Burt Young

Burt Young

Born: April 30, 1940
Died: October 8, 2023
in New York City, New York, USA
Gerald Tommaso DeLouise (April 30, 1940 – October 8, 2023), known professionally as Burt Young, was an American actor, author, and painter. He played Rocky Balboa's brother-in-law and best friend Paulie Pennino in the Rocky film series, his performance in the first installment of which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

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Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons
Title: Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: April 23, 2024
Type: Movie
TMZ exclusively sits down with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone as they discuss for the first time how their once-fierce rivalry led to two Hollywood icons forever being friends and brothers in arms
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Sly
Title: Sly
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: September 16, 2023
Type: Movie
His love of film began as an escape from a rocky childhood. From underdog to Hollywood legend, Sylvester Stallone tells his story in this documentary.
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The Making of 'Rocky vs. Drago'
Title: The Making of 'Rocky vs. Drago'
Character: Paulie Pennino (archive footage)
Released: October 30, 2021
Type: Movie
Fight alongside Sylvester Stallone as he creates a brand-new director's cut of Rocky IV: ROCKY VS. DRAGO. This feature-length documentary offers a personal and uncompromising look into the editing process, captured by Sly's longtime friend and fellow filmmaker John Herzfeld.
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The Final Code
Title: The Final Code
Character: Detective
Released: June 29, 2021
Type: Movie
A captive daughter endures around two decades of abuse at the hands of a sadistic father. One day, destiny presents her with an opportunity to break free.
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Tomorrow's Today
Title: Tomorrow's Today
Character: Luca
Released: April 3, 2021
Type: Movie
Small time grifter, Charlie holds himself responsible for the death of his son. Trying to right his wrongs, he collides with a well meaning loser named Tommy G, a wanna-be actor who thinks he looks like Tom Hardy. They rob a liquor store to pay a gambling debt to a frightening mob boss, Big Angie, only to find out the store is owned by the mobster. The more they try to fix it, the more it unravels.
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Stallone: Frank, That Is
Title: Stallone: Frank, That Is
Character: Self
Released: January 19, 2021
Type: Movie
An inside look into the fascinating life, career and survival of the most unknown famous entertainer in Hollywood.
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Beckman
Title: Beckman
Character: Salvatore
Released: September 10, 2020
Type: Movie
A contract killer, becomes the reverend of a LA church, until a cult leader and his minions kidnap his daughter. Blinded by vengeance, he cuts a bloody path across the city. The only thing that can stop him is his newfound faith.
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40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
Title: 40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: June 9, 2020
Type: Movie
Sylvester Stallone and John G. Avildsen narrate behind-the-scenes footage from the making of "Rocky" to mark the film's 40th anniversary.
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Road to the Lemon Grove
Title: Road to the Lemon Grove
Character: Zio Vincenzo
Released: August 30, 2019
Type: Movie
A deceased Sicilian father, has one last outrageous mission in store for his son - spread his ashes in the lemon groves of Sicily, reunite two feuding families, discovering the heart and soul of who he really is.
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Vault
Title: Vault
Character: Don Ruggiero
Released: July 25, 2019
Type: Movie
A group of small time criminals in 1975 attempt to pull off the biggest heist in American history; stealing over $30 million from the Mafia in the smallest state in the union, Rhode Island.
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Epiphany
Title: Epiphany
Character: Crab Apple
Released: April 6, 2019
Type: Movie
A young girl struggles to create a relationship with her father after the death of her aunt who raised her.
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Six Children and One Grandfather
Title: Six Children and One Grandfather
Character: Mr. Bloom
Released: March 1, 2019
Type: Movie
David McDoll is a selfish and wealthy man living an enviable lifestyle in his large villa and collecting fancy cars. However, his life is about to be changed forever when he inherits his six grandchildren. His glamorous lifestyle quickly becomes complete chaos. But he will learn a valuable lesson that teaches him about placing family first and discovering a newfound appreciation for life.
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Smothered by Mothers
Title: Smothered by Mothers
Character: Ivan
Released: February 14, 2019
Type: Movie
A football star loses all of his and his relatives money in a Ponzi scheme and becomes a father with three different women, all at the same time. The Ponzi scheme forces them to all live under one roof, and he has to pull off an elaborate caper in order to get his money back.
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Title: Russian Doll
Character: Joe
Released: February 1, 2019
Type: TV
Nadia keeps dying and reliving her 36th birthday party. She's trapped in a surreal time loop -- and staring down the barrel of her own mortality.
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The Brawler
Title: The Brawler
Character: Salvatore
Released: January 18, 2019
Type: Movie
The true story of underdog boxer, Chuck Wepner, who gets a shot to fight the champ, Muhammed Ali.
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Tapestry
Title: Tapestry
Character: Ian
Released: January 10, 2019
Type: Movie
As things start to unravel in Ryan's life, he is left feeling vulnerable, insignificant and wondering why. With his priorities on everything but God, he begins to isolate himself from those around him as his hardships multiply. In the midst of the big-picture perspective his struggles give him, God places people around him to help him more clearly understand the profound plan He has for our lives. He relearns how to truly rely on God through the suffering life brings and how to be confident in the intricate plan that threads together perfectly like a tapestry.
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The Amityville Murders
Title: The Amityville Murders
Character: Michael Brigante
Released: November 5, 2018
Type: Movie
On the night of November 13th, 1974, Ronald DeFeo Jr. took a high powered rifle and murdered his entire family as they slept. At his trial, DeFeo claimed that 'voices' in the house commanded him to kill. This is their story.
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Sarah Q
Title: Sarah Q
Character: Grandpa
Released: September 21, 2018
Type: Movie
The adventures of a young woman who moves to New York City from a small town to become an actress.
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The Neighborhood
Title: The Neighborhood
Character: Jingles
Released: August 18, 2017
Type: Movie
A brash group of hoodlums have been doing minor crime jobs in their neighborhood since they were kids until they step on the wrong toes and get caught up in a war with an old-school mafia king pin and their lives soon become hell on earth.
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King Rat
Title: King Rat
Character: Art Stillman
Released: July 18, 2017
Type: Movie
A comedy-drama, King Rat examines the possibility that years after graduation - whether it's ten years or thirty - we may be stuck with the same issues we had before crossing that stage at commencement.
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Title: Horace and Pete
Character: Horace Sr.
Released: January 30, 2016
Type: TV
The owners of a dive bar in Brooklyn, Horace and Pete, along with bar regulars share their experiences and lives with each other while drinking or working at the bar.
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Irene & Marie
Title: Irene & Marie
Character: John
Released: May 17, 2015
Type: Movie
Olympia Dukakis and Rose Gregorio play Greek-American women in their 70s who create stories to avoid the realities of growing older.
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The Elevator: Three Minutes Can Change Your Life
Title: The Elevator: Three Minutes Can Change Your Life
Character: George
Released: January 2, 2015
Type: Movie
A disturbing psychological thriller, that engages the audience to the point that it is always caught off guard, thus changing the point of view of the two main performers.
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Tom in America
Title: Tom in America
Character: Michael
Released: June 17, 2014
Type: Movie
For 50 years, Michael and Betty have been united by one guiding principle: no secrets. But when a provocative Tom of Finland doll triggers Michael's long-buried desires, Betty discovers that secrets have been part of their life all along.
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Zarra's Law
Title: Zarra's Law
Character: Paul Canto
Released: June 11, 2014
Type: Movie
Retired detective Tony Zarra is pushed into the world of crime after the murder of his younger brother.
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Rob the Mob
Title: Rob the Mob
Character: Joey D
Released: March 21, 2014
Type: Movie
The true-life story of a crazy-in-love Queens couple who robbed a series of mafia social clubs and got away with it… for a while… until they stumble upon a score bigger than they ever planned and become targets of both the mob and the FBI.
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Abigail Harm
Title: Abigail Harm
Character: Mr. Warren
Released: August 30, 2013
Type: Movie
Abigail Harm is a woman living in a fictionalized New York City, who, after being granted a wish by a strange visitor, asks for love and learns of a creature who might provide it. Inspired by the Korean folktale "The Woodcutter and the Nymph.
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See You Tomorrow
Title: See You Tomorrow
Character: Palagonia
Released: April 20, 2013
Type: Movie
2013 Italian comedy
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Casting By
Title: Casting By
Character: Self
Released: November 1, 2012
Type: Movie
This essential new documentary pays tribute to the legacy of the late, legendary casting director Marion Dougherty and shines a light on one of the most overlooked and least understood crafts in filmmaking.
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The Shoemaker
Title: The Shoemaker
Character: Nicky the Greek
Released: February 1, 2012
Type: Movie
Before Nike, and Adidas, there was the Hi-Jo! Here is a Brooklyn tale set back in the day about a young Italian-American shoemaker (Frank) on the verge of greatness. News comes from his cousins in Italy that they have obtained the first automated vulcanizing machinery to produce gym shoes called the Hi-Jo.
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The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance
Title: The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance
Character: Self
Released: December 27, 2011
Type: Movie
The 35th anniversary of the 1976 Oscar-winning film “Rocky” is marked with a TV retrospective in which Sylvester Stallone and others reminisce about the creation of the movie as well as the other films in the franchise.
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Win Win
Title: Win Win
Character: Leo Poplar
Released: March 18, 2011
Type: Movie
When down-on-his-luck part-time high school wrestling coach Mike agrees to become legal guardian to an elderly man, his ward's troubled grandson turns out to be a star grappler, sparking dreams of a big win -- until the boy's mother retrieves him.
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Kingshighway
Title: Kingshighway
Character: Mario Capriolini
Released: January 1, 2010
Type: Movie
A young man visits a bar and falls for the waitress whose family turns out to be tied to Italian mob. The head henchman doesn't like him, so things heat up, even though the don likes him. Then stolen diamonds enter the picture.
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Oliviero Rising
Title: Oliviero Rising
Character: Santino
Released: February 10, 2009
Type: Movie
A young and charming employee finds himself victim of an "office intrigue" engineered by his attractive female boss.
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New York, I Love You
Title: New York, I Love You
Character: Landlord
Released: September 6, 2008
Type: Movie
New York, I Love You delves into the intimate lives of New Yorkers as they grapple with, delight in and search for love. Journey from the Diamond District in the heart of Manhattan, through Chinatown and the Upper East Side, towards the Village, into Tribeca, and Brooklyn as lovers of all ages try to find romance in the Big Apple.
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Carnera: The Walking Mountain
Title: Carnera: The Walking Mountain
Character: Lou Soresi
Released: May 9, 2008
Type: Movie
The life of Primo Carnera a.k.a. "Ambling Alp", Italian professional boxer and the World Heavyweight Champion from June 1933 to June 1934, but also accused by some of having ties to the mob.
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The Hideout
Title: The Hideout
Character: Mueller
Released: November 16, 2007
Type: Movie
A mystery-thriller about an Italian woman who moves to Davenport to open a restaurant. After her husband commits suicide, she spends fifteen years recovering at a Minnesota mental hospital. When she builds herself up enough to begin another restaurant, she discovers that a murder took place there fifty years earlier. She decides to investigate and finds a secret plot.
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Hack!
Title: Hack!
Character: J.T. Bates
Released: July 20, 2007
Type: Movie
Seven college students are picked to travel to a private island owned by the reclusive Vincent King and his film-obsessed wife Mary Shelley to study island wildlife. But is isn't long when a mysterious killer begins killing the students one-by-one, and modeling them after gory murder scenes from numerous horror films.
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Go Go Tales
Title: Go Go Tales
Character: Murray
Released: May 23, 2007
Type: Movie
A financial struggle between owners of a go-go club threatens its future.
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Skill vs. Will: The Making of 'Rocky Balboa'
Title: Skill vs. Will: The Making of 'Rocky Balboa'
Character: Self
Released: April 27, 2007
Type: Movie
An overview of the making of Rocky Balboa (2006)
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Blue Lake Butcher
Title: Blue Lake Butcher
Character: Pops
Released: February 16, 2007
Type: Movie
While traumatized by the sight of his mother's death by his father's butcher knife, Marcus finds himself in the same situation years later with his own wife. Using his butchering skills, Marcus artistically carves each body to feed his only friends, the wolves.
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Rocky Balboa
Title: Rocky Balboa
Character: Paulie Pennino
Released: December 20, 2006
Type: Movie
His Wife is dead and his Son hates him, but this old man still has fight in him! When he loses a highly publicized virtual boxing match to ex-champ Rocky Balboa, reigning heavyweight titleholder Mason Dixon retaliates by challenging Rocky to a nationally televised, 10-round exhibition bout. To the surprise of his son and friends, Rocky agrees to come out of retirement and face an opponent who's faster, stronger, and thirty years his junior.
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The Opponents
Title: The Opponents
Character: Self (archive footage) / Paulie Pennino
Released: December 5, 2006
Type: Movie
Documentary about Rocky Balboa's opponents throughout the saga from the original Rocky (1976) to Rocky V (1990).
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The Making of 'Last Exit to Brooklyn'
Title: The Making of 'Last Exit to Brooklyn'
Released: October 2, 2006
Type: Movie
A wonderful making of featurette that focuses on the controversial novel that inspired 'Last Exit to Brooklyn' as well the production history of the film. German director Uli Edel and members of his technical crew also discuss some of the obstacles that had to be overcome while shooting on location in Brooklyn. The real characters that are portrayed in the film are also interviewed.
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Title: L'onore e il rispetto
Character: Pasquale Li Causi
Released: September 5, 2006
Type: TV
L'onore e il rispetto is an Italian television series. There are three seasons, each with six episodes: first season aired in 2006, second in 2009 and third in 2012. First season was directed by Salvatore Samperi, second by Samperi and Luigi Parisi, third by Parisi and Alessio Inturri. On October 2, 2012 Gabriel Garko announced through an interview with Tgcom 24 [1], which will soon turn a fourth season of the TV series.
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Carlito's Way: Rise to Power
Title: Carlito's Way: Rise to Power
Character: Artie Bottolota Sr.
Released: September 27, 2005
Type: Movie
Jay Hernandez (Friday Night Lights), Mario Van Peebles (Ali), Luis Guzmán (Carlito's Way) and Sean Combs (Monster's Ball) star in the gripping tale of the early years of gangster legend Carlito Brigante. Seduced by the power of the brutal New York underworld, he enters a deadly circle of greed and retribution. Assisted by his two brothers-in-crime, Carlito is on the fast track to becoming Spanish Harlem's ultimate kingpin. He quickly learns, however, that the only way to survive at the top is through loyalty to his friends and respect for the rules of the street. (FILMAFFINITY)
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Bio.
Title: Bio.
Character: Self
Released: March 1, 2005
Type: Movie
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Transamerica
Title: Transamerica
Character: Murray Schupak
Released: February 14, 2005
Type: Movie
A transgender woman takes an unexpected journey when she learns that she had a son, now a teenage runaway hustling on the streets of New York.
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Nicky's Game
Title: Nicky's Game
Character: Leo Singer
Released: January 1, 2005
Type: Movie
A down on his luck Brooklyn native parlays his Yale education into a job as a professional poker player.
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Downtown: A Street Tale
Title: Downtown: A Street Tale
Character: Gus
Released: November 7, 2004
Type: Movie
A group of street kids find that the only way to make it through the day is to hold onto their dreams while their reality is eating out of dumpsters, turning tricks and squatting in abandoned buildings.
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Land of Plenty
Title: Land of Plenty
Character: Sherman
Released: September 10, 2004
Type: Movie
After living abroad, Lana returns to the United States, and finds that her uncle is a reclusive vagabond with psychic wounds from the Vietnam War.
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Los Angeles Plays Itself
Title: Los Angeles Plays Itself
Character: Curly in Chinatown (archive footage)
Released: July 28, 2004
Type: Movie
From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop to countless movies. In this dazzling work, Andersen takes viewers on a whirlwind tour through the metropolis' real and cinematic history, investigating the myriad stories and legends that have come to define it, and meticulously, judiciously revealing the real city that lives beneath.
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Title: The Handler
Character: Dino Mantoni
Released: September 26, 2003
Type: TV
The Handler is a crime series created by Canadian writer-producer Chris Haddock, airing in the United States on CBS in the 2003-04 season. The show starred Joe Pantoliano as Joe Renato, an FBI agent assigned to train and handle young undercover officers in the FBI. Other cast members included Hill Harper, Anna Belknap, Lola Glaudini, and Tanya Wright. Belknap and Harper would reunite as costars on the drama CSI: New York beginning in 2005.
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Title: I'm with Her
Released: September 23, 2003
Type: TV
When everyman Patrick Owen is bitten by the easily-excited puppy of movie star Alexandra Young, he becomes an overnight sensation. His anonymity and privacy go up in the flash of a hundred paparazzi cameras.
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Crooked Lines
Title: Crooked Lines
Character: Mike
Released: May 18, 2003
Type: Movie
Johnny, Chris, Sal, and Joe are four petty crooks thrown together for the job of a lifetime. $1 million in mob money being held at a delicatessen for pick-up seems like an easy score until the bumbling quartet collaborate to mess the whole thing up. Suddenly the Brooklyn mafia and police are on their trail and the fool proof plan now looks like a death trap.
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Kiss The Bride
Title: Kiss The Bride
Character: Santo Sposato
Released: October 16, 2002
Type: Movie
Sibling drama overshadows the impending nuptials of Danni Sposato and her longtime boyfriend, Geoff Brancato. Television actress Niki brings her manager-boyfriend, Marty, to meet the family for the first time, while spiky youngest sister Toni shows off her bandmate and lover, Amy, and driven Wall Street banker Chrissy flashes the status symbols of her financial success.
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The Adventures of Pluto Nash
Title: The Adventures of Pluto Nash
Character: Gino
Released: August 16, 2002
Type: Movie
The year is 2087, the setting is the moon. Pluto Nash, the high-flying successful owner of the hottest nightclub in the universe, finds himself in trouble when he refuses to sell his club to lunar gangster Mogan, who just happens to be helping the mysterious Rex Crater mastermind a plan to take over the entire moon.
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Checkout
Title: Checkout
Character: Uncle Louie
Released: August 2, 2002
Type: Movie
A romantic comedy about a grocery store dating service that is set to open a one-week run this Friday at the Little Theatre.
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The Day the Ponies Come Back
Title: The Day the Ponies Come Back
Character: John Stoller
Released: March 21, 2001
Type: Movie
Daniel Moulin goes to New York on a business trip and decides to take advantage of his time in the Big Apple to try and locate the father he never knew. The only thing he has to go on however is an address in the Bronx that is 25 years old.
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The Boys of Sunset Ridge
Title: The Boys of Sunset Ridge
Character: Hank Bartlowski
Released: March 11, 2001
Type: Movie
Four young friends sneak onto an exclusive country club for 18 holes of golf, and begin a tradition that will strengthen their bonds and weather the test of time in this affectionate drama from writer/director Doug McKeon (On Golden Pond). Ben, Hank, Charlie, and John are four spirited youths with a shared love of golf. Determined to play a round at the exclusive Sunset Ridge Country Club despite the fact that none of them are members, the longtime friends sneak onto the golf course, and vow to make their clandestine game an annual event. Over the years, each of the four friends set down different paths in life, but through it all they never miss a game. When 60 years have passed, and the time comes to reflect on their rich and varied experiences, all four realize that it was the power of friendship that helped them endure hard times, and never lose hope that things will get better
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Plan B
Title: Plan B
Character: Sal Palermo
Released: January 1, 2001
Type: Movie
A bookkeeper who thinks she killed three mobsters is subsequently promoted by her boss to be a hitman.
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Very Mean Men
Title: Very Mean Men
Character: Dominic Piazza
Released: June 10, 2000
Type: Movie
A bartender wants rid of an obnoxious drunk but not until the drunk has left a decent tip. So the bartender tells the story of two mobster families, the Minetti's who work out of an Italian restaurant in the East San Fernando Valley, and the Mulroney's who work out of an Irish pub in the West San Fernando Valley. Mob war breaks out when one of the Minetti "boys" stiffs Big Paddy's daughter on her tip. We soon see why these hoods are called very mean men
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Never Look Back
Title: Never Look Back
Character: Warden Gavin
Released: March 31, 2000
Type: Movie
Jailed ex-fighter Donavan Wallace strikes a deal with the prison warden for early parole - he is to go into a town to pick up a mysterious crate. He finds himself framed for the murder of a local waitress but before being thrown behind bars once again he is able to retrieve, and then hide, the crate. Donavan manages to break free from jail but finds himself pursued by various conspirators who are after the contents of the crate
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L'uomo della fortuna
Title: L'uomo della fortuna
Character: Don Ettore Visone
Released: March 10, 2000
Type: Movie
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Blue Moon
Title: Blue Moon
Character: Bobby
Released: January 16, 2000
Type: Movie
Hoping to revitalize their marriage, an elderly couple from New York (Gazzara, Moreno) go on vacation to the Catskills.
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Table One
Title: Table One
Character: Frankie Chips
Released: January 1, 2000
Type: Movie
Four friends (Stephen Baldwin, Michael Rooker, Luis Guzman and David Herman) who are misfits in the New York City social scene have trouble meeting available women. They come up with the idea of opening a trendy restaurant -- funding their new venture with the help of a local gangster -- in hopes of attracting a large female clientele. It's one comedy situation after another as they stumble through their various misadventures.
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Terra bruciata
Title: Terra bruciata
Character: Joe
Released: November 26, 1999
Type: Movie
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Title: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character: Eddy Mack
Released: September 20, 1999
Type: TV
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
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Mickey Blue Eyes
Title: Mickey Blue Eyes
Character: Vito Graziosi
Released: August 16, 1999
Type: Movie
An English auctioneer proposes to the daughter of a mafia kingpin, only to realize that certain "favors" would be asked of him.
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The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes'
Title: The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes'
Character: Self
Released: July 31, 1999
Type: Movie
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The Florentine
Title: The Florentine
Character: Joe McCollough
Released: April 19, 1999
Type: Movie
A slice-of-life story unfolds inside The Florentine, a bar in a Pennsylvania steel town whose brightest days are behind it, leaving behind many of life's disillusioned "losers." Its owner, Whitey (Michael Madsen), is deep in debt to the town's loan shark, Joe McCollough (Burt Young), and desperate for a path forward which won't cost him the bar. His sister, Molly (Virginia Madsen), is days away from her long-awaited nuptials, and then her former fiancé, Teddy (Tom Sizemore), shows up in town for the first time since leaving her at the altar years before. Ne'er-do-well Billy Belasco (Jim Belushi) runs a con on Frankie (Luke Perry) to steal the money for the wedding caterer, while long-time regular Bobby (Chris Penn) becomes a patron-cum-inhabitant as he hides from his fast-crumbling marriage to Vikki (Mary Stuart Masterson). Every plot in this multi-layered story seems to be at its nadir just as a pair of unlikely heroes emerge out of the backdrop to turn everything around.
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Title: The Sopranos
Character: Bobby Baccalieri, Sr.
Released: January 10, 1999
Type: TV
The story of New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads. Those difficulties are often highlighted through his ongoing professional relationship with psychiatrist Jennifer Melfi. The show features Tony's family members and Mafia associates in prominent roles and story arcs, most notably his wife Carmela and his cousin and protégé Christopher Moltisanti.
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Loser Love
Title: Loser Love
Character: Sydney
Released: January 1, 1999
Type: Movie
A young woman decides to get even with her abusive boyfriend.
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The Deli
Title: The Deli
Character: JC
Released: November 7, 1997
Type: Movie
An enchanting slice-of-life comedy about a hard luck gambler who gets in over his head when he starts putting his store's profits on the line.
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Before Women Had Wings
Title: Before Women Had Wings
Character: Louis Ippolito
Released: November 2, 1997
Type: Movie
An adaptation of Connie May Fowler's 1996 novel tracing the unlikely friendship between a young white girl, daughter of an alcoholic mother and a no-good father, and a tender-hearted but reclusive black woman in the rural South of the '60s.
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Kicked in the Head
Title: Kicked in the Head
Character: Jack
Released: September 26, 1997
Type: Movie
When Redmon finds himself out of home and job, his life becomes a series of unpredictable escapades - from dodging gunfire after his uncle makes him deliver a highly suspicious package to pursuing a moody stewardess he thinks has come to save him. Soon Redmond begins to suspect his road of mishap might actually be the path to the truth he has been seeking all along.
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She's So Lovely
Title: She's So Lovely
Character: Lorenzo
Released: August 29, 1997
Type: Movie
After being released from a psychiatric institution, a man tries to redeem himself in the eyes of his now-ex wife from the events that led up to his incarceration.
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Title: The Last Don
Character: Virginio Ballazzo
Released: May 11, 1997
Type: TV
In this world power isn't everything, it's the only thing. Best selling author of Mario 'The Godfather' Puzo's blockbuster new novel comes to life in this epic saga of America's most powerful crime family.
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Hot Blooded
Title: Hot Blooded
Character: Roy
Released: January 10, 1997
Type: Movie
College boy Trent is returning home for the holidays when he crosses the path of bad-girl Miya at a truck stop. When he agrees to give her a ride, he becomes part and parcel to all her twisted desires.
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Heaven Before I Die
Title: Heaven Before I Die
Character: Pollof
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
Jacob's feet are so turned out that he walks like Charlie Chaplin. He is different because of that and decides to emigrate from Palestine to Canada, where "everyone is equal". There everybody treats him kindly, and a thief specializing in stealing money from cash machines takes him into his home and treats him like a son, waitress Selma finds him a job as a Chaplin imitator, "prophet" Khalil Gibran gives him wise advice
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FireHouse
Title: FireHouse
Character: Chief Shea
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
A film about the dealings of a crew at a firehouse. The group is attacked by an assassin and eventually must accept that the firehouse is to be consolidated with a rescue unit.
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The Undertaker's Wedding
Title: The Undertaker's Wedding
Character: Alberto
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
A hapless undertaker becomes embroiled in a mafia war when he's forced to protect the brutal brother of a mob kingpin while be becomes romantically involved with the mob brother's wife.
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North Star
Title: North Star
Character: Reno
Released: January 3, 1996
Type: Movie
Set during the Alaskan gold rush of the late 1800s. In his efforts to gain control of a small mining town, Sean McLennon is buying up every claim that becomes available, usually after the deaths of the previous owners at the hands of McLennon's 'assistants'. One of the miners targeted by McLennon, a half-Indian hunter named Hudson Saanteek, manages to escape his hired thugs and comes back into town looking to re-establish his claim and get revenge. McLennon and his men have the advantage of numbers and weapons, but Saanteek has his survival skills and knowledge of the Alaskan wilderness.
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Title: Bless This House
Released: September 11, 1995
Type: TV
Bless This House is an American CBS sitcom which starred Andrew Dice Clay and Cathy Moriarty.
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Title: The Outer Limits
Character: Captain Parker
Released: March 26, 1995
Type: TV
Anthology series of composed of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end, with occasional recurring story elements that were often tied together during season-finale clip shows.
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Title: The Maharaja's Daughter
Character: Milai
Released: February 2, 1995
Type: TV
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Title: Crocodile Shoes
Released: November 10, 1994
Type: TV
Crocodile Shoes is a British 7-part television series made by the BBC and screened on BBC One in 1994. The series was written by and starred Jimmy Nail as a factory worker who becomes a country and western singer. A sequel, Crocodile Shoes II followed in 1996 and the theme tune "Country Boy" was a hit for Nail too.
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Vendetta II: The New Mafia
Title: Vendetta II: The New Mafia
Character: Vincent Domenici
Released: November 28, 1993
Type: Movie
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Double Deception
Title: Double Deception
Character: Zimmer
Released: June 21, 1993
Type: Movie
An ex-call girl hires private investigator Jon Kane to find her missing husband.
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Excessive Force
Title: Excessive Force
Character: Sal DiMarco
Released: May 14, 1993
Type: Movie
Chicago policeman Terry McCain is determined to put away mobster Sal DiMarco, who always gets acquitted on technicalities. While monitoring a drug sale, a shootout ensues, and one of Terry's fellow officers gets away with $3 million of Sal's money. Suspecting Terry took the cash, the mobster sends his men to kill Terry's brother, Dylan, and partner, Frankie Hawkins. Furious, Terry sets out to take his revenge by any means necessary.
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Title: Walker, Texas Ranger
Character: Jack 'Soldier' Belmont
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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The Final Contract
Title: The Final Contract
Character: Francesco Della Croce
Released: February 7, 1993
Type: Movie
David Sloan is 40 and is a Vietnam veteran unable to accept his violent past. Decides to consult a psychiatrist and gradually begins to understand that there are other things in life besides killing.
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Circle of Fear
Title: Circle of Fear
Character: Mancini
Released: August 27, 1992
Type: Movie
Michael Woods stars as Tony Giordani, a narcotics agent who learns that his wife has been murdered while he is recuperating from an attack by a mysterious stranger. His boss thinks it's a Mafia vendetta, but Tony follows the clues to an empty house which his wife had been photographing on the day of her murder. There, he finds a burned corpse and several clues leading to the Full Moon Killer, who has been decapitating prostitutes around the city. The owner of the house is an insane countess, whose escape from an asylum leads to yet another murder. Before long, Tony and his partner, Lisa, with whom he is engaged in a passionate affair, find themselves targeted for murder unless they can solve the case.
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Bad Girls
Title: Bad Girls
Character: Leo
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
The Italian erotic thriller Cattive ragazze (Bad Girls) was directed by gossip columnist Marina Ripa Di Meana, and stars Eva Grimaldi as a recently divorced woman falling in love with a male stripper, alongside a cast of big names such as Anita Ekberg and Burt Young.
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Title: Vendetta: Secrets of a Mafia Bride
Released: May 20, 1991
Type: TV
A girl's father is accidentally murdered during a botched mob hit. The don feels guilty and decides to take care of the girl. She grows up and falls in love with one of his goons. What she doesn't know yet is that he shot her dad.
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Americano rosso
Title: Americano rosso
Character: George Maniago
Released: April 19, 1991
Type: Movie
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Rocky V
Title: Rocky V
Character: Paulie Pennino
Released: November 16, 1990
Type: Movie
A lifetime of taking shots has ended Rocky’s career, and a crooked accountant has left him broke. Inspired by the memory of his trainer, however, Rocky finds glory in training and takes on an up-and-coming boxer.
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Bright Angel
Title: Bright Angel
Character: Art
Released: November 1, 1990
Type: Movie
In Montana, naive teenager George longs to escape from his broken home before his dysfunctional parents push him over the edge. When George meets pretty drifter Lucy, she easily convinces him and his friend Claude to join her on a road trip to Montana in hopes of breaking her brother out of jail.
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Backstreet Dreams
Title: Backstreet Dreams
Character: Luca
Released: September 29, 1990
Type: Movie
Backstreet Dreams is the story of a man, who has a disturbed child. He and his wife take their son to a clinic, where he is diagnosed by a talented psychologist (Stevie), as being autistic. After catching his unfaithful wife with another man, Dean tells Lucy to leave, and is faced with the task of raising Shane on his own. Stevie believes that she can improve Shane's condition, going back to Dean's apartment and later convincing him that he can provide a better world for his son. Angelo, who lives in the same apartment building and is like a father to Dean, urges on the relationship, sensing that Stevie is luring Dean away from backstreet dealings, and giving him courage to face life in a positive way. Together, they build a foundation for a better life outside of the violence and danger of the backstreets where they live.
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Diving In
Title: Diving In
Character: Coach Mack
Released: September 21, 1990
Type: Movie
A high school diver fights his fear of heights and diving to get onto the team. He gets onto the team, only to find that he must dive the high platform in order to compete. His problems are further compounded by social issues out of the pool. His sister is being taken advantage of by the local tough-guy, and his coach writes him off as a loser. To aid in his overcoming of his phobia, he enlists in a previous women's olympic coach, whom he falls for and crosses the line between business and pleasure. During his training with the new coach, he experiences a bad diving accident and is warned not to dive in the championship. He ignores these warnings, and enters the competition.
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Title: Law & Order
Character: Lewis Darnell
Released: September 13, 1990
Type: TV
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
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Club Fed
Title: Club Fed
Character: Warden Boyle
Released: August 9, 1990
Type: Movie
A powerful gangster is murdered. However, All of his holdings were in his girlfriend's name. So she is charged and sent to a minimum-security prison, where all of the prisoners are filthy rich. There she meets and falls in love with an undercover FBI agent.
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Betsy's Wedding
Title: Betsy's Wedding
Character: Georgie
Released: June 22, 1990
Type: Movie
Offbeat fashion student Betsy Hopper and her straight-laced investment-banker fiancé Jake Lovell just want an intimate little wedding reception, but Betsy's father Eddie, a Long Island construction contractor, feels so threatened by Jake's rich WASP parents that he blows the ceremony up into a bank-breaking showpiece, sending his wife Lola into a financial panic.
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Wait Until Spring, Bandini
Title: Wait Until Spring, Bandini
Released: November 1, 1989
Type: Movie
Rocklin Colorado, 1925. A hard cold winter. Young Arturo Bandini loves his father Svevo, his mother Maria and his brothers. Even though his bricklayer father wastes the little money he has in the Imperial Poolhall and his time with the rich American widow, Hildegarde. Even though his beautiful and pious mother lets his father get away with that, even if his little brother wets the bed. Arturo loves them all. He also loves to play baseball, even though he has to wait until spring. And he also loves the movies ... and Rosa. But she doesn't love him ...
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Beverly Hills Brats
Title: Beverly Hills Brats
Character: Clive
Released: October 6, 1989
Type: Movie
A rich young boy arranges to be kidnapped so he'll get more attention from his parents.
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Blood Red
Title: Blood Red
Character: Andrews
Released: August 18, 1989
Type: Movie
Set in the Napa Valley in 1895, an immigrant family struggles to keep their vineyards from industrialists.
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Last Exit to Brooklyn
Title: Last Exit to Brooklyn
Character: Big Joe
Released: July 26, 1989
Type: Movie
A gallery of characters in Brooklyn in the 1950s are crushed by their surroundings and selves: a union strike leader discovers he is gay; a prostitute falls in love with one of her clients; a family cannot cope with the fact that their daughter is illegitimately pregnant.
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Title: Tales from the Crypt
Character: Gambler
Released: June 10, 1989
Type: TV
Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the classic E.C. Comics tales from back in the day. So shamble up to the bar and pick your poison. Will it be an insane Santa on a personal slay ride? Honeymooners out to fulfill the "til death do we part" vow ASAP?
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Going Overboard
Title: Going Overboard
Character: General Noriega
Released: May 11, 1989
Type: Movie
A struggling young comedian takes a menial job on a cruise ship where he hopes for his big chance to make it in the world of cruise ship comedy.
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Hello Actors Studio
Title: Hello Actors Studio
Character: Self
Released: November 9, 1988
Type: Movie
After Lee Strasberg’s death in 1982, the most prestigious talents from the Actors Studio assumed the leadership of this exceptional organization. For the first time ever, filmmakers have been allowed to film their work.
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Title: Roomies
Character: Nick Chase
Released: March 19, 1987
Type: TV
Roomies is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from March 19, 1987 to May 15, 1987. Reruns of the series later aired on Saturday morning.
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Medium Rare
Title: Medium Rare
Character: Harry Costas
Released: March 4, 1987
Type: Movie
Death of his wife's pet poodle and a threatening movie producer create a world of trouble for a middle-aged B-movie mogul. He hires two psychopathic goons to take care of it, which only creates more trouble and attracts the cops.
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Back to School
Title: Back to School
Character: Lou
Released: June 13, 1986
Type: Movie
Self-made millionaire Thornton Melon decides to get a better education and enrolls at his son Jason's college. While Jason tries to fit in with his fellow students, Thornton struggles to gain his son's respect, giving way to hilarious antics.
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Rocky IV
Title: Rocky IV
Character: Paulie Pennino
Released: November 21, 1985
Type: Movie
Rocky Balboa proudly holds the world heavyweight boxing championship, but a new challenger has stepped forward: Ivan Drago, a six-foot-four, 261-pound fighter who has the backing of the Soviet Union.
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Title: The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character: Ed Fratus. the Salesman
Released: September 29, 1985
Type: TV
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1985 to 1986, and on the USA Network from 1987 to 1989. The series is an updated re-imagining of the classic 1955 series Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
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Title: The Equalizer
Character: Louie Ganucci
Released: September 18, 1985
Type: TV
Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private crime fighting operation where he fashions himself as "The Equalizer." It is a service for victims of the system who have exhausted all possible means of seeking justice and have nowhere to go. McCall promises to even out the odds for them.
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A Summer to Remember
Title: A Summer to Remember
Character: Fidel Fargo
Released: March 27, 1985
Type: Movie
Silent since losing his hearing to meningitis, young Toby Wyler takes a bitter stance against the world and his family, refusing to accept his new stepfather. But when a highly trained orangutan named Casey is thrown from a truck near Toby's home, the boy soon has a secret friend he can communicate with via sign language.
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Title: Miami Vice
Character: Lupo Ramirez
Released: September 16, 1984
Type: TV
The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking and prostitution, centered on the unlikely partnership of Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs - who first meet when Tubbs is undercover in a drug cartel.
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The Pope of Greenwich Village
Title: The Pope of Greenwich Village
Character: Bed Bug Eddie
Released: June 22, 1984
Type: Movie
Charlie and his troublesome cousin Paulie decide to steal $150000 in order to back a "sure thing" race horse that Paulie has inside information on. The aftermath of the robbery gets them into serious trouble with the local Mafia boss and the corrupt New York City police department.
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Once Upon a Time in America
Title: Once Upon a Time in America
Character: Joe
Released: May 23, 1984
Type: Movie
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
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Over the Brooklyn Bridge
Title: Over the Brooklyn Bridge
Character: Phil
Released: March 2, 1984
Type: Movie
A put-upon Jewish deli owner in Brooklyn dreams of getting out from underneath the thumb of his domineering father and his haughty fashion-model girlfriend by buying his own restaurant in midtown Manhattan.
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Lookin' to Get Out
Title: Lookin' to Get Out
Character: Jerry Feldman
Released: October 8, 1982
Type: Movie
Two gamblers must leave New York City after one loses a lot of money. Doing what all gamblers in trouble would do, they hurry to the gambling capital Las Vegas to turn their luck around.
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Amityville II: The Possession
Title: Amityville II: The Possession
Character: Anthony Montelli
Released: September 24, 1982
Type: Movie
A local priest tries to rid 112 Ocean Avenue of unclean spirits, but what he doesn't yet suspect is that teen Sonny Montelli has been possessed, body and soul, by a murderous demon bent on total destruction.
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Rocky III
Title: Rocky III
Character: Paulie Pennino
Released: May 28, 1982
Type: Movie
Now the world champion, Rocky Balboa is living in luxury and only fighting opponents who pose no threat to him in the ring, until Clubber Lang challenges him to a bout. After taking a pounding from Lang, the humbled champ turns to former bitter rival Apollo Creed for a rematch with Lang.
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...All the Marbles
Title: ...All the Marbles
Character: Eddie Cisco
Released: March 1, 1981
Type: Movie
A two-bit promoter tries to take a women's wrestling team to the top.
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Blood Beach
Title: Blood Beach
Character: Sergeant Royko
Released: September 1, 1980
Type: Movie
Something or someone is attacking people one by one on the beach. Some of them are mutilated, but most of them are sucked into the sand, disappearing without a trace. What is the creature responsible? Where does it live, and where did it come from? And is there any chance of it reproducing? Meanwhile, David Huffman and Mariana Hill are once-almost-married old friends, reunited over the death of her mother on the beach, and searching for clues in the abandoned buildings where they used to play when they were young.
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Murder Can Hurt You!
Title: Murder Can Hurt You!
Character: Lt. Palumbo
Released: May 21, 1980
Type: Movie
A private eye spoof that sends up assorted TV detectives from Ironside, Columbo and Kojak to Baretta, McCloud and Starsky and Hutch, as eight bumbling super-sleuths band together in a battle of wits against the devilishly clever Master Criminal.
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Rocky II
Title: Rocky II
Character: Paulie Pennino
Released: June 15, 1979
Type: Movie
After Rocky goes the distance with champ Apollo Creed, both try to put the fight behind them and move on. Rocky settles down with Adrian but can't put his life together outside the ring, while Creed seeks a rematch to restore his reputation. Soon enough, the "Master of Disaster" and the "Italian Stallion" are set on a collision course for a climactic battle that is brutal and unforgettable.
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Daddy, I Don't Like It Like This
Title: Daddy, I Don't Like It Like This
Character: Rocco Agnelli
Released: July 12, 1978
Type: Movie
The unfulfilled dreams of his parents and the tensions created at home cause life to become a nightmare for a youngster who seeks release in a withdrawal to his own world.
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Convoy
Title: Convoy
Character: Pig Pen
Released: June 27, 1978
Type: Movie
Trucker Rubber Duck and his buddies Pig Pen, Widow Woman and Spider Mike use their CB radios to warn one another of the presence of cops. But conniving Sheriff Wallace is hip to the truckers' tactics, and begins tricking the drivers through his own CB broadcasts. Facing constant harassment from the law, Rubber Duck and his pals use their radios to coordinate a vast convoy and rule the road.
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Uncle Joe Shannon
Title: Uncle Joe Shannon
Character: Joe Shannon
Released: January 1, 1978
Type: Movie
A trumpet player, self-destructive after the death of his wife and child in a fire, befriends a crippled youngster and together they battle obstacles through each other's encouragement.
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The Choirboys
Title: The Choirboys
Character: Scuzzi
Released: December 23, 1977
Type: Movie
A group of Los Angeles cops decide to take off some of the pressures of their jobs by engaging in various forms of after-hours debauchery.
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Twilight's Last Gleaming
Title: Twilight's Last Gleaming
Character: Augie Garvas
Released: February 9, 1977
Type: Movie
A renegade USAF general, Lawrence Dell, escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM silo near Montana and threatens to provoke World War 3 unless the President reveals details of a secret meeting held just after the start of the Vietnam War between Dell and the then President's most trusted advisors.
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Rocky
Title: Rocky
Character: Paulie Pennino
Released: November 21, 1976
Type: Movie
An uneducated collector for a Philadelphia loan shark is given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fight against the world heavyweight boxing champion.
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Woman of the Year
Title: Woman of the Year
Character: Ralph Rodino
Released: July 28, 1976
Type: Movie
The story of the tumultuous marriage of a gruff sportswriter and a sophisticated international reporter who work together on the same newspaper.
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Harry and Walter Go to New York
Title: Harry and Walter Go to New York
Character: Warden Durgom
Released: June 17, 1976
Type: Movie
Two hoplessly out of their class con-men attempt to pull off the largest bank heist of the l9th century—by gaining the enmity of the most famous bank robber in the world and the affection of a crusading newspaperwoman.
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Serpico: The Deadly Game
Title: Serpico: The Deadly Game
Character: Alec Rosen
Released: April 24, 1976
Type: Movie
This pilot film for the TV series is the story of Officer Frank Serpico, a New York City cop who fought crime in the city and corruption in the police department.
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The Killer Elite
Title: The Killer Elite
Character: Mac
Released: December 19, 1975
Type: Movie
Mike Locken is one of the principal members of a group of freelance spies. A significant portion of their work is for the CIA, and while on a case for them one of his friends turns on him and shoots him in the elbow and knee. His assignment, to protect someone, goes down in flames. He is nearly crippled, but with braces is able to again become mobile. For revenge as much as anything else, Mike goes after his ex-friend.
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Murph the Surf
Title: Murph the Surf
Character: Sgt. Bernasconi
Released: June 11, 1975
Type: Movie
Based on a true story, details the daring 1964 theft of the J.P. Morgan jewel collection from New York's American Museum of Natural History. Called the "Greatest Jewel Heist of the 20th Century," the robbers took 22 precious gems, including the Star of India, the 100.32-carat de Long Ruby and the 16.25-carat Eagle Diamond, stones so famous they would be impossible to sell.
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Hustling
Title: Hustling
Character: Gustavino
Released: February 22, 1975
Type: Movie
Based on Gail Sheehy's book, this film chronicles how a reporter for a New York City magazine decided to investigate the city's prostitution industry to find out just who was making all the money. What she found out caused a firestorm of controversy--that many of the city's richest and most powerful families and corporations benefited directly and indirectly from the illegal sex business.
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Title: Baretta
Released: January 17, 1975
Type: TV
Baretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. The show was a milder version of a successful 1973–74 ABC series, Toma, starring Tony Musante as chameleon-like, real-life New Jersey police officer David Toma. While popular, Toma received intense criticism at the time for its realistic and frequent depiction of police and criminal violence. When Musante left the series after a single season, the concept was retooled as Baretta, with Robert Blake in the title role.
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Title: Baretta
Character: Willy
Released: January 17, 1975
Type: TV
Baretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. The show was a milder version of a successful 1973–74 ABC series, Toma, starring Tony Musante as chameleon-like, real-life New Jersey police officer David Toma. While popular, Toma received intense criticism at the time for its realistic and frequent depiction of police and criminal violence. When Musante left the series after a single season, the concept was retooled as Baretta, with Robert Blake in the title role.
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Title: Baretta
Character: Solomon
Released: January 17, 1975
Type: TV
Baretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. The show was a milder version of a successful 1973–74 ABC series, Toma, starring Tony Musante as chameleon-like, real-life New Jersey police officer David Toma. While popular, Toma received intense criticism at the time for its realistic and frequent depiction of police and criminal violence. When Musante left the series after a single season, the concept was retooled as Baretta, with Robert Blake in the title role.
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The Gambler
Title: The Gambler
Character: Carmine
Released: October 2, 1974
Type: Movie
New York City English professor Axel Freed outwardly seems like an upstanding citizen. But privately Freed is in the clutches of a severe gambling addiction that threatens to destroy him.
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The Great Niagara
Title: The Great Niagara
Character: Ace Tully
Released: September 24, 1974
Type: Movie
An embittered old man is obsessed with conquering the Niagara River and Niagara Falls. He endangers his sons' lives by forcing them to challenge the falls by going over them in a barrel.
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Title: The Rockford Files
Character: Stuart Gaily
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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Chinatown
Title: Chinatown
Character: Curly
Released: June 20, 1974
Type: Movie
Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together.
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Cinderella Liberty
Title: Cinderella Liberty
Character: Master at Arms
Released: December 18, 1973
Type: Movie
A lonely Navy sailor falls in love with a Seattle hooker and becomes a surrogate father figure for her son during an extended liberty due to his service records being lost.
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The Connection
Title: The Connection
Character: Ernie
Released: February 27, 1973
Type: Movie
An out-of-work newspaperman in need of money becomes the go-between for a jewel thief and an insurance company that wants to settle.
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Across 110th Street
Title: Across 110th Street
Character: Lapides
Released: December 19, 1972
Type: Movie
In a daring robbery, some $300,000 is taken from the Italian mob. Several mafiosi are killed, as are two policemen. Lt. Pope and Capt. Mattelli are two New York City cops trying to break the case. Three small-time criminals are on the run with the money. Will the mafia catch them first, or will the police?
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Title: M*A*S*H
Character: Lt. Willis
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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The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
Title: The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
Character: Willie Quarequlo
Released: December 22, 1971
Type: Movie
A Brooklyn mobster and his gang try to rub out their rivals.
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Born to Win
Title: Born to Win
Character: First Hood
Released: December 1, 1971
Type: Movie
A smart-mouthed junkie and a former hairdresser spends his days looking for just "one more fix".
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Title: Columbo
Character: Mo Weinberg
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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Carnival of Blood
Title: Carnival of Blood
Character: Gimpy (as John Harris)
Released: June 16, 1970
Type: Movie
A psychopathic killer uses the carousel ride at a carnival to pick his victims, whom he then murders and dismembers.
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Title: The Mike Douglas Show
Character: Self
Released: December 11, 1961
Type: TV
The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.
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Way of the Warriors
Title: Way of the Warriors
Character: George Stevens
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A high school hockey team in Minnesota overcomes challenges on and off the ice to have a chance of winning a state championship.