Lawrence Dobkin — Actor (24)

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The Badge of Marshal Brennan (1957)
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other title: Sangue em Suas Mãos / Sheriff Brown räumt auf …
Jim Davis is a man on the run. He comes across the body of a dead man wearing the badge of a marshal. He buries the body and takes the badge and rides on. At the next town, he is mistaken for the dead man, a legendary marshal named Brennan. The town sent for Marshal Brennan because they were facing a crisis that includes among other things an epidemic. The Stranger decides to stay as a way of hiding from the men chasing him. What he does not realize is that when he takes on the Badge of Marshal Brennan, he takes on the responsibilities of Marshal Brennan.

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The Lost Missile (1958)
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other title: Das rote Telefon... Alarm!
A missile from parts unknown enters an orbit only 5 miles above Earth's surface and, due to friction from its intense speed through our atmosphere, proceeds to incinerate everything in its immediate wake.

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Portland Exposé (1957)
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other title: La città del ricatto
The owner of a tavern is pressured by the local mob to go into business with them, and figures it's better all around if he does that rather than cause trouble. However, when he starts to see what kind of place his nice little neighborhood bar is turning into, and when one of the mob's goons tries to rape his daughter, he decides to fight them.

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The Midnight Man (1974)
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other title: L'uomo di mezzanotte / Der Mitternachtsmann …
An ex-convict, and ex-cop, finds himself in the midst of drama as a murder, of a female student, is commited at the university where he works as a night watchman. He is reluctantly drawn into the criminal investigation and eventually becomes a suspect in the case. Will he be able to find the real murderer and clear his own name, or not?

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The Gene Krupa Story (1959)
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other title: Ritmo diabolico
The story of legendary jazz drummer, Gene Krupa. Since his youth, all Gene ever wanted to do is play the drums and make music. This is something his parents would not approve of- they want him to be a priest. When Gene's father dies he promises to enter the priesthood. He soon realizes that he doesn't belong there and leaves to join his friend, Eddie's band. Ethel, Eddie's girlfriend, convinces Gene to go to New York and make it big. The 3 of them head to New York. Here Ethel and Gene soon fall in love and Gene makes a name for himself. Gene starts to live in the fast lane, with drugs, alcohol, women and parties. Ethel, unhappy with Gene's lifestyle, leaves him. Gene soon "hits rock bottom" where he has to face reality and choose where to take his life.

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5 Fingers (1952)
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Joseph L. Mankiewicz actor: James Mason / Danielle Darrieux …
other title: Operazione "Cicero" / Der Fall Cicero …
During WWII, the valet to the British Ambassador to Ankara sells British secrets to the Germans while trying to romance a refugee Polish countess.

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The Killer Is Loose (1956)
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Budd Boetticher actor: Joseph Cotten / Rhonda Fleming …
other title: L'assassino è perduto / Blutige Hände …
A savings-and-loan bank is robbed; later, a police wiretap identifies meek bank teller Leon Poole as the inside man. In capturing him, detective Sam Wagner accidentally kills Poole's young wife, and at his trial Poole swears vengeance against Wagner. Poole begins his plans to get revenge when he escapes his captors.

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The Defiant Ones (1958)
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Stanley Kramer actor: Tony Curtis / Sidney Poitier …
other title: La parete di fango / Os Audaciosos …
Two convicts—one white, one black—escape while chained to each other.

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Not Wanted (1949)
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Elmer Clifton / Ida Lupino actor: Sally Forrest / Keefe Brasselle …
other title: Non abbandonarmi / Verführt …
After a beautiful but unsophisticated girl is seduced by a worldly piano player and gives up her out-of-wedlock baby, her guilt compels her to kidnap another child.

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Whirlpool (1950)
Whirlpool
Otto Preminger actor: Gene Tierney / José Ferrer …
other title: Il segreto di una donna / Le Mystérieux Docteur Korvo …
The wife of a psychoanalyst falls prey to a devious quack hypnotist when he discovers she is an habitual shoplifter. Then one of his previous patients now being treated by the real doctor is found murdered, with her still at the scene, and suspicion points only one way.

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Mysteries from Beyond Earth (1975)
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George Gale actor: Lawrence Dobkin / Stanton Friedman …
Narrator Lawrence Dobkin examines unusual paranormal activities and conspiracy theories in several eerie segments. Subjects include flying saucers and alien encounters, the disappearance of Atlantis, the Bermuda Triangle and the origins of Bigfoot, telekinesis, witchcraft, and the unusual notion that human evolution and technology might have been moved forward with assistance from intelligent extraterrestrial beings.

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The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives
William Wyler actor: Dana Andrews / Fredric March …
other title: I migliori anni della nostra vita / De Bedste År …
It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream is about to become a nightmare.

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Julius Caesar (1953)
Julius Caesar
Joseph L. Mankiewicz actor: Marlon Brando / James Mason …
other title: Giulio Cesare / Julius Cæsar …
The assassination of the would be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic consequences for the idealist and the republic.

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Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
Sweet Smell of Success
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Alexander Mackendrick actor: Burt Lancaster / Tony Curtis …
other title: Piombo rovente / Magtens sødme …
New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can't control is his younger sister, Susan, who is in a relationship with aspiring jazz guitarist Steve Dallas. Hunsecker strongly disapproves of the romance and recruits publicist Sidney Falco to find a way to split the couple, no matter how ruthless the method.

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Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
Twelve O'Clock High
Henry King actor: Gregory Peck / Hugh Marlowe …
other title: Cielo di fuoco / Almas em Chamas …
In the early days of daylight bombing raids over Germany, General Frank Savage must take command of a 'hard luck' bomber group. Much of the story deals with his struggle to whip his group into a disciplined fighting unit in spite of heavy losses, and withering attacks by German fighters over their targets.

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The Ten Commandments (1956)
The Ten Commandments
Cecil B. DeMille actor: Charlton Heston / Yul Brynner …
other title: I dieci comandamenti / De ti bud …
Escaping death, a Hebrew infant is raised in a royal household to become a prince. Upon discovery of his true heritage, Moses embarks on a personal quest to reclaim his destiny as the leader and liberator of the Hebrew people.