Lorenzo Semple Jr.

The Era of Chan

Film historians discuss the Charlie Chan films

Release Date2008-09-16

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Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

Examines the public scandal and private tragedy which led to legendary director Roman Polanski's sudden flight from the United States.

Release Date2008-01-18

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Vote Count76

Batman: A Dynamic Legacy

I look at the legacy of the the 1966 Batman television series

Release Date2008-06-01

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Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul

Documentary about legendary Italian producer Dino De Laurentiis who's credits range from Fellini's La Strada to today's Hannibal franchise. This profile follows octogenarian De Laurentiis in Hollywood and returning to Rome to set up a new film.

Release Date2001-04-01

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Vote Count5

Batman

Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually crime fighting duo Batman and Robin. A secret Batpole in the Wayne mansion leads to the Batcave, where Police Commissioner Gordon often calls with the latest emergency threatening Gotham City. Racing to the scene of the crime in the Batmobile, Batman and Robin must (with the help of their trusty Bat-utility-belt) thwart the efforts of a variety of master criminals, including The Riddler, The Joker, Catwoman, and The Penguin.

Release Date1966-01-12

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Episode Count16

Vote Count571

King Kong

An oil company expedition disturbs the peace of a giant ape and brings him back to New York to exploit him.

Release Date1976-09-08

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count893

Burke's Law

Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as Amos Burke, millionaire captain of Los Angeles police homicide division, who was chauffeured around to solve crimes in his Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II.

Release Date1963-09-20

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Episode Count4

Vote Count11

Never Say Never Again

James Bond returns as the secret agent 007 to battle the evil organization SPECTRE. Bond must defeat Largo, who has stolen two atomic warheads for nuclear blackmail. But Bond has an ally in Largo's girlfriend, the willowy Domino, who falls for Bond and seeks revenge.

Release Date1983-10-07

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Vote Count1541

Three Days of the Condor

When bookish CIA researcher Joe Turner finds all his co-workers dead, he, together with a woman he has kidnapped, must work together to outwit those responsible until he determines who he can really trust.

Release Date1975-09-24

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Vote Count1297

Condor

Young CIA analyst Joe Turner has his idealism tested when he learns that the CIA has been using an algorithm he developed to spy on American citizens, leading the organization to a terrorist plot that threatens the lives of millions. Inspired by Sydney Pollack’s 1975 political thriller Three Days of the Condor.

Release Date2018-06-06

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Episode Count20

Vote Count259

Kraft Suspense Theatre

Release Date1963-10-10

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Episode Count1

Vote Count3

Fathom

While touring abroad in Europe, beautiful American skydiver Fathom Harvill gets wrapped up in international intrigue when Scottish spy Douglas Campbell recruits her to help him on a secret mission. Before long, Fathom realizes that no one around her, including the mysterious Peter Merriweather, can easily be trusted, leading to various adventures that involve bull fighting, beaches and, of course, romance.

Release Date1967-08-25

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Vote Count36

The Rat Patrol

The exploits of four Allied soldiers — three Americans and one Englishman — who are part of a long-range desert patrol group in the North African campaign during World War II. Their mission: "to attack, harass and wreak havoc on Field Marshal Rommel's vaunted Afrika Korps".

Release Date1966-09-12

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Episode Count1

Vote Count19

The Green Hornet

The Green Hornet is a television series on the ABC US television network that aired for the 1966–1967 TV season starring Van Williams as the Green Hornet/Britt Reid and Bruce Lee as Kato.

Release Date1966-09-09

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Episode Count2

Vote Count76

Sheena

Sheena's parents are killed while on Safari. She is raised by the mystical witch woman of an African tribe. When her foster mother is framed for the murder of a political leader, Sheena and a newsman, Vic Casey, are forced to flee while pursued by the mercenaries hired by the real killer, who hopes to assume power. Sheena's ability to talk to the animals and knowledge of jungle lore give them a chance against the high tech weapons of the mercenaries.

Release Date1984-08-17

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Vote Count156

Papillon

A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.

Release Date1973-12-16

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Vote Count2039

Flash Gordon

A football player and his mates travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth.

Release Date1980-12-05

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Vote Count1051

The Bengal Lancers!

30 minutes of footage left after the finances collapsed.

Release Date1984-06-01

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Vote Count1

Batman

The Dynamic Duo faces four super-villains who plan to hold the world for ransom with the help of a secret invention that instantly dehydrates people.

Release Date1966-07-30

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Vote Count1012

Daddy's Gone A-Hunting

A mentally disturbed man stalks a woman who had once aborted the child he had fathered.

Release Date1969-05-13

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Vote Count5

The Drowning Pool

Harper is brought to Louisiana to investigate an attempted blackmail scheme. He soon finds out that it involves an old flame of his and her daughter. He eventually finds himself caught in a power struggle between the matriarch of the family and a greedy oil baron, who wants their property. Poor Harper! Things are not as straight-forward as they initially appeared.

Release Date1975-07-18

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Vote Count131

The Rogues

The Rogues is an American television series that appeared on NBC from September 13, 1964, to April 18, 1965, starring David Niven, Charles Boyer, and Gig Young as a related trio of former conmen who could, for the right price, be persuaded to trick a very wealthy and heinously unscrupulous mark. Although it won the 1964 Golden Globe award for Best Television Series, the show was cancelled after one season consisting of thirty episodes.

Release Date1964-09-13

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Episode Count1

Vote Count5

The Super Cops

The true story of two New York City cops. Greenberg & Hantz fought the system, became detectives and were known on the streets as "Batman & Robin".

Release Date1974-03-20

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Vote Count23

The Sporting Club

The wealthy members of an exclusive backwoods retreat face an existential threat from both a disgruntled former manager as well as a subversive, anarchistic current member.

Release Date1971-02-28

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Vote Count6

Rearview Mirror

When the psychopathic jailbreaker Hopps and his cousin steal a camper to continue their flight, they notice too late that there's a baby on the back seat. At first they want to kill it, but...

Release Date1984-11-16

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Vote Count4

Hurricane

The story of the desperate love affair between a young Samoan chief and a beautiful American painter, against the will of her father, the powerful governor of the island. Amid this man-made tension comes a powerful hurricane so devastating, the lives of the lovers and the entire island are imperiled.

Release Date1979-04-12

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Vote Count16

The Parallax View

An ambitious reporter gets in trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corporation behind every event in the world's headlines.

Release Date1974-06-14

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Vote Count343

Pretty Poison

A troubled arsonist spins a tale of espionage to a captivating girl, who becomes enthralled and entangled in his dangerous fantasies, leading to unexpected murder and chaos that change their lives forever.

Release Date1968-07-18

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Vote Count89

Pretty Poison

A clueless cheerleader falls for a mysterious young man who tells her he's a secret agent. But the truth is much simpler and darker.

Release Date1996-09-24

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Vote Count2

Pursuit

Pursuit is an American television anthology drama series which aired on CBS from October 1958 to January 1959.

Release Date1958-10-22

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Episode Count1

Never Too Young to Die

Secret agent Drew Stargrove is brutally murdered by the ruthless hermaphrodite gang leader Velvet Von Ragnar. The murdered secret agent's son, Lance Stargrove is thrust into the dangerous and intriguing world of secret agents and espionage when he seeks revenge. Danja Deerling teams up with Lance as his sidekick and love interest.

Release Date1986-06-13

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Vote Count53

The Honeymoon Machine

Lt. Fergie Howard teams up with Lt. Beau Gilliam and Navy scientist Jason Eldridge to turn a supercomputer with missile-tracking capabilities into a tool to predict where a roulette ball will land. They dock in Venice, Italy, and begin making a killing at the casino, but their shore-to-ship signals get misinterpreted as signs of attack by Adm. Fitch, putting a serious crimp in the officers' get-rich-quick scheme.

Release Date1961-08-16

DepartmentWriting

JobTheatre Play

Vote Count21

Batman '66 Meets the Green Hornet

The episodes "A Piece of the Action" and "Batman's Satisfaction" have been edited together, along with other scenes and period TV promos of the 1966 television show "Batman" and 1967's "The Green Hornet" for this interesting feature film.

Release Date2020-08-18

DepartmentWriting

JobScript Consultant

Vote Count1

The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker

A stockbroker is stuck in a dreary job and a marriage that's become a dull routine. To cope with the boredom and frustration, he resorts to voyeurism and extramarital love affairs.

Release Date1971-08-19

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Vote Count3

Rapture

A computer software designer becomes obsessed with his now-married high-school crush of 20 years before.

Release Date1993-03-11

DepartmentWriting

JobTeleplay

Vote Count3

The Road to Casino Royale

Documentary that traces the tangled rights to Ian Fleming's "Casino Royale," the first James Bond story, which took over a half century to reach the screen in recognizable form.

Release Date2008-10-21