Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten

May 15, 1905 · 121 years old

Joseph Cheshire Cotten (May 15, 1905 – February 6, 1994) was an American actor of stage and film. Cotten achieved prominence on Broadway, starring in the original productions of The Philadelphia Story and Sabrina Fair. He is associated with Orson Welles, leading to appearances in Citizen Kane (1941)…

Known For

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Citizen Kane

Citizen Kane

1941 · 1h 59m · Movie

Following the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance: 'Rosebud.'

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The Third Man

The Third Man

1949 · 1h 44m · Movie

Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime.

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Soylent Green

Soylent Green

1973 · 1h 37m · Movie

A nightmarish futuristic fantasy about the controlling power of big corporations and an innocent cop who stumbles on the truth.

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Shadow of a Doubt

Shadow of a Doubt

1943 · 1h 48m · Movie

A teenage girl, overjoyed when her uncle comes to visit the family in their quiet California town, slowly begins to suspect that he is the "Merry Widow" killer sought by the authorities.

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Tora! Tora! Tora!

Tora! Tora! Tora!

1970 · 2h 24m · Movie

The story of the 1941 Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor, and the series of preceding American blunders that aggravated its effectiveness.

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Gaslight

Gaslight

1944 · 1h 54m · Movie

Ten years after her aunt was murdered in their London home, a woman returns from Italy in the 1880s to resume residence with her new husband. His obsessive interest in the house rises from a secret that may require driving his wif...

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The Magnificent Ambersons

The Magnificent Ambersons

1942 · 1h 28m · Movie

The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.

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Niagara

Niagara

1953 · 1h 32m · Movie

As two couples are visiting Niagara Falls, tensions between one wife and her husband reach the level of murder.

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F for Fake

F for Fake

1973 · 1h 29m · Movie

A documentary about fraud and fakery.

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Heaven's Gate

Heaven's Gate

1980 · 3h 39m · Movie

During the Johnson County War in 1890 Wyoming, a sheriff born into wealth does his best to protect immigrant farmers from rich cattle interests.

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The Abominable Dr. Phibes

The Abominable Dr. Phibes

1971 · 1h 34m · Movie

Doctor, scientist, organist, and biblical scholar Anton Phibes seeks revenge on the nine doctors he considers responsible for the death of his wife.

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Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte

Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte

1964 · 2h 13m · Movie

An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative.

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Airport '77

Airport '77

1977 · 1h 54m · Movie

Art thieves hijack a 747, hit fog and crash into the ocean, trapping them and the passengers under one hundred feet of water.

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Duel in the Sun

Duel in the Sun

1946 · 2h 9m · Movie

Beautiful, biracial Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself torn between two brothers, one good and the other bad.

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Under Capricorn

Under Capricorn

1949 · 1h 57m · Movie

A young gentleman goes to Australia where he reunites with his now married childhood sweetheart, only to find out she has become an alcoholic and harbors dark secrets.

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Since You Went Away

Since You Went Away

1944 · 2h 57m · Movie

With her husband away to fight in World War II, a housewife must care for their two daughters alone.

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Journey Into Fear

Journey Into Fear

1943 · 1h 8m · Movie

An American ballistics expert in Turkey finds himself targeted by German agents. Safe passage home by ship is arranged for him, but he soon discovers that his pursuers are also on board.

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Baron Blood

Baron Blood

1972 · 1h 30m · Movie

A young man, visiting the castle of a murderous ancestor in Austria, accidentally brings his dead relative back to life - searching for new victims.

5.9
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Twilight's Last Gleaming

Twilight's Last Gleaming

1977 · 2h 26m · Movie

An imprisoned rogue USAF general with a secret personal agenda, escapes the brig and takes over an ICBM silo, threatening to start WW3.

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Petulia

Petulia

1968 · 1h 45m · Movie

An unhappily married socialite finds solace in the company of a recently divorced doctor.

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The Farmer's Daughter

The Farmer's Daughter

1947 · 1h 37m · Movie

After leaving her family's farm to study nursing in the city, a young woman finds herself on an unexpected path towards politics.

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I'll Be Seeing You

I'll Be Seeing You

1944 · 1h 25m · Movie

A soldier suffering from combat fatigue meets a young woman on Christmas furlough from prison and their mutual loneliness blossoms into romance.

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Lady Frankenstein

Lady Frankenstein

1971 · 1h 39m · Movie

Baron Frankenstein's daughter and his assistant/her lover continue his experiments in an attempt to rebuild his legacy after he is killed by his psychotic, murderous first monster.

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The Island of the Fishmen

The Island of the Fishmen

1979 · 1h 21m · Movie

Aquatic creatures threaten the existence of a mysterious island.

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Love Letters

Love Letters

1945 · 1h 41m · Movie

Allen Quinton writes a fellow soldier's love letters; tragedy results. Later, Allen meets a beautiful amnesiac who fears postmen...

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The Survivor

The Survivor

1981 · 1h 27m · Movie

When an airline pilot survives a crash that kills all 300 passengers, he works with a psychic and a priest to find the culprit behind the incident and pacify the souls of the victims.

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Two Flags West

Two Flags West

1950 · 1h 32m · Movie

Forced by circumstances,Confederate POWs and Union soldiers join forces against Indians but old animosities resurface during their fragile alliance.

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Latitude Zero

Latitude Zero

1969 · 1h 29m · Movie

A journalist is saved by a giant submarine captained by a 200-year-old man who takes him to an underwater paradise city where no one ages. That's when monsters and mutants sent by the captain's rival, a 200-year-old scientist, att...

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The Screaming Woman

The Screaming Woman

1972 · 1h 13m · Movie

A wealthy former mental patient goes home to her estate to rest and recuperate. While walking the grounds one day she hears the screams of a woman coming from underneath the ground who has been buried alive. Her family, however, r...

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Syndicate Sadists

Syndicate Sadists

1975 · 1h 33m · Movie

After his friend is killed as a result of a war between two crime families, a biker vows to destroy the families and rescue a boy they have kidnapped.

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The Money Trap

The Money Trap

1965 · 1h 31m · Movie

When half-a-million dollars disappears from a doctor office's safe, the cops assigned to the burglary case, Joe and Pete, decide to find the money and keep it for themselves.

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The Great Sioux Massacre

The Great Sioux Massacre

1965 · 1h 31m · Movie

A somewhat different take on Custer's motivation that changed him from a defender of Native-American rights into a politically-driven, headline-seeker chastiser of the Sioux during the 1870s.

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Concorde Affaire '79

Concorde Affaire '79

1979 · 1h 36m · Movie

A reporter tries to stop the crash of an aircraft after uncovering an airline's plot to save their business by sabotaging Concorde flights and have them decommissioned.

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Delusion

Delusion

1981 · 1h 31m · Movie

A nurse goes to a house to care for a crippled old man. Then people in the house start being murdered.

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