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Peter Whitney

Peter Whitney was an American character actor known for his roles in over 100 films and television shows from the 1940s to the 1970s. He was often cast as burly, tough, and intimidating characters due to his height and imposing physique. Whitney passed away in 1972 at the age of 52.

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In the Heat of the Night

In the Heat of the Night

Film Age rating: 12 Year: 1967 IMDB Rating: 7.9

African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi. After Tibbs proves not only his o...

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The Big Heat

The Big Heat

Film Age rating: 13 Year: 1953 IMDB Rating: 7.9

Tough cop Dave Bannion takes on a politically powerful crime syndicate.

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Mr. Lucky

Mr. Lucky

Series Age rating: n/a Year: 1959 IMDB Rating: 7.8

Mr. Lucky is a CBS adventure/drama television series that aired from October 24, 1959, to June 18, 1960, with repeats until September 3. Blake Edwards developed the program as a retooling of his Willi...

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Buchanan Rides Alone

Buchanan Rides Alone

Film Age rating: 10 Year: 1958 IMDB Rating: 6.8

A Texan pits a powerful family against itself to save a Mexican from hanging.

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Man from Del Rio

Man from Del Rio

Film Age rating: 11 Year: 1956 IMDB Rating: 6.4

Mexican gunfighter Dave Robles outdraws the town's outlaw-turned-sheriff and is invited to fill the dead man's shoes. But a tin star doesn't bring automatic respectability and Robles is shunned by the...

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The Last Frontier

The Last Frontier

Film Age rating: 11 Year: 1955 IMDB Rating: 6.3

Three trappers become scouts for a cavalry captain who loses his fort to a hated colonel.

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Rio Rita

Rio Rita

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1942 IMDB Rating: 6

Doc and Wishey run into some Nazi-agents, who want to smuggle bombs into the USA from a Mexican border hotel.

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Domino Kid

Domino Kid

Film Age rating: 8 Year: 1957 IMDB Rating: 6

A rancher vows revenge on the five men responsible for his father's death.

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Valley of the Sun

Valley of the Sun

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1942 IMDB Rating: 5.9

An Arizona frontiersman steals an Indian agent's girlfriend, followed by trouble.

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Violence

Violence

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1947 IMDB Rating: 5.5

Magazine writer Ann Mason infiltrates the United Defenders, a public service organization which is actually a front for racketeers. But a case of amnesia threatens to blow her cover.

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