John Considine
Also Known As: John William Considine III
Biography: John Considine (born January 2, 1935) is a retired American writer and actor.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Birthday: January 02, 1935
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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The Greatest Story Ever Told
Overview: From his birth in Bethlehem to his death and eventual resurrection, the life of Jesus Christ is given the all-star treatment in this epic retelling. Major aspects of Christ's life are touched upon, including the execution of all the newborn males in Egypt by King Herod; Christ's baptism by John the Baptist; and the betrayal by Judas after the Last Supper that eventually leads to Christ's crucifixion and miraculous return.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-04-09
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Trouble in Mind
Overview: The lives of an ex-con, a coffee-shop owner, and a young couple looking to make it rich intersect in the hypnotic Rain City.
Genres: Crime Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-12-11
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Made in Heaven
Overview: Deceased drifter Mike arrives in Heaven and quickly falls for newborn soul Annie, soon to start her assignment on Earth. When Annie leaves, Mike follows.
Genres: Comedy Drama Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-11-06
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Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
Overview: Buffalo Bill plans to put on his own Wild West sideshow, and Chief Sitting Bull has agreed to appear in it. However, Sitting Bull has his own hidden agenda, involving the President and General Custer.
Genres: Western Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-06-24
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The Late Show
Overview: Over-the-hill gumshoe in Los Angeles seeks to avenge the killing of an old pal, another detective who had gotten himself involved in a case concerning a murdered broad, stolen stamps, a nickel-plated handgun, a cheating dolly, and a kidnapped pussycat.
Genres: Mystery Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-02-10
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When Time Ran Out...
Overview: An active volcano threatens a south Pacific island resort and its guests as a power struggle ensues between the property's developer and a drilling foreman.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-03-28
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The Thirsty Dead
Overview: Beautiful young girls are kidnapped off the streets of Manila by a death cult that needs their blood to remain immortal.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-09-06
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Mother's Day on Waltons Mountain
Overview: Mary Ellen marries Jonesy but they don't exactly have a good start.
Genres: Family Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-05-02
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Timestalkers
Overview: History professor Scott McKenzie makes an anachronistic discovery in a photograph from the Old West and he is soon joined by beautiful time-traveler Georgia in a time-skipping adventure to stop her colleague from the future from erasing her from existence.
Genres: Science Fiction Western TV Movie Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-03-10
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Los Angeles Plays Itself
Overview: From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop to countless movies. In this dazzling work, Andersen takes viewers on a whirlwind tour through the metropolis' real and cinematic history, investigating the myriad stories and legends that have come to define it, and meticulously, judiciously revealing the real city that lives beneath.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-07-28
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Doctor Death: Seeker of Souls
Overview: John Considine plays the flamboyant Dr. Death, a thousand-year-old magician who has mastered he art of transferring souls from one body to another and thereby manages to perpetuate himself by jumping from one body to the next. Apparently the Doc is a kindred spirit since his blood is a highly-corrosive acid that can strip flesh from bone
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-10-01
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Brainwash
Overview: A group of husbands with their wives participate in a reunion where everybody will find his hidden secret. The methods used are terrible, but usually work. Just usually.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-09-23
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The Book of Stars
Overview: A tale of two sisters. Penny cares for her younger sister Mary, who suffers from cystic fibrosis. "Cares for" is a questionable term, as the hardened, edgy Penny secretly makes her living in the world's oldest profession while popping pills to help numb her from the grim reality of her job and the impending loss of her sister. Mary, a romantic daydreamer who faces her disease with a graceful, knowing spirit, remembers the days when her big sister was a "brilliant" published poet, and she pours her every thought, memory, and dream into a lovingly crafted scrapbook she calls "the book of stars."
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-06-06
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Margin for Murder
Overview: Mickey Spillane's hard-hitting '50s private eye, Mike Hammer, returns to television in the guise of Kevin Dobson to track down the killer of his best friend who was driving Hammer's car. Joining in the hunt are the detective's Girl Friday, the ever-hopeful Velda, and his cop friend, Pat Chambers.
Genres: Crime Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-10-15
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See How She Runs
Overview: A middle-aged housewife and mother, after spending a lifetime giving to others, decides to claim a piece for herself and enters the grueling 26-mile Boston Marathon as an obsessive means of self-expression.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-02-01
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Our Very Own
Overview: During a heated argument with her sister Joan, Gail discovers the shocking news that she is adopted. With the reluctant support of her adoptive parents and baby sister Penny, Gail goes in search of her biological mother and true identity.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-07-27
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Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess
Overview: The life and times of silverscreen goddess Rita Hayworth.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-11-01
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Marian Rose White
Overview: Marian Rose White is placed in a State Home for the feeble-minded by her uncaring mother when her father dies. She is a young teenager and there is nothing wrong with her except for some clumsiness, mostly caused by poor vision. State law (in 1934) requires sterilization of all inmates. Sympathetic nurse, Bonnie McNeil, befriends Marian and protests her treatment.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-01-19
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California Split
Overview: Carefree single guy Charlie Waters rooms with two lovely prostitutes, Barbara Miller and Susan Peters, and lives to gamble. Along with his glum betting buddy, Bill Denny, Charlie sets out on a gambling streak in search of the ever-elusive big payday. While Charlie and Bill have some lucky moments, they also have to contend with serious setbacks that threaten to derail their hedonistic betting binge.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-08-07
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Gia
Overview: Gia Carangi meteorically rises to modeling fame in the late 1970s but becomes overconsumed by persistent loneliness and drug addiction.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-31
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Forbidden Love
Overview: A young doctor meets and falls in love with the older Joanna, who is on the board of directors at his hospital. The people around them, including their families, have a hard time accepting the age difference, and they must decide whether to call it quits or stick with each other.
Genres: Drama TV Movie Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-10-18
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Passions
Overview: A man with a wife and daughter also has a son with another woman. When he dies this little secret is revealed to the wife. She then sets out to make her and her son suffer by trying to throw them out of the house he bought for them but now it legally belongs to his wife. And at the same time, wanting to ensure her son's future, she sues his estate for her son's education fund. While they are butting heads, they both discover that they were both deceived by him.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-10-01
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Exiled in America
Overview: A Central American revolutionary is captured and tortured by government forces. He escapes and flees to the US, hiding out in a rural area where he is sheltered by a Christian sanctuary movement. His wife gets a job at a local diner run by one of the town's shadier women, and soon a CIA assassination team shows up, looking for him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-11-04
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Welcome to L.A.
Overview: The lives of a group of Hollywood neurotics intersect over the Christmas holidays. Foremost among them, a songwriter visits Los Angeles to work on a singer's album. The gig, unbeknownst to him, is being bankrolled by his estranged father, a dairy magnate, who hopes to reunite with his son. When the songwriter meets an eccentric housewife who fancies herself a modern-day Garbo, his world of illusions comes crashing down.
Genres: Romance Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-11-12
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The Shadow Box
Overview: Over the course of a day in a California hospice, three terminally ill patients are observed with their families reflecting on life and death.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-09-30
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Coupe de Ville
Overview: Meet the Libner brothers: Marvin, the oldest, is a sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. Buddy, the middle child, is a timid dreamer. Bobby, the youngest, is a handsome rebel in reform school. As kids, they fought a lot and as adults, they barely speak. In the summer of 1963, their tough and eccentric father, Fred, gives them a task: to bring a 1954 Cadillac, bought for their mother, Betty, from Detroit to Miami. As the trip goes on, the three brothers fight and begin to reconnect with each other, while trying to keep the Caddy in mint condition.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-03-09
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Incident in San Francisco
Overview: A man who tries to stop a mugging finds himself accused of murdering the criminal after the victim and witnesses fail to corroborate his story. A young reporter believes the man and tries to find out why the parties involved are trying to frame him.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-02-28
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Dixie: Changing Habits
Overview: Dixie is caught operating a whorehouse, and is sentenced to 90 days house arrest in a convent! Can Dixie bend to the ways of the convent nuns to avoid jail?
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-02-16
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Endangered Species
Overview: A retired New York cop on vacation in America's West is drawn into a sheriff's investigation of a mysterious series of cattle killings.
Genres: Thriller Drama Mystery Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-09-10
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Fat Man and Little Boy
Overview: Assigned to oversee the development of the atomic bomb, Gen. Leslie Groves is a stern military man determined to have the project go according to plan. He selects J. Robert Oppenheimer as the key scientist on the top-secret operation, but the two men clash fiercely on a number of issues. Despite their frequent conflicts, Groves and Oppenheimer ultimately push ahead with two bomb designs — the bigger "Fat Man" and the more streamlined "Little Boy."
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-10-20
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Opposing Force
Overview: A group of elite soldiers, including one woman, sign up for the ultimate training mission. The group parachutes onto a remote island, where their objective is to reach the safety zone before the "opposing force" captures them. Everything does not go as expected, and the training mission turns into the real thing.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-08-01
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Choose Me
Overview: Several lost-soul night-owls, including a nightclub owner, a talk radio relationship counselor, and an itinerant stranger have encounters that expose their contradictions and anxieties about love and acceptance.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-08-29
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Breathing Lessons
Overview: A married couple review their lives and renew their love for one another while driving to a friend's funeral.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-02-06
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Reunion in France
Overview: Frenchwoman Michele de la Becque, an opponent of the Nazis in German-occupied Paris, hides a downed American flyer, Pat Talbot, and attempts to get him safely out of the country.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-12-25
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A Wedding
Overview: Muffin's wedding to Dino Corelli is to be a big affair. Except the ageing priest isn't too sure of the ceremony, only the families actually turn up as the Corelli Italian connection is suspect, security guards watch the gifts rather over-zealously, and Dino's grandma expires in bed just as the reception starts. Could be quite an occasion.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-08-29
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Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
Overview: Jesse becomes reunited with Willy three years after the whale's jump to freedom as the teenager tries to rescue the killer whale and other orcas from an oil spill.
Genres: Family Adventure Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-07-19
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Gun
Overview: Follows a gun and the different hands it falls into and the different characters that use it.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-04-12
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