Charles Bennett

Charles Bennett

Born just before the century turned, Charles Bennett made his writing debut as a child in 1911, fought in France during World War I while still a teen and resumed his acting career after the war's end. In 1926 he dropped acting to concentrate on being a playwright, later turning one of his most famous plays, "Blackmail," into a screenplay for production under the direction of Alfred Hitchcock. The affiliation with "Hitch" continued into the early 1940s, by which time both Bennett and the director were working in Hollywood. He wrote for producers ranging from Cecil B. DeMille to Irwin Allen to the penny-pinching folks at AIP. "If I couldn't write, I wouldn't want to live," commented Bennett, who had projects (including a remake of "Blackmail") going right up to the time of his death.

  • Title: Charles Bennett
  • Popularity: 7.805
  • Known For: Writing
  • Birthday: 1899-08-02
  • Place of Birth: Shoreham-by-Sea, England
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  • Also Known As: John H. Kneubuhl
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Charles Bennett Movies

  • 1915
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    John Halifax, Gentleman

    John Halifax, Gentleman

    1 1915 HD

    An apprentice inherits a master's mill, weds a disowned heiress, and remains true to his class.

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  • 1917
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    Hobbled Hearts

    Hobbled Hearts

    1 1917 HD

    Hobbled Hearts comedy short

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  • 1935
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    The 39 Steps

    The 39 Steps

    7.359 1935 HD

    Richard Hanney has a rude awakening when a glamorous female spy falls into his bed - with a knife in her back. Having a bit of trouble explaining it...

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  • 1917
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    The Rainbow Girl

    The Rainbow Girl

    1 1917 HD

    Mary Beth rents an attic room to Richard, a composer. Frustrated with the publishers demands for cheap, trashy songs, Richard, penniless, tries to...

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  • 1986
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    A State of Emergency

    A State of Emergency

    1.3 1986 HD

    This story is about a crusading scientist out to stop nuclear testing who is motivated by scientific fact, conscience and faith. Dr. Alex Carmody...

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  • 1934
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    The Secret of the Loch

    The Secret of the Loch

    5.6 1934 HD

    A batty Scottish professor attempts to prove the existence of the Loch Ness Monster, but everyone thinks he's crazy. Meanwhile, a foolish young...

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  • 1937
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    Young and Innocent

    Young and Innocent

    6.586 1937 HD

    Robert Tisdall finds on the beach the corpse of a woman he knew. Others wrongly conclude that he is the murderer. Fleeing, he desperately attempts to...

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  • 1936
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    Secret Agent

    Secret Agent

    6.1 1936 HD

    After three British agents are assigned to assassinate a mysterious German spy during World War I, two of them become ambivalent when their duty to...

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  • 1960
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    The Lost World

    The Lost World

    5.7 1960 HD

    Professor Challenger leads an expedition of scientists and adventurers to a remote plateau deep in the Amazonian jungle to verify his claim that...

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  • 1961
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    Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

    Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

    5.7 1961 HD

    The crew of an atomic submarine battle to save the world from global destruction.

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  • 1950
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    Where Danger Lives

    Where Danger Lives

    6.3 1950 HD

    A young doctor falls in love with a disturbed young woman and apparently becomes involved in the death of her husband. They head for Mexico trying to...

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  • 1934
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    The Man Who Knew Too Much

    The Man Who Knew Too Much

    6.434 1934 HD

    While vacationing in St. Moritz, a British couple receive a clue to an imminent assassination attempt, only to learn that their daughter has been...

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  • 1940
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    Foreign Correspondent

    Foreign Correspondent

    6.963 1940 HD

    American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover the imminent war. When he walks into the middle of an...

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  • 1957
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    Night of the Demon

    Night of the Demon

    6.97 1957 HD

    American professor John Holden arrives in London for a conference on parapsychology only to discover that the colleague he was supposed to meet was...

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  • 1937
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    Sabotage

    Sabotage

    6.67 1937 HD

    Karl Anton Verloc and his wife own a small cinema in a quiet London suburb where they live seemingly happily. But Mrs. Verloc does not know that her...

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  • 1949
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    Madness of the Heart

    Madness of the Heart

    5.9 1949 HD

    A blind Englishwoman weds a French nobleman and moves into his family's chateau, but she quickly realizes someone there wants her out of the way.

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  • 1949
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    Madness of the Heart

    Madness of the Heart

    5.9 1949 HD

    A blind Englishwoman weds a French nobleman and moves into his family's chateau, but she quickly realizes someone there wants her out of the way.

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  • 1957
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    The Story of Mankind

    The Story of Mankind

    4.476 1957 HD

    The devil and the spirit of mankind argue as to whether or not humanity is ultimately good or evil.

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  • 1938
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    The Young in Heart

    The Young in Heart

    6.5 1938 HD

    A family of confidence tricksters sets their sights on a very rich, very lonely old lady named Miss Fortune.

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  • 1952
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    The Green Glove

    The Green Glove

    6.2 1952 HD

    In World War II France, American soldier Michael Blake captures, then loses Nazi-collaborator art thief Paul Rona, who leaves behind a gem studded...

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  • 1952
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    The Green Glove

    The Green Glove

    6.2 1952 HD

    In World War II France, American soldier Michael Blake captures, then loses Nazi-collaborator art thief Paul Rona, who leaves behind a gem studded...

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  • 1943
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    Forever and a Day

    Forever and a Day

    7.2 1943 HD

    In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret is in London during the Blitz to sell the ancestral family house. The current tenant, Leslie Trimble,...

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  • 1935
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    The Clairvoyant

    The Clairvoyant

    5.853 1935 HD

    A fake psychic suddenly turns into the real thing when he meets a young beauty. (TCM)

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  • 1935
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    The Clairvoyant

    The Clairvoyant

    5.853 1935 HD

    A fake psychic suddenly turns into the real thing when he meets a young beauty. (TCM)

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  • 1942
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    Reap the Wild Wind

    Reap the Wild Wind

    6.5 1942 HD

    The Florida Keys in 1840, where the implacable hurricanes of the Caribbean scream, where the salvagers of Key West, like the intrepid and beautiful...

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  • 1942
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    Joan of Paris

    Joan of Paris

    6.4 1942 HD

    An RAF squadron is brought down over occupied France. The flyers get to Paris in spite of the fact that the youngest, Baby, is injured. He must be...

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  • 1953
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    No Escape

    No Escape

    4.5 1953 HD

    When the available evidence in a murder case points to a young woman as the main suspect, her boyfriend, a police detective, arranges for a...

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  • 1953
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    No Escape

    No Escape

    4.5 1953 HD

    When the available evidence in a murder case points to a young woman as the main suspect, her boyfriend, a police detective, arranges for a...

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  • 1947
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    Unconquered

    Unconquered

    6.192 1947 HD

    England, 1763. After being convicted of a crime, the young and beautiful Abigail Hale agrees, to escape the gallows, to serve fourteen years as a...

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  • 1948
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    The Sign of the Ram

    The Sign of the Ram

    6.1 1948 HD

    A wheelchair-bound woman manipulates her family to a point where they suspect she may be unhinged.

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  • 1949
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    Black Magic

    Black Magic

    6.3 1949 HD

    A hypnotist uses his powers for revenge against King Louis XV's court.

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  • 1954
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    Dangerous Mission

    Dangerous Mission

    5.773 1954 HD

    A policeman tries to protect a young woman against a hit man, when she flees New York after witnessing a mob killing.

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  • 1959
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    The Big Circus

    The Big Circus

    6.5 1959 HD

    A circus owner tries to keep his financially troubled circus on the road, despite the efforts of a murderous saboteur who has decided that the show...

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  • 1941
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    They Dare Not Love

    They Dare Not Love

    6 1941 HD

    An Austrian prince flees his homeland when the Nazis take over and settles in London. He meets a beautiful Austrian émigré who makes...

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  • 1951
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    Kind Lady

    Kind Lady

    7 1951 HD

    Mary Herries has a passion for art and fine furniture. Even though she is getting on in years, she enjoys being around these priceless articles. One...

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  • 1954
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    Casino Royale

    Casino Royale

    5.3 1954 HD

    American spy James Bond must outsmart card wiz and crime boss LeChiffre while monitoring his actions.

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  • 1947
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    Ivy

    Ivy

    6.8 1947 HD

    When Ivy, an Edwardian belle, begins to like Miles, a wealthy gentleman, she is unsure of what to do with her husband, Jervis, and her lover, Dr....

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  • 1965
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    War-Gods of the Deep

    War-Gods of the Deep

    4.838 1965 HD

    A chance discovery leads American mining engineer Ben Harris and acquaintance Harold to discover a lost city under the sea while searching for their...

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  • 1956
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    The Man Who Knew Too Much

    The Man Who Knew Too Much

    7.5 1956 HD

    A couple vacationing in Morocco with their young son accidentally stumble upon an assassination plot. When the child is kidnapped to ensure their...

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  • 1935
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    The 39 Steps

    The 39 Steps

    7.359 1935 HD

    Richard Hanney has a rude awakening when a glamorous female spy falls into his bed - with a knife in her back. Having a bit of trouble explaining it...

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  • 1933
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    Hawleys of High Street

    Hawleys of High Street

    1 1933 HD

    A butcher and a draper stand for election to the local council.

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  • 1933
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    The House of Trent

    The House of Trent

    1 1933 HD

    It follows a doctor who faces both a scandal and a moral dilemma when a patient of his dies while he is making love to a press magnate's daughter.

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  • 1931
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    Two Way Street

    Two Way Street

    1 1931 HD

    'Bird fancier's daughter loves nobleman whom her cockney fiancé robs of necklace.' (British Film Catalogue)

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  • 1933
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    Mannequin

    Mannequin

    1 1933 HD

    'Boxer leaves true love for society lady, but returns.' (British Film Catalogue)

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  • 1930
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    Painted Pictures

    Painted Pictures

    1 1930 HD

    An artist reforms weak friends by painting their portraits.

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  • 1930
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    Painted Pictures

    Painted Pictures

    1 1930 HD

    An artist reforms weak friends by painting their portraits.

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  • 1931
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    Deadlock

    Deadlock

    1 1931 HD

    A murder takes place in a film studio during the shooting of a new film.

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  • 1930
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    The Last Hour

    The Last Hour

    1 1930 HD

    A crooked prince uses a death ray to force down airships and steal their cargo.

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  • 1932
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    Partners Please

    Partners Please

    1 1932 HD

    An aristocrat becomes a gigolo.

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  • 1936
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    All at Sea

    All at Sea

    1 1936 HD

    When mild mannered Joe comes into an inheritance, he leaves his job as a clerk, and embarks on a sea cruise. Posing as a successful writer, Joe...

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  • 1931
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    Two Way Street

    Two Way Street

    1 1931 HD

    'Bird fancier's daughter loves nobleman whom her cockney fiancé robs of necklace.' (British Film Catalogue)

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  • 1962
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    Five Weeks in a Balloon

    Five Weeks in a Balloon

    5.429 1962 HD

    Professor Fergusson plans to make aviation history by making his way across Africa by balloon. He plans to claim uncharted territories in West Africa...

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  • 1937
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    King Solomon's Mines

    King Solomon's Mines

    5.28 1937 HD

    White hunter Allan Quartermain and his enigmatic guide help a young Irish woman locate her missing father in unexplored Darkest Africa.

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  • 1944
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    The Story of Dr. Wassell

    The Story of Dr. Wassell

    6.325 1944 HD

    As the Japanese sweep through the East Indies during World War II, Dr. Wassell is determined to escape from Java with some crewmen of the cruiser...

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  • 1929
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    Blackmail

    Blackmail

    6.5 1929 HD

    London, 1929. Frank Webber, a very busy Scotland Yard detective, seems to be more interested in his work than in Alice White, his girlfriend. Feeling...

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  • 1939
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    Balalaika

    Balalaika

    4.2 1939 HD

    A Russian prince disguised as a worker and a cafe singer secretly involved in revolutionary activities fall in love.

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  • 1970
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    7.8 1970 HD

    Join the crew of the Seaview aboard their super high-tech submarine, where no mission is too dangerous and no threat is too deadly, be it enemy...

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  • 1970
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    6.646 1970 HD

    Set fifteen years in the then-future year 1983, the series tells the tale of the crew and passengers of a sub-orbital transport ship named Spindrift....

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  • 1970
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    7.5 1970 HD

    The Wild Wild West is an American television series. Developed at a time when the television western was losing ground to the spy genre, this show...

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  • 1970
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    4.4 1970 HD

    The Count of Monte Cristo was a 1956 ITC Entertainment/TPA television series adapted very loosely from the novel by Alexandre Dumas, adapted by...

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  • 1970
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    5.5 1970 HD

    Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original...

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  • 1970
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    2.7 1970 HD

    Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary...

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  • 1970
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    3.5 1970 HD

    Cavalcade of America is an anthology drama series that was sponsored by the DuPont Company, although it occasionally presented a musical, such as an...

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  • 1970
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    3.5 1970 HD

    Cavalcade of America is an anthology drama series that was sponsored by the DuPont Company, although it occasionally presented a musical, such as an...

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  • 1970
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    1 1970 HD

    Behind Closed Doors is an American drama series set during the Cold War hosted by and occasionally starring Bruce Gordon in the role of Commander...

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