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Taken (1999)
Character: Ethan Grover
A kidnapped businessman, finding out that no one is willing to pay the ransom to save his life, befriends his aggressor.
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Plaza Suite (1987)
Character: Jesse Kiplinger
Hilarity abounds in this portrait of three couples successively occupying a suite at the Plaza.
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Devil's Food (1996)
Character: Seymour Kecker
When a TV anchor woman finds her career to be hampered by her uncontrollable weight problems, she closes a deal with the devil. He lends her her ideal weight, she promises him her soul. By contract. Soon enough she realizes she's made a terrible mistake and tries to negotiate her way out of it. Alas, the devil knows but one motto: "a deal is a deal", and now he's ready to collect...
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Hard Four (2007)
Character: Spray Loomis
When legendary gambler Golden Hands Segal suffers a fatal heart attack at the craps table in Las Vegas, his grandson Freddy Meingold and boyhood pal Spencer Ragusa have less than 24 hours to retrieve the body for burial in New Jersey.
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Lincoln (1992)
Character: Stephen A. Douglas (voice)
Famous actors read testimonies from people close to Lincoln about him and his actions during the Civil War.
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The Making of Midway (2001)
Character: Self
A behind-the-scenes look at the 1976 epic film Midway. Hosted by star Charlton Heston, the featurette explores the production's efforts to balance historical accuracy with dramatic, star-studded storytelling, featuring interviews with producer Walter Mirisch.
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The Climb (2002)
Character: Mack
A pair of mismatched rock climbers must learn to work together to conquer one of the world's most treacherous mountains in this adventure tale. After rescuing a wealthy man, solo climbers Michael and Derrick are rewarded with a chance to summit Mount Chicanagua. Risk-taker Derrick clashes with safety-conscious Michael, but in order to live through the ordeal they must work as a team.
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Dan August: The Jealousy Factor (1980)
Character: Rick Bessett
Dan August: The Jealousy Factor (1980) A police detective investigates two messy murder cases involving lovers' triangles and jealous spouses
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Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story (1987)
Character: Ed Sigel
This is the story of Lenell Geter, an engineer who was accused and convicted of armed robbery. Because he had such faith in the system, he thought that he would eventually be released. But he was in jail for 18 months until a lawyer from the NAACP was brought to assist in his case.
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Returning Home (1975)
Character: Al Stephenson
The story of three returning World War II veterans, and how they try to cope with returning to civilian life.
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Murrow (1986)
Character: William Paley
Follow legendary news reporter/commentator from his radio broadcasts from the rooftops of London during the Blitz to his TV documentary series "See It Now" and his confrontations with the Senator from Wisconsin that helped put an end to the witch-hunts.
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Sworn to Silence (1987)
Character: Martin Costigan
A lawyer who is defending an accused murderer, is told by his client the whereabouts of the bodies. However, being his lawyer, he is unable to reveal this information.
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House of Evil (1974)
Character: N/A
A missing teenager reappears and tells police she had been imprisoned by two sisters that she believes were witches.
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Kiss My Act (2001)
Character: Henry
A modern retelling of the Cyrano de Bergerac story among stand-up comics, with a bartender helping her much better-looking friend seem smart.
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Maybe Baby (1988)
Character: Hal
A happily married man’s life changes drastically when his wife decides to have a baby after several years of marriage.
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Kiss Me... Kill Me (1976)
Character: Capt. Logan
A female investigator in the district attorney's office sets out to track down the person who murdered a young schoolteacher.
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Moving Target (1973)
Character: N/A
A police detective initially believed to have died in an accident is found to have been murdered, and suspicion arises the killer is a fellow officer.
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Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
Character: Self
This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was taped February 17, 1985, at New York's Radio City Music Hall, this sequel to the 1982 "Night of 100 Stars" special features 288 celebrities.
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Maneaters Are Loose! (1978)
Character: McCallum
Terror stalks a small California community when a broke and depressed animal owner and trainer is forced to abandon his tigers and let them fend for themselves in the nearby wilderness.
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My Date with the President's Daughter (1998)
Character: President George Richmond
Duncan is just an ordinary high school student. Hallie dreams of an ordinary life, but is actually the daughter of the president of the United States, living with a high profile and a rigid schedule. The unlikely pair happen to meet at the local mall, and Duncan nervously asks Hallie out, unaware of her family situation. When their eventual date is ruined by the intrusive Secret Service, the young lovebirds cut loose for a night of mischief.
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The Slender Thread (1965)
Character: Charlie
Alan is a Seattle college student volunteering at a crisis center. One night when at the clinic alone, a woman calls up the number and tells Alan that she needs to talk to someone. She informs Alan she took a load of pills, and he secretly tries to get help. During this time, he learns more about the woman, her family life, and why she wants to die. Can Alan get the cavalry to save her in time before it's too late?
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I Love My Wife (1970)
Character: Frank Donnelly
Young surgeon becomes bored with his wife and family, he has a very successful career, but even with having so much in life, he feels empty and goes through a series of brief and meaningless relations with attractive women.
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Midway (1976)
Character: Captain Murray Arnold
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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Moonlight Mile (2002)
Character: Mike Mulcahey
As he copes with the death of his fiancee along with her parents, a young man must figure out what he wants out of life.
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Cinderella Liberty (1973)
Character: Executive Officer
A lonely Navy sailor falls in love with a Seattle hooker and becomes a surrogate father figure for her son during an extended liberty due to his service records being lost.
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Viva Knievel! (1977)
Character: Ralph Thompson
The legendary stuntman plans his most incredible stunt yet while battling the mob in this action-adventure.
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Downhill Racer (1969)
Character: Mayo
An ambitious young skier, determined to break all existing records, is contemptuous of the teamwork advocated by the US coach when they go to Europe for the Olympics.
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Clifford (1994)
Character: Gerald Ellis
When his brother asks him to look after his young son, Clifford, Martin Daniels agrees, taking the boy into his home and introducing him to his future wife, Sarah. Clifford is fixated on the idea of visiting a famed theme park, and Martin, an engineer who helped build the park, makes plans to take him. But, when Clifford reveals himself to be a first-rate brat, his uncle goes bonkers, and a loony inter-generational standoff ensues.
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Inspector Gadget (1999)
Character: Chief Quimby
John Brown is a bumbling but well-intentioned security guard who is badly injured in an explosion planned by an evil mastermind. He is taken to a laboratory, where Brenda, a leading robotics surgeon, replaces his damaged limbs with state-of-the-art gadgets and tools. Named "Inspector Gadget" by the press, John -- along with his niece, Penny, and her trusty dog, Brain -- uses his new powers to discover who was behind the explosion.
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Still Working 9 to 5 (2022)
Character: Self
Examines the 40-year evolution of gender inequality and discrimination in the workplace since the 1980 release of the comedy film “9 to 5” starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton, and Dabney Coleman.
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Bite the Bullet (1975)
Character: Jack Parker
At the beginning of the 20th century, a newspaper organizes an endurance horse race : 700 miles to run in a few days. 9 adventurers are competing, among them a woman, Miss Jones, a Mexican, an Englishman, a young cow-boy, an old one and two friends, Sam Clayton and Luke Matthews. All those individualists will learn to respect each other.
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North Dallas Forty (1979)
Character: Emmett Hunter
A semi-fictional account of life as a professional football player. Loosely based on the Dallas Cowboys team of the early 1970s.
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There Goes the Neighborhood (1992)
Character: Jeffrey Babitt
A dying prisoner whispers the location of his loot to the facility's psychologist, who heads to the New Jersey suburbs to find it. Two prisoners overhear the plan and escape to get the millions for themselves. Who will get the money?
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Char·ac·ter (2012)
Character: Self
A raw and candid dialogue about the life and craft of acting between longtime colleagues and friends Dabney Coleman, Peter Falk, Charles Grodin, Mark Rydell, Harry Dean Stanton and Sydney Pollack. Drago Sumonja's document takes us into the hearts, minds, and living rooms of some of America's greatest storytellers.
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Callie & Son (1981)
Character: Randall Bordeaux
A fictional drama, covering a 30-year period, about a poverty-stricken teenager forced to give up her illegitimate son at birth, and the climb to wealth and power as the wife of a newspaper publisher who helps her locate her son, in whose future she becomes obsessed.
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The President's Plane Is Missing (1973)
Character: Sen. Bert Haines
When the President's plane mysteriously disappears with him on board, it is left to the seemingly weak Vice President to try to avert a nuclear exchange with the Chinese.
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Amos & Andrew (1993)
Character: Chief of Police Cecil Tolliver
When Andrew Sterling, a successful black urbanite writer, buys a vacation home on a resort in New England the police mistake him for a burglar. After surrounding his home with armed men, Chief Tolliver realizes his mistake and to avoid the bad publicity offers a thief in his jail, Amos Odell a deal.
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Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street (2001)
Character: Principal Peter Prickly
Principal Prickly gets his car stuck in a snowbank and decides it has to be the Recess gang's fault, but the teachers look back and remember all the good times they've had with T.J. and the rest of the gang.
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The Other Side of the Mountain (1975)
Character: Dave McCoy
One year before the Olympics, Jill Kinmont, an 18-year-old skiing champion, suffers a fall during competition and is left paralyzed. With her life now completely altered, she undergoes an exhausting fight to regain some of what she has lost.
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Never Forget (1991)
Character: William Cox
Mel and Jane Mermelstein are a true-life California couple, thrown into the spotlight of judicial history in the 1980s. Mel is a Hungarian-born Jew, sole-survivor of his family's extermination at Auschwitz, and Jane, a Southern Baptist from Tennessee. Their four children are good kids, typical Americans, with just enough orneriness to irritate each other, but enough love and class to pull together when it counts.
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Stuart Little (1999)
Character: Dr. Beechwood
When the Littles adopt Stuart, the mouse, George is initially unwelcoming to his new brother, and the family cat, Snowbell, is even less enthusiastic. Stuart resolves to face these difficulties with as much pluck and courage as he can muster.
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Tootsie (1982)
Character: Ron Carlisle
When struggling, out of work actor Michael Dorsey secretly adopts a female alter ego – Dorothy Michaels – in order to land a part in a daytime drama, he unwittingly becomes a feminist icon and ends up in a romantic pickle.
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Black Fist (1977)
Character: Heineken
To make money, a Los Angeles street-fighter goes to work for gangsters.
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Cloak & Dagger (1984)
Character: Jack Flack / Hal Osborne
Davey Osborne is an average 11-year-old boy with an overactive imagination. He spends his days playing video games and pretending to be a spy with his imaginary father-figure, Jack Flack - a substitute for his real father, who is struggling with the recent death of Davey's mother. However, fantasy becomes reality for Davey after he witnesses the murder of an FBI agent, who in his dying breath, gives Davey a mysterious video game cartridge called Cloak & Dagger, which in actuality contains top-secret government information. With the help of his younger friend Kim, the tech savvy Morris, and even a little help from his fictional secret agent mentor, Davey must stay one step ahead of pursuers as he tries to survive a real-life game of espionage in the streets of San Antonio, Texas.
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Hot to Trot (1988)
Character: Walter Sawyer
Fred P. Chaney receives as inheritance after the death of his mother a speaking horse that also has good knowledge about the stock-market. With the help of this horse Fred gains a lot at the stock-market of Chicago.
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The Trouble with Girls (1969)
Character: Harrison Wilby
Chautauqua manager Walter Hale and his loyal business manager struggle to keep their traveling troupe together in small town America.
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Modern Problems (1981)
Character: Mark Winslow
Jealous, harried air traffic controller Max Fielder, recently dumped by his girlfriend, comes into contact with nuclear waste and is granted the power of telekinesis, which he uses to not only win her back, but to gain a little revenge.
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The Towering Inferno (1974)
Character: Deputy Chief #1
At the opening party of a colossal—but poorly constructed—skyscraper, a massive fire breaks out, threatening to destroy the tower and everyone in it.
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Rules Don't Apply (2016)
Character: Raymond Holliday
The unconventional love story of an aspiring actress, her ambitious driver, and their eccentric boss, the legendary billionaire Howard Hughes.
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When She Was Bad... (1979)
Character: Jack Wilson
Stressed by a recent move and being a stay-at-home mom, Teeny takes out her bottled-up rage on her daughter Robbie. Only the help of her friends, family and counselors can stop her from harming Robbie and herself.
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The Dove (1974)
Character: Charles Huntley
16-year-old Robin Lee Graham aims to become the youngest person to sail around the world in a 23-foot sloop named "The Dove". On his journey, he meets and falls in love with Patti Ratteree, who is also traveling around the world. As Robin sails around the world to many beautiful locales, he grows from a boy to a man, finds himself, and finds the love of his life.
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On Golden Pond (1981)
Character: Bill Ray
For Norman and Ethel Thayer, this summer on golden pond is filled with conflict and resolution. When their daughter Chelsea arrives, the family is forced to renew the bonds of love and overcome the generational friction that has existed for years.
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Short Time (1990)
Character: Burt Simpson
As a result of a misdiagnosis, Detective Burt Simpson is told he has just weeks to live. He gains a new respect for his life and loved ones but learns that in order for his wife, Carolyn, and son, Dougie, to collect any insurance money, he must be killed in the line of duty. He then becomes the most reckless man on the police force, volunteering for dangerous assignments over the objections of his by-the-book partner.
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The Beverly Hillbillies (1993)
Character: Milburn Drysdale
Mild-mannered dirt-poor hill-dweller Jed Clampett strikes it rich when oil is discovered on his property. At cousin Pearl's insistence, he moves his family to Beverly Hills to better enjoy his newfound wealth.
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Pray TV (1980)
Character: Marvin Fleece
A failing television station is bought out by a slick TV evangelist and starts making mountains of money in the guise of religious programming, which is actually just an excuse to sell merchandise.
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Melvin and Howard (1980)
Character: Judge Keith Hayes
The story of hard-luck Melvin Dummar, who claimed to have received a will naming him an heir to the fortune of Howard Hughes. Inspired by real events.
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In the Line of Duty: Kidnapped (1995)
Character: Arthur Milo
Arthur Milo, an IRS official with access to detailed personal and financial data, chooses his kidnap victims from his files. Pete Honeycutt is in charge of the case, and Milo taunts him with personal phone calls, eventually threatening his family.
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Nine to Five (1980)
Character: Franklin M. Hart Jr.
Three female employees of a sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot find a way to turn the tables on him.
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Meet the Applegates (1990)
Character: Aunt Bea
Modelling themselves after an idyllic cookie-cutter suburban 1950s family, a colony of insects move from South America into the United States with the intent of getting access to the nation's nuclear resources.
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Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade (2003)
Character: Principal Prickly (voice)
Everyone's favorite fourth graders have graduated! It's an all-new school year for the kids — and the gang hits the fifth grade running! But they're stopped in their tracks when they discover some unwelcome changes — no pizza, no playground... no lockers! And to make things worse, their teacher turns out to be the cantankerous Miss Finster! It's all too much for T.J., who is determined to find a way to stand up for what the gang believes in and improve the school they love! The fifth grade brings out the best in everyone... even Miss Finster and Principal Prickly!
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Domino (2005)
Character: Drake Bishop
The story of the life of Domino Harvey, who abandoned her career as a Ford model to become a bounty hunter.
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Giving It Up (1999)
Character: Johnathan Gallant
A womanizing New York adman attempts to identify the causes of, and find a remedy for, his so-called addiction to sex, in order to win the love of a woman he respects.
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Where the Red Fern Grows (2003)
Character: Grandpa
Set in the Ozark Mountains during the Great Depression, Billy Coleman works hard and saves his earnings for 2 years to achieve his dream of buying two coonhound pups. He develops a new trust in God as he faces overwhelming challenges in adventure and tragedy roaming the river bottoms of Cherokee country with "Old Dan" and "Little Ann."
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Judicial Consent (1994)
Character: Charles Mayron
Judge Gwen Warwick becomes involved in the murder trial she has been assigned. Her marriage is on the rocks and the murder victim is an old friend, who rumour has it, had an affair with her.
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Target Earth (1998)
Character: Senator Ben Arnold
Unlikely heroes must overcome incredible dangers to save mankind from the threat of an alien invasion.
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Dragnet (1987)
Character: Jerry Caesar
LAPD Sgt. Joe Friday -- the equally straight-laced nephew of the famous police sergeant of the same name -- is paired up with a young, freewheeling detective named Pep Streebeck. After investigating some strange robberies at the local zoo and the theft of a stockpile of pornographic magazines, they uncover cult activity in the heart of the city and are hot on the case to figure out who's behind it all.
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WarGames (1983)
Character: McKittrick
High school student David Lightman has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Department of Defense's war computer and initiates a confrontation of global proportions. Together with his friend and a wizardly computer genius, David must race against time to outwit his opponent and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.
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This Property Is Condemned (1966)
Character: Salesman
Owen Legate, a railroad official, comes to Dodson, Mississippi to shut down the local railway - the town's main income. But Owen unexpectedly finds love with Dodson's flirt and main attraction, Alva Starr.
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Bad Ronald (1974)
Character: Mr. Wood
When awkward teen Ronald Wilby accidentally kills a young girl whose sister rejected his affections, his overbearing mother decides to hide him from the law by creating a concealed room in their home for him to live.
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Young Doctors in Love (1982)
Character: Dr. Joseph Prang
An 'Airplane!'-style spoof of hospital soap operas—a brilliant young trainee can't stand the sight of blood; a doctor romances the head nurse in order to get the key to the drugs cabinet; and there's a mafioso on the loose disguised as a woman.
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The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)
Character: Martin Price
When the Muppets graduate from Danhurst College, they take their song-filled senior revue to New York City, only to learn that it isn't easy to find a producer who's willing to back a show starring a frog and a pig. Of course, Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy won't take no for an answer, launching a search for someone to take them to Broadway.
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Exiled (1998)
Character: Lieutenant Kevin Stolper
NYPD Detective Mike Logan, who was reassigned to Staten Island after punching a corrupt politician, takes on a grisly murder case. When the investigation leads him back to the 27th Precinct, Logan sees a chance to resurrect his flailing career and be reinstated as a homicide detective.
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Un amour de sorcière (1997)
Character: Joel
Michael Firch is very skilled in computers and he goes to Paris to meet very important persons to discuss a contract. Michael was born on a special astral date. On arriving in Paris, he meets Morgane and her son. Morgane is a witch, she is beautiful, she is good and she needs Michael to save her son from evil powers. Molok is a sorcerer and he opposes Morgana's plan.
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How to Beat the High Cost of Living (1980)
Character: Jack Heintzel
In order to beat inflation and subsidize their alimony checks, three suburban housewives plot to steal $1 million from a large plastic ball which is displayed in a local shopping center.
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The Scalphunters (1968)
Character: Jed
Forced to trade his valuable furs for a well-educated escaped slave, a rugged trapper vows to recover the pelts from the Indians and later the renegades that killed them.
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Dying Room Only (1973)
Character: Bob Mitchell
A married couple are traveling on a deserted desert road at night. They stop at a diner and the husband goes to the men's room. He never returns and the wife begins to suspect serious foul play.
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Recess: School's Out (2001)
Character: Principal Peter Prickly (voice)
The school year is finally ending, and T.J. Detweiler is looking forward to summer. But boredom quickly sets in when his friends leave for camp — until T.J. uncovers an evil plot to do away with summer vacation! A crazy former principal, Dr. Benedict, is planning to use a laser beam to alter the weather and create permanent winter. Faced with the dire threat of year-round school, T.J. rounds up the RECESS gang and bands together with some unexpected allies — Miss Finster and Principal Prickly — in a nonstop adventure to save everyone's summer break. As the kids discover the heroes inside themselves, a platoon of wacky characters, far-out music, and sci-fi surprises turn this madcap mission into a major victory for fun!
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More Than Friends (1978)
Character: Joshua 'Josh' Harrington
Matty Perlman and Alan Corkus are old friends. He wants them to be more than friends. Sometimes she does too.
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You've Got Mail (1998)
Character: Nelson Fox
Book superstore magnate Joe Fox and independent book shop owner Kathleen Kelly fall in love in the anonymity of the Internet—both blissfully unaware that he's trying to put her out of business.
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Nothing Personal (1980)
Character: Dickerson
Environmentally concerned lawyer Abigail Adams works with Professor Roger Keller in his effort to protect baby seals from slaughter.
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Recess: All Growed Down (2003)
Character: Principal Prickley (voice)
T.J. and The Recess Gang are kidnapped by the Third Street School's kindergartners, who are in turn being bullied by a new kid in their class.
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The Brotherhood of the Bell (1970)
Character: Agent Shepard
A successful professor has his life disrupted by a secret from his past — in his college days he became a member of a powerful secret society, and now the society has a job for him.
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Rolling Thunder (1977)
Character: Maxwell
A Vietnam veteran, Charles Rane, returns home after years in a POW camp and is treated as a hero. He has a hard time adjusting, and things go badly. A movie about the walking dead, before that meant just flesh-eating zombies.
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Must Be Santa (1999)
Character: N/A
When the reigning Santa is no longer fit for duty his helpers must search for a replacement. This leads to a wacky, exhausting hunt and doesn't turn up exactly what Santa's angels hoped for. To make matters worse still, "Santy" winds up being just this side of totally undesirable.
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Savage (1973)
Character: Ted Seligson
A television reporter uncovers a compromising photograph of a Supreme Court nominee, only for the woman in the picture to die under mysterious circumstances. As he investigates, he’s drawn into a web of political intrigue and media manipulation. Originally conceived as a TV series pilot, the 1973 thriller aired as a standalone film directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Martin Landau.
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