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Benson is an American television sitcom which aired from September 13, 1979, to April 19, 1986, on ABC. The series was a spin-off from the soap opera parody Soap (the title character, portrayed by Robert Guillaume, had first appeared on the earlier series as the wise-cracking yet level-headed African-American butler for the highly dysfunctional Tate family); however, Benson discarded the soap opera format of its parent show in favor of a more conventional sitcom structure.
In the show, Benson DuBois (Robert Guillaume) had been hired to be the head of household affairs for scatterbrained and widowed Governor Eugene Gatling (James Noble), and his daughter Katie (Missy Gold). Governor Gatling was cousin to Jessica Tate (Katherine Helmond) and Mary Campbell (Cathryn Damon), the two sisters on whose families the stories centered on Soap. The state of which Gatling was governor remained unidentified throughout the series, although Soap had taken place in Connecticut.
Actors: Graham Clarke (actor), Billings Siwila (actor), Craib Richard (writer), Craib Richard (director), November Aviwe (actor), Schwartzkopff Daniel (producer),
Plot: BENSON (AVIWE NOVEMBER)child clown is the depiction of a true story of child clowns in Algeria's most torturous yet celebrated child clown outlet. Child soldiers vie for the coveted position of child clown at The Ghurium Grand National Tryouts headed by brutal child abductor JACQUAL (BILLINGS SIWILA). But Benson's tryout is of a different kind; he has to dance in a private show for an American sex tourist (GRAHAM CLARK) and if he fails he will be forced to return to combat.
Genres: Short,Actors: Bob Woolsey (producer), Keith Opatovsky (editor), Keith Opatovsky (director), Darren Borrowman (producer), Michael Baser (producer), Romuald Hivert (actor), David Beairsto (actor), Mike Nickel (writer), Michael Gill (actor),
Genres: Action, Short,Actors: Ana Torrent (actress), Fernando Guillén (actor), Fele Martínez (actor), Jaime de Armiñán (writer), Jaime de Armiñán (director), Ángela Molina (actress), Omero Antonutti (actor), Eugenia Cuesta (miscellaneous crew), María José Iglesias (costume designer), Cuca Escribano (actress), Julieta Cardinali (actress), Renato Sanjuán (editor), Javier Castro (producer), Elena Figaredo (miscellaneous crew), Concha Díaz (producer),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Andy Amenechi (director), Nwafor Anayo (writer), Desmond Elliot (actor), Nwafor Anayo (producer), Pat Attah (actor), Monalisa Chinda (actress), Nwafor Anayo (producer), Steve Eboh (actor), Kenneth Chukwu (actor), Walter Anga (actor), Chuks Obiorah (writer), Tony Ezimmadu (actor), Mike Nliam (composer), Chuks Ogbona (miscellaneous crew), Chuks Ogbona (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Nwafor Anayo (producer), Pat Attah (actor), Nwafor Anayo (producer), Desmond Elliot (actor), Nwafor Anayo (writer), Andy Amenechi (director), Monalisa Chinda (actress), Steve Eboh (actor), Kenneth Chukwu (actor), Walter Anga (actor), Chuks Obiorah (writer), Tony Ezimmadu (actor), Mike Nliam (composer), Chuks Ogbona (miscellaneous crew), Chuks Ogbona (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Bruce Boxleitner (actor), Brock Peters (actor), Jeremy Akerman (actor), Robert Halmi Sr. (producer), Kirk Douglas (actor), Richard Donat (actor), Fred Karlin (composer), Karen Arthur (director), Van Broughton Ramsey (costume designer), Maggie Thomas (miscellaneous crew), Stanley Anderson (actor), Craig Anderson (producer), Jesse R. Tendler (actor), Gerrit van der Meer (producer), Skipp Sudduth (actor),
Plot: Michael Dunmore has lived his whole life with a secret which he believed would only cause shame if it came to light. Relations with his son Patrick have been strained as a result. However, when his treasured grandson begins experiencing the same problems Michael realizes that he can't hide his secret any longer.
Keywords: dyslexiaActors: Henry Ramer (actor), John Howe (director), William Weintraub (writer), William Weintraub (writer), John Howe (composer), Stuart Gillard (actor), William Weintraub (producer), Ken James (actor), Budd Knapp (actor), Cec Linder (actor), Henry Beckman (actor), Peter MacNeill (actor), Benoît Delépine (actor), J. Léo Gagnon (actor), Sean Sullivan (actor),
Plot: In 1940's Montreal, Canada, a young reporter named Harry Barnes gets his first job at The Daily Witness, the worst paper in the city. A naive man, he struggles to accept the realities of the life of a reporter whether dealing with suspicious stories. or coping with his tyrannical boss. Along the way, he meets and falls for a reporter from a competing paper named Julia who is struggling at her job while quietly forming a journalist union local. Egged on by his worldly comrades, Harry tries to woo her by helping her and learning about her cause. However, events nearly out of his control push him to make a decision on one miserable night that will change his life forever.
Keywords: 1940s, based-on-novel, canada, independent-film, journalism, labor-union, montréal-quebec-canada, newspaper, punctuation-in-title, question-in-titleActors: Vic Morrow (actor), John McKee (actor), Ralph Moody (actor), Rodolfo Acosta (actor), Harry Lauter (actor), Steve Darrell (actor), Kenneth MacDonald (actor), James Bell (actor), Don C. Harvey (actor), Charles Horvath (actor), Rand Brooks (actor), Allan Lane (actor), I. Stanford Jolley (actor), Royal Dano (actor), Audie Murphy (actor),
Plot: Murphy goes after bad guys who shot his friend the sheriff and abducted a local girl. In a plot reminiscent of High Noon, the posse of town blowhards gradually abandons Murphy; only tenderfoot banker Saxon remains, to prove his manhood. When they find the girl, obviously abused by her captors, Murphy shows her acceptance and sympathy whereas the others disply only revulsion.
Keywords: banker, bar-shootout, based-on-novel, brunette, captain, carried-over-someone's-back, carrying-someone, coffee, cowboy, deputyActors: Ivor Barnard (actor), Jacques B. Brunius (actor), Bryan Forbes (actor), Michael Goodliffe (actor), Rock Hudson (actor), Gérard Oury (actor), Larry Taylor (actor), Arthur Wontner (actor), Yvonne De Carlo (actress), Victor Hugo (writer), Raoul Walsh (director), Joan Bridge (miscellaneous crew), Richard Addinsell (composer), Borden Chase (writer), Borden Chase (writer),
Plot: Gilliatt, a fisherman-turned-smuggler on the isle of Guernsey, agrees to transport a beautiful woman to the French coast in the year 1800. She tells him she hopes to rescue her brother from the guillotine. Gilliatt finds himself falling in love and so feels betrayed when he later learns this woman is a countess helping Napoleon plan an invasion of England. In reality, however, the "countess" is an English agent working to thwart this invasion. When Gilliatt finds this out, he returns to France to rescue the woman who's true purpose has been discovered by the French.
Keywords: bare-chested-male-bondage, based-on-novel, bound-and-gagged, hands-tied-behind-back, smuggling, spyActors: Edward Mann (editor), Enid Bennett (actress), Maude Eburne (actress), Sarah Edwards (actress), Marcia Mae Jones (actress), Harvey Gates (writer), Harvey Gates (writer), Joseph Nussbaum (composer), Bernard Vorhaus (director), Eddie Acuff (actor), Budd Buster (actor), Frank Coghlan Jr. (actor), Heinie Conklin (actor), Paul Harvey (actor), Jean Hersholt (actor),
Plot: In the first movie of the series, we are introduced to the kindly Dr. Christian (Hersholt), who runs the small clinic in the town of River's End. With the town growing, Dr. Christian petitions the mayor for money to build a new hospital. But the mayor believes the good Doctor is too old-fashioned, and wants to replace the doctor with a more "modern" medicine man, along with commissioning a new highway to be built through the town. When the mayor's young daughter is injured in an accident, Dr. Christian is able to perform extremely delicate surgery without having the correct medical instruments. The town counsil is so impressed with Dr. Christian that they not only allow him to keep his job, but have been convinced to build the new hospital.
Keywords: character-name-in-title, doctor