William A. Fraker

William A. Fraker

William Ashman Fraker (September 29, 1923 – May 31, 2010) was an American cinematographer, film director and producer. He was nominated five times for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography. In 2000, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) honoring his career. As cinematographer, his films include The President's Analyst (1967), Rosemary's Baby (1968), Bullitt (1968), Paint Your Wagon (1969), The Day of the Dolphin (1973), Coonskin (1975), Looking For Mr. Goodbar (1977), Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977), Heaven Can Wait (1978), 1941 (1979), WarGames (1983), Irreconcilable Differences (1984), Murphy's Romance (1985), Tombstone (1993), and Street Fighter (1994). He directed three theatrical films, Monte Walsh (1970), A Reflection of Fear (1971), and The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981), as well as several television series. Description above from the Wikipedia article William A. Fraker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: William A. Fraker
  • Popularity: 0.893
  • Known For: Camera
  • Birthday: 1923-09-29
  • Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Also Known As: William Ashman Fraker, Bill Fraker
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William A. Fraker Movies

  • 1992
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    Visions of Light

    Visions of Light

    7 1992 HD

    Cameramen and women discuss the craft and art of cinematography and of the "DP" (the director of photography), illustrating their points with clips...

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  • 1984
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    Irreconcilable Differences

    Irreconcilable Differences

    5.646 1984 HD

    Alternating between the past and the present, a precocious little girl sues her selfish, career-driven parents for emancipation, surprising them both.

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  • 1996
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    The Making of '1941'

    The Making of '1941'

    6.2 1996 HD

    A non-narrated documentary, told mainly in interviews with the filmmakers, on the making of the cult comedy classic, featuring outtakes, rare...

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  • 2002
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    Polanski y los ojos del mal

    Polanski y los ojos del mal

    6 2002 HD

    Documentary that describes and analyzes the characteristics, themes and central concerns of Roman Polanski's cinema.

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  • 1971
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    Dusty and Sweets McGee

    Dusty and Sweets McGee

    6.9 1971 HD

    A "straight" couple dabbles in drugs and become heroin addicts.

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  • 1968
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    Rosemary's Baby

    Rosemary's Baby

    7.828 1968 HD

    A young couple, Rosemary and Guy, moves into an infamous New York apartment building, known by frightening legends and mysterious events, with the...

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  • 1983
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    WarGames

    WarGames

    7.073 1983 HD

    High School student David Lightman has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he...

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  • 1968
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    Bullitt

    Bullitt

    7.157 1968 HD

    Senator Walter Chalmers is aiming to take down mob boss Pete Ross with the help of testimony from the criminal's hothead brother Johnny, who is in...

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  • 1989
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    Chances Are

    Chances Are

    6.604 1989 HD

    Louie Jeffries is happily married to Corinne. On their first anniversary, Louie is killed crossing the road. Louie is reincarnated as Alex Finch, and...

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  • 1990
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    The Freshman

    The Freshman

    6.251 1990 HD

    After a film student gets his belongings stolen, he meets a mobster bearing a startling resemblance to a certain cinematic godfather. Soon, he finds...

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  • 1987
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    Baby Boom

    Baby Boom

    6.3 1987 HD

    J.C. Wiatt is a talented and ambitious New York City career woman who is married to her job and working towards partner at her firm. She has a...

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  • 1969
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    Paint Your Wagon

    Paint Your Wagon

    6.374 1969 HD

    A Michigan farmer and a prospector form a partnership in the California gold country. Their adventures include buying and sharing a wife, hijacking a...

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  • 1979
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    1941

    1941

    5.81 1979 HD

    In the days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, panic grips California, where a military officer leads a mob chasing a Japanese sub.

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  • 1997
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    Vegas Vacation

    Vegas Vacation

    6.043 1997 HD

    The Griswold family hits the road again for a typically ill-fated vacation, this time to the glitzy mecca of slots and showgirls—Las Vegas.

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  • 1994
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    Street Fighter

    Street Fighter

    4.576 1994 HD

    Col. Guile and various other martial arts heroes fight against the tyranny of Dictator M. Bison and his cohorts.

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  • 1993
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    Tombstone

    Tombstone

    7.6 1993 HD

    Legendary marshal Wyatt Earp, now a weary gunfighter, joins his brothers Morgan and Virgil to pursue their collective fortune in the thriving mining...

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  • 1992
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    Honeymoon in Vegas

    Honeymoon in Vegas

    5.6 1992 HD

    On her deathbed, a mother makes her son promise never to get married, which scars him with psychological blocks to a commitment with his girlfriend....

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  • 1978
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    Heaven Can Wait

    Heaven Can Wait

    6.606 1978 HD

    Joe Pendleton is a quarterback preparing to lead his team to the superbowl when he is almost killed in an accident. An overanxious angel plucks him...

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  • 1975
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    Coonskin

    Coonskin

    6 1975 HD

    Brother Rabbit, Brother Bear, and Preacher Fox rise to the top of the crime ranks in Harlem by going up against a con-man, a racist cop, and the...

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  • 1981
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    The Legend of the Lone Ranger

    The Legend of the Lone Ranger

    5.075 1981 HD

    When the young Texas Ranger, John Reid, is the sole survivor of an ambush arranged by the militaristic outlaw leader, Butch Cavendich, he is rescued...

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  • 1970
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    Monte Walsh

    Monte Walsh

    6.2 1970 HD

    Monte Walsh is an aging cowboy facing the ending days of the Wild West era. As barbed wire and railways steadily eliminate the need for the cowboy,...

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  • 1973
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    A Reflection of Fear

    A Reflection of Fear

    6.5 1973 HD

    A young girl lives with her mother and grandmother. One day her estranged father returns home with a female companion he introduces as his fiance....

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  • 1967
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    The Fox

    The Fox

    6.194 1967 HD

    Jill Banford and Ellen March have built a good life together on a hardscrabble Canadian farm. Then handsome Paul Grenfell enters their isolated...

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  • 1966
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    Incubus

    Incubus

    5.886 1966 HD

    On a strange island inhabited by demons and spirits, a man battles the forces of evil.

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  • 1977
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    Exorcist II: The Heretic

    Exorcist II: The Heretic

    4.525 1977 HD

    Bizarre nightmares plague Regan MacNeil four years after her possession and exorcism. Has the demon returned? And if so, can the combined faith and...

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  • 1976
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    Gator

    Gator

    5.2 1976 HD

    After his release from prison, notorious ex-con and moonshine distiller Gator McKlusky moves in with his father in a cabin in the Okefenokee Swamp....

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  • 1975
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    Rancho Deluxe

    Rancho Deluxe

    5.4 1975 HD

    Two drifters, of widely varying backgrounds, rustle cattle and try to avoid being caught in contemporary Montana.

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  • 1976
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    Lipstick

    Lipstick

    5.261 1976 HD

    An aspiring avant-garde composer rapes a fashion model. When she takes him to court, she's slut-shamed by the defense and the man is exonerated. But...

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  • 1995
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    Father of the Bride Part II

    Father of the Bride Part II

    6.237 1995 HD

    Just when George Banks has recovered from his daughter's wedding, he receives the news that she's pregnant ... and that George's wife is expecting...

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  • 1981
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    Sharky's Machine

    Sharky's Machine

    6.037 1981 HD

    Police officer Tom Sharky gets busted back to working vice, where he happens upon a scandalous conspiracy involving a local politician. Sharky's new...

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  • 1995
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    Death in Small Doses

    Death in Small Doses

    6 1995 HD

    One night Nancy Lyon awakes in pain and dies shortly after - poisoned with arsenic. Her family immediately suspects her husband Richard, who left her...

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  • 2000
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    Rules of Engagement

    Rules of Engagement

    6.2 2000 HD

    A Marine Colonel is brought to court-martial after ordering his men to fire on demonstrators surrounding the American embassy in Yemen.

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  • 1985
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    Fever Pitch

    Fever Pitch

    3.7 1985 HD

    An investigative journalist gets hooked on the subject of his inquiry — organized gambling.

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  • 1975
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    Conversation with Fritz Lang

    Conversation with Fritz Lang

    7.1 1975 HD

    American director William Friedkin interviewed Austrian director Fritz Lang on February 21st and 24th, 1975. Lang died August 2nd, 1976.

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  • 1982
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    The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

    The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

    6.128 1982 HD

    When a big TV crusader Melvin P. Thorpe threatens to expose the Chicken Ranch to public scandal and close it down, Miss Mona doesn't go down without...

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  • 1996
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    The Island of Dr. Moreau

    The Island of Dr. Moreau

    4.9 1996 HD

    A shipwrecked sailor stumbles upon a mysterious island and is shocked to discover that a brilliant scientist and his lab assistant have found a way...

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  • 1973
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    The Day of the Dolphin

    The Day of the Dolphin

    5.8 1973 HD

    Dr. Jake Terrell, who has been training a pair of dolphins for many years, has had a breakthrough. He has taught his dolphins to speak and understand...

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  • 1975
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    Aloha, Bobby and Rose

    Aloha, Bobby and Rose

    5.9 1975 HD

    Bobby and Rose, two youngsters who are in love, have to run away from home when they are falsely accused to have committed a robbery and an...

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  • 1967
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    The President's Analyst

    The President's Analyst

    5.8 1967 HD

    At first, Dr. Sidney Schaefer feels honored and thrilled to be offered the job of the President's Analyst. But then the stress of the job and the...

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  • 1984
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    Irreconcilable Differences

    Irreconcilable Differences

    5.646 1984 HD

    Alternating between the past and the present, a precocious little girl sues her selfish, career-driven parents for emancipation, surprising them both.

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  • 1979
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    Old Boyfriends

    Old Boyfriends

    4.906 1979 HD

    When her marriage falls apart, a psychiatrist seeks out those of her former boyfriends who left the biggest impact on her life, mostly in a bad way.

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  • 1982
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    Hey Good Lookin'

    Hey Good Lookin'

    5.5 1982 HD

    An outrageous, affectionate look at coming of age in the Eisenhower era in Brooklyn.

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  • 1987
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    Burglar

    Burglar

    5.2 1987 HD

    Bernice "Bernie" Rhodenbarr is a burglar by trade, and she runs a bookstore as well. Her friend Carl Hefler is a dog groomer. After a successful...

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  • 1980
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    Divine Madness

    Divine Madness

    6.5 1980 HD

    Divine Madness is a 1980 concert film directed by Michael Ritchie, and featuring Bette Midler during her 1979 concert at Pasadena's Civic Auditorium....

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  • 1994
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    There Goes My Baby

    There Goes My Baby

    6.55 1994 HD

    It's the summer of 1965, and the members of the graduating class of upscale Westwood High are eager to reinvent themselves. Valedictorian Mary Beth...

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  • 1977
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    Looking for Mr. Goodbar

    Looking for Mr. Goodbar

    6.3 1977 HD

    A dedicated schoolteacher spends her nights cruising bars, looking for abusive men with whom she can engage in progressively more violent sexual...

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  • 1986
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    SpaceCamp

    SpaceCamp

    5.881 1986 HD

    Andie Bergstrom, an astronaut eagerly awaiting her first trip to space, runs a summer camp for teenagers with her NASA-employed husband, Zach. One...

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  • 1982
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    Hey Good Lookin'

    Hey Good Lookin'

    5.5 1982 HD

    An outrageous, affectionate look at coming of age in the Eisenhower era in Brooklyn.

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  • 1978
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    American Hot Wax

    American Hot Wax

    5.6 1978 HD

    This is the story loosely based on Cleveland disc jockey Alan Freed, who introduced rock'n'roll to teenage American radio audiences in the 1950s....

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  • 1985
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    Murphy's Romance

    Murphy's Romance

    6 1985 HD

    Emma, a divorced single mother seeking to start her life over, moves to a small town in Arizona. She befriends Murphy, the older local pharmacist,...

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  • 1976
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    The Killer Inside Me

    The Killer Inside Me

    4.5 1976 HD

    Haunted by visions from his abusive childhood, Montana deputy sheriff Lou Ford gradually exhibits the signs of a homicidal schizophrenic.

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  • 1967
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    Games

    Games

    6 1967 HD

    A mysterious woman in black moves in with married Manhattan thrill-seekers and helps one trick the other.

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  • 1989
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    An Innocent Man

    An Innocent Man

    6.134 1989 HD

    Jimmie Rainwood was minding his own business when two corrupt police officers (getting an address wrong) burst into his house, expecting to find a...

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  • 1971
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    Dusty and Sweets McGee

    Dusty and Sweets McGee

    6.9 1971 HD

    A "straight" couple dabbles in drugs and become heroin addicts.

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  • 1980
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    The Hollywood Knights

    The Hollywood Knights

    5.962 1980 HD

    Led by their comedic and pranking leader, Newbomb Turk, the Hollywood Knights car gang raise hell throughout Beverly Hills on Halloween Night, 1965....

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  • 1984
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    Protocol

    Protocol

    5.458 1984 HD

    A Washington waitress saves the Emir of Ohtar's life, launching her diplomatic career and a scandal.

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  • 2001
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    Town & Country

    Town & Country

    4.5 2001 HD

    Porter Stoddard is a well-known New York architect who is at a crossroads... a nexus where twists and turns lead to myriad missteps, some with his...

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  • 2002
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    Waking Up in Reno

    Waking Up in Reno

    4.984 2002 HD

    Candy and Lonnie Earl are just crazy about each other. The problem: she's married to Roy and he's married to Darlene. So far it's been a secret...

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  • 1992
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    Memoirs of an Invisible Man

    Memoirs of an Invisible Man

    5.892 1992 HD

    After a freak accident, an invisible yuppie runs for his life from a treacherous CIA official while trying to cope with his new life.

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  • 1964
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    The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre

    The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre

    5.778 1964 HD

    Terrified of being buried alive, a woman installs a phone in her crypt. A few days after her death, the phone suddenly rings and paranormal...

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  • 1973
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    Fade-In

    Fade-In

    3.6 1973 HD

    A sophisticated Hollywood film editor, on location for a film she is working on, falls for a local cowboy who is hired to work on the film.

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  • 1970
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    7.409 1970 HD

    When a bolt of lightening crashes through a police crime lab, a mix of electrically charged substances bathes chemist Barry Allen, transforming him...

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  • 1970
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    6.467 1970 HD

    Vinnie Terranova does time in a New Jersey penitentiary to set up his undercover role as an agent for the OCB (Organized Crime Bureau) of the United...

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  • 1970
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    6.963 1970 HD

    Modern-day Texas Ranger, Cordell Walker's independent crime-solving methods have their roots in the rugged traditions of the Old West. Walker's...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E8

    7.5 1970 HD

    Unsub is an American television series that aired on NBC from February 3 to April 14, 1989. The series centers around an elite FBI forensic team that...

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  • 1970
    imgS2 E7

    6 1970 HD

    B.L. Stryker is an American detective drama that aired on ABC from February 13, 1989 to May 5, 1990 as part of the ABC Mystery Movie along with...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E16

    5 1970 HD

    J.J. Starbuck is an American crime drama series that aired on NBC from September 1987 to June 1988. The series follows cornpone-spouting Jerome...

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