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The Flying Fontaines (1959)
Character: Roberto Rias
Director George Sherman's 1959 circus drama stars Michael Callan as a cocky aerialist causing romantic problems under the Big Top.
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Katherine (1975)
Character: Father Echeverra
A harrowing look at the 60s and early 70s through the eyes of Katherine Alman, a wealthy debutante who slowly, but inexorably spirals down into a fight for the causes that shook a nation, leading a path to the underground life. Written by Miguel Cane
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And Now Miguel (1966)
Character: Padre de Chavez
A boy longs to be a shepherd in New Mexico but is repeatedly told he is too young.
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Cry Tough (1959)
Character: Juan Antonio Hernando Cortez
After getting out of prison, a Latino criminal tries to go straight.
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Jeanne Eagels (1957)
Character: Frank Satori
Biographical film based loosely on the life of 1920s stage star Jeanne Eagels.
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An American Dream (1966)
Character: Eddie Ganucci
Stephen Rojack is a decorated war vet who has now found success as an outspoken television personality. During a vicious argument with his wife, Deborah, Stephen snaps and pushes her from his high-rise apartment to her death. He manages to convince the authorities that she killed herself, then reignites an old affair with singer Cherry McMahon -- which doesn't sit well with her jealous mobster boyfriend, Nicky.
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Chubasco (1968)
Character: Benito
A wild beach boy takes a job on a tuna fishing boat.
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The Unholy Wife (1957)
Character: Gino Verdugo
A woman marries a man for his wealth, then concocts a plan to kill him, take his money, and run off with her lover. Things go wrong when they accidentally kill the wrong person.
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I Want to Live! (1958)
Character: Al Matthews
Brazen perpetual offender Barbara Graham tries to go straight but she finds herself implicated in a murder and sent to death row.
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Tension at Table Rock (1956)
Character: Ed Burrows (as Joe DeSantis)
When the owner of a stagecoach station is killed, a gunman takes his place.
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Beau Geste (1966)
Character: Maj. Beaujolais
In 1906, two American brothers join the French Foreign Legion and, led by a sadistic Sergeant-Major, they defend a fort against Berber and Tuareg attack.
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It's Good to Be Alive (1974)
Character: Roy Campanella's Father
This movie details the struggles of former Brooklyn Dodger catcher Roy Campanella to adapt to life in a wheelchair following his crippling automobile accident in 1959. Cinematographer Ted Voigtlander was Emmy-nominated.
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Al Capone (1959)
Character: Big Jim Colosimo
In this unusually accurate biography, small-time hood Al Capone comes to Chicago at the dawn of Prohibition to be the bodyguard of racketeer Johnny Torrio. Capone's rise in Chicago gangdom is followed through murder, extortion, and political fraud. He becomes head of Chicago's biggest "business," but moves inexorably toward his downfall and ignominious end.
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Dino (1957)
Character: Mr. Minetta
A juvenile delinquent on parole receives support from a social worker and a girl from a slum.
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Contract on Cherry Street (1977)
Character: Vincenzo Seruto
A policeman devises an unorthodox plan for bringing criminals to justice after his partner is brutally gunned down.
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The Venetian Affair (1967)
Character: Jan Aarvan
Former CIA man, Bill Fenner, now a downbeat, loner journalist, is sent to Venice to investigate the shock suicide bombing by an American diplomat at a peace conference.
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Honor Thy Father (1973)
Character: Joe Magliocco
Joseph Bologna stars as Bill Bonanno in this made-for-television adaptation of the controversial bestseller from Gay Talese, chronicling the rise of New York's infamous Bonanno organized crime family. When his father disappears in 1964 and Bill is compelled to take over the "empire," other mafiosi attempt to take what's theirs. Brenda Vaccaro and Richard S. Castellano fill out the impressive cast of this gripping crime tale.
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The Professionals (1966)
Character: Ortega
An arrogant Texas millionaire hires four adventurers to rescue his kidnapped wife from a notorious Mexican bandit.
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Madame X (1966)
Character: Harry Carter
Holly Parker, the wife of a wealthy diplomat, is compromised by the accidental death of a man who has been romantically pursuing her. She is forced by her mother-in-law to assume a new identity in order to save the reputation of her husband and infant son. She wanders the world, trying to forget her heartbreak with the aid of alcohol and unsavory men. Eventually returning to the city of her downfall, she murders a blackmailer who threatens to expose her past. Amazingly, Holly is represented at her murder trial by her now adult son, who has become a public defender. In the hope of protecting her family, she refuses to reveal her real name and is known to the court as "Madame X".
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The Last Hunt (1956)
Character: Ed Black
A buffalo hunter has a falling-out with his partner, who kills for fun.
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Full of Life (1956)
Character: Father Gondolfo
A father-in-law's visit makes life even more complicated for a struggling writer and his pregnant wife.
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The Brotherhood (1968)
Character: Pietro Rizzi
The son of a powerful Mafia don comes home from his army service in Vietnam and wants to lead his own life, but family tradition, intrigues and powerplays involving his older brother dictate otherwise, and he finds himself being slowly drawn back into that world.
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Slattery's Hurricane (1949)
Character: Gregory (as Joseph De Santis)
A pilot wants a life of ease, flying for drug smugglers and looking the other way until his conscience is tweaked by a woman he has misused. The story unfolds in flashbacks as the pilot battles the storm and recalls his failures, including a love affair with the wife of his best friend.
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Deadline - U.S.A. (1952)
Character: Herman Schmidt
With three days before his paper folds, a crusading editor tries to expose a vicious gangster.
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Little Cigars (1973)
Character: Travers
A gangster's former mistress hooks up with a troupe of circus midgets who, as a sideline, rob banks and casinos.
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Powderkeg (1971)
Character: Col. Delgado
A Mexican bandit is about to be executed in the United States, so his brother takes over a train and holds the passengers as hostages unless his brother is released. Now both the Americans and Mexicans are baffled as to what to do. One of the passengers — who wrote the letter for their captor — has a suggestion: call mercenaries Hank Brackett and Johnny Reech. They do, and as expected they do come up with a plan, but the president of the railroad is not sure if it will work.
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The Man with a Cloak (1951)
Character: Martin, the butler
Set in 19th-century New York, this mystery begins when a Frenchwoman shows up at the home of one of Napoleon's former marshals. The alcoholic man is badly crippled and slowly dying, but this doesn't stop the forthright lady from pushing him to change his will to include his estranged grandson so that he can help out the struggling French Republic. Unfortunately, the dying man's conniving housekeeper and butler, already planning murder to get the money themselves, overhear her and begin plotting her demise.
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Buchanan Rides Alone (1958)
Character: Esteban Gomez
Passing through a border town, a man is caught up in a Mexican's murder of a member of the town's most powerful family.
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