Morris Hoffman

Nascimento : , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Morte : 1989-10-15

Filmes

Conquest of the Earth
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The Battlestar Galactica and its ragtag fleet of ships finally arrive at the Earth, only to discover that the planet is not prepared for the inevitable Cylon invasion.
A Vingança dos Monstros
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Em mais esta aventura da famosa Família Monstro, um ladrão usa um boneco idêntico ao Herman (Fred Gwynne) para roubar uma valiosa jóia. Agora, a tão unida família luta para provar sua inocência. Segundo filme baseado na série "Os Monstros" e o primeiro feito para a tv.
Os Colonizadores
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This follow-up to "The Bastard" and "The Rebels" continues the account of Philip Kent's life and career from his emigration to colonial Massachusetts through the American Revolutionary War and concludes the family saga with the story of his two sons and their children as they arrive in the unexplored Northwest Territory. (Episodes 5 and 6 of the Kent Chronicles miniseries.)
Banzé no Oeste
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Rock Ridge é uma pequena cidade do oeste americano onde todos os seus moradores se chamam Johnson. A estrada de ferro está prestes a passar pelo local, o que faz com que Hedley Lamarr (Harvey Korman) aterrorize os moradores. Sua intenção é obter as terras da cidade, que serão bastante valorizadas após a conclusão das obras. Para controlar a situação, o governador William J. Lepetomane (Mel Brooks) contrata um novo xerife, Bart (Cleavon Little). Só que Bart é negro e passa a ser hostilizado pela população racista. Ele recebe apenas a ajuda de Jim (Gene Wilder), conhecido como The Waco Kid, o pistoleiro bêbado mais rápido da região.
Poço de Ódio
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In 1913, in Oklahoma, oil derrick owner Lena Doyle, aided by her father and a hobo, is stubbornly drilling for oil despite the pressure from major oil companies to sell her land.
O Terrível Mister T
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Mr. T é um homem durão que trabalha "resolvendo os problemas" no seu bairro, fazendo o trabalho que a polícia e os advogados não conseguem concretizar. Certo dia, ele é contratado para investigar misteriosos assaltos numa casa de apostas ilegais. Porém, acaba se tornando alvo e suspeito de cometer os crimes. Clássico do Cinema Blaxploitation.
Amargo Pesadelo
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O Rio Chatooga nos montes Apalaches vai ser represado e com isso um lindo vale será destruído. Como última aventura, quatro amigos: Lewis Medlock, Ed Gentry, Drew Ballinger e Bobby Trippe, homens extremamente urbanos, resolvem fazer uma última aventura descendo as corredeiras do rio, em busca de adrenalina, emoção e maior contato com a natureza. Essa aventura começa a se complicar quando dois desses amigos tomam a dianteira no rio, distanciando-se dos outros. Uma série de ameaças às suas vidas estão aparecendo... difícil vai ser escapar delas...
Cidade das Ilusões
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Abandonado pela esposa, um boxeador alcoólatra decide voltar a lutar e acaba se aproximando de um outro boxeador, em começo de carreira.
Stand Up and Be Counted
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Sheila is a newspaper reporter who returns to her home town in order to write an article about the progress of the liberation of the women. Arriving at the town she is very surprised to see that her sister and also her mother agree very much with the feministic arguments.
The Christine Jorgensen Story
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Christine Jorgensen goes to 1950s Denmark and makes headlines for having the first sex-change operation.
Caminhando Sob a Chuva da Primavera
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A sophisticated, middle-aged grandmother, wed to a New York law professor, falls in love with a down-to-earth Tennessee farmer.
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon
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Junie Moon is in the hospital after her face has been disfigured by her deranged boyfriend. There she meets two other patients — Arthur, an epileptic, and Warren, who is gay and uses a wheelchair. The unlikely trio of outcasts decides to move in together and manages to enjoy a series of adventures as they endure various forms of prejudice and struggle with their own issues.
Glória e Lágrimas de um Cômico
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An account of the rise and fall of a silent film comic, Billy Bright. The movie begins with his funeral, as he speaks from beyond the grave in a bitter tone about his fate, and takes us through his fame, as he ruins it with womanizing and drink, and his fall, as a lonely, bitter old man unable to reconcile his life's disappointments. The movie is based loosely on the life of Buster Keaton.
Pendulum
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On the evening of his decoration for bringing a murderer to justice, Washington DC Police Captain Frank Matthews' wife, and her lover are murdered in bed. Jailed as the prime suspect, with the aforementioned murderer released on a technicality Matthews escapes in search of the man he believes to be the real killer.
They Saved Hitler's Brain
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At the end of WWII, Nazi officials spirited the living head of Adolf Hitler out of Germany to a hiding place in the South American country of Mandoras, in order to revive the Third Reich at a later date. By the 1960s, the time has come, so a top scientist is kidnapped in order to help keep Hitler alive. This film is a re-edit of The Madmen of Mandoras released in theaters in 1963.
Enter Laughing
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David Kolowitz, a nice young man living with his parents in New York City in 1938, works at a machine repair shop. His parents want David to study to become a pharmacist. But what he really wants is to be an actor like his idol, Ronald Colman. One day, at his friend Marvin's suggestion, David tries out for a part in a play, and gets it, despite his obvious lack of acting experience (not to mention ability). True, it's a rather small part in a low-rent production. Leading the troupe is a washed-up, alcoholic actor who hires David at the urging of his actress-daughter, who finds David "cute." To play his part, David must come up with his own costume - a tuxedo - and pay the house five dollars a week, ostensibly for tuition. But it is David's first acting job, one which calls for him to "enter laughing." And if it doesn't work out - well, there's always pharmacy school.
Alvarez Kelly
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O educado texano criador de gado Alvarez Kelly (William Holden) agora vive no México e tem pouco interesse na Guerra Civil, exceto para ganhar algum dinheiro. Mas depois de uma longa viagem para entregar gado para a União, ele é sequestrado pelo coronel confederado Tom Rossiter (Richard Widmark). Com as tropas e os civis famintos e cercados em Richmond pelo exército da União, o coronel pretende, de uma forma ou de outra, convencer Kelly a ajudar a roubar o rebanho e levá-lo para a cidade. O dinheiro confederado não tem nenhum valor, de modo que o Coronel recorre a outros meios, com resultados inesperados.
Entre a Loura e a Ruiva
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Johnny (Elvis Presley ) é um rapaz que adora apostar em jogos de azar. Ele e sua namorada Frankie (Donna Douglas) vivem um bonito romance. Porém, as coisas mudam quando seu caminho é cruzado por Nellie, uma sedutora mulher que lhe traz sorte no jogo, mas confusão no amor. (e 10 - Estimado 10 Anos)
Rifles Apaches
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A young cavalry officer is assigned the job of bringing in a band of Apaches who have been terrorizing the countryside.
One Man's Way
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Reverend Norman Vincent Peale fights to bring his message to the nation.
The Creation of the Humanoids
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Many years after a nuclear war, the human survivors have created a new society where much of the work done by androids, referred to derisively by humans as "clickers". A police official who is concerned that his sister has become involved with an android is sent to investigate a larger rumor that the androids are developing reason and emotion.
Beauty and the Beast
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A low-budget re-telling of the classic fairy tale.
Secret of Deep Harbor
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A reporter learns that his girlfriend's father, an old sea captain, is being paid by the mob to transport gangsters out of the country.
The Flight That Disappeared
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A cross-country airliner, whose passengers include a nuclear physicist, a rocket expert, and a mathematical genius, is drawn beyond radar range by an unknown, unbreakable force.
Police Dog Story
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After exhaustive training, a police dog joins an arson investigation.
The Walking Target
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An ex-con finds unexpected romance with the widow of his former accomplice as he tries to collect his hidden loot.
Cage of Evil
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While investigating a diamond heist, disgruntled cop Harper falls for Holly, the top suspect's main squeeze. When she convinces him to kill her boyfriend and make off with her and the loot, they start down a treacherous path full of dark surprises.
A Dog's Best Friend
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A young orphan rejects his foster parents and instead turns to a German shepherd whose master was recently murdered. Stumbling on some evidence, the boy is rescued from the killer by his dog.
Vice Raid
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A prostitute sets out to frame a cop.
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake
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Jonathan Drake, while attending his brother's funeral, is shocked to find the head of the deceased is missing. When his brother's skull shows up later in a locked cabinet, Drake realizes an ancient curse placed upon his grandfather by a tribe of South American Jivaro Indians is still in effect and that he himself is the probable next victim.
Invisible Invaders
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Aliens, contacting scientist Adam Penner, inform him that they have been on the moon for twenty thousand years, undetected due to their invisibility, and have now decided to annihilate humanity unless all the nations of earth surrender immediately. Sequestered in an impregnable laboratory trying to find the aliens' weakness, Penner, his daughter, a no-nonsense army major and a squeamish scientist are attacked from outside by the aliens, who have occupied the bodies of the recently deceased.
Riot in Juvenile Prison
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When the shootings of two juvenile inmates bring public protest, a psychologist is brought in to see if he can do anything to control the problems peacefully.
A Casa dos Maus Espíritos
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Frederick Loren (Vincent Price) é o dono de uma sinistra mansão em uma sinistra colina, que oferece dez mil dólares para cada um dos seus inimigos se eles concordarem em passar uma noite na casa. Frederick dá para cada um dos seus convidados um pequeno caixão, contendo uma arma. Ele então começa a acionar diversos dispositivos, para amedrontar seus convidados e fazê-los usar suas armas. Porém, por mais estranho que possa parecer, ele não é o mais maquiavélico das pessoas da casa. Esta honra vai para Annabelle Loren (Carol Ohmart), sua mulher, e o Dr. David Trent (Alan Marshal), seu amante.
Garotas, Gatilhos e Gângsters
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Chuck Wheeler gets out of the Pen and sets up an elaborate heist of Vegas casino money travelling by armored truck. He enlists the help of shady club owner Joe Darren and his ex-cellmate's wife, Vi. Vi's husband Mike is a trigger happy and jealous hothead and will not grant her a divorce. Mike escapes from prison right before the armored truck job goes into motion and promises trouble as he tries to locate his associates and his wandering wife.
How to Make a Monster
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When master monster make-up man Pete Dumond is fired by the new bosses of American International studios, he uses his creations to exact revenge.
The Buckskin Lady
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Patricia Medina plays the title character in The Buckskin Lady. Medina is cast as female gambler Angela Medley, who is forced by circumstances to align herself with outlaw Slinger. But Angela has never gotten over her love for honest frontier doctor Bruce Merritt, and at the first opportunity she redeems herself by catching a bullet intended for the doc. Henry Hull delivers the film's most memorable performance as Angela's drunken wretch of a father. Per the title, Buckskin Lady affords the viewer ample opportunity to see Patricia Medina in form-fitting western garb.
I Was a Teenage Werewolf
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A hypnotherapist uses a temperamental teenager as a guinea pig for a serum which transforms him into a vicious werewolf.
Da Ambição ao Crime
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Kathy leaves the newspaper business to marry homicide detective Bill, but is frustrated by his lack of ambition and the banality of life in the suburbs. Her drive to advance Bill's career soon takes her down a dangerous path.
Loucos São Vocês
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Bud and Lou are the owners of the amusement park Kiddieland. Bud, a compulsive gambler, gets in trouble with the mob, and Lou finds himself struggling to keep his adopted children. When Bud is forced to make a shady deal, Lou tries to arrange a deal with the DA, but winds up framed for murder.
Strange Intruder
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A Korean War veteran must find his buddy's widow and children to keep a bizarre promise.
O Assassino Anda Solto
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Um desequilibrado criminoso cuja mulher, acidentalmente foi morta por um detetive da polícia durante sua prisão, pretende vingar-se matando a esposa do policial.
Hold Back Tomorrow
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Suicidal hooker Cleo Moore agrees to spend the night with condemned prisoner John Agar in this Hugo Haas film noir.
Vênus Invade a Terra
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Quando robôs gigantes chegam do espaço e Chicago fica deserta. Um grupo de sobreviventes tentam encontrar maneiras deter a ameaça, uma vez que as forças militares parecem não surtir efeito.