Stan Shaw

Stan Shaw

Stan Shaw (born July 14, 1952) is an American actor. Born in Chicago, Illinois, he is the son of Bertha Shaw and saxophonist Eddie Shaw, and cousin of the late soul singers Sam Cooke and Tyrone Davis. Shaw started his acting career in the Chicago production of the Broadway musical Hair as well as the Broadway production of The Me Nobody Knows. His last Broadway show, Via Galactica was directed by Sir Peter Hall. Before becoming an actor, Shaw was a karate, judo, and jujutsu instructor in Chicago. He holds first dan black belt in judo and jujutsu and a second dan in karate. Shaw appeared in Rocky (1976) as Dipper, another boxer. In a deleted scene, Dipper, infuriated by the attention Rocky has received, challenges him before a television reporter. He also played a professional fighter in Tough Enough (1983), Harlem Nights (1989), and Snake Eyes (1998). One of his most notable roles was his appearance as Alex Haley's maternal grandfather Will Palmer in the 1979 miniseries Roots: The Next Generations. Another highly notable role was Private Washington in The Boys in Company C (1978). Shaw also played in The Great Santini (1979) as Toomer Smalls with Robert Duvall and David Keith. After a part in the 1991 film Fried Green Tomatoes, he had a role in the 1995 comedy Houseguest alongside Sinbad and appeared as a pirate in Cutthroat Island with Geena Davis. His television credits include episodes of Matlock, Murder, She Wrote, The X-Files, and a 2009 episode of CSI. Description above from the Wikipedia article Stan Shaw, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

  • Title: Stan Shaw
  • Popularity: 10.25
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1952-07-14
  • Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Stan Shaw Movies

  • 1995
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    Cutthroat Island

    Cutthroat Island

    5.8 1995 HD

    Morgan Adams and her slave, William Shaw, are on a quest to recover the three portions of a treasure map. Unfortunately, the final portion is held by...

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  • 1993
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    Body of Evidence

    Body of Evidence

    5 1993 HD

    When an elderly millionaire is found dead with cocaine in his system, his will leaves $8 million to Rebecca Carlson, who was having an affair with...

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  • 2000
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    Freedom Song

    Freedom Song

    5.8 2000 HD

    Freedom Song is a made-for-TV film based on true stories of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi in the 1960s. It tells the story of the struggle...

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  • 1979
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    The Great Santini

    The Great Santini

    6.7 1979 HD

    As he approaches manhood, Ben Meechum struggles to win the approval of his demanding alpha male father, an aggressively competitive, but frustrated...

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  • 1986
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    Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story

    Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story

    1 1986 HD

    Outraged by the treatment of New York City’s unhoused residents, an activist brings national attention to the issue by taking their case to...

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  • 1993
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    Rising Sun

    Rising Sun

    6.2 1993 HD

    When a prostitute is found dead in a Los Angeles skyscraper occupied by a large Japanese corporation, detectives John Connor and Web Smith are called...

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  • 1998
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    Snake Eyes

    Snake Eyes

    6.179 1998 HD

    All bets are off when shady homicide cop Rick Santoro witnesses a murder during a boxing match. It's up to him and lifelong friend, Naval...

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  • 2003
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    Detonator

    Detonator

    5.9 2003 HD

    A former FBI agent must stop a crazy man from blowing up bombs.

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  • 1978
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    The Boys in Company C

    The Boys in Company C

    6.5 1978 HD

    Disheartened by futile combat, appalled by the corruption of their South Vietnamese ally, and constantly endangered by the incompetence of their own...

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  • 1987
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    The Monster Squad

    The Monster Squad

    6.7 1987 HD

    Count Dracula adjourns to Earth, accompanied by Frankenstein's Monster, the Wolfman, the Mummy, and the Gillman. The uglies are in search of a...

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  • 1983
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    Tough Enough

    Tough Enough

    5.1 1983 HD

    An aspiring country singer, whose money is disappearing faster than his career opportunities, enters a "Tough Man" amateur boxing contest to earn...

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  • 1990
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    Fear

    Fear

    6.1 1990 HD

    Psychic Ally Sheedy helps police solve murders by mentally linking with the murderer. Then she discovers a murderer with the same talent - who wants...

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  • 1975
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    Darktown Strutters

    Darktown Strutters

    5 1975 HD

    When a prominent abortion clinic owner goes missing along with a string of other black community leaders, her singing daughter and her fellow female...

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  • 1987
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    Billionaire Boys Club

    Billionaire Boys Club

    6.6 1987 HD

    The Billionaire Boys Club is based on the true story of Joe Hunt (Nelson), a shady investor who built an empire on B.S. back in the early '80s. Known...

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  • 1974
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    TNT Jackson

    TNT Jackson

    4.8 1974 HD

    A woman encounters thugs and drug dealers after traveling to Hong Kong to search for her missing brother.

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  • 1980
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    Scared Straight! Another Story

    Scared Straight! Another Story

    1 1980 HD

    A group of young delinquents well on the road to careers in crime, are given a shock course in prison life. Brought face to face with hardened...

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  • 1993
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    Lifepod

    Lifepod

    5.1 1993 HD

    Lifepod cronicles the trip of eight passengers after the ship they were traveling on blew up on Christmas Eve. Immediately people start dying. The...

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  • 1991
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    Fried Green Tomatoes

    Fried Green Tomatoes

    7.7 1991 HD

    Amidst her own personality crisis, southern housewife Evelyn Couch meets Ninny, an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode...

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  • 1984
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    Runaway

    Runaway

    5.5 1984 HD

    In the near future, a police officer specializes in malfunctioning robots. When a robot turns out to have been programmed to kill, he begins to...

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  • 1996
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    Daylight

    Daylight

    6.1 1996 HD

    A group of armed robbers fleeing the police head for the New Jersey Tunnel and run right into trucks transporting toxic waste. The spectacular...

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  • 1986
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    The Gladiator

    The Gladiator

    5.8 1986 HD

    A road warrior vigilante avenges his brother's death at the hands of a crazy motorist by using his souped-up pickup to apprehend drunken drivers and...

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  • 1974
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    Truck Turner

    Truck Turner

    6.5 1974 HD

    Truck Turner and his partner Jerry, who make their living as bounty hunters in Los Angeles, are hired to hunt down Gator, a pimp who has skipped bail.

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  • 1976
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    Rocky

    Rocky

    7.8 1976 HD

    An uneducated collector for a Philadelphia loan shark is given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fight against the world heavyweight boxing...

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  • 1990
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    The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson

    The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson

    8 1990 HD

    A film about the early life of the baseball star in the army, particulary his court-martial for insubordination regarding segragation.

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  • 1986
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    Under Siege

    Under Siege

    7.5 1986 HD

    Terrorists launch an attack against the USA. Their first strike is by a suicide squad that detonates a truckload of explosives at an army base in...

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  • 1985
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    Displaced Person

    Displaced Person

    9 1985 HD

    Displaced Person is a 1985 Emmy award winning drama based on a short story by Kurt Vonnegut. It was directed by Alan Bridges and adapted by Fred...

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  • 2023
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    A Nashville Legacy

    A Nashville Legacy

    7 2023 HD

    When Naima meets Damian after she moves to Nashville to uncover secrets about an undiscovered music group, they begin sharing their love for music...

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  • 1970
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    Drive Me to Vegas and Mars

    Drive Me to Vegas and Mars

    1 1970 HD

    Cowboy, a senior citizen ex-lawyer and gambler, is persuaded by his spunky seventeen year old neighbor, Rachel, to seek retribution for having been...

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  • 1976
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    Street Killing

    Street Killing

    1 1976 HD

    In this detective drama, a prosecutor investigates a murder and finds that it is connected to a recent mugging. In the end, he is led to convict a...

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  • 2023
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    Clear Lines of Sight: Sidney J. Furie at Paramount

    Clear Lines of Sight: Sidney J. Furie at Paramount

    1 2023 HD

    Canadian-born filmmaker Sidney J. Furie made his name with British hits like The Young Ones (1961), The Leather Boys (1964), and The Ipcress File...

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  • 1988
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    Red River

    Red River

    5.6 1988 HD

    Remake of the 1948 John Wayne feature about a man who rebels against his tyrannical guardian during a crucial cattle drive.

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  • 2017
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    Jeepers Creepers 3

    Jeepers Creepers 3

    4.9 2017 HD

    Taking place on the last day of the Creeper’s twenty-three-day feeding frenzy, as the skeptical Sergeant Tubbs teams up with a task force...

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  • 1998
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    Rag and Bone

    Rag and Bone

    3.3 1998 HD

    The life of a priest seconded to a New Orleans police department begins to fall apart when he is wrongly implicated in the shooting of a suspect....

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  • 2013
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    Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

    Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

    7.1 2013 HD

    Mike Epps, Richard Pryor Jr. and others recount the culture-defining influence of Richard Pryor - one of America's most brilliant, iconic comic minds.

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  • 1993
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    When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn

    When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn

    1 1993 HD

    A woman places an ad in the "Soldier of Fortune" magazine to hire a contract killer.

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  • 1989
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    Harlem Nights

    Harlem Nights

    6.1 1989 HD

    'Sugar' Ray is the owner of an illegal casino and must contend with the pressure of vicious gangsters and corrupt police who want to see him go out...

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  • 2016
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    Cassidy Way

    Cassidy Way

    4.1 2016 HD

    When a film student and her two friends go to Kern County to shoot a documentary, they stumble upon a mysterious family and learn why Pandora's box...

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  • 1976
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    The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings

    The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings

    6 1976 HD

    Top baseball pitcher Bingo Long is fed up with how his Negro League team owner treats him, so he forms his own lineup, recruiting big-hitting Leon...

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  • 2020
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    The Pale Door

    The Pale Door

    5.1 2020 HD

    The Dalton gang escape to a nearby town after a train robbery goes south, but they are met by a coven of witches with sinister plans for the...

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  • 2019
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    A Christmas Winter Song

    A Christmas Winter Song

    6.3 2019 HD

    Clio befriends Fred, a homeless former jazz singer down on his luck. They form a special bond over music, and Clio, having just lost her own father,...

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  • 1985
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    When Dreams Come True

    When Dreams Come True

    5.7 1985 HD

    A Dallas museum tour guide finds herself having dreams that foretell killings that are attributed to a killer known as "The Perfect Murderer." She...

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  • 1987
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    The Three Kings

    The Three Kings

    2.8 1987 HD

    The made-for-TV film stars Jack Warden, Lou Diamond Phillips and Stan Shaw as three patients in a Los Angeles-area mental institution. Dressed as the...

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  • 1983
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    Venice Medical

    Venice Medical

    1 1983 HD

    TV pilot for series centered around a beachfront clinic in the community of Venice, California.

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  • 1995
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    Houseguest

    Houseguest

    5.5 1995 HD

    In hot water with the mob over an unpaid debt, a con man poses as a family friend in an affluent Pennsylvania suburb.

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  • 1986
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    Busted Up

    Busted Up

    6.5 1986 HD

    Prolific actor-stuntman Conrad Palmisano directed this average action-thriller about the owner of an inner-city gym. Earl (Paul Coufos) happens to...

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  • 1984
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    Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

    7.5 1984 HD

    An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.

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  • 1986
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    L.A. Law

    L.A. Law

    7.045 1986 HD

    L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994. Created by Steven...

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  • 1975
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    Starsky & Hutch

    Starsky & Hutch

    7.2 1975 HD

    Streetwise Detective David Starsky partners up with a more intellectual partner, Kenneth 'Hutch' Hutchinson, to protect citizens and patrol the...

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  • 1982
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    Fame

    Fame

    6.7 1982 HD

    An American television series originally produced between 1982 and 1987. The show is based on the 1980 motion picture of the same name. With a...

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  • 1986
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    Matlock

    Matlock

    7.15 1986 HD

    Matlock is an American television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of criminal defense attorney Ben Matlock. The show, produced...

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  • 1981
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    Hill Street Blues

    Hill Street Blues

    7.6 1981 HD

    A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.

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  • 1993
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    The X-Files

    The X-Files

    8.378 1993 HD

    The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena....

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  • 2000
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    CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

    CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

    7.625 2000 HD

    A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and...

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  • 1987
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    Wiseguy

    Wiseguy

    6.5 1987 HD

    Vinnie Terranova does time in a New Jersey penitentiary to set up his undercover role as an agent for the OCB (Organized Crime Bureau) of the United...

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  • 1977
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    Lucan

    Lucan

    6 1977 HD

    Lucan is a TV Drama which aired on ABC from 1977 to 1978, starring Kevin Brophy, John Randolph, and Don Gordon. A 20-year old man who spent the...

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  • 1982
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    Matt Houston

    Matt Houston

    6.2 1982 HD

    Matt Houston is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1982 to 1985. Created by Lawrence Gordon, the series was produced by Aaron...

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  • 1979
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    Roots: The Next Generations

    Roots: The Next Generations

    7.3 1979 HD

    Roots: The Next Generations is a television miniseries, introduced in 1979, continuing, from 1882 to the 1960s, the fictionalized story of the family...

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  • 1983
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    The Mississippi

    The Mississippi

    5 1983 HD

    The Mississippi was a television series which ran for 2 seasons from 1982 to 1984. The series consisted of 27 episodes, 1 pilot, 6 first season...

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  • 1996
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    Early Edition

    Early Edition

    7.308 1996 HD

    Gary Hobson thinks he may even be losing his mind when tomorrow's newspaper mysteriously arrives today giving him a disconcerting look into the...

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  • 1985
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    North and South

    North and South

    7.4 1985 HD

    The story of the enduring friendship between Orry Main of South Carolina and George Hazard of Pennsylvania, who become best friends while attending...

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  • 1987
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    Billionaire Boys Club

    Billionaire Boys Club

    8.5 1987 HD

    Billionaire Boys Club is a two-part TV movie that aired on NBC in 1987. It told the story of the Billionaire Boys Club, and its founder, Joe Hunt,...

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  • 2018
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    Carl Weber's The Family Business

    Carl Weber's The Family Business

    8.5 2018 HD

    Meet the Duncans, a prominent family from Jamaica, Queens. By day, they’re an upstanding family; by night, they live a dangerous secret life.

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  • 2015
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    What Lives Inside

    What Lives Inside

    7.6 2015 HD

    While mourning the loss of his world-famous puppeteer father, Taylor finds himself mysteriously transported to the magical world of his father's show.

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  • 1970
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    Carl Weber's The Family Business: New Orleans

    Carl Weber's The Family Business: New Orleans

    1 1970 HD

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  • 2022
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    Quantum Leap

    Quantum Leap

    7.2 2022 HD

    It's been nearly 30 years since Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished. Now, a new team, led by physicist Ben Song,...

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  • 2015
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    Chicago Med

    Chicago Med

    8.3 2015 HD

    An emotional thrill ride through the day-to-day chaos of the city's most explosive hospital and the courageous team of doctors who hold it together....

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  • 2005
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    Criminal Minds

    Criminal Minds

    8.31 2005 HD

    An elite team of FBI profilers analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again. The...

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  • 1984
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    Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

    7.5 1984 HD

    An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.

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