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: 7.307
  • 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

    7.224 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...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Molly Ringwald

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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...

    Genre: Adventure

    Cast: Maximilian Schell

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  • 1986
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    Murder in Three Acts
    Murder in Three Acts

    5.518 1986 HD

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Peter Ustinov

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  • 1979
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    The Black Hole
    The Black Hole

    5.8 1979 HD

    Genre: Adventure

    Cast: Maximilian Schell

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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

    4.734 1986 HD

    Genre: Adventure

    Cast: Richard Chamberlain

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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

    4.734 1986 HD

    Genre: Adventure

    Cast: Richard Chamberlain

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  • 1989
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    Get Smart, Again!
    Get Smart, Again!

    5.313 1989 HD

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Don Adams

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  • 1976
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    Freaky Friday
    Freaky Friday

    6.1 1976 HD

    Genre: Fantasy

    Cast: Jodie Foster

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  • 1982
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    Jimmy the Kid
    Jimmy the Kid

    4.2 1982 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Gary Coleman

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  • 1983
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    Murder in Coweta County
    Murder in Coweta County

    6.813 1983 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Johnny Cash

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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

    Genre: Mystery

    Cast: Don Murray

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  • 1973
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    Santee
    Santee

    5.3 1973 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Glenn Ford

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  • 1984
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    More Than Murder
    More Than Murder

    4 1984 HD

    Genre: TV Movie

    Cast: Stacy Keach

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  • 1983
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    Murder Me, Murder You
    Murder Me, Murder You

    6.6 1983 HD

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Stacy Keach

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  • 1993
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    The Return of Ironside
    The Return of Ironside

    4.8 1993 HD

    Genre: TV Movie

    Cast: Raymond Burr

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  • 1990
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    The Lookalike
    The Lookalike

    3.7 1990 HD

    Genre: Mystery

    Cast: Melissa Gilbert

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  • 1988
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    Shooter
    Shooter

    5.5 1988 HD

    Genre:

    Cast: Jeffrey Nordling

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  • 1972
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    Molly and Lawless John
    Molly and Lawless John

    3 1972 HD

    Genre: Western

    Cast: Vera Miles

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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

    Genre: Family

    Cast: Christian Juttner

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  • 1969
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    Secrets of the Pirate's Inn
    Secrets of the Pirate's Inn

    7 1969 HD

    Genre: Adventure

    Cast: Ed Begley

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  • 1991
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    The Hit Man
    The Hit Man

    1 1991 HD

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Daryl Anderson

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  • 1983
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    For Love and Honor
    For Love and Honor

    10 1983 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Luca Bercovici

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  • 1994
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    Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice
    Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice

    1 1994 HD

    Genre: Mystery

    Cast: Louis Gossett Jr.

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  • 1995
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    Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
    Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder

    1 1995 HD

    Genre: Mystery

    Cast: Louis Gossett Jr.

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  • 1981
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    The Pride of Jesse Hallam
    The Pride of Jesse Hallam

    5.7 1981 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Johnny Cash

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  • 1997
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    Melanie Darrow
    Melanie Darrow

    1 1997 HD

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Delta Burke

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  • 1992
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    Revolver
    Revolver

    1 1992 HD

    Genre:

    Cast: Robert Urich

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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

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Mitch Vogel

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  • 1978
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    To Kill a Cop
    To Kill a Cop

    1 1978 HD

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Joe Don Baker

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  • 1975
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    Medical Story
    Medical Story

    1 1975 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Beau Bridges

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  • 1976
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    Panache
    Panache

    1 1976 HD

    Genre: Action

    Cast: René Auberjonois

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  • 1992
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    The Sands of Time
    The Sands of Time

    1 1992 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Deborah Raffin

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  • 1995
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    Fast Company
    Fast Company

    1 1995 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Ann Jillian

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  • 1993
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    Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert
    Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert

    4 1993 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Sam Elliott

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  • 1979
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    A Movie Star's Daughter
    A Movie Star's Daughter

    8.5 1979 HD

    Genre: TV Movie

    Cast: Trini Alvarado

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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

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Steve Shaw

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  • 1984
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    The Baron and the Kid
    The Baron and the Kid

    1 1984 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Johnny Cash

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  • 1988
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    Police Story: The Watch Commander
    Police Story: The Watch Commander

    1 1988 HD

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Jack Warden

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  • 1988
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    Police Story: The Watch Commander
    Police Story: The Watch Commander

    1 1988 HD

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Jack Warden

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  • 2000
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    7.3 2000 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...

    Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    Cast: Kyle Chandler

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  • 1974
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    5.8 1974 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...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast:

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  • 1969
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    7.2 1969 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...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Jim Nabors

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  • 1978
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    6.87 1978 HD

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

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Telly Savalas

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  • 1975
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    6.5 1975 HD

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

    Genre: Western

    Cast: James Arness

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  • 1974
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    5.656 1974 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...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Denise Nicholas

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  • 1970
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    7.918 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...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Don Adams

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  • 1972
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    5.643 1972 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...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Bill Bixby

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  • 1973
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    3.6 1973 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...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Doris Day

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  • 1972
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    5 1972 HD

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

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Don Adams

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  • 1967
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    7.5 1967 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Michael Callan

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  • 1977
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    7.3 1977 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...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Rock Hudson

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  • 1966
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    5.654 1966 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...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Patty Duke

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  • 1986
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    6.2 1986 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...

    Genre: Action & Adventure

    Cast: Jamie Rose

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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...

    Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    Cast: Edward Mulhare

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  • 1968
    imgS1 E16

    5 1968 HD

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

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Jerry Van Dyke

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  • 1974
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    7.8 1974 HD

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

    Genre:

    Cast: Tony Musante

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  • 1967
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    6 1967 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...

    Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    Cast: William Daniels

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  • 1983
    imgS1 E22

    7.3 1983 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...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Peter Horton

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  • 1974
    imgS2 E24

    5 1974 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.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Brian Keith

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  • 1974
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    1 1974 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...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: James Naughton

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  • 1976
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    5 1976 HD

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

    Genre: Drama

    Cast:

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  • 1975
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    7.5 1975 HD

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

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Brian Keith

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  • 1977
    imgS1 E6

    7.3 1977 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...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Cliff Robertson

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  • 1988
    imgS2 E22

    4.3 1988 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...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Michael Paré

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  • 1968
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    7.522 1968 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...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Andy Griffith

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  • 1972
    imgS2 E24

    3 1972 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...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Sue Ane Langdon

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  • 1967
    imgS2 E31

    6.1 1967 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,...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Forrest Tucker

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  • 1967
    imgS3 E30

    7.454 1967 HD

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

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Bob Denver

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  • 1970
    imgS5 E26

    7.918 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...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Don Adams

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  • 1986
    imgS2 E22

    7.1 1986 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.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Jack Warden

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  • 1971
    imgS3 E15

    5.6 1971 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...

    Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    Cast: Juliet Mills

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  • 1988
    imgS6 E5

    7 1988 HD

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

    Genre: Action & Adventure

    Cast:

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  • 1963
    imgS6 E32

    7.438 1963 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...

    Genre: Western

    Cast: Richard Boone

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  • 1968
    imgS1 E26

    5.3 1968 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...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Joby Baker

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  • 1982
    imgS1 E16

    6.5 1982 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...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: James Arness

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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.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Elizabeth Allen

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  • 1988
    imgS1 E4

    6.9 1988 HD

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

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Pierce Brosnan

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  • 1984
    imgS1 E13

    5.5 1984 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...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Rachel Ticotin

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  • 1977
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    8 1977 HD

    Global espionage with an American agent and his sexy partner.

    Genre: Action & Adventure

    Cast: Ralph Bellamy

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  • 1966
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    1 1966 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...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Burl Ives

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  • 1991
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    3.5 1991 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...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Jane Seymour

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  • 1966
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    6 1966 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...

    Genre: Western

    Cast: Jill Ireland

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  • 1973
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    5 1973 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...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Ken Howard

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  • 1966
    imgS1 E17

    6 1966 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...

    Genre: Western

    Cast: Jill Ireland

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