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A Place to Grow (1998)
Character: Jake
Following his brother's death, a musician returns home to the farm. He intends to sell it, but over the course of his visit, develops an appreciation for the hands-on, old-style method of farming that goes on there. As he spends more time on the farm, he begins to suspect that his brother's death might not have occurred the way he'd first thought, and that foul play might have been involved. A heart-rending drama of love, loss, and the value of family, A Place to Grow will touch your heart. Starring stage and screen stalwart, Wilford Brimley (The Natural, In & Out).
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Shadows on the Wall (1986)
Character: Floyd Buckman
A reporter becomes the target of a murderer when he starts investigating a fifty-year-old murder/suicide case.
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All My Friends Are Cowboys (1998)
Character: Charlie
All My Friends Are Cowboys is a musical play based on the formative years of Kelly C. Crabb, who worked on a livestock farm in Utah before becoming an author and entertainment lawyer. The show was produced for television by PBS, and featured performances by Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash, Wilford Brimley, Joe Diffie and (in his final taped appearance) Roy Rogers.
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Resurrection Mary (2002)
Character: Morty
Resurrection is a small, unassuming rural town in Kentucky. It is a place known only for one peculiar attribute: a string of mysterious disappearances stretching back to the turn of the century. Locals believe that the legendary ghost of a woman named Mary Bregavy may be haunting the town, looking for suitors to meet her in the realm beyond. A local innkeeper seems to have all the answers, but is his account of Mary true, or just more local folklore? A burnt-out tabloid writer goes in search of the legend and ends up becoming a key player in a story he could only dream of inventing.
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Jackals (1986)
Character: Sheriff Mitchell
Cops in a small town near the Mexican border find themselves caught up in a scheme that smuggles illegal aliens into the country.
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Amber Waves (1980)
Character: Pete Alberts
A drifter stranded in Kansas accepts a job offer from a wheat harvester who, in desperation over his cancer and financial woes, attempts suicide but becomes a father-figure to the young man.
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Rodeo Girl (1980)
Character: Bingo Gibbs
Sammy Garrett, the wife of a champion rodeo performer, is tired of her subsidiary role at home as a housewife. So she becomes an aspiring rodeo rider herself, encouraged by her one-time performer mother, and eventually confronts her new lifestyle, despite her husband's disapproval. Based on the true story of rodeo champion Sue Pirtle.
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Comanche (2000)
Character: N/A
The heart warming true story of the only U.S. survivor of The Battle of Little Big Horn... the horse named Comanche.
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Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill (1981)
Character: Wally Haskell
The first of three private-eye movies created by Robert Blake about rugged Joe Dancer as the forerunner to a prospective but unrealized series after the retirement of his "Baretta" character. In the initial outing, Blake, as Dancer, follows a trail of bodies through a maze of corruption involving a politically ambitious Beverly Hills family.
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Pitcher and the Pin-Up (2003)
Character: Coach Weaver
Growing up in Las Vegas, Danny and Melissa meet at age eight and are destined to become life-long friends. During their teen years, they cling to each other for love and security, but as they grow older, their lives take different paths. Danny fills the void in his heart with his passion and love for America's favorite pastime. Melissa, filled with the insecurities of her youth, struggles to find the strength to pursue her childhood dreams. Although apart, their lives are forever connected. Like a glorious seven-game world series, "Pitcher and the Pin-Up" is a story of imperishable hope, courage, faith, love, and coming home.
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Murder in Space (1985)
Character: Dr. Andrew McCallister
Set in the "not-so-distant future", the crew of an international space station are set to return triumphantly to Earth, until someone starts killing the other crew members.
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Hard Target (1993)
Character: Uncle Douvee
When a woman's father goes missing, she enlists a local to aid in her search. The pair soon discover that her father has died at the hands of a wealthy sportsman who hunts homeless men as a form of recreation.
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Lawman (1971)
Character: Marc Corman (uncredited)
While passing through the town of Bannock, a bunch of drunken cattlemen go overboard with their celebrating and accidentally kill an old man with a stray shot. They return home to Sabbath unaware of his death. Bannock lawman Jered Maddox later arrives there to arrest everyone involved on a charge of murder. Sabbath is run by land baron Vince Bronson, a benevolent despot, who, upon hearing of the death, offers restitution for the incident.
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Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009)
Character: Earl Granger
New Yorkers Paul and Meryl Morgan seem to have it all -- except that their marriage is crumbling around them. But their romantic woes are small compared to the trouble they find themselves in after witnessing a murder. To protect them from an assassin, federal agents whisk away Paul and Meryl to a small town in Wyoming, where their marriage will crash and burn, or their passion will reignite.
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Borderline (1980)
Character: Scooter Jackson
Jeb Maynard is a patrolman guarding the U.S.-Mexican border, whose partner and buddy Scooter has just been murdered. Maynard knows that a smuggler of illegal aliens is responsible for Scooter's death, but the feds insist that drug dealers committed the crime.
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I Believe (2019)
Character: Pastor
A 9 year old boy experiences God's power in a supernatural way.
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Heaven Sent (1994)
Character: Security Guard
Eddie, a fourteen-year-old juvenile delinquent of sorts, collides with a car during a petty theft and dies in the hospital. Due to some confusion in heaven, however, he is given three days to clean up his life with the help of a beginner angel - and save his mom.
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Eternity (1990)
Character: King / Eric
TV producer James has an extremely vivid dream, in which he is a prince struggling to keep the kingdom at peace against the wishes of his warfaring brother, while at the same time competing with his brother for a woman's love. The figures in his dream match those in his real life, with his brother being an aggressive business man trying to buy James out, the king being James' advisor, and the woman being an actress recently cast for a commercial at his studio. Seeing his dreams as a message about his life, James decides to act on their guidance, even though they lead him into the fight of his life.
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Summer of the Monkeys (1998)
Character: Grandpa Sam Ferrans
One summer, Jay finds four chimps on the prairie who have fallen off a circus cart.
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In & Out (1997)
Character: Frank Brackett
A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.
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Cocoon (1985)
Character: Benjamin Luckett
When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigor.
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Brigham City (2001)
Character: Stu
Wes Clayton is a lawman and a bishop in a Mormon community called Brigham. The town is shaken when a woman from California is found murdered. Clayton and his young deputy work with an FBI agent sent to investigate. As a civil and spiritual leader in the frightened town, Clayton must uncover the town's deepest secrets, find the murderer and keep Brigham from ripping itself apart.
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Tough Enough (1983)
Character: Bill Long
An aspiring country singer, whose money is disappearing faster than his career opportunities, enters a "Tough Man" amateur boxing contest to earn some cash to pay his bills. Amazingly enough, he wins it, and is picked to go onto the national finals. He's torn between his first love, music, and the glitz, glamor and money of the "Tough Man" world.
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The Firm (1993)
Character: William Devasher
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 refuse. Seduced by the money and gifts showered on him, he is totally oblivious to the more sinister side of his company. Then, two Associates are murdered. The FBI contact him, asking him for information and suddenly his life is ruined. He has a choice - work with the FBI, or stay with the Firm. Either way he will lose his life as he knows it. Mitch figures the only way out is to follow his own plan...
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Last of the Dogmen (1995)
Character: Narrator (uncredited)
A Montana bounty hunter is sent into the wilderness to track three escaped prisoners. Instead he sees something that puzzles him. Later with a female Native Indian history professor, he returns to find some answers.
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The Electric Horseman (1979)
Character: Farmer
A former champion rodeo rider is reduced to using his saddle skills to promote a breakfast cereal in a gaudy Las Vegas show. When he's asked to perform with a $12 million horse, he discovers it is being doped to remain docile. He flees into the desert astride the beast in an act of defiance. A story-hungry female reporter gives chase.
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Death Valley (1982)
Character: The Sheriff
A divorced mother, her young son and her new boyfriend set out on a road trip through Death Valley and run afoul of a local serial killer.
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The Good Old Boys (1995)
Character: C.C. Tarpley
An aging cowboy must choose between his desire to remain free and the responsibilities of maintaining a family.
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Tender Mercies (1983)
Character: Harry
Alchoholic former country singer Mac Sledge makes friends with a young widow and her son. The friendship enables him to find inspiration to resume his career.
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My Fellow Americans (1996)
Character: Joe Hollis
They used to run the country. Now they're running for their lives! Two on-the-lam former Presidents of the United States. Framed in a scandal by the current President and pursued by armed agents, the two squabbling political foes plunge into a desperately frantic search for the evidence that will establish their innocence.
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Cocoon: The Return (1988)
Character: Ben Luckett
The reinvigorated elderly group that left Earth comes back to visit their relatives. Will they all decide to go back to the planet where no one grows old, or will they be tempted to remain on Earth?
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True Grit (1969)
Character: Minor Role (uncredited)
The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy on a mission of 'justice', which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marshal, 'Rooster' Cogburn because he has 'true grit', and a reputation of getting the job done.
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Timber the Treasure Dog (2016)
Character: Hawk Jones
A boy rises to the occasion with his best friend (a lovable talking dog) to save his home and family.
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End of the Line (1987)
Character: Will Haney
When the closure of a railway is announced, employees commandeer a locomotive to get to corporate headquarters and confront the president.
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Where The Red Fern Grows Part 2 (1992)
Character: Grandpa Will
An embittered WWII veteran returns to his grandfather's home in the Louisiana woods. The old man helps his grandson readjust by giving him two hound dog puppies to care for.
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The Wild Wild West Revisited (1979)
Character: President Grover Cleveland
The intrepid team of Old West government intelligence agents are brought out of retirement after 10 years to hunt down a cunning new adversary, the son of their former archenemy, who is suspected of cloning imposters to be substituted for the crowned heads of Europe and perhaps even the President of the United States.
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Harry & Son (1984)
Character: Tom Keach
Widower Harry Keach is a construction worker who was raised to appreciate the importance of working for a living. He takes a dim view of his sensitive son Howard's lackadaisical lifestyle and has a strained relationship with his daughter Nina as he does not approve of her husband. When Harry is fired from his job, his life changes drastically as he is made to focus on the relationships around him.
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The Stone Boy (1984)
Character: George Jansen
12-year-old Arnold Hillerman and his 17-year-old brother Eugene live with their family on a farm in Montana. In an accident, Eugene is killed by Arnold's gun. Isolated from emotions he cannot comprehend, Arnold now has to come to terms with his grieving family - including his father, mother, hostile uncle, and grandfather - while his family has to come to terms with Arnold.
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Thompson's Last Run (1986)
Character: Red Haines
A hardened con being transferred from a federal penitentiary to a Texas institution to finish a life sentence as a habitual criminal is freed at gunpoint by his niece. The police man, who was transferring him and has been the con's adversary for over 30 years, vows to catch the twosome.
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The Thing (1982)
Character: Blair
In the winter of 1982, a twelve-man research team at a remote Antarctic research station discovers an alien buried in the snow for over 100,000 years. Soon unfrozen, the form-changing creature wreaks havoc, creates terror... and becomes one of them.
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10 to Midnight (1983)
Character: Clem Malone
Warren Stacy, an office equipment repairman, begins murdering women after they reject his advances. To minimize the evidence, Stacy always kills while naked, wearing nothing but gloves, and further evades the law with his strong alibis. Veteran detective Leo Kessler is convinced of Stacy's guilt and begins using questionable methods to catch him.
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The Natural (1984)
Character: Pop Fisher
An unknown middle-aged batter named Roy Hobbs with a mysterious past appears out of nowhere to take a losing 1930s baseball team to the top of the league.
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Crossfire Trail (2001)
Character: Joe Gill
Rafe Covington is as good as his word, and he's determined to keep his promise to a dying man that he'll look after the man's widow and Wyoming ranch. But the widow doubts the integrity of drifter Covington. And an unscrupulous land grabber and his gunmen are sizing up the ranch the way a spider eyes a fly.
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High Road to China (1983)
Character: Bradley Tozer
A biplane pilot is saddled with a spoiled industrialist's daughter on a search for her missing father through Asia that eventually involves them in a struggle against a Chinese warlord.
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Billy the Kid (1989)
Character: Gov. Lew Wallace
Gore Vidal's historical novel is brought to life in this television production of Turner Network Television's Billy the Kid.
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Blood River (1991)
Character: U.S. Marshal Winston Patrick Culler
Jimmy Pearls, a directionless young drifter, kills Henry Logan's son and two other men after he found out that they murdered Jimmy's parents for their land. Trying to get away from Logan's vengeance, he goes to ground in the mountains and meets Winston Patrick Culler, an old trapper, who becomes his traveling companion and protector. Jimmy doesn't understand though why Culler is helping him...
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The China Syndrome (1979)
Character: Ted Spindler
While doing a series of reports on alternative energy sources, opportunistic reporter Kimberly Wells witnesses an accident at a nuclear power plant. Wells is determined to publicize the incident, but soon finds herself entangled in a sinister conspiracy to keep the full impact of the incident a secret.
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OP Center (1995)
Character: Adm. Troy Davis
Paul Hood is the newly appointed director of the OP Center, a special agency gathering a wide variety of experts monitoring international crisis. On his first day on the job, nuclear missiles are stolen from the former Soviet Union by terrorists. The team must find out who did it, why, and most importantly, where they are heading so they can retrieve them
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Brubaker (1980)
Character: Rogers - Prison Board
The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.
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The Hotel New Hampshire (1984)
Character: Iowa Bob
Over the course of several years beginning in the 1950s, a man and his oddball family run hotels in New England and Vienna, as unexpected events change their lives forever.
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Roughnecks (1980)
Character: Willie Clayton
Ida McBride decides to drill for oil on her ranch, against her son Tom's wishes. A contentious crew of wildcatters arrives, including a stalwart drilling magnate, his tool-pusher and a young roughneck associate, who endeavor to save the ranching empire by trying to bring in a methane gas well.
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Act of Vengeance (1986)
Character: Tony Boyle
In 1969, an administrator runs against the corrupt president of the United Coal Miners Union, and becomes the target of a murder plot.
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Country (1984)
Character: Otis
Jewell and Gil are farmers. They seem to be working against the odds, producing no financial surplus. Gil has lost hope of ever becoming prosperous, but Jewell decides to fight for her family.
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Progeny (1998)
Character: Dr. David Wetherly
An unsuspecting woman is impregnated by aliens who are experimenting on the human population.
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Mutant Species (1995)
Character: Devro
A rocket containing bio-hazardous material to be disposed of by launching into space crashes in a remote wooded area. An army team is sent to recover it. One of the men is infected and mutates into a monster, killing most of the rest of the team. One man escapes with the help of a brother & sister who live in the woods. He then tries to stop his former buddy, while also fighting against another army team sent in to destroy everything. The bio-material was supposed to create a super-soldier, was banned, and the crash of the rocket appears to have been deliberate so the experiment could proceed. But who is behind it all? And will others be infected?
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Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985)
Character: Noa
The army of the Marauders, led by King Terak and the witch Charal, attack the Ewoks village, killing Cindel's family. Cindel and the Ewok Wicket escape and meet Teek in the forest, a naughty and very fast animal. Teek takes them to a house in which an old man, Noa, lives. Like Cindel, he also crashed with his Starcruiser on Endor. Together they fight Terak and Charal.
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Absence of Malice (1981)
Character: James J. Wells
Megan Carter is a reporter duped into running an untrue story on Michael Gallagher, a suspected racketeer. He has an alibi for the time his crime was allegedly committed—but it involves an innocent party. When he tells Carter the truth and the newspaper runs it, tragedy follows, forcing Carter to face up to the responsibilities of her job when she is confronted by Gallagher.
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