Peter Graves
Peter Graves (born Peter Duesler Aurness; March 18, 1926 – March 14, 2010) was an American actor. While growing up in Minnesota, he excelled at sports and music (as a saxophonist), and by age 16, he was a radio announcer at WMIN in Minneapolis. After two years in the United States Air Force, he studied drama at the University of Minnesota and then headed to Hollywood, where he first appeared on television and later made his film debut in Rogue River (1951). Numerous film appearances followed, especially in Westerns. However, Graves is primarily recognized for his television work, particularly as Jim Phelps in Mission: Impossible (1966). Peter Graves died of a heart attack on March 14, 2010, just four days before his 84th birthday.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.7979 |
| Birthday | 1926-03-18 |
| Place of Birth | Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA |
| Also Known As | Peter Duesler Aurness, |
1953
Stalag 17
7.677/672
After two American prisoners are killed by guards in the act of escaping from a German POW camp in World War II, barracks black marketeer J.J. Sefton...
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Stalag 17
1980
Airplane!
7.303/5142
An ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.
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Airplane!
1955
The Night of the Hunter
7.859/1864
In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.
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The Night of the Hunter
1984
Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street
5.7/47
While vacationing in Paris, King Kong is kidnapped by a British agent called James, who seeks to recover one of the stolen crown jewels, the Star of F...
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Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street
1982
Airplane II: The Sequel
6.078/1287
A faulty computer causes a passenger space shuttle to head straight for the sun, and man-with-a-past Ted Striker must save the day and get the shuttle...
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Airplane II: The Sequel
1968
The Movie Orgy
6.722/18
Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloopers, satirical short films and promotional and gov...
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The Movie Orgy
1974
Paul and Michelle
5.5/6
Taking place approximately three years after the events in Friends, Paul and Michelle follows the family of Paul Harrison and Michelle Latour-Harrison...
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Paul and Michelle
1995
Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker
4.25/4
A biography of Darryl F. Zanuck, mogul and the power behind 20th Century Fox throughout the Golden Age.
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Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker
1954
Killers from Space
3.831/59
Atomic scientist/pilot Doug Martin is missing after his plane crashes on an reconnaissance mission after a nuclear test. Miraculously appearing unhurt...
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Killers from Space
1953
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
5.956/34
Mike and Tony Petrakis are a Greek father and son team who dive for sponges off the coast of Florida. After they are robbed by crooks, Arnold and the...
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Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
1951
Rogue River
7/2
The story of Ownie Rodgers, the nephew of crooked Oregon police chief Joe Dandridge. A $70,000 windfall, bequeathed to Dandridge by a man he'd once fr...
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Rogue River
1952
Red Planet Mars
4.897/29
Husband-and-wife scientists pick up a pie-in-the-sky TV message supposedly from Mars.
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Red Planet Mars
1954
Black Tuesday
6.182/33
Vicious gangster Vincent Canelli pulls off a daring prison escape just moments before going to the electric chair, taking with him Peter Manning – a b...
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Black Tuesday
1975
Sidecar Racers
5/3
You're going to get us both killed with your grandstanding...! Two guys, one girl, and no brakes! Death defying daredevils burning up the track in thr...
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Sidecar Racers
1956
It Conquered the World
4.9/55
An alien from Venus tries to take over the world with the help of a disillusioned human scientist, as his wife, his best friend and the friend's wife...
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It Conquered the World
1999
Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel
7/1
Linda Darnell had the looks and talent to be a great Hollywood leading lady, but never quite delivered on her potential. This is the story of her rath...
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Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel
1955
The Long Gray Line
7/57
The life story of a salt-of-the-earth Irish immigrant, who becomes an Army Noncommissioned Officer and spends his 50 year career at the United States...
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The Long Gray Line
1969
The 5-Man Army
6.643/63
At the behest of local revolutionaries, a mercenary enlists four specialists in various combat styles to help him rob a Mexican Army train carrying $5...
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The 5-Man Army
1968
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
7.6/4
A Classic Holiday Celebration with Dean and Friends.
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The Dean Martin Christmas Show
1982
Savannah Smiles
6.484/32
The young daughter of a politician runs away due to lack of attention. She hides in the car of two not too bright crooks who are slowly converted into...
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Savannah Smiles
1957
Beginning of the End
3.976/41
An attractive reporter investigating the mysterious destruction of an Illinois town stumbles upon a secret government laboratory conducting radiation...
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Beginning of the End
1976
The Mysterious Monsters
6.2/5
One of the many notorious 70's "unknown" documentaries, The Mysterious Monsters covers topics such as Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster. Pictures, sou...
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The Mysterious Monsters
1979
Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident
3.3/10
An American intelligence agent travels to pre-Islamic Revolution Iran to try to thwart a power-mad European baron from using a stolen cruise missile t...
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Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident
1968
The Ballad of Josie
6/24
A frontier widow aims to raise sheep despite a cattle rancher in old Wyoming.
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The Ballad of Josie
1957
Death in Small Doses
5.077/13
A government agent investigates the use of illegal amphetamines among long-haul truck drivers.
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Death in Small Doses
1955
Fury
0/0
Jim Newton and his adopted son Joey navigate life on the Broken Wheel Ranch, with their close bond to the wild black stallion Fury.
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Fury
2001
These Old Broads
6.3/17
Network television executive Gavin hopes to reunite celebrated Hollywood stars Piper Grayson, Kate Westbourne, and Addie Holden in a TV special after...
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These Old Broads
1979
Parts: The Clonus Horror
4.489/47
An escaped clone tries to expose a government plot to clone everyone and make a perfect society.
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Parts: The Clonus Horror
1979
Survival Run
3.222/9
A group of teenagers drive out into the desert in search of sex, beer, and general good times. When their van breaks down, they find a group of prospe...
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Survival Run
1957
Bayou
3.5/6
In 1957, director Harold Daniels was hired by producer Michael A. Ripps to oversee BAYOU, a cheaply made, overly melodramatic tale of swamp life. The...
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Bayou
1965
A Rage to Live
4.786/14
Grace Caldwell, a young Pennsylvania newspaper heiress living with her widowed mother, has trouble restraining herself when it comes to the amorous at...
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A Rage to Live
1974
Where Have All the People Gone
5.9/34
A strange series of solar flares proves fatal for inhabitants of the Earth, except for the fortunate few who are somehow immune from the effects. Anim...
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Where Have All the People Gone
1955
The Naked Street
6.217/23
To make an honest woman of his pregnant sister, Rosalie, callous New York mobster Phil Regal intimidates witnesses and bribes a store clerk to get Ros...
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The Naked Street
1953
War Paint
5.6/13
An Indian and his beautiful sister attempt to destroy a cavalry patrol trying to deliver a peace treaty to their chief.
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War Paint
1956
Hold Back The Night
6.5/4
A Marine officer goes through Korea with the bottle of Scotch that his wife gave him in the last war.
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Hold Back The Night
1955
Wichita
6.302/58
Former buffalo hunter and entrepreneur Wyatt Earp arrives in the lawless cattle town of Wichita Kansas. His skill as a gun-fighter makes him a perfect...
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Wichita
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
1955
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
6.819/47
A dramatization of the American general and his court martial for publically complaining about High Command's dismissal and neglect of the aerial figh...
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The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
1951
Fort Defiance
6.5/11
It's just after the Civil War and Ben Shelby arrives looking for Johnny Tallon whom he plans to kill. Shelby was the only survivor of a battle due to...
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Fort Defiance
1974
Scream of the Wolf
6.375/8
A big-game hunter comes out of retirement to help track down a killer wolf, and begins to suspect that it isn't a wolf but an animal that can take hum...
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Scream of the Wolf
1956
Canyon River
6.5/6
A rancher's foreman schemes against him on a cattle drive from Oregon to Wyoming.
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Canyon River
1954
The Yellow Tomahawk
6.571/7
When the army insists on building a fort on Indian land, in defiance of a treaty, the warnings of a scout go unheeded.
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The Yellow Tomahawk
1958
Wolf Larsen
7/2
A mean-spirited ship captain keeps his crew under his autocratic thumb while indulging his more refined side. But when his men rise up in mutiny, Lars...
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Wolf Larsen
1955
Fort Yuma
5.3/21
Apaches plan to attack a fort by wearing uniforms plundered from a cavalry officer's (Peter Graves) supply column.
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Fort Yuma
1995
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
8/4
From the A&E "Biography" series, a review of the birth, development and cinematic history of Betty Boop, the flapper cartoon character who has been a...
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Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
2009
What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar
7.7/3
A documentary about Doris Day and the question where she is today.
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What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar
1975
Dead Man on the Run
7.5/2
A government agent who is investigating a colleague's murder discovers a conspiracy to cover up a political assassination.
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Dead Man on the Run
1955
Robbers' Roost
5.9/15
Jim "Tex" Wall, searching for the last of the three men who raped and killed his wife, joins a gang of cattle rustlers led by Hank Hays. Both Hays' ou...
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Robbers' Roost
1959
A Stranger in My Arms
4.2/5
An Air Force pilot finds romance with his war buddy's widow.
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A Stranger in My Arms
1978
SST: Death Flight
5.438/8
On its maiden flight, the crew of America's first supersonic transport learns that it may not be able to land, due to an act of sabotage and a deadly...
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SST: Death Flight
1979
Death Car on the Freeway
5.2/18
A determined TV reporter is out to find a maniac who is methodically attacking lone women drivers on the Los Angeles Freeway by pushing them off the r...
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Death Car on the Freeway
1966
Texas Across the River
5.743/30
The Louisiana wedding of debutante Phoebe Ann Naylor to Don Andrea de Baldasar, El Duce de la Casala is stopped by the Cavalry over a matter of honor....
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Texas Across the River
2022
Mystery Reel
0/0
A look into the subconscious of the 20th century.
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Mystery Reel
1953
East of Sumatra
5.833/6
Duke Mullane, manager of a Malayan tin mine, goes to a little-known island to open a new mine in the jungle. Initially, the natives there are friendly...
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East of Sumatra
2005
Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square Featuring Audra McDonald and Peter Graves
10/1
Four-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald and veteran movie and television star Peter Graves join with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at T...
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Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square Featuring Audra McDonald and Peter Graves
1993
Addams Family Values
6.976/3352
Siblings Wednesday and Pugsley Addams will stop at nothing to get rid of Pubert, the new baby boy adored by parents Gomez and Morticia. Things go from...
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Addams Family Values
1980
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
7/4
Steve Martin's second NBC special was made up entirely of sketches. Highlights include: Marty Robbins' "El Paso" with monkeys; "The Death Of Socrates"...
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Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
1952
The Congregation
9/1
Religious film starring a just starting out Peter Graves was produced by the Protestant Film Commission.
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The Congregation
1954
The Raid
6.5/34
A group of confederate prisoners escape to Canada and plan to rob the banks and set fire to the small town of Saint Albans in Vermont. To get the lie...
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The Raid
2003
America on the Move 1876-2000
10/1
Two complete documentaries exploring more than a century of invention innovation transportation and transformation. Featuring interviews and fascinat...
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America on the Move 1876-2000
1969
The Assassination Bureau
6.714/91
In 1908 London, a women's rights campaigner discovers the Assassination Bureau Limited, an organization that kills for justice. When its motives are c...
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The Assassination Bureau
2004
Behind the Legend: Timon
7/2
A look at Timon
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Behind the Legend: Timon
1999
House on Haunted Hill
5.621/972
An amusement park mogul offers a random group of diverse people $1 million to spend the night in a decrepit former mental institution.
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House on Haunted Hill
1967
Valley of Mystery
7.5/2
A Meridian Airlines flight from Miami to Caracas crashes in the Venezuelan jungle, stranding 130 passengers and crew in hostile surroundings.
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Valley of Mystery
1951
Angels in the Outfield
6.95/30
The short-tempered manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates mends his ways in return for a little divine assistance.
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Angels in the Outfield
1978
Race for Survival
0/0
When a game warden crashes in East Africa, his greyhound goes for help, only to find unexpected assistance from an aging lion.
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Race for Survival
1994
The Unexplained: Witches, Werewolves & Vampires
0/0
Hosted by Peter Graves, this documentary questions the myths and facts about witches, werewolves, and vampires.
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The Unexplained: Witches, Werewolves & Vampires
1977
High Seas Hijack
10/2
Terrorists hijack an oil tanker and threaten to blow it up unless Japan meets their demands.
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High Seas Hijack
1987
Number One with a Bullet
4.8/11
A pair of detectives are assigned to investigate a murder, and discover a trail of corruption and criminal activity that leads right back to their own...
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Number One with a Bullet
1968
Sergeant Ryker
6.333/9
During the Korean War Sergeant Paul Ryker is accused of defecting to Communist China and then returning to his unit as a spy. He's court-martialed and...
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Sergeant Ryker
1973
The President's Plane Is Missing
6.286/7
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 exchan...
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The President's Plane Is Missing
1994
Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess
6.857/7
An account of the life and career of Marilyn Monroe, one of Hollywood's most famous and glamorous movie stars.
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Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess
2003
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
6.366/1625
Fed up with all the attention going to Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck quits Hollywood, teams up with recently-fired stuntman Damien Drake Jr. and embarks on a...
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Looney Tunes: Back in Action
1996
Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown
6/1
Jerry Lewis biography
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Jerry Lewis: The Last American Clown
1999
Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait
3.667/3
A&E Biography about life and times of the beautiful actress of the '40s and feature interview of her ex-husband, her second daughter and her co-st...
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Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait
1980
The Memory of Eva Ryker
8/2
A young woman has spent her life tormented by the death of her mother, who was on a ship torpedoed during World War II. When her father hires an inves...
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The Memory of Eva Ryker
1997
Mother Teresa: A Life of Devotion
0/0
This poignant portrait is highlighted by talks with those who knew and worked with Mother Teresa -- unknowns to famed leaders. For more than 50 years,...
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Mother Teresa: A Life of Devotion
2002
Men in Black II
6.39/10766
Kay and Jay reunite to provide our best, last and only line of defense against a sinister seductress who levels the toughest challenge yet to the MIB'...
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Men in Black II
1998
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
8/1
A biographical documentary about the great British actor and director Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977), from rags to riches, from the slums of London to gl...
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Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
1973
Call to Danger
9/1
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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Call to Danger
1983
The Guns and the Fury
10/1
Two turn of the Century fortune hunters (Peter Graves and Cameron Mitchell) discover oil in Persia and attempt to claim it. Serious resistance is met.
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The Guns and the Fury
1981
300 Miles for Stephanie
7.5/2
A San Antonio cop, as an act of faith, vows to run more than 300 miles in five days, hoping his critically ill five-year-old daughter will survive to...
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300 Miles for Stephanie
1966
Gallegher Goes West
0/0
In Part 1, Gallegher befriends a man on the stagecoach while heading west, only to discover he is a famous outlaw, the Sundown Kid. The sheriff is cro...
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Gallegher Goes West
1970
The Adventurers
4.708/12
The wealthy playboy son of an assassinated South American diplomat discovers that his father was murdered on orders of the corrupt president of the co...
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The Adventurers
1969
Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob
9.667/3
Jim Phelps leads the IMF on an assignment to destroy a criminal empire headed by Frank Wayne.
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Mission: Impossible vs. the Mob
1974
The Underground Man
6.333/3
A private detective goes after the kidnappers of his ex-girlfriend's son and becomes involved in a series of murders.
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The Underground Man
1996
Abbott & Costello Meet Biography
0/0
A biography of comedian double act Bud Abbott & Lou Costello
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Abbott & Costello Meet Biography
2014
Gettysburg - An American Story
0/0
The 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment fought bravely and gallantly during the Civil War. Their regiment was the first to sign up for the Union...
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Gettysburg - An American Story
1996
William Shakespeare: A Life of Drama
0/0
William Shakespeare's life produced an unmatched legacy of drama and poetry. But the Bard's own story remains mostly a mystery. Track clues to Shakesp...
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William Shakespeare: A Life of Drama
1986
The Demon Lover
7/1
When young Kathleen makes a promise to Keith Cameron during World War One, that no matter what happens they will meet again one day, she little realis...
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The Demon Lover
2010
Darkstar: Terror at the Edge of Time
8/1
With the destruction of planet Earth imminent, four spaceships are deployed with an impossible mission-to travel back in time and prevent the global e...
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Darkstar: Terror at the Edge of Time
Aliens from Space
0/0
A group of extra-terrestrials determined to take over the earth and make it their new home, station themselves in a canyon and set about their task.
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Aliens from Space
1996
Jean Harlow: Platinum Bombshell
0/0
Short documentary about Jean Harlow's life and career. Episode of A&E's Biography series.
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Jean Harlow: Platinum Bombshell
1996
Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star
0/0
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Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star
1967
Mission: Impossible - The Slave
0/0
The Impossible Missions Force takes on the absolute ruler of a Middle East nation who is running a secret slave market. Barney poses as a slave, part...
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Mission: Impossible - The Slave
1969
Mission: Impossible - The Bunker
0/0
Dr. Erich Rojak, a brilliant scientist, is being held in an underground bunker containing a laboratory where he is forced to work on a small but extre...
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Mission: Impossible - The Bunker
1969
Mission: Impossible - The Controllers
0/0
An Eastern Bloc nation is trying to develop a mind-controlling drug, a project led by Dr. Karl Turek. Phelps devises a plan to play Turek off against...
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Mission: Impossible - The Controllers
1970
Mission: Impossible - The Falcon
0/0
Prince Stephan's death has been faked by General Sabattini; leaving Stephan's childlike cousin Nicolai as sovereign. Sabattini is forcing Stefan's fia...
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Mission: Impossible - The Falcon
1989
Mission: Impossible - The Golden Serpent
0/0
Jim Phelps and his team of agents get the mission to destroy a South East Asian drug smuggling organisation known as "The Golden Serpent", and to loca...
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Mission: Impossible - The Golden Serpent
1973
Under the Law: Arrest and Seize
0/0
The second of three educational films made by Philip Abbott. A Nelson Company Production for National Education Institute, in cooperation with Nationa...
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Under the Law: Arrest and Seize
2002
Don't Ask Don't Tell
4.25/4
Hilarious re-dubbed sci-fi spoof features "fabulous" aliens "turning" the military gay with their space beam! "A Zany Comedy!" says The New York Times...
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Don't Ask Don't Tell
1973
The All Star Spangled Mission
0/0
United States Savings Bond Division payroll informational training film produced by Paramount Pictures, starring Sandy Duncan and characters from vari...
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The All Star Spangled Mission
1967
Sleeping Dog
0/0
A black barman upsets a colonial Governor who has just retired and returned to England. He locks the barman in the cellar and treats him like an anima...
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