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Commissioner is in principle the title given to a member of a commission or to an individual who has been given a commission (official charge or authority to do something, the noun's second meaning).
In practice, the title of commissioner has evolved to include a variety of senior officials, often sitting on a specific commission. In particular, commissioner frequently refers to senior police or government officials. A High Commissioner is equivalent to an ambassador, originally between the United Kingdom and the Dominions sharing the British Monarch as head of state and now between all Commonwealth states whether Commonwealth Realms, Commonwealth Republics or Commonwealth states having their own monarchs. The title is also sometimes given to senior officials in the private sector, for instance many North American sports leagues.
A Commissioner within a modern state generally holds his office by virtue of a commission from the head of state or a council of elected representatives (or appointed by non-elected officials in the case of dictatorships).
Actors: Bill Conti (composer), Tony Devon (actor), William Kircher (actor), Hollis Granville (actor), Michael Mandell (producer), Michael Mandell (director), Michael Mandell (writer), John Hines (actor), Michelle Gordon (producer), Jerry Albert (actor), Paul J. Reed (producer), Mark Lee (editor), Joe Passaro (actor), Katie Rimmer (actress), Joseph Glazer (producer),
Genres: Action, Crime,Actors: Mammootty (actor), Lalu Alex (actor), Cochin Hanifa (actor), Vijayaraghavan (actor), Baburaj (actor), Innocent (actor), Vazhoor Jose (miscellaneous crew), Salim Kumar (actor), Geetha Vijayan (actress), Kalasala Babu (actor), Abu Salim (actor), Sreejith Ravi (actor), Kiran Raj (actor), Kollam Ajith (actor), Tulip Joshi (actress),
Genres: Action, Crime, History, Thriller,Actors: Lalu Alex (actor), Jagadish (actor), Mammootty (actor), Biju Menon (actor), Thilakan (actor), Nedumudi Venu (actor), Rambha (actress), Srividya (actress), Anju Aravind (actress), Jomon (director), Mini Nair (actress),
Genres: Action, Drama, Mystery,Actors: Ram Gopal Varma (writer), A.R. Rahman (composer), Ram Gopal Varma (writer), Narsing Yadav (actor), Ram Gopal Varma (producer), Urmila Matondkar (actress), Sanjay Dutt (actor), Paresh Rawal (actor), Manoj Bajpayee (actor), Vineeth (actor), Rana Jung Bahadur (actor), Ram Mohan (actor), Neeraj Vora (actor), Ashish Vidyarthi (actor), Ram Gopal Varma (director),
Plot: Notorious gangster asks a career thief by the name of Nandu to steal a package worth over one crore rupees for a fee, which Nandu does so. Things do not go as planned, when Nandu finds out that the package is worth more than twice the amount, he refuses to hand over the package to Pinky, until he raises his fees. An enraged Pinky instructs his men to locate Nandu, find the package and bring it back, and thereafter kill Nandu. While on the run from Pinky's gangsters, the police find out that Nandu was involved in this theft, and they launch a man-hunt. What Nandu does not know that the package that he has on his person does not contain money or gold, but a nuclear bomb that is set to explode.
Keywords: buxom, car-motorcycle-chase, checkpoint, clothing-store, comic-drunk, double-decker-bus, gun, kiss, masculine-character-with-female-name, megalomaniacActors: Henryk Kuzniak (composer), Jan Frycz (actor), Roman Klosowski (actor), Krzysztof Kowalewski (actor), Andrzej Szenajch (actor), Krystyna Feldman (actress), Andrzej Baranski (writer), Andrzej Baranski (director), Józef Grzeszczak (actor), Joanna Szczepkowska (actress), Alicja Kluba (miscellaneous crew), Ilja Zmiejew (actor), Michal Breitenwald (actor), Jerzy Bielenia (actor), Zbigniew Nicinski (editor),
Genres: ,Actors: Brion James (actor), Ian Bannen (actor), Leonard Rosenman (composer), Regardt van den Bergh (director), Arnold Vosloo (actor), Anthony Fridjohn (actor), Joe Stewardson (actor), Graham Armitage (actor), Wilson Dunster (actor), Fabrice Ziolkowski (writer), Joanne Goldstone (miscellaneous crew), David Sherwood (actor), Albert Maritz (actor), Philo Pieterse (producer), Douglas Bristow (actor),
Plot: Saul Barnard grew up in a family of woodcutters. The woodcutters are scared of the elephants in the forest, but there's one elephant that never seems to threaten Saul. Tired of being exploited by wood buyers, Saul takes a stand and his father chases him away. He goes to work on the wood buyer MacDonald's wood yard, where he gets to know MacDonald's daughter, Kate, and falls in love with her. After a few years (10 years in the film, 2 years in the book) he leaves MacDonald (and Kate) and joins the first prospectors in the forest, searching for gold. Millwood becomes a small town with hotels and bars and houses. Kate appears again. One night, an elephant makes trouble and MacDonald tells Saul's brother, Jozef, to find the elephant and kill it. Saul hears about this and sets off to find the elephant before Jozef. The film is based on the novel by Dalene Matthee, which was translated from Afrikaans to more than 10 other languages, although the film differs substantially from the book. If you've read the book, don't expect the same story in the film. A lot of the original feeling of powerlessness that Saul experiences, for instance, is lost in the film. Matthee was a South African writer of note who died on 20 February 2005.
Keywords: jungleActors: Mirella Malatesta (miscellaneous crew), Bruno Corazzari (actor), Alberto de Mendoza (actor), Miguel del Castillo (actor), George Hilton (actor), Giuseppe Marrocco (actor), Ivan Rassimov (actor), Carolyn De Fonseca (actress), Edwige Fenech (actress), Susan Spafford (actress), Luciano Martino (producer), Ernesto Gastaldi (writer), Eduardo Manzanos Brochero (writer), Eduardo Manzanos Brochero (writer), Sergio Martino (director),
Plot: Newly married to an older man, Julie returns to Vienna, where a razor wielding slasher is killing women. Jean, her cruel and sadistic former lover, immediately contacts her, certain that only he can satisfy her strange vice. But she rejects him. She also meets George, the handsome cousin of her friend Carol; both are newly rich, thanks to an uncle's death. Julie's husband Neil is away frequently, so George pours on the charm. Meanwhile, it seems that the slasher is now focused on Julie. Bodies pile up, other murders are barely avoided, and George invites her to go away with him. Can it end happily?
Keywords: abusive-husband, accountant, adulterous-wife, adultery, affair, airplane, airport, ambassador, ambush, angerActors: Lilia Prado (actress), Matthew Boulton (actor), Miguel M. Delgado (miscellaneous crew), Robert Florey (director), Gustavo Rojo (actor), Sol Lesser (producer), Johnny Weissmuller (actor), George Zucco (actor), Dimitri Tiomkin (composer), Silvia Derbez (actress), Magda Guzmán (actress), Edgar Rice Burroughs (writer), Andrea Palma (actress), Ana Luisa Peluffo (actress), Fernando Wagner (actor),
Plot: Boy is away at school in England. The high priest is trying to force a young girl to marry an evil pearl trader posing as the god Balu. She escapes, is recaptured and is finally rescued by Tarzan and Jane who reunite her with her chosen fiance.
Keywords: africa, bare-chested-male, character-name-in-title, chimpanzee, cult, disguise, duplicity, government-official, jungle, mermaidActors: S. Roy Luby (editor), Ted Adams (actor), Frank Ball (actor), Budd Buster (actor), Steve Clark (actor), Karl Hackett (actor), Jack Ingram (actor), Horace Murphy (actor), Bob Steele (actor), Forrest Taylor (actor), Sam Newfield (director), Ernie Adams (actor), A.W. Hackel (producer), George H. Plympton (writer), Louise Stanley (actress),
Plot: The Durango Valley is being pillaged by a mysterious bandit known only as "The Shadow." Keene Cordner, over the protests of ranch foreman Tanner gets a job on John McKay's ranch. The sheriff, investigating a killing, comes to the ranch and arrests Keen based on the eye-witness testimony of a deputy. Tanner helps him escape and hides him out in a cabin. Keene bitterly declares that since the Sheriff has unjustly made him an outlaw, he will become one with the idea of running down the real Shadow.
Keywords: 1880s, ambush, arrest, b-movie, b-western, blackmail, cabin, chase, crooked-sheriff, deceitActors: Harry Strang (actor), Ivan F. Simpson (actor), Will Stanton (actor), Harry Allen (actor), James Bell (actor), LeRoy Mason (actor), C. Aubrey Smith (actor), Joey Ray (actor), John George (actor), Winter Hall (actor), Sidney Bracey (actor), Gordon Jones (actor), J.M. Kerrigan (actor), Nigel De Brulier (actor), Louise Carver (actress),
Genres: Horror,