Barbara Rush
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Biography: Barbara Rush (January 4, 1927 - March 31, 2024) was an American Golden Globe Award-winning movie and television actress. In 1954, Rush won the Golden Globe Award as most promising female newcomer for her role in the 1953 American black-and-white science fiction film, It Came From Outer Space. Later in her career, Rush became a regular performer in the television series Peyton Place, and appeared in TV movies, miniseries, and a variety of other programs, including the soap opera All My Children, as well as starring in films including Bigger Than Life, The Young Philadelphians, The Young Lions, Robin and the 7 Hoods and Hombre.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Denver, Colorado, USA
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Birthday: January 04, 1927
Age: 98 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: March 31, 2024
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The Black Shield of Falworth
Overview: In the days of King Henry IV, stalwart young Myles and his sister Meg have been raised as peasants, without any knowledge of who their father really was. But one day, they journey to Macworth Castle. There, Myles falls in love with Lady Anne Macworth, makes friends and enemies, and learns to be a knight.
Genres: Adventure History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-09-02
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Bigger Than Life
Overview: A friendly, successful suburban teacher and father grows dangerously addicted to cortisone, resulting in his transformation into a household despot.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-11-20
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Come Blow Your Horn
Overview: The story of a young man's decision to leave the home of his parents for the bachelor pad of his older brother who leads a swinging '60s lifestyle.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-06-05
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Magnificent Obsession
Overview: Reckless playboy Bob Merrick crashes his speedboat, requiring emergency attention from the town’s only resuscitator while a local hero, Dr. Phillips, dies waiting for the life-saving device. Merrick then tries to right his wrongs with the doctor’s widow, Helen, falling in love with her in the process.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-08-07
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Hombre
Overview: John Russell, disdained by his "respectable" fellow stagecoach passengers because he was raised by Indians, becomes their only hope for survival when they are set upon by outlaws.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-03-21
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The Young Lions
Overview: The lives of three young men, a German and two Americans, during WWII.
Genres: War Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-04-02
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Can't Stop the Music
Overview: A loose biography of seminal disco hit-makers The Village People and their composer Jacques Morali.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-06-20
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Dean Martin: King of Cool
Overview: Dean Martin had a laid-back charm that made him successful in everything from big-screen comedies to television variety shows to live acts in Las Vegas. Filmmaker Tom Donahue explores Martin’s varied career, including his complicated relationships with Jerry Lewis, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr, and others. We hear from admirers such as critic Gerald Early, actor Jon Hamm, and Hip-Hop artist RZA who testify to Martin’s enduring mystique.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-11-14
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The Young Philadelphians
Overview: Up and coming young lawyer Anthony Lawrence faces several ethical and emotional dilemmas as he climbs the Philadelphia social ladder. His personal and professional skills are tested as he tries to balance the needs of his fiance Joan, the expectations of his colleagues and his own obligation to defend his friend Chester on a murder count.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-05-21
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When Worlds Collide
Overview: When a group of astronomers calculate a star is on a course to slam into Earth, a few days before, it's accompanying planet will first pass close enough to the Earth to cause havoc on land and sea. They set about building a rocket so a few selected individuals can escape to the planet.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-09-14
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Superdad
Overview: A dad tries to impress the daughter -- a soon-to-be college student he thinks is hanging around with a bad crowd.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-12-14
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Robin and the 7 Hoods
Overview: Set in Prohibition era Chicago, bootlegger Robbo and his cronies refuse to pay the greedy Guy Gisborne a cut of their profits after Guy shoots mob boss Big Jim and takes over. When Big Jim's daughter, Marian, gives Robbo a large sum, believing he has avenged her father's death, the gangster donates to an orphanage, cementing his reputation as a softhearted hood.
Genres: Music Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-06-24
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Moon of the Wolf
Overview: After several locals are viciously murdered, a Louisiana sheriff starts to suspect he may be dealing with a werewolf.
Genres: Horror Mystery Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-09-26
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Summer Lovers
Overview: Michael Pappas and his girlfriend, Cathy, are enjoying the white sand beaches of a Greek island as well as the freewheeling nature of the locals. When Michael meets Lina, who is in Greece from Paris doing archaeological work, he is enamored with the beautiful foreigner. Cathy, unhappy about Lina getting close to Michael, confronts the woman -- only to be unexpectedly wooed by her charms as well.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-07-16
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It Came from Outer Space
Overview: Author and amateur astronomer John Putnam and schoolteacher Ellen Fields witness an enormous meteorite come down near a small town in Arizona. Putnam becomes a local object of scorn when, after examining the object up close, he announces that it is a spacecraft, and that it is inhabited...
Genres: Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-06-05
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Taza, Son of Cochise
Overview: Three years after the end of the Apache wars, peacemaking chief Cochise dies. His elder son Taza shares his ideas, but brother Naiche yearns for war...and for Taza's betrothed, Oona. Naiche loses no time in starting trouble which, thanks to a bigoted cavalry officer, ends with the proud Chiricahua Apaches on a reservation, where they are soon joined by the captured renegade Geronimo, who is all it takes to light the firecracker's fuse...
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-02-18
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Strangers When We Meet
Overview: A suburban architect loves his wife but is bored with his marriage and with his work, so he takes up with the neglected, married beauty who lives down the street.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-06-29
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Oh, Men! Oh, Women!
Overview: Arthur Turner's bored housewife Mildred seeks psychiatric help from Dr. Alan Coles who also has his own emotional problems to solve.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-02-22
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Captain Lightfoot
Overview: In 1815, Michael Martin, member of an Irish revolutionary society, turns highwayman to support it, and soon becomes an outlaw. In Dublin, he meets famous rebel "Captain Thunderbolt" and becomes his second-in-command, under the name "Lightfoot."
Genres: Adventure Romance History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-03-26
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Harry Black and the Tiger
Overview: In the mysterious jungle of India, Harry Black, a skilled hunter, hunts a dangerous tiger which attacked. This tiger has already claimed hundreds of victims. While recovering from his wounds will review the most important moments of his life.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-07-22
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The Bramble Bush
Overview: A young doctor returns to his Massachusetts home town at the request of a terminally ill old friend.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-02-24
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Kiss of Fire
Overview: In 1700, a Spanish princess travels from New Mexico to California with ruthless outlaw El Tigre as guide.
Genres: History Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-09-23
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Peege
Overview: An ailing elderly woman is paid a perfunctory visit by her family while she sits despondently in a nursing home. Nobody can get through to her except for her young grandson, who talks to her about the happy times they shared between the two of them when she was well.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-10-01
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Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
Overview: After escaping Russia's communist revolution, Léon Theremin travels to New York, where he pioneers the field of electronic music with his synthesizer. But at the height of his popularity, Soviet agents kidnap and force him to develop spy technology.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-08-24
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Quebec
Overview: Story of a revolt against England in 1830s Canada.
Genres: Adventure History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-03-15
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Flight to Hong Kong
Overview: On an airliner bound for Hong Kong, Tony, a career crook who deals in stolen diamonds, agonizes over whether he should stick with his girlfriend or pursue Pamela, an intriguing novelist with whom he's instantly infatuated. Viewing Tony's dastardly deeds as great material for her new book, Pamela gladly encourages him to continue his criminal behavior.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-10-08
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The Man
Overview: When the President and Speaker of the House are killed in a building collapse, and the Vice-President declines the office due to age and ill-health, Senate President pro tempore Douglas Dilman (James Earl Jones) suddenly becomes the first black man to occupy the Oval Office. The events from that day to the next election when he must decide if he will actually run challenge his skills as a politician and leader.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-07-19
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The Eyes of Charles Sand
Overview: A young man inherits the ability to see visions beyond the grave.
Genres: Thriller Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-02-29
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Prince of Pirates
Overview: In a 16th century kingdom in the Netherlands, the newly crowned King Stephan concludes a secret treaty with the Spanish. This puts him at odds with his younger brother, Prince Roland, who favors a treaty with the French. Stephan orders Roland imprisoned but Roland escapes and leads a revolt.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-03-07
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Suddenly Single
Overview: A newly divorced man finds it difficult to get used to the single world.
Genres: Drama Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-10-19
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The Night the Bridge Fell Down
Overview: A group of random individuals get stranded on a bridge that begins collapsing at both ends. Not only that, but there's a gun-wielding bank robber using the bridge as his means of escape refusing to let any of the rescuers draw near the survivors. Time is running out ...
Genres: Action Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-09-06
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Death Car on the Freeway
Overview: A determined TV reporter is out to find a maniac who is methodically attacking lone women drivers on the Los Angeles Freeway by pushing them off the road with his powerful van.
Genres: Mystery Thriller TV Movie Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-09-24
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The First Legion
Overview: A Catholic priest fights against his colleagues' immediate acceptance of an ambiguous “miracle”.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-05-04
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The Last Day
Overview: The Dalton gang is riding again, forcing a retired gunman to use his weapons once more.
Genres: TV Movie Western
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1975-02-15
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Strategy of Terror
Overview: A reporter and a New York City cop team up to find out who is trying to assassinate a UN leader. Film was a re-edit of two Kraft Suspense Theatre episodes.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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The Unknown
Overview: After two women poison the blackmailer who has been tormenting them, they wind up at the house of a blind man whose eccentric guest believes he has built a working time machine. Soon, the blackmailer is back to torment them all.
Genres: TV Movie Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-05-04
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No Down Payment
Overview: The marital difficulties of four couples living in a southern California housing development become intertwined. Among the unhappy couples are ne'er-do-well Jerry Flagg and his long-suffering wife Isabelle, flirtatious Leola Boone and her sadistic husband Troy, hard-working Herman Kreitzer and his understanding wife Betty, and newlyweds Jean and David Martin.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-10-30
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The Goldbergs
Overview: Feature film using characters from the popular radio show and the pioneering 1949 TV series, about a Bronx family coping with everyday problems.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-12-23
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Widow's Kiss
Overview: Haunted by his mother's recent death, a young man becomes suspicious of his wealthy father's sexy, new bride. When his father dies mysteriously, the boy decides to investigate.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-18
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Flaming Feather
Overview: A mysterious outlaw known as the Sidewinder, phantom leader of renegade Ute Indians, terrorizes the people of the Arizona Territory in the 1870s. When rancher Tex McCloud has his place burned out, he vows to find and kill the Sidewinder.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-02-01
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Web of Deceit
Overview: After making a name for herself on the West Coast, a defense lawyer returns to her hometown of Atlanta to argue a controversial rape-murder case. But it's not all work and no play: once there, she reenters high society and has a reunion with an old flame -- who just happens to be the prosecuting attorney on her case. As she investigates her client's claims of innocence, she uncovers a sinister conspiracy that threatens both her life and her new romance.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-10-17
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Cutter
Overview: Private eye searches for a missing football quarterback in Chicago.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-26
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Flamingo Road
Overview: A carnival drifter marries into an aristocratic family and unwillingly takes on a ruthless sheriff who fancies himself a political kingmaker in this pilot film to the later series.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-05-12
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Portrait of Grandpa Doc
Overview: The story of a gentle and loving grandfather who encourages his grandson's ambition to be a painter.
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-11-05
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World in My Corner
Overview: A scrappy fighter from Jersey City named Tommy Shea -- "born in a dump, educated in an alley" -- catches the eye of wealthy businessman, Robert Mallinson, who allows him to train at his Long Island estate. Shea soon falls for Mallinson's daughter, Dorothy, but fears he doesn't have the money to support her in proper style. To get this money, Shea decides to work with crooked fight-promoter Harry Cram, even though this means dropping his honest manager, Dave Bernstein. As the big fight approaches, however, Shea begins to have second thoughts.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-03-01
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What Makes Sammy Run?
Overview: An adaptation of Budd Schulberg's incendiary 1941 novel about the rise of an unscrupulous Hollywood producer. The production was divided into two parts and aired on NBC's Sunday Showcase.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-09-27
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Crime Club
Overview: A group of public and private investigators looks into the suspicious death of the son of one of its members' wealthy girlfriends.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-03-06
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The Seekers
Overview: This follow-up to "The Bastard" and "The Rebels" continues the account of Philip Kent's life and career from his emigration to colonial Massachusetts through the American Revolutionary War and concludes the family saga with the story of his two sons and their children as they arrive in the unexplored Northwest Territory. (Episodes 5 and 6 of the Kent Chronicles miniseries.)
Genres: Drama History War TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-12-03
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Private Screenings: Robert Osborne
Overview: TCM host Robert Osborne discusses his life and career with guest interviewer Alec Baldwin in commemoration of Osborne's 20 years with the network.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-01-06
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