
Birthday:
11-01-1904
Deathday:
06-09-1967 (62 years)
Birthplace:
Antwerp, Belgium
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The Blue Dahlia
Act like Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
event1946 star_border 6.6
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Soon after a veteran returns from war, his cheating wife is found dead. He evades police in an attempt to find the real murderer.
Creature with the Atom Brain
Act like Creature (uncredited)
event1955 star_border 5.1
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Murders, with victims dying from spines broken by brute strength, erupt in the city and the killers, when encountered, walk away unharmed by police bullets which strike them. A police doctor's investigation of the deaths leads to the discovery of an army of dead criminal musclemen restored to life, remotely controlled by a vengeful former crime boss and a former Nazi scientist, from the latter's laboratory hidden in the suburbs.
Hell Bound
Act like Seaman (uncredited)
event1957 star_border 5.9
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After WW2, a Los Angeles crime ring uses a complex scheme, involving a freight ship, a junkie, and a corrupt health officer, to smuggle drugs into the USA.
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
Act like Guard (uncredited)
event1961 star_border 5.2
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A Greek Fisherman brings an Atlantean Princess back to her homeland which is the mythical city of Atlantis. He is enslaved for his trouble. The King is being manipulated by an evil sorcerer who is bent on using a natural resource of Atlantis to take over the world. The Atlanteans, or rather the slaves of Atlantis, are forced to mine a crystalline material which absorbs the suns rays. These crystals can then be used for warmth. The misuse of science has created weapons out of the crystals that can fire a heat ray to destroy whatever it touches.
The Purple Mask
Act like French Officer (uncredited)
event1955 star_border 5
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France, 1803: 11 years after the Revolution, a royalist underground is led by a new 'Scarlet Pimpernel', the Purple Mask, who rescues nobles in distress and kidnaps Napoleon's officials for ransom, aided by the spy services of a group of lovely models headed by Laurette (really the Duc de Latour's daughter). But even she doesn't know the Purple Mask's real identity as foppish dancing master Rene...
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Act like Party Guest (uncredited)
event1967 star_border 6.8
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A young but bright former window cleaner rises to the top of his company by following the advice of a book about ruthless advancement in business.
The Strange Door
event1951 star_border 6.2
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The wicked Alain plots an elaborate revenge against his younger brother Edmund, leading to a deadly confrontation in his dungeon deathtrap.
Marnie
Act like Racetrack Patron (uncredited)
event1964 star_border 7.1
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Marnie is a thief, a liar, and a cheat. When her new boss, Mark Rutland, catches on to her routine kleptomania, she finds herself being blackmailed.
The First Texan
Act like Texan (uncredited)
event1956 star_border 6.1
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After arriving in Texas to escape a scandal back east, lawyer Sam Houston just wants to hang out his shingle, keep a low profile, and stay out of any political intrigue. However, when President Jackson personally orders him to lead the fight for Texan independence, he overcomes his reluctance to become involved and leads his compatriots to a string of victories over the Mexican army.
The Man from Bitter Ridge
Act like Townsman (uncredited)
event1955 star_border 6
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The Man from Bitter Ridge is a film directed by Jack Arnold. Jeff Carr, a special investigator, arrives in Tomahawk. His assignment is to discover who has been holding up the local stagecoach and is guilty for a series of killings that terrorize the town. Sheepman Alec Black is suspected by the local population but it is not long before Jeff realizes the man is innocent. Alec even becomes a good friend although he is in love with the same woman as him, Holly. Jeff will manage to arrest the real culprits but not before the latter try to compromise him down.
Devil's Canyon
Act like Prisoner (uncredited)
event1953 star_border 4.8
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An outlaw woman helps one Arizona convict stop another with a Gatling gun.
The Silver Chalice
Act like Guard (uncredited)
event1954 star_border 4.5
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A Greek artisan is commissioned to cast the cup of Christ in silver and sculpt around its rim the faces of the disciples and Jesus himself. He travels to Jerusalem and eventually to Rome to complete the task. Meanwhile, a nefarious interloper is trying to convince the crowds that he is the new Messiah by using nothing more than cheap parlor tricks.
The Half-Breed
Act like Trooper (uncredited)
event1952 star_border 5
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An Apache of mixed blood tries to make peace between Indians and whites.
Best of the Badmen
Act like Quinto Townsman (uncredited)
event1951 star_border 6.5
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After the North defeats the South, Union Maj. Jeff Clanton heads to Missouri to provide the Confederacy's Quantrill's Raiders a chance to claim allegiance to the Union, thereby clearing their wanted status. But standing in Clanton's way are the corrupt lawmen Joad and Fowler, who would rather keep the men outlaws to collect the reward on their heads. After Joad and Fowler frame Clanton for murder, he manages to escape, becoming an outlaw himself.
The Devil's Hairpin
event1957 star_border 5
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Cocky car racer Nick Jargin has retired since he nearly caused the death of his brother at a hairpin bend on a circuit. He now holds a trendy café who keeps him busy full time until one day, Tony Boari, a new champion racer, challenges him.
Buccaneer's Girl
event1950 star_border 5.6
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A New Orleans performer loves a pirate who robs only from the shipowner who ruined his father.
Whispering Smith
event1948 star_border 6.4
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Smith is an iron-willed railroad detective. When his friend Murray is fired from the railroad and begins helping Rebstock wreck trains, Smith must go after him. He also seems to have an interest in Murray's wife (and vice versa).
Illegal
Act like Guard (uncredited)
event1955 star_border 6.4
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A hugely successful DA goes into private practice after sending a man to the chair -- only to find out later he was innocent. Now the drunken attorney only seems to represent criminals and low lifes.
The Graduate
Act like Church Member (uncredited)
event1967 star_border 7.6
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Benjamin, a recent college graduate very worried about his future, finds himself in a love triangle with an older woman and her daughter.
The Wheeler Dealers
Act like Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
event1963 star_border 6.2
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Henry J. Tyroon leaves Texas, where his oil wells are drying up, and arrives in New York with a lot of oil money to play with in the stock market. He meets stock analyst Molly Thatcher, who tries to ignore the lavish attention he spends on her but, in the end, she falls for his charm.
Summer and Smoke
Act like Cantina Patron (uncredited)
event1961 star_border 6.7
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In a small Mississippi town in 1916, an eccentric spinster battles her romantic yearnings for the randy boy next door.
The Incredible Mr. Limpet
Act like Nazi Officer (uncredited)
event1964 star_border 6.1
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Milquetoast Henry Limpet experiences his fondest wish and is transformed into a fish. As a talking fish he assists the US Navy in hunting German submarines during World War II.
I'm No Angel
Act like Omnes (uncredited)
event1933 star_border 6.4
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The bold Tira works as dancing beauty and lion tamer at a fair. Out of an urgent need of money, she agrees to a risky new number: she'll put her head into the lion's mouth! With this attraction, the circus makes it to New York and Tira can pursue her dearest occupation— flirting with rich men and accepting expensive presents.
College Holiday
Act like Dancer
event1936 star_border 5.2
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College students rally to save a struggling hotel from closing. Comedy.
Three for the Show
Act like Male Harem Dancer (uncredited)
event1955 star_border 6
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This musical reworking of Too Many Husbands (1940), features Grable as a top singer and dancer who's been widowed by WW II. She marries her late husband's songwriting partner, Gower Champion, but the new marriage is thrown for a loop when Lemmon, her first husband, turns up very much alive and eager to see Grable.
The Best Man
Act like Reporter (uncredited)
event1964 star_border 7.3
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The other party is in disarray. Five men vie for the party nomination for president. No one has a majority as the first ballot closes and the front-runners begin to decide how badly they want the job.
Point Blank
Act like Conventioneer (uncredited)
event1967 star_border 7
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After being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the rather inconsequential sum of money that was stolen from him.
Drums of Fu Manchu
Act like Fort Telegrapher
event1940 star_border 6.1
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The nefarious Dr. Fu Manchu searches for the keys to the tomb of Genghis Khan, in order to fulfill a prophecy that will enable him to conquer the world. His nemesi, Dr. Nayland Smith and his associates fight to keep the evil doctor from getting his hands on the keys. In 1943 the serial was edited together into a feature movie also called Drums of Fu Manchu.
A New Kind of Love
Act like Man (uncredited)
event1963 star_border 6.2
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A down-and-out reporter and a fashion designer fall in love in Paris.
The Last Hurrah
Act like Mourner at Burial (uncredited)
event1958 star_border 7.1
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In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a young sports journalist, witnesses how his uncle, Frank Skeffington, a veteran and honest politician, mayor of a New England town, tries to be reelected while bankers and captains of industry conspire in the shadows to place a weak and manageable candidate in the city hall.
Father's Little Dividend
Act like Gym Instructor (uncredited)
event1951 star_border 6.4
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Newly married Kay Dunstan announces that she and her husband are having a baby, leaving her father to come to grips with the fact that he will soon be a granddad.
Witness for the Prosecution
Act like Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
event1957 star_border 8.2
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An ailing famous barrister agrees to defend a man in a sensational murder trial where his self-possessed wife's unconvincing testimony confuses him.
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Act like Diner (uncredited)
event1954 star_border 7.2
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In 1850 Oregon, when a backwoodsman brings a wife home to his farm, his six brothers decide that they want to get married too.
Born to Kill
Act like Club Patron (uncredited)
event1947 star_border 6.7
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A calculating divorcée risks her chances at wealth and security with a man she doesn't love by getting involved with a hotheaded murderer.
Not With My Wife, You Don't
Act like Pilot (uncredited)
event1966 star_border 6
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During the Korean War, Italian nurse Virna Lisi falls in love with two American fliers, Tony Curtis and George C. Scott. Lisi marries Curtis after he convinces her that Scott has been killed in a plane crash. She soon discovers Scott is alive, but remains happily married to Curtis until Scott re-enters their lives 14 years later.
The Tin Star
Act like Townsman (uncredited)
event1957 star_border 7
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An experienced bounty hunter helps a young sheriff learn the meaning of his badge.
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Act like Townsman (uncredited)
event1962 star_border 7.8
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Questions arise when Senator Stoddard attends the funeral of a local man named Tom Doniphon in a small Western town. Flashing back, we learn Doniphon saved Stoddard, then a lawyer, when he was roughed up by a crew of outlaws terrorizing the town, led by Liberty Valance. As the territory's safety hung in the balance, Doniphon and Stoddard, two of the only people standing up to him, proved to be very important, but different, foes to Valance.
Rio Bravo
Act like Clem (uncredited)
event1959 star_border 7.8
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A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.
Buck Benny Rides Again
Act like Dancer
event1940
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Radio star Jack Benny, intending to stay in New York for the summer, is forced by the needling of rival Fred Allen to prove his boasts about roughing it on his (fictitious) Nevada ranch. Meanwhile, singer Joan Cameron, whom Jack's fallen for and offended, is maneuvered by her sisters to the same Nevada town. Jack's losing battle to prove his manhood to Joan means broad slapstick burlesque of Western cliches.
Student Tour
Act like Student
event1934 star_border 5
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A philosophy professor accompanies his school's rowing team on a worldwide tour.
The Spirit of St. Louis
Act like Train Passenger (uncredited)
event1957 star_border 6.6
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Charles Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his 1927 New York to Paris flight the first solo trans-Atlantic crossing.
Around the World in Eighty Days
Act like Extra (uncredited)
event1956 star_border 6.6
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Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.
The Fighting Seabees
Act like Seabee (uncredited)
event1944 star_border 6.2
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Construction workers in World War II in the Pacific are needed to build military sites, but the work is dangerous and they doubt the ability of the Navy to protect them. After a series of attacks by the Japanese, something new is tried, Construction Battalions (CBs=Seabees). The new CBs have to both build and be ready to fight.
The Egyptian
Act like Soldier
event1954 star_border 6.4
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In eighteenth-dynasty Egypt, Sinuhe, a poor orphan, becomes a brilliant physician and with his friend Horemheb is appointed to the service of the new Pharoah. Sinuhe's personal triumphs and tragedies are played against the larger canvas of the turbulent events of the 18th dynasty. As Sinuhe is drawn into court intrigues he learns the answers to the questions he has sought since his birth.
The Desert Hawk
Act like Soldier
event1950 star_border 5.1
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A desert guerilla, with flashing scimitar, opposes a tyrannical prince and marries the caliph's daughter.
Invisible Invaders
Act like Technician
event1959 star_border 5
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Aliens, contacting scientist Adam Penner, inform him that they have been on the moon for twenty thousand years, undetected due to their invisibility, and have now decided to annihilate humanity unless all the nations of earth surrender immediately. Sequestered in an impregnable laboratory trying to find the aliens' weakness, Penner, his daughter, a no-nonsense army major and a squeamish scientist are attacked from outside by the aliens, who have occupied the bodies of the recently deceased.
Slave Ship
Act like Crew Member
event1937 star_border 4.8
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Action-filled drama about a ship captain, ashamed of his background in the slave trade, forced against his will to again transport human cargo.
The Ugly Dachshund
Act like Party Guest (uncredited)
event1966 star_border 6.6
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The Garrisons are the "proud parents" of three adorable dachshund pups - and one overgrown Great Dane named Brutus, who nevertheless thinks of himself as a dainty dachsie. His identity crisis results in an uproarious series of household crises that reduce the Garrisons' house to shambles - and viewers to howls of laughter!
Destroyer
Act like Cook
event1943 star_border 6.6
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Flagwaving story of a new American destroyer, the JOHN PAUL JONES, from the day her keel is laid, to what was very nearly her last voyage. Among the crew, is Steve Boleslavski, a shipyard welder that helped build her, who reenlists, with his old rank of Chief bosuns mate. After failing her sea trials, she is assigned to the mail run, until caught up in a disparate battle with a Japanese sub. After getting torpedoed, and on the verge of sinking, the Captain, and crew hatch a plan to try and save the ship, and destroy the sub.
Duffy of San Quentin
Act like Convict
event1954 star_border 6
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San Quentin's new warden crusades for reform and for a framed inmate who loves a nurse.
If I Were King
Act like Restraining Guard
event1938 star_border 6.7
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King Louis XI masquerades as a commoner in Paris, seeking out the treachery he is sure lurks in his kingdom. At a local tavern, he overhears the brash poet François Villon extolling why he would be a better king. Annoyed yet intrigued, the King bestows on Villon the title of Grand Constable. Soon Villon begins work and falls for a lovely lady-in-waiting, but then must flee execution when the King turns on him.
O.S.S.
Act like MP NCO (uncredited)
event1946 star_border 6.4
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The (O)ffice of (S)trategic (S)ervices' Cmdr. Brady (Patric Knowles) forms Operation "Applejack" (based on a composite of actual incidents during WWII) and sends Lt. (j.g.) Philip Masson, U.S.N.R. aka John Martin as spy Philippe Martine (Alan Ladd) along with Miss Ellen Rogers posing as her college roommate, Madame Elaine Duprez (Geraldine Fitzgerald) and Robert Bouchet, Tech Sgt., A.U.S. as Albert Bernardito (Richard Benedict) to acquire secret Nazi plans. After nearly getting caught they succeed and get new identities. However they discover a secret that could change the war and risk their lives to get the information back to London before it jeopardizes their lives.
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
Act like Club Patron (uncredited)
event1960 star_border 5.9
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Jack Diamond and his sickly brother arrive in prohibition New York as jewelry thieves. After a spell in jail, the coldly ambitious Diamond hits on the idea of stealing from thieves himself and sets about getting close to gangster boss Arnold Rothstein to move in on his booze, girls, gambling, and drugs operations.
The Killer That Stalked New York
Act like Vaccinated Man (uncredited)
event1950 star_border 6.1
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In New York, Sheila Bennet and her spouse, Matt Krane, are trying to unload a trove of rare jewels they smuggled into America from Cuba, but the police are hot on the couple's trail. Meanwhile, government officials begin a desperate search for an unknown individual who is infecting the city with smallpox.
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
Act like Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
event1961 star_border 6
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Gambler Arnold Rothstein marries an actress, avenges his buddy and meets an underworld fate.
The Whip Hand
Act like Federal Agent (uncredited)
event1951 star_border 5.6
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A small-town reporter investigates a mysterious group holed up in a country lodge.
Bachelor Flat
Act like Paul Revere
event1961 star_border 4.9
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Professor Bruce Patterson is constantly having to fight off the advances of his young female students and is engaged to Helen Bushmill. While Helen goes on vacation, Bruce decides to stay at her apartment but is surprised by the arrival of Libby, Helen's 17-year-old daughter. Having never been told by Helen of this daughter, Bruce assumes she's another student. During her stay, Libby is noticed by an amorous neighbor, Mike.
It Ain't Hay
Act like Dancer (uncredited)
event1943 star_border 6.4
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Abbot and Costello must find a replacement for a woman's horse they accidentally killed after feeding it some candy. They head for the racetrack, find a look-a-like and take it. They do not realize that the nag is "Tea Biscuit," a champion racehorse.
Over 21
Act like Lieutenant (uncredited)
event1945 star_border 5.3
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A woman screenwriter lives in a shabby bungalow in order to be near her husband, a 39-year-old newspaper editor who has just joined the army.
The War of the Worlds
Act like Soldier (uncredited)
event1953 star_border 6.8
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The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they discover it is the first of many transport devices from Mars bringing an army of invaders invincible to any man-made weapon, even the atomic bomb.
Tender Is the Night
Act like Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
event1962 star_border 5.2
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Against the counsel of his friends, psychiatrist Dick Diver marries Nicole Warren, a beautiful but unstable young woman from a moneyed family. Thoroughly enraptured, he forsakes his career in medicine for life as a playboy, until one day Dick is charmed by Rosemary Hoyt, an American traveling abroad. The thought of Dick possibly being attracted to someone else sends Nicole on an emotional downward spiral that threatens to consume them both.
The Flame and the Arrow
Act like Guard (uncredited)
event1950 star_border 6.3
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Dardo, a Robin Hood-like figure, and his loyal followers use a Roman ruin in Medieval Lombardy as their headquarters as they conduct an insurgency against their Hessian conquerors.
I Want to Live!
Act like Bailiff (uncredited)
event1958 star_border 6.9
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Brazen perpetual offender Barbara Graham tries to go straight but she finds herself implicated in a murder and sent to death row.
Monkeys, Go Home!
Act like Townsman
event1967 star_border 5.3
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Henry Dussard, a young American, inherits a picturesque but badly neglected olive farm in southern France and is determined to make it operational again despite cautionary advice from the local priest and a pretty villager. Desperate for laborers, the inventive Dussard turns to the zaniest crew of olive pickers ever recruited - four mischievous monkeys! As former members of an Air Force space team, these intelligent chimps quickly pick up on their new responsibilities - but prove to have a turbulent effect on the local townspeople.
A Lawless Street
Act like Townsman (uncredited)
event1955 star_border 5.4
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A Marshal must face unpleasant facts about his past when he attempts to run a criminal gang out of town.
They Were Expendable
Act like Man in Admiral's Office (uncredited)
event1945 star_border 6.5
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After a demonstration of new PT boats, navy brass are still unconvinced of their viability in combat, leaving Lt. "Rusty" Ryan frustrated. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, however, Ryan and his buddy Lt. Brickley are told they can finally take their squadron into battle. The PT boats quickly prove their worth, successfully shooting down Japanese planes, relaying messages between islands, and picking off a multitude of enemy ships.
No Sad Songs for Me
Act like Expressman (uncredited)
event1950 star_border 6.2
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Mary Scott learns she only has ten months to live before dying of an incurable disease. She manages to keep the news from her husband, Brad and daughter, Polly. She tries to make every moment of her life count, but her effort is weakened by the discovery that Brad is interested in his assistant, Chris Radner. But when she learns that Brad does indeed love her and not Chris, and that Chris is leaving town, she realizes what she must do to ensure the future happiness of Brad and Polly. She persuades Chris to stay, makes a genuine friend of her and watches Polly grow towards Chris.
Fate Is the Hunter
Act like Party Guest (uncredited)
event1964 star_border 6.4
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A man refuses to believe that pilot error caused a fatal crash, and persists in looking for another reason. Airliner crashes near Los Angeles due to unusual string of coincidences. Stewardess, who is sole survivor, joins airline executives in discovering the causes of the crash.
Crack-Up
Act like Cop (Uncredited)
event1946 star_border 5.6
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Art curator George Steele experiences a train wreck...which never happened. Is he cracking up, or the victim of a plot?
California
Act like Miner (uncredited)
event1947 star_border 6.5
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"Wicked" Lily Bishop joins a wagon train to California, led by Michael Fabian and Johnny Trumbo, but news of the Gold Rush scatters the train. When Johnny and Michael finally arrive, Lily is rich from her saloon and storekeeper (former slaver) Pharaoh Coffin is bleeding the miners dry. But worse troubles are ahead: California is inching toward statehood, and certain people want to make it their private empire.
Kismet
Act like Wazir Guard (uncredited)
event1955 star_border 5
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A silver-tongued poet and self-proclaimed "King of the Beggars" searches old Baghdad for a rich bachelor to marry his dreamy daughter, Marsinah. Along the way, he poses as the renowned sorcerer Hajj and gets in and out of scrapes with an elderly thief, a dim-witted wazir, and his wife. Meanwhile, his daughter develops feelings for a handsome caliph.
The Twilight Zone
Act like Club Member (uncredited) (1 ep.)
event1959 star_border 8.4
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A series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
The Living Christ
Act like John (12 ep.)
event1951 star_border 5
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The first ever made for TV miniseries documents the story of Jesus Christ from birth to resurrection.
I Dream of Jeannie
Act like Exhibit Guest (uncredited) (1 ep.)
event1965 star_border 7.8
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While on a mission, American astronaut Captain Tony Nelson is forced to make an emergency landing that will forever change his life. On a deserted South Pacific island, Captain Nelson happens upon a bottle containing a beautiful two-thousand-year-old female genie named Jeannie. Rescuing her from the bottle nets Tony the requisite three wishes, and then some, when Jeannie pledges total devotion to her new "master".
NBC Sunday Showcase
Act like Croupier (1 ep.)
event1959 star_border 4.5
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NBC Sunday Showcase was a series of hour-long specials telecast in color on NBC during the 1959-60 season. The flexible anthology format varied weekly from comedies and science fiction to musicals and historical dramas. The recent introduction of videotape made repeats possible, and two 1959 dramas had repeats in 1960.
On the heels of his Broadway hits The Pajama Game and Damn Yankees, Richard Adler composed the opening Sunday Showcase theme music, titled "Sunday Drive".
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