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Harvey S. Laidman

Born February 22, 1942 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Died January 3, 2025 · aged 82

No biography available.

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Slaughterhouse-FiveSlaughterhouse-Five · 1972
Slaughterhouse-Five
★ 6.51972
MovieDramaScience Fiction
Billy Pilgrim, a veteran of the Second World War, finds himself mysteriously detached from time, so that he is able to travel, without being able to help it, from the days of his childhood to those of his peculiar life on a distant planet called Tralfamadore, passing through his bitter experience as a prisoner of war in the German city of Dresden, over which looms the inevitable shadow of an unspeakable tragedy.
The Six Million Dollar ManThe Six Million Dollar Man · 1973
The Six Million Dollar Man
★ 6.71973
MovieScience FictionAdventure
Colonel Steve Austin, astronaut and test pilot, is badly injured when he crashes while testing an experimental aircraft. A covert government agency (OSI) is willing to pay for special prosthetics to replace the eye, arm and both legs he lost in the crash. Highly advanced technology (bionics) built into them will make him faster, stronger and more resilient than normal. In return they want him to become a covert agent for the OSI. It will cost $6,000,000 to rebuild Steve Austin.
The Boy Who Loved TrollsThe Boy Who Loved Trolls · 1984
The Boy Who Loved Trolls
★ 4.51984
MovieComedyFamily
Paul feels life should be an adventure, and sets out on one to prove that Trolls really exist.
Chicago StoryChicago Story · 1981
Chicago Story
★ 8.01981
MovieDramaTV Movie
A pair of cops, a pair of doctors, and a pair of lawyers examine a crime — the wounding of a ten-year-old girl by a sniper — from three different angles in this pilot to the short-lived series.
Steel CowboySteel Cowboy · 1978
Steel Cowboy
★ 9.01978
MovieCrimeDrama
An independent trucker, trying to keep his marriage alive and his rig out of the hands of bill collectors, agrees to haul a cargo of stolen cattle with his good ol' buddy.
The RunawaysThe Runaways · 1975
The Runaways
★ 8.01975
MovieAdventureFamily
A story about a teenage boy who runs away from his foster home after wrongly being accused of theft and soon crosses paths with a young leopard which has escaped from a wild-animal compound during a lightning storm.
Quantum LeapQuantum Leap · 1989
Quantum Leap
★ 8.01989
SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyAction & Adventure
Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished... He woke to find himself trapped in the past, facing mirror images that were not his own and driven by an unknown force to change history for the better. His only guide on this journey is Al, an observer from his own time, who appears in the form of a hologram that only Sam can see and hear. And so Dr. Beckett finds himself leaping from life to life, striving to put right what once went wrong and hoping each time that his next leap will be the leap home.
Magnum, P.I.Magnum, P.I. · 1980
Magnum, P.I.
★ 7.31980
SeriesCrimeDrama
A private investigator who works when he wants, lives in a beachfront estate in Hawaii, drives a posh Ferrari, runs up an unlimited tab at a swank bar, and charms attractive women in peril - that's the lifestyle of Thomas Magnum, aka Magnum, P.I.

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Street HawkStreet Hawk · 1985
Street Hawk
★ 7.01985
SeriesAction & AdventureMystery
Street Hawk is an American television series that aired for 13 episodes on ABC in 1985. The series is a Limekiln and Templar Production in association with Universal Television. Its central characters were created by Paul M. Belous and Robert "Bob" Wolterstorff, and its core format was developed by Bruce Lansbury, who had initially commissioned the program's creation. This series was originally planned for the fall of 1984, Mondays at 8:00PM Eastern/7:00PM Central. However, ABC executives changed their minds when the summer series Call to Glory did well, and Street Hawk was pushed to mid-season. Street Hawk made its debut on January 4, 1985 on ABC at 9:00PM Eastern/8:00PM Central and ran until May 16, 1985. Reruns aired on the USA Network on Saturdays at 10:00AM from 1990-91.

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