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1998
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1997
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In this sequel to the surprise hit Grumpy Old Men, life goes on much as it usually does in Wabasha County, Minnesota, with...
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Grandpa Gustafson
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1995
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Narrated by actor Alec Baldwin, this documentary profiles the adventurous, contentious, and very talented director William...
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1995
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This light-hearted comedy depicts a typical summer camp, but with a special twist: this camp was designed by the campers...
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1994
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1994
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The highly acclaimed PBS {^Conserving America} four-part series provides an entertaining and inspiring look at how Americans...
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1994
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The highly acclaimed PBS {^Conserving America} four-part series provides an entertaining and inspiring look at how Americans...
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1994
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NASA: Tribute -- Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, and Skylab provides a time capsule of America's first steps into space. These four...
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1993
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Filmmaker Jean Renoir (1894-1979) had an extremely long career writing, directing, producing and acting in films, beginning...
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1993
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This cheerful holiday comedy, a surprise box office smash, featured a generous dollop of raunchy, crude humor and was greatly...
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Grandpa Gustafson
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1993
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Each episode of this series presents different battles from the war. Each uses re-enactments, expert commentary, and readings...
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1992
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Each episode of this series offers different battles of the war. Each uses re-enactments, expert commentary, and readings by...
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1992
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This documentary is named for a play written by Maxwell Anderson, one of the giants of 20th century American theater. The...
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1992
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By the third year of the Civil War, personal and national tragedy had worn down President Lincoln. However, he focused on...
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1992
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This video is the fourth installment of the Lincoln series, originally aired on PBS. This volume focuses on the last days...
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1992
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President Abraham Lincoln leads the Union in the fight to end the awful bloodshed of the Civil War. The year is 1863. The...
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1992
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A shrewd politician, Abraham Lincoln had the intelligence, ambition, and principles to grow into his job as president. This...
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1992
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Advertised as a comedy in the style of The Gods Must Be Crazy, the crime farce Oddball Hall bears little actual resemblance...
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1991
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1991
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This musical performance video of The Chieftain's is a holiday celebration. Guest stars highlight this video, including...
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1991
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This documentary, hosted by actor Burgess Meredith, explores the life and career of movie director Otto Preminger, whose...
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1991
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"Remake fever" spread in 1991 to the producers of the TV-movie Night of the Hunter. 36 years earlier, writer James Agee,...
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1991
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Touted upon its release as the finale of the Rocky saga, this fifth entry in the long-running series of sports dramas...
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Mickey
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1990
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This directorial effort from Phil Joanou stars Sean Penn as an Irish-American undercover cop working the Hell's Kitchen beat....
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1990
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This biographical documentary takes the viewer on an expedition through Robert Frost's poetry by recreating events from his...
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1989
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One of Hollywood's most distinguished directors, John Huston is profiled in this no-holds-barred documentary. Discounting the...
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1989
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Written by playwright Bill Bozzone, Full Moon in Blue Water stars Gene Hackman as Floyd, the owner of a small bar in a...
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The General
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1988
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After his mother's death, Fred P. Cheney (Bob Goldthwaith) must share the family financial business with his scheming...
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1988
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Don Learo
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1988
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In this ghostly comedy set on New Year's Eve, 1767, a dissatisfied young worker makes a bargain with a soul collector who...
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1987
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When Golobulus (Burgess Meredith) and Cobra plot to eliminate mankind and repopulate the world with a vicious race of ancient...
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1986
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A heroic toy confronts evil in this animated Japanese adventure. ~ Kristie Hassen, Rovi...
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1986
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Robert Preston stars as a family man who kills the man who raped and murdered his daughter. After confessing to the police,...
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1986
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This National Geographic documentary examines the unique wildlife of the Namib Desert, a 1300-mile-long arid desert along the...
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1986
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1986
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In 1983, Interior Secretary James Watt sold coal leases at unusually low prices to developers in New Mexico, and hundreds of...
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1985
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After introducing how Santa and Mrs. Claus came to the North Pole and began their work delivering toys at Christmas time,...
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1985
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In this suspenseful made-for-TV adventure, a beautiful young woman and her drunken beach bum boy friend join the financially...
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1984
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Based on the popular television series created by Rod Serling, this film of horror and the supernatural tells four separate...
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1983
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This lively, funny Faerie Tale Theatre production of the classic Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale is about a thumb-sized...
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1983
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Dr. Adams
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1982
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This animated adventure centers on the exploits of Puff the Magic Dragon, a character created by songwriter Peter Yarrow. ~...
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1982
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Sylvester Stallone returns to the character which made him famous in this wildly successful sequel. Rocky III starts with the...
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Mickey
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1982
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The eschewing of modern optical effects techniques in favor of the classic stop-motion animation work of special effects...
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1981
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This art documentary takes the viewer on a tour through the National Gallery of Art, giving an overview of American painting...
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1981
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This futuristic adventure stars Lee Majors as a former racing champ who reassembles his old Porsche and drives to California...
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Capt. Williams
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1981
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Adapted by John Gregory Dunne and Joan Didion from Dunne's novel, True Confessions uses the still-unsolved "Black Dahlia"...
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Seamus Fargo
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1981
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1980
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In this complex spy caper, Nicole (Genevieve Bujold) is a Canadian broadcast journalist working on assignment in the former...
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Zak
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1980
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In this children's fantasy, that rascal Puff teaches an imaginative little girl the important difference between the truth...
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1979
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By concentrating on character development with this first of several sequels to his Oscar-winning smash Rocky (1976),...
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Mickey
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1979
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This animated adventure centers on the exploits of Puff the Magic Dragon, a character created by songwriter Peter Yarrow. ~...
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1978
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1978
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We'll confess not to having seen The Amazing Captain Nemo, principally because we can't find it anywhere. It's our loss,...
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Prof. Waldo Cunningham
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1978
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Hennessey
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1978
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This National Geographic documentary follows a single family struggling toward success in the frantic world of Hong Kong....
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1978
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Ben Greene
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1978
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1978
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Death Flight was originally known as SST: Death Flight when it was first telecast February 25, 1977. Though fairly expensive...
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1977
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Made for television, Johnny We Hardly Knew Ye is based on the bestseller by Kenneth P. O'Donnell, David F. Powers and Joe...
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1977
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Van Heurden
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1977
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1977's Last Hurrah is a TV-movie remake of the 1958 John Ford film of the same name. Both versions are based on the Edwin...
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1977
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Shortly before the bank examiner is due to arrive, higher-ups at a small-town bank discover that a beloved long-term employee...
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Jack
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1977
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Told in flashback form, Tail Gunner Joe traces the rise and fall of Wisconsin senator Joseph McCarthy (Peter Boyle). The...
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Joseph Welch
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1977
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Dan Curtis, director of TV's Dark Shadows series, directed this eerie haunted-house thriller about a house which draws energy...
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Brother
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1976
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Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone), a Philadelphia boxer, is but one step removed from total bum-hood. A once-promising...
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Mickey
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1976
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1976
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The Day of the Locust is anything but a cheerful, light look at Hollywood in the '30s. It recreates both the town as well as...
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Harry Greener
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1975
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Though set in Key West, Florida, a goodly portion of 92 in the Shade was filmed in England. Peter Fonda plays Tom Skelton, a...
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Goldsboro
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1975
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"The German Air Force is not at all what it used to be," says Anne Bancroft's Countess, about 16 minutes into The Hindenburg,...
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1975
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This martial arts film has an interesting twist. The conflict is over a mythical 30-inch-tall statue with very special...
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1974
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1973
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At first glance, we were prepared to designate B Must Die as a hybrid TV feature, consisting of two episodes of either...
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Hector
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1973
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This pilot for the TV adventure series Search stars Hugh O'Brian as Hugh Lockwood, a secret agent implanted with a electronic...
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1972
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In his second Ironside guest appearance, Burgess Meredith is cast as Harry Grenadine, a Hollywood make-up expert who has done...
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1972
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Football is the focus of this drama, adapted from Frederick Exley's famous novel. It tells the tale of an aspiring writer...
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1972
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1972
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Rod Serling, a master of speculative scriptwriting, penned the screenplay of The Man. Set a few days into the future, the...
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Sen. Watson
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1972
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In this children's adventure, three kids try to save the good name of a teacher who swears he saw a sea monster, and they...
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1971
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In this Hong Kong-set spoof of Asian spy movies, a CIA agent is assigned to return a purloined set of plans for a...
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Director
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1971
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This crime drama from the 1970s examines the experiences of a Vietnam vet who gets involved with illegal drugs. In time he...
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1971
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In this drama, two middle-aged businessmen decide to chuck it all and get back to the land. Unfortunately, they too soon...
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1971
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Based upon the novel by Lois Gould and adapted (under the pseudonym Esther Dale) by Elaine May, Such Good Friends focuses on...
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1971
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1971
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All the Old Familiar Faces premiered as an episode of the weekly, 90-minute adventure series Name of the Game. Gene Barry...
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1970
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An offbeat 1970s black-comic Western with an all-star cast, this Joseph L. Mankiewicz film is set in 1883 in Arizona. Paris...
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Missouri Kid
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1970
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1970
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1969
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Ramsey
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1969
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Mackenna's Gold is a colorful, action-packed western feature with an all-star cast. Mackenna (Gregory Peck) has committed to...
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The Storekeeper
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1969
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Roy Thinnes was the star of this 1967-1968 science fiction series, about an Earth poised on the brink of alien takeover. ~...
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1968
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This forgettable comedy finds Joe Lightcloud (Elvis Presley) as a mixed-blood Indian with strong ties to his tribe and his...
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Charlie Lightcloud
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1968
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It is altogether fitting that Burgess Meredith, who'd played The Penguin on Batman, should guest-star in this episode, which...
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1968
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Producer and director Otto Preminger reportedly experimented with LSD in the late 60's, which inspired him to make this...
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1968
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Suffering from writers' block, Peter visits a nightclub hypnotist, The Great Oracullo (Monte Landis). But instead of curing...
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1968
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Burgess Meredith guest-stars as Irishman Ownie Dugan. Suddenly striking it rich, Ownie decides to strike a blow against...
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Ownie Dugan
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1967
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The Torture Garden is an "omnibus" chiller, adapted from four short stories by Robert Bloch (Psycho). Each is introduced by...
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Dr. Diabolo
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1967
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Otto Preminger directed this star-studded adaptation of K.B. Gliden's novel about racial prejudice and emotional unrest in...
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1967
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Narrated by Burgess Meredith, this drama chronicles the confusion of a young woman who has difficulty deciding whether she...
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1966
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Once again, Jason McCord (Chuck Connors) has a fateful brush with history when he save legendary journalist Horace Greeley...
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1966
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Lana Turner takes the lead in the seventh film version of Alexandre Bisson's glossy soap opera. Holly Parker (Turner) is...
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Dan Sullivan
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1966
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The action in A Big Hand for the Little Lady centers around a high-stake poker game. The participants include some of the...
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Doc Scully
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1966
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Tongue-in-cheek humor prevails in Batman, a witty homage to the Dynamic Duo's exaggerated exploits. The Caped Crusaders...
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The Penguin
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1966
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1966
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In Harm's Way, based on James Bassett's novel Harm's Way, has enough plot in it for four movies or a good miniseries (when it...
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1965
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John Peter Altgeld
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1965
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Fanfare for a Death Scene was one of a handful of TV dramas originally presented on NBC's Kraft Suspense Theatre, then...
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1964
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Set in the Philippines, this thriller centers on the desperate attempts of a loving American father to save his son from...
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1964
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In his last Twilight Zone appearance, Burgess Meredith stars as Mr. Smith, a slightly demonic fellow who offers his services...
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Mr. Smith
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1963
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Tom Tryon plays the title role in this Otto Preminger version of the Henry Morton Robinson novel. In his matriculation from...
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1963
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The first of Allen Drury "all names changed to protect the guilty" political novels, Advise and Consent was brought to the...
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1962
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Greenwich Village poet Duncan Kleist (Burgess Meredith) goes on a violent rampage early one morning, accosting people he...
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Duncan Kleist
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1962
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The second season of Twilight Zone came to a powerful conclusion with this Rod Serling-scripted "message" drama. In a...
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Romney Wordsworth
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1961
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First telecast March 3, 1961, this is a deft reworking of the first-season Twilight Zone episode "Mr. Bevis." Making his...
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Luther Dingle
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1961
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In his first Twilight Zone appearance, Burgess Meredith stars as Henry Bemis, a miopic bank clerk who wants nothing more out...
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Henry Bemis
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1959
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Joe Butterfly
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1957
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This semicomic Playhouse 90 episode was based on a true case history, as related in The 50 Minute Hour, a book by...
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Director
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1957
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Three disparate male travellers quietly amuse themselves by fantasizing about the same beautiful blonde in this interesting,...
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Dick
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1953
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Even without its 3D/stereophonic sound gimmickry, Second Chance is a crackling good suspenser. Robert Mitchum plays Russ...
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1953
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1953
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Included are two Christmas specials from 1953: Christmas with Liberace and Playhouse Past Memories. ~ John Bush, Rovi...
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1953
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Made on a miniscule budget primarily financed by its star Franchot Tone, Jigsaw is a strange little crime film. Howard Malloy...
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1949
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A man recently gone AWOL from the Army (Derek Farr) is arrested in a store robbery that occurred while he was shopping. With...
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1949
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Though hampered by a small budget that shrank with each shooting day, director Burgess Meredith fashioned a serviceable film...
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Director, Huertin
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1949
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In the tradition of his wartime "special services" filmmaking activities, actor Burgess Meredith is director, author and star...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1949
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Also known as A Miracle Can Happen, On Our Merry Way is a multipart comedy linked by inquiring reporter Burgess Meredith. It...
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Producer, Oliver Pease
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1948
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Felix Milne
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1947
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Director Frank Borzage and star Ginger Rogers both came acropper in the lavish but dull historical biopic Magnificent Doll....
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James Madison
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1946
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Producer, Screenwriter, Captain Mauger
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1946
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The Story of G.I. Joe was based on the columns of Scripps-Howard war correspondent Ernie Pyle (Burgess Meredith). Though...
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Ernie Pyle
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1945
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Like the military operation it celebrates, Tunisian Victory is a joint Anglo-American project. Produced by the British Film...
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1944
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1943
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Frank Thompson
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1942
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Ernst Lubitsch's That Uncertain Feeling was previously filmed by the director in 1925 as Kiss Me Again; both versions were...
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Sebastian
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1941
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The Forgotten Village in this powerful 68-minute documentary is an unnamed, poverty-stricken Mexican community. Living in...
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Narrator
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1941
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Working girl Ginger Rogers (who dresses like movie star Ginger Rogers, despite her meager salary!) cannot decide which of her...
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Harry
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1941
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James Stewart once classified Pot O' Gold as his worst film, though this may have stemmed from his reported inability to get...
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1941
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In this crime drama set on the seedy waterfront of San Francisco, a longshoreman studies in his spare time to become an...
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Johnny Barnes
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1941
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Though not the best of the Fred Astaire musicals, Second Chorus is the most easily accessible thanks to its current...
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Hank Taylor
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1940
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Steven Rockford
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1940
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This 1939 film version of John Steinbeck's classic novel was a surprising choice for comedy producer Hal Roach; in fact,...
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George Milton
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1939
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Quillery
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1939
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In this collegiate romance, the love affair between two seniors is threatened by their different graduation plans. The...
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The Lippencott
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1938
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In this screwball comedy, a fresh-out-of-college fellow heads for the gold fields of Alaska to find his fortune. He is gone...
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Dick Mathews
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1937
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Maxwell Anderson combined the Sacco-Vanzetti story with elements of the still-unsolved disappearance of Judge Crater, and the...
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Mio
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1936
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