Robert Mitchum

Robert Mitchum

Born: August 6, 1917
Died: July 1, 1997
in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
Robert Charles Durman Mitchum  (August 6, 1917 – July 1, 1997) was an American film actor, author, composer and singer and is #23 on the American Film Institute's list of the greatest male American screen legends of all time. Mitchum is largely remembered for his starring roles in several major works of the film noir style, and is considered a forerunner of the anti-heroes prevalent in film during the 1950s and 1960s.

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The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling
Title: The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: June 18, 2023
Type: Movie
Screen icon Charlotte Rampling has fascinated the world of cinema, fashion and photography with her mysterious and almost inaccessible beauty. A major figure in genre and auteur films, she is unclassifiable: between presence and absence, shyness and audacity, she's always hypnotic, magnetic and fascinating. From her film debut in the mid-1960s in England, to her unconventional career path, through the tragic loss suicide of her older sister that will irremediably mark her acting, this film is a dive into the existential quest of a complex actress, whose every facet is discovered through her roles. Through a conversation with the actress herself, along with personal archives and extracts from her films, this documentary raws a dazzling portrait of her life and career.
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The Flapper
Title: The Flapper
Character: (archival footage)
Released: April 8, 2021
Type: Movie
The buoyant energy of a modern woman who bobs her hair and dances to jazz is too often objectified and repressed by a figure like that of Robert Mitchum from Night of the Hunter.
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Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
Title: Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
Released: February 27, 2019
Type: Movie
In the late 1990s, iconic photographer Bruce Weber managed to convince Robert Mitchum to appear before his camera for a filmed portrait. Weber shot Mitchum in 35mm and 16mm black and white, hanging with friends and cronies in restaurants and hotel rooms and singing before a microphone at Capitol Records, recording standards for a projected album. When Mitchum passed away in 1997, Weber parked his beloved project and it was some time before he went back into his footage, picked up the camera again to continue, and complete, his tribute to Mitchum.
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Robert Mitchum, le mauvais garçon d'Hollywood
Title: Robert Mitchum, le mauvais garçon d'Hollywood
Character: Himself (archive footage)
Released: April 22, 2018
Type: Movie
A rhapsodic drawing of life by the man who scared the life out of music players and audiences.
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Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America
Title: Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: November 9, 2017
Type: Movie
With his naïve air, his rangy and reassuring silhouette, James Stewart symbolizes success, someone who everybody wants to look like. Behind his legendary nonchalance, Robert Mitchum is the figure of the bad boy, the kind-hearted hooligan who anyone would like to have for accomplice. What is the legacy left by these two big myths of the Hollywood cinema and in which way they fed the American dream?
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Title: Talking Pictures
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 5, 2013
Type: TV
A look back at television appearances by legends of the silver screen, using archive footage to tell the story of their lives and careers.
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Jane Russell - Der Star aus dem Heu
Title: Jane Russell - Der Star aus dem Heu
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: June 21, 2006
Type: Movie
Documentary about the American actress Jane Russell.
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Charles Laughton Directs 'The Night of the Hunter'
Title: Charles Laughton Directs 'The Night of the Hunter'
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: August 15, 2002
Type: Movie
An assembled compilation of footage from rushes, outtakes, and behind-the-scenes moments featuring Charles Laughton directing The Night of the Hunter, the seminal 1955 work considered one of the greatest movies of all time.
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Chop Suey
Title: Chop Suey
Character: Self (archival footage)
Released: February 11, 2001
Type: Movie
A homage to Bruce Weber's Favourite things, these being mixing film, photography and classic movies. With portraits of a lesbian jazz singer and a 16-year-old wrestler.
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The Making of 'Cape Fear'
Title: The Making of 'Cape Fear'
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 2001
Type: Movie
A short documentary with interviews explaining how the classic film "Cape Fear" was filmed.
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Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies
Title: Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies
Character: Self (archive sound)
Released: June 27, 2000
Type: Movie
A reclusive millionaire who owed his fortune to his father, Howard Hughes staked his fame on many things, including his credits as a producer, director and aviator. But he is perhaps best known for his skills as a Casanova, reportedly romancing Jean Harlow, Ginger Rogers, Lana Turner, Rita Hayworth and Bette Davis. Actor Billy Zane narrates this documentary, which offers a glimpse of the man behind the glamour.
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James Dean: Race with Destiny
Title: James Dean: Race with Destiny
Character: George Stevens
Released: October 2, 1997
Type: Movie
Casper Van Dien of Starship Troopers stars as James Dean, whose remarkable talent and rebel attitude took Hollywood by storm. But as Dean's star begins to rise, his passionate affair with Italian ingenue Pier Angeli (Carrie Mitchum of The Bold and the Beautiful) angers her disapproving mother (Academy Award nominee Diane Ladd) and studio chief Jack Warner (Mike Connors). How did a broken heart, reckless behavior and his relationships with Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo and director George Stevens (the legendary Robert Mitchum in his final screen role) lead to Dean's ultimate race with destiny? Connie Stevens, Joseph Campanella and Casey Kasem co-star in this revealing biopic that goes behind the myth to tell the true story of the superstar who lived fast, died young and left a legacy that changed movies forever.
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Private Screenings: Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell
Title: Private Screenings: Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell
Character: Self
Released: November 1, 1996
Type: Movie
Co-stars and lifelong friends Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell recall their careers.
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Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
Title: Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 19, 1996
Type: Movie
Shirley MacLaine was the product of a strict middle-class background from which she and her brother, the future actor Warren Beatty, escaped into the fantasy world of show-biz. Her ballet training and her long-legged pixie charm led to rapid success on Broadway in musical comedy. Inevitably, Hollywood called and by 1955 Shirley was cast in Hitchcock's "The Trouble With Harry." It wasn't too long before the fine dramatic roles also came to her opposite the most popular leading men of the time, like Fred MacMurray, Jack Lemmon, Frank Sinatra, Clint Eastwood and Robert Mitchum.
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Dead Man
Title: Dead Man
Character: John Dickinson
Released: December 23, 1995
Type: Movie
A fatally wounded white man is found by an outcast Native American who prepares him for the afterlife.
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The Sunset Boys
Title: The Sunset Boys
Character: Ernest Bogan
Released: August 4, 1995
Type: Movie
Ernest, Ted and August fulfill their friend Carl's dying wish and take him to Heidelberg, where they all first met 45 years ago, to see his old girlfriend one last time. However, the locals won't talk about her, due to a WW2 secret.
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Moving Pictures: 'The Night of the Hunter'
Title: Moving Pictures: 'The Night of the Hunter'
Character: Self
Released: February 19, 1995
Type: Movie
Short documentary about Charles Laughton's 1995 film "The Night of the Hunter," with interviews with the cast and crew.
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Backfire!
Title: Backfire!
Character: Marshal Marc Marshall
Released: January 20, 1995
Type: Movie
Just as Jeremy Jackson attempts to become the first male firewoman in New York, fires begin mysteriously erupting from toilets all over the City and Fire Marshal Marc Marshall is called in to investigate. From the start, Jeremy is heckled and sexually harassed by his tough as nails female cohorts including his instructor, the hard-boiled Lt. Shithouse. Jessica Luvintryst, Jeremy's old flame and the Mayor's very personal assistant, rekindles the fire in his eyes and between his thighs. Jeremy discovers trace jet fuel at the fire sites and soon becomes hot on the trail of The Most Evil Man and his diabolical scheme. In the tradition of Naked Gun, Backfire spoofs Backdraft.
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Woman of Desire
Title: Woman of Desire
Character: Walter J. Hill
Released: January 26, 1994
Type: Movie
A yacht captain, Jack Lynch, is accused of murdering his boss and raping the victim's wife, Christina Ford. Nothing is how it first appears. Jack seeks the help of veteran attorney Walter J. Hill to help prove his innocence.
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La Classe américaine
Title: La Classe américaine
Character: Yves (archive footage)
Released: December 31, 1993
Type: Movie
George Abitbol, the classiest man in the world, dies tragically during a cruise. The director of an American newspaper, wondering about the meaning of these intriguing final words, asks his three best investigators, Dave, Peter and Steven, to solve the mystery. (Sixteen French actors dub scenes from various Warner Bros. films to create a parody of Citizen Kane, 1941.)
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Tombstone
Title: Tombstone
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: December 25, 1993
Type: Movie
Legendary marshal Wyatt Earp, now a weary gunfighter, joins his brothers Morgan and Virgil to pursue their collective fortune in the thriving mining town of Tombstone. But Earp is forced to don a badge again and get help from his notorious pal Doc Holliday when a gang of renegade brigands and rustlers begins terrorizing the town.
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Title: African Skies
Released: October 11, 1992
Type: TV
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Title: African Skies
Character: Sam Dutton
Released: October 11, 1992
Type: TV
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Les Sept Péchés capitaux
Title: Les Sept Péchés capitaux
Character: Dieu
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
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Cape Fear
Title: Cape Fear
Character: Lieutenant Elgart
Released: November 13, 1991
Type: Movie
Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? 14 years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.
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Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Title: Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Character: Self
Released: March 10, 1991
Type: Movie
A retrospective on the career of Robert Mitchum through interviews with friends and co-workers, scenes from his films and the actor himself.
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Midnight Ride
Title: Midnight Ride
Character: Dr. Hardy
Released: July 20, 1990
Type: Movie
A house wife just left her cop husband, when she picks up Justin McKay she'll wish she never did as she's plunged into a nightmare and the grip of a psychotic killer.
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Believed Violent
Title: Believed Violent
Character: Pr. Forrester
Released: May 1, 1990
Type: Movie
Having developed a revolutionary device that puts water in the mouth of all secret services in the world, professor Forrester is about to go on a conference in San Francisco under the protection of Tom Lepski, an insurer.
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Title: A Family for Joe
Released: March 24, 1990
Type: TV
A Family for Joe is an American television movie and subsequent series, both starring Robert Mitchum in the title role. The half-hour show premiered on NBC on March 24, 1990. Nine episodes of the series were filmed.
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A Family for Joe
Title: A Family for Joe
Character: Joe "Grandpa" Whitaker-Bankston
Released: February 25, 1990
Type: Movie
To keep from being separated, four orphans get a homeless maverick to pose as their guardian.
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William Holden: The Golden Boy
Title: William Holden: The Golden Boy
Character: Self
Released: December 13, 1989
Type: Movie
It was said of him that in more than 70 films, he never once gave a bad performance.
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Hoodwinked
Title: Hoodwinked
Character: Jake Spanner
Released: November 15, 1989
Type: Movie
Burnt-out private dick Jacob Aloysius Spanner teams up with his brother to help an old adversary track down his one remaining loved one, his kidnapped granddaughter. But who's the hood and who's being hoodwinked?
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Title: Brotherhood of the Rose
Character: John Eliot
Released: January 22, 1989
Type: TV
Romulus and Remus were picked up at an orphanage at a young age, raised together as brothers and trained to supersede every other CIA agents.
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John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
Title: John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
Biography of risk-taker and raconteur John Huston from his childhood to become one of the most highly respected filmmakers in the world.
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Scrooged
Title: Scrooged
Character: Preston Rhinelander
Released: November 22, 1988
Type: Movie
Frank Cross is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life. But after firing a staff member on Christmas Eve, Frank is visited by a series of ghosts who give him a chance to re-evaluate his actions and right the wrongs of his past.
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Title: War and Remembrance
Character: Capt. Victor 'Pug' Henry
Released: November 13, 1988
Type: TV
War and Remembrance is an American miniseries based on the novel of the same name by Herman Wouk. It is the sequel to highly successful The Winds of War.
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Mr. North
Title: Mr. North
Character: Mr. Bosworth
Released: July 22, 1988
Type: Movie
Mr. North, a stranger to a small, but wealthy, Rhode Island town, quickly has rumors started about him that he has the power to heal people's ailments...
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Title: The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
Character: Himself
Released: July 3, 1987
Type: TV
Ed Asner tells the story of RKO Pictures from the 1920s to the 1960s.
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Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
Title: Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
Character: Self
Released: April 19, 1986
Type: Movie
Her story is well-known — the lonely child who yearned for affection and approval which she finally seemed to find as Hollywood's greatest love goddess. But even though she scaled heights few could even dream of, she was one of the loneliest of stars.
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Thompson's Last Run
Title: Thompson's Last Run
Character: Johnny Thompson
Released: February 16, 1986
Type: Movie
A hardened con being transferred from a federal penitentiary to a Texas institution to finish a life sentence as a habitual criminal is freed at gunpoint by his niece. The police man, who was transferring him and has been the con's adversary for over 30 years, vows to catch the twosome.
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Title: North and South
Character: Patrick Flynn
Released: November 3, 1985
Type: TV
The story of the enduring friendship between Orry Main of South Carolina and George Hazard of Pennsylvania, who become best friends while attending the United States Military Academy at West Point but later find themselves and their families on opposite sides of the American Civil War.
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Promises to Keep
Title: Promises to Keep
Character: Jack Palmer
Released: October 15, 1985
Type: Movie
An aging cowboy returns to the family he abandoned 30 years ago with a terrifying secret.
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Title: The Equalizer
Character: Richard Dyson
Released: September 18, 1985
Type: TV
Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private crime fighting operation where he fashions himself as "The Equalizer." It is a service for victims of the system who have exhausted all possible means of seeking justice and have nowhere to go. McCall promises to even out the odds for them.
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Reunion at Fairborough
Title: Reunion at Fairborough
Character: Carl Hostrup
Released: May 12, 1985
Type: Movie
World War II vets travel to England for a reunion at their old base. Stars Judi Trott, Barry Morse, Red Buttons, Deborah Kerr, Shane Rimmer, Robert Mitchum
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The Hearst and Davies Affair
Title: The Hearst and Davies Affair
Character: William Randolph Hearst
Released: January 14, 1985
Type: Movie
Dramatization of the scandalous, long-time love affair between the powerful but married publisher and the chorus girl he helped turn into a Ziegfeld star and 1930s film personality.
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The Ambassador
Title: The Ambassador
Character: Peter Hacker
Released: January 11, 1985
Type: Movie
An American ambassador to Israel tries to bring peace to the Middle East conflict through unconventional methods, but his efforts are hampered at every turn and his personal life threatened.
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Maria's Lovers
Title: Maria's Lovers
Character: Ivan's Father
Released: October 3, 1984
Type: Movie
When her teenage sweetheart Ivan returns home from WWII, Maria eagerly accepts his marriage proposal, looking forward to a lifetime of happiness. But her joy is short-lived when Ivan’s dark past shrouds their wedding night in misery, driving a wedge between them that neither knows how to remove. Confused and depressed, Maria attempts to mend her true love’s heart despite the advances of other suitors. But when a traveling musician hits the right note, Maria struggles to justify her unfulfilling life. Is her passion too powerful to be contained within the sanctity of marriage?
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A Killer in the Family
Title: A Killer in the Family
Character: Gary Tison
Released: October 30, 1983
Type: Movie
Three teenage boys break their father out of prison only to discover that he is a murderous sociopath. Based on a true story.
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Title: The Winds of War
Character: Victor 'Pug' Henry
Released: February 6, 1983
Type: TV
Set against the backdrop of world events that led to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, Victor "Pug" Henry is a career naval officer who, along with his family, learns to navigate the waters of his dangerous times in the late 1930s.
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Showbiz Goes to War
Title: Showbiz Goes to War
Character: (archive footage)
Released: December 31, 1982
Type: Movie
While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World War II, the majority used their talents to rally the American public through bond sales, morale-boosting USO tours, patriotic war dramas and escapist film fare. Comedian David Steinberg plays host for this star-studded, 90-minute documentary, which looks at the way Tinseltown helped the United States' war effort.
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That Championship Season
Title: That Championship Season
Character: Coach Delaney
Released: December 9, 1982
Type: Movie
It started as a friendly meeting between 4 old buddies with their basketball coach and ended up in revealing the truth about their relationship. The meeting forces the five men to reveal their true identity, to be honest with each other for the first time in their lives. When the night comes to an end they decide to go back to the old glorious days and reunite into the team which won that championship season, back in 1957.
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One Shoe Makes it Murder
Title: One Shoe Makes it Murder
Character: Harold Shillman
Released: November 6, 1982
Type: Movie
Robert Mitchum stars as a down-and-out ex-cop whose entanglement with a shady casino owner leaves him one step behind a killer in the mystery One Shoe Makes It Murder. Soon after the Nevada Gaming Commission suspends his casino license, gambling czar Carl Charnock (Mel Ferrer) hires private investigator Harold Schillman (Mitchum) to find his missing wife. With the help of Fay Reid (Angie Dickinson), Schillman locates the unfaithful spouse--right before she falls from a balcony! Now Schillman must determine whether she jumped or ... whether One Shoe Makes It Murder.
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Nightkill
Title: Nightkill
Character: Donner/Rodriguez
Released: December 18, 1980
Type: Movie
The wife of a wealthy industrialist finds herself caught-up in a web of intrigue & murder which was created by her own deceit. When she tries to escape the results of her actions, she too falls victim to deception.
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Agency
Title: Agency
Character: Ted Quinn .
Released: February 14, 1980
Type: Movie
A mysterious millionaire buys an ad agency and begins to replace its employees with his own people, who don't appear to be advertising types at all...
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Breakthrough
Title: Breakthrough
Character: Colonel Rogers
Released: March 1, 1979
Type: Movie
Starting in late May 1944, during the German retreat on the Eastern Front, Captain Stransky (Helmut Griem) orders Sergeant Steiner (Richard Burton) to blow up a railway tunnel to prevent Russian forces from using it. Steiner's platoon fails in its mission by coming up against a Russian tank. Steiner then takes a furlough to Paris just as the Allies launch their invasion of Normandy.
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Matilda
Title: Matilda
Character: Duke Parkhurst
Released: June 22, 1978
Type: Movie
A small-time talent agent discovers an amazing boxing kangaroo and figures to use it as his stepping-stone into the big time.
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The Big Sleep
Title: The Big Sleep
Character: Philip Marlowe
Released: March 13, 1978
Type: Movie
Private eye Philip Marlowe investigates a case of blackmail involving the two wild daughters of a rich general, a pornographer and a gangster.
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The Amsterdam Kill
Title: The Amsterdam Kill
Character: Quinlan
Released: December 26, 1977
Type: Movie
Former DEA Agent Quinlan, removed from the force some years earlier for stealing confiscated drug money, is hired by Chung Wei, a leader in the Amsterdam drug cartel, who wants out of the business. Quinlan's job is to use Chung's information to tip DEA agents to drug busts, thereby destroying the cartel. But when the first two "tips" go awry, resulting in murdered DEA officers, the feds must decide whether to trust Quinlan further...
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The Last Tycoon
Title: The Last Tycoon
Character: Pat Brady
Released: November 18, 1976
Type: Movie
Monroe Stahr, a successful movie producer, pursues a beautiful and elusive young woman — all the while working himself to death.
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Midway
Title: Midway
Character: Vice Adm. William F. 'Bull' Halsey Jr.
Released: June 18, 1976
Type: Movie
This war drama depicts the U.S. and Japanese forces in the naval Battle of Midway, which became a turning point for Americans during World War II.
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Title: Saturday Night Live
Character: Self - Host
Released: October 11, 1975
Type: TV
A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.
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Farewell, My Lovely
Title: Farewell, My Lovely
Character: Philip Marlowe
Released: August 8, 1975
Type: Movie
Private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by ex-con Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend, a former lounge dancer. While also investigating the murder of a client and the theft of a jade necklace, Marlowe becomes entangled with seductress Helen Grayle and discovers a web of dark secrets that are better left hidden.
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Title: People's Choice Awards
Character: Self - Presenter
Released: March 4, 1975
Type: TV
An American awards show recognizing people in entertainment, voted online by the general public and fans.
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Title: Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Character: Self
Released: January 12, 1975
Type: TV
A talk show presented by Michel Drucker
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The Yakuza
Title: The Yakuza
Character: Harry Kilmer
Released: December 21, 1974
Type: Movie
Harry Kilmer returns to Japan after several years in order to rescue his friend George's kidnapped daughter - and ends up on the wrong side of the Yakuza, the notorious Japanese mafia.
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The Friends of Eddie Coyle
Title: The Friends of Eddie Coyle
Character: Eddie 'Fingers' Coyle
Released: June 26, 1973
Type: Movie
An aging hood is about to go back to prison. Hoping to escape his fate, he supplies information on stolen guns to the feds, while simultaneously supplying arms to his bank robbing chums.
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Title: The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Character: Self
Released: April 2, 1973
Type: TV
In 1973 the American Film Institute initiated its Life Achievement Award, to be presented to a yearly recipient whose talent has fundamentally advanced the film art; whose accomplishments have been acknowledged by scholars, critics, professional peers and the general public; and whose work has stood the test of time.
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The Wrath of God
Title: The Wrath of God
Character: Father Oliver Van Horne
Released: July 14, 1972
Type: Movie
Set in the 1920s, several foreigners held by a South American military group are offered possible freedom if they accept to topple a local crazed military leader.
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Going Home
Title: Going Home
Character: Harry K. Graham
Released: December 1, 1971
Type: Movie
After doing 13 years in prison for the murder of his wife, mechanic Harry Graham is out on parole and looking to rebuild his life in a small seaside community. He settles into a trailer park and finds both a job and a girlfriend. But things get difficult for Harry when his estranged son, Jimmy, shows up. He witnessed his mother's murder as a child and, after years spent in foster homes, has come looking for revenge.
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Ryan's Daughter
Title: Ryan's Daughter
Character: Charles Shaughnessy
Released: March 19, 1970
Type: Movie
The wife of an Irish school teacher is branded a traitor when she falls for a British officer who is part of an occupying force in 1917 Ireland.
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The Distant Drummer: A Movable Scene
Title: The Distant Drummer: A Movable Scene
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1970
Type: Movie
Robert Mitchum narrates an anti drug propaganda film.
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Young Billy Young
Title: Young Billy Young
Character: Deputy Ben Kane
Released: October 15, 1969
Type: Movie
A peace-loving man named Ben Kane takes a job as deputy marshal of Lords, in the old West. Kane is no lawman, but he accepts the badge because he has an old score to settle with the town's chief trouble-maker. Once on the job, Kane must also deal with a young sharpshooter named Billy Young and a sharp and sassy saloon dancer, Lily.
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The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
Title: The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
Character: Flagg
Released: October 10, 1969
Type: Movie
An aging lawman and an aging outlaw join forces when their respective positions in society are usurped by a younger, but incompetent Marshal, and a younger, but vicious gang leader.
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Secret Ceremony
Title: Secret Ceremony
Character: Albert
Released: October 23, 1968
Type: Movie
A penniless woman meets a strange girl who insists she is her long-lost mother and becomes enmeshed in a web of deception, and perhaps madness.
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5 Card Stud
Title: 5 Card Stud
Character: Reverend Jonathan Rudd
Released: July 28, 1968
Type: Movie
The players in an ongoing poker game are being mysteriously killed off, one by one.
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Anzio
Title: Anzio
Character: Dick Ennis
Released: July 24, 1968
Type: Movie
American troops land unopposed on Italian beaches during World War II, but instead of pushing on to Rome, they dig in and the Germans fight back ferociously.
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Title: The Dick Cavett Show
Character: Self - Guest
Released: June 6, 1968
Type: TV
The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.
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Villa Rides
Title: Villa Rides
Character: Lee Arnold
Released: May 29, 1968
Type: Movie
Pulled into the Mexican Revolution by his own greed, Texas gunrunner and pilot Lee Arnold joins bandit-turned-patriot Pancho Villa and his band of dedicated men in a march across Mexico battling the Colorados and stealing women's hearts as they go. But each has a nemesis among his friends: Arnold is tormented by Fierro, Villa's right-hand-man; and Villa must face possible betrayal by his own president's naiveté
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The Way West
Title: The Way West
Character: Dick Summers
Released: May 24, 1967
Type: Movie
In the mid-19th century, Senator William J. Tadlock leads a group of settlers overland in a quest to start a new settlement in the Western US. Tadlock is a highly principled and demanding taskmaster who is as hard on himself as he is on those who have joined his wagon train. He clashes with one of the new settlers, Lije Evans, who doesn't quite appreciate Tadlock's ways. Along the way, the families must face death and heartbreak and a sampling of frontier justice when one of them accidentally kills a young Indian boy.
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El Dorado
Title: El Dorado
Character: Sheriff J.P. Harrah
Released: December 17, 1966
Type: Movie
Cole Thornton, a gunfighter for hire, joins forces with an old friend, Sheriff J.P. Harrah. Together with a fighter and a gambler, they help a rancher and his family fight a rival rancher that is trying to steal their water.
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Mister Moses
Title: Mister Moses
Character: Joe Moses
Released: May 12, 1965
Type: Movie
A con man on the run in Africa aids a minister's daughter by helping lead a local tribe to their new homeland.
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What a Way to Go!
Title: What a Way to Go!
Character: Rod Anderson Jr.
Released: October 12, 1964
Type: Movie
A four-time widow discusses her four marriages, in which all of her husbands became incredibly rich and died prematurely because of their drive to be rich.
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Man in the Middle
Title: Man in the Middle
Character: Lt. Col. Barney Adams
Released: January 27, 1964
Type: Movie
In a remote jungle outpost in the Far Eastern theater of World War II, a hotheaded American soldier murders an allied British sergeant in cold blood. Stalwart American Lt. Colonel Barney Adams (Mitchum) is dispatched to defend him in the ensuing court martial. But when Lt. Adams starts encountering roadblocks in his search for evidence, and his key witnesses start disappearing one after another, he soon realizes he's merely a pawn in a mysterious conspiracy that could extend to the highest levels of military power.
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Rampage
Title: Rampage
Character: Harry Stanton
Released: October 9, 1963
Type: Movie
In colonial Malaysia, British big game-hunter Otto Abbot and American trapper Harry Stanton clash over the ethics of catching versus killing animals and over Abbot's mistress, Anna.
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The List of Adrian Messenger
Title: The List of Adrian Messenger
Character: Slattery
Released: May 23, 1963
Type: Movie
Adrian Messenger, a famous writer, asks his friend Anthony Gethryn, a former British agent, to help him investigate the whereabouts of the people who appear on a list, without asking him the reason why he should do so.
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Marilyn
Title: Marilyn
Released: April 18, 1963
Type: Movie
This 1963 documentary, released less than a year after Marilyn Monroe's death, showcases the star in memorable scenes from her 20th Century Fox films, including wardrobe tests and clips from her last, uncompleted project, "Something's Got To Give". Hosted and narrated by Rock Hudson.
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Two for the Seesaw
Title: Two for the Seesaw
Character: Jerry Ryan
Released: November 21, 1962
Type: Movie
After leaving his wife, lawyer Jerry Ryan moves from Omaha, Nebraska to New York City to start a new life. While studying for the New York Bar Examination and working to finalize his divorce, Ryan meets dancer Gittel Mosca, and the two begin a cautious courtship. However, Ryan feels that he must come to terms with his failed marriage and overcome his lingering attachment to his ex-wife before he can redefine himself and embrace his budding romance.
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The Longest Day
Title: The Longest Day
Character: Brig. Gen. Norman Cota
Released: September 25, 1962
Type: Movie
The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day"
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Cape Fear
Title: Cape Fear
Character: Max Cady
Released: April 12, 1962
Type: Movie
Sam Bowden witnesses a rape committed by Max Cady and testifies against him. When released after 8 years in prison, Cady begins stalking Bowden and his family but is always clever enough not to violate the law.
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The Last Time I Saw Archie
Title: The Last Time I Saw Archie
Character: Archie Hall
Released: May 27, 1961
Type: Movie
Two Air Force friends have fun during their enlistment.
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The Grass Is Greener
Title: The Grass Is Greener
Character: Charles Delacro
Released: December 23, 1960
Type: Movie
Victor and Hillary are down on their luck to the point that they allow tourists to take guided tours of their castle. But Charles Delacro, a millionaire oil tycoon, visits, and takes a liking to more than the house. Soon, Hattie Durant gets involved and they have a good old fashioned love triangle.
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The Sundowners
Title: The Sundowners
Character: Paddy Carmody
Released: December 8, 1960
Type: Movie
In the Australian Outback, the Carmody family--Paddy, Ida, and their teenage son Sean--are sheep drovers, always on the move. Ida and Sean want to settle down and buy a farm. Paddy wants to keep moving. A sheep-shearing contest, the birth of a child, drinking, gambling, and a racehorse will all have a part in the final decision.
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A Terrible Beauty
Title: A Terrible Beauty
Character: Dermot O'Neill
Released: June 17, 1960
Type: Movie
In 1941, the IRA plans a campaign to coincide with the planned German invasion of England. Dermott O'Neil finds it easy to get into the IRA, but can he get out?
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Home from the Hill
Title: Home from the Hill
Character: Captain Wade Hunnicutt
Released: March 3, 1960
Type: Movie
The wealthiest man in a Texas town decides to teach his teenage son how to hunt to make a man out of him.
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The Wonderful Country
Title: The Wonderful Country
Character: Martin Brady
Released: October 21, 1959
Type: Movie
Having fled to Mexico from the U.S. many years ago for killing his father's murderer, Martin Brady travels to Texas to broker an arms deal for his Mexican boss, strongman Governor Cipriano Castro. Brady breaks a leg and while recuperating in Texas the gun shipment is stolen. Complicating matters further the wife of local army major Colton has designs on him, and the local Texas Ranger captain makes him a generous offer to come back to the states and join his outfit. After killing a man in self-defense, Brady slips back over the border and confronts Castro who is not only unhappy that Brady has lost his gun shipment but is about to join forces with Colton to battle the local raiding Apache Indians.
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The Angry Hills
Title: The Angry Hills
Character: Mike Morrison
Released: July 29, 1959
Type: Movie
In 1941 Greece, on the eve of German occupation, cynical American foreign correspondent Michael Morrison arrives in Athens, intending to depart for London the following day. While there he is tricked into smuggling a list of resistance leaders out of the country and is pursued by the Germans.
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The Hunters
Title: The Hunters
Character: Major Cleve Saville
Released: September 1, 1958
Type: Movie
With its electrifying flight sequences and high-powered cast, The Hunters is a mesmerizing film based on the best-selling novel by veteran fighter pilot James Salter. Set during the height of the Korean War, the story centers on Major Cleve Saville (Robert Mitchum), a master of the newly operational F-86 Sabre fighter jets. But adept as he is at flying, Saville¹s personal life takes a nosedive when he falls in love with his wingman¹s (Lee Philips) beautiful wife (May Britt). To make matters worse, Saville must cope with a loud-mouthed rookie (Robert Wagner) in a daring rescue mission that threatens all their lives in this well-crafted war drama.
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Thunder Road
Title: Thunder Road
Character: Lucas Doolin
Released: May 10, 1958
Type: Movie
Unrepentant Tennessee moonshine runner Luke Doolin (Robert Mitchum) makes dangerous high-speed deliveries for his liquor-producing father, Vernon (Trevor Bardette), but won't let his younger brother Robin (James Mitchum) join the family business. Under pressure from both out-of-town gangster Kogan (Jacques Aubuchon), who wants a piece of the local action, and Treasury agent Barrett (Gene Barry), who wants to destroy the moonshine business, Luke fights for his fast-fading way of life.
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The Enemy Below
Title: The Enemy Below
Character: Capt. Murrell
Released: December 25, 1957
Type: Movie
The crew of the American destroyer escort, the USS Haynes, detects a German U-Boat—resulting in a prolonged, deadly battle of wits.
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Fire Down Below
Title: Fire Down Below
Character: Felix Bowers
Released: May 30, 1957
Type: Movie
Tony and Felix own a tramp boat, and sail around the Caribbean doing odd jobs and drinking a lot. They agree to ferry the beautiful but passportless Irena to another island. They both fall for her, leading to betrayal and a break-up of their partnership. Tony takes a job on a cargo ship. After a collision he finds himself trapped below deck with time running out (the ship is aflame), and only Felix, whom he hates and has sworn to kill, left to save him.
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Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
Title: Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
Character: Corporal Allison USMC
Released: March 13, 1957
Type: Movie
A Roman Catholic nun and a hard-bitten US Marine are stranded together on a Japanese-occupied island in the South Pacific during World War II. Under constant threat of discovery by a ruthless enemy, they hide in a cave and forage for food together. Their forced companionship and the struggle for survival forge a powerful emotional bond between them.
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Bandit!
Title: Bandit!
Character: Wilson
Released: September 1, 1956
Type: Movie
American arms dealer Kennedy hopes to make a killing by selling to the "regulares" in the 1916 Mexican revolution. American mercenary Wilson favors the rebel faction headed by Escobar, and they plot to hijack Kennedy's arms; but Wilson also has his eye on Kennedy's wife. Raids, counter-raids, and escapes follow in a veritable hail of bullets.
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Foreign Intrigue
Title: Foreign Intrigue
Character: Dave Bishop
Released: July 1, 1956
Type: Movie
Millionaire Victor Danemore, living on the French Riviera, dies suddenly of a heart attack. His secretary, Dave Bishop, wants to know more about his employer's life. Surprisingly, not even his young wife knows anything about her husband's background or how he earned his fortune. Clues lead Bishop to Vienna and Stockholm, where he learns that Danemore was blackmailing people who cooperated with the Nazis during World War II.
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Title: Cinépanorama
Character: Self
Released: February 4, 1956
Type: TV
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Man with the Gun
Title: Man with the Gun
Character: Clint Tollinger
Released: November 5, 1955
Type: Movie
A stranger comes to town looking for his estranged wife. He finds her running the local girls. He also finds a town and sheriff afraid of their own shadow, scared of a landowner they never see who rules through his rowdy sidekicks. The stranger is a town tamer by trade, and he accepts a $500 commission to sort things out.
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The Night of the Hunter
Title: The Night of the Hunter
Character: Harry Powell
Released: August 26, 1955
Type: Movie
In the Deep South, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.
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Not as a Stranger
Title: Not as a Stranger
Character: Lucas Marsh
Released: July 1, 1955
Type: Movie
Lucas Marsh, an intern bent upon becoming a first-class doctor, not merely a successful one. He courts and marries the warm-hearted Kristina, not out of love but because she is highly knowledgeable in the skills of the operating room and because she has frugally put aside her savings through the years. She will be, as he shrewdly knows, a supportive wife in every way. She helps make him the success he wants to be and cheerfully moves with him to the small town in which he starts his practice. But as much as he tries to be a good husband to the undemanding Kristina, Marsh easily falls into the arms of a local siren and the patience of the long-sorrowing Kristina wears thin.
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Track of the Cat
Title: Track of the Cat
Character: Curt Bridges
Released: November 19, 1954
Type: Movie
A family saga: In a stunning mountain valley ranch setting near Aspen, complex and dangerous family dynamics play out against the backdrop of the first big snowstorm of winter and an enormous panther with seemingly mythical qualities which is killing cattle.
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Title: The Jimmy Durante Show
Character: Self
Released: October 2, 1954
Type: TV
The Jimmy Durante Show is a 51-episode half-hour comedy/variety television program presented live on NBC from October 2, 1954 to June 23, 1956.
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River of No Return
Title: River of No Return
Character: Matt Calder
Released: April 30, 1954
Type: Movie
An itinerant farmer and his young son help a heart-of-gold saloon singer search for her estranged husband.
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She Couldn't Say No
Title: She Couldn't Say No
Character: Doctor Robert Sellers
Released: February 15, 1954
Type: Movie
An heiress decides to pass out anonymous gifts in a small town.
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Second Chance
Title: Second Chance
Character: Russ Lambert
Released: July 18, 1953
Type: Movie
A prize-fighting boxer with a lethal right punch falls for a gangster's moll on the run in Mexico.
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White Witch Doctor
Title: White Witch Doctor
Character: John 'Lonni' Douglas
Released: July 1, 1953
Type: Movie
Ellen Burton arrives in Africa to join Dr. Mary as her nurse, bringing modern medicine to the native peoples. Lonni Douglas, an animal wrangler and fortune hunter, agrees to take her upriver, despite his misgivings about her suitability for Africa. They battle escaped gorillas, hostile natives, infected lion wounds, and hostile witch doctors to reach their destination and on the way, they fall in love. Will their contrasting interests doom their romance?
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Title: The Oscars
Character: Self
Released: March 19, 1953
Type: TV
An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.
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Angel Face
Title: Angel Face
Character: Frank Jessup
Released: January 2, 1953
Type: Movie
An ambulance driver gets involved with a rich girl that might have a darker side.
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The Lusty Men
Title: The Lusty Men
Character: Jeff McCloud
Released: October 24, 1952
Type: Movie
Retired rodeo champion Jeff McCloud agrees to mentor novice rodeo contestant Wes Merritt against the wishes of Merritt's wife who fears the dangers of this rough sport.
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One Minute to Zero
Title: One Minute to Zero
Character: Col. Steve Janowski
Released: September 19, 1952
Type: Movie
An idealistic United Nations official learns the harrowing truth about war when she falls in love with an American officer charged with the evacuation of civilians. As hostilities escalate, the officer and his small detachment are left to hold the line until allied forces can be brought into action.
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Macao
Title: Macao
Character: Nick Cochran
Released: April 11, 1952
Type: Movie
A man on the run in the Far East is mistaken for an undercover cop.
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The Racket
Title: The Racket
Character: Captain Thomas McQuigg
Released: October 25, 1951
Type: Movie
The big national crime syndicate has moved into town, partnering up with local crime boss Nick Scanlon. McQuigg, the only honest police captain on the force, and his loyal patrolman, Johnson, take on the violent Nick.
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His Kind of Woman
Title: His Kind of Woman
Character: Dan Milner
Released: August 15, 1951
Type: Movie
Career gambler Dan Milner agrees to a $50,000 deal to leave the USA for Mexico, only to find himself entangled with fellow guests at a luxurious resort and suspecting that the man who hired him may be the deported crime boss Nick Ferraro aiming to re-enter to the USA.
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My Forbidden Past
Title: My Forbidden Past
Character: Dr. Mark Lucas
Released: April 25, 1951
Type: Movie
An 1890s New Orleans heiress tries to buy a married doctor's love with her tainted family fortune.
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Where Danger Lives
Title: Where Danger Lives
Character: Dr. Jeff Cameron
Released: November 16, 1950
Type: Movie
A young doctor falls in love with a disturbed young woman and apparently becomes involved in the death of her husband. They head for Mexico trying to outrun the law.
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Title: What's My Line?
Character: Self - Mystery Guest
Released: February 2, 1950
Type: TV
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.
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Holiday Affair
Title: Holiday Affair
Character: Steve Mason
Released: December 12, 1949
Type: Movie
Just before Christmas, department store clerk Steve Mason meets big spending customer Connie Ennis, who's actually a comparison shopper sent by another store. Steve lets her go, which gets him fired. They spend the afternoon together, which doesn't sit well with Connie's steady suitor, Carl, when he finds out, but delights her young son Timmy, who quickly takes to Steve.
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The Big Steal
Title: The Big Steal
Character: Lt. Duke Halliday
Released: July 1, 1949
Type: Movie
Army Lieutenant Halliday, accused of stealing the Army payroll, pursues the real thief on a frantic chase through Mexico aided by the thief's ex-girlfriend and is in turn being chased by his accuser, Capt. Blake.
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The Red Pony
Title: The Red Pony
Character: Billy Buck
Released: March 8, 1949
Type: Movie
Peter Miles stars as Tom Tiflin, the little boy at the heart of this John Steinbeck story set in Salinas Valley. With his incompatible parents -- the city-loving Fred and country-happy Alice -- constantly bickering, Tom looks to cowboy Billy Buck for companionship and paternal love.
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Blood on the Moon
Title: Blood on the Moon
Character: Jim Garry
Released: November 11, 1948
Type: Movie
Down-and-out cowhand Jim Garry is asked by his old friend Tate Riling to help mediate a cattle dispute. When Garry arrives, however, it soon becomes clear that Riling has not been entirely forthright. Garry uncovers Riling's plot to dupe local rancher John Lufton out of a fortune. When Lufton's firecracker of a daughter, Amy, gets involved, Garry must choose between his old loyalties and what he knows to be right.
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Rachel and the Stranger
Title: Rachel and the Stranger
Character: Jim Fairways
Released: September 18, 1948
Type: Movie
A widowed farmer takes an indentured servant as his new wife, but the arrival of a passing stranger threatens their burgeoning relationship.
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Title: The Ed Sullivan Show
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: June 20, 1948
Type: TV
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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Title: The Ed Sullivan Show
Character: Self - Guest
Released: June 20, 1948
Type: TV
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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Out of the Past
Title: Out of the Past
Character: Jeff Bailey / Jeff Markham
Released: November 25, 1947
Type: Movie
Jeff Bailey seems to be a mundane gas station owner in remote Bridgeport, California. He is dating local girl Ann Miller and lives a quiet life. But Jeff has a secret past, and when a mysterious stranger arrives in town, Jeff is forced to return to the dark world he had tried to escape.
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Desire Me
Title: Desire Me
Character: Paul Aubert
Released: October 31, 1947
Type: Movie
A war widow falls in love with the man who informed her of her husband's death.
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Crossfire
Title: Crossfire
Character: Peter Keeley
Released: August 15, 1947
Type: Movie
A man is murdered, apparently by one of a group of soldiers just out of the army. But which one? And why?
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Pursued
Title: Pursued
Character: Jeb
Released: March 2, 1947
Type: Movie
A boy haunted by nightmares about the night his entire family was murdered is brought up by a neighboring family in the 1880s. He falls for his lovely adoptive sister but his nasty adoptive brother and mysterious uncle want him dead.
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The Locket
Title: The Locket
Character: Norman Clyde
Released: December 20, 1946
Type: Movie
A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.
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Undercurrent
Title: Undercurrent
Character: Michael Garroway
Released: November 11, 1946
Type: Movie
After a rapid engagement, a dowdy daughter of a chemist weds an industrialist, knowing little of his family or past. He transforms her into an elegant society wife, but becomes enraged whenever she asks about Michael, his mysterious long-lost brother.
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Till the End of Time
Title: Till the End of Time
Character: William J. Tabeshaw
Released: July 23, 1946
Type: Movie
Three former marines have a hard time readjusting to civilian life. Perry can't deal with the loss of the use of his legs. William is in trouble with bad debts. And Cliff can't decide what he wants to do with his life, although he gets encouragement from war widow Pat Ruscomb.
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West of the Pecos
Title: West of the Pecos
Character: Pecos Smith
Released: August 10, 1945
Type: Movie
Heading west for his health, Colonel Lambeth takes his daughter Rill along. Lost on the desert they are saved by Pecos and Chito. The Colonel hires the two and the Lambeths soon find themselves mixed up in Pecos' trouble. Pecos has killed Sawtelle's brother and Sawtelle as head of the vigilantes is after him.
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Story of G.I. Joe
Title: Story of G.I. Joe
Character: Bill Walker
Released: July 13, 1945
Type: Movie
War correspondent Ernie Pyle joins Company C, 18th Infantry as this American army unit fights its way across North Africa in World War II. He comes to know the soldiers and finds much human interest material for his readers back in the States. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 2000.
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Nevada
Title: Nevada
Character: Jim Lacy aka Nevada
Released: December 25, 1944
Type: Movie
Just as Nevada wins $7000 in yellowback bills, Ben Ide takes his $7000 and heads out to buy mining equipment. Burridge has his man Powell kill Ide and retrieve the money and Nevada finds Ide just as the posse arrives. Found with the money Nevada is arrested and Burridge now gets Powell to incite the local citizens to lynch Nevada.
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Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Title: Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Character: Bob Gray
Released: November 15, 1944
Type: Movie
In the wake of Pearl Harbor, a young lieutenant leaves his expectant wife to volunteer for a secret bombing mission which will take the war to the Japanese homeland.
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Girl Rush
Title: Girl Rush
Character: Jimmy Smith
Released: October 21, 1944
Type: Movie
During the California Gold Rush, two down-on-their-luck vaudevillians attempt to become wealthy by bringing a girlie show to an all-male western mining town.
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When Strangers Marry
Title: When Strangers Marry
Character: Fred Graham
Released: August 21, 1944
Type: Movie
A naive small-town girl comes to New York City to meet her husband, and discovers that he may be a murderer.
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Mr. Winkle Goes to War
Title: Mr. Winkle Goes to War
Character: Corporal (uncredited)
Released: July 19, 1944
Type: Movie
Wilbert Winkle, a henpecked, mild-mannered, middle-aged bank clerk and handyman finds himself in the midst of battle in the South Pacific.
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Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Title: Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Character: CPO Jeff Daniels
Released: July 7, 1944
Type: Movie
A young girl rents an apartment from a man who has recently enlisted in the Marines. The trouble is that he's given out keys to a half-dozen of his friends, and they all keep dropping in.
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To the People of the United States
Title: To the People of the United States
Released: April 16, 1944
Type: Movie
World War II public education film about sexually transmitted diseases focused on syphilis.
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Gung Ho!
Title: Gung Ho!
Character: 'Pig iron' Matthews
Released: December 20, 1943
Type: Movie
A true-life epic that revolves around an exclusive bataillon of the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II, "Carlson's Raiders," whose assignment is to take control of a South Pacific island once possessed by the United States but now under Japanese command.
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Riders of the Deadline
Title: Riders of the Deadline
Character: Lead Henchman Drago
Released: December 3, 1943
Type: Movie
When Ranger Hoppy's falsely accused young ranger friend is killed while supposedly trying to escape from jail, Hoppy is blamed and drummed out of the Texas Rangers.
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Cry 'Havoc'
Title: Cry 'Havoc'
Character: Dying Soldier "I'm alright" (uncredited)
Released: November 23, 1943
Type: Movie
The Army nurses on Bataan need help badly, but when it arrives, it sure isn't what they expected. A motley crew, including a Southern belle, a waitress, and a stripper, show up. Many conflicts arise among these women who are thrown together in what is a desperate and ultimately hopeless situation.
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The Dancing Masters
Title: The Dancing Masters
Character: Mickey Halligan
Released: November 19, 1943
Type: Movie
The Dancing Masters is a 1943 Laurel and Hardy feature film. The plot involves the team running a ballet school, and getting involved with an inventor. A young Robert Mitchum has an uncredited cameo role as a fraudulent insurance salesman.
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Minesweeper
Title: Minesweeper
Character: Seaman Chuck Ryan
Released: November 10, 1943
Type: Movie
A naval officer who had deserted several years earlier is drawn back to the Navy when World War II begins. He re-enlists under an assumed name, and is assigned to a minesweeper, where he has to perform hazardous duties while at the same time keeping his real identity a secret.
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False Colors
Title: False Colors
Character: Rip Austin
Released: November 5, 1943
Type: Movie
Before he was killed by Mark Foster's men, Bud Lawton willed part ownership in his ranch to Hoppy and his two pals. When the three arrive they find a fake posing as Lawton. When they expose the imposter, Foster gets the Sheriff to jail them for Lawton's murder.
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Doughboys in Ireland
Title: Doughboys in Ireland
Character: Ernie Jones (as Bob Mitchum)
Released: October 7, 1943
Type: Movie
According to Doughboys in Ireland, there were those who sang their way through WW2. Radio tenor Kenny Baker plays Manhattan orchestra leading Danny O'Keefe, who is drafted into the army along with a Ritz Brothers-like quartet called The Jesters. Stationed in Ireland, Danny believes that his New York sweetheart Gloria (Lynn Merrick) has forgotten about him, thus he inaugurates a romance with Irish colleen Molly Callahan (Jeff Donnell).
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Bar 20
Title: Bar 20
Character: Richard Adams
Released: October 1, 1943
Type: Movie
Stagecoach robbers take the money Hoppy was going to use to buy cattle so Hoppy, California and Lin go after them.
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Corvette K-225
Title: Corvette K-225
Character: Sheppard
Released: September 29, 1943
Type: Movie
The story of a Canadian WWII naval vessel, with a dramatic subplot concerning her first captain.
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Beyond the Last Frontier
Title: Beyond the Last Frontier
Character: Trigger Dolan
Released: August 18, 1943
Type: Movie
Beyond the Last Frontier was the first entry in Republic's "John Paul Revere" western series. Journeyman actor Eddie Dew stars as Revere, a Texas Ranger who goes undercover to smash an outlaw gang. Meanwhile, the villains install an informer amongst the Rangers, meaning that Revere will have to take care of this guy before he can complete his assignment. While Eddie Dew was OK in the lead, his thunder was stolen by the young actor cast as "Trigger Dolan"-future superstar Robert Mitchum. The plot was a bit too complicated for a film of this nature, thus future John Paul Revere installments were a bit easier to follow.
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The Lone Star Trail
Title: The Lone Star Trail
Character: Ben Slocum
Released: August 6, 1943
Type: Movie
Rancher Blaze Barker returns to Dead Falls after being framed by land-grabbers and spending two years in jail. Paroled, he can't wear a gun, but is aided by Marshal Fargo Steele. The gang is out to gain control of all of the valley land before a dam is constructed. When Blaze raises the money to pay off the taxes on his ranch, he finds it has been marked to incriminate him.
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We've Never Been Licked
Title: We've Never Been Licked
Character: Panhandle Mitchell
Released: July 29, 1943
Type: Movie
Young Brad Craig enters the military school with a chip on his shoulder which upperclassmen quickly knock off. Once adjusted, Craig falls in love with a professor's beautiful daughter, only to find she is in love with his roommate.
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Colt Comrades
Title: Colt Comrades
Character: Dirk Mason
Released: June 18, 1943
Type: Movie
Hoppy, California and Johnny partner up with brother and sister ranch owners, two of several who are having their access to water blocked by a dam owned by a greedy merchant in town, who is intent on driving them out and taking their land for himself.
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Leather Burners
Title: Leather Burners
Released: May 28, 1943
Type: Movie
As rustled cattle have mysteriously disappeared, Johnny sends for his friend Hoppy, Hoppy arrives and immediately suspects Dan Slack. Realizing his telegram about Slack was intercepted, he locks up the operator Lafe knowing he can escape. Tailing Lafe he finds a secret entrance to a mine and inside finds the missing cattle. But Slack's men also find him just as the cattle are stampeded through the mine shaft.
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Border Patrol
Title: Border Patrol
Character: Quinn
Released: April 2, 1943
Type: Movie
When three Texas Rangers try to investigate kidnapped Mexicans being used as forced labor in the mines of Silver Bullet, they are framed for murder by the town's corrupt sheriff.
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Follow the Band
Title: Follow the Band
Character: Tate Winters
Released: April 1, 1943
Type: Movie
A farmer from Vermont travels to New York and becomes a successful singer in a nightclub.
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Aerial Gunner
Title: Aerial Gunner
Character: Sgt. Benson (uncredited)
Released: March 20, 1943
Type: Movie
Old rivals are pitted against each other in basic training and fight for the same woman.
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Hoppy Serves a Writ
Title: Hoppy Serves a Writ
Character: Rigney
Released: March 12, 1943
Type: Movie
Posing as a cattle buyer, Hoppy crosses over into Oklahoma where the Jordan brother's and their outlaw gang operate outside the law. After receiving an unfriendly reception when he finds them, he, California, and Johnny rustle their cattle and drive across the river into Texas. He hopes they will cross over to retrieve their cattle and then he can arrest them.
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The Human Comedy
Title: The Human Comedy
Released: March 2, 1943
Type: Movie
Teenager Homer Macauley stays at home in the small town of Ithaca, California to support his family while his older brother Marcus prepares to go to war.
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Title: Private Screenings
Character: Self
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne interviews noted personalities from the Golden Age of Hollywood.