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James Beeland "Jim" Rogers, Jr. (born October 19, 1942) is an American businessman, investor and author. He is currently based in Singapore. Rogers is the Chairman of Rogers Holdings and Beeland Interests, Inc. He was the co-founder of the Quantum Fund and creator of the Rogers International Commodities Index (RICI).
Rogers does not consider himself a member of any school of economic thought, but has acknowledged that his views best fit the label of Austrian School of economics.
Rogers was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and raised in Demopolis, Alabama.
In 1964, Rogers graduated with a bachelor's degree in History from Yale University. He got his first job on Wall Street, at Dominick & Dominick.
In 1966, Rogers then acquired a second BA degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford, as a member of Balliol College. He was the coxswain in 1966 for Oxford's victory in The Boat Race.
In 1964, Rogers joined Dominick & Dominick LLC on Wall Street, where he first learned about stocks and bonds.
Actors: Jimmy Willden (producer), Jimmy Willden (director), Jimmy Willden (actor), Jimmy Willden (writer), Christopher James Thompson (writer), Christopher James Thompson (editor), Christopher James Thompson (producer), Christopher James Thompson (director), Heath Allyn (composer), Larry Cashion (actor), Amanda Brown (actress), Aaron Weisinger (actor), Deana Ricks (actress), Robin Blesch (producer), Lynn Burnor (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Diana Scarwid (actress), Bruce Davison (actor), Tina Lifford (actress), James Avery (actor), David Wells (actor), Nicholas Worth (actor), Rosanna Huffman (actress), Arliss Howard (actor), Larry Drake (actor), James Le Gros (actor), Biff Yeager (actor), Henry G. Sanders (actor), Nicholas Guest (actor), Lalo Schifrin (composer), Gwen Van Dam (actress),
Plot: Joan Taylor is a Los Angeles policewoman whom gets gang-raped by a trio of burglars in her own house. When the three rapists get caught, go to trial, and get away with through a legal technicality, Joan takes up going to womens support meetings where she forms an alliance with a resident doctor Constance Lewis whose daughter was raped and killed by a sex offender, as well as a few other rape victims, in which Joan takes charge of the group in leading them out to abduct and surgically castrate various men whom have committed rape and got away with it. But each of the ladies personal problems soon get in the way when each one wants to hunt down the men whom raped them.
Keywords: anesthetic, based-on-novel, castration, cigarette-burn, courtroom, drugged, female-protagonist, independent-film, murder, murder-of-daughterActors: Paul Dunlap (composer), Harold D. Schuster (director), Warren Douglas (writer), Henry Kulky (actor), Lindsley Parsons (producer), John Cliff (actor), Timothy Carey (actor), John Close (actor), James Conaty (actor), Forrest Tucker (actor), Gil Frye (actor), William H. O'Brien (actor), Hugh Sanders (actor), Ken Terrell (actor), Maurice Wright (editor),
Plot: Treasury agents, desperate to get evidence on syndicate kingpin Dutch Becker, give ex-con hood Casey Martin a choice...life in prison or courting sudden death as a government 'finger man.' Finding that his sister is now a drug addict thanks to Becker, Martin agrees to go undercover. Becker's chief aide proves to be sadistic Lou Terpe, Martin's former cellmate whom he can't stand the sight of. And the danger hanging over Martin expands to threaten those around him...
Keywords: bootlegging, drug-addict, evil-man, murder, organized-crime, undercoverActors: Harry Marker (editor), Joe Dominguez (actor), Glenn Ford (actor), Rodolfo Hoyos Jr. (actor), Frank Marlowe (actor), Tom Powers (actor), Cesar Romero (actor), Cesar Romero (actor), Cesar Romero (actor), Dan White (actor), Roy Webb (composer), William Castle (director), Michael Woulfe (costume designer), Abbe Lane (actress), Salvador Baguez (actor),
Plot: An American Rancher takes a small herd of Brahma bulls to Brazil where he has sold them for a small fortune. There, he finds himself in the middle of a range war......and in love. His concern, who are really his friends and who are his enemies?
Keywords: 1950s, ambition, american, bandit, betrayal, brazil, bull, cattle, cattleman, cowboyActors: Roy Barcroft (actor), Donald Kerr (actor), Martin Kosleck (actor), Tom London (actor), Garry Owen (actor), David Sharpe (actor), Paul Stanton (actor), Emmett Vogan (actor), Ray Walker (actor), Charles C. Wilson (actor), Mary Currier (actress), Frances Morris (actress), Philip Ford (director), Charles Cane (actor), Earle Hodgins (actor),
Plot: Ex-convict Hank Rogers is searching for his brother Jim, a newspaperman, and becomes involved with a group of people trying to conceal the death of the president of a large corporation so they can profit financially. With the aid of the dead man's daughter, Audrey Brandon, Hank exposes the crooks.
Genres: Crime, Drama,Actors: Holbrook N. Todd (editor), Forrest Taylor (actor), Sigmund Neufeld (producer), William Lively (writer), Sam Newfield (director), Kenne Duncan (actor), Frank Ellis (actor), Arno Frey (actor), Karl Hackett (actor), Frank Hagney (actor), Jack Hendricks (actor), Frank LaRue (actor), Dennis Moore (actor), George Morrell (actor), Tex Palmer (actor),
Plot: It's WW II and German Reuther has organized local gangs to sabotage the beef supply at the source. Marshal Lee Clark arrives to investigate and joins up with local cowboys Art Davis and Bill Boyd. Lee has a typewritten note from the gang and hopes it can be traced to it's source.
Keywords: 1940s, actor-shares-first-and-last-name-with-character, actor-shares-first-name-with-character, actor-shares-last-name-with-character, ambush, b-movie, b-western, bridge, buckboard, cattle-carActors: Lester Orlebeck (editor), Robert Armstrong (actor), John Bagni (actor), William 'Billy' Benedict (actor), Monte Blue (actor), Frank Brownlee (actor), Yakima Canutt (actor), Wade Crosby (actor), Paul Fix (actor), Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher (actor), William Haade (actor), Milton Kibbee (actor), Robert McKenzie (actor), Chuck Morrison (actor), Jay Novello (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Fred Allen (editor), Scotty Beckett (actor), Kane Richmond (actor), Sol M. Wurtzel (producer), Robert Ellis (writer), Helen Logan (writer), Herschel McCoy (costume designer), Ricardo Cortez (director), Henry Armetta (actor), Jack Carson (actor), Nick Copeland (actor), Richard Lane (actor), Robert Lowery (actor), Matt McHugh (actor), Edward Norris (actor),
Plot: An embittered Louie Peronni (Edward Norris) returns from prison to find that his sister, Juli Peronni (Amanda Duff), is engaged to policeman Eddie Farrell (Kane Richmond), and also finds that his secret wife Annie Qualen (June Gale) has placed their baby girl in a foundling home. With his old gang again, Louie plans a robbery of a fur warehouse. Louie shoots down the night watchman and is trailed home where his father Guiseppe Peronni (Henry Armetta) persuades him not to fight it out with the police. Determined to let Louie take the full rap, the gang kidnaps the district attorney's daughter. Annie informs Louie that the kidnapped child is really their own and was adopted from the foundling home.
Genres: Drama,Actors: William Fox (miscellaneous crew), Herschel Mayall (actor), John Steppling (actor), Theodore von Eltz (actor), Johnnie Walker (actor), Clarence Wilson (actor), Edna Murphy (actress), Julien Josephson (writer), William K. Howard (director), Edward Jobson (actor), Arthur J. Zellner (writer), Edna Walker (actress), Gloria Woodthorpe (actress),
Genres: Adventure, Romance,Actors: Joseph A. Golden (director), Rex De Rosselli (actor), William Duncan (actor), Lillian Leighton (actress), William Nicholas Selig (producer), True Boardman (actor), Otis Thayer (actor), Virginia True Boardman (actress), Miles McCarthy (actor), Gertrude Bondhill (actress), Louis Fierce (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short, Western,