James Karen

James Karen

Born: November 28, 1923
Died: October 23, 2018
in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
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James Karen (November 28, 1923 - October 23, 2018) was an American character actor of Broadway, film and television.

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The Great Buster: A Celebration
Title: The Great Buster: A Celebration
Character: Self
Released: October 5, 2018
Type: Movie
A celebration of the life and career of one of America's most influential and celebrated filmmakers and comedians—Buster Keaton—whose singular style and fertile output during the silent era created his legacy as a true cinematic visionary.
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Cynthia
Title: Cynthia
Character: Frank Teague
Released: August 31, 2018
Type: Movie
Cynthia is a horror film about the 'perfect' couple and their desperate obsession to have a child which descends into a terrifying dark comedy.
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Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk
Title: Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk
Character: Interviewee #1
Released: May 10, 2017
Type: Movie
A young Jehovah's Witness believes the ultimate punishment will be inflicted upon him for typical teenage activity. His life is rather grim until infatuation with a friend's older sister opens his eyes.
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Bender
Title: Bender
Character: Old Man Bender
Released: October 14, 2016
Type: Movie
The unsettling true story of America's first serial-killing family. A troubled doctor searches for patients swallowed by the prairie and encounters the Benders, homesteaders trapped by a life of unspeakable sin.
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Notfilm
Title: Notfilm
Character: Self
Released: October 27, 2015
Type: Movie
NOTFILM is a feature-length experimental essay on FILM -- its author Samuel Beckett, its star Buster Keaton, its production and its philosophical implications -- utilizing additional outtakes, never before heard audio recordings of the production meetings, and other rare archival elements.
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Drew Peterson: Untouchable
Title: Drew Peterson: Untouchable
Character: Pastor Tom Keller
Released: January 29, 2014
Type: Movie
The story of Drew Peterson, who is charged with the death of his third wife after the mysterious disappearance of his fourth wife.
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Green Briefs
Title: Green Briefs
Character: Anthony
Released: November 26, 2013
Type: Movie
Five family drama, gay-themed, short films. This collection includes the following short films: Pride, Directed by Marc Saltarelli; The Commitment, Directed by Albert M. Chan; Shabbat Dinner, Directed by Michael Morgenstern; Kimchi Fried Dumplings, Directed by Jason Karman; and The Symphony of Silence, Directed by Cedric Thomas Smith.
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America's Most Haunted
Title: America's Most Haunted
Character: Ralph George
Released: May 8, 2013
Type: Movie
The crew of a popular ghost hunting show gets more than they bargained for when they come across a location that's actually haunted.
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The Butterfly Room
Title: The Butterfly Room
Character: Sales Clerk
Released: August 4, 2012
Type: Movie
A reclusive and butterfly-obsessed elderly lady suffering from bipolar disorder develops a disturbing relationship with a mysterious but seemingly innocent youngster.
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Pride
Title: Pride
Character: Anthony
Released: October 22, 2011
Type: Movie
On the morning of his annual gay pride party, Stephen is forced to take in his homophobic father who had disowned him over 20 years ago. Now suffering from Alzheimer's dementia, the father gets a crash course in all things gay from Stephen's eclectic mix of friends. Seeds of their turbulent relationship come to light as does hope that the two can move past their fears, accept and forgive one another.
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More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead
Title: More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead
Character: Himself
Released: October 18, 2011
Type: Movie
Retrospective documentary about the making of the horror cult classic "The Return of the Living Dead."
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They Won't Stay Dead: A Look at 'Return of the Living Dead Part II'
Title: They Won't Stay Dead: A Look at 'Return of the Living Dead Part II'
Character: Himself
Released: October 18, 2011
Type: Movie
Retrospective documentary about the making of "Return of the Living Dead Part II."
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Sympathy for Delicious
Title: Sympathy for Delicious
Character: Father Rohn
Released: April 9, 2010
Type: Movie
A newly paralyzed DJ gets more than he bargained for when he seeks out the world of faith healing.
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Jack and the Beanstalk
Title: Jack and the Beanstalk
Character: Saddius
Released: November 6, 2009
Type: Movie
A fairy tale character who is about to flunk out of fairy tale school, Jack must perform a heroic deed by Monday or fail miserably, just like his father before him. Anxious to make good, Jack sells his C.O.W. (Computer of Wonder) for a handful of magic beans and a mysterious book that records his adventures as he's having them. Accompanied by his sidekick Grayson -- a goose who ate a bean and underwent an amazing transformation -- Jack climbs the magic beanstalk to recover the fabled Harp of Destiny from the evil Giant who lives in the sky. Helping Jack on his perilous quest is the spunky Jillian, a fearless young girl whom Jack meets on his journey -- and who just may have a hidden agenda...
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Dark and Stormy Night
Title: Dark and Stormy Night
Character: Seyton Ethelquake
Released: October 10, 2009
Type: Movie
In the 1930s the family of old Sinas Cavinder, gathered for the reading of his will, find themselves being murdered by a mysterious phantom while two rival reporters compete for the story.
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Trail of the Screaming Forehead
Title: Trail of the Screaming Forehead
Character: Reverend Beaks
Released: June 8, 2008
Type: Movie
A small town infestation of crawling alien foreheads that begin attaching to people and taking them over collides with a scientist's experiments to extract foreheadazine and things go horribly horribly wrong.
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Making Pursuit: An Italian Take on the American Dream
Title: Making Pursuit: An Italian Take on the American Dream
Character: Self
Released: March 27, 2007
Type: Movie
This is a "making of" documentary for the hit film "The Pursuit of Happyness". It chronicles a foreign director's perspective on The American Dream, and the challenges in making the film.
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The Pursuit of Happyness
Title: The Pursuit of Happyness
Character: Martin Frohm
Released: December 14, 2006
Type: Movie
A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.
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Superman Returns
Title: Superman Returns
Character: Ben Hubbard
Released: June 28, 2006
Type: Movie
Superman returns to discover his 5-year absence has allowed Lex Luthor to walk free, and that those he was closest to felt abandoned and have moved on. Luthor plots his ultimate revenge that could see millions killed and change the face of the planet forever, as well as ridding himself of the Man of Steel.
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Title: American Dad!
Character: Larry Herman (voice)
Released: February 6, 2005
Type: TV
The series focuses on an eccentric motley crew that is the Smith family and their three housemates: Father, husband, and breadwinner Stan Smith; his better half housewife, Francine Smith; their college-aged daughter, Hayley Smith; and their high-school-aged son, Steve Smith. Outside of the Smith family, there are three additional main characters, including Hayley's boyfriend turned husband, Jeff Fischer; the family's man-in-a-goldfish-body pet, Klaus; and most notably the family's zany alien, Roger, who is "full of masquerades, brazenness, and shocking antics."
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Title: Unscripted
Character: Dante's Friend
Released: January 9, 2005
Type: TV
Three young, struggling actors (played by three young, less-struggling actors) try to navigate the maze of agents, auditions and avarice that is Hollywood, frequently turning to their acting teacher for advice. As the title implies, the dialogue is mostly improvised, with situations based on the lives of the cast and creators.
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So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM
Title: So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM
Character: Self - Host / Narrator
Released: December 7, 2004
Type: Movie
A Turner Classic Movies (TCM) documentary about Keaton's discontented relationship with MGM and the events that eventually led to his career downfall.
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The China Syndrome: A Fusion of Talent
Title: The China Syndrome: A Fusion of Talent
Character: Self
Released: October 26, 2004
Type: Movie
Behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of "The China Syndrome."
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The China Syndrome: Creating a Controversy
Title: The China Syndrome: Creating a Controversy
Character: Self
Released: October 26, 2004
Type: Movie
Behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of "The China Syndrome."
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A House on a Hill
Title: A House on a Hill
Character: Sy
Released: November 14, 2003
Type: Movie
A once-successful architect (Philip Baker Hall) has become a grumpy loner, but a young couple plead with him to come out of retirement to rebuild his crumbling old house for them.
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Title: Cold Case
Character: Steve Pratt (2008)
Released: September 28, 2003
Type: TV
The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned cases that have never been solved. Detective Lilly Rush combines her natural instincts with the updated technology available today to bring about justice for all the victims she can.
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Fatal Kiss
Title: Fatal Kiss
Character: Larry Jacobs
Released: October 2, 2002
Type: Movie
A wealthy businessman wanting to get rid of his unfaithful wife gets more than he bargained for when his plans come back to bite him, literally.
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Title: First Monday
Character: Justice Michael Bancroft
Released: January 15, 2002
Type: TV
A newcomer to the Supreme Court finds himself a pivotal force on an often deadlocked bench, frequently at odds over hot-button cases in this earnest but brief legal drama.
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Title: The Nightmare Room
Character: Tobias Langley (uncredited)
Released: August 31, 2001
Type: TV
The Nightmare Room is an American children's anthology horror series that aired on Kids' WB. The series was based on the short-lived book series The Nightmare Room children's books created by Goosebumps author, R.L. Stine. The Nightmare Room originally aired from August 31, 2001, to March 16, 2002, in the United States. It was rated TV-Y7 for fantasy violence and scenes deemed too scary or disturbing for younger viewers in the United States. Reruns of the series started airing on Chiller on January 7, 2013.
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Mulholland Drive
Title: Mulholland Drive
Character: Wally Brown
Released: June 6, 2001
Type: Movie
Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman's identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher runs into ominous trouble while casting his latest project.
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Thirteen Days
Title: Thirteen Days
Character: George Ball
Released: December 25, 2000
Type: Movie
The story of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962—the nuclear standoff with the USSR sparked by the discovery by the Americans of missile bases established on the Soviet-allied island of Cuba.
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Any Given Sunday
Title: Any Given Sunday
Character: Christina's Advisor
Released: December 22, 1999
Type: Movie
A star quarterback gets knocked out of the game and an unknown third stringer is called in to replace him. The unknown gives a stunning performance and forces the ageing coach to reevaluate his game plans and life. A new co-owner/president adds to the pressure of winning. The new owner must prove herself in a male dominated world.
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Title: Judging Amy
Character: Dr. Irwin Garner
Released: September 19, 1999
Type: TV
Judging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS-TV. This TV series starred Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly. Its main character is a judge who serves in a family court, and in addition to the family-related cases that she adjudicates, many episodes of the show focus on her own experiences as a divorced mother, and on the experiences of her mother, a social worker who works in the field of child welfare. This series was based on the life experiences of Brenneman's mother.
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Title: The Parkers
Released: August 30, 1999
Type: TV
The Parkers is an American sitcom that aired on UPN from August 30, 1999, to May 10, 2004. A spin-off of UPN's Moesha, The Parkers features the mother-daughter team of Nikki and Kim Parker. The Parkers' signature "Heeyyy" greeting became very popular in the early 2000s.
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One Last Flight
Title: One Last Flight
Released: August 1, 1999
Type: Movie
Ray and his grandfather love airplanes and fly their model airplanes together in the park. But when Grandpa is sent to a nursing home, Ray pilotee ensures that the last time a real plane. A beautiful story for the whole family.
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My Last Love
Title: My Last Love
Character: Phil Morton
Released: January 25, 1999
Type: Movie
Love and life can never be planned. That's the message of the heartwarming love story of Susan Morton, a single mother facing a terminal illness who finds unexpected romance and a larger life lesson at a most difficult time. Susan moves to California with her daughter after being diagnosed with cancer. Enter young lover Michael Blake, who teaches Susan that all of life is a precious gift.
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Mulholland Dr.
Title: Mulholland Dr.
Character: Wally Brown
Released: January 1, 1999
Type: Movie
Initially, "Mulholland Dr." was to mark David Lynch's return to television. It is a retooling of a script originally shot as a 94-minute pilot for a TV series (co-written with TV screenwriter Joyce Eliason) for the channel ABC, which had approved the script, but chose not even to air the pilot once it was done in 1999, despite Lynch's labours to cut the project to their liking. It was left in limbo until 18 month later French company Studio Canal Plus (also producer of 'The Straight Story') agreed to pay ABC $7 million for the pilot, and budget a few million more to turn the pilot into a two-hour, 27-minute movie. The cost of the film doubled to $14 million as sets had to be reconstructed and actors recalled.
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Girl
Title: Girl
Character: Dad
Released: November 5, 1998
Type: Movie
Andrea Marr is a bright, straight-A, mature, 18-year-old high school senior on the verge of womanhood who decides to abandon her sheltered, boring lifestyle and her bookish friend Darcy for a look into the local rock and roll scene as a groupie to local rock singer Tod Sparrow and learn more about the life of one who follows a touring band along with her new friends aspiring rock star wannabee Cybil, outgoing fellow groupie Rebecca, and music critic Kevin.
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Apt Pupil
Title: Apt Pupil
Character: Victor Bowden
Released: October 23, 1998
Type: Movie
One day in 1984, Todd Bowden, a brilliant high school boy fascinated by the history of Nazism, stumbles across an old man whose appearance resembles that of Kurt Dussander, a wanted Nazi war criminal. A month later, Todd decides to knock on his door.
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Universal Horror
Title: Universal Horror
Character: Self - Interviewee
Released: October 8, 1998
Type: Movie
A documentary about the era of classic monster movies that were made at Universal Studios during the 1930s and 1940s.
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Freedom Strike
Title: Freedom Strike
Character: President Mitchell
Released: September 26, 1998
Type: Movie
When a peace treaty between America and Syria is thwarted, the renegade head of the Syrian army retaliates in a major way. He steals a nuclear weapon that only the Freedom Strike team can stop! Cue an action-packed race against time to save the world.
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The Cowboy and the Movie Star
Title: The Cowboy and the Movie Star
Character: Brad Peters
Released: June 7, 1998
Type: Movie
Depressed at the thought of losing his family ranch to settle his divorce, cowboy Clint Brannan decides to drive his cattle up to their high pasture.
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Shadow of Doubt
Title: Shadow of Doubt
Character: Norman Calloway
Released: April 9, 1998
Type: Movie
An attorney uncovers a political conspiracy in the brutal killing of a wealthy young woman.
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Joyride
Title: Joyride
Character: The Client / Mayor
Released: November 18, 1997
Type: Movie
A bored motel clerk and his buddies go for a little joy ride in a woman's car. They don't realize until it is too late that she is a paid assassin and that her latest victim is in the trunk. Thus begins the clerk's descent into a shadowy world of lies and murder.
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River Made to Drown In
Title: River Made to Drown In
Character: Ray
Released: October 1, 1997
Type: Movie
Thaddeus Mackenzie, a wealthy lawyer, learns that he is dying and decides to sell all of his property and visit his old friend Allen Hayden. Allen is a struggling artist with a passion for life who once survived by working the streets, but now is romantically involved with Eva, a wealthy European gallery owner living in L.A. Thaddeus implores Allen to find Jamie, a young street hustler that Thaddeus had once tried to rescue. Allen returns to the streets to face the dark corners of his past where he must choose between what he left behind and the uncertainty that lies ahead.
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Always Say Goodbye
Title: Always Say Goodbye
Character: William Tager
Released: June 7, 1997
Type: Movie
Anne Kidwell is a sexy, free spirit and independent clothing designer who works hard and plays harder. She meets her match in photographer and serial bachelor Nick Evans. Both of them turn up the personal fires, but neither can commit.
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Behind Enemy Lines
Title: Behind Enemy Lines
Character: TV Reporter
Released: May 23, 1997
Type: Movie
An ex-marine returns to Vietnam when he learns his former mercenary partner whom he thought was killed is being held by a sadistic general.
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Title: The Practice
Character: Judge M. Knapp
Released: March 4, 1997
Type: TV
A provocative legal drama focused on young associates at a bare-bones Boston firm and their scrappy boss, Bobby Donnell. The show's forte is its storylines about “people who walk a moral tightrope.”
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Title: Dark Skies
Released: September 21, 1996
Type: TV
Dark Skies is an American UFO conspiracy theory-based sci-fi television series that aired from the 1996 to 1997 season for 18 episodes, plus a two-hour pilot episode. The success of The X-Files on Fox proved there was an audience for science fiction shows, resulting in NBC commissioning this proposed competitor following a pitch from producers Bryce Zabel and Brent Friedman. The series debuted September 21, 1996 on NBC, and was later rerun by the Sci-Fi Channel. Its tagline was "History as we know it is a lie."
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Up Close & Personal
Title: Up Close & Personal
Character: Tom Orr
Released: March 1, 1996
Type: Movie
Tally Atwater has a dream: to be a prime-time network newscaster. She pursues this dream with nothing but ambition, raw talent and a homemade demo tape. Warren Justice is a brilliant, hard edged, veteran newsman. He sees Tally has talent and becomes her mentor. Tally’s career takes a meteoric rise and she and Warren fall in love. The romance that results is as intense and revealing as television news itself. Yet, each breaking story, every videotaped crisis that brings them together, also threatens to drive them apart...
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Nixon
Title: Nixon
Character: Bill Rogers
Released: December 22, 1995
Type: Movie
A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands from within—spanning his troubled boyhood in California to the shocking Watergate scandal that would end his Presidency.
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Piranha
Title: Piranha
Character: Governor
Released: October 1, 1995
Type: Movie
Doctor Baines has been conducting genetic experiments on piranhas and has made them virtually unstoppable. Unfortunately, his assistants, Maggie and Paul, accidentally release the hybrids into the Lost River Lake threatening to destroy everyone in their path. Can they prevent the flesh-eating piranhas from escaping into the ocean and spawning?
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Title: JAG
Character: Former COMSUBPAC
Released: September 23, 1995
Type: TV
Harmon "Harm" Rabb Jr. is a former pilot turned lawyer working for the military's JAG (Judge Advocate General) division, the elite legal wing of officers that prosecutes and defends those accused of military-related crimes. He works closely with Lt. Col. Sarah Mackenzie, and together they do what needs to be done to find the truth.
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Title: JAG
Character: Senator Barrington
Released: September 23, 1995
Type: TV
Harmon "Harm" Rabb Jr. is a former pilot turned lawyer working for the military's JAG (Judge Advocate General) division, the elite legal wing of officers that prosecutes and defends those accused of military-related crimes. He works closely with Lt. Col. Sarah Mackenzie, and together they do what needs to be done to find the truth.
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Congo
Title: Congo
Character: College President / Elliot's Boss
Released: June 9, 1995
Type: Movie
Eight people embark on an expedition into the Congo, a mysterious expanse of unexplored Africa where human greed and the laws of nature have gone berserk. When the thrill-seekers -- some with ulterior motives -- stumble across a race of killer apes.
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Tough and Deadly
Title: Tough and Deadly
Character: Winston Briggers
Released: February 14, 1995
Type: Movie
A private eye helps an amnesiac CIA agent elude mobsters who don't want him to regain his memory of their drug operation.
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Bonanza: Under Attack
Title: Bonanza: Under Attack
Character: Mr. Stewart
Released: January 15, 1995
Type: Movie
After a rogue band of Pinkerton detectives led by ruthless Charley Siringo bushwhacks reformed outlaw Frank James, he seeks sanctuary on the Ponderosa with the next generation of Cartwrights and his former Civil War compatriots. Will Frank's comrades come to his aid or turn their backs on him? Richard Roundtree also stars in this made-for-TV sequel to the popular Western series.
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The Companion
Title: The Companion
Character: Peter Franklin
Released: October 14, 1994
Type: Movie
In the near-distant future, a female romance writer is planning to write her next book in a remote mountain cabin. A friend convinces her to bring along a "companion", a nearly-human android to cook and clean. She settles on a male companion named "Geoffrey." Bored with some of Geoffrey's behavior, she tinkers with his programming -- first his personality, then his sexuality. Real trouble comes when she gives his mind access to "random data."
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Title: Touched by an Angel
Character: Mark Abernathy
Released: September 21, 1994
Type: TV
Monica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who are at a crossroads in their lives.
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A Kiss Goodnight
Title: A Kiss Goodnight
Character: Sam Mosbach
Released: June 1, 1994
Type: Movie
Advertising exec Natalie engages in a passionate, but brief, love affair with a stranger named Kurt. When Natalie returns to her boyfriend, she finds that Kurt isn't so easily dismissed.
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Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds In Love
Title: Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds In Love
Released: May 9, 1994
Type: Movie
Lewis and his nerdy friends attend Booger's wedding to the daughter of a rich politician, but nerd-haters in the family do everything possible to prevent the wedding going ahead. Meanwhile, Lewis awaits with eagerness the birth of his unborn foetal child...
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Future Shock
Title: Future Shock
Character: Kafka
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
A psychiatrist uses virtual reality to probe the minds of three unsuspecting patients, unleashing horrific psychic forces in the process.
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Staying Afloat
Title: Staying Afloat
Character: George
Released: November 26, 1993
Type: Movie
In this comedy thriller, a prospective series pilot, Larry Hagman plays a disinherited socialite and high roller who, with the aid of a comely con artist and his sarcastic butler, helps the feds bring down an arms merchant.
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A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
Title: A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
Character: Assistant District Attorney Al Sampson
Released: November 21, 1993
Type: Movie
The fourth Waltons reunion TV movie is set in the 1960s , with John-Boy still living in New York, trying to persuade his fiancée to marry him. Meanwhile, Ben and Cindy's daughter Virginia has died, and Cindy is finding life very lonely without her. She tells Ben that she would dearly love to adopt another baby, but Ben feels that it is not a good idea. Ben argues with his father about buying a new truck for their lumber company, but John keeps insisting that they can't afford it. Elsewhere, Erin now has three children and is separated from Paul. Her decision to start seeing another man causes some indignation among the other Walton family members. Ike and Corabeth become grandparents when Aimee has a daughter, while Elizabeth returns from Europe and reunites with Drew, her old beau.
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Title: Walker, Texas Ranger
Character: Senator
Released: April 21, 1993
Type: TV
Modern-day Texas Ranger, Cordell Walker's independent crime-solving methods have their roots in the rugged traditions of the Old West. Walker's closest friend is former Ranger, C.D. Parker, who retired after a knee injury, and now owns "C.D.'s," a Country/Western saloon/restaurant. Rookie Ranger, James "Jimmy" Trivette is an ex-football player who bases his crime-solving methods on reason and uses computers and cellular phones. Alex Cahill is the Assistant DA who shares a mutual attraction with Walker, but often disagrees with his unorthodox approach to law enforcement.
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Title: Class of '96
Character: Prof. Drake
Released: January 19, 1993
Type: TV
Class of '96 is an American drama series that aired on Fox from January to May 1993. The series was created by John Romano and filmed mostly at the University of Toronto.
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Title: Hearts Afire
Released: September 14, 1992
Type: TV
Hearts Afire is an American sitcom
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Title: The Larry Sanders Show
Character: Sheldon Davidoff
Released: August 15, 1992
Type: TV
Comic Garry Shandling draws upon his own talk show experiences to create the character of Larry Sanders, a paranoid, insecure host of a late night talk show. Larry, along with his obsequious TV sidekick Hank Kingsley and his fiercely protective producer Artie, allows Garry Shandling and his talented writers to look behind the scenes and to show us a convincing slice of behind the camera life.
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Title: Melrose Place
Character: Judge Mike Thomas
Released: July 8, 1992
Type: TV
Follow the lives of a group of young adults living in a brownstone apartment complex on Melrose Place, in Los Angeles, California.
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Title: Bodies of Evidence
Released: June 18, 1992
Type: TV
Bodies of Evidence is a police drama that aired on CBS from June 1992 to May 1993. It stars Lee Horsley and George Clooney as Los Angeles homicide detectives.
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Title: The Commish
Character: Jimmy Malloy
Released: September 28, 1991
Type: TV
Tony Scali is a former Brooklyn cop now the Police Commissioner of a small upstate city. But for Scali, this is no desk job. He's a tough yet compassionate boss, a loving husband and father, and a hands-on law enforcer with an unorthodox style of bending the rules. From parenthood to politics, from sex crimes to murder cases, one man takes it day-to-day with offbeat humor and street- smart skill.
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Title: Sisters
Released: May 11, 1991
Type: TV
Sisters is an Emmy Award-winning television drama. It follows the lives and loves of four close, but very different, sisters of the Reed family living in Winnetka, Illinois.
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Absolute Strangers
Title: Absolute Strangers
Character: Dr. X
Released: April 14, 1991
Type: Movie
A husband tries to keep his comatose wife alive by allowing doctors to terminate her pregnancy. Hearing about this, anti-abortion protesters start a legal campaign to gain legal custody of the fetus.
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The Unborn
Title: The Unborn
Character: Dr. Richard Meyerling
Released: March 29, 1991
Type: Movie
A couple who cannot have children joins an in-vitro fertilization program. While she is with child, she finds strange occurrences happening within her body. The horror surrounding the child comes to light when the parents find that their child has been part of a mad experiment.
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Lies Before Kisses
Title: Lies Before Kisses
Character: Arthur
Released: March 3, 1991
Type: Movie
A wealthy publisher is accused of murdering a prostitute he had once spent the night with. The accusations appear false until his own son testifies against him. Desperate to discredit her stepson, the publisher's wife tries to clear her husband's name, but is drawn deep into a tangled web.
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The Willies
Title: The Willies
Character: Jenkins / Uncle Harry
Released: December 27, 1990
Type: Movie
Two brothers camping with their cousin try to frighten each other by telling stories. They start with urban legends, but then there are two main narrations: one involves strange happenings at an elementary school; the other, a teenage boy with a peculiar interest.
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Thanksgiving Day
Title: Thanksgiving Day
Character: Averill Crandall
Released: November 19, 1990
Type: Movie
Light-hearted spoof about a dysfunctional upper-income family who have to come to terms with family and business problems around the titular holiday.
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Title: Beverly Hills, 90210
Released: October 4, 1990
Type: TV
Follow the lives of a group of teenagers living in the upscale, star-studded community of Beverly Hills, California and attending the fictitious West Beverly Hills High School and, subsequently, the fictitious California University after graduation.
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Road Lawyers and Other Briefs
Title: Road Lawyers and Other Briefs
Character: Judge Bowelmore
Released: October 3, 1990
Type: Movie
A collection of short films put out on VHS by A.I.P., includes "Road Lawyers", "Escape from Heaven", "Radar Men On the Moon", and "Hairline".
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Shattered Dreams
Title: Shattered Dreams
Character: Charles O'Donnell
Released: May 13, 1990
Type: Movie
Charlotte marries John. Things seem ok; John has a good job and he's going up in the world, working for the government. But every so often he loses his temper and Charlotte gets the brunt of his anger. During the 18 year course of their marriage, there are at least 8 incidents of physical abuse and countless of mental. Charlotte's family and friends tell her to leave John but she keeps going back, most likely because he has convinced her that she would be nothing without him. It finally explodes in a big divorce battle balancing on the cases of abuse.
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Vital Signs
Title: Vital Signs
Character: Dean of Students
Released: April 13, 1990
Type: Movie
As they enter their third year of medical school, a group of young students must prepare to decide what they intend to specialize in. Somehow, they must impress the Chief of Surgery while learning how to survive the life-and-death area of medicine and the complexity of their everyday lives.
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Rich Men, Single Women
Title: Rich Men, Single Women
Released: January 29, 1990
Type: Movie
Three women plot to catch wealthy husbands by throwing a party at a mansion to which they have temporary access. Obvious love stories follow involving an ex-ballplayer, a secretly wealthy mechanic and an ad exec.
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The Closer
Title: The Closer
Character: Ned Randall
Released: January 1, 1990
Type: Movie
Aiello plays a powerful salesman whose world is falling apart.
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The Heart of the Deal
Title: The Heart of the Deal
Released: January 1, 1990
Type: Movie
Short film directed by Marina Levikova and Yuri Neyman.
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Title: Mancuso, F.B.I.
Released: October 13, 1989
Type: TV
Mancuso, F.B.I. is a crime drama which was aired by NBC as part of its 1989-90 schedule. Mancuso, F.B.I. stars veteran actor Robert Loggia as Nick Mancuso, a hardened veteran of the Bureau now assigned to Washington, D.C., where he was largely regarded by his superiors and bureaucratic types as a maverick with little regard for agency rules and procedures. This charge was largely true; Mancuso's true motivation was, as a press release for the show near the time of its premiere described it, "a passionate love affair with the United States Constitution" and an overwhelming desire to see genuine justice rather than the mere appearance of it.
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Title: Booker
Released: September 24, 1989
Type: TV
Booker is an American crime drama series starring Richard Grieco that aired on the Fox Network from September 24, 1989 to May 6, 1990. The series is a spin-off of 21 Jump Street and the second installment of the 21 Jump Street series. The character of Dennis Booker was originally a recurring character on that police drama during its third season. The theme song for the series, "Hot in the City", was performed by Billy Idol.
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Title: The New Lassie
Released: September 8, 1989
Type: TV
The New Lassie is an American children and family oriented drama series which aired in first-run syndication from September 8, 1989 to February 15, 1992. The series stars Will Estes as Will McCullough, Lassie's new master. Real life husband and wife Christopher and Dee Wallace-Stone co-starred as Will's parents. The New Lassie is essentially a sequel to the 1954 series, and was the latest in the line of works featuring the Lassie character, which debuted in the 1943 film Lassie Come Home, followed by several more movies and the aforementioned television series, which ran from 1954 to 1973.
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Title: Seinfeld
Character: Mr. Canterman
Released: July 5, 1989
Type: TV
A stand-up comedian and his three offbeat friends weather the pitfalls and payoffs of life in New York City in the '90s. It's a show about nothing.
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Girlfriend from Hell
Title: Girlfriend from Hell
Character: Carl's Dad
Released: April 24, 1989
Type: Movie
The inventor of the condom has become God's bounty hunter and is tasked with tracking down and capturing the Devil, who has possessed the body of a high school wallflower in order to feed on human souls via sex.
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The Roommate
Title: The Roommate
Released: January 20, 1989
Type: Movie
A young man, faced with eviction from his apartment, posts a “roommate wanted” notice on a college bulletin board. The bully who answers the ad not only takes over the apartment, but his entire life.
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Cult People
Title: Cult People
Character: Himself
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
In interviews, various actors and directors discuss their careers and their involvement in the making of what has come to be known as "cult" films. Included are such well-known genre figures as Russ Meyer, Curtis Harrington, Cameron Mitchell and James Karen.
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Title: Murphy Brown
Character: Arvin
Released: November 14, 1988
Type: TV
Murphy Brown (Candice Bergen) is a recovering alcoholic who returns to the fictional newsmagazine FYI for the first time following a stay at the Betty Ford Clinic residential treatment center. Over 40 and single, she is sharp tongued and hard as nails. In her profession, she is considered one of the boys, having shattered many glass ceilings encountered during her career. Dominating the FYI news magazine, she is portrayed as one of America's hardest-hitting (though not the warmest or more sympathetic) media personalities.
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Return of the Living Dead Part II
Title: Return of the Living Dead Part II
Character: Ed
Released: January 15, 1988
Type: Movie
A group of kids discover one of the drums containing a rotting corpse and release the 2-4-5 Trioxin gas into the air, causing the dead to once again rise from the grave and seek out brains.
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Wall Street
Title: Wall Street
Character: Lynch
Released: December 10, 1987
Type: Movie
A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider whom takes the youth under his wing.
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Title: Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow
Released: September 30, 1987
Type: TV
A series about the life, career and works of the movie comedy genius.
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Title: Jake and the Fatman
Released: September 26, 1987
Type: TV
Jake and the Fatman is a television crime drama starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L. "Fatman" McCabe and Joe Penny as investigator Jake Styles. The series ran on CBS for five seasons from 1987 to 1992. Diagnosis: Murder was a spin-off of this series.
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Drive-In Madness
Title: Drive-In Madness
Character: Himself / Host / Narrator
Released: January 2, 1987
Type: Movie
A compilation of trailers and previews from classic low-budget sci-fi and horror films.
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Title: Designing Women
Released: September 29, 1986
Type: TV
Julia Sugarbaker, Mary Jo Shively, Charlene Frazier-Stillfield and Suzanne Sugarbaker are associates at their design firm, Sugarbaker and Associates. Julia is the owner and is very outspoken and strong-willed. Mary Jo is a divorced single-parent whom is just as strong-willed as Julia, but isn't as self-confident. Charlene is the naive and trusting farm girl from Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Suzanne is the self-centered ex-beauty queen whom has a number of wealthy ex-husbands.
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Title: Sledge Hammer!
Released: September 23, 1986
Type: TV
Sledge Hammer! is an American satirical police sitcom produced by New World Television that ran for two seasons on ABC from 1986 to 1988. The series was created by Alan Spencer and stars David Rasche as Inspector Sledge Hammer, a preposterous caricature of the standard "cop on the edge" character. Al Jean and Mike Reiss, best known for their work on The Simpsons, wrote for the show and worked as story editors.
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Title: L.A. Law
Character: Dr. Everett Kyle
Released: September 15, 1986
Type: TV
L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994. Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, it contained many of Bochco's trademark features including a large number of parallel storylines, social drama and off-the-wall humor. It reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s, and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot-topic issues such as abortion, racism, gay rights, homophobia, sexual harassment, AIDS, and domestic violence. The series often also reflected social tensions between the wealthy senior lawyer protagonists and their less well-paid junior staff. The show was popular with audiences and critics, and won 15 Emmy Awards throughout its run, four of which were for Outstanding Drama Series.
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Hardbodies 2
Title: Hardbodies 2
Character: Logan
Released: September 12, 1986
Type: Movie
A film crew is travelling from America to Greece to produce a movie. Before their work is done they will have to face many unusual situations, along with numerous opportunities for the actresses to take their clothes off.
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Invaders from Mars
Title: Invaders from Mars
Character: Gen. Climet Wilson
Released: June 6, 1986
Type: Movie
In this remake of the classic 50s SF tale, a boy tries to stop an invasion of his town by aliens who take over the the minds of his parents, his least-liked schoolteacher and other townspeople. With the aid of the school nurse the boy enlists the aid of the U.S. Marines.
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Title: Matlock
Released: March 3, 1986
Type: TV
Matlock is an American television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of criminal defense attorney Ben Matlock. The show, produced by The Fred Silverman Company, Dean Hargrove Productions, Viacom Productions and Paramount Television originally aired from September 23, 1986 to May 8, 1992 on NBC; and from November 5, 1992 until May 7, 1995 on ABC. The show's format is similar to that of CBS's Perry Mason, with Matlock identifying the perpetrators and then confronting them in dramatic courtroom scenes. One difference, however, was that whereas Mason usually exculpated his clients at a pretrial hearing, Matlock usually secured an acquittal at trial, from the jury.
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Jagged Edge
Title: Jagged Edge
Character: Andrew Hardesty
Released: October 4, 1985
Type: Movie
San Francisco heiress Page Forrester is brutally murdered in her remote beach house. Her husband Jack is devastated by the crime but soon finds himself accused of her murder. He hires lawyer Teddy Barnes to defend him, despite the fact she hasn't handled a criminal case for many years. There's a certain chemistry between them and Teddy soon finds herself defending the man she loves.
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Title: MacGyver
Character: Robert Sanborn / Papillon
Released: September 29, 1985
Type: TV
He's everyone's favorite action hero... but he's a hero with a difference. Angus MacGyver is a secret agent whose wits are his deadliest weapon. Armed with only a knapsack filled with everyday items he picks up along the way, he improvises his way out of every peril the bad guys throw at him. Making a bomb out of chewing gum? Fixing a speeding car's breaks... while he's riding in it? Using soda pop to cook up tear gas? That's all in a day's adventures for MacGyver. He's part Boy Scout, part genius. And all hero.
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Title: Amazing Stories
Character: Richard Whelan
Released: September 29, 1985
Type: TV
A truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and endearing anthology series presented by Steven Spielberg with guest appearances by many famous actors, actresses, and directors.
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Title: The Golden Girls
Character: Raymond
Released: September 14, 1985
Type: TV
Four Southern Florida seniors share a house, their dreams, and a whole lot of cheesecake. Bright, promiscuous, clueless and hilarious, these lovely, mismatched ladies form the perfect circle of friends.
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Title: 227
Released: September 14, 1985
Type: TV
A housewife sits on the stoop of her apartment building in a black neighborhood of Washington, D.C., and discusses all manner of things with her neighbors.
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The Return of the Living Dead
Title: The Return of the Living Dead
Character: Frank
Released: April 25, 1985
Type: Movie
When foreman Frank shows new employee Freddy a secret military experiment in a supply warehouse in Louisville, Kentucky, the two klutzes accidentally release a gas that reanimates corpses into flesh-eating zombies. As the epidemic spreads throughout the town, and the creatures satisfy their hunger in gory and outlandish ways, Frank and Freddy fight to survive with the help of their boss and a mysterious mortician.
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Title: Moonlighting
Character: Alan
Released: March 3, 1985
Type: TV
After being duped and going bankrupt, model Maddie is convinced by David to become a partner in a detective agency. Together they solve various cases, while getting comfortable with each other.
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The Boy Who Loved Trolls
Title: The Boy Who Loved Trolls
Character: Richman
Released: October 29, 1984
Type: Movie
Paul feels life should be an adventure, and sets out on one to prove that Trolls really exist.
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Title: Charles in Charge
Released: October 3, 1984
Type: TV
Charles in Charge is an American sitcom series starring Scott Baio as Charles, a 19-year-old student at the fictional Copeland College in New Brunswick, New Jersey, who worked as a live-in babysitter in exchange for room and board. Baio directed many episodes of the show, and was credited with his full name, Scott Vincent Baio. It was first broadcast on CBS from October 3, 1984 to April 3, 1985, when it was cancelled due to a struggle in the Nielsen ratings. It then had a more successful first-run syndication run from January 3, 1987 to November 10, 1990, as 126 original episodes were aired in total. The show was produced by Al Burton Productions and Scholastic Productions in association with Universal Television, and distributed by NBCUniversal Television Distribution and New Line Cinema Corporation.
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Title: Who's the Boss?
Released: September 20, 1984
Type: TV
A former professional baseball player, along with his preteen daughter, moves into New York advertising executive Angela Bower's house to be both a housekeeper and a father figure to her young son. Tony 's laid-back personality contrasts with Angela's type-A behavior.
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Title: Highway to Heaven
Released: September 19, 1984
Type: TV
A probationary angel is sent back to Earth to team up with an ex-cop and help people.
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Sam's Son
Title: Sam's Son
Character: Mr. Collins
Released: August 17, 1984
Type: Movie
Michael Landon's semi-autobiographical sketch of his earlier life. It's the story of Gene Orowitz, a high school student struggling with his identity, who finds success as a javelin thrower on the track team.
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Little House: The Last Farewell
Title: Little House: The Last Farewell
Character: Nathan Lassiter
Released: February 6, 1984
Type: Movie
While Charles and Caroline are visiting Walnut Grove, the townspeople learn that a land development tycoon has acquired title to all the land in Hero Township. They are inspired by Laura to vent their anger at this injustice.
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Title: Hardcastle and McCormick
Released: September 18, 1983
Type: TV
Hardcastle and McCormick is an American action/drama television series from Stephen J. Cannell Productions, shown on ABC from 1983 through 1986. The series stars Brian Keith as Judge Milton C. Hardcastle and Daniel Hugh Kelly as ex-con and race car driver Mark "Skid" McCormick. The series premise was somewhat recycled from a previous Cannell series, Tenspeed and Brown Shoe.
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Have You Ever Been Ashamed Of Your Parents?
Title: Have You Ever Been Ashamed Of Your Parents?
Character: Mr. Fairchild
Released: March 16, 1983
Type: Movie
Two teenage girls, one rich and one middle-class, become best friends over the summer.
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Kiss Me Goodbye
Title: Kiss Me Goodbye
Character: Lawyer
Released: December 22, 1982
Type: Movie
Not until three years after the death of her husband Jolly, Kay dares to move back into their former home, persuaded by her new fiancée Rupert. But soon her worst expectations come true, when not only her old memories haunt her, but also Jolly's ghost, who doesn't approve of her new mate. Invisible to anyone but Kay, he tries to prevent the wedding.
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Frances
Title: Frances
Character: Judge Hillier
Released: December 3, 1982
Type: Movie
The true story of Frances Farmer's meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood and the tragic turn her life took when she was blacklisted.
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Time Walker
Title: Time Walker
Character: Dr. Wendell J. Rossmore
Released: November 1, 1982
Type: Movie
From deep within the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun, Professor Douglas McCadden ships the coffin of Ankh-Vanharis to the California Institute of Sciences where X-rays reveal five diamond-like crystals hidden within the coffin. Technician Peter Sharpe steals the crystals but doesn't notice that the powerful X-ray has revived a green fungus. When the coffin is opened at a university press conference, the reporters uncover more than they bargained for. The mummy has disappeared... and the Time Walker is alive again!
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Title: Tucker's Witch
Released: October 6, 1982
Type: TV
Rick and Amanda Tucker own and operate their private detective agency in Laurel Canyon in Los Angeles. Amanda's psychic powers become an asset in solving cases but also tend to get the spouses into various troubles.
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Title: Family Ties
Character: Philip
Released: September 22, 1982
Type: TV
Former 1960s flower children Steven and Elyse Keaton raise their conservative son Alex, daughters Mallory and Jennifer, and later, youngest child Andrew.
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Title: The Powers of Matthew Star
Character: Major Wymore
Released: September 17, 1982
Type: TV
The Powers of Matthew Star is an American sci-fi television series that aired from September 17, 1982 through April 8, 1983, on NBC. It starred Peter Barton as the title character, alien prince Matthew ‘E’Hawke’ Star of the planet Quadris. Also starring were Amy Steel as Pam Elliot, Matthew’s girlfriend at Crestridge High, and Louis Gossett, Jr. as Matthew’s guardian Walt ‘D’hai’ Shepherd. In 2002, The Powers of Matthew Star was ranked #22 on the list of TV Guide's "50 Worst TV Shows of All Time".
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Poltergeist
Title: Poltergeist
Character: Mr. Teague
Released: June 4, 1982
Type: Movie
Upon realizing that something truly evil haunts his home, Steve Freeling calls in a team of parapsychologists to help before it's too late.
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Title: Herbie, the Love Bug
Released: March 17, 1982
Type: TV
Herbie the Matchmaker, also known as Herbie, The Love Bug, is a short-lived situation comedy that aired on CBS in the spring of 1982. The series is based on Walt Disney Productions' popular Herbie film series, about a Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of its own. It was cancelled after five episodes and, for the next fifteen years, would mark Herbie's last new appearance in either television or film; Herbie would next return to television in the 1997 film The Love Bug.
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The Day the Bubble Burst
Title: The Day the Bubble Burst
Released: February 7, 1982
Type: Movie
A fictionalized account of how the 1929 stock market crash hurt the elite and the struggling, and the forces that may have caused the crash to occur.
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Title: Simon & Simon
Released: November 24, 1981
Type: TV
Simon & Simon is an American detective television series that originally ran from November 24, 1981 to January 21, 1989. The series was broadcast on CBS and starred Gerald McRaney and Jameson Parker as two brothers who run a private detective agency together.
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The Violation of Sarah McDavid
Title: The Violation of Sarah McDavid
Character: Dr. Spandler
Released: May 19, 1981
Type: Movie
Sarah McDavid, an idealistic young teacher, takes a job in a rough high school where she is eventually attacked and raped in her classroom after school hours and decides to buck the school system in an attempt to make schools safer for students and teachers alike, against the advice of the school's principal, Dr. Keys, who tries to gloss over the hazardous conditions and the incident itself to avoid bad publicity and decreased enrollment.
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Take This Job and Shove It
Title: Take This Job and Shove It
Character: Loomis
Released: April 24, 1981
Type: Movie
A junior executive is ordered to boost output in the hometown brewery where his old friends work.
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Title: Dynasty
Released: January 12, 1981
Type: TV
The saga of a wealthy Denver family in the oil business: Blake Carrington, the patriarch; Krystle, his former secretary and wife; his children: Adam, lost in childhood after a kidnapping; Fallon, pampered and spoiled; Steven, openly gay; and Amanda, hidden from him by his ex-wife, the conniving Alexis. Most of the show features the conflict between 2 large corporations, Blake's Denver Carrington and Alexis' ColbyCo.
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The Jazz Singer
Title: The Jazz Singer
Character: Barney Callahan
Released: December 17, 1980
Type: Movie
Jess Robin dreams of a career in popular music, but his father, Cantor Rabinovitch, forbids it, insisting Jess live as a traditional Jew and inherit his position at the synagogue. With the help of friend and professional musician Bubba, Jess gets a chance to go to Los Angeles and have famous singer Keith Lennox record one of his songs. Defying both his father and his wife, Jess leaves New York to pursue his dreams.
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Title: Magnum, P.I.
Released: December 11, 1980
Type: TV
A private investigator who works when he wants, lives in a beachfront estate in Hawaii, drives a posh Ferrari, runs up an unlimited tab at a swank bar, and charms attractive women in peril - that's the lifestyle of Thomas Magnum, aka Magnum, P.I.
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F.D.R.: The Last Year
Title: F.D.R.: The Last Year
Character: Adm. McIntire
Released: May 15, 1980
Type: Movie
Though visibly frail and weary, President Franklin D. Roosevelt runs for a precedent-setting fourth term. He also oversees plans for the D-Day Invasion and engages in tempestuous summit meetings with his wartime allies Stalin and Churchill.
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Portrait of a Rebel: The Remarkable Mrs. Sanger
Title: Portrait of a Rebel: The Remarkable Mrs. Sanger
Character: Untermeyer
Released: April 22, 1980
Type: Movie
The dramatized biography of Margaret Sanger, the crusader who founded America's first birth control clinic during World War I and was tried in court under obscenity laws.
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Once Upon a Family
Title: Once Upon a Family
Character: Alvin Heller
Released: January 22, 1980
Type: Movie
A father tries to make it as a single parent when his wife walks out on him and the children.
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Title: Knots Landing
Released: December 27, 1979
Type: TV
The domestic adventures, misdeeds and everyday interactions of five families living on a cul-de-sac in a small California community.
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Topper
Title: Topper
Character: Fred Korbell
Released: November 9, 1979
Type: Movie
A deceased couple affectionately haunt a living friend while trying to get into heaven.
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The China Syndrome
Title: The China Syndrome
Character: Mac Churchill
Released: March 16, 1979
Type: Movie
While doing a series of reports on alternative energy sources, opportunistic reporter Kimberly Wells witnesses an accident at a nuclear power plant. Wells is determined to publicize the incident, but soon finds herself entangled in a sinister conspiracy to keep the full impact of the incident a secret.
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The Ordeal of Patty Hearst
Title: The Ordeal of Patty Hearst
Character: Psychologist
Released: March 4, 1979
Type: Movie
The story of the kidnapping of newspaper heiress Patty Hearst by members of a radical guerrilla organization, as seen by the FBI agent in charge of her case.
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Institute for Revenge
Title: Institute for Revenge
Character: Power Broker
Released: January 22, 1979
Type: Movie
A sophisticated computer named IFR (the film's title is its nickname) supervises an organization dedicated to correcting wrongs against the defenseless and assigns human operatives to track down the evildoers and bring them to justice non-violently.
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F.I.S.T.
Title: F.I.S.T.
Character: Andrews
Released: April 26, 1978
Type: Movie
Johnny Kovak joins the Teamsters trade-union in a local chapter in the 1930s and works his way up in the organization. As he climbs higher and higher his methods become more ruthless and finally senator Madison starts a campaign to find the truth about the alleged connections with the Mob.
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Opening Night
Title: Opening Night
Character: Bellboy
Released: December 22, 1977
Type: Movie
Actress Myrtle Gordon is a functioning alcoholic who is a few days from the opening night of her latest play, concerning a woman distraught about aging. One night a car kills one of Myrtle's fans who is chasing her limousine in an attempt to get the star's attention. Myrtle internalizes the accident and goes on a spiritual quest, but fails to finds the answers she is after. As opening night inches closer and closer, fragile Myrtle must find a way to make the show go on.
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Capricorn One
Title: Capricorn One
Character: Vice President Price
Released: December 10, 1977
Type: Movie
In order to protect the reputation of the American space program, a team of NASA administrators turn the first Mars mission into a phony Mars landing. Under threat of harm to their families the astronauts play their part in the deception on a staged set in a deserted military base. But once the real ship returns to Earth and burns up on re-entry, the astronauts become liabilities. Now, with the help of a crusading reporter, they must battle a sinister conspiracy that will stop at nothing to keep the truth hidden.
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The Gathering
Title: The Gathering
Character: Bob Block
Released: December 4, 1977
Type: Movie
When Adam Thornton learns that he only has a little time left, he decides that he wants to make peace with his family. Only problem is that most of his family are not exactly fond of him because he walked out on his wife and of his stubborn nature and he hasn't spoken to his youngest son after having an argument with him which he was in the wrong but only realize after his son left and has not been heard from since. But he goes to her to help him find him. But when his doctor says that it won't be good for him to travel, she suggests that they invite them all for Christmas. While most of them come, Adam's attempt at reconciliation won't be easy.
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Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night
Title: Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night
Character: Dr. Sutterman
Released: October 5, 1977
Type: Movie
A disturbed young mother with some serious psychological problems begins to take them out on her toddler daughter.
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Title: Lou Grant
Released: September 20, 1977
Type: TV
The trials of a former television station manager turned newspaper city editor, and his journalist staff.
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Title: Lucan
Released: September 12, 1977
Type: TV
Lucan is a TV Drama which aired on ABC from 1977 to 1978, starring Kevin Brophy, John Randolph, and Don Gordon. A 20-year old man who spent the first 10 years of his life running wild in the forest after being raised by wolves, Lucan is taken to a research institute and taught the ways of human society. He is befriended by a kind research doctor whom he bonded with during his journey to civilization. Lucan's continued freedom at the research center is put in peril once his doctor friend and mentor is hurt. Unable to insure Lucan's well being at the institute, his friend encourages him to strike out on his own in search of his identity. The short-lived TV series chronicled the encounters, challenges, and intrigues Lucan faced interacting with people using his new learned social graces and old Wolfen instincts. Lucan did have special Wolfen skills that were invoked when he was made very angry. When upset to the point of violence his eyes glowed amber. He also had heightened senses of smell and hearing. In a few episodes he was able to call on his old wolf family/pack for help. This series was based on a 1977 made-for-TV movie of the same name directed by David Greene.
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Title: The Kallikaks
Released: August 3, 1977
Type: TV
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Something for Joey
Title: Something for Joey
Character: Dr. Wingreen
Released: April 5, 1977
Type: Movie
This is based on the true story about the relationship between Penn State football player John Cappelletti and his younger brother Joey, who has leukemia. John and Joey's bond is a strong one. Joey hangs out with John in the Penn State locker room, and inspires him to be the top college football player in the country. Their bond knows no boundaries and goes beyond making touchdowns and winning awards.
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Title: Eight Is Enough
Released: March 15, 1977
Type: TV
Eight Is Enough is an American television comedy-drama series that ran on ABC from March 15, 1977, until August 29, 1981. The show was modeled after syndicated newspaper columnist Thomas Braden, a real-life parent with eight children, who wrote a book with the same name.
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Title: Quincy, M.E.
Released: October 3, 1976
Type: TV
Quincy, M.E. is an American television series from Universal Studios pert in several of the later episodes.
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Title: Quincy, M.E.
Character: Dr. Chet Rawlings
Released: October 3, 1976
Type: TV
Quincy, M.E. is an American television series from Universal Studios pert in several of the later episodes.
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All the President's Men
Title: All the President's Men
Character: Hugh Sloan's Lawyer
Released: April 9, 1976
Type: Movie
During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Nixon to resign from his post.
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Title: The Bionic Woman
Released: January 14, 1976
Type: TV
After fully recovering from her near fatal bout of bionic rejection, Jaime Sommers, the first female cyborg, is assigned to spy missions of her own.
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Title: One Day at a Time
Released: December 16, 1975
Type: TV
The misadventures of a divorced mother, two teenage daughters, and new building superintendent in Indianapolis.
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Title: Starsky & Hutch
Character: Carter
Released: September 10, 1975
Type: TV
Streetwise Detective David Starsky partners up with a more intellectual partner, Kenneth 'Hutch' Hutchinson, to protect citizens and patrol the streets of Bay City.
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Title: Police Woman
Released: September 13, 1974
Type: TV
Sergeant “Pepper"” Anderson, an undercover cop for the Criminal Conspiracy Unit of the Los Angeles Police Department, poses undercover from mob girl to prostitute.
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Title: The Rockford Files
Character: John LaPointe
Released: September 13, 1974
Type: TV
Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con sent to the slammer for a crime he didn't commit, Rockford takes on cases others don't want, aided by his tough old man, his lawyer girlfriend and some shady associates from his past.
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Title: The Rockford Files
Character: Martin Horvath
Released: September 13, 1974
Type: TV
Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con sent to the slammer for a crime he didn't commit, Rockford takes on cases others don't want, aided by his tough old man, his lawyer girlfriend and some shady associates from his past.
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Amazing Grace
Title: Amazing Grace
Character: Annenberg
Released: August 30, 1974
Type: Movie
A widow tries to influence the local mayoral election in Baltimore, Maryland, after she discovers that a black candidate is being used by the incumbent mayor to further his own reelection efforts.
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Title: The Streets of San Francisco
Released: September 23, 1972
Type: TV
Two police officers, the older Lt. Stone and the young upstart Inspector Keller, investigate murders and other serious crimes in San Francisco. Stone would become a second father to Keller as he learned the rigors and procedures of detective work.
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Title: M*A*S*H
Character: Dr. Chesler
Released: September 17, 1972
Type: TV
The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little help from the circumstances they find themselves in, they are forced to make their own fun. Fond of practical jokes and revenge, the doctors, nurses, administrators, and soldiers often find ways of making wartime life bearable.
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Title: The Waltons
Released: September 14, 1972
Type: TV
The Waltons live their life in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World War II.
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Rivals
Title: Rivals
Character: Child Psychiatrist
Released: August 16, 1972
Type: Movie
A boy with an unhealthy and pathological attachment to his mother becomes increasingly jealous of the new man in her life. After his mother remarries, his rage and misery overwhelm him and he plots to kill his stepfather.
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Title: McMillan and Wife
Character: George Pauling
Released: September 29, 1971
Type: TV
McMillan & Wife is a lighthearted American police procedural that aired on NBC from September 17, 1971 to April 24, 1977. Starring Rock Hudson and Susan Saint James in the title roles, the series premiered in 90-minute episodes as part of the wheel series NBC Mystery Movie, in rotation with Columbo and McCloud. Initially airing on Wednesday night, the original line-up was shifted to Sundays in the second season, where it aired for the rest of its run. This was the first element to be created specially for the Mystery Movie strand.
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Title: McMillan and Wife
Released: September 29, 1971
Type: TV
McMillan & Wife is a lighthearted American police procedural that aired on NBC from September 17, 1971 to April 24, 1977. Starring Rock Hudson and Susan Saint James in the title roles, the series premiered in 90-minute episodes as part of the wheel series NBC Mystery Movie, in rotation with Columbo and McCloud. Initially airing on Wednesday night, the original line-up was shifted to Sundays in the second season, where it aired for the rest of its run. This was the first element to be created specially for the Mystery Movie strand.
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I Never Sang for My Father
Title: I Never Sang for My Father
Character: Old Age Home Director
Released: October 18, 1970
Type: Movie
Hackman plays a New York professor who wants a change in his life, and plans to get married to his girlfriend and move to California. His mother understands his need to get away, but warns him that moving so far away could be hard on his father. Just before the wedding, the mother dies. Hackman's sister (who has been disowned by their father for marrying a Jewish man) advises him to live his own life, and not let himself be controlled by their father.
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Hercules in New York
Title: Hercules in New York
Character: Professor Camden
Released: February 23, 1970
Type: Movie
Hercules is sent from Mount Olympus to modern-day Manhattan, where he takes up professional wrestling before getting mixed up with a gang of mobsters.
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Title: Hawaii Five-O
Character: Wingfield
Released: September 20, 1968
Type: TV
Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired for 12 seasons from 1968 to 1980, and continues in reruns. Jack Lord portrayed Detective Lieutenant Steve McGarrett, the head of a special state police task force which was based on an actual unit that existed under martial law in the 1940s. The theme music composed by Morton Stevens became especially popular. Many episodes would end with McGarrett instructing his subordinate to "Book 'em, Danno!", sometimes specifying a charge such as "murder one".
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Managing Time
Title: Managing Time
Released: January 1, 1968
Type: Movie
Peter Drucker teaches you how to be an effective executive.
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Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster
Title: Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster
Character: Dr. Steele
Released: September 22, 1965
Type: Movie
When an atomic war on Mars destroys the planet's women, it's up to Martian Princess Marcuzan and her right-hand man Dr. Nadir to travel to earth and kidnap women for new breeding stock. Landing in Puerto Rico, they shoot down a NASA space capsule manned by an android. With his electronic brain damaged, the android terrorizes the island while the Martians raid beaches and pool parties
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Film
Title: Film
Character: Passerby
Released: September 4, 1965
Type: Movie
A man attempts to evade observation by an all-seeing eye.
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Title: The Defenders
Character: Rabbi Fine
Released: September 16, 1961
Type: TV
The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed as father-and-son defense attorneys who specialized in legally complex cases, with defendants such as neo-Nazis, conscientious objectors, civil rights demonstrators, a schoolteacher fired for being an atheist, an author accused of pornography, and a physician charged in a mercy killing.
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Title: The Defenders
Character: Paul Damon
Released: September 16, 1961
Type: TV
The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed as father-and-son defense attorneys who specialized in legally complex cases, with defendants such as neo-Nazis, conscientious objectors, civil rights demonstrators, a schoolteacher fired for being an atheist, an author accused of pornography, and a physician charged in a mercy killing.
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Title: Lux Video Theatre
Character: Llewellyn
Released: October 2, 1950
Type: TV
Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and plays.