James B. Sikking
Also Known As: James Barrie Sikking, James Sikking, Jim Sikking, James B. Skiking
Biography: James B. Sikking (March 5, 1934 - July 13, 2024) was an American actor known for his role as Lt. Howard Hunter on the 1980s NBC TV series Hill Street Blues. He also starred on the ABC TV series Doogie Howser, M.D. as Dr. David Howser and on the short-lived 1997 CBS drama series Brooklyn South as Captain Stan Jonas. Sikking did the voice of General Gordon on the short-lived 1998 cartoon series Invasion America. His well-known films include The Competition, Outland, Up the Creek and Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, in which he played Captain Styles, the captain of the USS Excelsior. Sikking's film career started in 1955. Sikking starred in the critically acclaimed 1992 Fox Network TV movie Doing Time on Maple Drive. He has made guest appearances on many TV series including Perry Mason, Rawhide, Bonanza, The Outer Limits, General Hospital, Hunter and Batman Beyond. Sikking was born in Los Angeles, California. His mother, Sue Sikking (née Paxton), was a founder of Santa Monica's Unity-by-the-Sea Church. He has two living brothers, Tom and Art, and a sister, Joy. James Barrie Sikking has a third brother, Robert Paxton Sikking born October 20, 1922, died April 22, 1988. His brother Bob served in the 101st Airborne and was a partial inspiration for Stephen Speilberg and Tom Hanks production Band of Brothers. Bob was awarded two purple hearts, the bronze star, and together with his fellow soldiers, received a presidential citation for their part in the Siege of Bastogne which led to the defeat of Hitler's sixth Army. His photograph as the first American soldier to reach Dachau Concentration Camp appears in the Imperial War Museum, London. Sikking is the father of actor Andrew Sikking.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States
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Birthday: March 05, 1934
Age: 91 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: July 13, 2024
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Outland
Overview: An honest marshal in a corrupt mining colony on Io, Jupiter's sunless third moon, is determined to confront a violent drug ring even though it may cost him his life. After his wife angrily deserts him, he waits alone for the arrival of killers hired by the company to eliminate him.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-05-22
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Made of Honor
Overview: Tom and Hannah have been platonic friends for 10 years. He's a serial dater, while she wants marriage but hasn't found Mr. Right. Just as Tom is starting to think that he is relationship material after all, Hannah gets engaged. When she asks Tom to be her 'maid' of honor, he reluctantly agrees just so he can attempt to stop the wedding and woo her.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-04-30
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Doing Time on Maple Drive
Overview: Yale scholar Matt Carter introduces his wealthy fiancée, Allison, to his family, and initially everything goes smoothly. However, it isn't long before Allison learns that Matt has lied to her about his relatives to mask their failures and dysfunctions. His brother, Tim, flunked out of school and developed a drinking problem, and Matt struggles to keep his own troubling secret from his less than tolerant parents.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-03-16
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Narrow Margin
Overview: An L.A. District Attorney attempts to take an unwilling murder witness back to the United States to testify against a top-level mob boss. Frantically attempting to escape two deadly hitmen sent to silence her, they board a Vancouver-bound train only to discover that the killers are onboard with them. For the next 20 hours, as the train hurls through the beautiful but isolated Canadian wilderness, a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues in which their ability to tell friend from foe is a matter of life and death.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-09-21
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Capricorn One
Overview: In order to protect the reputation of the American space program, a team of NASA administrators turn the first Mars mission into a phony Mars landing. Under threat of harm to their families the astronauts play their part in the deception on a staged set in a deserted military base. But once the real ship returns to Earth and burns up on re-entry, the astronauts become liabilities. Now, with the help of a crusading reporter, they must battle a sinister conspiracy that will stop at nothing to keep the truth hidden.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-12-10
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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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The Star Chamber
Overview: As violence escalates in Los Angeles and heinous murders are committed, Steven Hardin, a young judge of the California Supreme Court, must struggle with his tortured conscience and growing despair as he watches helplessly as the ruthless criminals brought before his court go free because clever lawyers find obscure loopholes in the law.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-08-05
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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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Imps*
Overview: Once Upon a Time in a mythical place called Hollywood, a long, long, long time ago in a galaxy not so very far away, a witty group of actors with 38 EMMY Nominations, 3 Academy Award nominations, and 8 Golden Globe nominations, along with 4 Playmates and a Penthouse Pet, came together in a burst of comic frenzy and created imps*.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-12-12
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Up the Creek
Overview: Bob McGraw is in his 12th year of college, goofing his way through life. Bob, Irwing, Gonzer and Max are the four losers forced and bribed to represent their university in an intercollegiate raft race. Forced and bribed into this role, they make some friends, the lovely Heather Merriweather, but mostly enemies, among others a whole team of marines, and preppy IVY-leaguers determined to win.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-04-06
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Final Approach
Overview: Final Approach deals with the mental condition of Amnesia when a stealth test pilot, Col. Jason Halsey, is involved in an air disaster. A psychiatrist Dr. Dio Gottlieb attempts to help Halsey to recover his memory, but his motives seem strained. Is Gottlieb giving professional help or is he a counter-intelligence agent sent to debrief Halsey?
Genres: Action Horror Mystery Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-12-06
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Scorpio
Overview: Cross is an old hand at the CIA who often teams up with Frenchman Jean “Scorpio” Laurier, a gifted freelance operative. After their last mission together, the CIA orders Scorpio to eliminate Cross, leaving him no choice but to obey.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-04-11
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The Magnificent Seven Ride!
Overview: Marshal Chris Adams turns down a friend's request to help stop the depredations of a gang of Mexican bandits. When his wife is killed by bank robbers and his friend is killed capturing the last thief, Chris feels obligated to take up his friend's cause and recruits a writer and five prisoners to destroy the desperadoes.The last in the original series of four "Magnificent Seven" movies.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-08-01
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Ordinary People
Overview: Beth, Calvin, and their son Conrad are living in the aftermath of the death of the other son. Conrad is overcome by grief and misplaced guilt to the extent of a suicide attempt. He is in therapy. Beth had always preferred his brother and is having difficulty being supportive to Conrad. Calvin is trapped between the two trying to hold the family together.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-09-19
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The Magic Statue
Overview: A young woman's wish that she be able to exchange places with her husband is granted.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-11-15
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Tyson
Overview: The story of Mike Tyson. From his early days as a 12 year old amateur with a powerful punch, to the undisputed title of "Heavyweight Champion of the World", and ultimately to his conviction for rape. The story of his turbulent life moves quickly, never focusing for long on anything in particular.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-04-29
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The Ring
Overview: During WW II, a young German woman is separated from her family and imprisoned by the Nazis. After being freed she falls in love with and marries a German officer. When Berlin falls to the Russians, and her husband killed, she flees to America, carrying his unborn child, all the while not giving up hope that she will find her family, tied together by her mother's ring.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-10-20
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Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
Overview: A mentally disturbed man stalks a woman who had once aborted the child he had fathered.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-05-13
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Gidget Gets Married
Overview: Gidget finally gets married and rebels against the social caste system in her new husband's company.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-04
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Man From Atlantis: Killer Spores
Overview: The Cetacean is called upon to recover a space probe that crashes in the sea, and Mark soon learns that the probe is covered with thousands of tiny alien beings. They intend to learn all they can about the human race by invading host bodies and controlling them. Mark must return them to space before they destroy all humanity.
Genres: TV Movie Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-05-17
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In Like Flint
Overview: Flint is again called out of retirement when his old boss finds that he seems to have missed 3 Minutes while golfing with the President. Flint finds that the President has been replaced by an actor (Flint's line [with a wistful look] is "An Actor as President?") Flint finds that a group of women have banded together to take over the world through subliminal brainwashing in beauty salons they own.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-03-15
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Bay Coven
Overview: A young newlywed couple move to a remote island only to find a secret coven of witches who want them to join all the fun...or face the consequences.
Genres: Horror Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-10-25
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Five Guns West
Overview: During the Civil War, five condemned Southern prisoners are plucked off Death Row and promised pardons on the condition that they undertake a mission to head west and bring back a double-crossing Confederate spy who has a stagecoach full of Confederate gold.
Genres: Western Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-04-15
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The President's Plane Is Missing
Overview: When the President's plane mysteriously disappears with him on board, it is left to the seemingly weak Vice President to try to avert a nuclear exchange with the Chinese.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-10-23
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In Pursuit of Honor
Overview: To save a group of horses slated to be destroyed by the US Cavalry, a group of officers rebel and begin a journey towards Canada to save themselves and the mounts.
Genres: Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-03-18
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The Astronaut
Overview: An elaborate deception emerges when an American astronaut is lost on a mission to Mars. Space agency officials fearful of losing public support and government funding decide to cover up the accident by employing an exact double for the lost astronaut. The ruse begins to unravel when the wife of the lost astronaut realizes she is living with a different man. Although angered by the deception, the woman has fallen in love with the replacement and plans to keep the secret. They both have a change of heart and decide to reveal the secret when they discover a new Mars mission is underway.
Genres: Drama TV Movie Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-08
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Submerged
Overview: A moment by moment account of the sinking and rescue of the crew of the submarine USS Squalus which was the first rescue of living crew on a submarine.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-05-20
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Inside O.U.T.
Overview: Agents from The Office of Unusual Tactics (aka O.U.T.), a secret government agency, clean up snafus created by other government organizations.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-03-22
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Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss
Overview: From Jean Shepherd (A Christmas Story) comes the story of 14 year old Ralphie's first job, and the family vacation the family is planning to a rustic fishing cabin on Lake Michigan. Originally made for the Disney Channel, this film is a delightful family comedy.
Genres: Comedy Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-08-05
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Brother on the Run
Overview: A black exploitation flick of the early 70's about a college/high school teacher who tries to intervene and rescue his student who is being pursued by the law. The professor happens to have sexual intercourse with at least 2 different women on his way to save his student. I've gotta love the title music track fr this movie, very 70's... "Brother on the run...etcetcetc. If you see t in the $3.00 video bin at your local video outlet pick it up for your own little amusement. It's not a must see, it's more like a "gotta see it to believe it" (in ways). Hehe.. the editor for this film should have been canned, (a hint) lay off the qualudes.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-07-13
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Too Good to Be True
Overview: A self-entitled woman is determined to keep her new man to herself at all costs.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-14
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The New Centurions
Overview: An idealistic rookie cop joins the LAPD to make ends meet while finishing law school, and is indoctrinated by a seasoned veteran. As time goes on, he loses his ambitions and family as police work becomes his entire life.
Genres: Crime Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-08-03
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The Terminal Man
Overview: As the result of a head injury, brilliant computer scientist Harry Benson begins to experience violent seizures. In an attempt to control the seizures, Benson undergoes a new surgical procedure in which a microcomputer is inserted into his brain. The procedure is not entirely successful.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-06-19
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Kill Me If You Can
Overview: The story of Caryl Chessman, a convicted California rapist who spent 12 years on death row before finally being executed.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-09-25
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Nowhere to Land
Overview: A pilot must safely land a 747 on which deadly nerve gas has been planted.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-03-12
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Soul Man
Overview: A white prospective grad student's affluent family won't pay his way through law school, so he takes tanning pills to darken his skin in order to qualify for an African-American scholarship at Harvard. He soon gets more than he bargained for, as he begins to learn what life is really like for blacks in America.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-10-24
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Trouble in High Timber Country
Overview: A proud patriarch battles union organizers and a powerful conglomerate threatening the family-owned lumber and mining operation which he runs with his three sons, his daughter and his nephew in this pilot film to "The Yeagers" TV series that actually ended months before it aired.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-06-27
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First Steps
Overview: Teenage Nan Davis is left paralyzed in a car accident and has a tough time accepting her new wheelchair-bound life. One day she hears about new research by Dr. Jerrold Petrofsky, about using external electric stimulations to enable paralyzed people to use their frozen muscles. She enters the research as a test subject and gets her reward when she walks up to receive her college diploma.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-19
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Charro!
Overview: Vince Hackett's gang steals a prized victory canon from Mexico and blames the deed on ex-member Jess Wade, who wants to go straight.
Genres: Action Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-03-13
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Fever Pitch
Overview: When Ben Wrightman, a young teacher, begins dating pretty businesswoman Lindsey Meeks, the two don't seem to have a lot of the same interests, but they fall in love, regardless. Their romance goes well until baseball season begins, and Lindsey soon realizes that Ben is completely obsessed with the Boston Red Sox. Though she tries to understand Ben's passionate team loyalty, eventually it threatens to end their otherwise happy relationship.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-04-06
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Wild About Harry
Overview: Set in 1973 and inspired by true events, 'Wild About Harry' follows the havoc wreaked in a teen girl’s life when she discovers that her widowed father is gay. Alternately comic and tragic and anchored by an impressive ensemble cast, the film captures both the freedoms and the homophobia of the time – all set against the backdrop of small town America on Cape Cod. British widower Harry Goodhart decides to make a fresh start and moves with his teenage daughters to Cape Cod in 1973. But Harry can't leave behind the secret that threatens to tear his family apart. Adjusting to their new lives proves difficult for the girls when they discover that the connection between their dad and his partner is more than just a working relationship.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-07-11
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Dare to Love
Overview: A mentally fragile woman is pushed over the edge by the death of her brother, to whom she was inordinately close.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-17
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Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Overview: A surprise visit from Spock's father provides a startling revelation: McCoy is harboring Spock's living essence.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-06-01
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Seduced by Evil
Overview: New Mexican warlock Cerio goads working mother Leigh Lindsey into a sexual affair.
Genres: Thriller Horror Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-08-25
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The Night God Screamed
Overview: A woman is persecuted by Jesus freaks after they've crucified her preacher husband.
Genres: Crime Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-01-01
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Outrage
Overview: One man decides to wage war against a gang of teenage punks besieging an affluent California community. Based on a true incident.
Genres: TV Movie Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-11-28
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Von Ryan's Express
Overview: Von Ryan's Express stars Frank Sinatra as a POW colonel who leads a daring escape from WWII Italy by taking over a freight train, but he has to win over the British soldiers he finds himself commanding.
Genres: War Action Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-06-23
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The Electric Horseman
Overview: A former champion rodeo rider is reduced to using his saddle skills to promote a breakfast cereal in a gaudy Las Vegas show. When he's asked to perform with a $12 million horse, he discovers it is being doped to remain docile. He flees into the desert astride the beast in an act of defiance. A story-hungry female reporter gives chase.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-12-21
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Desperado: Badlands Justice
Overview: Alex McArthur returns as cowboy Duell McCall, who wanders the wide frontier in search of the one man who will clear him of a murder charge (What price Fugitive?) Once more, McCall finds himself in a corruption-ridden mining town. Since no one knows his true identity, he is able to establish a modicum of law and order, despite the concerted efforts of greedy land baron John Rhys-Davies. It is only a matter of time, however, before McCall will be forced to move on to other adventures.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-12-17
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The Pelican Brief
Overview: A law student's theory about the recent deaths of two Supreme Court justices embroils her in a far-reaching web of murder, corruption, and greed.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-09-17
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Police Story: The Freeway Killings
Overview: Thriller/Drama about LAPD detectives tracking down two serial killers who are murdering hookers.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-05-03
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Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Overview: The world is shocked by the appearance of three talking chimpanzees, who arrived mysteriously in a spacecraft. Intrigued by their intelligence, humans use them for research - until the apes attempt to escape.
Genres: Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-05-20
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Dead Badge
Overview: After a cop dies, his shield goes back on duty. They call it a "dead badge" - a way to honor a fallen officer. Badge #2424 used to belong to Many Torres - a cop who died of a heroin O.D. Now it belongs to Dan Sampson... and it's haunting him.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-03-28
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The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping
Overview: A criminal organization known as OSO specializes in kidnapping high ranking U.S. representatives. Although Steve Austin has already thwarted one of their kidnappings, he is unable to stop them from grabbing William Henry Cameron right from under OSI's nose. OSO demands one million dollars in gold and Oscar Goldman takes the opportunity to try and lure them out into the open. Meanwhile, Steve accompanies Dr. Erica Bergner, who is testing a new method of brain transferal in order to find out where Cameron is being kept.
Genres: Drama Action Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-11-17
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Coffee, Tea or Me?
Overview: An airline stewardess juggles a life that includes a husband in Los Angeles and another one in London.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-09-11
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Family Flight
Overview: A bitterly divided family is forced to cooperate when their holiday plane crash-lands in the California wilderness. Overcoming their differences, they concentrate on repairing the plane and attempt to build a makeshift runway which will help them escape the unforgiving terrain.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-10-25
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Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy
Overview: The story of U.S. President John F. Kennedy's older brother Joseph, who undertakes a dangerous mission during World War II.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-09-18
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Jake Lassiter: Justice on the Bayou
Overview: Gerald McRaney stars as Jake Lassiter, a colorful ex-football player turned top defense attorney who is hired to defend Dr. Roger Salisbury, a surgeon charged with malpractice in the mysterious death of a wealthy patient, Phillip Corrigan.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-09
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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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Mutiny
Overview: Fact-based story about 300 predominantly black sailors who were killed on July 17, 1944 while loading munitions on a ship in San Francisco. Three weeks later, 50 survivors were court-martialed for refusing to load another shipment. The men cited the Navy's lack of care for their safety.
Genres: War TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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Man On A String
Overview: A government agent, out to destroy a crime ring, finds himself in the middle of a mob war.
Genres: TV Movie Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-02-18
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The Alpha Caper
Overview: A parole officer forced into retirement gets together three ex-convicts to pull off a $30-million armored car robbery.
Genres: TV Movie Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-10-06
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The Jesse Owens Story
Overview: The Jesse Owens Story is a biographical film about the black athlete Jesse Owens. Dorian Harewood plays the Olympic gold-winning athlete. The drama won a 1985 Primetime Emmy Award and was nominated for two more.
Genres: Drama History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-07-09
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The Final Days
Overview: The Final Days concerns itself with the final months of the Richard Nixon presidency.
Genres: History TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-10-29
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Calling Doctor Storm, M.D.
Overview: The life of doctor and hospital administrator Jim Storm at All Fellows Hospital and his cop wife, Patti.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-08-25
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The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One
Overview: J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI go after notorious bank robber and kidnapper Alvin Karpis and his gang.
Genres: TV Movie History Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-11-08
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The Strangler
Overview: An overweight lab technician with low self esteem, brought on by his dominant mother, becomes a serial killer of female nurses.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-04-01
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