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Donald Pleasence

Donald Pleasence was an English actor known for his work in theatre, film and television. He appeared in several popular movies such as The Great Escape and Halloween. Pleasence also starred in television series including The Twilight Zone and Columbo. He died in 1995 at the age of 75.

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Centennial

Centennial

Series Age rating: 12 Year: 1978 IMDB Rating: 8.3

The economic and cultural growth of town of Centennial, Colorado, through the intertwining lives of the brave men and women inhabiting it. Spanning two centuries from the settling of the area in the 1...

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The Great Escape

The Great Escape

Film Age rating: 9 Year: 1963 IMDB Rating: 8.2

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-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder...

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Halloween

Halloween

Film Age rating: 16 Year: 1978 IMDB Rating: 7.7

Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween Night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.

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Wake in Fright

Wake in Fright

Film Age rating: 17 Year: 1971 IMDB Rating: 7.6

After a bad gamble, a schoolteacher is stuck in an outback town whose eccentric inhabitants are only too eager to turn him into one of their own.

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Watch Out, We're Mad

...altrimenti ci arrabbiamo!

Film Age rating: 6 Year: 1974 IMDB Rating: 7.3

After a tied 1st place in a local stunt race, two drivers start a contest to decide who of them will own the prize, a dune buggy. But when a mobster destroys the car, they are determined to get it bac...

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The Night of the Generals

The Night of the Generals

Film Age rating: 12 Year: 1967 IMDB Rating: 7.2

A German intelligence officer investigates a prostitute's killing in Warsaw during World War II. He lands on three major Nazi generals as suspects, two of whom are also involved in a plot to kill Adol...

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Escape from New York

Escape from New York

Film Age rating: 14 Year: 1981 IMDB Rating: 7.1

In the future, crime is out of control and New York City's Manhattan is a maximum security prison. Grabbing a bargaining chip right out of the air, convicts bring down the President's plane in bad old...

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Sons and Lovers

Sons and Lovers

Film Age rating: 8 Year: 1960 IMDB Rating: 7.1

The son of a working-class British mining family has dreams of pursuing an art career, but when he strikes up an affair with an older, married woman from the town it enrages his kind but possessive mo...

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All Quiet on the Western Front

All Quiet on the Western Front

Film Age rating: 11 Year: 1979 IMDB Rating: 7.1

At the start of World War I, Paul Baumer is a young German patriot, eager to fight. Indoctrinated with propaganda at school, he and his friends eagerly sign up for the army soon after graduation. But...

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Will Penny

Will Penny

Film Age rating: 10 Year: 1967 IMDB Rating: 7.1

Will Penny, an aging cowpoke, takes a job on a ranch which requires him to ride the line of the property looking for trespassers or, worse, squatters. He finds that his cabin in the high mountains has...

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