Bill Williams

Bill Williams

William Herman Katt (born Herman August Wilhelm Katt; May 15, 1915 – September 21, 1992), known as Bill Williams, was an American television and film actor. He is best known for his starring role in the early television series The Adventures of Kit Carson, which aired in syndication from 1951 to 1955. Williams was born in Brooklyn, New York to German immigrant parents. He attended the Pratt Institute, and became a professional swimmer, performing in underwater shows. He landed a walk-on role as a theater usher in King Kong (1933). He enlisted in the United States Army during World War II, but was discharged before the end and became an actor. His credited debut was in The Blue Room in 1944, using the professional name Bill Williams. His first starring role was opposite Susan Hayward in Deadline at Dawn (1946). Williams appeared in ten films before he landed the lead role in television's The Adventures of Kit Carson, which ran for 105 episodes. When the series ended, Williams' star power faded. It was revived in 1957 when he co-starred with Betty White on television in Date with the Angels. Williams portrayed Federal agent Martin Flaherty in The Scarface Mob (1959), the pilot for ABC's The Untouchables. However, when the series was accepted, the role went to Jerry Paris. Williams turned down the lead in Sea Hunt in 1958, believing that an underwater show would not work on television. Lloyd Bridges accepted the part and turned it into a hit. Williams did star as a former Navy frogman in Assignment: Underwater, which ran for just one season. He played a variety of roles on Perry Mason, in which his wife Barbara Hale co-starred as Raymond Burr's secretary Della Street. In a 1962 episode, "The Case of the Crippled Cougar," he played defendant Mike Preston. In 1963, he was murder victim Floyd Grant in "The Case of the Bluffing Blast." In 1965 Williams played murderer Charles Shaw in "The Case of the Murderous Mermaid," and was murderer Burt Payne in "The Case of the 12th Wildcat". Williams appeared with his son in a final season episode of Ironside, bringing him together again with Raymond Burr. He also made numerous guest appearances on television and worked in low-budget science fiction films until his retirement.

  • Title: Bill Williams
  • Popularity: 7.23
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1915-05-21
  • Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA
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  • Also Known As: Willie, William Herman Katt
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Bill Williams Movies

  • 1976
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    69 Minutes

    69 Minutes

    1 1976 HD

    A wild, zany spoof of American TV, complete with "on-the-spot" exposes, "remote" broadcasts, sensational interviews and a wide variety of commercial...

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  • 1952
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    Son of Paleface

    Son of Paleface

    6.3 1952 HD

    Peter Potter Jr. returns to claim his father's gold, which is nowhere to be found.

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  • 1958
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    Space Master X-7

    Space Master X-7

    5.2 1958 HD

    A fungus dubbed "Space Rust" from Outer Space threatens to destroy the Earth.

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  • 1970
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    Rio Lobo

    Rio Lobo

    6.4 1970 HD

    After the Civil War, a former Union colonel searches for the two traitors whose perfidy led to the loss of a close friend.

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  • 1957
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    The Halliday Brand

    The Halliday Brand

    6.1 1957 HD

    Sheriff Halliday doesn't approve of his children dating or marrying half-breeds and his blind hate threatens to alienate his whole family.

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  • 1946
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    Deadline at Dawn

    Deadline at Dawn

    6.2 1946 HD

    A young Navy sailor has one night to find out why a woman was killed and he ended up with a bag of money after a drinking blackout.

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  • 1949
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    The Clay Pigeon

    The Clay Pigeon

    5.5 1949 HD

    Jim Fletcher, waking up from a coma, finds he is to be given a court martial for treason and charged with informing on fellow inmates in a Japanese...

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  • 1949
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    The Stratton Story

    The Stratton Story

    6.7 1949 HD

    Star major league pitcher Monty Stratton loses a leg in a hunting accident, but becomes determined to leave the game on his own terms.

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  • 1975
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    The Giant Spider Invasion

    The Giant Spider Invasion

    3.9 1975 HD

    A black hole hits North Wisconsin and opens a door to other dimensions. Giant 15 meter spiders emerge from it, who have an appetite for human flesh!...

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  • 1965
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    Tickle Me

    Tickle Me

    5.7 1965 HD

    A singing rodeo rider hires on at an expensive all-women dude ranch and beauty spa. He falls for a pretty fitness trainer who is constantly...

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  • 1949
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    A Dangerous Profession

    A Dangerous Profession

    5.6 1949 HD

    A cop-turned-bail bondsman gets involved in a murder investigation.

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  • 1974
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    125 Rooms of Comfort

    125 Rooms of Comfort

    1 1974 HD

    The film stars Tim Henry as Billie Joyce, a gay and transvestite former musician who has been institutionalized in an asylum due to mental illness....

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  • 1961
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    The Sergeant Was a Lady

    The Sergeant Was a Lady

    1 1961 HD

    Service comedy illustrating U.S. Army corporal's brief encounter with WAC unit.

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  • 1979
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    When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion

    When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion

    1 1979 HD

    Some of TV and film's popular western actors reunite in this tribute special hosted by Glenn Ford.

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  • 1949
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    A Woman's Secret

    A Woman's Secret

    5.639 1949 HD

    A popular singer, Marian Washburn, suddenly and unexplainably loses her voice, causing a shake-up at the club where she works. Her worried but loyal...

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  • 1965
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    A Letter to Nancy

    A Letter to Nancy

    1 1965 HD

    A little Chinese girl comes into the life of a well-to-do lawyer.

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  • 1946
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    Till the End of Time

    Till the End of Time

    6.7 1946 HD

    Three former marines have a hard time readjusting to civilian life. Perry can't deal with the loss of the use of his legs. William is in trouble with...

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  • 1952
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    The Pace That Thrills

    The Pace That Thrills

    5.3 1952 HD

    Chills and spills in the fast-paced world of motorcycle racing.

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  • 1960
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    Oklahoma Territory

    Oklahoma Territory

    6.7 1960 HD

    Temple Houston (Sam Houston's son) who is the DA with a sense of Justice. He is located in Fort Smith, Ark and works with Judge Parker in 1872. His...

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  • 1957
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    Pawnee

    Pawnee

    6.4 1957 HD

    Pale Arrow is a white man raised since a boy by the Pawnee Chief. With wagon trains now encroaching on Pawnee land, the Chief sends Pale Arrow to be...

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  • 1951
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    The Last Outpost

    The Last Outpost

    5.5 1951 HD

    The cavalry defend a small town from indians.

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  • 1956
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    The Wild Dakotas

    The Wild Dakotas

    1 1956 HD

    When Aaron Baring signs on as wagon master for a group of settlers headed to Montana's Powder River Valley, his dictatorial style soon creates...

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  • 1968
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    Buckskin

    Buckskin

    5.2 1968 HD

    A Montana marshal fights a land baron out to parch homesteaders with a spite dam.

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  • 1957
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    The Storm Rider

    The Storm Rider

    1 1957 HD

    In this fast-paced Western, smaler ranchers hire a former gunman Bart Jones (Scott Brady) in the middle of a range war when he's called on to protect...

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  • 1950
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    Operation Haylift

    Operation Haylift

    5 1950 HD

    A pilot devises a plan to airlift hay to thousands of ranch cattle stranded and dying due to severe winter weather.

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  • 1949
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    Fighting Man of the Plains

    Fighting Man of the Plains

    5.7 1949 HD

    Former bandit Jim Dancer becomes marshal of a Kansas town and cleans up the criminal element - with the help of his old pal, Jesse James.

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  • 1950
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    The Cariboo Trail

    The Cariboo Trail

    6.3 1950 HD

    A cattleman fights to establish a ranch in the middle of gold country.

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  • 1952
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    Rose of Cimarron

    Rose of Cimarron

    5 1952 HD

    A white girl raised by Indians sets out to find out who murdered her adoptive parents.

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  • 1953
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    Torpedo Alley

    Torpedo Alley

    1 1953 HD

    After carrier pilot Lt Bingham is rescued at sea by a submarine when he crashes, he applies for submarine duty. During training he competes with...

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  • 1955
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    Apache Ambush

    Apache Ambush

    5.6 1955 HD

    Two former enemies find themselves together on a cattle drive and fighting marauding Apaches and Mexican bandits.

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  • 1956
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    The Broken Star

    The Broken Star

    6.4 1956 HD

    A deputy sheriff defies local ranchers to investigate a Mexican's murder.

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  • 1959
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    Alaska Passage

    Alaska Passage

    4.9 1959 HD

    Al Graham runs a trucking business in Alaska, America’s final frontier which confronts him with washed out bridges, female hitchhikers and...

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  • 1965
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    Spaceflight IC-1

    Spaceflight IC-1

    3 1965 HD

    In the year 2015, a spaceship, the IC-1, travels through outer space looking for a suitable planet to settle on. The commander, Captain Ralston, is...

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  • 1945
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    West of the Pecos

    West of the Pecos

    4.1 1945 HD

    Heading west for his health, Colonel Lambeth takes his daughter Rill along. Lost on the desert they are saved by Pecos and Chito. The Colonel hires...

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  • 1950
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    Blue Grass of Kentucky

    Blue Grass of Kentucky

    1 1950 HD

    The story revolves around a colt born in Kentucky and named "Blue Grass". and the training of the colt to win the Kentuck Derby. and how all of that...

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  • 1958
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    Legion of the Doomed

    Legion of the Doomed

    1 1958 HD

    An American in the French Foreign Legion learns that his commanding officer is a traitor who has formed an alliance with several tribes in the Sahara...

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  • 1981
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    Goldie and the Boxer Go to Hollywood

    Goldie and the Boxer Go to Hollywood

    1 1981 HD

    In this sequel to 1979's "Goldie and the Boxer," the ingratiating twosome, heavyweight champ and his 10-year-old manager, flee to California when a...

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  • 1955
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    Wiretapper

    Wiretapper

    5 1955 HD

    A cash-strapped electrical engineer with a criminal past vows to go straight when he marries his longtime girlfriend, but he has second thoughts when...

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  • 1957
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    Slim Carter

    Slim Carter

    1 1957 HD

    Hughie Mack, a not so nice western singer, is discovered by Clover Doyle as the next movie cowboy hero. His name is changed to Slim Carter and a...

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  • 1944
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    Murder in the Blue Room

    Murder in the Blue Room

    5 1944 HD

    A young woman, a trio of singers, and a mystery writer are among the guests at a house long-considered to be haunted.

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  • 1945
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    Those Endearing Young Charms

    Those Endearing Young Charms

    1 1945 HD

    A soldier loses his girlfriend to his best buddy.

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  • 1971
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    Scandalous John

    Scandalous John

    6.3 1971 HD

    A crotchety old ranch owner fights to be able to live his life the way he wants to, and not the way other people--and the law--tell him he has to.

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  • 1965
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    The Hallelujah Trail

    The Hallelujah Trail

    6 1965 HD

    A wagon train heads for Denver with a cargo of whisky for the miners. Chaos ensues as the Temperance League, the US cavalry, the miners and the local...

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  • 1954
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    The Outlaw's Daughter

    The Outlaw's Daughter

    1 1954 HD

    Led astray by outlaw leader Jess, the "outlaw's daughter" Kate joins Jess' gang and follows in her dad's footsteps. Town marshal Dan tries his best...

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  • 1959
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    The Scarface Mob

    The Scarface Mob

    7.1 1959 HD

    Story of how a group of incorruptible federal lawmen helped put 1920s' Chicago gangster Al Capone in prison.

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  • 1947
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    A Likely Story

    A Likely Story

    4.2 1947 HD

    A shell-shocked young GI mistakenly believes he is dying, and a young artist takes it upon herself to prove to him that he's not.

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  • 1951
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    The Great Missouri Raid

    The Great Missouri Raid

    6.8 1951 HD

    During the American Civil War (1861-1865), farmers Jesse and Frank James decided to form an armed gang to face the Union troops using guerrilla...

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  • 1933
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    King Kong

    King Kong

    7.603 1933 HD

    Adventurous filmmaker Carl Denham sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world has seen before. Alongside his leading lady Ann...

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  • 1950
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    California Passage

    California Passage

    4 1950 HD

    A series of reversals bring two desperate people together. When a saloon owner is framed by his partner for a stagecoach robbery, he fights to secure...

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  • 1964
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    Law of the Lawless

    Law of the Lawless

    6.1 1964 HD

    A former gunfighter, now a circuit court judge, faces his father's killer in a small post-Civil War Kansas town.

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  • 1959
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    A Dog's Best Friend

    A Dog's Best Friend

    6 1959 HD

    A young orphan rejects his foster parents and instead turns to a German shepherd whose master was recently murdered. Stumbling on some evidence, the...

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  • 1960
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    Hell to Eternity

    Hell to Eternity

    6.6 1960 HD

    Based on the story about Guy Gabaldon, a Los Angeles Hispanic boy raised in the 1930s by a Japanese-American foster family. After Pearl Harbor, his...

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  • 1951
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    Havana Rose

    Havana Rose

    1 1951 HD

    Ambassador Rico DeMarco is in Washington trying to raise a five-million dollar loan for his country, Lower Salamia. Filbert Filmore and his...

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  • 1945
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    The Body Snatcher

    The Body Snatcher

    7 1945 HD

    Edinburgh, 1831. Among those who undertake the illegal trade of grave robbery is Gray, ostensibly a cab driver. Formerly a medical student convicted...

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  • 1945
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    Back to Bataan

    Back to Bataan

    6.1 1945 HD

    An Army colonel leads a guerrilla campaign against the Japanese in the Philippines.

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  • 1951
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    Blue Blood

    Blue Blood

    1 1951 HD

    An out of work racehorse trainer is adopted by the daughters of a wealthy breeder and trains a cast-off horse for the big race of the season.

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  • 1978
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    A Fire in the Sky

    A Fire in the Sky

    5.6 1978 HD

    Astronomers discover a comet that they believe will crash into Phoenix, Arizona. They attempt to warn officials, but without 100% certainty, the...

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  • 1955
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    Hell's Horizon

    Hell's Horizon

    5 1955 HD

    The pilot, co-pilot, and crew of a bomber try to hit a Korean bridge in bad weather.

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  • 1950
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    The Flame and the Arrow

    The Flame and the Arrow

    6.3 1950 HD

    Dardo, a Robin Hood-like figure, and his loyal followers use a Roman ruin in Medieval Lombardy as their headquarters as they conduct an insurgency...

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  • 1944
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    Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

    Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

    6.579 1944 HD

    In the wake of Pearl Harbor, a young lieutenant leaves his expectant wife to volunteer for a secret bombing mission which will take the war to the...

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  • 1976
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    The Flight of the Grey Wolf

    The Flight of the Grey Wolf

    6 1976 HD

    A youth (Russ Hanson) attempts to re-introduce a domesticated wolf to the wild.

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  • 1965
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    The Hallelujah Trail

    The Hallelujah Trail

    6 1965 HD

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  • 1958
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    77 Sunset Strip

    77 Sunset Strip

    6.7 1958 HD

    Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this Warner Brothers drama. They work out of an office...

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  • 1979
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    B. J. and the Bear

    B. J. and the Bear

    5.5 1979 HD

    B.J. and the Bear is an American comedy series which aired on NBC from 1979 to 1981. Created by Christopher Crowe and Glen A. Larson, the series...

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  • 1972
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    The Rookies

    The Rookies

    6.9 1972 HD

    The Rookies is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1972 until 1976. It follows the exploits of three rookie police officers working...

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  • 1965
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    The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

    5.4 1965 HD

    The F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was sponsored by the Ford Motor Company, and the...

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  • 1966
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    Batman

    Batman

    7.312 1966 HD

    Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually crime fighting duo Batman and Robin. A secret...

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  • 1972
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    The Streets of San Francisco

    The Streets of San Francisco

    6.983 1972 HD

    Two police officers, the older Lt. Stone and the young upstart Inspector Keller, investigate murders and other serious crimes in San Francisco. Stone...

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  • 1979
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    240-Robert

    240-Robert

    5.5 1979 HD

    240-Robert is an American drama series that ran on ABC from 1979 to 1981. The series title is a reference to the call-sign designation for the Los...

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  • 1951
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    Dragnet

    Dragnet

    6.5 1951 HD

    Follows the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show takes its name from the police term...

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  • 1957
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    Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

    7.7 1957 HD

    The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.

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  • 1955
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    Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

    6.5 1955 HD

    Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take...

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  • 1953
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    General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

    6 1953 HD

    General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was...

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  • 1972
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    Emergency!

    Emergency!

    7.784 1972 HD

    The crew of Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 51, particularly the paramedic team, and Rampart Hospital respond to emergencies in their...

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  • 1954
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    Lassie

    Lassie

    6.133 1954 HD

    Lassie is the pet of Jeff Miller, an 11-year-old farm boy. The two become best friends and enjoy family adventures in the American countryside,...

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  • 1968
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    Adam-12

    Adam-12

    7.1 1968 HD

    Adam-12 is a television police drama that followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, Pete Malloy and Jim Reed, as they...

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  • 1967
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    Ironside

    Ironside

    6.9 1967 HD

    When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside becomes a consultant to...

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  • 1965
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    The Wild Wild West

    The Wild Wild West

    7.5 1965 HD

    The Wild Wild West is an American television series. Developed at a time when the television western was losing ground to the spy genre, this show...

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  • 1959
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    Rawhide

    Rawhide

    7.1 1959 HD

    The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across the old west. Along the way they meet up with...

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  • 1974
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    Police Woman

    Police Woman

    6.25 1974 HD

    Sergeant “Pepper"” Anderson, an undercover cop for the Criminal Conspiracy Unit of the Los Angeles Police Department, poses undercover...

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  • 1964
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    Daniel Boone

    Daniel Boone

    6.9 1964 HD

    Daniel Boone is an American action-adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel Boone that aired from September 24, 1964 to September...

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  • 1955
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    The Millionaire

    The Millionaire

    5 1955 HD

    An anthology series that explored the ways sudden and unexpected wealth changed life for better or for worse. It told the stories of people who were...

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  • 1958
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    Yancy Derringer

    Yancy Derringer

    6 1958 HD

    Yancy Derringer is an American Western series

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  • 1951
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    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    7 1951 HD

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was...

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  • 1959
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    Men into Space

    Men into Space

    7 1959 HD

    Men Into Space is an American science-fiction television series broadcast from September 30, 1959 to September 7, 1960 by CBS which depicted future...

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  • 1957
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    M Squad

    M Squad

    5.2 1957 HD

    Lt. Frank Ballinger is a no-nonsense plain clothes cop in the elite M Squad Division. The Squad's task is to root out organised crime and corruption...

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  • 1959
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    Laramie

    Laramie

    6.4 1959 HD

    Laramie is an American Western television series that aired on NBC from 1959 to 1963. A Revue Studios production, the program originally starred John...

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  • 1957
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    Date with the Angels

    Date with the Angels

    6 1957 HD

    Date with the Angels is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from May 10, 1957 to January 29, 1958. The series, which stars Betty White and Bill...

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  • 1949
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    Adventures In Jazz

    Adventures In Jazz

    1 1949 HD

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  • 1951
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    The Adventures of Kit Carson

    The Adventures of Kit Carson

    5.3 1951 HD

    The Adventures of Kit Carson is an American Western series that aired in syndication from August 1951 to November 1955, originally sponsored by...

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  • 1960
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    Assignment: Underwater

    Assignment: Underwater

    1 1960 HD

    Assignment: Underwater is an American adventure television series which aired in NTA Film Network syndication from 1960 to 1962.

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  • 1953
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    Music at the Meadowbrook

    Music at the Meadowbrook

    1 1953 HD

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  • 1971
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    Primus

    Primus

    5 1971 HD

    Primus is a syndicated sea adventure series which aired in 1971–1972. It told the adventures of Carter Primus. The series was produced by Ivan...

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  • 1965
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    The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

    5.4 1965 HD

    The F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was sponsored by the Ford Motor Company, and the...

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  • 1968
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    Adam-12

    Adam-12

    7.1 1968 HD

    Adam-12 is a television police drama that followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, Pete Malloy and Jim Reed, as they...

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  • 1955
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    The Millionaire

    The Millionaire

    5 1955 HD

    An anthology series that explored the ways sudden and unexpected wealth changed life for better or for worse. It told the stories of people who were...

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  • 1951
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    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    7 1951 HD

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was...

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  • 1957
    imgS9 E30

    Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

    7.7 1957 HD

    The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.

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  • 1957
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    Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

    7.7 1957 HD

    The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.

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  • 1957
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    Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

    7.7 1957 HD

    The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.

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