Joseph Wiseman
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1918-05-15
Locus Natus: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Et ut:
Dr. No
Agent 007 battles mysterious Dr. No, a scientific genius bent on destroying the U.S. space program. As the countdown to disaster begins, Bond must go...
release : 1962.10.07popularis : 35.184
Viva Zapata!
The story of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who led a rebellion against the corrupt, oppressive dictatorship of president Porfirio...
release : 1952.02.07popularis : 17.651
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Capt. William "Buck" Rogers is a jovial space cowboy who is accidentally time-warped from 1987 to 2491. Earth is engaged in interplanetary war...
release : 1979.03.02popularis : 5.932
Detective Story
Tells the story of one day in the lives of the various people who populate a police detective squad. An embittered cop, Det. Jim McLeod, leads a...
release : 1951.11.01popularis : 11.217
The Unforgiven
The neighbors of a frontier family turn on them when it is suspected that their beloved adopted daughter was stolen from the Kiowa tribe.
release : 1960.04.06popularis : 15.053
The Garment Jungle
Alan Mitchell returns to New York to work for his father Walter, the owner of a fashion house that designs and manufactures dresses. To stay...
release : 1957.05.01popularis : 3.994
The Valachi Papers
When Joe Valachi has a price put on his head by Don Vito Genovese, he must take desperate steps to protect himself while in prison. An unsuccessful...
release : 1972.01.06popularis : 8.902
Homage to Chagall: The Colours of Love
For over three-quarters of a century, Russian-born Marc Chagall set new standards for modern art with his colorful, heartfelt paintings, murals and...
release : 1977.06.19popularis : 2.384
The Night They Raided Minsky's
Rachel arrives in New York from her Amish community intent on becoming a dancer. Unfortunately Billy Minsky's Burlesque is hardly the place for her...
release : 1968.12.22popularis : 4.496
The Silver Chalice
A Greek artisan is commissioned to cast the cup of Christ in silver and sculpt around its rim the faces of the disciples and Jesus himself. He...
release : 1954.12.20popularis : 3.491
Pursuit
What begins as a routine investigation quickly escalates into a heartstopping race to save millions from certain death in this taut and gripping...
release : 1972.12.12popularis : 3.699
Bye Bye Braverman
One day, Morroe Rieff learns that his friend and fellow writer, Leslie Braverman, has died. After meeting Leslie's widow, Inez, who is more...
release : 1968.02.21popularis : 2.755
Jaguar Lives!
The world's newest kung fu legend, Joe Lewis, takes on evil gangsters and saves the world.
release : 1979.08.09popularis : 3.053
The Happy Thieves
A suave art thief romances a wealthy duchess, only to enable him to steal a priceless painting from her collection. Complications ensue.
release : 1961.12.20popularis : 6.983
Les Miserables
Jean Valjean, a Frenchman of good character, has nevertheless been convicted for the minor crime of stealing bread. A minor infraction leads to his...
release : 1952.08.14popularis : 7.144
The Ghost Writer
Nathan Zuckerman, a budding 23 year old writer infatuated with the Great Books, discovers the contradictory claims of literature and experience while...
release : 1983.11.12popularis : 3.797
Journey into Fear
U.S geologist discovers something about Oil that proves VERY threatening to the Turkish and Arab business people.
release : 1975.08.08popularis : 2.141
The Counterfeit Killer
A Secret Service agent poses as a waterfront hit man to infiltrate a global ring of counterfeiters.
release : 1968.05.01popularis : 1.835
Rage of Angels
Based on Sidney Sheldon's novel. A young assistant district attorney is used by a ruthless attorney to get his client off. She is fired and almost...
release : 1983.02.19popularis : 1.715
The Incredible World of James Bond
This promotional film was aired on American television on 26 November 1965, one month before the release of Thunderball (1965). Narrated by Alexander...
release : 1965.11.26popularis : 4.187
Three Brave Men
A lawyer takes the case of a Navy clerk who sues after he's fired for suspected Communist beliefs.
release : 1956.12.01popularis : 0.763
Stiletto
A rich, jet-setting playboy has a secret life: he's also a professional Mafia hitman. When he decides it's time to retire from that life, he finds...
release : 1969.07.30popularis : 2.411
The Mask of Sheba
Intrigue, romance, and the customary angry natives are the major elements in this tale of a hunt for a priceless gold mask in the jungles of Ethiopia.
release : 1970.03.09popularis : 0.891
The Betsy
Ruthless patriarch Loren hires racecar driver Angelo to build a more efficient vehicle against the wishes of his grandson. But things get even...
release : 1978.02.02popularis : 7.505
Best Ever Bond
Roger Moore presents the ten best sequences ever to have appeared in the James Bond series, and cast members recall their favourite moments.
release : 2002.11.22popularis : 5.522
The Outsider
Darren McGavin is David Ross, a private investigator playing a game of follow the money. A simple case of embezzling turns bad quickly when bodies...
release : 1967.11.21popularis : 2.701
Lady Mobster
Television account of a young woman who becomes her mobster godfather's staunchest defender.
release : 1988.10.19popularis : 2.241
With These Hands
Produced by the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, the film used actors to recreate the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire and compare working...
release : 1950.06.15popularis : 5.312
Murder at the World Series
A disturbed young man threatens violence at the World Series after failing to make the Houston Astros.
release : 1977.03.20popularis : 3.52
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
The younger son of a working-class Jewish family in Montreal, Duddy Kravitz yearns to make a name for himself in society. This film chronicles his...
release : 1974.04.11popularis : 4.276
Champ for a Day
An up-and-coming heavyweight fighter, George Wilson, arrives in Vulcan City, a small mid-western town over-run by racketeers, to fight a...
release : 1953.08.15popularis : 1.401
The Prodigal
A wealthy young Hebrew traveling in Damascus renounces his faith after he is seduced by an alluring pagan priestess and cheated of his fortune by the...
release : 1955.05.06popularis : 5.154
Men of the Dragon
Two men and a woman, all friends and martial arts experts, visit Hong Kong, where they grew up. When the woman disappears, the men find out that she...
release : 1974.03.20popularis : 2.273
The Suicide Club
A young gambler seeking greater challenges joins a card club where the members literally gamble for their lives.
release : 1973.02.13popularis : 2.851
Zalmen, or The Madness of God
This play takes place during Yom Kippur in a post-Stalinist Russian synagogue, where a Rabbi waits for a Western acting troupe and gets extremely...
release : 1975.01.13popularis : 1.252
Lawman
While passing through the town of Bannock, a bunch of drunken cattlemen go overboard with their celebrating and accidentally kill an old man with a...
release : 1971.03.11popularis : 9.921
Rise and Fall of the Borscht Belt
At its peak, one million New York Jews spent their summers in the Borscht Belt, the birthplace of Jewish-American iconoclastic humor. This film shows...
release : 1986.09.14popularis : 4.627
Nightside
The story of three people - a press agent, a private detective and a nightclub owner - whose careers require them to spend most of the night awake...
release : 1973.04.05popularis : 1.81
Seize the Day
Tommy Wilhelm (Robin Williams) is a salesman. An honest, hard-working guy who has lost his job, his girlfriend, and left part of his sanity behind as...
release : 1986.09.09popularis : 12.327
Crime Story: Pilot
One former cop goes against the whole Mafia. The feature-length pilot for the cult 80s show.
release : 1986.09.18popularis : 3.282