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    Bing Russell

    1926-05-05 (98 years old) in Brattleboro, Vermont, USA

    Although best known as the deputy on Bonanza (1959) and Robert in The Magnificent Seven (1960), Russell's was also well known on a national level as the owner of the Portland Mavericks Baseball Club. Helming the only independent team in the class A Northwest League, Russell was an innovator. Before Bull Durham (1988), there were the Mavericks. Russell kept a 30 man roster because he believed that some of the players deserved to have one last season. His motto was simply one three lettered word - not WIN - although the Mavericks did just that - no, the word was FUN. He created a park that kept all corporate sponsorship outside the gates, hired the first female general manager in professional baseball, and the following year hired the first Asian American GM/Manager. That same season his team set a record for the highest attendance in Minor league history, and went on to win the pennant. Ex-major leaguers and never-weres who couldn't stop playing the game flocked to his June tryouts, which were always open to anyone that showed up. From as far away as Capetown, and France, players would head to Portland for a chance with Russell's Mavericks.

    Movies

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    The Battered Bastards of Baseball
    75 %|Jan 20, 2014
    Documentary
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    Dick Tracy
    61.37 %|Apr 5, 1990
    Adventure, Comedy, Crime
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    Tango & Cash
    64.49 %|Dec 22, 1989
    Action, Thriller, Comedy, Drama
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    Sunset
    56 %|Apr 29, 1988
    Crime, Mystery, Thriller, Western
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    Overboard
    68 %|Dec 16, 1987
    Comedy, Romance
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    Elvis
    68 %|Feb 10, 1979
    Drama, Music, TV Movie
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    The Loneliest Runner
    69 %|Dec 20, 1976
    Drama, TV Movie
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    The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe
    0 %|May 29, 1976
    Western, Comedy, TV Movie
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    The Apple Dumpling Gang
    65 %|Jul 1, 1975
    Comedy, Family, Western
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    Death Sentence
    57 %|Oct 2, 1974
    Crime, Thriller, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie
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    The Sex Symbol
    30 %|Sep 17, 1974
    Drama, TV Movie
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    A Cry in the Wilderness
    60 %|Mar 26, 1974
    Thriller, TV Movie
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    Runaway!
    53 %|Sep 29, 1973
    Thriller, TV Movie
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    Satan's School for Girls
    53 %|Sep 19, 1973
    Mystery, Horror, TV Movie
    actor
    Set This Town on Fire
    0 %|Jan 8, 1973
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Now You See Him, Now You Don't
    63 %|Jul 12, 1972
    Comedy, Family, Science Fiction, Fantasy
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    A Taste of Evil
    62 %|Oct 11, 1971
    Thriller, TV Movie, Horror
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    The Million Dollar Duck
    57 %|Jun 30, 1971
    Comedy, Family
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    Yuma
    59 %|Mar 2, 1971
    Western, TV Movie, Crime
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    The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
    60 %|Dec 29, 1969
    Comedy, Family, Drama
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    Journey to Shiloh
    54 %|May 10, 1968
    Drama, War, Western
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    Blackbeard's Ghost
    67 %|Feb 8, 1968
    Comedy, Fantasy, Family
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    Madame X
    65 %|Mar 3, 1966
    Drama, Crime
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    The Hallelujah Trail
    60 %|Jun 23, 1965
    Western, Comedy
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    Cheyenne Autumn
    67 %|Oct 15, 1964
    Western
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    One Man's Way
    40 %|Feb 26, 1964
    Drama
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    A Gathering of Eagles
    54 %|Jun 21, 1963
    Drama, Romance
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    The Stripper
    47 %|Jun 19, 1963
    Romance, Drama
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    How the West Was Won
    69.93 %|Nov 2, 1962
    Western
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    Stakeout!
    57 %|Oct 1, 1962
    Crime
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    The Magnificent Seven
    75.07 %|Oct 12, 1960
    Western, Action, Adventure
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    Last Train from Gun Hill
    70 %|Jul 29, 1959
    Western
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    The Horse Soldiers
    70 %|Jun 11, 1959
    Western, War
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    Rio Bravo
    78.1 %|Mar 18, 1959
    Western
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    Good Day for a Hanging
    62 %|Jan 1, 1959
    Western, Action
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    Cattle Empire
    60 %|Apr 1, 1958
    Western
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    Suicide Battalion
    45 %|Feb 28, 1958
    War
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    Ride a Violent Mile
    40 %|Nov 24, 1957
    Western, War, Adventure
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    Bombers B-52
    56 %|Nov 22, 1957
    Drama, Romance
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    The Land Unknown
    57 %|Oct 15, 1957
    Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction
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    The Deadly Mantis
    48 %|May 1, 1957
    Horror, Science Fiction
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    Drango
    54 %|Jan 1, 1957
    Western
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    Teenage Thunder
    54 %|Jan 1, 1957
    Drama
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    Attack
    67 %|Sep 19, 1956
    Drama, War
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    Cult of the Cobra
    60 %|Mar 30, 1955
    Horror
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    A Life at Stake
    52 %|Mar 1, 1955
    Drama
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    Big Leaguer
    62 %|Aug 19, 1953
    Drama

    Series

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    The Rockford Files
    75 %|Sep 13, 1974
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
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    Petrocelli
    69.05 %|Sep 11, 1974
    Drama
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    The Streets of San Francisco
    70 %|Sep 23, 1972
    Crime, Drama, Action & Adventure
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    Emergency!
    78 %|Jan 22, 1972
    Action & Adventure, Drama, Documentary
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    Alias Smith and Jones
    69 %|Jan 5, 1971
    Western, Crime
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    The Mod Squad
    65 %|Sep 24, 1968
    Action & Adventure, Drama
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    The Outcasts
    53 %|Sep 23, 1968
    Western, Action & Adventure
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    Mannix
    66.6 %|Sep 16, 1967
    Action & Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Drama
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    Hondo
    62 %|Sep 8, 1967
    Western
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    The Guns of Will Sonnett
    57 %|Sep 8, 1967
    Western
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    Dundee and the Culhane
    40 %|Sep 6, 1967
    Western, Drama
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    Ironside
    69 %|Mar 28, 1967
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
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    The Monkees
    65 %|Sep 12, 1966
    Comedy, Family
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    The Monroes
    57 %|Sep 7, 1966
    Western, Family, Drama, Action & Adventure
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    I Dream of Jeannie
    78.4 %|Sep 18, 1965
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy, Family
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    The Big Valley
    60 %|Sep 15, 1965
    Western, Drama
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    The Big Valley
    60 %|Sep 15, 1965
    Western, Drama
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    The Big Valley
    60 %|Sep 15, 1965
    Western, Drama
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    The Big Valley
    60 %|Sep 15, 1965
    Western, Drama
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    The Big Valley
    60 %|Sep 15, 1965
    Western, Drama
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    The Big Valley
    60 %|Sep 15, 1965
    Western, Drama
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    The Big Valley
    60 %|Sep 15, 1965
    Western, Drama
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    The Big Valley
    60 %|Sep 15, 1965
    Western, Drama
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    The Big Valley
    60 %|Sep 15, 1965
    Western, Drama
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    Branded
    64 %|Jan 24, 1965
    Western
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    The Munsters
    80 %|Sep 24, 1964
    Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Family
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    The Fugitive
    72 %|Sep 17, 1963
    Action & Adventure, Drama, Mystery
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    The Fugitive
    72 %|Sep 17, 1963
    Action & Adventure, Drama, Mystery
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    The Fugitive
    72 %|Sep 17, 1963
    Action & Adventure, Drama, Mystery
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    The Fugitive
    72 %|Sep 17, 1963
    Action & Adventure, Drama, Mystery
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    Stoney Burke
    57 %|Oct 1, 1962
    Western
    actor
    General Electric True
    0 %|Sep 30, 1962
    poster
    The Virginian
    64 %|Sep 19, 1962
    Western, Drama
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    The Virginian
    64 %|Sep 19, 1962
    Western, Drama
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    The Virginian
    64 %|Sep 19, 1962
    Western, Drama
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    The Virginian
    64 %|Sep 19, 1962
    Western, Drama
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    The Virginian
    64 %|Sep 19, 1962
    Western, Drama
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    The Virginian
    64 %|Sep 19, 1962
    Western, Drama
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    Sam Benedict
    60 %|Sep 15, 1962
    Drama
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    Ben Casey
    57 %|Oct 2, 1961
    Drama
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    Route 66
    64 %|Oct 7, 1960
    Drama, Crime
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    Surfside 6
    50 %|Oct 6, 1960
    Drama
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    Stagecoach West
    60 %|Oct 4, 1960
    Western, Crime
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    The Andy Griffith Show
    76 %|Oct 3, 1960
    Comedy, Family
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    Tate
    45 %|Jun 8, 1960
    Western, Drama
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    The Alaskans
    55 %|Oct 4, 1959
    Western
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    The Twilight Zone
    84.42 %|Oct 2, 1959
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery, Drama
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    The Twilight Zone
    84.42 %|Oct 2, 1959
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery, Drama
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    Johnny Ringo
    57 %|Oct 2, 1959
    Western
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    Laramie
    64 %|Sep 15, 1959
    Western, Drama
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    Bonanza
    75 %|Sep 12, 1959
    Western, Action & Adventure, Drama, Family
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    Bonanza
    75 %|Sep 12, 1959
    Western, Action & Adventure, Drama, Family
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    Bonanza
    75 %|Sep 12, 1959
    Western, Action & Adventure, Drama, Family
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    Bonanza
    75 %|Sep 12, 1959
    Western, Action & Adventure, Drama, Family
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    Black Saddle
    57 %|Jan 10, 1959
    Western, Drama
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    Black Saddle
    57 %|Jan 10, 1959
    Western, Drama
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    Rawhide
    70 %|Jan 9, 1959
    Western, Drama
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    The Rifleman
    70 %|Sep 30, 1958
    Action & Adventure, Western, Family
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    The Texan
    55 %|Sep 29, 1958
    Western
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    The Donna Reed Show
    61 %|Sep 24, 1958
    Comedy, Family
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    Bronco
    48 %|Sep 23, 1958
    Western
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    Wanted: Dead or Alive
    69 %|Sep 6, 1958
    Western, Action & Adventure, Drama
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    Wanted: Dead or Alive
    69 %|Sep 6, 1958
    Western, Action & Adventure, Drama
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    Harbor Command
    40 %|Oct 11, 1957
    Drama
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    Maverick
    68 %|Sep 22, 1957
    Comedy, Western
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    Maverick
    68 %|Sep 22, 1957
    Comedy, Western
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    Maverick
    68 %|Sep 22, 1957
    Comedy, Western
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    Sugarfoot
    42 %|Sep 17, 1957
    Western
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    Sugarfoot
    42 %|Sep 17, 1957
    Western
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    Have Gun, Will Travel
    74 %|Sep 14, 1957
    Western, Action & Adventure, Drama
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    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
    55 %|Oct 5, 1956
    Western, Drama
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    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
    55 %|Oct 5, 1956
    Western, Drama
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    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
    55 %|Oct 5, 1956
    Western, Drama
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    The Man Called X
    0 %|Jan 27, 1956
    actor
    Navy Log
    45 %|Sep 20, 1955
    War & Politics, Drama
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    Gunsmoke
    65 %|Sep 10, 1955
    Western, Action & Adventure, Drama
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    Gunsmoke
    65 %|Sep 10, 1955
    Western, Action & Adventure, Drama
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    Gunsmoke
    65 %|Sep 10, 1955
    Western, Action & Adventure, Drama
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    Gunsmoke
    65 %|Sep 10, 1955
    Western, Action & Adventure, Drama
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    Gunsmoke
    65 %|Sep 10, 1955
    Western, Action & Adventure, Drama
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    Gunsmoke
    65 %|Sep 10, 1955
    Western, Action & Adventure, Drama
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    The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
    67 %|Sep 6, 1955
    Drama, Western
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    Lassie
    61.33 %|Sep 12, 1954
    Action & Adventure, Drama, Family, Comedy
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    Letter to Loretta
    58 %|Sep 20, 1953
    Drama
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    Letter to Loretta
    58 %|Sep 20, 1953
    Drama
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    Letter to Loretta
    58 %|Sep 20, 1953
    Drama
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    Letter to Loretta
    58 %|Sep 20, 1953
    Drama
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    The Living Christ
    50 %|Jan 7, 1951
    Drama