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Atta Girl, Kelly! (1967)
Character: N/A
Follows the adventures of a rambunctious German Shepard being trained to become a seeing-eye dog and how she changes the lives of three masters – Danny, the boy who raises her, Matt, Kelly's trainer, and Evan Clayton, the blind owner who thinks she may never be good enough for him. Homesick for Danny, Kelly keeps running away and there's doubt that she'll ever be a guide dog. Will Kelly be able to fulfill her destiny?
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The Tree (1969)
Character: Det. McCarthy
A directionless and emotionally scarred young man kidnaps his niece, the daughter of his sister with whom he has a difficult past.
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An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy (1964)
Character: N/A
In 1964, National Educational Television decided to make a program as a memorial to President Kennedy. Since he had been assassinated just a year before, it seemed unnecessary to recite the events of his death again. Executive Producer, Brice Howard, discussed with Hurwitz the possibility of making a film for television that, instead of engaging the assassination head on, would deal with the inevitablity of mortality and its trauma. Essay On Death uses a story of a camping trip by a father and son to weave the thoughts about death that intercede in our everyday affairs. The commentary is made up of writings, ancient and modern, on the life and death. Beautifully realized, it succeeds at a task that mainstream television rarely attempts.
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Beyond the Horizon (1975)
Character: Captain Scott
On a Connecticut farm, James Mayo's two sons both love Ruth Atkins. Robert, the younger son, is sickly and dreams of escaping to a romantic life somewhere "beyond the horizon." Andy is hard-working and steadfast and loves his brother deeply. When Ruth reveals that she loves Robert and not, as everyone believed, Andy, Robert's plans to go to sea with his uncle are disrupted. He decides to stay at home and marry Ruth, while Andy, unwilling to remain close at hand as his brother marries the girl he loves, takes Robert's place on the voyage. This turn of events leads to heartache and tragedy for everyone involved.
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The Iceman Cometh (1960)
Character: Willie Oban
Theodore Hickman, a hardware salesman, makes by-yearly visits to Harry Hope's 1910-era waterfront bar for his periodical drinking binges. But on this visit he has decided to try to save the bar's patrons from their "lying pipe dreams."
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Keeping On (1983)
Character: Luke Rankovich
A preacher teams up with a labor union organizer to help unionize the mill where he worked.
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Nicky's World (1974)
Character: Russell
A close-knit Greek-American family, jeopardized when its Manhattan bakery goes up in flames, looks desperately for ways to solve the financial dilemma of repossession and property without destroying its heritage.
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Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1964)
Character: Joshua Speed
The life of Abraham Lincoln is traced from the 1830s when he was a struggling backwoods lawyer to winning the Presidency in 1860.
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John Brown's Raid (1960)
Character: N/A
White abolitionist John Brown and twenty of his men attempt to start an armed slave revolt in 1859 by seizing a U.S. arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. Based on true events.
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If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band (1972)
Character: Trick
Life in a black ghetto isn't easy for 14-year-old Billie Jean Sims, who has a father in jail, a blind grandmother, and a brother with a drug habit. Growing up among drug pushers, prostitutes, and pimps, Billie Jean still has some things going for her: fierce pride, a loyal friend named Fish, and, at last, enough savings to visit her father 1200 miles away in prison.
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The Murderers (1973)
Character: N/A
A reformed criminal is blackmailed when three girls are murdered.
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The Todd Killings (1971)
Character: Sam Goodwin
Based on the true story of '60s thrill-killer Charles Schmidt ("The Pied Piper of Tucson"), Skipper Todd (Robert F. Lyons) is a charismatic 23-year old who charms his way into the lives of high school kids in a small California town. Girls find him attractive and are only too willing to accompany him to a nearby desert area to be his "girl for the night." Not all of them return, however. Featuring Richard Thomas as his loyal hanger-on and a colorful assortment of familiar actors in vivid character roles including Barbara Bel Geddes, Gloria Grahame, Edward Asner, Fay Spain, James Broderick and Michael Conrad.
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The Shadow Box (1980)
Character: Joe
Over the course of a day in a California hospice, three terminally ill patients are observed with their families reflecting on life and death.
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Alice's Restaurant (1969)
Character: Ray Brock
After getting kicked out of college, Arlo decides to visit his friend Alice for Thanksgiving dinner. After dinner is over, Arlo volunteers to take the trash to the dump but finds it closed for the holiday, so he dumps the trash in the bottom of a ravine. This act of littering gets him arrested and sends him on a bizarre journey.
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Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Character: Sheldon
Based on the true story of would-be Brooklyn bank robbers John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile. Sonny and Sal attempt a bank heist which quickly turns sour and escalates into a hostage situation and stand-off with the police. As Sonny's motives for the robbery are slowly revealed and things become more complicated, the heist turns into a media circus.
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The Group (1966)
Character: Dr. Ridgeley
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 lives. The film documents the years between their graduation and the beginning of the World War in Europe, and shows, in a serialized style, their romances and marriages, their searches for careers or meaning in their lives, their highs and their lows.
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The Phantom of the Open Hearth (1976)
Character: Mr. Parker
This comedy/drama was written by Jean Shepherd, who appears at the beginning and the end and narrates it through voiceover. It tells the story of several events as they occur through the eyes of Ralph, a high-school-aged boy. Ralph is anticipating the upcoming prom and is working up the courage to invite Daphne Bigelow, a beautiful and popular student who does not seem aware of his existence.
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Girl of the Night (1960)
Character: Dan Bolton
Bobbie is a sensitive, lonely call girl who is manipulated and ultimately used by her madam.
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Dreams Don't Die (1982)
Character: Gavin
Two young kids in love, one young graffiti artist and the other a foster-child, find trouble on the mean streets on the other side of the river in New York City. Officer Charles Banks finds young Danny tagging subway cars and then catches Teiresa selling drugs for another mislead teen, Kirk. The officer, instead of turning both of them in, gives both teens a chance to make more of their lives together. Changing their ways turns out to be more challenging than first thought.
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