more dangerous than the past he's escaping... is the one he's about to discover.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-10-03
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Heartbreak Hotel
Overview: When a teen tries to set up a band at his school, his mother - who was a big fan of Elvis Presley - gets in a wreck. He and his band members then decide to kidnap Elvis and hook him up with his mother.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-30
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The Outfitters
Overview: Two estranged brothers (Danny Nucci, Del Zamora) get together at their father's death and decide to run the family's New Mexico ranch. Only trouble is the old place is dilapidated and badly in need of a cash influx. The two then set out on a series of comedic cash ventures which are all failures. The film's title refers to their venture as hunting scouts. Adding to keeping the one brother around is his old flame (Dana Delany), a local saloon owner who is currently dating a weird local cop (Paul Le Mat) that she would just as soon be rid of.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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Texas Justice
Overview: When a Texas millionaire marries his mistress, a bitter divorce battle, two deaths, an FBI sting operation, and criminal trials ensue.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-02-12
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
Overview: The life of an aging black slave, Tom, and the people he interacts with.
Genres: History Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-06-14
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The People Next Door
Overview: When hapless Anna Morse decides to leave her violent husband for good and moves into an Albuquerque rental house with her three little daughters, things are gradually looking up again at first. But soon enough it all starts to fall apart when not only her newfound job and the love of her mother, but also the friendship of the caring next door neighbours all don't appear as reliable as they seemed. And then the real nightmare is about to begin...
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-10-01
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Stormin' Home
Overview: An aging motor-cross racer, already having lost his wife and daughter to his footlooseness and now about to have his semi-tractor cab repossessed, vows to make one last go of it on his bike in the race of his career.
Genres: Action Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-04-05
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Finding the Way Home
Overview: Sixty year old Max is having something of a middle-age crisis. His marriage seems to go nowhere as the passion, tenderness and happiness vanished when their daughter moved out. On top of that he owns an antique hardware store which is close to bankruptcy. While driving home Max is involved in a traffic accident which gives him amnesia. Confused, lost and in a disordered state, he wanders into a camp full of Latin American farm workers. There he finds a new meaning of life, happiness and a sense of belonging. However, as his memory slowly returns, it's inevitable that he must confront his past.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-08-26
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Places in the Heart
Overview: In 1935 rural Texas, recently widowed Edna Spaulding struggles to survive with two small children, a farm to run, and very little money in the bank - not to mention a deadly tornado and the unwelcome presence of the Ku Klux Klan. Edna is aided by her beautician sister, Margaret; a blind boarder, Mr. Will; and a would-be thief, Moze, who decides to teach Edna how to plant and harvest cotton.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-09-11
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An American Story
Overview: World War II has ended and many soldiers return to their houses and families. But three of them find themselves with big problems when they arrive at their home village.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-11-29
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Hard Promises
Overview: A man who doesn't like stable work environments has been away for too many years, and finds out his wife has divorced him and is planning to remarry. He comes home to confront her, trying to convince her not to get married, aided by the daughter, who loves him despite his wandering ways. The couple finds out they still have feelings for each other but must decide how best to handle the contradiction of their lifestyles.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-31
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Steele's Law
Overview: Steele, a plainclothes Chicago cop, is recruited by the FBI to foil an assassination plot in Dallas, Texas. It seems that Joe Keno, a former nemesis of Steele, is planning to assassinate the Iraqi ambassador to the U.S. Keno is funded by several prominent Texas businessmen. Steele travels to Dallas, where he makes friends with Barnes; Steele is contacted by a Dallas-based FBI agent who sets him up with his contact, "Peacekeeper." Joe Keno has abandoned previous ways and methods; the assassin is now also a serial killer. While Keno's victims are found in abandoned warehouses and parks, Steele encounters numerous obstacles. The Chicago cop encounters friendly Texas racists, is ambushed in a redneck saloon, and battles the incompetence and petty jealousy of Dallas police. Meanwhile Steele tries to stop Keno before the Iraqi ambassador becomes his next victim.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-06-09
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Sweet Dreams
Overview: The story of Patsy Cline, the velvet-voiced country music singer who died in a tragic plane crash at the height of her fame.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-10-02
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Bonnie & Clyde: The True Story
Overview: Bonnie Parker is estranged from her husband while still only just barely eighteen. Clyde Barrow, a handsome charmer who is in love with Bonnie, is a small-time thief, 'borrowing' cars to teach Bonnie to drive. He falls in with W.D. Jones, and their crime levels quickly rise. Soon Bonnie is dragged in with them, due to her love for Clyde, and within a short space of time, everyone is baying for the blood of Bonnie and Clyde.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-08-16
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Island City
Overview: A 21st-century genetic experiment goes chaotic, creating a race of genetically-violent mutants.
Genres: Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-03-02
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Crisis at Central High
Overview: The historic federal-state controversy over the integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, as seen through the eyes of Elizabeth Huckaby, one of the teachers and girls' vice principal.
Genres: Drama History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-02-04
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Breaking Home Ties
Overview: Inspired by a Norman Rockwell painting, this 1950s coming of age drama centers on a young man leaving home to attend college, where he will learn the lessons in becoming a man. While his family must deal with a life threatening illness.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-11-26
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License to Kill
Overview: A grieving family whose daughter was killed in a car crash with a drunken driver is outraged and frustrated as they encounter the inevitable bureaucratic delays in bringing the case to trial. Once in the courtroom, they are horror-stricken as the young, hard-pressed district attorney seems unable to overcome the technicalities and maneuverings that the driver's attorney uses to keep his client out of jail and still on the streets as a legal driver. When the judge is forced to rule time and again in favor of the defense, it appears that the driver might escape punishment altogether.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-12-16
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Peyton Place: The Next Generation
Overview: Another attempt to bring the 1960s primetime serial back to network television
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-05-13
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Right to Kill?
Overview: Based on true story of teens Richard and Deborah Jahnke charged in Wyoming for the killing of their abusive father.
Genres: Drama Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-05-22
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