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    Peter Cushing

    1913-05-26 (111 years old) in Kenley, Surrey, England, UK

    Peter Wilton Cushing, OBE  (26 May 1913 – 11 August 1994) was an English actor, known for his many appearances in Hammer Films, in which he played Baron Frankenstein and Dr. Van Helsing, amongst many other roles, often appearing opposite Christopher Lee, and occasionally Vincent Price. A familiar face on both sides of the Atlantic, his most famous roles outside of "Hammer Horror" include his many appearances as Sherlock Holmes, as Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars (1977) and as the mysterious Doctor Who in Doctor Who and the Daleks and Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD in 1965 and 1966, two cinema films based on the television series Doctor Who. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Cushing, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

    Movies

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    Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
    0 %|Oct 31, 2024
    Documentary
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    AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.
    0 %|Apr 22, 2020
    Horror, Documentary
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    The Skywalker Legacy
    77 %|Mar 18, 2020
    Documentary
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    Peter Cushing: In His Own Words
    75 %|Feb 8, 2020
    Documentary
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    Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
    60 %|Aug 6, 2017
    Documentary, History, TV Movie
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    Halloween: The Inside Story
    74 %|Oct 25, 2010
    Documentary
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    Attack of the Octopus People
    0 %|Jun 29, 2010
    Horror, Science Fiction
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    Fanex Files: Hammer Films
    70 %|Feb 8, 2008
    Documentary
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    Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
    90 %|May 16, 2007
    Documentary
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    The Story of Star Wars
    70 %|Aug 18, 2004
    Documentary
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    Dalekmania
    71 %|Jul 24, 1995
    Documentary
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    The World of Hammer: Dracula and the Undead
    87 %|Aug 19, 1994
    Documentary, TV Movie, Horror
    actor
    The World of Hammer: Peter Cushing
    70 %|Aug 12, 1994
    Documentary
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    Frankenstein Reborn
    100 %|Oct 1, 1993
    Horror
    actor
    Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
    57 %|Jan 1, 1991
    Documentary, Science Fiction, Horror
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    Peter Cushing: A One Way Ticket to Hollywood
    100 %|Jun 4, 1989
    Documentary, TV Movie
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    Biggles
    52 %|Jan 29, 1988
    Action, Family, Fantasy, Science Fiction, War
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    Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
    64 %|Jun 26, 1987
    Documentary
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    The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
    70 %|Jan 1, 1985
    Documentary
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    The Masks of Death
    56 %|Dec 23, 1984
    TV Movie, Mystery, Crime, Thriller
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    Top Secret!
    71 %|Jun 8, 1984
    Comedy
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    House of the Long Shadows
    63 %|Jun 17, 1983
    Horror, Comedy, Mystery
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    Black Jack
    0 %|Sep 14, 1981
    Crime, Drama
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    Mystery on Monster Island
    44 %|Apr 3, 1981
    Adventure, Comedy, Horror
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    A Tale of Two Cities
    57 %|Dec 2, 1980
    TV Movie, Romance, Drama, History
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    Arabian Adventure
    58.83 %|Jul 8, 1979
    Fantasy, Science Fiction, Family
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    The Horror Show
    60 %|Feb 6, 1979
    Horror, Documentary, TV Movie
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    Son of Hitler
    52 %|Jan 1, 1979
    Comedy
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    A Touch of the Sun
    35 %|Jan 1, 1979
    Comedy
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    The Detour
    0 %|Jan 1, 1979
    Horror
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    The Standard
    0 %|Nov 25, 1977
    War, Action, Romance
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    The Uncanny
    59 %|Aug 24, 1977
    Horror
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    Shock Waves
    50 %|Jul 15, 1977
    Horror, Science Fiction, War
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    Star Wars
    82.04 %|May 25, 1977
    Adventure, Action, Science Fiction
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    The Great Houdinis
    60 %|Oct 8, 1976
    Drama, TV Movie, History
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    The Devil's Men
    41 %|Aug 11, 1976
    Horror
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    At the Earth's Core
    50.27 %|Jul 1, 1976
    Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction
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    Trial by Combat
    77 %|Apr 1, 1976
    Action, Comedy, Adventure
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    Legend of the Werewolf
    53 %|Aug 6, 1975
    Horror
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    The Ghoul
    49.17 %|Jul 11, 1975
    Horror, Mystery
    actor
    Fists of Fire
    0 %|Jan 16, 1975
    Documentary
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    Shatter
    58 %|Dec 6, 1974
    Action, Thriller, Crime
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    Tender Dracula
    46 %|Aug 7, 1974
    Fantasy, Horror
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    The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
    59 %|Jul 11, 1974
    Action, Horror
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    Madhouse
    61.36 %|May 22, 1974
    Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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    Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
    61.82000000000001 %|Apr 1, 1974
    Horror, Science Fiction
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    The Beast Must Die
    53 %|Apr 1, 1974
    Horror, Mystery
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    From Beyond the Grave
    65 %|Feb 21, 1974
    Fantasy, Horror
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    The Satanic Rites of Dracula
    56 %|Nov 3, 1973
    Horror
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    And Now the Screaming Starts!
    59 %|Apr 27, 1973
    Horror
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    Nothing But the Night
    60 %|Feb 16, 1973
    Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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    The Creeping Flesh
    58 %|Feb 12, 1973
    Horror, Science Fiction
    actor
    Heiße Ware aus Hong Kong
    0 %|Jan 1, 1973
    Documentary
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    Asylum
    60 %|Nov 17, 1972
    Horror
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    Horror Express
    63.470000000000006 %|Sep 30, 1972
    Horror
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    Fear in the Night
    59.519999999999996 %|Jul 9, 1972
    Mystery, Thriller, Horror
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    Dr. Phibes Rises Again
    63 %|Jul 1, 1972
    Comedy, Horror
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    Dracula A.D. 1972
    59 %|Jun 26, 1972
    Horror
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    Tales from the Crypt
    68.47 %|Mar 9, 1972
    Horror
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    I, Monster
    55 %|Nov 1, 1971
    Horror, Science Fiction
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    Twins of Evil
    67 %|Oct 3, 1971
    Horror
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    Blood Suckers
    39 %|May 14, 1971
    Horror
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    The House That Dripped Blood
    63 %|Feb 22, 1971
    Horror, Mystery
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    The Vampire Lovers
    64 %|Oct 4, 1970
    Horror
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    One More Time
    43 %|May 1, 1970
    Comedy, Thriller
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    Scream and Scream Again
    53 %|Feb 2, 1970
    Horror, Science Fiction
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    Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
    64 %|May 22, 1969
    Horror, Science Fiction
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    Corruption
    57 %|Jul 19, 1968
    Horror
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    The Blood Beast Terror
    55 %|Feb 1, 1968
    Horror, Science Fiction
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    Torture Garden
    60 %|Nov 1, 1967
    Horror
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    Night of the Big Heat
    53 %|May 1, 1967
    Science Fiction, Horror, Thriller
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    Frankenstein Created Woman
    64.6 %|Mar 15, 1967
    Horror, Science Fiction
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    Some May Live
    35 %|Jan 1, 1967
    Thriller
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    Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.
    62 %|Aug 5, 1966
    Family, Science Fiction, Adventure
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    Island of Terror
    57 %|Jun 20, 1966
    Horror, Science Fiction
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    Dracula: Prince of Darkness
    67.41 %|Jan 9, 1966
    Horror
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    The Skull
    59 %|Aug 25, 1965
    Horror, Thriller
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    Dr. Who and the Daleks
    56.349999999999994 %|Aug 23, 1965
    Adventure, Family, Science Fiction
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    She
    56 %|Apr 18, 1965
    Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
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    Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
    64 %|Feb 23, 1965
    Horror
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    The Gorgon
    63 %|Oct 18, 1964
    Horror, Fantasy
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    The Evil of Frankenstein
    61 %|May 8, 1964
    Horror, Science Fiction
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    The Man Who Finally Died
    62 %|Dec 1, 1963
    Thriller, Mystery
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    Captain Clegg
    62.35 %|Jun 13, 1962
    Adventure, Crime, Thriller, Horror
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    Cash on Demand
    75 %|Dec 20, 1961
    Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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    The Naked Edge
    62.14 %|Jun 28, 1961
    Mystery, Thriller
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    The Hellfire Club
    52 %|Feb 3, 1961
    Adventure, Drama
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    Fury at Smugglers' Bay
    46 %|Jan 1, 1961
    Adventure
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    Sword of Sherwood Forest
    60 %|Dec 26, 1960
    Adventure, History
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    Suspect
    65 %|Nov 15, 1960
    Thriller
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    The Brides of Dracula
    66.83 %|Jul 7, 1960
    Horror
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    Cone of Silence
    67 %|May 10, 1960
    Drama, Thriller
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    The Flesh and the Fiends
    65 %|Feb 2, 1960
    Horror
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    The Mummy
    66.86 %|Aug 1, 1959
    Horror
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    John Paul Jones
    61 %|Jun 16, 1959
    War, History, Action, Romance
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    The Hound of the Baskervilles
    67.32000000000001 %|May 4, 1959
    Mystery, Thriller, Horror
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    The Revenge of Frankenstein
    66 %|Jun 13, 1958
    Horror, Science Fiction
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    Dracula
    72 %|May 22, 1958
    Horror
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    Violent Playground
    70 %|Jan 14, 1958
    Crime, Drama
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    The Abominable Snowman
    62 %|Aug 26, 1957
    Adventure, Horror
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    The Curse of Frankenstein
    67.64999999999999 %|May 20, 1957
    Horror, Science Fiction
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    Time Without Pity
    66 %|Mar 21, 1957
    Crime, Thriller, Mystery, Drama
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    Alexander the Great
    58.94 %|Mar 28, 1956
    Adventure, History, Drama, War
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    Magic Fire
    48 %|Jun 30, 1955
    Drama, Romance, History
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    The End of the Affair
    57 %|Feb 24, 1955
    Drama, Romance
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    Nineteen Eighty-Four
    74 %|Dec 16, 1954
    Drama, Science Fiction, TV Movie
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    The Black Knight
    62 %|Aug 26, 1954
    Action, Adventure
    actor
    Anastasia
    0 %|Jul 12, 1953
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Moulin Rouge
    66.76 %|Dec 23, 1952
    Drama
    actor
    When We Are Married
    0 %|Dec 25, 1951
    Comedy
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    Hamlet
    73.85 %|Dec 10, 1948
    Drama
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    It Might Be You
    0 %|Jul 25, 1946
    Documentary
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    The Woman in the House
    65 %|May 9, 1942
    Drama
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    They Dare Not Love
    60 %|May 16, 1941
    War, Drama
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    Dreams
    50 %|Nov 10, 1940
    Drama, History
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    The Howards of Virginia
    63 %|Sep 19, 1940
    Drama, History, War
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    Women in War
    30 %|Jun 5, 1940
    Drama, War
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    The Hidden Master
    0 %|Apr 20, 1940
    Documentary, History
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    Vigil in the Night
    60 %|Feb 5, 1940
    Drama
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    A Chump at Oxford
    69 %|Jan 25, 1940
    Comedy
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    Laddie
    60 %|Jan 18, 1940
    Drama
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    The Man in the Iron Mask
    71 %|Jul 13, 1939
    Adventure, History, Romance

    Series

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    The World of Hammer
    60 %|Aug 12, 1994
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    Wogan
    45 %|May 4, 1982
    Talk
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    Hammer House of Horror
    71 %|Sep 13, 1980
    Mystery, Drama
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    Tales of the Unexpected
    67 %|Mar 24, 1979
    Drama
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    The New Avengers
    69 %|Oct 22, 1976
    Drama, Action & Adventure
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    Space: 1999
    71 %|Sep 4, 1975
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
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    The Zoo Gang
    70 %|Apr 5, 1974
    Action & Adventure, Drama
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    Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
    67 %|Sep 1, 1973
    Mystery, Drama
    actor
    Treffpunkte
    0 %|May 26, 1970
    News
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    Sherlock Holmes
    63 %|May 17, 1964
    Mystery, Crime, Drama
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    The Avengers
    77 %|Jan 7, 1961
    Action & Adventure, Crime, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    Pride and Prejudice
    0 %|Feb 2, 1952
    Drama
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    Sunday Night Theatre
    35 %|Jan 1, 1950
    Drama