Jack Arnold
Nascimento : 1916-10-14, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Morte : 1992-03-17
História
Jack Arnold (October 14, 1912 – March 17, 1992) was an American television and film director, best known as one of the leading filmmakers of 1950's science fiction films.
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From footage filmed in 1983, this documentary presents an interview with director Jack Arnold and his reminiscences of the making of the 1957 film THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN.
Man with Dog
Um marido, Ed Okin (Jeff Goldblum), que não consegue dormir enfrenta problemas conjugais e acha o emprego monótono. Ao dirigir através de Los Angeles ele socorre Diana (Michelle Pfeiffer), que está sendo perseguida por quatro iranianos que desejam 6 esmeraldas de valor inestimável.
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The story of the life and times of the legendary Hollywood blonde bombshell, Marilyn Monroe, from her meteoric rise to stardom to her marriages and untimely death.
Director
A suburban housewife writes a novel based on her neighbors' sex lives. It becomes a runaway best seller, but causes no end of trouble in her marriage and her relationships with her neighbors.
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A Swiss bank discovers some of its clients are becoming the victim of a brilliant blackmailer. The bank's president contacts David Christopher, a former agent with the U.S. Treasury, to help discover who the blackmailer is and to foil his plot. As Christopher delves into the mystery, he uncovers a complicated web of intrigue, car chases, and shoot-outs that takes all of his wits to unravel.
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This comical western chronicles the silly adventures of a bumbling wagonmaster and his clutzy assistant as they attempt to take seven passengers across the prairie. Among the passengers are two wealthy Bostonians, an aspiring showgirl, a teacher, and bachelor. The story is adapted from Dusty's Trail, a television sitcom.
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Two black bounty hunters ride into a small town out West in pursuit of an outlaw. They discover that the town has no sheriff, and soon take over that position, much against the will of the mostly white townsfolk.
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Two black bounty hunters ride into a small town out West in pursuit of an outlaw. They discover that the town has no sheriff, and soon take over that position, much against the will of the mostly white townsfolk.
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Young daughter of High ranking political figure gets into trouble when she and her friends compete at bedding the foreign diplomats.
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An ex-police officer operating a private detective business comes face to face with a syndicate-backed dope ring.
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Given the chance to live in a simulated underwater home for a month, a scientist convinces his family to take advantage of the offer. Once the family agrees to move in, underwater mayhem occurs!
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This public service short for U.S. Savings Bonds starts out with Rowan and Martin arriving at a TV studio, ostensibly to host a show. It turns out that trumpet player Herb Alpert is the only other performer listed in the credits who is actually there in person. The others appear in clips, some from their own U.S. Savings Bonds spots, others from unidentified movie or TV appearances. Singer Barbara McNair is shown entertaining U.S. troops in Viet Nam, and the youth group The Young Americans also sings.
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A college student (James Darren) drops out to build a race car and falls for his buddy's (Doug McClure) sister (Pamela Tiffin).
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Bob Hope becomes surrogate father to a baby found abandoned at the United Nations. Director Jack Arnold's 1964 comedy also stars Yvonne De Carlo, Robert Sterling, John McGiver and Lilo Pulver.
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A. J. Niles is the author of a series of 'Bachelor Books'. These books describe the romantic life of a bachelor in various cities of the world. But when he runs into trouble with the I.R.S. for back taxes, he needs to write another book fast, to pay them. His publisher decides a book about life in the American suburbs would be a hit and settles him into Paradise Village. One bachelor plus lonely housewives equals many angry husbands.
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O ducado de Grand Fenwick decide que a única maneira de se livrar de seus problemas econômicos é declarar guerra aos Estados Unidos, perder e aceitar a ajuda estrangeira. Eles enviam uma força de invasão a Nova York (armados com arcos e flechas), que chega durante um exercício nuclear que deixou as ruas desertas. Vagando pelas ruas desertas em busca de encontrar alguém para se renderem, eles descobrem um cientista com uma arma moderníssima que pode destruir a Terra. Quando eles capturam o cientista e sua bomba eles ficam diante de uma nova possibilidade: O que você faz quando você ganha uma guerra?
Producer
O famoso pistoleiro John Gant aparece em uma pacata cidade do estado de Arizona e se recusa a sair até finalizar sua missão. Sua mera presença aterroriza os moradores da cidade. O médico defende o pistoleiro, mas os outros não o recebem tão bem.
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O famoso pistoleiro John Gant aparece em uma pacata cidade do estado de Arizona e se recusa a sair até finalizar sua missão. Sua mera presença aterroriza os moradores da cidade. O médico defende o pistoleiro, mas os outros não o recebem tão bem.
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A college paleontology professor acquires a newly discovered specimen of a coelecanth, but while examining it, he is accidentally exposed to its blood, and finds himself periodically turning into a murderous Neanderthal man.
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A glowing brain-like creature arrives on a beach near a rocket test site via a teleportation beam. The alien communicates telepathically with the children of scientists. The kids start doing the alien's bidding as the adults try to find out what's happening to their unruly offspring.
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A tough kid comes to a new high school and begins muscling his way into the drug scene. This is a typical morality play of the era, filled with a naive view of drugs, nihilistic beat poetry, and some incredible '50s slang.
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Change of pace comedy casts Lana Turner and Jeff Chandler as competing pilots who fall in love.
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Na cidade rural de Spurline, Virgil Renchler (Orson Welles) é o poderoso dono da fazenda "Golden Empire". Uma noite, um trabalhador rural é espacando até à morte por empregados de Renchler. Quando o novo xerife Ben Sadler (Jeff Chandler) chega à cidade, descobre que será mais dificil do que se imagina, investigar esse crime.
Story
Rocks from a meteor which grow when in contact with water threaten a sleepy Southwestern desert community.
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After a wild night, wealthy Michael Reston's adulterous wife Charleen comes home with her ripe young body barely concealed by a dress in rags; murder results. Top defense lawyer J.G. Blane, whose own marriage exists in name only, arrives in Desert View, Nevada to find the townsfolk and politically powerful Sheriff Hoak distinctly hostile to the Restons. In due course, Blane discovers he's been "taken for a ride," and that quiet desert communities can be deadly...
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Scott Carey começa a diminuir de tamanho sem uma explicação aparente e tem de aprender a lidar com esta situação absurda. É considerado um clássico da ficção científica.
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A government agent's son wins respect and love when he challenges counterfeiters.
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When his life is saved in a shootout by a fellow gunman whose life he in turn had saved, Alex Longmire promises to give up his way of life. Riding into town he finds the only job available is deputy to sheriff Jade Murphy, an honest man caught between small farmers and a local cattle baron. And he has a pretty daughter. So Longmire decides to stay and see if he can use his expertise with firearms for good.
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A lone-wolf scientist sequestered in a mansion near a small desert town arouses the suspicion of the town's doctor when his lab assistant is found dead from a case of acromegaly which took only four days to develop. As the doctor investigates, aided by the scientist's new, and very female, assistant, they discover that, far worse, something much larger and hungrier than it ever should be, is devouring local cattle - and humans - in increasingly large quantities.
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Um grupo de cientistas encontrou na Amazônia um ser anfíbio, meio homem, meio peixe. A criatura fora baleada e deda como morta, mas agora se descobre que ele sobreviveu. Feito prisioneira, ela foi levada para um laboratório na Flórida. Após várias tentativas de humaniza-la ou até mesmo domesticá-la, a criatura sai de controle. Escapa do laboratório e tenta chegar ao mar, mas começa sofrer uma intensa perseguição.
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Jeff Carr, investigador especial, chega a Tomahawk. Sua missão é descobrir que é o responsável por uma série de assassinatos que está aterrorizando a cidade. O vaqueiro Alec Black é o suspeito apontado pela população local, mas não demora muito para Jeff chegar a conclusão de que ele é inocente. E agora quem será o assassino?
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Na Amazônia brasileira, o pesquisador Carl Maia fotografa o que parece ser a nadadeira de um anfíbio possivelmente extinto. Carl viaja para mostrar sua descoberta e obter apoio financeiro, mas ao retornar com outros pesquisadores, descobre que dois funcionários deles foram mortos. Eles rumam para a Lagoa Negra, onde acham uma misteriosa criatura anfíbia, que pode ser o elo perdido entre duas espécies - uma aquática e outra terrestre.
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The ice-cold diva Paula ruthlessly exploits the guys she dates. While blackmailing the married Don with a recent one-night-stand, she has a secret affair with Henry, who works as researcher for the weekly authentic TV show "Crime of the Week", which Don writes for. When Henry fails to help her to a role, she insults him deadly... and ends up dead herself. Now Don desperately tries to hide his traces, but Henry sabotages his efforts and suggests he write the unsolved murder case for next week's show...
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Um casal de noivos, o astrônomo John Putnan (Richard Carlson) e a professora Ellen Fields (Barbara Rush), testemunham a queda de um meteoro no deserto do Arizona, chocando-se violentamente contra o solo nas redondezas da pequena cidade de San Rock. Ao investigar de perto o misterioso objeto que veio do espaço, o homem descobre que se trata na verdade de uma nave extraterrestre, que fica soterrada após um desmoronamento de pedras na cratera formada por sua queda.
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Juvenile delinquents (Joyce Holden, Glenda Farrell, Harvey Lembeck) trap a neighborhood hoodlum in New York.
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Produced by the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, the film used actors to recreate the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire and compare working conditions of the early 20th century to that of the 1950s.
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Produced by the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, the film used actors to recreate the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire and compare working conditions of the early 20th century to that of the 1950s.
Communist Agitator (uncredited)
Produced by the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, the film used actors to recreate the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire and compare working conditions of the early 20th century to that of the 1950s.
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Advances in chicken and egg farming.
