Birthday:
07-25-1914
Deathday:
12-31-1994 (80 years)
Birthplace:
Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
An athlete turned actor, Strode was a top-notch decathlete and a football star at UCLA. He became part of Hollywood lore after meeting director John Ford and becoming a part of the Ford "family," appearing in four Ford motion pictures. Strode also played the powerful gladiator who does battle with Kirk Douglas in Spartacus (1960).
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Spartacus
Act like Draba
event1960 star_border 7.5
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The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners and leads the other slaves in rebellion. As the rebels move from town to town, their numbers swell as escaped slaves join their ranks. Under the leadership of Spartacus, they make their way to southern Italy, where they will cross the sea and return to their homes.
Genghis Khan
Act like Sengal
event1965 star_border 5.9
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This is the story of the shy Mongol boy Temujin who,during the 13th century, becomes the fearless Mongol leader Genghis Khan that unites all Mongol tribes and conquers India,China,Persia,Korea and parts of Rusia,Europe and Middle-East.
The Buccaneer
Act like Toro
event1958 star_border 6.4
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During the War of 1812 against Britain: General Andrew Jackson has only 1,200 men left to defend New Orleans when he learns that a British fleet will arrive with 60 ships and 16,000 men to take the city. In this situation an island near the city becomes strategically important to both parties, but it's inhabited by the last big buccaneer: Jean Lafitte. Although Lafitte never attacks American ships, the governor hates him for selling merchandise without taxes - and is loved by the citizens for the same reason. When the big fight gets nearer, Lafitte is drawn between the fronts. His heart belongs to America, but his people urge him to join the party that's more likely to win.
Kingdom of the Spiders
Act like Walter Colby
event1977 star_border 5.5
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Investigating the mysterious deaths of a number of farm animals, vet Rack Hansen discovers that his town lies in the path of hordes of migrating tarantulas. Before he can take action, the streets are overrun by killer spiders, trapping a small group of townsfolk in a remote hotel.
Bride of the Gorilla
Act like Nedo
event1951 star_border 4.8
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The owner of a plantation in the jungle marries a beautiful woman. Shortly afterward, he is plagued by a strange voodoo curse which transforms him into a gorilla. But is his transformation real or is it all in his head?
Keoma
Act like George
event1976 star_border 6.9
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Half-breed Keoma returns to his border hometown after service in the Civil War and finds it under the control of Caldwell, an ex-Confederate raider, and his vicious gang of thugs. To make matters worse, Keoma's three half-brothers have joined forces with Caldwell, and make it painfully clear that his return is an unwelcome one. Determined to break Caldwell and his brothers' grip on the town, Keoma partners with his father's former ranch hand to exact violent revenge.
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Act like Pompey
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.
The Professionals
Act like Jake
event1966 star_border 7.1
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An arrogant Texas millionaire hires four adventurers to rescue his kidnapped wife from a notorious Mexican bandit.
The Ten Commandments
Act like King of Ethiopia
event1956 star_border 7.8
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Escaping death, a Hebrew infant is raised in a royal household to become a prince. Upon discovery of his true heritage, Moses embarks on a personal quest to reclaim his destiny as the leader and liberator of the Hebrew people.
Vigilante
Act like Rake
event1982 star_border 6.3
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New York City factory worker Eddie Marino is a solid citizen and regular guy, until the day a sadistic street gang brutally assaults his wife and murders his child. When a corrupt judge sets the thugs free, he goes berserk and vows revenge.
The Black Stallion Returns
Act like Meslar
event1983 star_border 6.5
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"Black" is a stunning fire-and-silk stallion celebrated the world over. But to his young American owner, Alec Ramsay, he's much more. So, when the amazing animal is stolen, Alec will stop at nothing to get him back. Alec finally unravels the mystery of Black's theft...only to discover that he must overcome even greater odds to reclaim his beloved horse.
Boot Hill
Act like Thomas
event1969 star_border 5.9
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Victims of oppressive town boss Honey are offered help by an unusual alliance of gunmen and circus performers
Sergeant Rutledge
Act like 1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge
event1960 star_border 7.1
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Respected black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a white woman and murdering her father, his superior officer.
Pork Chop Hill
Act like Pvt. Franklen
event1959 star_border 6.5
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Korean War, April 1953. Lieutenant Clemons, leader of the King company of the United States Infantry, is ordered to recapture Pork Chop Hill, occupied by a powerful Chinese Army force, while, just seventy miles away, at nearby the village of Panmunjom, a tense cease-fire conference is celebrated.
The Gatling Gun
Act like Runner the Scout
event1971 star_border 4.2
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Doctor Gatling invented a war machine to beat all arrows, and guns.
The Italian Connection
Act like Frank Webster
event1972 star_border 7.1
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When a shipment of heroin disappears between Italy and New York, a small-time pimp in Milan is framed for the theft. Two professional hitmen are dispatched from New York to find him, but the real thieves want to get rid of him before the New York killers get to him to eliminate any chance of them finding out he's the wrong man.
The Last Voyage
Act like Hank Lawson
event1960 star_border 6.2
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The S. S. Claridon is scheduled for her five last voyages after thirty-eight years of service. After an explosion in the boiler room, Captain Robert Adams is reluctant to evacuate the steamship. While the crew fights to hold a bulkhead between the flooded boiler room and the engine room and avoid the sinking of the vessel, the passenger Cliff Henderson struggles against time trying to save his beloved wife Laurie Henderson, who is trapped under a steel beam in her cabin, with the support of the crew member Hank Lawson.
Shalako
Act like Chato
event1968 star_border 5.7
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Sean Connery is Shalako, a guide in the old West who has to rescue an aristocratic British hunting party from Indians and bandits.
City Beneath the Sea
Act like Djion
event1953 star_border 5
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Two adventures dive for treasure off the coast of Jamaica.
7 Women
Act like Lean Warrior
event1965 star_border 6.5
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In a mission in China in 1935, a group of women are preyed on by Mongolian bandits, led by Warlord chief Tunga Khan.
Invaders of the Lost Gold
Act like Cal
event1982 star_border 4
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Japanese soldiers battle a tribe of cannibals while protecting a gold shipment.
The Unholy Four
Act like Woody
event1970 star_border 6.5
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A young man who has lost his memory, escapes from prison with three other convicts. The other men help him find back bits of his past, until they arrive at a village where two warring families recognize him. Apparently he has a reputation for being a fast gun, and he has been paid to kill a man - who says he is his father. His younger brother is jealous of the attention the prodigal son receives, and things come to a dramatic end.
The Sins of Rachel Cade
Act like Muwango
event1961 star_border 5.5
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A female doctor in the Congo is torn between two loves.
Scream
Act like Charlie Winters
event1981 star_border 4.1
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A group of people on a rafting excursion happen upon a deserted town and decide to set up camp. Out of the blue, a murder occurs.
Jaguar Lives!
Act like Sensei
event1979 star_border 4
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The world's newest kung fu legend, Joe Lewis, takes on evil gangsters and saves the world.
Jungle Warriors
Act like Luther
event1984 star_border 3.9
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A group of models fly into the jungle of some South American country to look for a photo location. Their plane is shot down and they are captured by a drug baron's private army. At the same time, the Mafia's representative arrive to negotiate future collaboration.
Loaded Guns
Act like Silvera
event1975 star_border 5.1
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An air hostess gets involved in Naples, against her will, in the in-fighting amongst rival gangs.
Black Jesus
Act like Maurice Lalubi
event1968 star_border 5.4
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A thinly-disguised biography of African leader Patrice Lumumba, here called Lalubi. Lalubi, a Christ-like leader determined to save his people, by passive resistance, from the dictatorial regime propped up by European colonialists, is imprisoned and tortured, along with a thief who comes to a greater understanding through his contact with Lalubi.
The Final Executioner
Act like Sam
event1984 star_border 4
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After a nuclear holocaust, as the rest of society regresses to primitivism, a small, "elite" group that has managed to escape radioactive contamination takes it upon itself to exterminate those it sees as "unfit", including certain members of its own group.
The Violent Breed
Act like Polo
event1984 star_border 3.8
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A military group led by Henry Silva and Woody Strode are bound by their honor, to execute their orders to kill as many enemies as possible.
Star Spangled Rhythm
Act like Rochester's Chauffeur (uncredited)
event1942 star_border 5.9
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Pop, a security guard at Paramount has told his son that he's the head of the studio. When his son arrives in Hollywood on shore leave with his buddies, Pop enlists the aid of the studio's dizzy switchboard operator in pulling off the charade. Things get more complicated when Pop agrees to put together a show for the Navy starring Paramount's top contract players.
Cuba Crossing
Act like Titi
event1980 star_border 3.7
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An adventurer gets caught up in a plot to kill Fidel Castro.
The Last Rebel
Act like Duncan
event1971
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Set in 1865 in southwest Missouri, at the close of the Civil War the film follows the adventures of two Confederate men and a black man who they rescue from a lynching.
The Revengers
Act like Job
event1972 star_border 5.7
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The life of peaceful rancher John Benedict is torn apart when his family is massacred by a gang of marauding outlaws and his farm is destroyed. He assembles a team of mean, lawless convicts to act as his posse as he pursues the gang responsible for the deaths of his loved ones.
Winterhawk
Act like Big Rude
event1975 star_border 6.6
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Smallpox plagues Chief Winterhawk's tribe. He seeks cure from the white men, who in turn, in fear of getting the smallpox, kill two of his companions. Winterhawk comes back to kidnap a girl and her brother from the white men's settlement, and thus begins the chase...
The Bronx Executioner
Act like Sheriff Warren (archive footage)
event1989 star_border 2.6
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In a futuristic New York City, a cyborg goes on a killing spree
Black Rodeo
Act like Narrator (voice)
event1972
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Documentary about a rodeo that takes place, for the most part, in Harlem.
Angkor: Cambodia Express
Act like Woody
event1982 star_border 3.5
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In a tale of drama and adventure, young journalist Andy Cameron (Robert Walker) has to get into Cambodia (it is assumed this is during the genocidal reign of Pol Pot). Cameron has to smuggle out his girlfriend Mieng (Nit Alisa) before she is killed (along with the other two million Cambodians), but he cannot manage this alone. He enlists the aid of an American Vietnam vet and the help of a few Khmer men. Eventually, Cameron makes his way into Cambodia where he encounters many dangers, some human and some inhuman.
The Lion Hunters
Act like Walu
event1951 star_border 5.3
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A lion trapper and his daughter rendezvous with their hardheaded partner in the African jungle. Bomba, with assistance from a local tribe, strives to run them off.
We Are No Angels
Act like Black Bill
event1975 star_border 6
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Two wannabes rig a fight with a large prize fighter to buy a car.
Caribbean
Act like Esau
event1952 star_border 5.8
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Francis Barclay, a former member of the British Admiralty, who was captured in the early 1700s, and sold into slavery, by Andrew McAllister, and forced into piracy, enlists the aid of Dick Lindsay, to help him invade MacAllister's fortified island. The latter falls in love with MacAllister's daughter,Christine.
Scipio the African
Act like Massinissa
event1971 star_border 6.8
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Years after the Second Punic War, Scipio Africanus finds himself generally unliked, despite his defeat of Hannibal Barca. He and his brother, Scipio Asiaticus, are accused by Marcus Porcius Cato of the theft of 500 talents intended for Rome.
Lust in the Dust
Act like Blackman
event1985 star_border 6
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Assaulted by Third World outlaws, donkey-riding Rosie joins a silent drifter's search for gold.
Sundown
Act like Tribal Policeman (uncredited)
event1941 star_border 5.4
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Englishmen fighting Nazis in Africa discover an exotic mystery woman living among the natives and enlist her aid in overcoming the Germans.
On Fire
Act like Woody
event1987
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Joe is an arson investigator for the fire department. He has a loving and devoted wife and has two just as loving and devoted sons. Things couldn't be better for him until he learns that the department wants to retire him. He does so reluctantly. He then falls into a deep depression because, while most people look forward to retirement, he doesn't. So, his wife and children do their best to lift his spirits but all he does is push them away.
Son of Sinbad
Act like Palace Guard
event1955 star_border 4.9
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Legendary pirate and adventurer Sinbad is in single-minded pursuit of two things: beautiful women and a substance called Greek Fire--an early version of gunpowder.
Demetrius and the Gladiators
Act like Gladiator
event1954 star_border 6.5
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The story picks up at the point where "The Robe" ends, following the martyrdom of Diana and Marcellus. Christ's robe is conveyed to Peter for safe-keeping, but the emperor Caligula wants it back to benefit from its powers. Marcellus' former slave Demetrius seeks to prevent this, and catches the eye of Messalina, wife to Caligula's uncle Claudius. Messalina tempts Demetrius, he winds up fighting in the arena, and wavers in his faith.
No Time for Love
Act like Black Sandhog (uncredited)
event1943 star_border 6.7
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An upper-class female reporter is (despite herself) attracted to a hulking laborer digging a tunnel under the Hudson River.
African Treasure
Act like Mailman (uncredited)
event1952 star_border 6.9
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Against stock footage of lions, elephants and wildebeasts, Bomba the Jungle Boy captures a pair of nefarious diamond smugglers.
The Royal African Rifles
Act like Soldier
event1953
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A shipment of Vickers machine guns is stolen from a British warship in Bombasa Harbor, Africa, in 1914, and Denham is assigned to track them down. He poses as a hunter and follows a trail that leads him to Cunningham, a trader, who intends to sell the rifles to the Germans, and whose daughter, Jennifer, Denham loves.
Jungle Man-Eaters
Act like One of Native Escorts to Biplane (uncredited)
event1954 star_border 4.7
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Jungle Jim does battle with a would-be diamond smuggler and a renegade tribe.
Androcles and the Lion
Act like The Lion
event1952 star_border 5.8
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George Bernard Shaw’s breezy, delightful dramatization of this classic fable—about a Christian slave who pulls a thorn from a lion’s paw and is spared from death in the Colosseum as a result of his kind act—was written as a meditation on modern Christian values. Pascal’s final Shaw production is played broadly, with comic character actor Alan Young as the titular naïf. He’s ably supported by Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Robert Newton, and Elsa Lanchester.
Two Rode Together
Act like Stone Calf
event1961 star_border 6.4
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Two tough westerners bring home a group of settlers who have spent years as Comanche hostages.
The Quick and the Dead
Act like Charlies Moonlight
event1995 star_border 6.6
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A mysterious woman comes to compete in a quick-draw elimination tournament, in a town taken over by a notorious gunman.
Ravagers
Act like Brown
event1979 star_border 4.3
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In a post-apocalyptic world divided between two groups called the Flockers and the Ravagers, an adventurer and his "pleasure girl" try to find their way to a rumored safe haven called the Land of Genesis.
A Gathering of Old Men
Act like Yank
event1987 star_border 6
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A regular day in a Louisiana sugarcane plantation changes course when a local white farmer is shot in self defense. A group of old, black men takes a courageous step by coming forward en masse to take responsibility for the killing of a white racist, whom one of their members has shot. As the sheriff confronts the suspects, the young plantation owner stands alone in her daring defense of this group of men, provoking racial tension that makes a compelling drama.
Breakout
Act like Skip Manion
event1970
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A prison inmate comes up with a plan to break out in order to be near his wife--and also the $50,000 in stolen cash for which he was originally imprisoned.
Tarzan's Deadly Silence
Act like Marshak
event1970 star_border 4
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Tarzan tries to stop a bloodthirsty Colonel from taking over an African village with his soldiers of fortune. The ape-man has been rendered deaf by an exploding hand grenade, effectively limiting one of his keen senses. Tarzan relies on his telepathic powers to stop a lion. Woody Strode also appears in this film that combines two made for television episodes.
Jungle Gents
Act like Malaka, head bearer
event1954 star_border 4
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When a cold medicine causes Sach to be able to smell diamonds, he and the rest of the Bowery Boys are induced by a diamond dealer to accompany him to Darkest Africa in search of a legendary cache of them.
Tarzan's Three Challenges
Act like Khan / Dying Leader
event1963 star_border 4.8
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The spiritual leader of an oriental country is dying. The leader's evil brother Khan is plotting to prevent Kashi, the youthful heir, from assuming his rightful position. Tarzan is summoned to protect Kashi and, in doing so, he must face Khan in three tests of strength.
Che!
Act like Guillermo
event1969 star_border 5
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Biography of Argentinian revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara, who helped Fidel Castro in his struggle against the corrupt Batista regime, eventually resulting in the overthrow of that government and Castro's taking over of Cuba. The film covers Guevara's life from when he first landed in Cuba in 1956 to his death in an ambush by government troops in the mountains of Bolivia in 1967.
Tarzan's Fight for Life
Act like Ramo
event1958 star_border 4.6
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Dr. Sturdy is trying to establish a modern hospital in the jungle. His efforts are strongly opposed by Futa, the witch doctor, and Ramo, a native warrior.
The Deserter
Act like Jackson
event1970 star_border 6
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A young cavalry officer finds his woman tortured by the Apaches and blames the Army for not properly protecting the outpost, so becomes a deserter and an avenger, stalking and killing Indians without warning.
Mandrake the Magician
Act like Lothar
event1954 star_border 2
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Mandrake and Lothar battle enemy agents who have kidnapped the beautiful Princess Narda to force the magician to assist them locate a counter-intelligence agent who possess vital information.
Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones
Act like Chaka
event1971
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Jai, the orphaned boy adopted by the Monkey Man, helps missionary Charity Jones bring an organ to a friendly tribe, but they are captured by hostile natives.
The Quest: The Longest Drive
Act like Tucker
event1976 star_border 5
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To save an old friend's ranch, the Beaudine brothers round up a gang of misfits to drive a huge herd to market.
The Silver Chalice
Act like Moor (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 Gambler from Natchez
Act like Josh
event1954 star_border 6.8
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A discharged army Captain returns home to New Orleans to take revenge on the men who murdered his father.
Oil
Act like Ben
event1977 star_border 5.1
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When a huge fire erupts at an oil field in the wilds of the Sahara Desert, an American who specializes in fighting oil-field fires and his team are called in to put it out. As the fire rages out of control, the expert finds that he not only has to battle the fire but greed and political corruption as well.
Posse
Act like Storyteller
event1993 star_border 5.3
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A group of mostly black infantrymen return from the Spanish-American War with a cache of gold. They travel to the West where their leader searches for the men who lynched his father.
Key West
Act like Candy Rhodes
event1973 star_border 6
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A former CIA agent and his friend, operating a charter boat service in Florida, find themselves the target of an eccentric millionaire with a score to settle.
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Act like Self (archive footage)
event1988 star_border 6
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Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life.
The Cotton Club
Act like Holmes
event1984 star_border 6.5
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Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.
Once Upon a Time in the West
Act like Frank's Gunman
event1968 star_border 8.3
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As the railroad builders advance unstoppably through the Arizona desert on their way to the sea, Jill arrives in the small town of Flagstone with the intention of starting a new life.
Storyville
Act like Charlie Sumpter
event1992 star_border 5.3
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While investigating his own blackmailing, a young politician uncovers his family's deep secrets.
The Lieutenant
Act like Sgt. Logan Holt (1 ep.)
event1963 star_border 6
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The Lieutenant is an American television series, the first created by Gene Roddenberry. It aired on NBC on Saturday evenings in the 1963–1964 television schedule. It was produced by Arena Productions, one of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's most successful in-house production companies of the 1960s. Situated at Camp Pendleton, the West Coast base of the U.S. Marine Corps, The Lieutenant focuses on the men of the Corps in peace time with a Cold War backdrop. The title character is Second Lieutenant William Tiberius Rice, a rifle platoon leader and one of the training instructors at Camp Pendleton. An hour-long drama, The Lieutenant explores the lives of enlisted Marines and general officers alike.
The series was released on DVD in two half-season sets by the Warner Archive Collection on August 14, 2012.
Batman
Act like Grand Mogul (2 ep.)
event1966 star_border 7.3
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Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually crime fighting duo Batman and Robin. A secret Batpole in the Wayne mansion leads to the Batcave, where Police Commissioner Gordon often calls with the latest emergency threatening Gotham City. Racing to the scene of the crime in the Batmobile, Batman and Robin must (with the help of their trusty Bat-utility-belt) thwart the efforts of a variety of master criminals, including The Riddler, The Joker, Catwoman, and The Penguin.
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Act like Sgt. 'Big Red' MacMurthy (1 ep.)
event1979 star_border 6.9
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20th-century astronaut Buck Rogers awakens in the 25th century after a freak accident puts him in suspended animation for 500 years. Upon returning to Earth and discovering the planet is recovering from a nuclear war, Buck uses his combat skills and ingenuity to protect Earth and fight evil throughout the galaxy alongside starfighter pilot Colonel Wilma Deering and robot companion Twiki.
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