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Sol Kaplan

Born April 19, 1919 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died November 14, 1990 · aged 71

No biography available.

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Unhappily married, Julia Sturges decides to go to America with her two children on the Titanic. Her husband, Richard also arranges passage on the luxury liner so as to have custody of their two children. All this fades to insignificance once the ship hits an iceberg.

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold · 1965

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

★ 7.11965

MovieDramaThriller

British agent Alec Leamas refuses to come in from the Cold War during the 1960s, choosing to face another mission, which may prove to be his final one.

A group of bored teenagers rebel against authority in the community of New Granada.

At a desolate relay station in the west, a stagecoach attendant and a stranded woman traveller are held captive by a band of escaped convicts.

Rose Loomis and her older, gloomier husband, George, are vacationing at a cabin in Niagara Falls. The couple befriend Polly and Ray Cutler, who are honeymooning in the area. Polly begins to suspect that something is amiss between Rose and George, and her suspicions grow when she sees Rose in the arms of another man. While Ray initially thinks Polly is overreacting, things between George and Rose soon take a shockingly dark turn.

Hollow Triumph · 1948

Hollow Triumph

★ 6.61948

MovieThrillerCrime

Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity—with unfortunate results.

The Skipper is a charming old man loved by all his neighbors. What they don't know is that he is also Mr. 880, an amateurish counterfeiter who has amazingly managed to elude the Secret Service for 20 years.

Burglar Nat Harbin and his two associates set their sights on wealthy spiritualist Sister Sarah, who has inherited a fortune -- including a renowned emerald necklace -- from a Philadelphia financier. Using Nat's female ward, Gladden, to pose as an admirer and case the mansion where the woman lives, they set up a perfect break-in. Things get complicated afterwards.

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The Spy Who Came In from the Cold · 1965

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

★ 7.11965

MovieDramaThriller

British agent Alec Leamas refuses to come in from the Cold War during the 1960s, choosing to face another mission, which may prove to be his final one.

Original Music Composer

A group of bored teenagers rebel against authority in the community of New Granada.

Original Music Composer

At a desolate relay station in the west, a stagecoach attendant and a stranded woman traveller are held captive by a band of escaped convicts.

Original Music Composer

Original Music Composer

Hollow Triumph · 1948

Hollow Triumph

★ 6.61948

MovieThrillerCrime

Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity—with unfortunate results.

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Original Music Composer

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The brother of a notorious outlaw is put in a charge of a stagecoach line way station in dangerous Apache territory. A stagecoach arrives at the station with a valuable box of cargo, and the outlaw brother soon shows up, though denying that he's planning to take the cargo box. Soon, however, rampaging Apaches attack the station, and the station manager, his brother and a disparate group of passengers and employees must fight them off.

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Intercutting dramatic vignettes with newsreel footage, the story follows the characters from an infantry squad as they make their way from Sicily to Germany during the end of World War II.

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The House on Telegraph Hill · 1951

The House on Telegraph Hill

★ 6.41951

MovieThrillerDrama

Concentration camp survivor Victoria Kowelska finds herself involved in mystery, greed, and murder when she assumes the identity of a dead friend in order to gain passage to America.

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Halls of Montezuma · 1951

Halls of Montezuma

★ 6.01951

MovieWarDrama

Richard Widmark leads an all star cast of marine leathernecks including Jack Palance, Robert Wagner, Karl Malden, Richard Boone and Jack Webb into battle on a heavily fortified island. This action-packed story follows the squad as they pick their way through enemy-infested jungles on a time sensitive mission to find the source of the enemy rockets. As the mission progresses, the squad and leader overcome many challenges as they are transformed into an effective and efficient fighting unit.

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Destination Gobi · 1953

Destination Gobi

★ 5.91953

MovieWarAdventure

A group of US Navy weathermen taking measurements in the Gobi desert in World War II are forced to seek the help of Mongol nomads to regain their ship while under attack from the Japanese.

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The Secret of Convict Lake · 1951

The Secret of Convict Lake

★ 6.61951

MovieWestern

After a group of convicts escapes from prison, they take refuge in the wilderness. While most of the crew are ruthless sociopaths, Jim Canfield is an innocent man who was jailed under false pretenses. When Canfield and his fellow fugitives reach an isolated farming settlement where the men are all away, it creates tension with the local women. Things get direr when rumors of hidden money arise, and Canfield discovers that the man who framed him is part of the community.

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Salt of the Earth · 1954

Salt of the Earth

★ 7.01954

MovieDramaHistory

At New Mexico's Empire Zinc mine, Mexican-American workers protest the unsafe work conditions and unequal wages compared to their Anglo counterparts. Ramon Quintero helps organize the strike, but he is shown to be a hypocrite by treating his pregnant wife, Esperanza, with a similar unfairness. When an injunction stops the men from protesting, however, the gender roles are reversed, and women find themselves on the picket lines while the men stay at home.

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Girl of the Night · 1960

Girl of the Night

★ 6.81960

MovieDrama

Bobbie is a sensitive, lonely call girl who is manipulated and ultimately used by her madam.

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In turn-of-the-century Australia, two criminals ingratiate themselves with a rancher in order to swindle him. However, the two partners become rivals for the affection of the rancher's beautiful daughter.

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Shadow on the Land · 1968

Shadow on the Land

★ 7.71968

MovieScience FictionAction

Patriotic freedom fighters struggle against a fascist dictatorship in a near-future USA.

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Way of a Gaucho · 1952

Way of a Gaucho

★ 5.81952

MovieWesternAdventure

In 1875 Argentina, after killing a man, a gaucho is sentenced to harsh army duty but he deserts the army and becomes a bandit leader.

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I Can Get It for You Wholesale · 1951

I Can Get It for You Wholesale

★ 6.01951

MovieDrama

A ruthless fashion designer steps on everyone in her way in order to reach the top of her profession. Eventually she is forced to choose between her ambition and the man she loves.

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I'd Climb the Highest Mountain · 1951

I'd Climb the Highest Mountain

★ 6.71951

MovieRomanceDrama

A minister from the Deep South is assigned a new parish and moves with his wife to a town in Georgia's Blue Ridge Mountains, where he tends to the spiritual and emotional needs of his small flock.

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Dangerous Crossing · 1953

Dangerous Crossing

★ 6.41953

MovieMysteryThriller

A honeymoon aboard an ocean liner is cut short when the bride finds herself suddenly alone, and unable to convince anyone of her husband’s existence.

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Winchester '73 · 1967

Winchester '73

★ 6.71967

MovieWesternTV Movie

TV Remake of the 1950 James Stewart Western movie of the same title has two brothers, one an ex-con the other a law officer, competing for possession of the famed repeating rifle.

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Alice in Wonderland · 1949

Alice in Wonderland

★ 5.51949

MovieMusicFamily

This exceptional theatrical version of Lewis Carroll's 1865 classic features a combination of live characters and puppets.

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Star Trek · 1966

Star Trek

★ 8.01966

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyDrama

Space. The Final Frontier. The U.S.S. Enterprise embarks on a five year mission to explore the galaxy. The Enterprise is under the command of Captain James T. Kirk with First Officer Mr. Spock, from the planet Vulcan. With a determined crew, the Enterprise encounters Klingons, Romulans, time paradoxes, tribbles and genetic supermen led by Khan Noonian Singh. Their mission is to explore strange new worlds, to seek new life and new civilizations, and to boldly go where no man has gone before.

Music

Startime, an anthology of drama, comedy and variety, was one of the first American television shows broadcast in color.

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