Josip Elic
Also Known As: Josep Elic
Biography: Josip Elic was born on March 10, 1921 in Butte, Montana, USA as Jr. Joseph Elich. He was an actor, known for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Black Rain (1989) and The Producers (1967). He died on October 21, 2019 in River Edge, New Jersey, USA
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Butte, Montana, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: March 10, 1921
Age: 104 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: October 21, 2019
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A Christmas Memory
Overview: As Christmastime approaches in rural, Depression-era Alabama, a young boy and his best friend, an elderly woman distantly related to him, prepare for the impending holiday by gathering ingredients for their annual batch of fruitcakes for "people who've struck our fancy." On Christmas Eve, they talk with great anticipation of the next day, but underneath is the sad, almost unspoken knowledge that the boy is growing up and his cousin is getting older and frailer. Based on Truman Capote's autobiographical short story.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-12-21
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Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
Overview: Martians fear their children have become lazy and joyless due to their newfound obsession with Earth TV shows. After ancient Martian leader Chochem suggests that the children of Mars need more fun—including their own Santa Claus—supreme leader Lord Kimar assembles an expedition to Earth. Once there, they kidnap two children who lead them to the North Pole, then capture the real Santa Claus, taking all three back to Mars in an attempt to bring the Martian children happiness.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-11-14
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Great Day
Overview: Pilot that was not picked up by ABC about the escapades of skid-row bums living at an inner-city mission.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-05-23
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Pocketful of Miracles
Overview: A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when the peddler learns her daughter is marrying royalty.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-12-18
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Third of a Man
Overview: A prominent man in a small U.S. town, tries to forget his brother in a mental home, but the director of the hospital sets about his rehabilitation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-05-16
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Convicts 4
Overview: After his death sentence is commuted to life in prison, John Resko is transferred from Sing-Sing to Dannemora where, with the help of a humane prison guard, he becomes a rehabilitated man and a successful painter.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-09-15
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The Halloween That Almost Wasn't
Overview: Upset by rumors that Halloween may end, Dracula calls his mild-mannered monsters together and delivers an ultimatum - either regain their frightening image, or leave his Transylvania castle forever.
Genres: Horror Comedy Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-10-28
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Dirty Little Billy
Overview: Clearly influenced by the darker, more sinister style of spaghetti westerns, Dirty Little Billy offers a unique insight into the beginnings of the notorious outlaw Billy The Kid.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-11-01
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The World's Greatest Lover
Overview: When frustrated movie studio mogul Adolph Zitz announces a talent search for a romantic leading man to rival the great Rudolph Valentino, thousands of hopefuls decend upon Hollywood. Rudy Valentine, a neurotic baker from Milwaukee, knows little about romance or acting. But when his wife leaves him for the real Valentino, Rudy goes to outrageous lengths to win the role of a lifetime and win back the love of his life.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-12-18
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Overview: A petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison. He soon finds himself as a leader to the other patients—and an enemy to the cruel, domineering nurse who runs the ward.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-11-19
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From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Overview: A precocious young girl and her younger brother run away from home and hide in the Metropolitan Museum in New York.
Genres: Adventure Mystery Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-06-06
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The Stoolie
Overview: Roger Pitman is a petty thief who makes a deal with the police to use bait money to trap other criminals. But when he gets the cash, Roger can't resist the temptation and steals part of it. He runs off to Miami Beach, but now lives in fear of the crooks that he set up as well as the police.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-11-30
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Black Rain
Overview: Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. They arrest one of their killers and are ordered to escort him back to Japan. However, in Japan he manages to escape, and as they try to track him down, they get deeper and deeper into the Japanese Mafia scene and they have to learn that they can only win by playing the game—the Japanese way.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-22
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The Producers
Overview: Broadway producer Max Bialystock and his accountant, Leo Bloom plan to make money by charming wealthy old biddies to invest in a production many times over the actual cost, and then put on a sure-fire flop, so nobody will ask for their money back – and what can be a more certain flop than a tasteless musical celebrating Hitler.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-03-18
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Murder, Inc.
Overview: Chronicles the rise and fall of the organised crime syndicate known as Murder, Incorporated, focusing on powerful boss Lepke and violent hit man Reles.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-06-28
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Trilogy
Overview: Trilogy is an anthology film of three adaptations of Truman Capote short stories: Miriam, Among the Paths to Eden and A Christmas Memory. It was listed to compete at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival, but the festival was cancelled due to the events of May 1968 in France.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-06-08
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Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?
Overview: Hugely successful but impossibly neurotic songwriter Georgie Soloway is sliding into a mid-life crisis. He believes that all of his past romantic relationships have been destroyed not by his own failings but by the interference of the mysterious Harry Kellerman. Family, friends, and his psychiatrist cannot give him the help he seeks. When his father is diagnosed with a terminal illness, Georgie begins spending more and more time flying his personal aircraft, distancing himself physically, emotionally, and mentally from the real world.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-06-15
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For Love of Ivy
Overview: A white family has had the same Black maid for many years. When she tells them she wants to go back to school and will be leaving soon, the 20ish year old son decides what she needs is a change and begins searching for a man to wine and dine her, but who won't marry her, thinking that this will distract her from her plans. The man he finds doesn't entirely cooperate.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-07-17
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