Cliff Robertson
Clifford Parker Robertson III (September 9, 1923 – September 10, 2011) was an American actor whose career in film and television spanned half a century. Robertson portrayed a young John F. Kennedy in the 1963 film PT 109, and won the 1968 Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in the film Charly. On television, he portrayed retired astronaut Buzz Aldrin in the 1976 adaptation of Aldrin's autobiographic Return to Earth, played a fictional character based on Director of Central Intelligence Richard Helms in the 1977 miniseries Washington: Behind Closed Doors, and portrayed Henry Ford in Ford: The Man and the Machine (1987). His last well-known film appearances were as Uncle Ben in the 2002–2007 Spider-Man film trilogy.
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Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 23.956 |
Birthday | 1923-09-09 |
Place of Birth | Los Angeles, California, USA |
Also Known As | Clifford Parker "Cliff" Robertson, III, 克里夫·罗伯逊, Clifford Parker Robertson III, 克里夫·羅勃遜, |
2007
Spider-Man 3
6.434/14186
The seemingly invincible Spider-Man goes up against an all-new crop of villains—including the shape-shifting Sandman. While Spider-Man’s superpowers a...
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Spider-Man 3
2004
Spider-Man 2
7.288/15199
Peter Parker is going through a major identity crisis. Burned out from being Spider-Man, he decides to shelve his superhero alter ego, which leaves th...
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Spider-Man 2
2002
Spider-Man
7.303/19210
After being bitten by a genetically altered spider at Oscorp, nerdy but endearing high school student Peter Parker is endowed with amazing powers to b...
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Spider-Man
1983
Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph
0/0
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Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph
1996
Escape from L.A.
5.863/1438
Into the 9.6-quaked Los Angeles of 2013 comes Snake Plissken. His job: wade through L.A.'s ruined landmarks to retrieve a doomsday device.
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Escape from L.A.
1965
Masquerade
5/12
The British send an American and a war hero to kidnap and hide an oil-country prince.
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Masquerade
1976
Obsession
6.6/292
A wealthy New Orleans businessman becomes obsessed with a young woman who resembles his late wife.
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Obsession
1965
Love Has Many Faces
4.7/7
A woman lives in Acapulco with moochers and a husband who married her for her money.
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Love Has Many Faces
1983
Class
5.928/180
Naive Midwestern prep student Jonathan bonds with his more worldly roommate, Skip, who takes the small-town boy under his wing. At Skip's urging, the...
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Class
1983
Star 80
6.5/124
Paul Snider is a narcissistic, small time hustler who fancies himself a ladies man. His life changes when he meets Dorothy Stratten working behind the...
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Star 80
1976
Midway
6.6/289
This war drama depicts the U.S. and Japanese forces in the naval Battle of Midway, which became a turning point for Americans during World War II.
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Midway
1991
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
7.4/96
A runaway orphan, young Sonora, persists in a menial job mucking stables in Doc Carver's travelling stunt show. Her great wish is to become a death-de...
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Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
1994
Renaissance Man
6.108/295
An advertising man is slowly sliding downhill. When he is fired from his job in Detroit, he signs up for unemployment. One day they find him a job: te...
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Renaissance Man
1970
Too Late the Hero
6.4/69
A WWII film set on a Pacific island. Japanese and allied forces occupy different parts of the island. When a group of British soldiers are sent on a m...
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Too Late the Hero
1975
Three Days of the Condor
7.285/1167
A bookish CIA researcher finds all his co-workers dead, and must outwit those responsible until he figures out who he can really trust.
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Three Days of the Condor
1968
The Devil's Brigade
6.3/75
At the onset of World War II, American Lt. Col. Robert Frederick is put in charge of a unit called the 1st Special Service Force, composed of elite C...
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The Devil's Brigade
2004
Riding the Bullet
5.148/200
In 1969, while studying at the University of Maine, artist Alan Parker becomes obsessed with death. Believing he is losing his girlfriend, he tries to...
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Riding the Bullet
1987
Malone
6/66
Erstwhile C.I.A. assassin Richard Malone hopes for a tranquil retirement in the placid Pacific Northwest, but what he gets is a rumble with a right-wi...
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Malone
1972
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
5.7/48
The gangs of Jesse James and Cole Younger join forces to rob the First National Bank in Northfield, Minnesota, but things do not go as planned.
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The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
1963
PT 109
5.9/28
Dramatization of President John F. Kennedy's war time experiences during which he captained a PT boat, took it to battle and had it sunk by a Japanese...
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PT 109
1961
Underworld U.S.A.
6.9/80
A bitter young man sets out to get back at the gangsters who murdered his father.
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Underworld U.S.A.
1968
Charly
6.5/102
An experiment on a simpleton turns him into a genius. When he discovers what has been done to him he struggles with whether or not what was done to hi...
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Charly
2001
Falcon Down
5/10
U.S. Air force officer Hank Thomas attempts to expose a military cover-up after a civiian airliner crashes.
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Falcon Down
2002
13th Child
2.5/17
People are being killed by someone or something using superhuman strength. A clever DA Assistant is sent to investigate. Is this just a way to commit...
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13th Child
1956
Autumn Leaves
7/55
A woman falls for a younger man with severe mental problems.
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Autumn Leaves
1964
The Best Man
7.3/37
The other party is in disarray. Five men vie for the party nomination for president. No one has a majority as the first ballot closes and the front-ru...
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The Best Man
1959
Gidget
6/39
Due to an accident while swimming in the sea, Francis meets the surfer Moondoggie. She's fascinated with his sport and starts to hang out with his cli...
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Gidget
1958
The Naked and the Dead
5.9/32
Fighting men in World War II learn the value of courage and quickness at the risk of losing their lives.
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The Naked and the Dead
1967
The Honey Pot
6.5/59
A millionaire fakes a terminal illness to fleece his former girlfriends.
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The Honey Pot
1983
Brainstorm
6.214/243
Two brilliant research scientists have invented a device capable of recording and playing back sensory experiences only to have devastating results wh...
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Brainstorm
1968
The Sunshine Patriot
6/1
An American spy tries desperately to get out from behind the Iron Curtain with some crucial microfilm with the Communist security police close on his...
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The Sunshine Patriot
1964
633 Squadron
6.1/59
When Norwegian resistance leader Lieutenant Erik Bergman reports the location of a German V-2 rocket fuel plant, the Royal Air Force's 633 Squadron is...
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633 Squadron
1963
Sunday in New York
6.6/37
An innocent upstarter visits her airline pilot brother and meets a stranger she tries to seduce.
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Sunday in New York
1955
Picnic
6.3/99
Labor Day in a small Kansas farm town. Hal, a burly and resolute drifter, jumps off a dusty freight train car with the purpose of visiting Alan, a for...
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Picnic
1959
Battle of the Coral Sea
5.6/20
A US submarine and its crew are captured by the Japanese on the eve of a major WWII battle.
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Battle of the Coral Sea
1998
Race
8/1
An East L.A working stiff is bullied by his wife to run for a City Council position against a well-organized recognized political figure.
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Race
2004
Los Angeles Plays Itself
7.7/52
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
Shaker Run
5.438/8
With the accidental discovery of a lethal bio-agent at her research facility, Dr. Christine Ruben decides to double cross her own government by steali...
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Shaker Run
1976
Shoot
5.4/5
When boredom, pride and a mad second of misjudgement leaves a hunter shot dead by one of five combat veterans also hunting in the Canadian hills, it i...
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Shoot
1980
The Pilot
6.7/5
Mike Hagan is a pilot in passenger service and candidate for the honor "Best Pilot of the Year". Nobody knows that he's got private sorrows - he's an...
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The Pilot
1973
The Men Who Made the Movies: Raoul Walsh
7/2
In 1972 and '73, film critic Richard Schickel made an 8-part series for American public television: 'The Men Who Made the Movies'. Each episode featur...
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The Men Who Made the Movies: Raoul Walsh
1987
Ford: The Man and the Machine
6/1
Adapted from a book by Robert Lacey, this biographical film chronicles both the private and public life of automobile manufacturer Henry Ford (Cliff R...
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Ford: The Man and the Machine
1961
All in a Night's Work
5.9/21
After the sudden death of magazine publisher Colonel Ryder, his nephew, Tony inherits the magazine and has big plans to expand it. While negotiating a...
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All in a Night's Work
1986
Galapagos: My Fragile World
0/0
A look at the life on the Galápagos Islands.
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Galapagos: My Fragile World
1974
J.W. Coop
5.4/7
After losing eight years to prison, cowboy J. W. Coop is released to return to life as a professional rodeo cowboy in the 60's. Determined to make up...
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J.W. Coop
1958
Natchez
0/0
A Civil War veteran returns home to find his father has become a social pariah.
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Natchez
1974
Man on a Swing
5.8/26
A small-town police chief investigating a murder is offered help by a self-described psychic. However, when the chief discovers that the "psychic" is...
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Man on a Swing
1958
The Girl Most Likely
3.7/4
Dodie dreams of marrying a millionaire so that she can live 'the life'. Buzz, her boyfriend, however, is not rich as he is a salesman for a housing de...
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The Girl Most Likely
1973
The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock
6.4/7
A look at Alfred Hitchcock's films. The Master of Suspense himself, who is interviewed extensively here, shares stories including his deep-seated fear...
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The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock
1985
The Key to Rebecca
6/4
From master storyteller and best-selling author, Ken Follett, comes the exotic spy-thriller based on true events. North Africa, Summer of 1942 — mast...
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The Key to Rebecca
1975
Out of Season
5.4/9
Middle-aged Ann and her teenage daughter Joanna manage a failing hotel on an island off the British coast. One day, the hotel receives an unexpected g...
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Out of Season
1980
Dominique
5.2/23
The wife of a greedy man comes back to haunt him after he scares her to death.
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Dominique
1961
The Big Show
5/4
A European circus family is torn apart by greed and jealousy.
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The Big Show
1977
Fraternity Row
0/0
Zac is an idealistic student who, after arriving at college, decides to pledge the Gamma Nu Pi fraternity. Unhappy with what he sees as the bigotry an...
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Fraternity Row
1963
My Six Loves
5.6/9
A celebrated actress discovers six runaway children living on her country property.
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My Six Loves
1962
The Interns
5.4/7
During their first year of internship at New North Hospital, a group of aspiring doctors undergo both personal and professional upheavals.
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The Interns
1990
Dead Reckoning
5/1
A doctor, his wife and her lover make a voyage on the yacht of the doctor. But when the weather turns very bad they have to stop the sea cruise and se...
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Dead Reckoning
1973
The Man Without a Country
6.5/2
At his court-martial, an American Army officer renounces his country. For his punishment he is ordered to spend the rest of his life on a ship that sa...
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The Man Without a Country
1982
Two of a Kind
0/0
Nolie has just turned 21 but is retarded and acts more like 8. While claiming that she only wants to help him, his "smother" actually likes things tha...
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Two of a Kind
1998
Assignment Berlin
4/1
Tracy Garret's a cop and after an incident that left one person dead, she's invited by her father to spend sometime with him in Berlin. While they wer...
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Assignment Berlin
1992
Wind
6.3/37
In 1983, yacht sailor Will Parker leads an American crew financed by millionaire Morgan Weld to defeat during the America's Cup race against an Austra...
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Wind
1979
The Little Prince
6.8/5
The Little Prince questions the universe in this story of innocence and wonder.
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The Little Prince
1995
Dazzle
0/0
Beautiful successful photographer battles evil half-sisters and evil land developers to keep the family ranch intact, following her father's death. In...
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Dazzle
1961
The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon
0/0
Teleplay adaptation of Daniel Keyes' noted short story “Flowers for Algernon,” about a gentle, disabled young man who undergoes a highly experimental...
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The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon
1973
Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies
4.7/6
The story of Ace Eli Walford, a 1920s stunt flyer who barnstorms around the country, taking his eleven-year-old son Rodger with him as he goes from to...
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Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies
1995
The Sunset Boys
6/1
Ernest, Ted and August fulfill their friend Carl's dying wish and take him to Heidelberg, where they all first met 45 years ago, to see his old girlfr...
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The Sunset Boys
2002
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
6.6/8
In this documentary on the life of Joan Crawford, we learn why she should be remembered as the great actress she was, and not only as "mommie dearest....
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Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
1996
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
7.5/2
Glamorous and hugely popular Joan Crawford raised herself from brutal poverty to Academy Award-winning stardom by guts, determination and hard work. D...
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Joan Crawford: Always the Star
1989
William Holden: The Golden Boy
0/0
It was said of him that in more than 70 films, he never once gave a bad performance.
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William Holden: The Golden Boy
2001
Mach 2
4.7/6
A Presidential candidate running against the Vice-President plans a trip to the Balkans to negotiate the release of American servicemen being held hos...
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Mach 2
1959
As the Sea Rages
0/0
After five years of war, Clements, a professional seaman, has no ambitions other than to live in peace and carry out his activity. Having settled down...
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As the Sea Rages
1965
Up from the Beach
8/2
After the D-Day landings in June 1944, a US squadron liberates a small village in Normandy from German occupation.
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Up from the Beach
1977
The American Indian's Sacred Ground
0/0
For generations the American Indians have drawn their legendary strength from their sacred ancestral lands. Academy-Award winner Cliff Robertson takes...
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The American Indian's Sacred Ground
2001
'Obsession' Revisited
6.3/3
A documentary about the making of 1976's "Obsession" featuring interviews with director Brian De Palma, stars Cliff Robertson and Genevieve Bujold and...
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'Obsession' Revisited
1986
Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story
6.7/3
The true story of treasure hunter Mel Fisher, who spent much of his life--and his fortune--hunting for sunken Spanish treasure galleons off the coast...
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Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story
1943
Corvette K-225
6.2/11
The story of a Canadian WWII naval vessel, with a dramatic subplot concerning her first captain.
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Corvette K-225
1986
Dreams of Gold
0/0
The story of Mel Fisher, who spent his life searching for sunken Spanish treasure off the coast of Florida.
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Dreams of Gold
1999
Family Tree
8/1
A lonely young boy, overshadowed by his older brother, picked on by other boys at school and ignored by his businessman father, finds strength and com...
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Family Tree
1975
My Father's House
0/0
Recovering from a heart attack, a workaholic editor recalls the simple days of his youth. Robertson adds an emotional center to this messy, flashback-...
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My Father's House
1943
We've Never Been Licked
0/1
Young Brad Craig enters the military school with a chip on his shoulder which upperclassmen quickly knock off. Once adjusted, Craig falls in love with...
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We've Never Been Licked
1958
Days of Wine and Roses
7/7
An alcoholic falls in love with and gets married to a young woman whom he systematically addicts to booze so they can share his "passion" together.
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Days of Wine and Roses
1976
Return to Earth
0/0
The story of Buzz Aldrin, the second astronaut to walk on the moon, and the problems he had after his return to Earth, including the breakup of his ma...
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Return to Earth
1978
Overboard
1/1
Attractive, affluent married couple Mitch and Lindy Garrison sail their yacht to Tahiti to recharge their relationship and add spice to their upper-mi...
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Overboard
1995
American Cinema
0/0
The history of Hollywood and filmmaking comes alive in this spectacular nine hour celebration of movie magic. It's a mesmerizing, epic analysis that c...
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American Cinema
1974
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
0/0
The story of a family living in a New York City slum in 1912, headed by a loving but alcoholic father and a strong-willed mother.
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
2002
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
5/7
Documentary on the making of 'Spider-Man.'
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Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
1973
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
0/0
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The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
1992
Lincoln
7.2/4
Famous actors read testimonies from people close to Lincoln about him and his actions during the Civil War.
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Lincoln
1982
Night of 100 Stars
6.5/2
The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City...
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Night of 100 Stars
1998
Lusitania
0/0
A documentary on the tragedy of the sinking of the Lusitania, and how it led indirectly to the United States entering World War I.
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