King Donovan
Also Known As: Кинг Донован, Francis King Donovan
Biography: King Donovan (25 January 1918 – 30 June 1987) was an American film, stage, and television actor, as well as a film and television director Description above from the Wikipedia article King Donovan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: January 25, 1918
Age: 107 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: June 30, 1987
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Overview: A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-02-05
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The Defiant Ones
Overview: Two convicts—a white racist and an angry black man—escape while chained to each other.
Genres: Crime Drama Action Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-08-14
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The Comedian
Overview: Sammy Hogarth, a vaudeville comedian who now has his own TV show, is a ruthless egomaniac who demands instant obedience from his staff and heaps abuse on those in lesser positions than his. His most vituperative behavior, however, is reserved for his weak-willed brother, Lester, whom Sammy has hired as his assistant but whom he really uses as his whipping boy.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-02-14
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Alias Nick Beal
Overview: After straight-arrow district attorney Joseph Foster says in frustration that he would sell his soul to bring down a local mob boss, a smooth-talking stranger named Nick Beal shows up with enough evidence to seal a conviction. When that success leads Foster to run for governor, Beal's unearthly hold on him turns the previously honest man corrupt, much to the displeasure of his wife and his steadfast minister.
Genres: Drama Crime Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-03-04
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The Enforcer
Overview: After years of investigation, Assistant District Attorney Martin Ferguson has managed to build a solid case against an elusive gangster whose top lieutenant is about to testify.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-02-24
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One Way Street
Overview: After stealing a gangster's money and his girlfriend, a doctor heads for a small village in Mexico to hide out.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-04-01
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The Scarf
Overview: A man who is believed to have murdered a woman, escapes from the insane asylum to find if he was the one to actually kill her using the scarf she was wearing.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-04-06
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The Hanging Tree
Overview: Joseph "Doc" Frail is a doctor with a past he's trying to outrun. While in Montana, he comes across a mining camp with a hanging tree and rescues a man named Rune from the noose. With Rune as his servant, Frail decides to settle down, and he takes over as town doctor. He meets Elizabeth, who is suffering from shock, and the two soon fall in love. But when Elizabeth is attacked, Frail's attempt to help her lands them both in trouble.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-02-19
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Easy to Love
Overview: Two men vie for the heart of a Cypress Gardens swimming star.
Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-11-26
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The Sun Sets at Dawn
Overview: A reporter investigates the story of a young man who may have been wrongly convicted and sentenced to be executed.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-11-01
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The Magnetic Monster
Overview: The Office of Scientific Investigations tracks down the source of increased magnetism and radioactivity in Los Angeles, and discovers that a man-made isotope is consuming available energy from nearby mass every few hours, doubling its size in the process. Although microscopic, it will soon become big enough to destroy Earth; and how to stop it is yet to be determined. The film's Deltatron special effects footage is taken from the 1934 German sci-fi film GOLD.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-02-18
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Open Secret
Overview: A couple discovers that their friend has gone missing. Their investigation leads them to believe that anti-semites are behind the disappearance.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-02-14
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Storm Warning
Overview: A fashion model witnesses the brutal assassination of an investigative journalist by the Ku Klux Klan while traveling to a small town to visit her sister.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-02-10
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Creepy Classics
Overview: A compilation of trailers for various horror and sci-fi films, narrated and hosted by Vincent Price.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-10-01
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Nothing Lasts Forever
Overview: An artist fails a test and is required to direct traffic in New York City's Holland Tunnel. He winds up falling in love with a beautiful woman, who takes him to the moon on a Lunar Cruiser.
Genres: Romance Science Fiction Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-09-06
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Broken Lance
Overview: Cattle baron Matt Devereaux raids a copper smelter that is polluting his water, then divides his property among his sons. Son Joe takes responsibility for the raid and gets three years in prison. Matt dies from a stroke partly caused by his rebellious sons and when Joe gets out he plans revenge.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-09-25
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The Redhead and The Cowboy
Overview: Gil Kyle finds himself caught up in the politics and unrest of the American Civil War and soon gets himself framed for a murder. His only alibi is Candace Bronson, who is aiding the Confederate cause and has left the territory to deliver a vital message about a Yankee gold shipment. So he sets off in pursuit, running into desperados, government agents, and guerrilla fighters, who are more interested in profit than ideals. Written by Alfred Jingle
Genres: Action Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-03-15
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Sally and Saint Anne
Overview: An Irish-American girl asks the saint to guide her family and save them from an alderman.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-07-01
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Little Big Horn
Overview: Two cavalry officers (Lloyd Bridges, John Ireland) lead a patrol to warn Gen. Custer about an ambush.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-06-15
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Forever Female
Overview: An aging actress has a hard time admitting she is too old to play the ingenue role anymore.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-11-28
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The Merry Widow
Overview: Marshovia, a small European kingdom, is on the brink of bankruptcy but the country may be saved if the wealthy American Crystal Radek, widow of a Marshovian, can be convinced to part with her money and marry the king's nephew count Danilo. Arriving to Marshovia on a visit, Crystal Radek change places with her secretary Kitty. Following them to Paris, Danilo has a hard time wooing the widow after meeting an attractive young woman at a nightclub, the same Crystal Radek who presents herself as Fifi the chorus girl. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-09-05
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Shockproof
Overview: Jenny Marsh, recently released from prison for killing a man, finds herself under the watchful eye of her parole officer, Griff Marat, who helps her secure a job caring for his ailing mother.
Genres: Romance Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-01-25
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Side Street
Overview: A struggling young father-to-be gives in to temptation and impulsively steals an envelope of money from the office of a corrupt attorney. Instead of a few hundred dollars, it contains $30,000, and when he decides to return the money things go wrong and that is only the beginning of his troubles.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-03-23
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The Bamboo Prison
Overview: A communist POW sides with his North Korean guards against his fellow prisoners.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-06-15
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The Unknown Man
Overview: A scrupulously honest lawyer discovers that the client he's gotten off was really guilty.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-11-09
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The Perfect Furlough
Overview: A love-starved soldier stationed at an Arctic base wins a furlough in Paris, but a pretty, no-nonsense military psychologist is ordered to accompany him as chaperone to keep him out of trouble.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-11-30
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The Iron Sheriff
Overview: Frontier peacekeeper Sheriff Galt faces a crisis of conscience in The Iron Sheriff. In the aftermath of a robbery-murder, Galt follows the trail of evidence directly to his own son, Benjie. Sworn to uphold the law at all costs, Galt is grimly determined to see that Benjie will receive a fair trial without any coercion on his part. But the townsfolk have already decided that the sheriff will try to spring the boy, and a lynch-mob mentality slows festers its way through the community. As the trial proceeds, it becomes obvious that Benjie is going to hang for his alleged crime, but there's still one or two surprises in store.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-04-01
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City of Bad Men
Overview: Outlaws plan a robbery to take place during a championship prizefight in Carson City, Nevada.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-09-11
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Tumbleweed
Overview: Jim Harvey is hired to guard a small wagon train as it makes its way west. The train is attacked by Indians and Harvey, hoping to persuade Aguila, the chief, to call off the attack due to Harvey's having saved his son's life, leaves the train to negotiate. He is captured and the rest of the train is wiped out except for two sisters. Escaping and showing up in town later, Harvey is nearly hanged as a deserter, but gets away. Eventually caught by the sheriff and his posse, they are attacked by Indians. This time the Indians are defeated and Aguila, captured and dying, reveals the identity of the white man who engineered the initial attack on the wagon train, just as the perpetrator rides up behind them.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-12-01
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The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies
Overview: Jed Clamplett and his backwoods family help solve an energy crisis in their own rustic ways for their Beverly Hills neighborhood they still cannot adjust to.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-10-06
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The Thrill of It All
Overview: A housewife's sudden rise to fame as a soap spokesperson leads to chaos in her home life.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-07-17
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Cowboy
Overview: Chicago hotel clerk Frank Harris dreams of life as a cowboy, and he gets his chance when, jilted by the father of the woman he loves, he joins Tom Reece and his cattle-driving outfit. Soon, though, the tenderfoot finds out life on the range is neither what he expected nor what he's been looking for...
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-01-23
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All the King's Men
Overview: A man of humble beginnings and honest intentions rises to power by nefarious means. Along for the wild ride are an earnest reporter, a heretofore classy society girl, and a too-clever-for-her-own-good political flack.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-11-16
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Glory Alley
Overview: A New Orleans boxer backs out of a bout and leaves his girlfriend for Korea.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-06-06
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The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
Overview: The controlled explosion of an atomic bomb in the Arctic Circle awakens a frozen dinosaur that will wreak havoc in New York City.
Genres: Drama Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-06-13
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Angels in the Outfield
Overview: The short-tempered manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates mends his ways in return for a little divine assistance.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-10-19
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Something to Live For
Overview: Advertising executive Alan Miller, a recovered alcoholic who now does interventions on behalf of Alcoholics Anonymous, is called to help Broadway actress Jenny Carey whose developing career is threatened by an increasing dependence on alcohol. Alan's growing interest in Jenny strains his marriage to Edna, with whom he has two children.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-03-07
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Singin' in the Rain
Overview: In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-04-10
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Not as a Stranger
Overview: Lucas Marsh, an intern bent upon becoming a first-class doctor, not merely a successful one. He courts and marries the warm-hearted Kristina, not out of love but because she is highly knowledgeable in the skills of the operating room and because she has frugally put aside her savings through the years. She will be, as he shrewdly knows, a supportive wife in every way. She helps make him the success he wants to be and cheerfully moves with him to the small town in which he starts his practice. But as much as he tries to be a good husband to the undemanding Kristina, Marsh easily falls into the arms of a local siren and the patience of the long-sorrowing Kristina wears thin.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-07-01
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Riders to the Stars
Overview: Three men gamble their lives in space to change the history of the world
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-01-14
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The Pilgrimage Play
Overview: Nelson Leigh assumes the role of Jesus Christ in this drama that depicts such historical events as the Sermon on the Mount and the Last Supper while portraying the period in which Christ roamed the countryside preaching the gospel.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-12-12
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Hannah Lee: An American Primitive
Overview: Professional killer Bus Crow is hired by cattlemen to eliminate squatters. When Marshal Sam Rochelle is sent to investigate, saloon owner Hallie has to be a reluctant witness.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-07-13
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A Lady Without Passport
Overview: An undercover U.S. Immigration agent falls in love with an immigrant attempting to enter the United States through Havana, Cuba in an illegal smuggling ring.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-08-03
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Mystery Street
Overview: When a young woman's skeletal remains turn up on a Massachusetts beach, Barnstable cop Peter Moralas teams with Boston police and uses forensics, with the help of a Harvard professor, to determine the woman's identity, how she died, and who killed her.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-06-23
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Private Hell 36
Overview: In New York, a bank robbery of $300,000 goes unsolved for a year, until some of the marked bills are found in a Los Angeles drugstore theft. Police detectives Cal Bruner and Jack Farnham investigate and are led from the drugstore to a nightclub, where singer Lili is another recipient of a stolen bill. With Lili's help, the partners track down the remaining money, but both Lili and Frank are dismayed when Cal decides he wants to keep part of it.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-09-03
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Behave Yourself!
Overview: A young man takes in a dog that turns out to be wanted by mobsters.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-09-22
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Morning's at Seven
Overview: In a small Midwestern town in the 1920s, four sisters' lives are turned upside down when one sister's son brings his fiancée home to meet his eccentric family for the first time.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-01-01
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The Prince Who Was a Thief
Overview: An Arabian prince, kidnapped at birth and raised as a thief, plots to regain his throne from his evil uncle in this colorful costume adventure.
Genres: Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-05-17
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The Seven Little Foys
Overview: Vaudeville entertainer Eddie Foy, who has vowed to forever keep his act a solo, falls in love with and marries Italian ballerina Madeleine. While they continue to tour the circuit, they begin a family and before long have seven little Foys to clutter the wings. After tragedy threatens to stall Eddie's career, he comes to realize that his little terrors are worth their weight in gold. - Chris Stone
Genres: Music Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-09-30
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His Kind of Woman
Overview: Career gambler Dan Milner agrees to a $50,000 deal to leave the USA for Mexico, only to find himself entangled with fellow guests at a luxurious resort and suspecting that the man who hired him may be the deported crime boss Nick Ferraro aiming to re-enter to the USA.
Genres: Crime Comedy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-08-15
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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Overview: A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is the madcap adventures of those strangers as each attempts to claim the prize for himself.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-11-07
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