Richard Conte

Richard Conte

Born: March 24, 1910
Died: April 15, 1975
in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
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Richard Conte (March 24, 1910 – April 15, 1975) was an American actor. He appeared in numerous films from the 1940s through 1970s, including I'll Cry Tomorrow and The Godfather.

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Bogart: The Untold Story
Title: Bogart: The Untold Story
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: January 5, 1997
Type: Movie
Stephen H. Bogart narrates the rise to fame of his father, Humphrey Bogart through the use of film clips, written material and interviews of friends and co-workers.
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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Title: Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: February 25, 1983
Type: Movie
Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival footage make up this star-studded voyeuristic look at the Golden age of Hollywood during the 30s, 40, and 50.
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The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic
Title: The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic
Character: Don Emilio Barzini
Released: March 24, 1981
Type: Movie
The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic is a reduced, 386-minute version of the 1977 television miniseries, "Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television," released to video in 1981. Unlike the miniseries, which was presented in four segments (each with opening and closing credits), the Epic is presented as a single segment. In January 2016, HBO aired the Epic in its uncut and uncensored format, later making it available on its streaming platforms. The HBO showing contained most of the known deleted scenes, thereby lengthening the runtime of the Epic from its video release to 423 minutes.
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Title: Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
Character: Don Emilio Barzini
Released: November 12, 1977
Type: TV
An adaptation of Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather and The Godfather: Part II, re-edited in chronological order with additional footage not seen in the first two films added.
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The Return of the Exorcist
Title: The Return of the Exorcist
Character: Exorcist
Released: August 23, 1975
Type: Movie
An archaeology student photographs a mysterious naked woman by a waterfall, unaware that she is a female demon called Haggia, who soon takes possession of him via a cursed amulet.
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Violent City
Title: Violent City
Character: Lawyer Sartori
Released: August 13, 1975
Type: Movie
A detective sick and tired of the rampant crime and violence in his city, and constantly at odds with his superiors, is finally kicked out of the department for a "questionable" shooting of a vicious criminal. However, he is soon approached by a representative for a group of citizens who themselves are fed up with what they see as criminals going unpunished, and they make him an offer he may very well not refuse.
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A Diary of a Murderess
Title: A Diary of a Murderess
Character: The Millionaire
Released: May 4, 1975
Type: Movie
A beautiful young woman sets her sights on an aging millionaire. She seduces him, and moves into his mansion with him. She soon tires of him, though, and after she gets rid of him, she goes after his son.
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Evil Eye
Title: Evil Eye
Character: Dr. Stone
Released: February 6, 1975
Type: Movie
People around Peter Crane begin dying in mysterious fashion. How is Playboy Peter involved in this? He begins having nightmares dealing with murder...His psychiatrist has no idea of what Peter is suffering from. Even the police are in danger as they start investigating the case. What is the secret of the "Magic Circle"?
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Shoot First, Die Later
Title: Shoot First, Die Later
Character: Mazzanti
Released: July 12, 1974
Type: Movie
When mobsters try to put an honest policeman on the payroll, he seeks revenge on the mob. But, he soon learns that his actions, however honest, have dire consequences.
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Anna: the Pleasure, the Torment
Title: Anna: the Pleasure, the Torment
Character: Riccardo Sogliani
Released: November 27, 1973
Type: Movie
A beautiful but poor young girl finds all the money and material goods she never had when she becomes the girlfriend of a crime boss, but soon learns that there is a price to be paid for that kind of life.
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Tony Arzenta
Title: Tony Arzenta
Character: Nick Gusto
Released: August 23, 1973
Type: Movie
A mob hitman wants to retire, but his bosses don't think that's a good idea. Complications - and many bloody shootouts - ensue.
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The Violent Professionals
Title: The Violent Professionals
Character: Padulo
Released: August 22, 1973
Type: Movie
With or without help from law enforcement officers, a lone individual decides to crack down on the syndicate.
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My Brother Anastasia
Title: My Brother Anastasia
Character: Alberto 'Big Al' Anastasia
Released: August 13, 1973
Type: Movie
Don Salvatore Anastasia, a priest in a seminary in Tropea, Calabria (Italy), gets a ticket to visit his brother in New York. He has never known him, because the brother emigrated illegally in the U.S.A. years before. Upon his arrival in America, he is greeted with much respect, as well as his brother, also from the Italian-American community of Little Italy. Enthusiastic of that, he decided to stay on as assistant pastor in the church of Saint Lucia and bring it to a new shine. Accompanied in New York, his last name, Anastasia, commands respect and, above all, opens the door hitherto locked: his brother, really, is the infamous mob boss Albert Anastasia.
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The Big Family
Title: The Big Family
Character: Don Antonio Marchesi
Released: March 3, 1973
Type: Movie
Two mafia bosses, Don Antonio Marchesi and Don Peppino Scalise, battle over building contracts in Palermo.
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1931: Once Upon a Time in New York
Title: 1931: Once Upon a Time in New York
Character: Bruno
Released: March 3, 1973
Type: Movie
In 1931, when the late American Prohibition major bosses have now divided the territory to exploit, the family of one of them - killed in a clash - decides to send half a million dollars in Sicily hidden in the body of the deceased.
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The Boss
Title: The Boss
Character: Don Corrasco
Released: February 1, 1973
Type: Movie
A hitman finds himself embroiled in the middle of a Mafia war between the Sicilians and the Calabrians.
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The Godfather
Title: The Godfather
Character: Barzini
Released: March 14, 1972
Type: Movie
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.
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The Challengers
Title: The Challengers
Character: Ritchie
Released: February 20, 1970
Type: Movie
Racers compete in the Grand Prix.
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Explosion
Title: Explosion
Character: Dr. Philip Neal
Released: December 5, 1969
Type: Movie
During the height of the Vietnam war, a hippie and a draft dodger get together and hatch a plan to flee to Canada. They steal a car and head towards Vancouver, but the trip doesn't go as smoothly as they planned, and before long they're being chased by the police, accused of murdering several police officers.
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Lady in Cement
Title: Lady in Cement
Character: Lt. Dave Santini
Released: November 19, 1968
Type: Movie
While diving for sunken treasure, street-smart gumshoe Tony Rome finds the body of a gorgeous blonde, her feet stuck in a block of cement. Soon after, tough guy Waldo Gronski hires him to find a missing woman named Sandra Lomax, and Rome wonders if there's a connection. He sets about trying to locate the woman, and in no time finds himself mixed up with a beautiful party girl and a slippery racketeer.
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Death Sentence
Title: Death Sentence
Character: Diaz
Released: January 1, 1968
Type: Movie
Four men killed Django's brother a long time ago. A withdrawn rancher, a notorious card player, a despotic priest and a crazy albino with an obsession for gold. The relentless Django seeks for revenge and hunts them down without mercy.
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Operation Cross Eagles
Title: Operation Cross Eagles
Character: Lt. Bradford
Released: January 1, 1968
Type: Movie
War - In this thrilling war drama set in Yugoslavia during WWII, a small band of courageous commandoes are sent to kidnap an important German commander in exchange for an American general being held in a German fortress. "Operation Cross Eagles" is a story of suspense and intrigue that will have you on the edge of your seat one moment and blast you back the next. - Richard Conte, Rory Calhoun, Aili King
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Tony Rome
Title: Tony Rome
Character: Lt. Dave Santini
Released: November 10, 1967
Type: Movie
Tony Rome, a tough Miami PI living on a houseboat, is hired by a local millionaire to find jewelry stolen from his daughter, and in the process has several encounters with local hoods as well as the Miami Beach PD.
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Hotel
Title: Hotel
Character: Detective Dupere
Released: January 19, 1967
Type: Movie
This is the story of the clocklike movements of a giant, big city New Orleans hotel. The ambitious yet loyal manager wrestles with the round-the-clock drama of its guests. A brazen sneak thief, who nightly relieves the guests of their property, is chased through the underground passages of the hotel. The big business power play for control of the hotel and the VIP diplomat guest with a secret add to the excitement.
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Title: The Jean Arthur Show
Released: September 12, 1966
Type: TV
The Jean Arthur Show is an American situation comedy that aired on CBS from September to December 1966. The series stars Jean Arthur and Ron Harper, and was under the primary sponsorship of General Foods.
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Assault on a Queen
Title: Assault on a Queen
Character: Tony Moreno
Released: June 15, 1966
Type: Movie
A group of adventurers refloat a WWII German submarine and prepare to use it to pull a very large heist; The Queen Mary which they plan to rob on the high seas.
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Synanon
Title: Synanon
Character: Reid Kimble
Released: May 5, 1965
Type: Movie
A dramatization of the goings on at a drug rehabilitation home. Filmed at the original Synanon House in Santa Monica, California.
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The Greatest Story Ever Told
Title: The Greatest Story Ever Told
Character: Barabbas
Released: April 9, 1965
Type: Movie
From his birth in Bethlehem to his death and eventual resurrection, the life of Jesus Christ is given the all-star treatment in this epic retelling. Major aspects of Christ's life are touched upon, including the execution of all the newborn males in Egypt by King Herod; Christ's baptism by John the Baptist; and the betrayal by Judas after the Last Supper that eventually leads to Christ's crucifixion and miraculous return.
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Stay Tuned for Terror
Title: Stay Tuned for Terror
Character: Steven Jameson
Released: January 1, 1965
Type: Movie
A succession of television broadcasts has unexpected and terrifying effects on the minds of viewers.
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Circus World
Title: Circus World
Character: Aldo Alfredo
Released: June 25, 1964
Type: Movie
Circus owner Matt Masters is beset by disasters as he attempts a European tour of his circus. At the same time, he is caught in an emotional bind between his adopted daughter and her mother.
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The Eyes of Annie Jones
Title: The Eyes of Annie Jones
Character: David Wheeler
Released: May 13, 1964
Type: Movie
Murder unfolds around a young girl who sleepwalks and talks while she does so.
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Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
Title: Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?
Character: Leonard Ashley
Released: December 25, 1963
Type: Movie
TV star Jason Steel reluctantly becomes the sounding board for his best friends' bored wives, and must fend off their advances while managing his own fragile relationship.
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Title: Kraft Suspense Theatre
Character: Jack Sallas
Released: October 10, 1963
Type: TV
Kraft Suspense Theatre is an American anthology series that was telecast from 1963 to 1965 on NBC. Sponsored by Kraft Foods, it was seen three weeks out of every four and was pre-empted for Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall specials once monthly. Como's production company, Roncom Films, also produced Kraft Suspense Theatre. Writer, editor, critic and radio playwright Anthony Boucher served as consultant on the series. Later syndicated under the title Crisis, it was one of the few suspense series telecast in color at the time. While most of NBC's shows were in color then, all-color network line-ups did not become the norm until the 1966-67 season.
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Title: Arrest and Trial
Character: Paul Dunnell
Released: September 15, 1963
Type: TV
Arrest and Trial is a 90-minute American crime/legal drama series that ran during the 1963-1964 season on ABC, airing Sundays from 8:30-10 p.m. Eastern.
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Title: Going My Way
Released: October 3, 1962
Type: TV
Going My Way is an American comedy-drama series
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Title: Bus Stop
Released: October 1, 1961
Type: TV
Bus Stop is a 26-episode American drama which aired on ABC from October 1, 1961, until March 25, 1962, starring Marilyn Maxwell as Grace Sherwood, the owner of a bus station and diner in the fictitious town of Sunrise in the Colorado Rockies. The program was adapted from William Inge's play, Bus Stop, and Inge was a script consultant for the series, which followed the lives of travelers passing through the bus station and the diner. Maxwell's co-stars were Richard Anderson as District Attorney Glenn Wagner, Rhodes Reason as Sheriff Will Mayberry, Joan Freeman as waitress Elma Gahrigner, Bernard Kates as Ralph the coroner, and Buddy Ebsen as Virge Blessing.
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Title: Kraft Mystery Theatre
Released: June 14, 1961
Type: TV
Kraft Mystery Theatre is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from June 17, 1961 to September 25, 1963.
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Pepe
Title: Pepe
Character: Richard Conte
Released: December 21, 1960
Type: Movie
Mario "Cantinflas" Moreno is a hired hand, Pepe, employed on a ranch. A boozing Hollywood director buys a white stallion that belongs to Pepe's boss. Pepe, determined to get the horse back (as he considers it his family), decides to take off to Hollywood. There he meets film stars including Jimmy Durante, Frank Sinatra, Zsa Zsa Gabór, Bing Crosby, Maurice Chevalier and Jack Lemmon in drag as Daphne from Some Like It Hot. He is also surprised by things that were new in America at the time, such as automatic swinging doors. When he finally reaches the man who bought the horse, he is led to believe there is no hope of getting it back. However, the last scene shows both him and the stallion back at the ranch with several foals.
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Title: Checkmate
Character: Victor Ragar/Romak
Released: September 17, 1960
Type: TV
Checkmate is an American detective television series starring Anthony George, Sebastian Cabot, and Doug McClure. The show aired on CBS Television from 1960 to 1962 for a total of 70 episodes and was produced by Jack Benny's production company, "JaMco Productions" in co-operation with Revue Studios. Guest stars included Charles Laughton, Peter Lorre, and Lee Marvin, among many other commensurately prominent performers.
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Ocean's Eleven
Title: Ocean's Eleven
Character: Anthony Bergdorf
Released: August 10, 1960
Type: Movie
Danny Ocean and his gang attempt to rob the five biggest casinos in Las Vegas in one night.
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Title: The Untouchables
Character: Arnie Seeger
Released: October 15, 1959
Type: TV
Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptible agents battle organized crime in 1930s Chicago.
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Title: The Twilight Zone
Character: Edward Hall
Released: October 2, 1959
Type: TV
A series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
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Title: The Four Just Men
Character: Jeff Ryder
Released: September 17, 1959
Type: TV
The Four Just Men was a 1959 Sapphire Films production for ITC Entertainment. It ran for one season of 39 half-hour monochrome episodes.
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They Came to Cordura
Title: They Came to Cordura
Character: Cpl. Milo Trubee
Released: June 1, 1959
Type: Movie
An army major, himself guilty of cowardice, is asked to recommended soldiers for the Congressional Medal of Honor during the Mexican Border Incursion of 1916.
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Title: 77 Sunset Strip
Character: Detective Lieut. Butter
Released: October 10, 1958
Type: TV
Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this Warner Brothers drama. They work out of an office located at 77 Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, California, right next door to a snazzy restaurant where Kookie works as a valet. The finger-snapping, slang-talking Kookie occasionally helps Stu and Jeff with their cases, and eventually becomes a full-fledged member of the detective agency. Rex Randolph and J.R. Hale also join the firm, and Suzanne is their leggy secretary.
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Title: Naked City
Character: Phil Clifford
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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Title: The Donna Reed Show
Released: September 24, 1958
Type: TV
Revolves around typical family problems, such as firing a clumsy housekeeper, throwing a retirement bash for a colleague, and finding quality time away from the children.
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This Angry Age
Title: This Angry Age
Character: Michael
Released: October 31, 1957
Type: Movie
Twenty-year-old Joseph and his sixteen-year-old sister Suzanne live in the merciless conditions of an intemperate foreign land with their widowed mother. Their mother attempts to exert a hold on her children by involving them in the family's run-down rice plantation. However the siblings seek liberation, and look for this in their romantic lives. Suzanne becomes involved with Michael and Joseph finds a love interest in Claude.
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The Brothers Rico
Title: The Brothers Rico
Character: Eddie Rico
Released: September 1, 1957
Type: Movie
Eddie Rico, the erstwhile bookkeeper for a big Mafia boss, is now making a living as an honest merchant in Florida with his family. Things go sour when the police start a search for his syndicate-linked brothers who are on the lam after a big hit, forcing Eddie to get involved with the Mafia again.
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Full of Life
Title: Full of Life
Character: Nick Rocco
Released: December 25, 1956
Type: Movie
A father-in-law's visit makes life even more complicated for a struggling writer and his pregnant wife. Director Richard Quine's 1956 film stars Judy Holliday, Richard Conte and Salvatore Baccaloni.
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I'll Cry Tomorrow
Title: I'll Cry Tomorrow
Character: Tony Bardeman
Released: December 25, 1955
Type: Movie
Deprived of a normal childhood by her ambitious mother, Lillian Roth becomes a star of Broadway and Hollywood before she is twenty. Shortly before her marriage to her childhood sweetheart, David Tredman, he dies and Lillian takes her first drink of many down the road of becoming an alcoholic.
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Target Zero
Title: Target Zero
Character: Lt. Tom Flagler
Released: November 15, 1955
Type: Movie
International soldiers fight to ignore their differences while holding a hill during the Korean War.
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Title: The 20th Century Fox Hour
Character: Jimmy Ringo
Released: October 5, 1955
Type: TV
The 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States on CBS from 1955 to 1957. Some of the shows in this series were restored, remastered and shown on the Fox Movie Channel in 2002 under the title Hour of Stars. The season one episode Overnight Haul, starring Richard Conte and Lizabeth Scott, was released in Australia as a feature film.
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Title: The 20th Century Fox Hour
Released: October 5, 1955
Type: TV
The 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States on CBS from 1955 to 1957. Some of the shows in this series were restored, remastered and shown on the Fox Movie Channel in 2002 under the title Hour of Stars. The season one episode Overnight Haul, starring Richard Conte and Lizabeth Scott, was released in Australia as a feature film.
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Title: Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character: Frank Burns
Released: October 2, 1955
Type: TV
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
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Bengazi
Title: Bengazi
Character: John Gillmore
Released: September 14, 1955
Type: Movie
An American with a shady past joins with a morally-bankrupt Irishman to find treasure buried by Arabs in a deserted mosque in the Sahara. The situation becomes complicated when they are surrounded by Bedouin bandits.
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Little Red Monkey
Title: Little Red Monkey
Character: Bill Locklin
Released: June 3, 1955
Type: Movie
Several murders of nuclear scientists, that baffles Scotland Yard, occur in London about the same time that Bill Locklin, a special officer from the United States State Department, arrives to oversee the transfer of Professor Leon Dushenko, a Russian scientist who as fled the U.S.S.R. An attempt is made on Dushenko's life with a monkey's paw-print found at the scene.
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The Big Tip Off
Title: The Big Tip Off
Character: Johnny Denton
Released: March 20, 1955
Type: Movie
A newspaper man uses a mobster's tips to get the scoop on gangster activities.
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New York Confidential
Title: New York Confidential
Character: Nick Magellan
Released: February 15, 1955
Type: Movie
Story follows the rise and subsequent fall of the notorious head of a New York crime family, who decides to testify against his pals in order to avoid being killed by his fellow cohorts.
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The Big Combo
Title: The Big Combo
Character: Mr. Brown
Released: February 13, 1955
Type: Movie
Police Lt. Leonard Diamond vies to bring a clever, well connected, and sadistic gangster to justice all the while obsessing over the gangster's girlfriend.
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Mask of Dust
Title: Mask of Dust
Character: Peter Wells
Released: December 10, 1954
Type: Movie
An idol of auto-racing fans attempts a comeback after serving in the Air Force. When his former rival lies dying in the hospital he must decide whether to continue in the Grand Prix, or make peace with his adversary. Featuring race car greats Stirling Moss, Reg Parnell, John Cooper, Alan Brown, Geoffrey Taylor and Leslie Marr.
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Highway Dragnet
Title: Highway Dragnet
Character: James 'Jim' Henry
Released: January 20, 1954
Type: Movie
An ex-Marine, on the lam from a murder charge, hitches a ride with a glamour-magazine photographer, who is travelling cross-country with her principal model. Tensions rise when the women realize the man with them may be a killer.
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Slaves of Babylon
Title: Slaves of Babylon
Character: Nahum
Released: October 21, 1953
Type: Movie
The Jews are taken from Jerusalem and made slaves by King Nebuchadnezzar. In the meantime Cyrus, king of the Persians, who has been living as a shepherd, is proclaimed king and defeats Nebuchadnezzar.
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Desert Legion
Title: Desert Legion
Character: Crito
Released: May 8, 1953
Type: Movie
A commander in the Foreign Legion romances a mysterious and exotic princess.
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The Blue Gardenia
Title: The Blue Gardenia
Character: Casey Mayo
Released: March 20, 1953
Type: Movie
Upon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspect that she murdered him while attempting to resist his advances.
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Title: The Oscars
Character: Self
Released: March 19, 1953
Type: TV
An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.
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Title: General Electric Theater
Character: Michael Girard
Released: February 1, 1953
Type: TV
General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.
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The Raiders
Title: The Raiders
Character: Jan Morrell
Released: November 20, 1952
Type: Movie
A rancher who has staked a claim during the California gold rush goes after the gang of murderous claim-jumpers who have stolen his claim and murdered his wife.
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Title: The Ford Television Theatre
Character: Martin Crawford
Released: October 2, 1952
Type: TV
This show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to Hollywood, California, where Hollywood actors and actresses headed the cast.
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The Fighter
Title: The Fighter
Character: Felipe Rivera
Released: May 23, 1952
Type: Movie
A boxer, in Mexico, sets out to avenge the murder of his family by using the money from his winnings to purchase weapons.
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The Raging Tide
Title: The Raging Tide
Character: Bruno Felkin
Released: November 1, 1951
Type: Movie
A San Francisco hood is rubbed out by rival Bruno Felkin, who himself reports the crime to Homicide Lt. Kelsey in an alibi scheme which fails. To escape, he stows away on a fishing boat. At sea, skipper Hamil Linder receives Bruno kindly, teaching him fishing; Bruno enlists Hamil's wayward son Carl to tend his slot machines. Then Carl takes an interest in Bruno's girl Connie. Climax in a storm at sea.
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Hollywood Story
Title: Hollywood Story
Character: Larry O'Brien
Released: June 1, 1951
Type: Movie
A producer takes over a small film studio and - sensing that it'll be a good movie- begins investigating an old murder of a silent film director shot in his office years ago. He finds that his life is threatened as he digs deeper into the mystery.
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Under the Gun
Title: Under the Gun
Character: Bert Galvin
Released: February 22, 1951
Type: Movie
A convicted racketeer becomes prison trustee when an inmate whom he persuaded to escape is killed.
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The Sleeping City
Title: The Sleeping City
Character: Fred Rowan
Released: September 20, 1950
Type: Movie
A young doctor taking a break from work is shot in the head, and the police can't find a clue even as to a possible motive. Inspector Al Gordon (John Alexander) decides that he has to put some men on duty at the hospital, and one of them is Fred Rowan (Richard Conte), a detective with experience as an army medic, masquerading as an intern. What Rowan finds is a high-pressure world in which interns are hopelessly squeezed for time, sleep, energy, and -- most of all -- money, and walk a fine line on the edge of personal and professional disaster.
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The Hollywood Ten
Title: The Hollywood Ten
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: January 15, 1950
Type: Movie
A brief look at The Hollywood Ten, a group of screenwriters and directors charged with contempt of court after challenging the House Un-American Activities Committee and their controversial and self-incriminatory questions during the red scare. With that act of defiance, they were sentenced to one year in prison simply for speaking their minds and exercising their constitutional rights as concerned citizens. This is their story, their version of the facts, and their opinions.
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Whirlpool
Title: Whirlpool
Character: Dr. William 'Bill' Sutton
Released: January 13, 1950
Type: Movie
The wife of a psychoanalyst falls prey to a devious quack hypnotist when he discovers she is an habitual shoplifter. Then one of his previous patients now being treated by the real doctor is found murdered, with her still at the scene, and suspicion points only one way.
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Thieves' Highway
Title: Thieves' Highway
Character: Nick Garcos
Released: September 20, 1949
Type: Movie
Nick Garcos comes back from his tour of duty in World War II planning to settle down with his girlfriend, Polly Faber. He learns, however, that his father was recently beaten and burglarized by mob-connected trucker Mike Figlia, and Nick resolves to get even. He partners with prostitute Rica, and together they go after Mike, all the while getting pulled further into the local crime underworld.
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House of Strangers
Title: House of Strangers
Character: Max Monetti
Released: July 1, 1949
Type: Movie
Gino Monetti is a ruthless Italian-American banker who is engaged in a number of criminal activities. Three of his four grown sons refuse to help their father stay out of prison after he's arrested for his questionable business practices. Three of the sons take over the business but kick their father out. Max, a lawyer, is the only son that stays loyal to his father.
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Big Jack
Title: Big Jack
Character: Dr. Alexander Meade
Released: April 12, 1949
Type: Movie
Wallace Beery, in his final film, plays a bandit in this period drama set in Colonial America.
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Cry of the City
Title: Cry of the City
Character: Martin Rome
Released: September 29, 1948
Type: Movie
Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another crime. Police Lt. Candella must check Niles' allegation; a friend of the Rome family, he walks a tightrope between sentiment and cynicism. When Martin fears Candella will implicate his girlfriend Teena, he'll do anything to protect her. How many others will he drag down to disaster with him?
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Call Northside 777
Title: Call Northside 777
Character: Frank W. Wiecek
Released: February 13, 1948
Type: Movie
In 1932, a cop is killed and Frank Wiecek sentenced to life. Eleven years later, a newspaper ad by Frank's mother leads Chicago reporter P.J. O'Neal to look into the case. For some time, O'Neal continues to believe Frank guilty. But when he starts to change his mind, he meets increased resistance from authorities unwilling to be proved wrong.
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The Other Love
Title: The Other Love
Character: Paul Clermont
Released: May 14, 1947
Type: Movie
Seriously ill, concert pianist Karen Duncan is admitted to a Swiss sanitorium. Despite being attracted to Dr Tony Stanton she ignores his warnings of possibly fatal consequences unless she rests completely. Rather, she opts for a livelier time in Monte Carlo with dashing Paul Clermont.
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13 Rue Madeleine
Title: 13 Rue Madeleine
Character: William H. 'Bill' O'Connell
Released: January 15, 1947
Type: Movie
Bob Sharkey, an instructor of would-be spies for the Allied Office of Strategic Services, becomes suspicious of one of the latest batch of students, Bill O'Connell, who is too good at espionage. His boss, Charles Gibson confirms that O'Connell is really a top German agent, but tells Sharkey to pass him, as they intend to feed the mole false information about the impending D-Day invasion.
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Somewhere in the Night
Title: Somewhere in the Night
Character: Mel Phillips
Released: June 12, 1946
Type: Movie
George Taylor returns from WWII with amnesia. Back home in Los Angeles, he tries to track down his old identity, stumbling into a 3-year old murder case and a hunt for a missing $2 million.
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A Walk in the Sun
Title: A Walk in the Sun
Character: Pvt. Rivera
Released: December 25, 1945
Type: Movie
In the 1943 invasion of Italy, one American platoon lands, digs in, then makes its way inland to attempt to take a fortified farmhouse, as tension and casualties mount.
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The Spider
Title: The Spider
Character: Chris Conlon
Released: December 1, 1945
Type: Movie
An ex-cop is suspected of murder after he is found with a dead woman. The private detective is on the run -- attempting to prove his innocence.
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A Bell for Adano
Title: A Bell for Adano
Character: Nicolo - Italian POW
Released: June 21, 1945
Type: Movie
Major Joppolo and his men are assigned to restore order to the war-torn Italian town of Adano. He has to manage getting supplies into town without interfering with troop movements, all the while dealing with colorful citizens of the town. One of his quests is to replace the bell which orders the town's life.
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Captain Eddie
Title: Captain Eddie
Character: Pvt. John Bartek
Released: June 18, 1945
Type: Movie
WWI flyer Eddie Rickenbaker remembers his life which brought him from a car salesman, race driver and pilot in WWI, to an important person in the early years of civil airline service, after his plane crashed in the South Pacific in late 1942.
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The Purple Heart
Title: The Purple Heart
Character: Lt. Angelo Canelli
Released: February 25, 1944
Type: Movie
This is the story of the crew of a downed bomber, captured after a run over Tokyo, early in the war. Relates the hardships the men endure while in captivity, and their final humiliation: being tried and convicted as war criminals.
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Guadalcanal Diary
Title: Guadalcanal Diary
Character: Capt. Davis
Released: October 27, 1943
Type: Movie
Concentrating on the personal lives of those involved, a war correspondent takes us through the preparations, landing and initial campaign on Guadalcanal during WWII.
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Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
Title: Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
Character: Tony Casselli
Released: November 3, 1939
Type: Movie
New York store clerk joins a hobo and an illegal immigrant heading for his newly bought land in Arizona.
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Emergency
Title: Emergency
Character: Harvey Barron
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
An armed man breaks into a family's home during a terrible thunderstorm. Aired on Oct 15, 1953 as Season 2, Episode 3 of The Ford Television Theatre.