Sidney J. Furie

Sidney J. Furie

Toronto-born Sidney J. Furie has enjoyed a distinguished career that has spanned over six decades. Having worked in every genre, Furie has directed films starring Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra, Robert Redford, Diana Ross, Michael Caine, Peter O'Toole, Rodney Dangerfield, Barbara Hershey, Gene Hackman, Donald Sutherland, Laurence Olivier, and countless others. He is most known for the espionage classic The Ipcress File (1965), the landmark biopic Lady Sings the Blues (1972), the franchise-generating Iron Eagle (1986), the Scorsese-beloved horror saga The Entity (1982), and the Vietnam combat chronicle The Boys in Company C (1978), which later partly inspired Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket. His first two films, A Dangerous Age (1957) and A Cool Sound from Hell (1959), both independently financed, were two of the first English Canadian features ever made, produced before he emigrated to London in 1960. He became an important figure in the British New Wave, especially with The Boys (1962) and his realist drama The Leather Boys (1964), a critical darling that became a popular cult film.

  • Title: Sidney J. Furie
  • Popularity: 4.446
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1933-02-25
  • Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Sidney J. Furie Movies

  • 2014
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    The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh

    The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh

    7.3 2014 HD

    This is the first feature-length documentary on legendary director Raoul Walsh. In this 'memoir,' Walsh 'recounts' his career from the silent film...

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  • 1970
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    Sidney J. Furie: Fire Up the Carousel!

    Sidney J. Furie: Fire Up the Carousel!

    1 1970 HD

    This full-length documentary examines the life and career of the Toronto-born filmmaker Sidney J. Furie, a journey that spans over 60 years, from...

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  • 2023
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    Clear Lines of Sight: Sidney J. Furie at Paramount

    Clear Lines of Sight: Sidney J. Furie at Paramount

    1 2023 HD

    Canadian-born filmmaker Sidney J. Furie made his name with British hits like The Young Ones (1961), The Leather Boys (1964), and The Ipcress File...

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  • 1994
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    Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold

    Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold

    1 1994 HD

    A documentary about actor Michael Caine. Narrated by Caine himself, it includes interviews of his family, friends and colleagues and clips from some...

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  • 2024
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    Cruel, Usual, Necessary: The Passion of Silvio Narizzano

    Cruel, Usual, Necessary: The Passion of Silvio Narizzano

    1 2024 HD

    Perhaps at first glance, the filmography of Silvio Narizzano appears unremarkable. Thanks to his sleeper hit Georgy Girl (1966), he's known largely...

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  • 2006
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    The Veteran

    The Veteran

    4 2006 HD

    Thirty years on from Vietnam, a government official is trying to track down soldiers who went missing in action, in the hope that it may lead her to...

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  • 1992
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    Iron Eagle III

    Iron Eagle III

    4.1 1992 HD

    Chappy discovers a drug-smuggling scheme at his own air base. It turns out that the lives of some village people in Peru are at stake, and he decides...

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  • 1986
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    Iron Eagle

    Iron Eagle

    5.5 1986 HD

    When Doug's father, an Air Force Pilot, is shot down by MiGs belonging to a radical Middle Eastern state, no one seems able to get him out. Doug...

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  • 1986
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    Iron Eagle

    Iron Eagle

    5.5 1986 HD

    When Doug's father, an Air Force Pilot, is shot down by MiGs belonging to a radical Middle Eastern state, no one seems able to get him out. Doug...

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  • 1987
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    Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

    Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

    4.562 1987 HD

    With global superpowers engaged in an increasingly hostile arms race, Superman leads a crusade to rid the world of nuclear weapons. But Lex Luthor,...

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  • 1972
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    Lady Sings the Blues

    Lady Sings the Blues

    6.9 1972 HD

    Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday. Her late childhood, stint as a prostitute, early tours, marriages and drug...

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  • 2000
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    Hide and Seek

    Hide and Seek

    5 2000 HD

    A desperate, childless couple kidnap a pregnant woman and lead her husband to believe that she is dead.

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  • 1982
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    The Entity

    The Entity

    6.6 1982 HD

    Single mother Carla Moran is raped and attacked by an invisible force. She begins therapy with Dr. Phil Sneiderman, a psychiatrist who believes...

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  • 1988
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    Iron Eagle II

    Iron Eagle II

    4.4 1988 HD

    Chappy Sinclair is called to gather together a mixed Soviet/U.S. strike force that will perform a surgical strike on a massively defended nuclear...

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  • 1988
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    Iron Eagle II

    Iron Eagle II

    4.4 1988 HD

    Chappy Sinclair is called to gather together a mixed Soviet/U.S. strike force that will perform a surgical strike on a massively defended nuclear...

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  • 1988
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    Iron Eagle II

    Iron Eagle II

    4.4 1988 HD

    Chappy Sinclair is called to gather together a mixed Soviet/U.S. strike force that will perform a surgical strike on a massively defended nuclear...

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  • 1991
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    The Taking of Beverly Hills

    The Taking of Beverly Hills

    5.2 1991 HD

    A chemical spill has caused the occupants of Beverly Hills to be forcibly evacuated. A retiring football player left behind, finds that the toxic gas...

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  • 1991
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    The Taking of Beverly Hills

    The Taking of Beverly Hills

    5.2 1991 HD

    A chemical spill has caused the occupants of Beverly Hills to be forcibly evacuated. A retiring football player left behind, finds that the toxic gas...

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  • 1966
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    The Appaloosa

    The Appaloosa

    6.2 1966 HD

    A man tries to recover a horse stolen from him by a Mexican bandit.

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  • 1978
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    The Boys in Company C

    The Boys in Company C

    6.5 1978 HD

    Disheartened by futile combat, appalled by the corruption of their South Vietnamese ally, and constantly endangered by the incompetence of their own...

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  • 1978
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    The Boys in Company C

    The Boys in Company C

    6.5 1978 HD

    Disheartened by futile combat, appalled by the corruption of their South Vietnamese ally, and constantly endangered by the incompetence of their own...

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  • 1995
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    Iron Eagle on the Attack

    Iron Eagle on the Attack

    3.3 1995 HD

    While Chappy Sinclair is saddled with a bunch of misfits and delinquents for his flight school, he turns to his protégé Doug Masters to...

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  • 2005
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    American Soldiers

    American Soldiers

    4.1 2005 HD

    Iraq, 2004: during a routine sortie a US patrol is ambushed and the young soldiers are forced to put their training and skills into action fast. A...

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  • 2008
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    The Four Horsemen

    The Four Horsemen

    3.9 2008 HD

    Four high school football stars enlist in the Marines and head off to fight in the war in Iraq. When one of them is killed and another wounded, they...

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  • 1984
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    Purple Hearts

    Purple Hearts

    5.6 1984 HD

    A Navy surgeon and a nurse fall in love while serving in Vietnam during the war. Their affection for one another provides a striking contrast to the...

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  • 1984
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    Purple Hearts

    Purple Hearts

    5.6 1984 HD

    A Navy surgeon and a nurse fall in love while serving in Vietnam during the war. Their affection for one another provides a striking contrast to the...

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  • 1965
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    The Ipcress File

    The Ipcress File

    6.8 1965 HD

    Sly and dry intelligence agent Harry Palmer is tasked with investigating British Intelligence security, and is soon enmeshed in a world of...

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  • 2000
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    My 5 Wives

    My 5 Wives

    4.7 2000 HD

    A three times divorced real estate tycoon who thought he was through with love gets more then he bargained for when he invests in some property for a...

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  • 1970
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    Little Fauss and Big Halsy

    Little Fauss and Big Halsy

    6.1 1970 HD

    The friendship between two Arizona dirt bike racers is tested when they both lust for an attractive runaway young woman who joins them on the racing...

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  • 1997
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    Top of the World

    Top of the World

    5.4 1997 HD

    In Las Vegas for a quicky divorce, a just-paroled ex-cop and his wife wander into the Top of the World Casino, run by the shady Charles Atlas. They...

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  • 2002
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    Global Heresy

    Global Heresy

    5.3 2002 HD

    A rock band bursts onto the scene and then their frontman disappears on the eve of a European tour.

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  • 2001
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    Under Heavy Fire

    Under Heavy Fire

    4 2001 HD

    A group of Marines return to Vietnam with a news crew to relive their tragic war experiences.

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  • 1992
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    Ladybugs

    Ladybugs

    5.6 1992 HD

    To climb the corporate ladder to success, a businessman agrees to coach his company's all-girl soccer team with the help of his secret weapon: his...

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  • 1961
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    Doctor Blood's Coffin

    Doctor Blood's Coffin

    5.2 1961 HD

    After being thrown out of medical school for ethical violations, Dr. Peter Blood returns home to a small Cornish village, where he sets up a research...

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  • 2000
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    Road Rage

    Road Rage

    4.2 2000 HD

    The highway to hell runs straight through a college campus in this compelling thriller about a killer truck. After helping a pretty co-ed out of a...

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  • 1976
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    Gable and Lombard

    Gable and Lombard

    5.2 1976 HD

    A biography about the love affair between 1930s Hollywood superstars Clark Gable and Carole Lombard.

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  • 1973
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    Hit!

    Hit!

    5.7 1973 HD

    A federal agent whose daughter dies of a heroin overdose is determined to destroy the drug ring that supplied her. He recruits various people whose...

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  • 2003
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    Detention

    Detention

    4.6 2003 HD

    A heroic high school teacher leads a band of students trapped in school by violent drug-runners.

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  • 1964
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    The Leather Boys

    The Leather Boys

    6.6 1964 HD

    An immature, brassy teenager marries a young biker but becomes disenchanted with the realities of working class marriage and her husband's close...

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  • 1997
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    The Rage

    The Rage

    3 1997 HD

    FBI Special Agent Travis is trying to catch a deranged serial killer and is doing his best despite having a new and unexperienced partner in the form...

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  • 1997
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    The Rage

    The Rage

    3 1997 HD

    FBI Special Agent Travis is trying to catch a deranged serial killer and is doing his best despite having a new and unexperienced partner in the form...

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  • 1967
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    The Naked Runner

    The Naked Runner

    6 1967 HD

    Sam Laker is an American industrialist, working in Britain, who has just been awarded an international award for industrial design. He is planning to...

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  • 1961
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    The Young Ones

    The Young Ones

    6.2 1961 HD

    Nicky and his friends find that their youth club is in danger of being flattened to make way for a new office block unless they can come up with...

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  • 1961
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    The Snake Woman

    The Snake Woman

    4.2 1961 HD

    A doctor in 1890 England, in order to cure his wife's "sick mind," injects her with snake venom. She later gives birth to a daughter whom the...

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  • 1970
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    The Lawyer

    The Lawyer

    5.6 1970 HD

    Tony Petrocelli, a bright young lawyer practicing in the rich cattle town of Baker, becomes embroiled in a murder case.

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  • 1970
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    The Lawyer

    The Lawyer

    5.6 1970 HD

    Tony Petrocelli, a bright young lawyer practicing in the rich cattle town of Baker, becomes embroiled in a murder case.

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  • 1964
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    Wonderful Life

    Wonderful Life

    5.4 1964 HD

    Cliff Richard and The Shadows are hired to star in a movie shot amid the lush tropical scenery of the Canary Islands. A sunny seaside spectacular,...

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  • 1999
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    The Collectors

    The Collectors

    2.6 1999 HD

    The head of the Louisiana Mafia sends two mobsters (Casper Van Dien, Rick Fox) to New York on a dangerous assignment to collect money.

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  • 1999
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    In Her Defense

    In Her Defense

    4.7 1999 HD

    A lawyer has to defend his lover who's accused of a murder he has committed himself. Now he has to defend her in court without implicating himself.

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  • 2002
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    The Fraternity

    The Fraternity

    5 2002 HD

    Some students at Runcie prep school form an elite club. The group is implicated in a cheating scandal and one of the club members dies mysteriously....

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  • 1975
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    Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York

    Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York

    5.4 1975 HD

    Sheila Levine – an innovative, bright, but painfully introverted individual – arrives in New York City to take an apartment with a...

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  • 1962
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    The Boys

    The Boys

    8 1962 HD

    A night watchman at a garage is found murdered, and four teddy boys are put on trial for the crime. Witnesses and suspects give differing accounts of...

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  • 2011
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    Conduct Unbecoming

    Conduct Unbecoming

    1 2011 HD

    United States Marine Nick Dodd is charged with callously killing several civilians in Afghanistan. A military trial ensues.

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  • 2004
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    Direct Action

    Direct Action

    5.2 2004 HD

    Frank Gannon, a veteran cop, is being hunted by his fellow police officers after they learned he has betrayed the brotherhood and exposed to the feds...

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  • 1959
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    A Cool Sound from Hell

    A Cool Sound from Hell

    6 1959 HD

    To the dismay of his girlfriend, Charlie is introduced to the beatnik scene when he falls in love with a hep chick named Steve. But when he discovers...

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  • 1959
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    A Cool Sound from Hell

    A Cool Sound from Hell

    6 1959 HD

    To the dismay of his girlfriend, Charlie is introduced to the beatnik scene when he falls in love with a hep chick named Steve. But when he discovers...

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  • 1959
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    A Cool Sound from Hell

    A Cool Sound from Hell

    6 1959 HD

    To the dismay of his girlfriend, Charlie is introduced to the beatnik scene when he falls in love with a hep chick named Steve. But when he discovers...

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  • 2014
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    The Dependables

    The Dependables

    3.1 2014 HD

    Five retired ex-military men attempt the unthinkable and dust off their old uniforms for one last explosive mission. The team quickly discovers that...

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  • 1957
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    A Dangerous Age

    A Dangerous Age

    5 1957 HD

    Teenage lovers are continually thwarted in their attempts to get married.

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  • 1957
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    A Dangerous Age

    A Dangerous Age

    5 1957 HD

    Teenage lovers are continually thwarted in their attempts to get married.

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  • 1957
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    A Dangerous Age

    A Dangerous Age

    5 1957 HD

    Teenage lovers are continually thwarted in their attempts to get married.

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  • 1961
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    Three on a Spree

    Three on a Spree

    5.3 1961 HD

    A young man will inherit a huge fortune--8 million pounds--but to qualify, he must spend a million pounds in just two months. Easy to do? That's what...

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  • 1996
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    Hollow Point

    Hollow Point

    5.1 1996 HD

    Livingston is trying to merge the Russians, Chinese and Italian gangsters into one group with huge amounts of money and power. FBI agent Susan and...

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  • 1980
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    Night of the Juggler

    Night of the Juggler

    5.9 1980 HD

    An ex New York cop is desperate to find his kidnapped daughter.

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  • 1961
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    During One Night

    During One Night

    5.6 1961 HD

    Story of a young U.S. Army officer, stationed in England during World War II, who is suddenly conscious of a desire to "prove" himself sexually.

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  • 1961
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    During One Night

    During One Night

    5.6 1961 HD

    Story of a young U.S. Army officer, stationed in England during World War II, who is suddenly conscious of a desire to "prove" himself sexually.

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  • 1961
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    During One Night

    During One Night

    5.6 1961 HD

    Story of a young U.S. Army officer, stationed in England during World War II, who is suddenly conscious of a desire to "prove" himself sexually.

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  • 2002
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    Partners in Action

    Partners in Action

    5.3 2002 HD

    Drama about a former police officer who's framed for murder and a young boy who attempts to help him clear his name.

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  • 1970
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    Drive Me to Vegas and Mars

    Drive Me to Vegas and Mars

    1 1970 HD

    Cowboy, a senior citizen ex-lawyer and gambler, is persuaded by his spunky seventeen year old neighbor, Rachel, to seek retribution for having been...

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  • 2004
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    Direct Action

    Direct Action

    5.2 2004 HD

    Frank Gannon, a veteran cop, is being hunted by his fellow police officers after they learned he has betrayed the brotherhood and exposed to the feds...

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  • 1974
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    Night Games

    Night Games

    6 1974 HD

    A Harvard-educated, big-city lawyer moves to a small Arizona town to set up practice. His first case is defending a beautiful socialite accused of...

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  • 1997
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    Married to a Stranger

    Married to a Stranger

    4 1997 HD

    A woman develops severe amnesia after a blow to the head, and can no longer remember her family.

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  • 1970
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    Finding Hannah

    Finding Hannah

    1 1970 HD

    On December 13th 1942, 3000 Jewish men, women and children deported from France were gassed on arrival in Auschwitz. Among them reportedly was a 14...

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  • 1970
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    Finding Hannah

    Finding Hannah

    1 1970 HD

    On December 13th 1942, 3000 Jewish men, women and children deported from France were gassed on arrival in Auschwitz. Among them reportedly was a 14...

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  • 1970
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    Drive Me to Vegas and Mars

    Drive Me to Vegas and Mars

    1 1970 HD

    Cowboy, a senior citizen ex-lawyer and gambler, is persuaded by his spunky seventeen year old neighbor, Rachel, to seek retribution for having been...

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  • 1970
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    6.2 1970 HD

    Pensacola: Wings of Gold is a syndicated American action/adventure drama series based at the Naval Air Station Pensacola in Pensacola, Florida.

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  • 1970
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    6 1970 HD

    Hudson's Bay is a 1959 Western television series set in Canada and starring Barry Nelson and George Tobias. Sidney J. Furie directed 14 out of the 20...

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  • 1970
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    4.8 1970 HD

    Justice Department undercover agent Michael Cates’s family was killed after he testified against crime boss Jacob Calder. Now Cates is working...

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  • 1970
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    5.161 1970 HD

    While attending a Hollywood premiere with a famous action star, a crazed fan pulls a gun—but her movie hunk turns into a coward, and it's...

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  • 1970
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    6.905 1970 HD

    Petrocelli is an American legal drama which ran for two seasons on NBC from September 11, 1974 to March 31, 1976. Tony Petrocelli is an...

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  • 1970
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    6 1970 HD

    Hudson's Bay is a 1959 Western television series set in Canada and starring Barry Nelson and George Tobias. Sidney J. Furie directed 14 out of the 20...

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