James Garner
James Scott Garner (né Bumgarner; April 7, 1928 – July 19, 2014) was an American actor, producer, and voice artist. He starred in several television series over more than five decades, including such popular roles as Bret Maverick in the 1950s western comedy series Maverick and Jim Rockford in The Rockford Files, and played leading roles in more than 50 theatrical films, including The Great Escape (1963) with Steve McQueen, Paddy Chayefsky's The Americanization of Emily (1964), Grand Prix (1966), Blake Edwards' Victor Victoria (1982), Murphy's Romance (1985), for which he received an Academy Award nomination, Space Cowboys (2000) with Clint Eastwood, and The Notebook (2004).
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 2.5337 |
| Birthday | 1928-04-07 |
| Place of Birth | Norman, Oklahoma, USA |
| Also Known As | James Scott Bumgarner , 占士加納, Джеймс Гарнер, جیمز گارنر, |
1966
Duel at Diablo
6.3/112
In Apache territory, a supply Army column heads for the next fort, an ex-scout searches for the killer of his Native wife, and a housewife abandons he...
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Duel at Diablo
2015
Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans
7.2/56
Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans interweaves stunning newly discovered footage and voice recordings with original interviews. It is the true story of...
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Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans
1969
Marlowe
6.017/87
Mysterious Orfamay Quest hires Los Angeles private investigator Philip Marlowe to find her missing brother. Though the job seems simple enough, it lea...
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Marlowe
1961
The Children's Hour
7.642/393
An unruly student at a private all-girls boarding school scandalously accuses the two women who run it of having a romantic relationship.
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The Children's Hour
2001
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
7.035/5070
A young linguist named Milo Thatch joins an intrepid group of explorers to find the mysterious lost continent of Atlantis.
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Atlantis: The Lost Empire
1966
Grand Prix
7.198/215
The most daring drivers in the world have gathered to compete for the 1966 Formula One championship. After a spectacular wreck in the first of a serie...
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Grand Prix
1963
Move Over, Darling
6.7/97
Three years into their loving marriage, with two infant daughters at home in Los Angeles, Nicholas Arden and Ellen Wagstaff Arden are on a plane that...
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Move Over, Darling
2004
The Notebook
7.9/12362
An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life...
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The Notebook
1971
Skin Game
6.6/33
Quincy Drew and Jason O’Rourke, a pair of friends and con men—the former white, the latter a Northern-born free Black man— travel from town to town in...
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Skin Game
2000
Space Cowboys
6.393/1485
Frank Corvin, ‘Hawk’ Hawkins, Jerry O'Neill and ‘Tank’ Sullivan were hotdog members of Project Daedalus, the Air Force's test program for space travel...
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Space Cowboys
1984
Tank
5.727/88
After relocating his family - and his prized restored Sherman tank - to a small Georgia town, Sargeant Major Zack Carey butts heads with the local she...
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Tank
1963
The Great Escape
7.928/2781
The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-secu...
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The Great Escape
1963
The Thrill of It All
7.073/82
A housewife's sudden rise to fame as a soap spokesperson leads to chaos in her home life.
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The Thrill of It All
1969
Support Your Local Sheriff!
6.967/196
In the old west, a man becomes a Sheriff just for the pay, figuring he can decamp if things get tough.
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Support Your Local Sheriff!
1974
The Rockford Files: Backlash of the Hunter
10/1
The hit 1974 series pilot aired on NBC March 27, 1974, as a 90-minute made-for-television movie. In the pilot, Lindsay Wagner also starred and later m...
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The Rockford Files: Backlash of the Hunter
2005
Dust to Glory
6.6/15
An action-adventure documentary chronicling the most notorious and dangerous race in the world--the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000. Rivaling the Indy 500 and...
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Dust to Glory
1967
Hour of the Gun
6.5/99
Marshal Wyatt Earp kills a couple of men of the Clanton-gang in a fight. In revenge Clanton's thugs kill the marshal's brother. Thus, Wyatt Earp start...
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Hour of the Gun
2003
The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration
6.28/250
A bedtime story leads Littlefoot and his grandparents on a journey to a new land, where Littlefoot discovers someone who vanished before he was born:...
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The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration
1998
Twilight
6.104/216
A retired detective accepts a simple task, unaware that it will tear open old, forgotten, but deadly wounds.
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Twilight
1982
Victor/Victoria
7.265/442
A struggling female soprano finds work playing a male female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life.
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Victor/Victoria
2002
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
6.103/253
In a sleepy Louisiana parish, a group of lifelong friends stage a rather unorthodox intervention to help a young playwright unravel the truth about he...
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Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
1994
Maverick
6.89/1726
Bret Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them, and needs an additional $3k in order to enter a winner-takes-all poker game b...
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Maverick
1993
Barbarians at the Gate
6.813/48
F. Ross Johnson decides to buyout his own tobacco firm RJR Nabisco after the plans of the launch of his new product, a smokeless cigarette Premier, fa...
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Barbarians at the Gate
1985
Murphy's Romance
6.1/71
Emma, a divorced single mother seeking to start her life over, moves to a small town in Arizona. She befriends Murphy, the older local pharmacist, but...
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Murphy's Romance
1962
Boys' Night Out
5.75/28
Fred, George, Doug and Howie are quickly reaching middle-age. Three of them are married, only Fred is still a bachelor. They want something different...
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Boys' Night Out
1957
Sayonara
6.691/141
Air Force Major Lloyd Gruver is reassigned to a Japanese air base and is confronted with US racial prejudice against the Japanese people. The issue is...
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Sayonara
1964
The Americanization of Emily
6.639/79
American sailor Charlie Madison falls for a pretty Englishwoman while trying to avoid a senseless and dangerous D-Day mission concocted by a deranged...
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The Americanization of Emily
1963
The Wheeler Dealers
6.2/20
Henry J. Tyroon leaves Texas, where his oil wells are drying up, and arrives in New York with a lot of oil money to play with in the stock market. He...
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The Wheeler Dealers
1960
Cash McCall
6.214/14
Wealthy hotshot Cash McCall makes his money by purchasing unsuccessful businesses, whipping them into shape and then selling them for a huge profit. W...
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Cash McCall
1964
36 Hours
7/70
Germans kidnap an American major and try to convince him that World War II is over, so that they can get details about the Allied invasion of Europe o...
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36 Hours
2010
Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam
7.045/1536
Chosen the world’s protector against the Seven Deadly Enemies of Man – pride, envy, greed, hatred, selfishness, laziness and injustice – young Billy B...
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Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam
1993
Fire in the Sky
6.64/671
After clearing brush for the government, a group of men return to town claiming their friend was abducted. Despite no apparent motive or evidence of f...
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Fire in the Sky
1972
They Only Kill Their Masters
4.917/12
An enigmatic young woman has been murdered in a small California coast town. The investigation by the local sheriff uncovers a complex web of relation...
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They Only Kill Their Masters
1989
My Name Is Bill W.
6.333/21
Based on the true story of Bill W. (James Woods), a successful stock broker whose life falls apart after the stock crash of the 20's and how he comes...
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My Name Is Bill W.
1988
Sunset
5.668/102
Tom Mix and Wyatt Earp team up to solve a murder at the Academy Awards in 1929 Hollywood.
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Sunset
1973
One Little Indian
6.271/24
An Army deserter flees by camel across the desert with a caucasian boy raised by Indians.
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One Little Indian
2007
Battle for Terra
6.2/293
A peaceful alien planet faces annihilation, as the homeless remainder of the human race sets its eyes on Terra. Mala, a rebellious Terrian teenager, w...
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Battle for Terra
1958
Darby's Rangers
5.9/9
Stationed in Scotland, Maj. William Darby and the men under his command are trained by British commandos, becoming the U.S. Army's 1st Ranger Battalio...
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Darby's Rangers
1996
My Fellow Americans
5.994/168
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 c...
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My Fellow Americans
1959
Up Periscope
6.3/32
Lieutenant Braden discovers that Sally, the woman he's been falling in love with, has actually been checking out his qualifications to be a U.S. Navy...
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Up Periscope
1971
Support Your Local Gunfighter
6.6/90
A con artist arrives in a mining town controlled by two competing companies. Both companies think he's a famous gunfighter and try to hire him to driv...
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Support Your Local Gunfighter
1997
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
5/1
Interviews and film clips re-create the glorious history of the American western.
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Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
1974
The Castaway Cowboy
6.6/29
A Wayward Texas cowboy washes up on the beaches of Hawaii and is taken home by an fatherless boy. He saves the family's business while romancing the s...
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The Castaway Cowboy
1999
One Special Night
6.9/22
Builder Robert is visiting his ailing wife in a nursing home and is having problems getting a taxi home due to an intense snow storm. One of the docto...
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One Special Night
1970
A Man Called Sledge
6/33
James Garner is Luther Sledge, the leader of a pack of rebels who are planning to steal a stash of gold. But after the thieves actually manage to get...
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A Man Called Sledge
1981
The Fan
5.8/55
A record store clerk is an obsessed fan of an actress of stage and screen. However, when faced with rejection, the fan strikes out in increasingly vio...
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The Fan
1980
HealtH
5.2/17
At a luxury Florida resort, health food lobbyists choose their new president at their annual convention. As the conference progresses, underhanded tri...
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HealtH
1982
Lily for President?
0/0
Comedian Lily Tomlin stars in this comical farce which deals with her experiences running for the office of President of the United States.
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Lily for President?
1998
Legalese
4.889/9
When an actress is charged with murder, a charming celebrity lawyer uses trickery to defend her against the press as well as the prosecution.
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Legalese
1990
Decoration Day
6.9/9
A cantankerous widower (Garner) who is virtually living the life of a recluse is forced to rejoin his community when his Godchild (Skaggs) gets in tro...
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Decoration Day
1965
The Art of Love
5.3/13
Struggling artist fakes his own death so his works will increase in value.
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The Art of Love
1978
The New Maverick
4/3
Gambling brothers Bret (James Garner) and Bart Maverick (Jack Kelly) are, as usual, hot on the trail of a fast buck.
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The New Maverick
1998
Doris Day: It's Magic
0/0
When the cameras rolled, Doris Day wore a happy face, never hinting at the pain she endured in her personal life. This documentary brings viewers clos...
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Doris Day: It's Magic
1956
Toward the Unknown
5.692/13
Tortured into a false confession while a POW in Korea, Major Lincoln Bond returns to active service as a test pilot. Determined to clear his name, Bon...
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Toward the Unknown
1984
The Glitter Dome
4.111/9
Al Mackey and Marty are homicide cops in Hollywood and hot on the trail of the murderer of a movie mogul that was moonlighting by making child porno p...
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The Glitter Dome
1995
The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise
6.429/7
Angel's televangelical ministry launches a boycott against a movie entitled "Little Ezekial," and Rockford is hired to protect its star.
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The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise
1994
The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A.
5.8/7
Detective Jim Rockford works to uncover facts of the death of a wealthy socialite whose two grown children are accused of murdering her. Complicating...
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The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A.
1996
The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits...
7/6
Jim Rockford, is framed for the murder of another rival detective with whom Jim was seen having an argument.
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The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits...
1994
Breathing Lessons
5.333/6
A married couple review their lives and renew their love for one another while driving to a friend's funeral.
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Breathing Lessons
1966
Mister Buddwing
5.9/13
An amnesiac wanders the streets of Manhattan, trying to solve the mystery of who he is.
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Mister Buddwing
1996
The Rockford Files: Godfather Knows Best
6.8/4
Jim Rockford tries to help his godson, son of Denis Becker, rise out of poverty and homelessness, but soon discovers the young man's problems are far...
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The Rockford Files: Godfather Knows Best
1957
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
5.818/11
In Medicine Bend, a crooked businessman has the town mayor and sheriff in his pocket while his henchmen raid the wagon trains passing through the regi...
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Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
1966
A Man Could Get Killed
3.8/6
An American businessman visiting Lisbon gets mistaken for a British secret agent who stole some diamonds. As a result, he has everybody in Lisbon afte...
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A Man Could Get Killed
1997
Dead Silence
5.8/27
Three escaped convicts take a group of deaf students hostage.
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Dead Silence
1968
The Pink Jungle
6.6/6
A famous fashion photographer is trapped in a remote South American country with a beautiful model and together with some unscrupulous characters, bec...
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The Pink Jungle
1996
The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime
5.8/6
Laid-back private eye Jim Rockford and his brown Pontiac Firebird become embroiled in another case when he runs across an old flame, blind book editor...
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The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime
1968
How Sweet It Is!
7.4/12
All-American couple who try to bridge the generation gap with their free-spirited son on a trip, frisky business and misunderstandings galore ensue, a...
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How Sweet It Is!
1984
Heartsounds
8/1
New York urologist Harold Lear gets a taste of his own medicine when he suffers a heart attack and is confronted with a medical institution which does...
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Heartsounds
2020
Disclosure
7.8/143
An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about transgender people, and how transgender people have...
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Disclosure
1969
The Racing Scene
6/2
The story of James Garner's year with his racing team, from the time he bought the car, and assembled his team through Mexico, England, Florida and Ca...
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The Racing Scene
1966
Grand Prix: Challenge of the Champions
0/0
A short making of feature about the 1966 John Frankenheimer movie Grande Prix
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Grand Prix: Challenge of the Champions
1962
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
7/1
A TV movie with intertwining music numbers and sketches.
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The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
1995
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
6/1
The story of actor Roger Moore, including clips from his movies, television shows and interviews with the actor, his family and acquaintances.
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Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
1964
Action on the Beach
0/0
Behind the scenes look at the D-Day special effects created in filming The Americanization of Emily (1964).
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Action on the Beach
2006
Pushing the Limit: The Making of Grand Prix
0/0
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Pushing the Limit: The Making of Grand Prix
2000
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
7.1/7
Hollywood careers are full of make-or-break moments. For Clint Eastwood, one such moment came when studio powers agreed to let him make his directing...
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Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
2007
Brando
6.8/12
The life and legacy of Marlon Brando and how he changed acting.
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Brando
1995
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
8/3
Documentary exploring the career of noted film directer William A. Wellman.
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Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
1986
Promise
6.8/5
Bob returns home for his mother’s funeral knowing that he must fulfill a promise made 30 years earlier—to care for his younger brother DJ, who is schi...
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Promise
1956
The Girl He Left Behind
4/5
A young man is drafted and goes through the rigors of basic training, ultimately discovering the experience is also character-building. Director David...
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The Girl He Left Behind
2000
The Last Debate
0/0
A presidential debate, unconfirmed rumors and four reporters who take the political process into their own hands. With the election only a week away,...
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The Last Debate
1996
The Rockford Files: Friends and Foul Play
7/3
An friend of Jim's continues to seek his help for her murdered son, but when she winds up dead not long after an altercation with the mafia man, Jim m...
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The Rockford Files: Friends and Foul Play
1997
The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden Pagoda
5/6
After a quiet fishing trip, Rockford is tricked into taking over a fellow PI's case involving alleged Police misconduct, which lands him in the hospit...
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The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden Pagoda
1999
The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads
6.667/3
Jim Rockford must help a friend unjustly accused of child molestation.
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The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads
1982
The Long Summer of George Adams
10/1
A middle-age man, in small-town Middle America, lives a momentous year in the mid-20th century.
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The Long Summer of George Adams
2010
DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection
7.135/37
An anthology of DC Showcase stories consisting of a new Superman/Shazam feature and extended versions of older shorts.
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DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection
2002
Roughing It
4.7/3
A teenaged Mark Twain travels to the American West during the "Gold Rush" days in search of fortune and his destiny.
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Roughing It
1993
Return to 'The Great Escape'
7/1
A documentary about the making of the 1963 film THE GREAT ESCAPE, as well as some of the historical details on which it was based.
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Return to 'The Great Escape'
2014
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
7.3/15
In his early days as an actor, Marlon Brando (1924-2004) was a shy young man with theatrical ambitions, like many others; but his charisma and superb...
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Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
2002
The Making of 'Atlantis: The Lost Empire'
7.3/3
A documentary about the making of the cult classic Disney Movie Atlantis.
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The Making of 'Atlantis: The Lost Empire'
1992
The Distinguished Gentleman
6.034/319
A Florida con man uses the recent death of the long time Congressman from his district, who he just happens to share a last name with, to get elected...
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The Distinguished Gentleman
1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
7.1/11
A presentation of key events in the life of civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. Beginning with the 1955 bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama, M...
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King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
2007
The Ultimate Gift
7.607/487
When his wealthy grandfather finally dies, Jason Stevens fully expects to benefit when it comes to the reading of the will. But instead of a sizable i...
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The Ultimate Gift
2007
Doris Day: Virgin Territory
7/1
Doris Day has often been dismissed as an actress and overlooked as a singer, despite career highs such as Calamity Jane and Pillow Talk. Covering her...
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Doris Day: Virgin Territory
1981
Sixty Years of Seduction
0/0
Documentary about Hollywood's glamorous stars, with commentary from five actors.
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Sixty Years of Seduction
1963
A Bob Hope Comedy Special
0/0
Hosted by Jack Benny and Bing Crosby, as Bob Hope was unable to perform due to an eye surgery to remove a blood clot. Hope appeared in pre-recorded pi...
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A Bob Hope Comedy Special
1998
The Hidden Dimension
5.5/2
They're always there, you just have to know how to look for them. What are they? They're the fascinating sights and realms 11-year-old Elly sees via...
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The Hidden Dimension
1983
James Bond: The First 21 Years
5/2
A look back at the first 21 years of Britain's most successful film series.
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James Bond: The First 21 Years
1958
The Western: A Lost TV Special
0/0
A 1958 TV special celebrating westerns featuring John Wayne, John Ford, Gary Cooper, Gene Autry, Gabby Hayes and more.
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