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The Kings of Brooklyn (2004)
Character: Leo
Three childhood friends from Brooklyn are corrupted by the dark side of Wall Street and suffer the consequences of innocence and ignorance.
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Saying Kaddish (1991)
Character: Uncle Manny
Portrays the experience of the Roth family when Rachel Roth dies of cancer at age 59. She leaves behind an immediate family consisting of her husband and two daughters. The film focuses on the pain and searching of the Roth family, particularly on the tensions between the demands of Jewish traditions and their own needs during Shiva, the seven day mourning period following the burial. The film is designed to stimulate discussion of the interplay between individuals and communities, and the rituals they practice during a period of suffering and crisis.
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The Stoolie (1972)
Character: Police Sgt. Alex Brogan
Roger Pitman is a petty thief who makes a deal with the police to use bait money to trap other criminals. But when he gets the cash, Roger can't resist the temptation and steals part of it. He runs off to Miami Beach, but now lives in fear of the crooks that he set up as well as the police.
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Call to Danger (1973)
Character: Reynolds
A federal agent recruits a computer whiz to try to free a Mafia witness who has been kidnapped and held in a heavily fortified compound.
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A Good Sport (1984)
Character: Byron Carter
The stylish editor of a fashion magazine and a rumpled sports reporter endeavor to keep their somewhat offbeat romance on a purely platonic level.
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Counterpoint (1967)
Character: Chaminant
In December of 1944, Lionel Evans, an internationally renowned American conductor, is on a USO tour with his 70-piece symphony orchestra in newly-liberated Belgium. While fleeing from a German counterattack, Evans and his orchestra members are captured by a Panzer division and taken to an old chateau in Luxembourg. Despite orders to execute every prisoner, General Schiller, an avid music lover, commands Evans to give a private concert for him.
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The Connection (1973)
Character: Verplanck
An out-of-work newspaperman in need of money becomes the go-between for a jewel thief and an insurance company that wants to settle.
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Fuzz (1972)
Character: Lt. Byrnes
Police in Boston search for a mad bomber trying to extort money from the city.
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Lord Love a Duck (1966)
Character: Honest Joe
From his prison cell, young Alan Musgrave relates his experiences of the previous year dedicated to fulfilling every whim of beautiful and self-absorbed high school senior Barbara Ann Greene.
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Take the Money and Run (1969)
Character: Julius Epstein - The Psychiatrist
Virgil Starkwell is intent on becoming a notorious bank robber. Unfortunately for Virgil and his not-so-budding career, he is completely incompetent.
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Deconstructing Harry (1997)
Character: Janet's Dad
Writer Harry Block draws inspiration from people he knows, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated from him as a result.
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Flodder in Amerika! (1992)
Character: President
The mayor of Sunny Dale see a chance to get rid of the Flodder family: They send the asocial bunch for an international exchange to New York. There they get confused with a Russian delegation of medical doctors while the street worker Werner who accompanies them becomes imprisoned.
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Bananas (1971)
Character: Priest
When a bumbling New Yorker is dumped by his activist girlfriend, he travels to a tiny Latin American nation and becomes involved in its latest rebellion.
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Cleopatra Jones (1973)
Character: Crawford
After federal agent Cleopatra Jones orders the burning of a Turkish poppy field, the notorious drug lord Mommy vows to destroy her.
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The Super Cops (1974)
Character: Police Capt. Irving Krasna
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."
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… tick… tick… tick… (1970)
Character: Ira Jackson
Racial tensions threaten to explode when a black man is elected sheriff of a small, racially divided town in the Deep South.
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Happy Accidents (2000)
Character: Tom Deed (voice)
A comedy that pays tribute to the science fiction genre -- specifically, the sub-genre of time travel. But here the alternate reality is contemporary New York City where past and future experiences of trust, commitment and denial are cleverly put to the test. Just as Ruby is beginning to relish her first-ever healthy relationship, Sam begins muttering about being a time traveler from the year 2470.
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Breakout (1975)
Character: N/A
A bush pilot is hired for $50,000 to go to Mexico to free an innocent prisoner.
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Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story (1971)
Character: N/A
Dr. Harvey Wallinger is one of Nixon's aides who rises through the ranks to become the "real" power behind the president. This short was produced as a television special for PBS in 1971 and was scheduled to air in February 1972, but it was pulled from the schedule shortly before its airdate as PBS officials reportedly feared it might adversely affect their government funding. The special never aired, but it can now be viewed in The Paley Center for Media and has been widely bootlegged online.
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Lilies of the Field (1963)
Character: Father Murphy
An unemployed construction worker heading out west stops at a remote farm in the desert to get water when his car overheats. The farm is being worked by a group of East European Catholic nuns, headed by the strict mother superior, who believes the man has been sent by God to build a much needed church in the desert.
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