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The Last Tycoon
Title: The Last Tycoon
Character: Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
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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Farewell, My Lovely
Title: Farewell, My Lovely
Character: Counterman (uncredited)
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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At Long Last Love
Title: At Long Last Love
Character: Racetrack Patron (uncredited)
Released: March 1, 1975
Type: Movie
Four socialites unexpectedly clash: heiress Brooke Carter runs into gambler Johnny Spanish at the race track while playboy Michael O. Pritchard nearly runs into stage star Kitty O'Kelly with his car. Backstage at Kitty's show, it turns out she and Brooke are old friends who attended public school together. The foursome do the town, accompanied by Brooke's companion Elizabeth, who throws herself at Michael's butler and chauffeur Rodney James.
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Shampoo
Title: Shampoo
Character: Guest
Released: February 11, 1975
Type: Movie
George Roundy is a Beverly Hills hairstylist whose uncontrolled libido stands between him and his ambitions. He wants the security of a relationship. He wants to be a hairdressing "star" and open his own salon. But the fact that he beds down with the wife, daughter and mistress of a potential backer doesn't help. It also does little for his relationship with his current girlfriend.
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Earthquake
Title: Earthquake
Character: Citizen (uncredited)
Released: November 15, 1974
Type: Movie
Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits Los Angeles, California.
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Mame
Title: Mame
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: March 7, 1974
Type: Movie
The madcap life of eccentric Mame Dennis and her bohemian, intellectual arty clique is disrupted when her deceased brother's 10-year-old son Patrick is entrusted to her care. Rather than bow to convention, Mame introduces the boy to her free-wheeling lifestyle, instilling in him her favorite credo, "Life is a banquet, and most poor sons of bitches are starving to death."
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Blazing Saddles
Title: Blazing Saddles
Character: Townsman (uncredited)
Released: February 7, 1974
Type: Movie
A town—where everyone seems to be named Johnson—stands in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, robber baron Hedley Lamarr sends his henchmen to make life in the town unbearable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the Governor, so Hedley convinces him to send the town the first black sheriff in the west.
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Evil Roy Slade
Title: Evil Roy Slade
Character: Townsman (uncredited)
Released: February 18, 1972
Type: Movie
Orphaned and left in the desert as an infant, Evil Roy Slade (John Astin) grew up alone—save for his teddy bear—and mean. As an adult, he is notorious for being the "meanest villain in the West"—so he's thrown for quite a loop when he falls for sweet schoolteacher Betsy Potter (Pamela Austin). There's also Nelson L. Stool (Mickey Rooney), a railroad tycoon, who, along with his dimwitted nephew Clifford (Henry Gibson), is trying to get revenge on Evil Roy Slade for robbing him.
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Title: Columbo
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: September 15, 1971
Type: TV
Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.
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Myra Breckinridge
Title: Myra Breckinridge
Character: Spectator at Operation (uncredited)
Released: June 24, 1970
Type: Movie
Myron Breckinridge flies to Europe to get a sex-change operation and is transformed into the beautiful Myra. She travels to Hollywood, meets up with her rich Uncle Buck and, claiming to be Myron's widow, demands money. Instead, Buck gives Myra a job in his acting school. There, Myra meets aspiring actor Rusty and his girlfriend, Mary Ann. With Myra as catalyst, the trio begin to outrageously expand their sexual horizons.
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The April Fools
Title: The April Fools
Character: Train Passenger (uncredited)
Released: May 28, 1969
Type: Movie
Newly-promoted if none too happily married Howard Brubaker leaves a rowdy company party early with the stunning Catherine, whom it turns out is herself unhappily married — to the boss. They spend an innocent night in New York becoming more and more attracted to each other, so that when Catherine announces she intends to leave her husband and return to Paris Howard asks to go along too.
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Star!
Title: Star!
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: July 18, 1968
Type: Movie
Gertrude Lawrence rises to stage stardom at the cost of happiness.
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The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
Title: The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
Character: Townsman (uncredited)
Released: April 19, 1968
Type: Movie
The Bower Family Band petitions the Democratic National Committee to sing a Grover Cleveland rally song at the 1888 convention, but decide instead to move to the Dakota territory on the urging of a suitor to their eldest daughter. There, Grampa Bower causes trouble with his pro-Cleveland ideas, as Dakota residents are overwhelmingly Republican, and hope to get the territory admitted as two states (North and South Dakota) rather than one in order to send four Republican senators to Washington. Cleveland opposed this plan, refusing to refer to Congress the plan to organize the Dakotas this way. When Cleveland wins the popular vote, but Harrison the presidency due to the electoral college votes, the Dakotans (particularly the feuding young couple) resolve to live together in peace, and Cleveland grants statehood to the two Dakotas before he leaves office (along with two Democrat-voting states, evening the gains for both parties).
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Luv
Title: Luv
Character: Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Released: July 26, 1967
Type: Movie
Depressed by the direction his life is taking, Harry decides to take his own life by jumping off the Manhattan Bridge. At the last minute he's stopped by old friend Milt Manville, a successful stock broker. Milt, however, is facing his own problem: he has fallen out of love with his argumentative wife, Ellen. In a misguided effort to solve both of their problems, he introduces Ellen to Harry, hoping the two will fall in love.
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Monkeys, Go Home!
Title: Monkeys, Go Home!
Character: Waiter
Released: February 8, 1967
Type: Movie
Henry Dussard, a young American, inherits a picturesque but badly neglected olive farm in southern France and is determined to make it operational again despite cautionary advice from the local priest and a pretty villager. Desperate for laborers, the inventive Dussard turns to the zaniest crew of olive pickers ever recruited - four mischievous monkeys! As former members of an Air Force space team, these intelligent chimps quickly pick up on their new responsibilities - but prove to have a turbulent effect on the local townspeople.
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Strange Bedfellows
Title: Strange Bedfellows
Character: Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Released: February 9, 1965
Type: Movie
After a hasty wedding, Carter and Toni find that they disagree on everything. They separate and seven years later, on the eve before their divorce, meet again and spend the night together. Reality sets in when morning comes and they begin arguing again. Once again, divorce proceedings are on — until Carter finds out that an important promotion hinges on whether he's married.
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Fate Is the Hunter
Title: Fate Is the Hunter
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: November 8, 1964
Type: Movie
A man refuses to believe that pilot error caused a fatal crash, and persists in looking for another reason. Airliner crashes near Los Angeles due to unusual string of coincidences. Stewardess, who is sole survivor, joins airline executives in discovering the causes of the crash.
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Cheyenne Autumn
Title: Cheyenne Autumn
Character: Townsman (uncredited)
Released: October 15, 1964
Type: Movie
A reluctant cavalry Captain must track a defiant tribe of migrating Cheyenne.
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The Best Man
Title: The Best Man
Character: Supporter (uncredited)
Released: April 5, 1964
Type: Movie
The other party is in disarray. Five men vie for the party nomination for president. No one has a majority as the first ballot closes and the front-runners begin to decide how badly they want the job.
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Man's Favorite Sport?
Title: Man's Favorite Sport?
Character: Fisherman (uncredited)
Released: January 31, 1964
Type: Movie
Roger Willoughby is a renowned fishing expert, who, unbeknownst to his friends, co-workers, or boss, has never cast a line in his life. One day, he crosses paths with Abigail Paige, a sweetly annoying girl who has just badgered his boss into signing Roger up for an annual fishing tournament.
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Sunday in New York
Title: Sunday in New York
Character: Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Released: November 13, 1963
Type: Movie
An innocent upstarter visits her airline pilot brother and meets a stranger she tries to seduce.
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The Haunted Palace
Title: The Haunted Palace
Character: Villager (uncredited)
Released: August 28, 1963
Type: Movie
A warlock burned at the stake comes back and takes over the body of his great grandson to take his revenge on the descendents of the villages that burned him.
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Pocketful of Miracles
Title: Pocketful of Miracles
Character: Man at Dock (uncredited)
Released: December 18, 1961
Type: Movie
A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when the peddler learns her daughter is marrying royalty.
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The Parent Trap
Title: The Parent Trap
Character: Parent (uncredited)
Released: May 13, 1961
Type: Movie
Two identical twin sisters, separated at birth by their parents' divorce, are reunited years later at a summer camp, where they scheme to bring their parents back together. The girls, one of whom has been living with their mother and the other with their father, switch places after camp and go to work on their plan, the first objective being to scare off a gold-digger pursuing their father.
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Pollyanna
Title: Pollyanna
Character: Townsman (Uncredited)
Released: May 19, 1960
Type: Movie
A young girl comes to an embittered town and confronts its attitude with her determination to see the best in life.
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The Hypnotic Eye
Title: The Hypnotic Eye
Character: Audience Member (uncredited)
Released: February 17, 1960
Type: Movie
A mysterious hypnotist is suspected by the police of being responsible for a wave of young, attractive women committing various forms of self-mutilation.
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Witness for the Prosecution
Title: Witness for the Prosecution
Character: Bar Patron (uncredited)
Released: December 17, 1957
Type: Movie
When Leonard Vole is arrested for the sensational murder of a rich, middle-aged widow, the famous Sir Wilfrid Robarts agrees to appear on his behalf. Sir Wilfrid, recovering from a near-fatal heart attack, is supposed to be on a diet of bland, civil suits—but the lure of the criminal courts is too much for him, especially when the case is so difficult.
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Title: Leave It to Beaver
Character: Train Station Commuter #1
Released: October 4, 1957
Type: TV
Leave It to Beaver is an American television situation comedy about an inquisitive and often naïve boy named Theodore "The Beaver" Cleaver and his adventures at home, in school, and around his suburban neighborhood. The show also starred Barbara Billingsley and Hugh Beaumont as Beaver's parents, June and Ward Cleaver, and Tony Dow as Beaver's brother Wally. The show has attained an iconic status in the US, with the Cleavers exemplifying the idealized suburban family of the mid-20th century.
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Title: Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: October 2, 1955
Type: TV
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
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Title: Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character: Club Patron (uncredited)
Released: October 2, 1955
Type: TV
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.