Edmund Purdom — Actor (17)
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The Comedy Man (1964) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
The Comedy Man
director: Alvin Rakoff actor: Kenneth More / Cecil Parker …
other title: Siempre hay un mañana
A middle-aged stock actor goes to London to try the big time. After much frustration, he lands a job doing TV commercials, gaining wealth and recognition. He eventually gives it all up to return to stage work and keep his pride.
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The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff (1973) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Los ojos del doctor Orloff
director: Jesús Franco actor: William Berger / Montserrat Prous …
other title: Los ojos del doctor Orloff
Amid the craggy, dusty hills of southern France, a woman screams in the night. Gorgeous Melissa Comfort, a wealthy heiress confined to a wheelchair since birth, cries out in her nightmares, terrified of a dream that comes night after night. In this night terror, she's 10-years-old. Running from a man who may or may not be her father.
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Povero Cristo (1976) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Povero Cristo
director: Pier Carpi actor: Mino Reitano / Rosemary Dexter …
Cento milioni in cambio delle prove dell'esistenza di Dio: un'inchiesta tra la gente non gli consente di trovarle, ma il protagonista troverà Gesù Cristo in se stesso e otterrà lo stesso il compenso.
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Naked and Violent (1970) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
America così nuda, così violenta
director: Sergio Martino actor: Guido Gerosa / Gianfranco Vene …
other title: America così nuda, così violenta
Cult director Sergio Martino, during the most glorious mondo years, delivered Naked and Violent, a documentary which unveils the brutality of the USA. Hidden behind a mask of perfection and justice, Naked and Violent traces the problems of American society in the 70s: from racial persecutions to the depraved sexual habits of the middle class, from the drug market to illegal gambling.
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The Man Who Laughs (1966) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
L'uomo che ride
director: Sergio Corbucci actor: Jean Sorel / Lisa Gastoni …
other title: L'uomo che ride / El hombre que ríe …
This loose adaptation of the Victor Hugo classic shifts the story to Italy and back in time, with the deformed protagonist meeting Lucrezia Borgia instead of Queen Anne. Also, Gwynplaine is renamed Angelo (Jean Sorel) with his disfigurement represented by a single broad slash across his mouth, crude yet convincing. The story (not credited to Hugo) is a swashbuckler pitting the disfigured acrobat against the henchmen of the Borgias.
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The New Godfathers (1979) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
I contrabbandieri di Santa Lucia
director: Alfonso Brescia actor: Mario Merola / Antonio Sabàto …
other title: I contrabbandieri di Santa Lucia / Der große Kampf des Syndikats …
A revolution in Iran halts a heroin shipment, but an alliance of crime families is set on getting it to the US. They decide to run the drug through an unsuspecting network of good-natured, local smugglers in Naples, while an international anti-narcotics agent rushes to shut their operation down. Betrayals and divided loyalties lead to a final, bloody confrontation in America.
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Concorde Affair (1979) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Concorde Affaire '79
director: Ruggero Deodato actor: James Franciscus / Mimsy Farmer …
other title: Concorde Affaire '79 / Concorde 820 forsvinder …
A reporter tries to stop the crash of an aircraft after uncovering an airline's plot to save their business by sabotaging Concorde flights and have them decommissioned.
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Rulers of the City (1976) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
I padroni della città
director: Fernando Di Leo actor: Jack Palance / Al Cliver …
other title: I padroni della città / Zwei Supertypen räumen auf …
Tony, a mob loan collector, is dissatisfied with his station in life. Though he dreams of one day being rich, he is stuck with the dead-end job of beating up borrowers who fall behind in their payments. After meeting up with Napoli, another mob enforcer who's just been fired from his job, the two hatch a plan. Together, they will con mob boss Manzari out of a fortune, after which they can retire and live in luxury. Manzari, however, is not about to let them go so easily.
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The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
director: Anthony Asquith actor: Ingrid Bergman / Rex Harrison …
other title: Una Rolls-Royce gialla / Der gelbe Rolls-Royce …
One Rolls-Royce belongs to three vastly different owners, starting with Lord Charles, who buys the car for his wife as an anniversary present. The next owner is Paolo Maltese, a mafioso who purchases the car during a trip to Italy and leaves it with his girlfriend while he returns to Chicago. Finally, the car is owned by American widow Gerda, who joins the Yugoslavian resistance against the invading Nazis.
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The Egyptian (1954) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
The Egyptian
director: Michael Curtiz actor: Edmund Purdom / Victor Mature …
other title: Sinuhe l'egiziano / Sinuhe Ægypteren …
In eighteenth-dynasty Egypt, Sinuhe, a poor orphan, becomes a brilliant physician and with his friend Horemheb is appointed to the service of the new Pharoah. Sinuhe's personal triumphs and tragedies are played against the larger canvas of the turbulent events of the 18th dynasty. As Sinuhe is drawn into court intrigues he learns the answers to the questions he has sought since his birth.
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The Rift (1990) [Movie] TMDB Skybridge WikiData IMDb
The Rift
director: Juan Piquer Simón actor: Jack Scalia / R. Lee Ermey …
other title: La cosa degli abissi / Sirene I …
An experimental submarine with a very experienced crew, the "Siren II" is sent to find out what happened to the "Siren I" after it mysteriously disappeared in a submarine rift. Things go awry when they begin to find things that shouldn't be there...