Johnny Silver
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Biography: Johnny Silver (born John Silverman; April 16, 1918 – February 1, 2003) was an American actor and singer, best known for playing Benny Southstreet in Guys and Dolls.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Indiana, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: April 16, 1918
Age: 107 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: February 01, 2003
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History of the World: Part I
Overview: An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-06-12
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Guys and Dolls
Overview: Gambler Nathan Detroit has few options for the location of his big craps game. Needing $1,000 to pay a garage owner to host the game, Nathan bets Sky Masterson that Sky cannot get virtuous Sarah Brown out on a date. Despite some resistance, Sky negotiates a date with her in exchange for bringing people into her mission. Meanwhile, Nathan's longtime fiancée, Adelaide, wants him to go legit and marry her.
Genres: Comedy Crime Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-12-23
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What's a Nice Girl Like You...?
Overview: A Bronx working girl is drawn into an elaborate extortion plot after being kidnapped by a gang of sophisticated con men who force her, because of her remarkable resemblance, to impersonate a wealthy socialite. Based on E.V. Cunningham's (Howard Fast's) novel, "Shirley."
Genres: Crime Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-12-18
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Who's Minding the Mint?
Overview: A bumbling government employee accidentally destroys a small fortune and decides to break into the US Mint to replace it, but before long everyone wants a slice of the action - and the money.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-09-26
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The All American Hustler
Overview: This bleak, cinema-verite influenced film chronicles the last few days in the life of a sad LA prostitute and her heroine addicted friend.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-01
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Evita Peron
Overview: Aspiring actress Eva Duarte rises from a minor celebrity to the wife of a powerful Argentine dictator, but her all consuming fiery rage, ambition, and hatred eventually become her downfall.
Genres: Drama History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-02-23
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Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
Overview: TV star Jason Steel reluctantly becomes the sounding board for his best friends' bored wives, and must fend off their advances while managing his own fragile relationship.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-12-25
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Spaceballs
Overview: When the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr and his clueless sidekick fly to the rescue. Along the way, they meet Yogurt, who puts Lone Starr wise to the power of "The Schwartz." Can he master it in time to save the day?
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-06-24
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Pufnstuf
Overview: Jimmy (Jack Wild) ventures to Living Island with his magical, talking flute, Freddy. Once there, he befriends many of the island's inhabitants, but the evil Witchiepoo (Billie Hayes) is determined to steal Freddy the flute away from the boy to impress the visiting Witches' Council and win the Witch of the Year Award.
Genres: Comedy Family Fantasy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-05-13
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The Thomas Crown Affair
Overview: Young businessman Thomas Crown is bored and decides to plan a robbery and assigns a professional agent with the right information to the job. However, Crown is soon betrayed yet cannot blow his cover because he’s in love.
Genres: Crime Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-06-26
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Lepke
Overview: Lepke is the feared leader of "Murder Incorporated" in this underworld drama based on the life of Louis "Lepke" Buchalter. Lepke began his criminal career as a petty thief in his teens; a stretch in prison taught him the finer points of life on the wrong side of the law. After getting out of jail, Lepke and his pal Gurrah Shapiro join a gang who hire themselves out as strikebreakers, and the vicious but clever Lepke soon rises through the ranks.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-05-23
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Hammer
Overview: Hotheaded laborer B.J. Hammer can't go long without ending up in a fight, and, after he comes out on top in a particularly impressive workplace scuffle, word of his brawling skills makes its way to Davis, a top boxing manager. Hammer is hired by Davis and begins a lucrative career in the ring, only to find out that his new employer wants him to throw a fight and take part in other illicit activities. Hammer reacts to this news violently, and the feud is on.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-07-04
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Public Pigeon No. 1
Overview: Swindlers con a lunchroom clerk into doing them a favor, supposedly on behalf of the FBI.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-05-17
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The Comic
Overview: An account of the rise and fall of a silent film comic, Billy Bright. The movie begins with his funeral, as he speaks from beyond the grave in a bitter tone about his fate, and takes us through his fame, as he ruins it with womanizing and drink, and his fall, as a lonely, bitter old man unable to reconcile his life's disappointments. The movie is based loosely on the life of Buster Keaton.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-11-19
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