Torin Thatcher — Actor (22)
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Houdini (1953)
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George Marshall actor: Tony Curtis / Janet Leigh …
other title: Il mago Houdini / Houdini, O Homem Miraculoso …
By the early 1900s, the extraordinary Houdini earned an international reputation for his theatrical tricks and daring feats of extrication from shackles, ropes, handcuffs and... Scotland Yard's jails.
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The Black Shield of Falworth (1954)
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Rudolph Maté actor: Tony Curtis / Janet Leigh …
other title: Lo scudo dei Falworth / Kongens ridder …
In the days of King Henry IV, stalwart young Myles and his sister Meg have been raised as peasants, without any knowledge of who their father really was. But one day, they journey to Macworth Castle. There, Myles falls in love with Lady Anne Macworth, makes friends and enemies, and learns to be a knight.
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Helen of Troy (1956)
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Robert Wise actor: Rossana Podestà / Jacques Sernas …
other title: Elena di Troia / Helena de Tróia …
Prince Paris of Troy, shipwrecked on a mission to the king of Sparta, meets and falls for Queen Helen before he knows who she is. Rudely received by the royal Greeks, he must flee...but fate and their mutual passions lead him to take Helen along. This gives the Greeks just the excuse they need for much-desired war.
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The Robe (1953)
The Robe
Henry Koster actor: Richard Burton / Jean Simmons …
other title: La tunica / Men jeg så ham dø …
Drunk and disillusioned Roman, Marcellus Gallio, wins Jesus' robe in a dice game after the crucifixion. Marcellus has never been a man of faith like his slave, Demetrius, but when Demetrius escapes with the robe, Marcellus experiences disturbing visions and feels guilty for his actions. Convinced that destroying the robe will cure him, Marcellus sets out to find Demetrius — and discovers his Christian faith along the way.
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Knock on Wood (1954)
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Melvin Frank / Norman Panama actor: Danny Kaye / Mai Zetterling …
other title: Un pizzico di follia / Cabeça de Pau …
Ventriloquist Jerry Morgan has failed with another love affair. The reason: when the relationship reaches the point when it is time to discuss marriage, his two dolls become mean and jealous. Morgan's dollmaker Papinek is a member of a spy ring who has stolen the secret plans for the top-secret Lafayette airplane. Since Morgan is leaving for Zurich the same night, he decides to hide the secret plan in the heads of the dolls.
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Hawaii (1966)
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George Roy Hill actor: Julie Andrews / Max von Sydow …
other title: Havaí / Hawái …
Abner Hale, a rigid and humorless New England missionary, marries the beautiful Jerusha Bromley and takes her to the exotic island kingdom of Hawaii, intent on converting the natives. But the clash between the two cultures is too great and instead of understanding there comes tragedy.
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Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)
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Henry King actor: Jennifer Jones / William Holden …
other title: L'amore è una cosa meravigliosa / A Colina da Saudade …
A widowed doctor of both Chinese and European descent falls in love with a married American correspondent in Hong Kong during China's Communist revolution.
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The Crimson Pirate (1952)
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Robert Siodmak actor: Burt Lancaster / Nick Cravat …
other title: Il corsaro dell'isola verde / Den knaldrøde pirat …
Burt Lancaster plays a pirate with a taste for intrigue and acrobatics who involves himself in the goings on of a revolution in the Caribbean in the late 1700s. A light hearted adventure involving prison breaks, an oddball scientist, sailing ships, naval fights and tons of swordplay.
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Jack the Giant Killer (1962)
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Nathan Juran actor: Kerwin Mathews / Judi Meredith …
other title: L'ammazzagiganti / Uhyrets besejrer …
The terrible and trecherous Pendragon plans to gain the throne of Cornwall by getting the king to abdicate and to marry his lovely daughter. To help him he has his dreadful witches in his castle and his almost unstoppable sorcery. A giant under his control abducts the princess, but on the way home with her the giant meets farming lad Jack who slays him. This is only the beginning.
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The Fallen Idol (1948)
The Fallen Idol
Carol Reed actor: Ralph Richardson / Michèle Morgan …
other title: Idolo infranto / Kleines Herz in Not …
Phillipe, the son of an ambassador in London, hero-worships his father's butler Baines. His perception of the man changes when he accidentally discovers the secret that Baines keeps and witnesses the consequences that adults' lies can cause.
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The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936)
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Lothar Mendes actor: Roland Young / Ralph Richardson …
other title: L'uomo dei miracoli / Der Mann, der die Welt verändern wollte …
An ordinary man, while vigorously asserting the impossibility of miracles, suddenly discovers that he can perform them.
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The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
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Nathan Juran actor: Kerwin Mathews / Kathryn Grant …
other title: Il 7° viaggio di Sinbad / Sinbads 7. rejse …
When a princess is shrunken by an evil wizard, Sinbad must undertake a quest to an island of monsters to cure her and prevent a war.
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The Desert Rats (1953)
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Robert Wise actor: Richard Burton / James Mason …
other title: I topi del deserto / Die Wüstenratten …
In North Africa, German Field Marshal Rommel and his troops have successfully fended off British forces, and now intend to take Tobruk, an important port city. A ramshackle group of Australian reinforcements sent to combat the Germans is put under the command of British Captain MacRoberts. The unruly Aussies immediately clash with MacRoberts, a gruff, strict disciplinarian, however this unorthodox team must band together to protect Tobruk from the German forces.
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Great Expectations (1946)
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David Lean actor: John Mills / Valerie Hobson …
other title: Grandi speranze / Grandes Esperanças …
In this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella, he discovers that the elderly spinster has gone mad from having been left at the altar as a young woman, and has made her charge into a warped, unfeeling heartbreaker.
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Lady Godiva of Coventry (1955)
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Arthur Lubin actor: Maureen O'Hara / George Nader …
other title: Lady Godiva / Die nackte Geisel …
Fictionalized account of events leading up the famous nude ride (alas, her hair covers everything) of the militant Saxon lady.