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A duke (male) or duchess (female) can be either a monarch ruling over a duchy or a member of the nobility, historically of highest rank below the monarch. The title comes from French duc, itself from the Latin dux, 'leader', a term used in republican Rome to refer to a military commander without an official rank (particularly one of Germanic or Celtic origin), and later coming to mean the leading military commander of a province.
In the Middle Ages the title signified first among the Germanic monarchies. Dukes were the rulers of the provinces and the superiors of the counts in the cities and later, in the feudal monarchies, the highest-ranking peers of the king.
During the 19th century many of the smaller German and Italian states were ruled by Dukes or Grand Dukes. But presently, with the exception of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, there are no ruling dukes. Duke remains the highest titular peerage in France, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and the United Kingdom. The Pope, as a temporal sovereign, has also but rarely granted the title of Duke and Duchess to persons for services to the Holy See.
Actors: David Midgen (editor), Yazmin Monet Watkins (actor), Vince Major (actor), Brittany Mayti (actress), Eboni Freeman (producer), Eboni Freeman (writer), Eboni Freeman (director), Maryam Moeinazad (producer), Yavonne Davis (actor), Andrew Avanian (actor), Mark Howell (actor), Marcus Moody (actor), Adora Sas (actor), Alex Akpobome (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Annette Gozon-Abrogar (producer), Sandy Andolong (actress), Iza Calzado (actress), Nonong Buencamino (composer), Annette Gozon-Abrogar (writer), Ama Quiambao (actress), Gloria Romero (actress), Paolo Contis (actor), Dingdong Dantes (actor), Marya Ignacio (editor), Ian Veneracion (actor), Jose Mari Abacan (producer), Mark A. Reyes (director), Chinggoy Alonzo (actor), Chinggoy Alonzo (actor),
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Romance,Actors: John Wells (producer), Henning Molfenter (producer), John D. Schofield (producer), Rana Morrison (actress), Geoff Freeman (miscellaneous crew), Lorenzo di Bonaventura (producer), Rosamund Pike (actress), Dwayne Johnson (actor), Doug Jones (actor), Doug Jones (actor), Dexter Fletcher (actor), Jim Hajicosta (miscellaneous crew), Karl Urban (actor), Vladimir Kesl (miscellaneous crew), Clint Mansell (composer),
Plot: Something has gone wrong at a remote scientific research station on Mars. All research has ceased. Communication has failed. And the messages that do get through are less than comforting. It's a level 5 quarantine and the only souls allowed in or out are the Rapid Response Tactical Squad - hardened Marines armed to the teeth with enough firepower to neutralize the enemy...or so they think.
Keywords: 2020s, 2040s, 21st-century, accident, action-hero, alien, alien-invasion, altered-version-of-studio-logo, ambush, anti-heroActors: Lonnie Ramati (miscellaneous crew), David Steinberg (miscellaneous crew), James Shavick (producer), Dee Wallace (actress), Lance H. Robbins (producer), Mickey Rooney (actor), Danny Aiello (actor), Kris Kristofferson (actor), Charles Martin Smith (actor), Don MacKay (actor), John Novak (actor), Robert Prosky (actor), Vincent Schiavelli (actor), Dean Hamilton (director), Robin Dunne (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Philippe Sarde (composer), Dominique Reymond (actress), François Berléand (actor), André Julien (actor), Daniel Langlet (actor), Jacques Mathou (actor), Pierre Arditi (actor), Henri Poirier (actor), Caroline Cellier (actress), Jean-Philippe Écoffey (actor), Georges Trillat (actor), Charlie Nelson (actor), Catherine Corsini (actress), Catherine Corsini (writer), Catherine Corsini (director),
Plot: Helene loves to play poker for big money in men's company. But one day she looses big time against bar manager Antonio. He grants her 24 hours to come up with the 50,000 Francs. She asks all of her friends, but nobody will help her. When she finally steals the money from her brother Stephane, she gets them into serious trouble -- she didn't know where he got it.
Keywords: gambling, title-directed-by-femaleActors: Will Patton (actor), George Coe (actor), Michael Higgins (actor), Ellen Barkin (actress), Shepperd Strudwick (actor), John Kellogg (actor), Wes Craven (producer), John Getz (actor), Keith Gordon (actor), Talia Balsam (actress), David Marshall Grant (actor), Roxanne Hart (actress), James Goldstone (director), Lenny von Dohlen (actor), Edward A. Biery (editor),
Plot: Based on the true story of the student protests at Kent State University in Ohio. This film focuses on the four students who were killed when the National Guard attempted to quell the riots that began on May 4, 1970, after President Nixon announced that American troops would begin bombing the heretofore neutral country of Cambodia.
Keywords: 1970s, anti-war-demonstration, based-on-book, national-guard, nixon, protest, riot, university, vietnamActors: Ronald Adam (actor), Bernard Archard (actor), Stratford Johns (actor), Wilfred Josephs (composer), Ursula Howells (actress), Reginald Marsh (actor), Geoffrey Chater (actor), Garfield Morgan (actor), E.M. Smedley-Aston (producer), Peter Howell (actor), Roger Marshall (writer), Robert Lynn (director), Walter Brown (actor), Peter Williams (actor), Lee Doig (editor),
Genres: Crime, Drama,Actors: Jerome Cowan (actor), Corey Allen (actor), Warren Oates (actor), Leslie Stevens (writer), Leslie Stevens (director), Pete Rugolo (composer), Jerry Young (editor), Stanley Colbert (producer), Robert Ward (actor), Louis Brandt (producer), Kate Manx (actress), Jules Maitland (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Eddie Acuff (actor), Stanley Andrews (actor), Sam Levene (actor), Cameron Mitchell (actor), Henry O'Neill (actor), Walter Soderling (actor), Ralph Volkie (actor), Virginia Grey (actress), Richard Quine (producer), Richard Quine (director), Viola Lawrence (editor), Blake Edwards (actor), William Asher (director), William Asher (producer), Brown Holmes (writer),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Tex Driscoll (actor), Douglass Dumbrille (actor), Morris Ankrum (actor), Curley Dresden (actor), Wade Boteler (actor), Bud Abbott (actor), Hank Bell (actor), Iron Eyes Cody (actor), Brooks Benedict (actor), Harry Cording (actor), Lou Costello (actor), Maurice Costello (actor), Johnny Mack Brown (actor), Boyd Davis (actor), Eddie Dunn (actor),
Plot: Two peanut vendors at a rodeo show get in trouble with their boss and hide out on a railroad train heading west. They get jobs as cowboys on a dude ranch, despite the fact that neither of them knows anything about cowboys, horses, or anything else.
Keywords: abbott-and-costello, arizona, bus, car-through-wall, chase, cowboy, cowboy-boots, cowboy-hat, cowboy-shirt, dream-sequence