Hal Holbrook
Harold Rowe Holbrook Jr. (February 17, 1925 – January 23, 2021) was an American actor, television director, and writer. He first received critical acclaim in 1954 for a one-man stage show he developed, Mark Twain Tonight!, performing as Mark Twain, while studying at Denison University. He won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play in 1966 for his portrayal of Twain. He would continue to perform his signature role for over 60 years, only retiring the show in 2017 due to his failing health. Throughout his career, he also won five Primetime Emmy Awards for his work on television and was nominated for an Academy Award for his work in film.
Holbrook made his film debut in Sidney Lumet's The Group (1966). He later gained international fame for his performance as Deep Throat in the 1976 film All the President's Men. He played Abraham Lincoln in the 1976 miniseries Lincoln and 1985 miniseries North and South. He also appeared in such films as Julia (1977), The Fog (1980), Creepshow (1982), Wall Street (1987), The Firm (1993), Hercules (1997), and Men of Honor (2000).
Holbrook's role as Ron Franz in Sean Penn's Into the Wild (2007) earned him both Academy Award and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor. In 2009, Holbrook received critical acclaim for his performance as recently retired farmer Abner Meecham in the independent film That Evening Sun. He also portrayed Francis Preston Blair in Steven Spielberg's Lincoln (2012).
In 2003, Holbrook was honored with the National Humanities Medal by President George W. Bush.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 13.303 |
| Birthday | 1925-02-17 |
| Place of Birth | Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
| Also Known As | Harold Rowe "Hal" Holbrook, Harold Rowe Holbrook, |
1980
The Fog
6.7/1473
Strange things begin to occurs as a tiny California coastal town prepares to commemorate its centenary. Inanimate objects spring eerily to life; Rev....
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The Fog
1976
All the President's Men
7.671/1744
During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Nixon to resign from...
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All the President's Men
1999
The Bachelor
5.2/297
Jimmie is seeing his single friends get married one by one. He isn't too worried until his girlfriend Anne catches the bouquet at his friend Marco's w...
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The Bachelor
1996
The Battle of The Alamo
0/0
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The Battle of The Alamo
1973
Magnum Force
7.126/1019
"Dirty" Harry Callahan is a San Francisco Police Inspector on the trail of a group of rogue cops who have taken justice into their own hands. When sha...
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Magnum Force
1987
Wall Street
7.164/1973
A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthles...
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Wall Street
2001
The Majestic
6.7/710
Set in 1951, a blacklisted Hollywood writer gets into a car accident, loses his memory and settles down in a small town where he is mistaken for a lon...
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The Majestic
1995
Stormchasers
6/5
Track monsoons, hurricanes, blizzards, and tornadoes. Take a journey around the planet to experience our most extreme storms and to witness the dramat...
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Stormchasers
2007
Into the Wild
7.804/9350
After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savi...
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Into the Wild
1976
Midway
6.622/278
This war drama depicts the U.S. and Japanese forces in the naval Battle of Midway, which became a turning point for Americans during World War II.
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Midway
1977
Capricorn One
6.749/439
In order to protect the reputation of the American space program, a team of NASA administrators turn the first Mars mission into a phony Mars landing....
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Capricorn One
1997
Hercules
7.505/7168
Bestowed with superhuman strength, a young mortal named Hercules sets out to prove himself a hero in the eyes of his father, the great god Zeus. Along...
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Hercules
1983
The Star Chamber
6/155
As violence escalates in Los Angeles and heinous murders are committed, Steven Hardin, a young judge of the California Supreme Court, must struggle wi...
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The Star Chamber
2009
That Evening Sun
6.802/45
An aging Tennessee farmer returns to his homestead and must confront a family betrayal, the reappearance of an old enemy, and the loss of his farm.
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That Evening Sun
1996
Carried Away
5.8/12
Based on Jim Harrison's book, "Farmer". 47-year-old Joseph Svenden lives on the family farm with his dying mother and teaches at a two room schoolhous...
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Carried Away
1977
Julia
6.511/140
At the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany.
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Julia
1989
Fletch Lives
6/282
Fletch is a fish out of water in small-town Louisiana, where he's checking out a tumbledown mansion he's inherited. When a woman he flirts with turns...
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Fletch Lives
1968
Wild in the Streets
5.9/30
Musician Max Frost lends his backing to a Senate candidate who wants to give 18-year-olds the right to vote, but he takes things a step further than e...
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Wild in the Streets
1993
The Firm
6.741/1926
Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is approached by 'The Firm' and made an offer he doesn't re...
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The Firm
1998
Judas Kiss
5.6/54
The shooting of a U.S. senator's wife raises the stakes for kidnappers seeking a hefty ransom for a computer magnate.
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Judas Kiss
2011
Good Day for It
5.2/8
A man forced to abandon his wife and daughter years earlier must risk his life to settle an old score and reunite his family.
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Good Day for It
2000
Waking the Dead
6.1/90
A congressional candidate questions his sanity after seeing the love of his life, presumed dead, suddenly emerge.
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Waking the Dead
1997
Eye of God
5.8/14
A small Oklahoma town is stripped of its innocence when one of its boys turns up mute and bloodied by the lakeside. Unable to tell his story, the loca...
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Eye of God
1974
The Girl from Petrovka
5/17
A beautiful Russian ballerina falls in love with an American news correspondent. The KGB is most displeased and does everything it can to break them u...
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The Girl from Petrovka
1997
Trail of Hope
0/0
Hal Holbrook narrates this breathtaking documentary. Produced for national release on PBS Television, Trail of Hope captures the 22-year history of th...
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Trail of Hope
1989
Day One
6.5/6
Hungarian physicist Leo Szilard leaves Europe, eventually arriving in the United States. With the help of Einstein, he persuades the government to bui...
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Day One
2008
Killshot
5.743/271
Beautiful Carmen Colson and her ironworker husband Wayne are placed in the Federal Witness Protection program after witnessing an "incident". Thinking...
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Killshot
1982
Creepshow
6.935/981
Five tales in the style of classic '50s horror comics, involving a murdered man emerging from the grave, a meteor's ooze that makes everything grow, a...
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Creepshow
1998
Hush
5.601/277
Jackson and Helen are in love and about to have their first child when they move in with Jackson's mother, Martha, in order to take care of the family...
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Hush
1977
Rituals
6.1/58
Five doctors go camping in the remote woods of Northern Ontario. When their boots are stolen they begin to suspect they are being stalked.
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Rituals
2010
Flying Lessons
5.9/17
With her life at a crossroads, 25 year old Sophie Conway returns home to the small town she always wanted to forget. Once home, she is faced with the...
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Flying Lessons
2002
Purpose
4.4/8
A software developer becomes a billionaire and is distracted by fame, greed and power, then must save his invention and company from a hostile takeove...
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Purpose
1967
Mark Twain Tonight!
8/1
Recreating the one-man show he starred in on Broadway, Hal Holbrook portrays Mark Twain as a 70-year old humorist who skewers politicians, newspaperme...
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Mark Twain Tonight!
2012
Lincoln
6.859/3674
The revealing story of the 16th US President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln p...
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Lincoln
2011
Water for Elephants
6.943/2464
In this captivating Depression-era melodrama, impetuous veterinary student Jacob Jankowski joins a celebrated circus as an animal caretaker but faces...
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Water for Elephants
1988
The Unholy
5.3/49
A priest battles a demon that kills sinners in the act of sinning.
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The Unholy
1982
Girls Nite Out
4.6/35
The students of DeWitt University are preparing themselves for a night of fun and frolics in the form of an all-night scavenger hunt. Little do they k...
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Girls Nite Out
1981
The Killing of Randy Webster
6/3
When his teenage son is shot by the Houston police following a stolen van chase, his father undertakes a tireless investigation into the truth and unc...
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The Killing of Randy Webster
1979
Natural Enemies
5.8/13
Paul Steward, editor of a scientific journal, is a failed husband, a failed father, he considers his entire life a failure. His decision is made, ther...
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Natural Enemies
1980
The Kidnapping of the President
4.5/11
A South American quasi-revolutionary/guerilla/terrorist and a misled, admiring girl compatriot manage to kidnap the U.S. President during a diplomatic...
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The Kidnapping of the President
1999
The Florentine
5.2/9
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 lif...
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The Florentine
1970
The People Next Door
6.3/12
A married couple struggle with the realities of their imperfect marriage as they fight to save and rehabilitate their teenage daughter from a life of...
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The People Next Door
1998
Rusty: A Dog's Tale
5.9/21
Two orphans named Jory and Tess live with their grandparents. However, their cousins Bart and Bertha try to take them away because the two kids have t...
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Rusty: A Dog's Tale
1972
That Certain Summer
6.893/14
The first US teleplay to deal sympathetically with homosexuality. Divorced San Francisco contractor Doug Salter is looking forward to a summer visit...
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That Certain Summer
1998
My Own Country
5/3
An East Indian physician works with AIDS patients as an epidemic of the disease hits in Tennessee.
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My Own Country
2001
Haven
6.9/10
Based on the true story of a woman named Ruth Gruber who travels to Europe to help escort 1000 Jewish War victims to the United States. She comes to l...
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Haven
2002
Mark Twain
6.9/16
Largely considered to be the greatest American author, Mark Twain is celebrated in this exhaustive documentary by filmmaker Ken Burns.
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Mark Twain
2012
Promised Land
6.284/661
A salesman for a natural gas company experiences life-changing events after arriving in a small town, where his corporation wants to tap into the avai...
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Promised Land
2000
The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus
6.5/30
Based on the popular book by L. Frank Baum, the beloved author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, comes the incredible story of The Life & Adventures of S...
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The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus
1977
Our Town
9/1
3-act play by American playwright Thornton Wilder.
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Our Town
1980
Off the Minnesota Strip
5.5/5
A teenage runaway attempts to readjust to home and family life in Minnesota after returning home after years of working on the streets of New York Cit...
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Off the Minnesota Strip
2013
Savannah
6.25/28
Savannah is the true story of Ward Allen, a romantic and bombastic character who rejects his plantation heritage for the freedom of life on a river. W...
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Savannah
2013
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
5.9/18
With a focus on Clint Eastwood's career as a director, this documentary features movie clips, behind-the-scenes footage, interviews with people with w...
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Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
1971
Suddenly Single
0/0
A newly divorced man finds it difficult to get used to the single world.
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Suddenly Single
1994
Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
6.8/10
The alleged suicide of a gubernatorial candidate triggers a series of mysterious deaths leading to the governor's mansion, and "Wild" Bill McKenzie, a...
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
1995
Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
7.9/11
Attorney Bill McKenzie takes the case when his niece is framed for the murder of a popular and demanding sitcom star.
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester
1994
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
7.214/7
A former associate of Perry Mason returns to handle the defense of a world-class chess player accused of murdering a prominent TV personality.
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
1979
Murder by Natural Causes
6.9/16
An elaborate mystery involving a famous mentalist, his unfaithful wife who is trying to literally scare him to death, the best friend of the family, a...
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Murder by Natural Causes
1973
Pueblo
5.7/3
Dramatization showing the 1968 seizure of the spy ship, Pueblo, by the North Koreans and the treatment of the Pueblo's crew during their year of capti...
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Pueblo
2001
The Legend of the Three Trees
6/2
Vivid visual imagery brings this classic legend to life. Told simply, in language even the youngest family members will understand, the story begins w...
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The Legend of the Three Trees
1972
They Only Kill Their Masters
5.1/10
An enigmatic young woman has been murdered in a small California coast town. The investigation by the local sheriff uncovers a complex web of relation...
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They Only Kill Their Masters
2014
Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
7/1
Hal Holbrook's Mark Twain is an icon of American theater. Since first walking on stage in 1954, Holbrook has performed his one-man show Mark Twain Ton...
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Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey
1976
The Time of Your Life
0/0
William Saroyan's Pulitzer Prize-winning play revolves around the denizens of a San Francisco bar in 1939. Lonely, lovelorn, weary or cynical, the cha...
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The Time of Your Life
2000
Men of Honor
7.475/2211
Against formidable odds -- and an old-school diving instructor embittered by the U.S. Navy's new, less prejudicial policies -- Carl Brashear sets his...
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Men of Honor
2014
Planes: Fire & Rescue
6.191/823
When world-famous air racer Dusty learns that his engine is damaged and he may never race again, he must shift gears and is launched into the world of...
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Planes: Fire & Rescue
1997
Operation Delta Force
3.737/19
A team of military experts and scientists go after a terrorist group that has seized a deadly virus and is threatening to release it.
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Operation Delta Force
1966
The Group
5.6/26
It's 1933, and eight young women are friends and members of the upper- class group at a private girl's school, about to graduate and start their own l...
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The Group
1970
The Great White Hope
6/28
A black champion boxer and his white female companion struggle to survive while the white boxing establishment looks for ways to knock him down.
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The Great White Hope
1979
The Legend of the Golden Gun
5/1
In Kansas during the middle of the Civil War, John Golden is left for dead and his family has been killed by the ruthless Confederate outlaw William Q...
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The Legend of the Golden Gun
1993
Bonds of Love
4.5/2
A divorced woman falls in love with a mentally-disabled man, but his family objects to their relationship.
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Bonds of Love
1988
I'll Be Home for Christmas
0/0
The Bundy family try to have a good family Christmas, despite World War II.
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I'll Be Home for Christmas
1986
Under Siege
7.5/2
Terrorists launch an attack against the USA. Their first strike is by a suicide squad that detonates a truckload of explosives at an army base in Wash...
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Under Siege
1984
The Three Wishes of Billy Grier
5/3
A teenager must cope with a disease that causes himself to age at an astronomical rate.
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The Three Wishes of Billy Grier
1979
When Hell Was in Session
7/1
This film describes Navy Commander Jeremiah Denton's 7-and-a-half years as a prisoner of war. Held in numerous, brutal POW camps, he faced starvation,...
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When Hell Was in Session
1971
Goodbye, Raggedy Ann
0/0
A compassionate Hollywood screenwriter attempts to talk a troubled actress out of taking her own life.
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Goodbye, Raggedy Ann
2015
Blackway
5.3/368
A young woman newly returned to her hometown becomes the subject of harassment by a man named Blackway, an ex-cop turned violent crime lord who operat...
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Blackway
1966
The Glass Menagerie
6/2
An adaptation of Tennessee Williams' play about a restless young warehouse worker and would-be poet, Tom Wingfield, his fragile, reclusive sister, Lau...
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The Glass Menagerie
1999
Lost in Middle America (and What Happened Next)
0/0
This is the story of one town's journey to survive the changes of a new economic era. It begins in Midwestern America ... but it's more than that. It'...
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Lost in Middle America (and What Happened Next)
2003
Shade
6.196/217
Tiffany, Charlie and Vernon are con artists looking to up the ante from their typical scams. They figure a good way of doing this is taking down Dean...
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Shade
1988
Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
7/1
A humourous telling of the history of the comic book superhero.
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Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel
1978
Tartuffe
0/0
Donald Moffat stars in Moliere's classic comedy about lovable scoundrel Tartuffe, who befriends the wealthy Orgon and then attempts to seduce both his...
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Tartuffe
1990
A Killing in a Small Town
5.6/9
The gory ax-murder of one mousy, suburban Texas housewife by another is nearly as shocking as the excuse offered by the bespectacled defendant's attor...
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A Killing in a Small Town
1997
All the Winters that Have Been
0/0
Dane Corvin (Chamberlain) returns to Raven Island where 20 years before he and Helen Raven (Allen) had fallen in love. She vowed never to see him agai...
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All the Winters that Have Been
1971
Travis Logan, D.A.
7/1
Sand devises a scheme to murder his former business partner and maintains his innocence throughout the trial, as he is prosecuted by District Attorney...
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Travis Logan, D.A.
1997
Cats Don't Dance
7.204/179
An ambitious singing and dancing cat goes to Hollywood and overcomes several obstacles to fulfill his dream of becoming a movie star.
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Cats Don't Dance
1985
92 Grosvenor Street
0/0
Professor-turned-spy Col. Calvin Turner and his associate, workaholic Lt. Shelley Flynn, plan a daring rescue behind enemy lines in World War II Germa...
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92 Grosvenor Street
2017
An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story
0/0
Reinhold Niebuhr's Serenity Prayer remains one of the most quoted writings in American literature. Yet Niebuhr's impact was far greater, as presidents...
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An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story
1987
Plaza Suite
6/1
Hilarity abounds in this portrait of three couples successively occupying a suite at the Plaza.
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Plaza Suite
2008
The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
5.8/4
An in-depth look at Dirty Harry (1971), featuring interviews with such film artists as Michael Madsen, 'Hal Holbrook', John Milius, 'Shane Black' and...
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The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry
1970
The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City
6/1
Based on Charles Goodrum’s book, "I’ll Trade You an Elk." The mayor wants to close down the run-down city zoo and use the site for a museum, but an ac...
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The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City
2001
Dirty Harry: The Original
7.7/10
A retrospective look at the five Dirty Harry films (1971-88), starring Clint Eastwood.
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Dirty Harry: The Original
2008
A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
6/1
Filmmakers, social scientists and authors take a provocative look at the moral, political and ethical themes of the Dirty Harry films.
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A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
2008
The Business End: Violence in Cinema
8/2
An unflinching look at the ongoing debate on violence in movies and its effect on the audience.
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The Business End: Violence in Cinema
2008
The Evolution of Clint Eastwood
7/3
Follow Eastwood's career from television star to matinee idol to Oscar-winning director in this wide-ranging documentary.
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The Evolution of Clint Eastwood
2002
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
7.2/4
Behind the scenes of Unforgiven (1992)
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Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
1999
Battleships
0/0
Hal Holbrook narrates this documentary chronicling the history of the battleship. Famous historical ships featured include the Bismark, Yamato, Prince...
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Battleships
1973
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
6.1/46
Jonathan is sick and tired of the boring life in his seagull clan. He rather experiments with new, always more daring flying techniques. Since he does...
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Jonathan Livingston Seagull
1998
Beauty
5.8/4
Alix Miller arrives at the isolated Crompton mansion in New Hampshire to paint the portrait of the mysterious Leland Crompton. When they meet, she dis...
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Beauty
1995
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
2/1
A dramatized account of a female US Naval officer's ordeal of being sexually harassed at a Naval convention and her legal retaliation.
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She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
1970
A Clear and Present Danger
0/0
The son of a U.S. Senator takes on the cause of clean air when a friend dies of emphysema.
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A Clear and Present Danger
1983
America Remembers John F. Kennedy
0/0
A documentary on the life of John F. Kennedy, including home movies of the Kennedy family and recollections of friends and colleagues.
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America Remembers John F. Kennedy
1973
The Hero Cop: Yesterday and Today
0/0
Behind the scenes look at 'Magnum Force'.
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The Hero Cop: Yesterday and Today
1998
Walking to the Waterline
4/1
Once a successful television sitcom star, Francis McGowan is now a struggling actor who returns to his family home on the Jersey Shore to sell it foll...
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Walking to the Waterline
1968
The Brotherhood
5.789/19
The son of a powerful Mafia don comes home from his army service in Vietnam and wants to lead his own life, but family tradition, intrigues and powerp...
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The Brotherhood
1969
The Whole World Is Watching
0/0
In this second pilot of "The Lawyers," a rotating segment of "The Bold Ones" series, the firm of Nichols, Darrell & Darrell defends the leader of a st...
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The Whole World Is Watching
2003
The Street Lawyer
0/0
An attorney leaves his high-priced firm to work for the less fortunate.
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The Street Lawyer
2006
Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat
6/1
It was a plot device worthy of any film noir thriller. A shadowy figure, keeper of the secrets to a national crime, reveals snippets of information to...
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Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat
1976
Pressure and the Press: The Making of 'All the President's Men'
2/2
Hoffman, Redford, Bernstein, Woodward, Pakula and Bradlee. Creators and creatures involved in one way or another with 'All the President's Men', wheth...
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Pressure and the Press: The Making of 'All the President's Men'
2006
Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire
0/0
Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward changed American history through their dogged pursuit of the truth in uncovering the story of Watergate. Starting smal...
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Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire
1989
Sorry, Wrong Number
4.3/3
Based on a famous play, follows a bedridden wife who overhears a murder plan on her phone. She tries to piece the puzzle together and prevent it.
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