Robert Patten
Also Known As: Robert F. Patten, Bob Patten
Biography: Robert Patten was born on October 11, 1925 in Tacoma, Washington, USA. He was an actor, known for Un homme de fer (1949), Airport (1970) and Mondwest (1973). He was married to Peggy Lloyd and Patricia Grant. He died on December 29, 2001 in Malibu, California, USA.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Tacoma - Washington - USA
Adult: No
Birthday: October 11, 1925
Age: 99 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: December 29, 2001
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The Frogmen
Overview: The new commander of a Navy Underwater Demolition Team--nicknamed "Frogmen"--must earn the respect of the men in his unit, who are still grieving over the death of their former commander and resentful of the new one.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-01-25
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Breakfast at Tiffany's
Overview: Holly Golightly is an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. But when young writer Paul Varjak moves into her apartment building, her past threatens to get in their way.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-10-06
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It Happens Every Spring
Overview: A scientist discovers a formula that makes a baseball which is repelled by wood. He promptly sets out to exploit his discovery.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-06-10
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Riot in Cell Block 11
Overview: A prisoner leads his counterparts in a protest for better living conditions which turns violent and ugly.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-02-18
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Twelve O'Clock High
Overview: In the early days of daylight bombing raids over Germany, General Frank Savage must take command of a 'hard luck' bomber group. Much of the story deals with his struggle to whip his group into a disciplined fighting unit in spite of heavy losses, and withering attacks by German fighters over their targets.
Genres: War Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-12-21
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The Street with No Name
Overview: After two gang-related killings in "Center City," a suspect (who was framed) is arrested, released on bail...and murdered. Inspector Briggs of the FBI recruits a young agent, Gene Cordell, to go undercover in the shadowy Skid Row area (alias George Manly) as a potential victim of the same racket. Soon, Gene meets Alec Stiles, neurotic mastermind who's "building an organization along scientific lines." Stiles recruits Cordell, whose job becomes a lot more dangerous.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-07-14
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American Guerrilla in the Philippines
Overview: American soldiers stranded in the Philippines after the Japanese invasion form guerrilla bands to fight back. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 2001.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-11-08
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Love in a Goldfish Bowl
Overview: Two platonic college friends spend a weekend away together. One is romanced by a member of the coast guard.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-07-12
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Slattery's Hurricane
Overview: A pilot wants a life of ease, flying for drug smugglers and looking the other way until his conscience is tweaked by a woman he has misused. The story unfolds in flashbacks as the pilot battles the storm and recalls his failures, including a love affair with the wife of his best friend.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-08-11
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Flight to Holocaust
Overview: A team of troubleshooters is called to a skyscraper where a plane has crashed into the 20th floor and is stuck in the side of the building.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-03-26
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Sand
Overview: Novelist Will James, a specialist in horse stories, wrote the yarn upon which 20th Century-Fox's Sand was based. Mark Stevens plays horse breeder Jeff Keane, who loses his prize stallion in a train accident. While the stallion roams wild and free, Keane enlists the aid of rancher Joan Hartley (Coleen Gray) in searching for the animal. Once the horse is located, it is clear that it has developed a mean streak, the result of various cruelties inflicted upon it by humans. Jeff and Joan combine their efforts to regain the horse's friendship. Veteran Native American actors Iron Eyes Cody and Jay Silverheels make significant supporting appearances. Sand was attractively filmed in Technicolor on location in Colorado.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-08-03
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Airport
Overview: An airport manager tries to keep his terminals open during a snowstorm, while a suicide bomber plots to blow up a Boeing 707 airliner in flight.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-03-25
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When Willie Comes Marching Home
Overview: When Willie leaves home to join the war effort he is all ready to become a hero, but he is only frustrated when his posting ends up to be in his home town, and he is recruited into training, keeping him from the action. However, when he finds himself accidently behind enemy lines he unexpectedly becomes a hero after all.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-02-17
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I Was a Male War Bride
Overview: After marrying an American lieutenant with whom he was assigned to work in post-war Germany, a French captain attempts to find a way to accompany her back to the States under the terms of the War Bride Act.
Genres: Comedy Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-08-26
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Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
Overview: A middle-aged genius goes to college for the first time.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-04-15
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Where the Sidewalk Ends
Overview: A police detective's violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-07-07
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Westworld
Overview: Delos is a futuristic amusement park that features themed worlds—ancient Rome, Medieval times and the Old West—populated by human-like androids. After two patrons have a run-in with a menacing gunslinger in West World, the androids at Delos all begin to malfunction, causing havoc throughout the park.
Genres: Adventure Science Fiction Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-08-15
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The Screen Writer
Overview: This short film focuses on the job of the Hollywood screenwriter.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-09-13
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A Guide for the Married Man
Overview: A man gives his friend a series of lessons on how to cheat on one's wife without being caught.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-05-25
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Personal Best
Overview: Young sprinter Chris Cahill is having difficulty reaching her potential as an athlete, until she meets established track star Tory Skinner. As Tory and her coach help Chris with her training, the two women form friendship that evolves into a romantic relationship. Their intimacy, however, becomes complicated when Chris' improvement causes them to be competitors for the Olympic team.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-02-05
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Paper Man
Overview: A prank that starts with a group of college students creating a fictitious person so they can get a credit card develops into a plot that leaves three of them dead.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Mystery TV Movie Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-11-12
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Black Sunday
Overview: An Israeli anti-terrorist agent must stop a disgruntled Vietnam vet cooperating in a Black September PLO plot to commit a terrorist attack at the Super Bowl.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-04-01
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Fireball Forward
Overview: A hard-nose general takes over a division with a bad combat record.
Genres: Action Drama War TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-03-05
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Michael O'Hara the Fourth
Overview: The name Michael O'Hara has become synonymous with law enforcement. There have been three generations of Michael O'Haras and all have been exemplary policemen. When Michael O'Hara III's child was born he was told that they would not be able to have any more children, and there has always been a Michael O'Hara, so he named his child Michael O'Hara IV despite the fact that she is a girl. Now Mike has a tendency to get involved with police matters and not always with good results, which annoys her father. And despite being told repeatedly to stay out of it, she continues her amateurish detective activities.
Genres: Crime Comedy Family Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-03-26
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FM
Overview: When a liberal music station's owners decide to introduce army recruitment ads, despite the protests of its manager, the rebellious DJs are determined to fight back, no matter the cost.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-04-20
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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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Unchained
Overview: This fact-based prison drama tells the tale of a band of prisoners living in the innovative 2,600-acre prison at Chino, California. The place takes a humanistic approach to reform and there are no armed guards, no lockups and no uniforms. The underlying philosophy is that if these things are not there, the prisoners will not want to escape, and will instead accept their punishment. A new inmate arrives and soon accustoms himself to the new idea. The story includes the Oscar nominated song Unchained Melody.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-08-25
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