Lou Gilbert

Lou Gilbert

Born: August 1, 1909
Died: November 6, 1978
in Cleveland, Illinois, USA

Movies for Lou Gilbert...

Last Embrace
Title: Last Embrace
Character: Rabbi Jacobs
Released: May 4, 1979
Type: Movie
Secret agent Harry Hannan suffers a mental breakdown when a botched mission in Mexico results in the death of his wife. He is sent to a mental asylum, after which he eventually returns to work. But, once again, he begins to doubt his sanity when he receives a bizarre death threat written in Hebrew. Not knowing which of his colleagues wants to kill him, Hannan teams up with pretty young college student Ellie Fabian to attempt to unravel the mystery.
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Raid on Entebbe
Title: Raid on Entebbe
Character: Chaim Bar-Lev
Released: December 26, 1976
Type: Movie
Based on a true Military operation by Israeli commandos. An Air France flight is hijacked by the PFLP. The plane has about 100 Jewish passengers. The plane is grounded in Uganda. Israelis would not negotiate. The movie then shows how less than 500 soldiers actually flew so far and rescued the passengers in one of the most successful Military operations in history. The only casualty for Israeli soldiers was Lt. Col. Jonathan "Yoni" Netanyahu..
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Marathon Man
Title: Marathon Man
Character: Rosenbaum
Released: October 8, 1976
Type: Movie
A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his brother, a member of the secretive Division.
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The Money
Title: The Money
Character: Harry
Released: May 31, 1976
Type: Movie
A prominent businessman's children become the target of a young, unemployed man, who sees them as his ticket to wealth.
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Going Home
Title: Going Home
Character: Mr. Katz
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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Jennifer on My Mind
Title: Jennifer on My Mind
Character: Grandpa Max Rottner
Released: November 10, 1971
Type: Movie
Two rich American young adults who meet and fall in love in Venice, Italy. With plenty of money and no real responsibilities or direction in life, the couple begin experimenting with illicit drugs. The movie travels through a series of flashbacks showing their progression from marijuana to harder drugs as a result of their complex romantic entanglement with each other.
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The Great White Hope
Title: The Great White Hope
Character: Goldie
Released: October 11, 1970
Type: Movie
A black champion boxer and his white female companion struggle to survive while the white boxing establishment looks for ways to knock him down.
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Fearless Frank
Title: Fearless Frank
Character: The Boss
Released: December 10, 1969
Type: Movie
A country boy arrives in Chicago, gets killed by some gangsters, and returns to life with superhuman powers in this satirical look at movie genres.
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An Enemy of the People
Title: An Enemy of the People
Released: December 2, 1966
Type: Movie
Set in a Norwegian hamlet, an idealistic physician discovers that the town's hot springs are contaminated. But with the community relying on the spa for tourist dollars, his warning to the powers-that-be falls on deaf ears.
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Juliet of the Spirits
Title: Juliet of the Spirits
Character: Grandfather
Released: October 22, 1965
Type: Movie
Middle-aged Giulietta grows suspicious of her husband, Giorgio, when his behavior grows increasingly questionable. One night when Giorgio initiates a seance amongst his friends, Giulietta gets in touch with spirits and learns more about herself and her painful past. Slightly skeptical, but intrigued, she visits a mystic who gives her more information -- and nudges her toward the realization that her husband is indeed a philanderer.
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Goldstein
Title: Goldstein
Character: Old Man
Released: May 7, 1965
Type: Movie
GOLDSTEIN, the feature film debut of talented director Philip Kaufman, is an early example of American independent filmmaking from the early 1960s. A fable about an old man with an odd effect on those he encounters, the film is a funny, warm-hearted postcard from an important moment in American cinema. GOLDSTEIN, starring veteran character actor Lou Gilbert, shared the Prix de la Nouvelle Critique at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival with Bertolucci’s Before the Revolution. Cinema deity Jean Renoir called the film "the best American film I have seen in 20 years."
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Across the River
Title: Across the River
Character: Obadiah
Released: April 26, 1965
Type: Movie
A junkman who lives along New York's East River saves a woman from an attacker, then lets her stay with him.
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Requiem for a Heavyweight
Title: Requiem for a Heavyweight
Character: Dr. Gilbert
Released: October 16, 1962
Type: Movie
Mountain Rivera is a veteran heavyweight and near-champion who suddenly finds himself washed up in the only trade he knows—prizefighting. Yet, threatened by gangsters for welshing on a gambling debt, Mountain’s opportunistic manager, Maish Rennick, schemes to get the ex-boxer into a phony wrestling match to make some quick money. Although he and his loyal trainer, Army, oppose the degrading proposition, the disillusioned Mountain begins to wonder if he has any options left.
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Middle of the Night
Title: Middle of the Night
Character: Sherman
Released: May 20, 1959
Type: Movie
Jerry Kingsley is a wealthy garment manufacturer left lonely in his 60s when his wife dies. Despite the difference in their ages, he strikes up a romance with divorced 24-year-old receptionist Betty. The relationship is dismissed by his daughter, Lillian, discouraged by his sister, Evelyn, and denounced by Betty's mother. But when Jerry begins to mention marriage, even Betty is forced to confront her ambivalence.
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Title: Naked City
Character: Mr. Green
Released: September 30, 1958
Type: TV
Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network. It was inspired by the 1948 motion picture of the same name, and mimics its dramatic “semi-documentary” format. In 1997, the episode “Sweet Prince of Delancey Street” was ranked #93 on TV Guide’s “100 Greatest Episodes of All Time”.
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The Big Break
Title: The Big Break
Character: Charlie
Released: March 11, 1953
Type: Movie
Marty is a shipping clerk in the garment district and a wise guy trying to cut corners and get by on angles, and not very good at it. He meets Helen and decides to change his ways, but lack of patience in slow-progress jobs leads him to become involved with a neighborhood gang.
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Viva Zapata!
Title: Viva Zapata!
Character: Pablo
Released: February 7, 1952
Type: Movie
The story of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who led a rebellion against the corrupt, oppressive dictatorship of president Porfirio Díaz in the early 20th century.