Victor Spinetti

Victor Spinetti

Victor Sinetti (born Vittorio Giorgio Andre Spinetti) was a Welsh comedy actor, author and poet. He appeared in dozens of films and stage plays throughout his 50-year career, including the three 1960s Beatles films "A Hard Day's Night", "Help!" and "Magical Mystery Tour". Born in Cwm, Ebbw Vale, Wales, Spinetti was educated at Monmouth School and the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff, of which he became a Fellow. After various menial jobs, Spinetti pursued a stage career and was closely associated with Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop in London, England. Among the productions were "Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be" and "Oh! What a Lovely War" (1963), which transferred to New York City and for which he won a Tony Award. Spinetti's film career developed simultaneously; his dozens of film appearances would include Zeffirelli's "The Taming of the Shrew", "Under Milk Wood", "The Return of the Pink Panther" and "Under the Cherry Moon". During his later career, Spinetti acted with the Royal Shakespeare Company, in such roles as Lord Foppington in "The Relapse" and the Archbishop in "Richard III", at Stratford-upon-Avon; and, in 1990, he appeared in "The Krays". In 2008 he appeared in a one-man show, "A Very Private Diary", which toured the UK as "A Very Private Diary ... Revisited!", recounting his life story. Spinetti was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2011 and died of the disease in June 2012.

  • Title: Victor Spinetti
  • Popularity: 2.766
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1933-09-02
  • Place of Birth: Cwm, Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire, Wales
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  • Also Known As: Vittorio Giorgio Andre Spinetti
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Victor Spinetti Movies

  • 1964
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    A Hard Day's Night

    A Hard Day's Night

    7.3 1964 HD

    Capturing John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr in their electrifying element, 'A Hard Day's Night' is a wildly irreverent...

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  • 1990
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    The Krays

    The Krays

    6 1990 HD

    The Krays is a film based on the lives and crimes of the British gangsters Ronald and Reginald Kray, twins who are often referred to as The Krays and...

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  • 1967
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    The Taming of the Shrew

    The Taming of the Shrew

    6.898 1967 HD

    Italy, 16th century. Petruchio, a choleric, lying and poor rural landowner from Verona, arrives in Padua in search of fortune and a wife, while...

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  • 1975
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    The Great McGonagall

    The Great McGonagall

    5.2 1975 HD

    In this high-camp farce, Goons legend Spike Milligan stars as William Topaz McGonagall, an unemployed Scottish weaver and aspiring poet laureate who...

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  • 1967
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    Magical Mystery Tour

    Magical Mystery Tour

    6.5 1967 HD

    Originally produced for television, this short film as an off-the-wall road movie starring the Beatles and a couple dozen friends on a psychedelic...

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  • 1991
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    The Princess and the Goblin

    The Princess and the Goblin

    5.8 1991 HD

    The story is about the Princess Irene and a young warrior boy named Curty. Irene must use her magic power to fight off goblins and save the kingdom.

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  • 1965
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    Help!

    Help!

    6.862 1965 HD

    An obscure Eastern cult that practices human sacrifice pursues Ringo after he unknowingly puts on a ceremonial ring (that, of course, won't come...

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  • 1972
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    Under Milk Wood

    Under Milk Wood

    6.2 1972 HD

    The delightful if peculiar story of a day in the life of a small, Welsh fishing village called "Llareggub" in which we meet a host of curious...

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  • 1974
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    The Little Prince

    The Little Prince

    6.8 1974 HD

    After a pilot is forced to make an emergency landing in the Sahara Desert, he befriends a young prince from outer space; the friendship conjures up...

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  • 1970
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    Start the Revolution Without Me

    Start the Revolution Without Me

    5.8 1970 HD

    Two sets of identical twins are accidentally switched at birth. One pair, Phillipe and Pierre DeSisi, are aristocratic and haughty, while the other,...

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  • 1999
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    Boobs in the Wood

    Boobs in the Wood

    5.9 1999 HD

    Jim Davidson is back with his most outrageous show ever - BOOBS IN THE WOOD! This hilarious Adult Panto, exclusive to video, captures the filthy...

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  • 1968
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    The Biggest Bundle of Them All

    The Biggest Bundle of Them All

    5.7 1968 HD

    A kidnapped mobster persuades his captors to help him rob platinum ingots from a train.

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  • 1977
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    Hardcore

    Hardcore

    3.9 1977 HD

    Aka Hardcore, aka Frankly Fiona. The heavily fictionalised fantastical autobiography of the fantastic 70s sex superstar Fiona Richmond, played by...

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  • 1976
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    Emily

    Emily

    4.9 1976 HD

    Evocative of the Roaring Twenties, "Emily" (Aka "The Awakening of Emily") is an erotic coming-of-age film featuring meticulous period detail and...

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  • 1995
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    You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'

    You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'

    6 1995 HD

    Thirty years after A Hard Day's Night, its producer, director, writer and others describe its making. United Artists Records came to Walter Shenson,...

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  • 1964
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    I Think They Call Him John

    I Think They Call Him John

    6.722 1964 HD

    The life of an old man, John Cartner Ronson, living alone in a huge block of flats in London since his wife died nine years earlier.

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  • 1965
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    The Wild Affair

    The Wild Affair

    5.4 1965 HD

    Young office assistant Majorie will marry soon, however she's plagued by doubts if her fiance is the right one. On her last day at work, her male...

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  • 1970
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    Defeat of the Mafia

    Defeat of the Mafia

    1 1970 HD

    At the Rome airport two men are taken into custody. Inspector Scott Luce thinks their two suit-cases are full of drugs, but the suit-cases contains...

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  • 1993
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    Seriously Seeking Sid

    Seriously Seeking Sid

    1 1993 HD

    A study of the life and career of the actor Sid James, best known for the long-running Carry On series of bawdy British film comedies.

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  • 1961
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    The Gentle Terror

    The Gentle Terror

    5 1961 HD

    The predictably boring life of a meek bookkeeper until fate transforms him into an underworld terror.

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  • 1964
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    Becket

    Becket

    7.1 1964 HD

    King Henry II of England has trouble with the Church. When the Archbishop of Canterbury dies, he has a brilliant idea. Rather than appoint another...

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  • 1988
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    The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank

    The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank

    5.6 1988 HD

    During the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam, Otto Frank decides to hide his family, who are Jewish, after his daughter Margot is called to appear for...

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  • 1993
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    Tommy Cooper - The Magic Touch

    Tommy Cooper - The Magic Touch

    1 1993 HD

    Tommy Cooper, the hapless magician who was in a league of his own, is joined here by a star-studded selection of guests in previously unseen extracts...

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  • 1999
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    Julie and the Cadillacs

    Julie and the Cadillacs

    1 1999 HD

    Julie and The Cadillacs, a struggling young pop group, are enticed to London and signed up by London PR men...

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  • 2008
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    The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour Memories

    The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour Memories

    9 2008 HD

    This nostalgic retrospective with colleagues and friends of the Beatles fondly recalls Paul McCartney's simple plan for the "Magical Mystery Tour"...

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  • 1975
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    Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done

    Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done

    1 1975 HD

    Able Seaman Dick Deadeye is charged by Queen Victoria to find the stolen Ultimate Secret. His ugliness means that his life has always been lonely but...

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  • 1969
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    A Promise of Bed

    A Promise of Bed

    2.2 1969 HD

    Three part comedy. A fading sex symbol attempts to win the lead in a movie by seducing the son of a film producer. A depressed middle aged loner...

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  • 1973
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    Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World

    Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World

    4.6 1973 HD

    Digby consumes a bowl of Project X, a liquid growth formula. Soon, he becomes a sheepdog of gigantic size!

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  • 1975
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    The Return of the Pink Panther

    The Return of the Pink Panther

    6.8 1975 HD

    The famous Pink Panther jewel has once again been stolen and Inspector Clouseau is called in to catch the thief. The Inspector is convinced that 'The...

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  • 1977
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    Casanova & Co.

    Casanova & Co.

    3.6 1977 HD

    While hiding from the royal authorities, Giacomo Casanova, the famous romancer, encounters his look-alike: Giacomino, a fugitive petty con man....

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  • 1995
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    The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen

    The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen

    5.7 1995 HD

    Working with the French Secret Service, Indy joins the legendary Lafayette Escadrille flying unit and embarks on dangerous airborne reconnaissance...

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  • 1999
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    The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service

    The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service

    4.7 1999 HD

    Indy finds that he must enlist the help of Hapsburg royalty when he embarks on a dangerous diplomatic mission through enemy-held Europe into the...

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  • 1990
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    Romeo.Juliet

    Romeo.Juliet

    1 1990 HD

    The tale centers on an eccentric bag lady who rescues the stray cats of Venice and puts them on a boat to set sail for the new world. It has not been...

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  • 1986
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    Under the Cherry Moon

    Under the Cherry Moon

    5.7 1986 HD

    Two friends from Miami are in the French Riviera enjoying life by scamming money off of rich women. One day, they read about a young woman set to...

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  • 1976
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    Voyage of the Damned

    Voyage of the Damned

    5.9 1976 HD

    A luxury liner carries Jewish refugees from Hitler's Germany in a desperate fight for survival.

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  • 1963
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    Sparrows Can't Sing

    Sparrows Can't Sing

    5.2 1963 HD

    Charlie returns to the East End after two years at sea to find his house demolished and wife Maggie gone. Everyone else knows she is now shacked up...

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  • 1973
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    The 500 Pound Jerk

    The 500 Pound Jerk

    1 1973 HD

    An advertising man's dream of turning a huge hillbilly into an Olympic weightlifting champion is set back when the hillbilly falls for a Russian...

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  • 1979
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    The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

    The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

    6.5 1979 HD

    This Emmy Award winner for Best Animated Special is based on the first book of C.S. Lewis' acclaimed series, "The Chronicles of Narnia." Four...

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  • 1975
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    Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done

    Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done

    1 1975 HD

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  • 1990
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    Romeo.Juliet

    Romeo.Juliet

    1 1990 HD

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  • 1983
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    SuperTed

    SuperTed

    6.8 1983 HD

    SuperTed is a Welsh fictional anthropomorphic bear character created by Mike Young. Originally created by Young as a series of stories to help his...

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  • 1962
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    The Merv Griffin Show

    The Merv Griffin Show

    5.6 1962 HD

    The Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran from October 1, 1962 to March 29, 1963 on NBC,...

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  • 1978
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    3-2-1

    3-2-1

    1 1978 HD

    3–2–1 was a popular British game show that was made by Yorkshire Television for ITV. It ran for ten years, between 29 July 1978 and 24...

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  • 1991
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    An Actor's Life For Me

    An Actor's Life For Me

    6 1991 HD

    An Actor's Life For Me is a British sitcom that aired on BBC Radio 2 from 1989 to 1993 and on BBC television in 1991. Starring John Gordon Sinclair...

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  • 2002
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    High Hopes

    High Hopes

    1 2002 HD

    High Hopes is a sitcom made in Wales, produced and directed by Gareth Gwenlan for BBC Wales and is set in a fictional area of the South Wales Valleys...

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  • 1970
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    Sweet Sixteen

    Sweet Sixteen

    5 1970 HD

    Sweet Sixteen is a British sitcom that aired on BBC1 in 1983. It stars Penelope Keith and was written by Douglas Watkinson and directed and produced...

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  • 1962
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    The Saint

    The Saint

    7.3 1962 HD

    Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those...

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  • 1969
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    Two in Clover

    Two in Clover

    6.5 1969 HD

    Two in Clover is a British sitcom that ran for two series from 1969 to 1970. It starred Sid James and Victor Spinetti and was written by Vince Powell...

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  • 1989
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    The Further Adventures of SuperTed

    The Further Adventures of SuperTed

    6 1989 HD

    The Further Adventures of SuperTed is an American/Welsh animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera and Siriol Animation in association with...

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  • 2004
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    New Tricks

    New Tricks

    7.3 2004 HD

    New Tricks is a British comedy-drama that follows the work of the fictional Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad of the Metropolitan Police Service....

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  • 1979
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    Take My Wife

    Take My Wife

    5.5 1979 HD

    Take My Wife is a British television sitcom produced by Granada Television. It had a short run in 1979. The cast included Duggie Brown as a stand-up...

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  • 1987
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    Bad Boyes

    Bad Boyes

    1 1987 HD

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  • 1965
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    BBC Play of the Month

    BBC Play of the Month

    5 1965 HD

    Play of the Month is a BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays which were usually broadcast on...

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  • 1970
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    Fred Basset

    Fred Basset

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1984
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    Mistral's Daughter

    Mistral's Daughter

    6.3 1984 HD

    Beautiful and naïve Maggy Lunel arrives in Paris completely broke. She becomes an artist's model and the toast of Paris, attracting the...

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  • 1991
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    Paul Merton: The Series

    Paul Merton: The Series

    4 1991 HD

    Fresh from his appearances on Whose Line is it Anyway?, Paul starred in his own comedy series on Channel 4, featuring a mix of surreal sketches,...

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  • 2000
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    In the Beginning

    In the Beginning

    6 2000 HD

    In the Beginning is a 2-part biblical television miniseries directed by Kevin Connor. It stars Martin Landau and Jacqueline Bisset and it premiered...

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  • 1989
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    The Paradise Club

    The Paradise Club

    5.8 1989 HD

    The Paradise Club is a BBC television drama starring Don Henderson and Leslie Grantham as Frank & Danny Kane. Two series were produced and were...

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