Sam Jaffe Trailers
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Sam Jaffe (March 10, 1891 – March 24, 1984) was an American actor, teacher, musician and engineer. In 1951, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Asphalt Jungle (1950) and appeared in other classic films such as Ben-Hur (1959) and The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951). He may be best remembered for playing the title role in Gunga Din (1939), and the High Lama in Lost Horizon (1937).
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18 November 1959
In 25 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accused by a Roman childhood friend-turned-overlord of trying to kill the Roman governor, he is put into slavery and his mother and sister are taken away as prisoners.
30 September 1958
Townsend Harris is sent by President Pierce to Japan to serve as the first U.S. Consul-General to that country.
05 September 1962
Damon is a thief who begins to question his beliefs after he meets Pythias, a liberal Athenian who believes all men are brothers.
10 October 1957
A doctor at a run-down psychiatric hospital is offered a large sum of money to shelter a new patient.
03 August 1949
Story of a South African diamond mine watched over by a sadistic policeman tasked with looking out for smugglers.
15 January 1947
Bob Sharkey, an instructor of would-be spies for the Allied Office of Strategic Services, becomes suspicious of one of the latest batch of students, Bill O'Connell, who is too good at espionage.
12 October 1953
In New York, a surly, down-on-his-heels playwright meets a country girl who's giving up trying to act and returning home.
30 April 1980
True story of Clarence Gideon's fight to be appointed counsel at the expense of the state. This landmark case led to the Supreme Court's decision which extended this right to all criminal defendants.
24 June 1969
A motley group of phony church leaders attempts to rob a bank controlled by brothers in 1880's Texas.
24 February 1970
A family of doctors that runs a medical clinic finds itself up against a sudden cholera epidemic and other difficulties like a movie star who refuses to cooperate with her treatment.
28 September 1951
An alien and a robot land on Earth after World War II and tell mankind to be peaceful or face destruction.
24 June 1933
A surgeon and an ambulance driver fight racketeers who take over their hospital.
20 March 1968
Leon Alastray is an outlaw who has been given sanctuary by Father John, whom he then escorts to the village of San Sebastian.
01 November 1934
Nekhludoff, a Russian nobleman serving on a jury, discovers that the young girl on trial, Katusha, is someone he once seduced and abandoned and that he himself bears responsibility for reducing her to crime.
03 May 1973
A musical TV special with Vince Edwards as a hero who must stop gold-greedy villains, Jill St. John and Zero Mostel, and prove his love to his girl, Lesley Ann Warren.
03 March 1985
Biography of the legendary filmmaker directed by his son.
11 November 1947
A magazine writer poses as a Jew to expose anti-Semitism.
01 January 1971
A retelling of Edgar Allan's Poe haunting tale.
07 October 1971
Three children evacuated from London during World War II are forced to stay with an eccentric spinster.
06 September 1967
In this exciting jungle adventure the esteemed archaeologist, Dr Singleton, and his daughter, Mary, travel to mystical Africa in search of an ancient artifact: the fabled Blue Stone of Heaven.
25 May 1967
A man gives his friend a series of lessons on how to cheat on one's wife without being caught.
08 September 1980
A young farmer assembles a band of diverse mercenaries to defend his peaceful planet from an evil tyrant.
05 April 1951
A ruthless fashion designer steps on everyone in her way in order to reach the top of her profession.
01 February 1971
An alcoholic drifter decides to run for sheriff in a small town. However, in order to get elected, he must find out who killed a visiting preacher.
12 May 1950
Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran criminals together in the Midwest for a big jewel heist.
11 November 1971
A humble and long-suffering New York waiter finally turns the tables on a regular, insufferable customer who delights in pestering him about the service.
13 October 1970
Emile Pulska is visiting his old friend Abe Stillman. During the visit they are attacked and Emile is struck senseless.
03 March 1937
British diplomat Robert Conway and a small group of civilians crash land in the Himalayas, and are rescued by the people of the mysterious, Eden-like valley of Shangri-la.
24 June 1943
A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of the theater and films appear and host a recreational center for servicemen during the war.
22 February 1951
A convicted racketeer becomes prison trustee when an inmate whom he persuaded to escape is killed.
26 January 1939
British army sergeants Ballantine, Cutter and MacChesney serve in India during the 1880s, along with their native water-bearer, Gunga Din.
07 November 1984
A Border Patrol agent is determined to catch his old nemesis, an American criminal who successfully smuggles illegal aliens across the border from Mexico.
08 November 1969
This anthology telefilm aired on NBC on November 8, 1969, and tells three strange tales: "The Cemetery," directed by Boris Sagal; "Eyes," directed by Steven Spielberg; and "The Escape Route," directed by Barry Shear.
12 January 1949
A prim psychology professor fights to hide a murder she committed in self-defense.
14 January 1970
Dr. Henry Armitage, an expert in the occult, goes to the old Whateley manor in Dunwich looking for Nancy Wagner, a student who went missing the previous night.
31 December 1971
A dog tries to become a canine star with the help of Zsa Zsa Gabor.
07 December 2004
A documentary focusing on the production history and legacy of the adventure-comedy phenomenon, Gunga Din.
09 May 1934
During the 18th century, German noblewoman Sophia Frederica, who would later become Catherine the Great, travels to Moscow to marry the dimwitted Grand Duke Peter, the heir to the Russian throne.
06 September 1984
An artist fails a test and is required to direct traffic in New York City's Holland Tunnel. He winds up falling in love with a beautiful woman, who takes him to the moon on a Lunar Cruiser.
