Gary Nelson

Gary Nelson

An American television and film director. He has directed many well-know television series, including Gunsmoke, The Patty Duke Show, Gilligan's Island and Happy Days among dozens of others. In addition, Nelson has directed five films, including two for Walt Disney Pictures. In 1978, Nelson was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Directoral Achievement for Washington: Behind Closed Doors. He was married to actress Judi Meredith and has two sons. Nelson has semi-retired, but continues to occasionally teach the University of Nevada at Las Vegas Description above from the Wikipedia article Gary Nelson (director), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

  • Title: Gary Nelson
  • Popularity: 9.437
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1934-10-06
  • Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
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Gary Nelson Movies

  • 2014
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    Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

    Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

    7.202 2014 HD

    A documentary about the rise and fall of the Cannon Film Group, the legendary independent film company helmed by Israeli cousins Menahem Golan and...

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  • 1979
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    The Black Hole

    The Black Hole

    5.8 1979 HD

    The explorer craft USS Palomino is returning to Earth after a fruitless 18-month search for extra-terrestrial life when the crew comes upon a...

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  • 1986
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    Murder in Three Acts

    Murder in Three Acts

    5.5 1986 HD

    In Acapulco, Hercule Poirot attends a dinner party in which one of the guests clutches his throat and suddenly dies. The causes seem to be natural...

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  • 1986
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    Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold

    Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold

    4.736 1986 HD

    After his brother Robeson disappears without a trace while exploring Africa in search of a legendary 'white tribe', Allan Quatermain decides to...

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  • 1986
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    Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold

    Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold

    4.736 1986 HD

    After his brother Robeson disappears without a trace while exploring Africa in search of a legendary 'white tribe', Allan Quatermain decides to...

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  • 1978
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    To Kill a Cop

    To Kill a Cop

    1 1978 HD

    Earl Eischied is a man with his hands full. As the Chief of Detectives in New York City he is trying to break up a group of black militants that are...

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  • 1989
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    Get Smart, Again!

    Get Smart, Again!

    5.2 1989 HD

    KAOS has invented a weather machine so Maxwell Smart and Agent 99 are called back into action to foil this evil plan.

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  • 1979
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    The Black Hole

    The Black Hole

    5.8 1979 HD

    The explorer craft USS Palomino is returning to Earth after a fruitless 18-month search for extra-terrestrial life when the crew comes upon a...

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  • 1976
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    Freaky Friday

    Freaky Friday

    6.1 1976 HD

    School girl Annabel is hassled by her mother, and Mrs. Andrews is annoyed with her daughter, Annabel. They both think that the other has an easy...

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  • 1982
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    Jimmy the Kid

    Jimmy the Kid

    4.2 1982 HD

    Gang of bumbling crooks kidnap a bratty little kid, find out they got more than they bargained for.

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  • 1983
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    Murder in Coweta County

    Murder in Coweta County

    6.813 1983 HD

    Wallace a wealthy landowner in Meriwether County, Georgia, has virtually unlimited power in the county, including having the sheriff under his...

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  • 1974
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    The Girl on the Late, Late Show

    The Girl on the Late, Late Show

    5.5 1974 HD

    A television producer decides to find out the whereabouts of a former movie actress whose career has long since faded, then discovers that his...

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  • 1973
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    Santee

    Santee

    5.3 1973 HD

    Jody Deakes joins up with his father after many years, just to discover that his dad is part of an outlaw gang on the run from a relentless bounty...

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  • 1984
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    More Than Murder

    More Than Murder

    4 1984 HD

    Private eye Mike Hammer tries to clear his friend, Captain Chambers, who has been framed for cocaine possession.

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  • 1983
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    Murder Me, Murder You

    Murder Me, Murder You

    6.6 1983 HD

    Private eye Mike Hammer probes his long-lost love's death while seeking their daughter.

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  • 1993
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    The Return of Ironside

    The Return of Ironside

    4.8 1993 HD

    After forty years of good and faithful services, Robert T. Ironside, reprocessed police force of San Francisco, is finally on the point of tasting...

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  • 1975
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    Medical Story

    Medical Story

    1 1975 HD

    A young intern goes up against three older surgeons as to whether or not a young actress should get a hysterectomy.

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  • 1990
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    The Lookalike

    The Lookalike

    3.7 1990 HD

    A mentally disturbed woman is further tormented after discovering a girl who closely resembles her recently deceased daughter

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  • 1988
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    Shooter

    Shooter

    5.5 1988 HD

    "Shooter," aka Matt Thompson aka Gruwald is a photographer in 1967 Saigon, Vietnam. Working out of a news agency for a major magazine, Thompson gets...

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  • 1972
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    Molly and Lawless John

    Molly and Lawless John

    3 1972 HD

    Molly, the shy, romance-starved wife of an arrogant frontier sheriff, finds herself drawn to a prisoner in her husband's jail. This prisoner, a...

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  • 1976
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    Panache

    Panache

    1 1976 HD

    A stylish comedy swashbuckler mixing romance, masterful swordplay, political treachery, and 20th-Century pratfalls in 17th-Century France, this film...

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  • 1992
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    The Sands of Time

    The Sands of Time

    1 1992 HD

    Three nuns are caught up in the midst of Spanish Civil War in the 1930s.

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  • 1995
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    Fast Company

    Fast Company

    1 1995 HD

    A homicide detective is assigned to solve a murder case. The trouble is that his wife, a reporter, has been assigned by her employer to cover the...

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  • 1993
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    Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert

    Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert

    4 1993 HD

    A lady private eye on her first job working a routine divorce case teams up with a cynical, heavy-drinking police detective after inadvertently...

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  • 1975
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    The Boy Who Talked to Badgers

    The Boy Who Talked to Badgers

    6.8 1975 HD

    A young boy gets along better with the animals he befriends around his family's Canadian farm than with the people he lives with.

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  • 1979
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    A Movie Star's Daughter

    A Movie Star's Daughter

    8.5 1979 HD

    A shy teen enrolls in a new school and doesn't make friends easily. Then, overnight, everyone wants to be her friend, once it is discovered that her...

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  • 1978
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    It's a Mile from Here to Glory

    It's a Mile from Here to Glory

    1 1978 HD

    A high school track star is involved in a life-threatening accident and now must learn to depend on others for his day-to-day living.

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  • 1969
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    Secrets of the Pirate's Inn

    Secrets of the Pirate's Inn

    7 1969 HD

    A gang of kids helps a sea captain search for a pirate’s treasure that’s rumored to be hidden somewhere in the old dilapidated inn the...

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  • 1991
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    The Hit Man

    The Hit Man

    1 1991 HD

    When a desperate kid tries to steal the car of a famous movie director to help his family pay their debt to a predatory lender, the director and his...

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  • 1983
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    For Love and Honor

    For Love and Honor

    10 1983 HD

    A military drama set on a Texas base focuses on the ups and downs of young paratroopers, who, while they're gearing up for possible combat...

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  • 1984
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    The Baron and the Kid

    The Baron and the Kid

    1 1984 HD

    Johnny Cash heads the cast in this sentimental drama, which follows a famed pool hustler (Cash) whose reunion with his long-lost son (Greg Webb) sets...

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  • 1994
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    Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice

    Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice

    1 1994 HD

    Ray investigates the murder of a psychiatrist.

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  • 1995
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    Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder

    Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder

    1 1995 HD

    Ray investigates the murder of a judge.

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  • 1988
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    Police Story: The Watch Commander

    Police Story: The Watch Commander

    1 1988 HD

    This is the story of policeman who has been on the job for over forty years. And one of his duties is to look out for all of the officers under him...

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  • 1988
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    Police Story: The Watch Commander

    Police Story: The Watch Commander

    1 1988 HD

    This is the story of policeman who has been on the job for over forty years. And one of his duties is to look out for all of the officers under him...

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  • 1981
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    The Pride of Jesse Hallam

    The Pride of Jesse Hallam

    5.75 1981 HD

    Jesse Hallum sells the family farm to see that his daughter receives the medical care she needs at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital. The big city...

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  • 1997
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    Melanie Darrow

    Melanie Darrow

    1 1997 HD

    A flamboyant female defense attorney takes on a seemingly airtight case, defending an apparently gold-digging husband against the charge of murdering...

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  • 1992
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    Revolver

    Revolver

    1 1992 HD

    Nick Suster, a secret intelligence agent paralyzed by an assassin's bullet, sets out to track down his assailant and in the process, uncovers a major...

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  • 1971
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    The Boy from Dead Man's Bayou

    The Boy from Dead Man's Bayou

    1 1971 HD

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  • 1970
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    4.3 1970 HD

    Houston Knights is an American crime drama set in Houston, Texas. The show ran on CBS from 1987 to 1988 and had 31 episodes. The core of the show was...

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  • 1970
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    7.6 1970 HD

    The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised on CBS between October 3, 1960 and April 1, 1968. Andy Griffith portrays the widowed...

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  • 1970
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    7.3 1970 HD

    Gary Hobson thinks he may even be losing his mind when tomorrow's newspaper mysteriously arrives today giving him a disconcerting look into the...

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  • 1970
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    3 1970 HD

    Arnie is a television sitcom that ran for two seasons on the CBS network. It stars Herschel Bernardi, Sue Ane Langdon, and Roger Bowen. Bernardi...

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  • 1970
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    5.8 1970 HD

    An anthology comedy series featuring a line up of different celebrity guest stars appearing in anywhere from one, two, three, and four short stories...

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  • 1970
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    5.643 1970 HD

    The Courtship of Eddie's Father is an American television sitcom based on the 1963 movie of the same name, which was based on the book written by...

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  • 1970
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    6.903 1970 HD

    A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.

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  • 1970
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    7.1 1970 HD

    Crazy Like a Fox is an American television series set in San Francisco, California, that aired on CBS from December 30, 1984 to May 3, 1986.

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  • 1970
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    6.52 1970 HD

    Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take...

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  • 1970
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    7.5 1970 HD

    The slapstick adventures of hapless Gilligan, long-suffering Skipper and their gang of mismatched castaways, all stranded on an uncharted desert isle...

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  • 1970
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    5.6 1970 HD

    Nanny and the Professor is an American fantasy situation comedy created by AJ Carothers and Thomas L. Miller for 20th Century Fox Television. During...

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  • 1970
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    7.067 1970 HD

    Police Story is an anthology television crime drama. The show was the brainchild of author and former policeman Joseph Wambaugh and represented a...

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  • 1970
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    5.656 1970 HD

    Room 222 is an American comedy-drama television series produced by 20th Century Fox Television. The series aired on ABC for 112 episodes from...

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  • 1970
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    3.6 1970 HD

    The Doris Day Show is an American sitcom that was originally broadcast on the CBS network from September 1968 until March 1973, remaining on the air...

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  • 1970
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    5 1970 HD

    The Partners is an American sitcom that aired on September 18, 1971 through September 8, 1972 on NBC.

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  • 1970
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    6.1 1970 HD

    F Troop is a satirical American television sitcom that originally aired for two seasons on ABC-TV. It debuted in the United States on September 14,...

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  • 1970
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    7.5 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    7.3 1970 HD

    McMillan & Wife is a lighthearted American police procedural that aired on NBC from September 17, 1971 to April 24, 1977. Starring Rock Hudson and...

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  • 1970
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    7.4 1970 HD

    Have Gun – Will Travel is an American Western television series that aired on CBS from 1957 through 1963. It was rated number three or number...

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  • 1970
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    7.9 1970 HD

    Get Smart is an American comedy television series that satirizes the secret agent genre. Created by Mel Brooks with Buck Henry, the show stars Don...

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  • 1970
    imgS5 E26

    7.9 1970 HD

    Get Smart is an American comedy television series that satirizes the secret agent genre. Created by Mel Brooks with Buck Henry, the show stars Don...

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  • 1970
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    5.3 1970 HD

    In this flirty '60s sitcom, the action unfolds every day at a small Los Angeles radio station where Larry and Dave work as morning show DJs. While...

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  • 1970
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    6.5 1970 HD

    McClain's Law is an American crime drama television series that aired on NBC during the 1981-1982 season. New episodes ended on March 20, and...

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  • 1970
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    7.125 1970 HD

    Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. is an American situation comedy that originally aired on CBS from September 25, 1964, to May 2, 1969. The series was a spinoff...

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  • 1970
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    5.654 1970 HD

    The Patty Duke Show is an American sitcom which ran on ABC from September 18, 1963 to April 27, 1966, with reruns airing through August 31, 1966. The...

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  • 1970
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    6.2 1970 HD

    Lady Blue is a crime drama starring Jamie Rose as a Chicago female homicide detective Katy Mahoney. The show was produced by MGM/UA Television and...

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  • 1970
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    6.438 1970 HD

    Derived from the 1947 movie with the same name, a house is haunted by a deceased sea captain who wreaks havoc with the new tenants who were not...

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  • 1970
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    5 1970 HD

    Behind the scenes at the fictitious Century Studios in Hollywood, headed by the (initially) unseen John Bracken.

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  • 1970
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    5 1970 HD

    Accidental Family is an American sitcom broadcast on NBC during the first part of the 1967-68 U.S. television season.

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  • 1970
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    6.9 1970 HD

    Despite its impressive history and reputation, the international trading company Struan's is in trouble. Overextended by the previous management, new...

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  • 1970
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    7.8 1970 HD

    Toma is an American crime drama series that ran on ABC in 1973 and 1974.

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  • 1970
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    5.667 1970 HD

    Carter Nash was a chemist in a police department who discovered a liquid which could turn him into Captain Nice, an odd sort of superhero: very shy...

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  • 1970
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    7.3 1970 HD

    Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is an American musical television series loosely based on the film, which ran on CBS from September 19, 1982 to March...

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  • 1970
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    5 1970 HD

    The Brian Keith Show is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 1972 to March 1974. The series stars Brian Keith and Shelley Fabares.

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  • 1970
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    1 1970 HD

    Faraday & Company is an American crime drama series that aired in the 1973-1974 season. It starred Dan Dailey as Frank Faraday, a private...

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  • 1970
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    5 1970 HD

    Medical Story is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from September 4, 1975 until January 8, 1976.

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  • 1970
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    5.5 1970 HD

    For Love and Honor is a short-lived American military drama series that aired on NBC from September 23, 1983 to December 27, 1983. The series is...

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  • 1970
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    7.5 1970 HD

    Archer is a short-lived American crime drama series starring Brian Keith and John P. Ryan that aired on NBC in 1975.

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  • 1970
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    7.3 1970 HD

    CIA director Bill Martin knows that an incoming president means a new direction for the country—and another set of eyes on the top secret...

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  • 1970
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    8 1970 HD

    Global espionage with an American agent and his sexy partner.

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  • 1970
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    1 1970 HD

    A wealthy Oklahoma widower enlists the help of an unemployed Harvard graduate to tutor his brood on becoming more refined in a stale sitcom that's...

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  • 1970
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    4.333 1970 HD

    Catherine lost her memory and wound up in a convent in the care of nuns. She tries to discover the terrible events which led to her condition, not...

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  • 1970
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    6 1970 HD

    Shane works for the Starett family, a young widow, her son, and her aging father-in-law, protecting them against the anti-sodbuster rancher Ryker and...

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  • 1970
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    5 1970 HD

    Adam's Rib is an American situation comedy broadcast on ABC-TV from September 14 to December 28, 1973. It was produced by MGM Television and had 13...

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  • 1970
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    6 1970 HD

    Shane works for the Starett family, a young widow, her son, and her aging father-in-law, protecting them against the anti-sodbuster rancher Ryker and...

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