Hume Cronyn

Hume Cronyn

Hume Blake Cronyn Jr. (July 18, 1911 - June 15, 2003) was a Canadian-American actor and writer. Early film roles included Alfred Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt (1943) and Lifeboat (1944). He performed frequently alongside his second wife Jessica Tandy, including in the films The World According to Garp (1982), Cocoon (1985), and *batteries not included (1987). Their marriage lasted from 1942 until her death in 1994. He wrote the play Foxfire and television film The Dollmaker with his third wife, Susan Cooper. Many of his wide-ranging stage and screen acting roles garnered critical acclaim, including an Academy Award nomination, three Emmy Awards, and two Tony Awards.

  • Title: Hume Cronyn
  • Popularity: 1.1007
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1911-07-18
  • Place of Birth: London, Ontario, Canada
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  • Also Known As: Hume Blake Cronyn, Hume Blake Cronyn Jr.
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Hume Cronyn Movies

  • 1985
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    Cocoon

    Cocoon

    6.628 1985 HD

    When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigor.

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  • 1985
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    Brewster's Millions

    Brewster's Millions

    6.602 1985 HD

    Monty Brewster, an aging minor-league baseball player, stands to inherit $300 million if he can successfully spend $30 million in 30 days without...

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  • 1988
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    Cocoon: The Return

    Cocoon: The Return

    6.485 1988 HD

    The reinvigorated elderly group that left Earth comes back to visit their relatives. Will they all decide to go back to the planet where no one grows...

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  • 1987
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    *batteries not included

    *batteries not included

    6.698 1987 HD

    In a soon to be demolished block of apartments, the residents resist the criminal methods used to force them to leave so a greedy tycoon can build...

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  • 1982
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    The World According to Garp

    The World According to Garp

    6.7 1982 HD

    A struggling young writer finds his life and work dominated by his unfaithful wife and his radical feminist mother, whose best-selling manifesto...

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  • 1943
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    Shadow of a Doubt

    Shadow of a Doubt

    7.507 1943 HD

    In sleepy Santa Rosa, restless young Charlie’s world brightens when her sophisticated Uncle Charlie arrives for a long visit. But as his...

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  • 1951
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    People Will Talk

    People Will Talk

    7.132 1951 HD

    A successful, unorthodox doctor befriends a young woman with suicidal ideations due to her pregnancy by her ex, a military reservist killed in action.

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  • 1963
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    Cleopatra

    Cleopatra

    7.043 1963 HD

    Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar is murdered, she redirects her attentions to his...

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  • 1997
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    12 Angry Men

    12 Angry Men

    7.685 1997 HD

    During the trial of a man accused of his father's murder, a lone juror takes a stand against the guilty verdict handed down by the others as a result...

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  • 1946
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    The Postman Always Rings Twice

    The Postman Always Rings Twice

    7 1946 HD

    A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband.

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  • 1970
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    There Was a Crooked Man...

    There Was a Crooked Man...

    6.8 1970 HD

    A charming but ruthless criminal is sent to a remote Arizona prison, where he enlists the help of his cellmates in an escape attempt with the promise...

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  • 1996
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    Marvin's Room

    Marvin's Room

    6.7 1996 HD

    A leukemia patient attempts to end a 20-year feud with her sister to get her bone marrow.

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  • 1944
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    Lifeboat

    Lifeboat

    7.367 1944 HD

    During World War II, a small group of survivors is stranded in a lifeboat together after the ship they were traveling on is destroyed by a German...

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  • 1947
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    Brute Force

    Brute Force

    7.3 1947 HD

    Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of...

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  • 1984
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    Impulse

    Impulse

    5.1 1984 HD

    After a small earthquake in a small and quiet town, local citizens start to have a bizarre, violent and self-destructive behavior...

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  • 1943
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    Phantom of the Opera

    Phantom of the Opera

    6.18 1943 HD

    Following a tragic accident that leaves him disfigured, crazed composer Erique Claudin transformed into a masked phantom who schemes to make...

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  • 1989
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    Day One

    Day One

    5.8 1989 HD

    Hungarian physicist Leo Szilard leaves Europe, eventually arriving in the United States. With the help of Einstein, he persuades the government to...

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  • 1981
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    Rollover

    Rollover

    5.119 1981 HD

    The wife of a murdered petrochemical company chairman and a banker investigating the liquidity of his new bank stumble upon an international...

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  • 2000
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    Yesterday's Children

    Yesterday's Children

    7.293 2000 HD

    After having strange dreams, Jenny Cole discovers that in her last incarnation she was Mary Sutton, an Irishwoman who died in the 1930s. Suspicious,...

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  • 1974
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    The Parallax View

    The Parallax View

    6.82 1974 HD

    An ambitious reporter gets in trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational...

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  • 1969
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    The Arrangement

    The Arrangement

    6.533 1969 HD

    An adman attempts to rebuild his shattered life after suffering a nervous breakdown.

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  • 1995
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    People: A Musical Celebration

    People: A Musical Celebration

    6.2 1995 HD

    In how many wonderful ways are we different from each other' What if the world were to rejoice in our differences' Cara and her lovable grandfather...

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  • 1960
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    Sunrise at Campobello

    Sunrise at Campobello

    6 1960 HD

    The story of Franklin Roosevelt's bout with polio at age 40 in 1921 and how his family (and especially his wife Eleanor) cope with his illness. From...

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  • 2001
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    Off Season

    Off Season

    3.2 2001 HD

    After the death of his parents, 10-year-old Jackson Mayhew moves in with his Aunt. But when he befriends an elderly man, he begins to suspect that...

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  • 1999
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    Santa and Pete

    Santa and Pete

    5.3 1999 HD

    This warmhearted Yuletide tale tells the story of Grandpa Nichols who is spending his first Christmas alone as a widower. His grandson Pete is...

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  • 2004
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    A Separate Peace

    A Separate Peace

    4.8 2004 HD

    Four friends with one dark secret they could never outrun.

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  • 1947
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    The Beginning or the End

    The Beginning or the End

    6.136 1947 HD

    The research, development, and deployment of the first atomic bomb, as well as the bombing of Hiroshima, are detailed in this docudrama.

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  • 1944
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    The Seventh Cross

    The Seventh Cross

    6.7 1944 HD

    In Nazi Germany in 1936 seven men escape from a concentration camp. The camp commander puts up seven crosses and, as the Gestapo returns each escapee...

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  • 1943
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    The Cross of Lorraine

    The Cross of Lorraine

    6.3 1943 HD

    French soldiers surrender to lying Nazis and are herded into a barbaric prison of war camp. From there they plan an uprising.

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  • 1994
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    Camilla

    Camilla

    5.5 1994 HD

    Freda Lopez, an aspiring musician, travels with her husband to the beautiful beaches of Georgia where she befriends Camilla, an odd and exotic...

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  • 2003
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    Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

    Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

    7 2003 HD

    Broadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about America's most celebrated indigenous art form. ...

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  • 1945
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    Main Street After Dark

    Main Street After Dark

    4 1945 HD

    A police detective uses fluorescent powder to catch a pickpocket and her gang.

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  • 1999
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    Sea People

    Sea People

    6.3 1999 HD

    At 14, Amanda is a perfect swimmer and a great student. When the factory where his father works closes and he must go to work in another city, she...

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  • 1946
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    The Green Years

    The Green Years

    6.267 1946 HD

    An orphaned young boy is guided by his great-grandfather and strives to go to university to become a doctor. However, the boy's harsh grandfather...

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  • 1948
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    The Bride Goes Wild

    The Bride Goes Wild

    6.2 1948 HD

    McGrath publishes books for children and Uncle Bump is one of the best sellers. Unfortunately, Greg, who is Uncle Bump, tends to drink too much and...

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  • 1964
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    Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre

    Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre

    6.5 1964 HD

    A stage production of Hamlet filmed at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York. It was deliberately staged in the style of a "dress rehearsal", but...

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  • 2001
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    Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

    Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

    7.2 2001 HD

    Documentary about the making of 20th Century Fox's 1963 film "Cleopatra," then the most expensive film of all time.

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  • 1993
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    To Dance with the White Dog

    To Dance with the White Dog

    7 1993 HD

    When Sam Peek's beloved wife, Cora, dies, a white dog suddenly materializes as his new companion and confidant.

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  • 1969
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    Gaily, Gaily

    Gaily, Gaily

    3.7 1969 HD

    After runaway Ben Young is robbed and left on his own, he is taken in by Lil, the head of a Chicago brothel. Acting as a surrogate mother for Ben,...

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  • 1987
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    Foxfire

    Foxfire

    7 1987 HD

    Annie Nations and her husband Hector loved their life together in the Blue Ridge Mountains, but when Hector dies, Annie has to decide if she can...

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  • 1949
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    Top o' the Morning

    Top o' the Morning

    5.429 1949 HD

    A singing insurance investigator comes to Ireland to recover the stolen Blarney Stone...and romance the local policeman's daughter.

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  • 2000
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    Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film

    Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film

    7 2000 HD

    A short documentary about the Making Of Hitchcock's "Shadow of a Doubt" (1943).

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  • 1955
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    The Fourposter

    The Fourposter

    1 1955 HD

    The story takes place entirely in a bedroom dominated by a couple's four-poster bed, taking them through fifty years of marriage, through happiness...

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  • 1946
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    A Letter for Evie

    A Letter for Evie

    6.7 1946 HD

    Evie's co-workers at the uniform shirt factory, and her almost-fiancée's inability to kiss, inspire her to slip a letter into a size...

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  • 1991
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    Christmas on Division Street

    Christmas on Division Street

    6.2 1991 HD

    A good-natured homeless man and an ill-tempered student become good friends.

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  • 2001
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    Rope Unleashed

    Rope Unleashed

    6.9 2001 HD

    A short documentary about the filming of Alfred Hitchcock's 'Rope'. Interviews with screenwriter Arthur Laurents delve into the troubles of secretly...

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  • 1989
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    Age-Old Friends

    Age-Old Friends

    7.7 1989 HD

    John Cooper is in a retirement home. There are strict rules for the residents, but he refuses to fall into passivity. He flirts constantly with Nurse...

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  • 1945
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    The Sailor Takes a Wife

    The Sailor Takes a Wife

    6 1945 HD

    While waiting in New York City to ship out to Europe, a sailor stops by a serviceman's canteen and meets a USO hostess. They immediately fall for...

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  • 1990
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    Night of 100 Stars III

    Night of 100 Stars III

    4 1990 HD

    A celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy.

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  • 1997
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    Alone

    Alone

    6.5 1997 HD

    John Webb is recently widowed and living alone on the farm he and his brother used to share. He rarely sees his daughters, Jacqueline and Grace Ann,...

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  • 1989
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    The Wilderness Idea: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the First Great Battle for Wilderness

    The Wilderness Idea: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the First Great Battle for Wilderness

    1 1989 HD

    To one man, it was perfect natural resource to benefit thousands of people. To another, it was a beautiful, sacred land that mustn't be defiled under...

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  • 1998
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    Angel Passing

    Angel Passing

    1 1998 HD

    An aging concert pianist in a nursing home, suffering from Alzheimers, revisits his past. When he comes back to his home, now occupied by an artist,...

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  • 1974
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    Conrack

    Conrack

    6.8 1974 HD

    A young, white school teacher is assigned to Yamacraw Island, an isolated fishing community off the coast of South Carolina, populated mostly by poor...

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  • 1993
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    The Pelican Brief

    The Pelican Brief

    6.596 1993 HD

    A law student's theory about the recent deaths of two Supreme Court justices embroils her in a far-reaching web of murder, corruption, and greed.

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  • 1992
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    Broadway Bound

    Broadway Bound

    6.3 1992 HD

    Eugene and Stanley Jerome try to break into show biz as comedy writers while their parents' marriage ends.

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  • 1956
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    Crowded Paradise

    Crowded Paradise

    1 1956 HD

    A Puerto Rican immigrant anxiously awaits his wedding day, but his fiancé's racist landlord intervenes.

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  • 1981
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    The Gin Game

    The Gin Game

    8 1981 HD

    Weller Martin and Fonsia Dorsey, two elderly residents at a nursing home for senior citizens, strike up an acquaintance. Neither seems to have any...

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  • 1944
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    Blonde Fever

    Blonde Fever

    3.9 1944 HD

    Peter and Delilah are a married couple running a roadside café in Nevada. Their stable partnership turns rocky, though, with the arrival of...

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  • 1959
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    A Doll's House

    A Doll's House

    10 1959 HD

    A wealthy woman's attempts to help her financially troubled husband go unrewarded.

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  • 1946
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    The Secret Heart

    The Secret Heart

    6.3 1946 HD

    Penny Addams lives in a constant state of depression stemming from the trauma of her father's death when she was just a young girl. Her brother,...

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  • 1945
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    Ziegfeld Follies

    Ziegfeld Follies

    6 1945 HD

    The late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld looks down from heaven and ordains a new revue in his grand old style.

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  • 1981
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    Honky Tonk Freeway

    Honky Tonk Freeway

    5.2 1981 HD

    Ticlaw, a small town in Florida, has only one attraction: a safari park. The government constructs a freeway that passes near Ticlaw, but decides not...

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  • 2003
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    The John Garfield Story

    The John Garfield Story

    8 2003 HD

    This documentary looks at the life and career of John Garfield, whose career was cut short when he died at age 39. His difficult childhood in the...

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  • 1959
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    The Moon and Sixpence

    The Moon and Sixpence

    1 1959 HD

    A staid, dull Englishman abruptly deserts his wife and children to become a painter in the South Seas.

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  • 1994
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    Hitchcock: Alfred the Great

    Hitchcock: Alfred the Great

    1 1994 HD

    Documentary the career of Alfred Hitchcock with Tippi Hedren bringing up allegations against the director.

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  • 1999
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    Omnibus: Television's Golden Age

    Omnibus: Television's Golden Age

    1 1999 HD

    Revisiting the Omnibus series from the "golden age" of television. This live 90-minute weekly program hosted by Alastair Cooke brought an...

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  • 1984
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    The Dollmaker

    The Dollmaker

    7.571 1984 HD

    During World War II, hard-luck farmer Colvis Nevels leaves his rural Kentucky home to take a factory job in bustling Detroit. Reluctantly...

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  • 1987
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    Foxfire

    Foxfire

    7 1987 HD

    Annie Nations and her husband Hector loved their life together in the Blue Ridge Mountains, but when Hector dies, Annie has to decide if she can...

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  • 1948
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    Rope

    Rope

    7.938 1948 HD

    Two young men attempt to prove they committed the perfect murder by hosting a dinner party for the family of a classmate they just strangled to death.

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  • 1949
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    Under Capricorn

    Under Capricorn

    6.017 1949 HD

    A British ex-convict in colonial Australia and his fragile wife, haunted by the past crime that binds them, struggle to rebuild their lives when a...

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  • 1970
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    Rope

    Rope

    1 1970 HD

    A remake of the 1948 Alfred Hitchcock classic about two longtime friends who attempt to prove that they committed the perfect murder by hosting a...

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  • 1968
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    Hawaii Five-O

    Hawaii Five-O

    7.1 1968 HD

    Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired...

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  • 1952
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    Omnibus

    Omnibus

    6 1952 HD

    Omnibus is an American, commercially sponsored, educational television series.

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  • 1958
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    Naked City

    Naked City

    5.5 1958 HD

    Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network. It was inspired by the 1948 motion picture of the...

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  • 1962
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    The Merv Griffin Show

    The Merv Griffin Show

    6.2 1962 HD

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  • 1948
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    Studio One

    Studio One

    5 1948 HD

    An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One,...

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  • 1948
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    The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    6.8 1948 HD

    The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by...

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  • 1953
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    General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

    6.4 1953 HD

    General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was...

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  • 1951
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    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    8.6 1951 HD

    Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The...

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  • 1955
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    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    7.764 1955 HD

    A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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  • 1951
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    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    7.2 1951 HD

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was...

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  • 1954
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    Climax!

    Climax!

    3.3 1954 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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  • 1948
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    The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    6.3 1948 HD

    The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the series...

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  • 1949
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    Suspense

    Suspense

    4.9 1949 HD

    An anthology series adapted from the radio program of the same name. Like the radio program, many scripts were adaptations of literary classics by...

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  • 1956
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    Telephone Time

    Telephone Time

    6.3 1956 HD

    Telephone Time is an American anthology drama series that aired on CBS in 1956, and on ABC from 1957 to 1958. The series features plays by John...

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  • 1978
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    The Kennedy Center Honors

    The Kennedy Center Honors

    7.429 1978 HD

    The Kennedy Center Honors is an annual honor given to those in the performing arts for their lifetime of contributions to American culture.

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  • 1953
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    Letter to Loretta

    Letter to Loretta

    6.5 1953 HD

    Letter to Loretta is an American anthology drama series telecast on NBC from September 1953 to June 1961 for a total of 165 episodes. The filmed show...

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  • 1960
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    The Barbara Stanwyck Show

    The Barbara Stanwyck Show

    6.2 1960 HD

    An American anthology drama television series hosted by Barbara Stanwyck served.

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  • 1954
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    The Marriage

    The Marriage

    1 1954 HD

    The Marriage is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from July to August 1954. The series is noted as the first prime-time network television series...

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  • 1953
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    Letter to Loretta

    Letter to Loretta

    6.5 1953 HD

    Letter to Loretta is an American anthology drama series telecast on NBC from September 1953 to June 1961 for a total of 165 episodes. The filmed show...

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  • 1953
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    General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

    6.4 1953 HD

    General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was...

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  • 1988
    imgS38 E1

    American Experience

    American Experience

    6.6 1988 HD

    TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.

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  • 1955
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    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    7.764 1955 HD

    A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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  • 1948
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    Studio One

    Studio One

    5 1948 HD

    An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One,...

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  • 1948
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    Studio One

    Studio One

    5 1948 HD

    An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One,...

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  • 1951
    imgS61 E1

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    8.6 1951 HD

    Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The...

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  • 1948
    imgS10 E47

    Studio One

    Studio One

    5 1948 HD

    An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One,...

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  • 1957
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    DuPont Show of the Month

    DuPont Show of the Month

    6.8 1957 HD

    DuPont Show of the Month is an acclaimed 90-minute television anthology series that aired monthly on CBS from 1957 to 1961. The DuPont Company also...

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  • 1949
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    Suspense

    Suspense

    4.9 1949 HD

    An anthology series adapted from the radio program of the same name. Like the radio program, many scripts were adaptations of literary classics by...

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  • 1949
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    Suspense

    Suspense

    4.9 1949 HD

    An anthology series adapted from the radio program of the same name. Like the radio program, many scripts were adaptations of literary classics by...

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  • 1948
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    The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

    6.3 1948 HD

    The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the series...

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  • 1956
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    Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

    5.9 1956 HD

    The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The...

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  • 1956
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    Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

    5.9 1956 HD

    The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The...

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