John Vernon
John Keith Vernon (born Adolphus Raymondus Vernon Agopsowicz; February 24, 1932 – February 1, 2005) was a Canadian actor. He made a career in Hollywood after achieving initial television stardom in Canada. He was best known for playing Dean Wormer in Animal House, the Mayor in Dirty Harry and Fletcher in The Outlaw Josey Wales.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 6.42 |
| Birthday | 1932-02-24 |
| Place of Birth | Zehner, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Also Known As | John R. Vernon, Adolphus Raymondus Vernon Agopsowicz , |
1971
Dirty Harry
7.457/2425
When a madman dubbed 'Scorpio' terrorizes San Francisco, hard-nosed cop, Harry Callahan – famous for his take-no-prisoners approach to law enforcement...
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Dirty Harry
1974
Sweet Movie
5.3/123
The winner of the Miss World Virginity contest marries, escapes from her masochistic husband and ends up involved in a world of debauchery.
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Sweet Movie
1969
Topaz
6/375
Copenhagen, Denmark, 1962. When a high-ranking Soviet official decides to change sides, a French intelligence agent is caught up in a cold, silent and...
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Topaz
1982
Airplane II: The Sequel
6.1/1083
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
1976
The Outlaw Josey Wales
7.4/1128
After avenging his family's brutal murder, Wales is pursued by a pack of soldiers. He prefers to travel alone, but ragtag outcasts are drawn to him -...
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The Outlaw Josey Wales
1984
The Blood of Others
5/10
In the German-occupied Paris, Helene is torn between the love for her boyfriend Jean, working for the resistance and the German administrator Bergmann...
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The Blood of Others
2003
Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman
6.6/388
As if the Penguin wasn't enough to contend with, a new vigilante has surfaced in Gotham City, and her strong-arm tactics give Batman cause for concern...
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Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman
1978
Animal House
6.974/1508
At a 1962 College, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him.
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Animal House
1985
Fraternity Vacation
5.2/60
A nerd gains the friendship of two of his frat brothers when his dad offers them his condo for the week in Palm Springs, and also offers the fraternit...
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Fraternity Vacation
1980
Herbie Goes Bananas
5.225/224
The adorable little VW helps its owners break up a counterfeiting ring in Mexico.
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Herbie Goes Bananas
1972
Fear Is the Key
5.9/43
A deep-sea salvage expert enacts an elaborate plan to infiltrate and take revenge on a criminal organization that dealt him a foul misdeed.
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Fear Is the Key
1967
Point Blank
7/375
After being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the rather inconsequential sum of money...
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Point Blank
1973
Charley Varrick
7.3/242
Charley Varrick robs a bank in a small town with his friends, but instead of obtaining a small amount of money, they discover they stole a very large...
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Charley Varrick
1975
Brannigan
5.9/92
A hard-nosed Chicago cop is sent to London to bring back an American mobster being held for extradition. Brannigan in his Irish-American way brings Am...
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Brannigan
1962
Georges-Étienne Cartier - The Lion of Québec
0/0
This short biopic profiles Montreal lawyer-turned-politician George-Étienne Cartier as he campaigns to unite English and French Canada under Confedera...
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Georges-Étienne Cartier - The Lion of Québec
1962
Alexander Galt: The Stubborn Idealist
0/0
For Alexander Galt it was the middle of the road, until he saw some hope for his dream of a united Canada. What was he like, this stubborn idealist? H...
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Alexander Galt: The Stubborn Idealist
1959
Tourist Go Home
0/0
This short film is a humorous look at the tourist industry in Canada. In tongue-in-cheek fashion, it points out the importance of good public relation...
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Tourist Go Home
1977
A Special Day
8.06/658
Two neighbours — a persecuted journalist and a resigned housewife — forge a strong bond on the day of Adolf Hitler's historic 1938 visit to Rome to me...
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A Special Day
1989
Bail Out
4.2/13
A bail bondman hires three L.A. bounty hunters to protect a wealthy heiress, after her ex-boyfriend with connections to a drug cartel is murdered. Whe...
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Bail Out
1969
Justine
4.1/11
In Alexandria, in 1938, Darley, a young British schoolmaster and poet, makes friends through Pursewarden, the British consular officer, with Justine,...
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Justine
1969
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
5.8/66
While confronting the disapproving father of his girlfriend Lola, Native American man Willie Boy kills the man in self-defense, triggering a massive m...
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Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
1984
Savage Streets
6.2/128
Brenda, vivacious leader of the "Satins", a fun-loving group of pretty high school girls, searches for deadly vengeance against the gang members who a...
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Savage Streets
1974
The Questor Tapes
5.7/19
Project Questor is brainchild of the genius Dr. Vaslovik: he developed plans to build an android super-human. Although he's disappeared and half of hi...
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The Questor Tapes
1988
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
6.6/1005
Aliens disguised as clowns crash land on Earth in a rural town to capture unsuspecting victims in cotton candy cocoons for later consumption.
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Killer Klowns from Outer Space
1988
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
6.4/184
Jack Spade returns from the army in his old ghetto neighbourhood when his brother, June Bug, dies. Jack declares war on Mr. Big, powerful local crimel...
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I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
1983
Curtains
5.3/118
Six young actresses auditioning for a movie role at a remote mansion are targeted by a mysterious masked murderer.
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Curtains
1977
Golden Rendezvous
4.9/8
Action-packed suspense thriller finds innocuous-looking purser Carter (Harris) the unlikely hero when the floating casino on which he works is hijacke...
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Golden Rendezvous
1983
Chained Heat
5.2/58
Linda Blair plays Carol, a young woman who must serve 18 months in prison after driving drunk and killing a man. The prison turns out to be brimming w...
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Chained Heat
1987
Ernest Goes to Camp
5.188/154
Ernest, a lovable loser who works as a summer camp handyman and dreams of becoming a guidance counselor, must find a way to inspire a group of juvenil...
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Ernest Goes to Camp
1995
Malicious
4.7/31
A mystery woman turns vengeful after a college athlete dumps her following a one-night stand.
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Malicious
2004
Los Angeles Plays Itself
7.6/51
From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop to countless movies. In this dazzling work, Andersen...
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Los Angeles Plays Itself
1985
Doin' Time
4.5/11
Duke Jarrett is sent to jail at the John Dillinger prison. However, the prison looks more like a zoo, more or less ruled by the prisoners themselves.
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Doin' Time
1987
Nightstick
3.2/6
A cop tries to prevent a gang of extortionists from blowing up New York City with nitroglycerin.
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Nightstick
1977
The Uncanny
5.9/57
Wilbur Gray, a horror writer, has stumbled upon a terrible secret, that cats are supernatural creatures who really call the shots. In a desperate atte...
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The Uncanny
1995
Family of Cops
6.6/43
Paul Fein is a veteran police detective whose son Eddie is also a cop. Paul is assigned to investigate the murder of a prominent businessman, and he s...
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Family of Cops
1984
Jungle Warriors
3.9/19
A group of models fly into the jungle of some South American country to look for a photo location. Their plane is shot down and they are captured by a...
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Jungle Warriors
1989
Afghanistan: The Last War Bus
8.2/2
Soldiers find themselves trapped and in mortal danger behind enemy lines in Afghanistan. Their only hope for survival is to board a specially-designed...
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Afghanistan: The Last War Bus
1981
The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats
0/0
Two long-time rival high school football coaches lead their respective teams into battle for the city football championship. However, before the openi...
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The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats
1974
Mousey
4.6/5
A high school teacher separated from his son plots revenge on his ex-wife.
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Mousey
1999
Hell Hath No Fury: The Making of The Outlaw Josey Wales
7/1
John Milius narrates this featurette on the Clint Eastwood classic.
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Hell Hath No Fury: The Making of The Outlaw Josey Wales
1971
Face-Off
5.3/10
A love story involving a Canadian professional hockey player and a hippie folk singer. Their union is tumultuous, as both try to come to terms with th...
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Face-Off
1971
One More Train to Rob
5.4/17
Harker Flet and compatriots Timothy X. Nolan and Katy, along with three other men, steal $40,000 in money and jewelry from a California train in the g...
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One More Train to Rob
1992
The Naked Truth
2/4
Two friends, both named Frank, accidentally obtain a suitcase at the airport. It contains incriminating evidence against a mafia boss, who sends his T...
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The Naked Truth
1971
Escape
4.8/5
A scientist's experiment could lead to the first man-made, functioning, living organism. An elite escape artist-private investigator is working to sto...
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Escape
1967
The Rock
7.1/4
A promotional two-part short for John Boorman's "Point Blank" shot on and around Alcatraz. Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson and former inmate Joe Giles sh...
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The Rock
1972
Journey
0/0
A woman with a troubled past is saved from drowning in a river and brought to a strange community hidden in the woods.
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Journey
1994
Hostage for a Day
4.7/7
Warren Kooey is a man who's tired of his current life; a witch of a wife, a boss who complains about everything he does and looses his lifesavings (st...
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Hostage for a Day
1974
The Black Windmill
6.2/79
A British agent's son is kidnapped and held for a ransom of diamonds. The agent finds out that he can't even count on the people he thought were on hi...
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The Black Windmill
2002
Warrior Angels
4.4/5
Elizabeth of Cooke (Joanna Pacula), a beautiful and valiant warrior returns from the Crusades to discover that her son Peter (Sander Kolosov) has been...
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Warrior Angels
1987
Terminal Exposure
5.7/7
Two beach combing-shutterbugs accidentally capture a murder on film. Now detectives, the boys set out to capture a murderess shot only from behind, wi...
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Terminal Exposure
1994
Paris or Somewhere
0/0
A confessed killer wanders into a small community in the Canadian prairies.
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Paris or Somewhere
1973
Nightmare Step
0/0
The cure is more dangerous than the malady as a mild-mannered woman who is slowly summoning the strength to rid herself of a cruel and domineering hus...
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Nightmare Step
1975
The Impostor
6/1
An ex-Army intelligence agent is hired to impersonate a rich builder who has been marked for assassination. While impersonating the builder, he discov...
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The Impostor
1991
The Woman Who Sinned
5/8
A woman contemplates having an affair, which leads her into a web of deceit, suspense, and murder.
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The Woman Who Sinned
1980
It Rained All Night the Day I Left
4.8/4
A tough rich female ranch owner in Africa wants to cut off the water supply to the locals, since she holds them responsible for the murder of her husb...
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It Rained All Night the Day I Left
1974
W
6.1/9
Is a young woman being stalked by her ex, or is she imagining things?
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1987
Blue Monkey
5.1/30
While working in a greenhouse, a man receives an insect bite after touching an exotic plant. Immediately, he falls ill and is taken to an emergency ro...
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Blue Monkey
1988
Dixie Lanes
3.2/4
Small town America, 1945. The boys are coming home, as is Clarence Laidlaw who served overseas in lieu of serving time in prison. Chaos and confusion...
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Dixie Lanes
1988
Deadly Stranger
6/2
An undercover cop infiltrates an illegal labor racket on a remote Texan/Mexican border farm. After falling for the farm owner's mistress, the two disc...
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Deadly Stranger
1977
Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night
7/1
A disturbed young mother with some serious psychological problems begins to take them out on her toddler daughter.
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Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night
1994
The Forget-Me-Not Murders
4/3
A detective tries to track down a serial killer who is thought to be targeting the policeman's god-daughter.
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The Forget-Me-Not Murders
1994
Sodbusters
3/1
A group of homesteaders in 1875 are harassed by an evil, land-grabbing, gunslinging cattleman until a stranger with a mysterious past comes to their a...
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Sodbusters
1964
Nobody Waved Goodbye
6.4/9
A teenage boy rebels against parental authority and must face a harsh reality when he tries to live on his own.
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Nobody Waved Goodbye
1956
1984
6.5/117
In a totalitarian future society, a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.
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1984
Object of Desire
0/0
A beautiful young soap opera star is stalked and terrorized by an obsessive admirer.
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Object of Desire
1983
Little Red Riding Hood
6.3/5
A sheltered but adventurous young woman finds trouble when she encounters a wolf.
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Little Red Riding Hood
1989
Mob Story
0/0
On the run from a U.S. Senate investigation, New York mob boss Don Luciano (John Vernon) flees to his Canadian hometown and old flame Dolores (Margot...
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Mob Story
1976
Drum
5.2/16
A mid-19th century mulatto slave is torn between his success as a pit-fighter and the injustices of white society.
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Drum
1981
Heavy Metal
6.488/695
The embodiment of ultimate evil, a glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with bizarre stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.
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Heavy Metal
2000
Stageghost
6/1
A group of people are trapped inside a stagecoach station under attack by spirits.
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Stageghost
1964
The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk
0/0
A feature made out of two episodes from the 1958 TV series "Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans."
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The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk
1986
Fuzzbucket
6.1/9
In the vein of "Harvey", an invisible creature befriends a 12 year old boy. Of course, no one else can see him nor believes in him.
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Fuzzbucket
1975
Matt Helm
0/0
In this pilot film for the later series, a former secret agent, now a private investigator, is hired to protect a beautiful film star and gets involve...
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Matt Helm
1999
Baby Huey's Great Easter Adventure
1/2
In this live-action musical comedy, Baby Huey, the lovable seven foot tall duckling, is taken in by a caring little boy named Nick and his kind but su...
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Baby Huey's Great Easter Adventure
1975
The Swiss Family Robinson
0/0
A family shipwrecked on a deserted island tries to survive the best way they can. All is going well until a gang of pirates arrives on the island look...
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The Swiss Family Robinson
1974
Virginia Hill
8/1
The story of Virginia Hill, a former prostitute who was the girlfriend of '40s killer and gangster Bugsy Siegel.
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Virginia Hill
1980
Fantastica
5.9/7
In this French–Canadian oddity of music and drama, an actress in a traveling musical revue is involved with the show's director until she meets and fa...
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Fantastica
1988
Hostile Takeover
4.6/4
A man takes three co-workers hostage while working overtime on Thanksgiving weekend. He has no demands.
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Hostile Takeover
2000
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
0/0
Documents the race riot of 1921 and the destruction of the African-American community of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. With testimony by eyewitnesses...
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The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
1973
The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping
6.1/10
A criminal organization known as OSO specializes in kidnapping high ranking U.S. representatives. Although Steve Austin has already thwarted one of th...
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The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping
2003
Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update
4/2
A hilarious John Landis-created 'mockumentary' that provides updates on what became of Faber College's most notorious alums. Features original cast me...
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Where Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update
1998
The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion
7/2
This documentary, created for the Animal House (1978) collector's edition DVD, is composed of a collection of new interviews with the cast and crew be...
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The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion
1957
Fires of Envy
0/0
A dramatization of Canadian author W.O. Mitchell's penetrating story about the racial prejudice encountered by a Polish immigrant farmer in a rural Sa...
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Fires of Envy
1977
Angela
4.4/5
A war vet finds out that a former prostitute had his baby. Doubting it's his, he gives it away, so she reports him. Twenty years later, she still want...
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Angela
1997
Wojeck: Out of the Fire
0/0
Former coroner Dr. Steve Wojeck returns to Toronto after 21 years working at a clinic in the Congo. While he reunites with his family, he gets embroil...
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Wojeck: Out of the Fire
2002
Sorority Boys
5.5/235
After being falsely accused of stealing the budget for their annual cocktail cruise, three very different fraternity brothers are kicked out of their...
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Sorority Boys
2008
Animal House: The Inside Story
4/3
Documentary about the making of Animal House
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Animal House: The Inside Story
2002
Welcome to America
0/0
A gang of Estonian bank robbers in Los Angeles.
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Welcome to America
1969
Trial Run
0/0
A slice-of-life drama involving a young lawyer, his adoring secretary who tries to help to advance his career, and his employer, a famed lawyer burden...
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Trial Run
1973
Hunter
0/0
A fatal crash at a racetrack injures a government agent and exposes an enemy brainwashing scheme.
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Hunter
2008
Delgo
4.5/66
In a divided land, it takes a rebellious boy and his clandestine love for a Princess of an opposing race to stop a war orchestrated by a power hungry...
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