Angelo Rossitto

Angelo Rossitto

Angelo Salvatore Rossitto (February 18, 1908 – September 21, 1991) was an American actor and voice artist. He had dwarfism and was 2'11" (89 cm) tall, and was often billed as Little Angie or Moe. Angelo first appeared in silent films opposite Lon Chaney and John Barrymore. On-screen, he portrayed everything from dwarfs, midgets, gnomes, and pygmies as well as monsters, villains, and aliens, with appearances in more than 70 films. Rossitto was born in Omaha, Nebraska to Salvatore Rossitto and Carmela Caniglia, both born in Carlentini, Province of Siracusa, Sicily, Italy, and had a sister, Josephine Rossitto. He was discovered by John Barrymore and made his screen debut opposite Barrymore in The Beloved Rogue (1927). That same year he appeared in Warner Brother's Old San Francisco. He appeared in the controversial 1932 film Freaks directed by Tod Browning, and another controversial film, 1938's Child Bride. During the 1940s, he appeared in several poverty row movies starring Bela Lugosi. He appeared frequently in television series and mini-series, particularly best known for the police drama Baretta, and his later film roles included appearances in Alex in Wonderland (1970), Brain of Blood (1971), Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971), Little Cigars (1973), and Fairy Tales (1978). His last major role was as "Master" opposite Mel Gibson in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985). Rossitto appears alongside singer/songwriter Tom Waits and Lee Kolima on the cover art of Waits' 1983 album Swordfishtrombones, which pays homage to his performance in Freaks. He also appears on the cover of Bob Dylan's album The Basement Tapes.

  • Title: Angelo Rossitto
  • Popularity: 5.715
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1908-02-18
  • Place of Birth: Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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  • Also Known As: Angelo Salvatore Rossitto, Little Angie, Moe
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Angelo Rossitto Movies

  • 1970
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    Pufnstuf

    Pufnstuf

    6.1 1970 HD

    Jimmy (Jack Wild) ventures to Living Island with his magical, talking flute, Freddy. Once there, he befriends many of the island's inhabitants, but...

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  • 1973
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    The Stone Killer

    The Stone Killer

    6.187 1973 HD

    A Los Angeles detective is sent to New York where he must solve a case involving an old Sicilian Mafia family feud.

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  • 1953
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    Mesa of Lost Women

    Mesa of Lost Women

    2.4 1953 HD

    A mad scientist, Dr. Aranya (Jackie Coogan), has created giant spiders in his Mexican lab in Zarpa Mesa to create a race of superwomen by injecting...

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  • 1947
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    Scared to Death

    Scared to Death

    4.2 1947 HD

    A woman is married to the son of a doctor, the proprietor of a private sanatorium, where she is under unwilling treatment. Both the son and the...

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  • 1942
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    The Corpse Vanishes

    The Corpse Vanishes

    4.2 1942 HD

    A scientist keeps his wife young by killing, stealing the bodies of, and taking the gland fluid from virgin brides.

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  • 1929
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    Seven Footprints to Satan

    Seven Footprints to Satan

    6 1929 HD

    A young man of society wants to make an expedition to Africa, but his fiancée asks him for help about one of her fathers guests shortly before...

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  • 1985
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    Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

    Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

    6.225 1985 HD

    Mad Max becomes a pawn in a decadent oasis of a technological society, and when exiled, becomes the deliverer of a colony of children.

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  • 1978
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    Fairy Tales

    Fairy Tales

    6.2 1978 HD

    On his twenty-first birthday, the Prince goes on a quest that takes him across the land searching for the one woman that gets him sexually excited,...

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  • 1971
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    Brain of Blood

    Brain of Blood

    2.7 1971 HD

    Amir, the benevolent ruler of Kalid, is dying, but there is hope. Freshly deceased, he is flown to the United States where Dr. Trenton transplants...

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  • 1941
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    Spooks Run Wild

    Spooks Run Wild

    4.8 1941 HD

    A group of delinquents on their way to summer camp get stuck in a haunted house.

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  • 1981
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    Smokey Bites the Dust

    Smokey Bites the Dust

    2.5 1981 HD

    Follows the rivalry between a small-town Southern sheriff and a small-town delinquent who steals cars and then destroys them with the sheriff’s...

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  • 1962
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    Confessions of an Opium Eater

    Confessions of an Opium Eater

    5.6 1962 HD

    Vincent Price stars in this early '60s adaptation of Thomas De Quincey's thriller about an opium addict trying to solve a mystery in San Francisco's...

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  • 1986
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    Horrible Horror

    Horrible Horror

    7 1986 HD

    A collection of trailers and previews from various low-budget horror films of the '50s and '60s.

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  • 1938
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    Child Bride

    Child Bride

    4.5 1938 HD

    Jennie is a twelve-year-old girl living with her parents in extremely rural mountain country. Her schoolteacher, Miss Carol, though a mountain girl...

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  • 1959
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    The Wild and the Innocent

    The Wild and the Innocent

    6.3 1959 HD

    Charming tale of mountaineer-trapper Murphy's first taste "big city" life with young, sweet Sandra Dee in tow. She flees her family, which tried to...

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  • 1991
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    Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

    Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

    10 1991 HD

    A history of the famous vampire of books and movies, using film clips, previews and other methods.

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  • 1971
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    Mongo's Back in Town

    Mongo's Back in Town

    4.8 1971 HD

    Professional killer is hired by his brother, a gang boss, to wipe out a rival gangster.

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  • 1933
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    Carnival Lady

    Carnival Lady

    5 1933 HD

    When his bank fails, a young man loses not only all his money but his fiancée, deserts him, too. Depressed, he joins a circus.

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  • 1950
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    The Bandit Queen

    The Bandit Queen

    5 1950 HD

    Zara Montalve, half Spanish and half America, returns to her native California in time to see her parents murdered for their hacienda and gold by...

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  • 1927
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    The Beloved Rogue

    The Beloved Rogue

    7 1927 HD

    François Villon, in his lifetime the most renowned poet in France, is also a prankster, an occasional criminal, and an ardent patriot.

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  • 1962
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    The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

    The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

    5.8 1962 HD

    The Grimm brothers Wilhelm and Jacob, known for their literary works in the nineteenth century, have their lives dramatized. Wilhelm fights to write...

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  • 1927
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    Old San Francisco

    Old San Francisco

    5.7 1927 HD

    In San Francisco, a villainous landowner with underworld connections seeks to steal the property of an old Spanish family.

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  • 1962
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    Requiem for a Heavyweight

    Requiem for a Heavyweight

    7.193 1962 HD

    Mountain Rivera is a veteran heavyweight and near-champion who suddenly finds himself washed up in the only trade he knows—prizefighting. Yet,...

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  • 1972
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    The Other

    The Other

    6.514 1972 HD

    A series of gruesome accidents plague a small American farming community in the summer of 1935, encircling two identical twin brothers and their...

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  • 1928
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    While the City Sleeps

    While the City Sleeps

    5.9 1928 HD

    A tough New York cop is determined to bring down a crook who has always managed to provide an alibi for the crimes he's been accused of, even though...

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  • 1971
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    Dracula vs. Frankenstein

    Dracula vs. Frankenstein

    4.6 1971 HD

    Dracula conspires with a mad doctor to resurrect the Frankenstein Monster.

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  • 1957
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    Invasion of the Saucer-Men

    Invasion of the Saucer-Men

    4.8 1957 HD

    A teenage couple making out in the woods accidentally runs over an alien creature with their car. The creature's hand falls off, but it comes alive,...

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  • 1930
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    The Big House

    The Big House

    6.634 1930 HD

    Convicted of manslaughter for a drunken driving accident, Kent Marlowe is sent to prison, where he meets vicious incarcerated figures who are...

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  • 1939
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    The Wizard of Oz

    The Wizard of Oz

    7.586 1939 HD

    Young Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow...

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  • 1939
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    Mr. Wong in Chinatown

    Mr. Wong in Chinatown

    5.4 1939 HD

    A pretty Chinese woman, seeking help from San Francisco detective James Lee Wong, is killed by a poisoned dart in his front hall, having time only to...

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  • 1975
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    I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now?

    I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now?

    3.2 1975 HD

    Oliver is in trouble. He's been caught embezzling money from his father's company, and unless he can pay back the $250,000 he took (which he can't),...

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  • 1958
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    The Adventures of Super Pup

    The Adventures of Super Pup

    3 1958 HD

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  • 1985
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    The Making of 'Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome'

    The Making of 'Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome'

    6.3 1985 HD

    Follows the cast and crew of Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome filming in the heat and dust of central Australia.

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  • 1940
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    Doomed to Die

    Doomed to Die

    5.8 1940 HD

    Shipping magnate Cyrus Wentworth, downcast over a disaster to his ocean liner 'Wentworth Castle' (carrying, oddly enough, an illicit shipment of...

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  • 1980
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    Galaxina

    Galaxina

    3.985 1980 HD

    Galaxina is a lifelike, voluptuous android who is assigned to oversee the operations of an intergalactic Space Police cruiser captained by...

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  • 1973
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    Little Cigars

    Little Cigars

    5.2 1973 HD

    A gangster's former mistress hooks up with a troupe of circus midgets who, as a sideline, rob banks and casinos.

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  • 1983
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    Something Wicked This Way Comes

    Something Wicked This Way Comes

    6.4 1983 HD

    In a small American town, a diabolical circus arrives, granting wishes for the townsfolk, but twisted as only the esteemed Mr. Dark can make them....

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  • 1962
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    The Magic Sword

    The Magic Sword

    4.1 1962 HD

    The son of a sorceress, armed with weapons, armour and six magically summoned knights, goes on a quest to save a princess from a vengeful wizard.

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  • 1973
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    The Clones

    The Clones

    3.8 1973 HD

    A scientist discovers a plot to clone other scientists so the government can control the weather.

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  • 1929
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    One Stolen Night

    One Stolen Night

    1 1929 HD

    When his ne'er-do-well brother embezzles the commissary funds of their cavalry unit stationed in the Sudan, a British soldier takes the blame for...

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  • 1975
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    The Master Gunfighter

    The Master Gunfighter

    4.5 1975 HD

    Don Santiago (Richard Angarola) is a vicious man who helps provoke an Indian massacre that will allow him to steal the Indians' land and claim it as...

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  • 1987
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    From a Whisper to a Scream

    From a Whisper to a Scream

    5.795 1987 HD

    The uncle of an executed murderess relates four stories of his hometown, Oldfield, to a reporter. In the first, an elderly man pursues a romance with...

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  • 1955
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    Dementia

    Dementia

    6.7 1955 HD

    In a shadowy world stitched from nightmares, a young woman's harrowing journey in a seedy hotel unveils her traumatic past. Haunted by violence and...

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  • 1979
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    The Dark

    The Dark

    4.5 1979 HD

    At night the Mangler stalks the streets of Los Angeles, killing and mutilating random victims. On the trail are a TV reporter, the father of one of...

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  • 1943
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    The Spider Woman

    The Spider Woman

    6.866 1943 HD

    Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of so-called "pajama suicides". He knows the female villain behind them is as cunning as Moriarty and as...

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  • 2018
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    The Other Side of the Wind

    The Other Side of the Wind

    6.7 2018 HD

    Surrounded by fans and skeptics, grizzled director J.J. "Jake" Hannaford returns from years abroad in Europe to a changed Hollywood, where he...

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  • 1952
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    The Greatest Show on Earth

    The Greatest Show on Earth

    6.31 1952 HD

    To ensure a full profitable season, circus manager Brad Braden engages The Great Sebastian, though this moves his girlfriend Holly from her hard-won...

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  • 1941
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    Hellzapoppin'

    Hellzapoppin'

    7.1 1941 HD

    Olsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring together a young couple in love, while breaking the...

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  • 1932
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    Freaks

    Freaks

    7.8 1932 HD

    A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for...

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  • 1967
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    Doctor Dolittle

    Doctor Dolittle

    6.1 1967 HD

    A veterinarian who can communicate with animals travels abroad to search for a giant sea snail.

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  • 1970
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    Alex in Wonderland

    Alex in Wonderland

    5.6 1970 HD

    Bohemian Alex Morrison has just finished directing his first feature length movie. In its previews, the movie is considered a critical, artistic and...

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  • 1942
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    Reunion in France

    Reunion in France

    6.6 1942 HD

    Frenchwoman Michele de la Becque, an opponent of the Nazis in German-occupied Paris, hides a downed American flyer, Pat Talbot, and attempts to get...

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  • 1950
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    The Baron of Arizona

    The Baron of Arizona

    6.7 1950 HD

    The U.S. government recognizes land grants made when the West was under Spanish rule. This inspires James Reavis to forge a chain of historical...

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  • 1957
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    The Story of Mankind

    The Story of Mankind

    4.636 1957 HD

    The devil and the spirit of mankind argue as to whether or not humanity is ultimately good or evil.

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  • 1961
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    Pocketful of Miracles

    Pocketful of Miracles

    7.3 1961 HD

    A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when the peddler learns her daughter is marrying...

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  • 1980
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    Galaxina

    Galaxina

    3.985 1980 HD

    Galaxina is a lifelike, voluptuous android who is assigned to oversee the operations of an intergalactic Space Police cruiser captained by...

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  • 1977
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    Help Woodsy Spread the Word

    Help Woodsy Spread the Word

    1 1977 HD

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  • 1934
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    Babes in Toyland

    Babes in Toyland

    6.383 1934 HD

    Ollie Dee and Stannie Dum try to borrow money from their employer, the toymaker, to pay off the mortgage on Mother Peep's shoe and keep it and Little...

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  • 1967
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    The Trip

    The Trip

    5.717 1967 HD

    After his wife leaves him, a disillusioned director dives into the drug scene, trying anything his friend suggests.

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  • 1967
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    The Perils of Pauline

    The Perils of Pauline

    4.3 1967 HD

    Pauline becomes involved in a series of adventures around the world and is aided by her ever present friend, George.

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  • 1977
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    The Incredible Hulk

    The Incredible Hulk

    7.203 1977 HD

    During an experiment gone bad, radiation turns a scientist into a raging green behemoth whenever he becomes agitated. Unable to control his...

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  • 1971
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    Lidsville

    Lidsville

    5 1971 HD

    Lidsville is Sid and Marty Krofft's third television show following H.R. Pufnstuf and The Bugaloos. As did its predecessors, the series combined two...

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  • 1975
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    Baretta

    Baretta

    6.4 1975 HD

    Baretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. The show was a milder version of a successful 1973–74...

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  • 1977
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    The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

    The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

    7 1977 HD

    The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries is a television series which aired for three seasons on ABC. The series starred Parker Stevenson and Shaun...

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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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  • 1969
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    H.R. Pufnstuf

    H.R. Pufnstuf

    7.2 1969 HD

    H.R. Pufnstuf is a children's television series produced by Sid and Marty Krofft in the United States. It was the first Krofft live-action, life-size...

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  • 1985
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    Amazing Stories

    Amazing Stories

    7.472 1985 HD

    A truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and endearing anthology series presented by Steven Spielberg...

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  • 1987
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    Star Trek: The Next Generation

    Star Trek: The Next Generation

    8.362 1987 HD

    Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new...

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  • 1978
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    Jason of Star Command

    Jason of Star Command

    5.7 1978 HD

    Jason of Star Command is a live action television series by Filmation which ran between 1978 and 1981. The show revolved around the exploits of space...

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  • 1974
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    The Rockford Files

    The Rockford Files

    7.514 1974 HD

    Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con sent to the slammer for a crime he didn't commit,...

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  • 1972
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    Kung Fu

    Kung Fu

    7.6 1972 HD

    The adventures of a Shaolin Monk as he wanders the American West armed only with his skill in Kung Fu.

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  • 1966
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    T.H.E. Cat

    T.H.E. Cat

    8 1966 HD

    T.H.E. Cat is an American action drama that aired during the 1966-1967 television season on NBC, co-sponsored by R.J. Reynolds and Lever Brothers....

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  • 1965
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    Branded

    Branded

    6.4 1965 HD

    Branded is an American Western series which aired on NBC from 1965 through 1966, sponsored by Procter & Gamble in its Sunday night 8:30 p.m. Eastern...

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  • 1964
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    The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

    The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

    7.133 1964 HD

    Agents Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin work for a secret intelligence service working under the auspices of the U.N. Their immediate superior is...

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  • 1959
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    The Rebel

    The Rebel

    5.3 1959 HD

    The Rebel is a 76-episode American western television series starring Nick Adams that debuted on the ABC network from 1959 to 1961. The Rebel was one...

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  • 1975
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    Starsky & Hutch

    Starsky & Hutch

    7.2 1975 HD

    Streetwise Detective David Starsky partners up with a more intellectual partner, Kenneth 'Hutch' Hutchinson, to protect citizens and patrol the...

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  • 1973
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    The Snoop Sisters

    The Snoop Sisters

    7.2 1973 HD

    Two elderly mystery novelists solve real crimes.

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