Leslie Nielsen
Birthday: 1926-02-11
Place of Birth: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Biography: Leslie William Nielsen (February 11, 1926 – November 28, 2010) was a European-Canadian/American actor and comedian. Nielsen appeared in over one hundred films and 1,500 television programs over the span of his career, portraying over 220 characters. Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Nielsen enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force and worked as a disc jockey before receiving a scholarship to Neighborhood Playhouse. Making his television debut in 1948, he quickly expanded to over 50 television appearances two years later. Nielsen made his film debut in 1956, and began collecting roles in dramas, westerns, and romance films. Nielsen's performances in the films Forbidden Planet (1956) and The Poseidon Adventure (1972) received positive reviews as a serious actor, though he is primarily known for his comedic roles. Although Nielsen's acting career crossed a variety of genres in both television and films, his deadpan delivery in Airplane! (1980) marked a turning point in his career, one that would make him, in the words of film critic Roger Ebert, "the Olivier of spoofs." Nielsen enjoyed further success with The Naked Gun film series (1988 – 1994), based on a short-lived television series Police Squad! in which he starred earlier. His portrayal of serious characters seemingly oblivious to (and complicit in) their absurd surroundings gave him a reputation as a comedian. In the final years of his career, Nielsen appeared in multiple spoof and parody films, many of which were met poorly by critics, but performed well in box office and home media releases. Nielsen married four times and had two daughters from his second marriage. He was recognized with a variety of awards throughout his career, and was inducted into the Canada and Hollywood Walks of Fame.
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The Poseidon Adventure
When their ocean liner capsizes, a group of passengers struggle to survive and escape....
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Airplane!
An ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to...
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Spy Hard
The evil Gen. Rancor has his sights set on world domination, and only one man can stop him: Dick Ste...
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Forbidden Planet
Starship C57D travels to planet Altair 4 in search of the crew of spaceship "Bellerophon," a scienti...
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Scary Movie 4
Cindy finds out the house she lives in is haunted by a little boy and goes on a quest to find out wh...
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Scary Movie 3
In the third installment of the Scary Movie franchise, news anchorwoman Cindy Campbell has to invest...
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S.P.Q.R.: 2,000 and a Half Years Ago
In 71 BC in Rome, utter disorder reigns in the form of political corruption and bribery involving th...
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Repossessed
It's been some time since Father Jebedaiah Mayii exorcised the Devil from little Nancy Aglet, who is...
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Code Name: Heraclitus
A man who dies on an operating table is brought back to life, but he has total amnesia. A government...
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2001: A Space Travesty
When odd reports are received through official channels stating that the President of the United Sta...
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Stan Helsing
A spoof on many horror movie series. Ending his shift at the video rental, Stan's picked up by his B...
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Surf Ninjas
Two Asian-American "surfer-dude" brothers discover they are the long lost princes from a China Sea I...
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Chilly Dogs
A man must participate in the Iditarod dog race across Alaska to inherit property from his legendary...
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Wrong Is Right
Political double-talk, dirty tricks, hidden microphones, spy satellites, bugging the Oval Office and...
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Dracula: Dead and Loving It
When a lawyer shows up at the vampire's doorstep, he falls prey to his charms and joins him in his s...
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Wrongfully Accused
Ryan Harrison, a violin god, superstar and sex symbol does not want to cheat on sexy Lauren Goodhue'...
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Mr. Magoo
Mr. Magoo, a man with terrible eyesight, gets caught up in a museum robbery....
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Soul Man
A white prospective grad student's affluent family won't pay his way through law school, so he takes...
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How to Steal the World
Secret agent Napoleon Solo fights to stop a top-secret plot to conquer the world....
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Men with Brooms
A decade ago, curler Chris Cutter disappeared suddenly on the verge of stardom, dropping his curling...
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Spanish Movie
Large doses of humor, ingenious nods to Spain's most recent national cinema, an artistic cast highly...
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Nuts
A high-class call girl accused of murder fights for the right to stand trial rather than be declared...
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An American Carol
A cynical anti-American Hollywood filmmaker sets out on a crusade to abolish the 4th of July holiday...
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Spaceship
A farce satirizing extraterrestrial horror movies such as Alien. Alternate titles include "The Crea...
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Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise journeys through Brooks’ early years in the creative beginnings of live tel...
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Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
Frank Drebin is persuaded out of retirement to go undercover in a state prison. There he has to find...
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Prom Night
At a high school senior prom, a masked killer stalks four teenagers who were responsible for the acc...
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Santa Who?
Santa Claus develops amnesia after accidentally falling out of his sleigh and only the innocence of ...
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Rent-a-Kid
Harry Habert, owner of a rental company, has an original idea—to rent baby's from a nearby orphanage...
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The Reluctant Astronaut
Roy Fleming is a small-town kiddie-ride operator who is deathly afraid of heights. After learning th...
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Tammy and the Bachelor
An unsophisticated young woman from the Mississippi swamps falls in love with an unconventional sout...
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The Opposite Sex
Former radio singer Kay learns from her gossipy friends that her husband, Steve, has had an affair w...
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The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
Bumbling lieutenant Frank Drebin is out to foil the big boys in the energy industry, who intend to s...
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The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
When the bumbling Lieutenant Frank Drebin investigates events following the shooting of his partner,...
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Creepshow
Five grisly tales from a 1950s-style comic, including a murdered father rising from beyond, a bizarr...
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Day of the Animals
The depletion of the earth's ozone layer causes animals above the altitude of 5000 feet to run amok,...
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Camouflage
Marty Mackenzie is an unsuccessful stage actor who takes an interest in private investigating. He ta...
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The Unknown Marx Brothers
A tribute to the lives and careers of the Marx Brothers utilizing rare archival footage and personal...
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Viva Knievel!
The legendary stuntman plans his most incredible stunt yet while battling the mob in this action-adv...
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Dangerous Curves
A college graduate is offered a deal of a lifetime - deliver a Porsche for a client and join the com...
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The Canadian Conspiracy
A mockumentary illustrating a supposed conspiracy to infiltrate American culture through employing C...
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Four Rode Out
In this western, a Mexican desperado tries to flee his partner, a determined girl friend, and a US M...
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Hot Summer Night
An out-of-work reporter (Leslie Nielsen) seeks out a bank robber, and his bride (Colleen Miller) has...
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Foxfire Light
A spoiled rich girl used to getting her way comes up against a rancher who won't be intimidated by h...
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The Amsterdam Kill
Former DEA Agent Quinlan, removed from the force some years earlier for stealing confiscated drug mo...
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The Railway Dragon
Emily, an 8 year old girl, and a centuries year old Railway Dragon, share an adventure that they'll ...
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Project: Kill
A former government assassin flees a mind-control program in the Philippines, pursued by his ex-part...
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Gunfight in Abilene
Fighting in the Civil War a man accidently kills his friend. Returning to Abilene after the war he f...
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City on Fire
An ex-employee of a city oil refinery creates an explosion at the facility which starts a chain-reac...
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How to Commit Marriage
A young couple decide to live together and they wind up having a baby. They decide they should give ...
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Cave-In!
A party of tourists -- including a state senator, a park ranger who was her one-time lover, a cantan...
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Leslie Nielsen's Stupid Little Golf Video
Stupid Little Golf Video (released as Leslie Nielsen's Stupid Little Golf Video in the United States...
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Ransom!
A wealthy business man stuns his wife and town with a televised response to his son's kidnappers....
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Harvey
An unlikely hero, Elwood P. Dowd. This mild-mannered-but-eccentric bachelor has, for several years, ...
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Counterpoint
In December of 1944, Lionel Evans, an internationally renowned American conductor, is on a USO tour ...
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Grand Jury
A man and his wife who are witnesses to a crime find themselves ensnared in a legal system that appe...
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Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree
A single Christmas tree becomes the source of cheer for the people and animals living around Mr. Wil...
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Beau Geste
In 1906, two American brothers join the French Foreign Legion and, led by a sadistic Sergeant-Major,...
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Rosie!
An eccentric Los Angeles dowager decides to fight back when her two greedy daughters attempt to have...
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Twilight Theatre
Television parody. Sketches include: Women Who Have Made It With Me, No-Arms Bandits, Pee-Wee's Play...
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Can Ellen Be Saved?
A young girl in search of spiritual enlightenment joins a religious cult, and becomes the focus of a...
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The Battle of Gettysburg
This film was shot entirely at the Gettysburg National Military Park, where the decisive battle of t...
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The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler
A U.S. Senator is spirited away to a secret New Mexico medical lab after a serious car crash. His in...
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The Night the Bridge Fell Down
A group of random individuals get stranded on a bridge that begins collapsing at both ends. Not only...
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Night Train to Paris
Former OSS officer Alan Holiday, now living in London, is visited on New Year's Eve by Catherine Car...
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Night Slaves
A man and his wife stumble upon a town whose inhabitants turn into zombies and head for the edge of ...
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See How They Run
Three children are stalked by hired killers after they unknowingly take evidence pointing to the exi...
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Home Is Where the Hart Is
Nurse and con artist Belle Haimes lives with her dull-witted husband Rex Haimes in the Hart Mansion ...
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The Sheepman
A stranger in a Western cattle-town behaves with remarkable self-assurance, establishing himself as ...
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Deadlock
The murder of a journalist, coming shortly after the killings of a black teenager and a white cop, t...
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The Vagabond King
Louis XI of France drafts Paris's popular "king" of criminals as Provost Marshal in his fight agains...
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Hauser's Memory
A scientist is persuaded by the government to inject himself with the brain fluid of a dying colleag...
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Digger
A young boy is sent to live with relatives when his parents break up. He befriends a dying boy who h...
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King of the Underwater World
Scientists attempt to learn more about several species of sharks in the South Pacific....
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Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery
Frank Dowling has to solve the mystery of a young man who is obsessed with finding his natural paren...
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All I Want For Christmas
Siblings Ethan and Hallie O'Fallon plot to get their divorced parents back together in time for Chri...
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An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck
Jimmy Tarbuck parades his comic wares in front of a celebrity audience, including Cilla Black, Bruce...
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Superhero Movie
Rick Riker is a nerdy teen imbued with superpowers by a radioactive dragonfly. And because every her...
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The Letters
Story of people whose lives were changed because of a year-long delay in the delivery of some letter...
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Blade in Hong Kong
Joe Blade is an unclaimed TV pilot film. An American, Blade works in Hong Kong, the home of his adop...
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The Patriot
Agent tries to track down terrorists who are intercepting government nuclear weapons....
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O.J.: Made in America
A chronicle of the rise and fall of O.J. Simpson, whose high-profile murder trial exposed the extent...
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Dayton's Devils
Frank Dayton (Leslie Nielsen) leads a group of crooks in a caper to steal $2,500,000 from an Air For...
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They Call It Murder
A small-town district attorney is saddled with several major investigations, including a gambler's m...
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The Boy Who Flew with Condors
The true-life adventure of Chris Jury, a California teenager who goes from admiring the endangered c...
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Companions in Nightmare
One of the patients in a group-therapy session conducted by a famous psychiatrist is a murderer....
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Little Mo
Biopic about tennis great Maureen Connolly who, as a teenager, was the first woman to win the Grand ...
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Shadow Over Elveron
A corrupt sheriff knows the secrets of everyone in town and uses that information to go unchallenged...
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Snatched
The wives of three wealthy men are kidnapped and held for a $3 million ransom, but one of the men do...
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Leslie Nielsen's Bad Golf Made Easier
Leslie Nielsen teaches frustrated rookie golfer Billy how to bend the rules of golf to his advantage...
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Nightstick
A cop tries to prevent a gang of extortionists from blowing up New York City with nitroglycerin....
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The Wild Heart
Two Canadian children have adventures with an injured sea lion, a red-tailed hawk, and a seagull whe...
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Striker's Mountain
A construction conglomerate, headed by a ruthless millionaire, wants to buy a ski resort that has be...
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...And Millions Die!
A former Nazi living in Hong Kong has developed a nerve gas that he's hidden in a sewer attached to ...
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The Outlaw Cats of Colossal Cave
A mother bobcat and her two cubs share a cave with guitarist Paco who is also an expert woodcarver. ...
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Harlow
Jean Harlow arrives in Los Angeles as a teenager, pushed into showbiz by her mother and stepfather. ...
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The Return of Charlie Chan
Charlie Chan comes out of retirement to investigate a murder case aboard the yacht of a wealthy Gree...
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The Aquarians
A scientist and his team of underwater explorers search for the culprit who has stolen the world's s...
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The Plainsman
Calamity Jane tries to help Buffalo Bill Cody and Wild Bill Hickock stop an Indian war....
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Journey to the Outer Limits
Journey to the Outer Limits is a 1973 American documentary film directed by Alexander Grasshoff. The...
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The Velvet Alley
Ernie Pandash has tried to be a writer for years and has never made much money out of it. But now he...
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The Dawson Patrol
A dramatization of the true story of four men of the North West Mounted Police who, in 1910, set out...
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Incident in San Francisco
A man who tries to stop a mugging finds himself accused of murdering the criminal after the victim a...
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Slap Shot 3: The Junior League
Get ready for a rough-and-tumble comedy that knows how to kick some serious puck!...
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Reckless Disregard
Meredith Craig is lawyer who has a small practice. She is then approached by a Dr. Lucas who is a do...
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Sixth and Main
Monica Cord is planning to write a book about the homeless. She observes the men who attend a rescue...
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Music Within
After a confrontation with one of his idols dashes his dreams of studying public speaking in college...
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Stonerville
When Troy "Slam" Slamsky loses his girl, love makes a wake-up call and he finds success in the world...
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Noël Noël
Billionaire businessman Noel Noel is long on cash but short on social graces; so when he finds himse...
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Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest
With the Griffins stuck at home during a blackout, Peter tells the story of "Star Wars Episode IV: A...
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Leslie Nielsen's Bad Golf My Way
Leslie Nielsen and his caddy decide to drive a jerky golf player, Brad, insane by playing a round wi...
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Safety Patrol!
Scout Bozell has always dreamt of being on his school's Safety Patrol. The only reason he cannot joi...
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Brinks: The Great Robbery
In this telling of the infamous 1950 robbery, James McNally is portrayed as the one gang member who ...
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Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
A documentary about the making of, and legacy of, the Forbidden Planet movie....
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OHMS
A conservative, Midwestern farmer rallies his neighbors against a power company planning to erect hu...
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Cocoon
In this pilot film to the "Hawaii Five-0" television series, special law officer Steve McGarrett tra...
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WWE SummerSlam 1994
Diesel defends the WWE Intercontinental Championship against Razor Ramon. Alundra Blayze defends the...
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Chance of a Lifetime
Since the death of her husband 10 years ago, Evelyn has been working hard for her company, but had n...
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The Nutcracker and the Mouseking
The fairytale story revolves around a young prince who - along with his entourage - is turned into a...
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Institute for Revenge
A sophisticated computer named IFR (the film's title is its nickname) supervises an organization ded...
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Trial Run
A slice-of-life drama involving a young lawyer, his adoring secretary who tries to help to advance h...
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Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
Documentary focused on the creation of movie and television special effects, hosted by Roy Scheider ...
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Dive to the Edge of Creation
1 hour-long TV special about deep sea exploration of the Galapagos Rift....
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World's Funniest Commercials
Leslie Nielsen hosts an hour-long look at some of the funniest, craziest commercials from the U.S. a...
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Riel
A film about the actions of the Metis rebel leader who opposed the Canadian government in two sepera...
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Threshold: The Blue Angels Experience
Take a flight with the U.S. Navy Blue Angels as you ride along with these amazing pilots and the tea...
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The Lost Will of Dr. Rant
An anxious old man who is searching for a rare edition of the Talmud finally tracks the tome down at...
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