Brian Trenchard-Smith

Brian Trenchard-Smith

Brian Trenchard-Smith is an Anglo Australian film and television director, producer, and writer, with a reputation for large scale movies on small scale budgets, many of which display a quirky sense of humor that has earned him a cult following. Quentin Tarantino referred to him in Entertainment Weekly as one of his favorite directors. His early work is featured in Not Quite Hollywood, an award winning documentary released by Magnolia. Among his early successes were the 20th Century Fox release The Man from Hong Kong, a wry James Bond/Chop Sockey cocktail, the Vietnam battle movie Siege of Firebase Gloria, and the futuristic satire Dead End Drive-In, a particular Tarantino favorite. BMX Bandits, showcasing a 15-year old Nicole Kidman, and Miramax's The Quest, starring ET's Henry Thomas, won prizes at children's film festivals in Montreal and Europe. He has also directed 35 episodes of television series as diverse as Silk Stalkings, Time Trax, The Others, and Flipper. Born in England, where his Australian father was in the RAF, Trenchard-Smith attended UK's prestigious Wellington College, where he neglected studies in favor of acting and making short films, before migrating to Australia. He started as a news film editor, then graduated to network promos before he became one of a group of young people that, as he recalls, "pushed, shoved, lobbied and bullied the government into introducing investment for Australian made films." He persuaded Australia's largest distribution-exhibition circuit at the time, the Greater Union Theater Organization, to form an in-house production company that he would run. The company made three successful films in a row, and his career was underway. In parallel careers, he was also founding editor of Australia's quarterly Movie magazine for 6 years, and has made over 100 trailers for other directors in Australia, Europe, and America. Among his 39 movies, 5 were commissioned by Showtime, including the remake of the World War II classic, Sahara, the highly rated, Happy Face Murders, starring Ann-Margret, and DC 9/11: Time of Crisis, with Timothy Bottoms as President Bush. His frequently repeated family drama for Lifetime, Long Lost Son starring Gabrielle Anwar, introduced future Gossip Girl's Chace Crawford to audiences in the title role." I knew from his first scene, he was going to be hot." In 2009, Trenchard-Smith shot Porky's - The College Years, a re-imagining of the famous 80's franchise of teen comedies. His recent ecological thriller Arctic Blast, starring Michael Shanks, was chosen to premiere at the 2010 Possible Worlds Canadian Film Festival in Sydney. Trenchard-Smith writes for filmindustrybloggers.com as The Genre Director, and is a contributing guru to trailersfromhell.com. He is married to Byzantine historian Dr. Margaret Trenchard-Smith, lives in Los Angeles, and is a member of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.

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Brian Trenchard-Smith Movies

  • 1976
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    Deathcheaters

    Deathcheaters

    5.8 1976 HD

    Two best friends, Vietnam War veterans-turned-stuntmen, are sent as spies to the Philippines on a top secret mission for the Australian government.

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  • 2023
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    Thanatomania

    Thanatomania

    1 2023 HD

    The film's 'hero' likes scary movies, has obsessive fantasies about death and murder, and has a slightly disturbing fascination with serial killers.

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  • 2025
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    Game of Death: The Six Doors to Hell

    Game of Death: The Six Doors to Hell

    1 2025 HD

    Upcoming movie by Timo Rose

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  • 2010
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    Machete Maidens Unleashed!

    Machete Maidens Unleashed!

    6.8 2010 HD

    In the final decades of the 20th century, the Philippines was a country where low-budget exploitation-film producers were free to make nearly any...

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  • 2008
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    Not Quite Hollywood

    Not Quite Hollywood

    6.8 2008 HD

    As Australian cinema broke through to international audiences in the 1970s through respected art house films like Peter Weir's "Picnic At Hanging...

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  • 2019
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    Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

    Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

    6.8 2019 HD

    The fantastic story of how an ancient martial art, Chinese kung fu, conquered the world through the hundreds of films that were produced in Hong Kong...

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  • 1975
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    The Man from Hong Kong

    The Man from Hong Kong

    6.7 1975 HD

    Australian authorities arrest a man believed to be connected to the Sydney criminal underworld and send for Inspector Fang Sing Leng from Hong Kong...

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  • 2020
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    Tales of the Uncanny

    Tales of the Uncanny

    7.1 2020 HD

    A detailed look at the history of horror anthology films.

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  • 1975
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    The Man from Hong Kong

    The Man from Hong Kong

    6.7 1975 HD

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  • 2007
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    Aztec Rex

    Aztec Rex

    4.4 2007 HD

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  • 1986
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    Frog Dreaming

    Frog Dreaming

    5.6 1986 HD

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  • 1994
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    Night of the Demons 2

    Night of the Demons 2

    6.187 1994 HD

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  • 1989
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    The Siege of Firebase Gloria

    The Siege of Firebase Gloria

    5.5 1989 HD

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  • 1978
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    Stunt Rock

    Stunt Rock

    5.3 1978 HD

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  • 1978
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    Stunt Rock

    Stunt Rock

    5.3 1978 HD

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  • 2005
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    Tides of War

    Tides of War

    4.3 2005 HD

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  • 2009
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    Malibu Shark Attack

    Malibu Shark Attack

    4.2 2009 HD

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  • 2010
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    Arctic Blast

    Arctic Blast

    5.6 2010 HD

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  • 1995
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    Sahara

    Sahara

    6.294 1995 HD

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  • 1983
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    BMX Bandits

    BMX Bandits

    5.5 1983 HD

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  • 1986
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    Dead End Drive-In

    Dead End Drive-In

    5.5 1986 HD

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  • 1982
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    Turkey Shoot

    Turkey Shoot

    5.4 1982 HD

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  • 1995
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    Leprechaun 3

    Leprechaun 3

    5.9 1995 HD

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  • 1988
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    Day of the Panther

    Day of the Panther

    3.8 1988 HD

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  • 1999
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    Happy Face Murders

    Happy Face Murders

    4.8 1999 HD

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  • 2009
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    Porky's: Pimpin' Pee Wee

    Porky's: Pimpin' Pee Wee

    4.3 2009 HD

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  • 2006
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    In Her Line of Fire

    In Her Line of Fire

    4 2006 HD

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  • 1987
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    Dangerfreaks

    Dangerfreaks

    6 1987 HD

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  • 1987
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    Dangerfreaks

    Dangerfreaks

    6 1987 HD

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  • 1976
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    Deathcheaters

    Deathcheaters

    5.8 1976 HD

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  • 2000
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    Britannic

    Britannic

    6.8 2000 HD

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  • 1978
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    Hospitals Don't Burn Down

    Hospitals Don't Burn Down

    7 1978 HD

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  • 2003
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    The Paradise Virus

    The Paradise Virus

    4.4 2003 HD

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  • 1998
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    Atomic Dog

    Atomic Dog

    3.2 1998 HD

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  • 2002
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    Seconds to Spare

    Seconds to Spare

    4.8 2002 HD

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  • 2002
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    Seconds to Spare

    Seconds to Spare

    4.8 2002 HD

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  • 1992
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    Resistance

    Resistance

    5 1992 HD

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  • 2011
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    The Cabin

    The Cabin

    6.2 2011 HD

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  • 1996
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    Escape Clause

    Escape Clause

    4.6 1996 HD

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  • 1975
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    The Love Epidemic

    The Love Epidemic

    3.7 1975 HD

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  • 2002
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    Sightings: Heartland Ghost

    Sightings: Heartland Ghost

    4.8 2002 HD

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  • 1993
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    Official Denial

    Official Denial

    4.4 1993 HD

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  • 1988
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    Out of the Body

    Out of the Body

    4 1988 HD

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  • 1980
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    That Dangerous Summer

    That Dangerous Summer

    1 1980 HD

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  • 1989
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    Strike of the Panther

    Strike of the Panther

    4.4 1989 HD

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  • 2003
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    DC 9/11: Time of Crisis

    DC 9/11: Time of Crisis

    7.1 2003 HD

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  • 2013
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    Absolute Deception

    Absolute Deception

    4.8 2013 HD

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  • 1979
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    Day of the Assassin

    Day of the Assassin

    4.5 1979 HD

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  • 1974
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    Kung Fu Killers

    Kung Fu Killers

    7 1974 HD

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  • 2006
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    In Her Line of Fire

    In Her Line of Fire

    4 2006 HD

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  • 2014
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    Drive Hard

    Drive Hard

    4.3 2014 HD

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  • 2001
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    Megiddo: The Omega Code 2

    Megiddo: The Omega Code 2

    4.7 2001 HD

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  • 1998
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    Voyage of Terror

    Voyage of Terror

    3.7 1998 HD

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  • 2005
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    Tides of War

    Tides of War

    4.3 2005 HD

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  • 1997
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    Doomsday Rock

    Doomsday Rock

    4.7 1997 HD

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  • 1973
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    The Stuntmen

    The Stuntmen

    7 1973 HD

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  • 1973
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    The Stuntmen

    The Stuntmen

    7 1973 HD

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  • 1975
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    The Love Epidemic

    The Love Epidemic

    3.7 1975 HD

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  • 1973
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    The World of Kung Fu

    The World of Kung Fu

    1 1973 HD

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  • 1986
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    Jenny Kissed Me

    Jenny Kissed Me

    1 1986 HD

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  • 2014
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    Elimination Game

    Elimination Game

    4.4 2014 HD

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  • 2006
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    Long Lost Son

    Long Lost Son

    5.8 2006 HD

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  • 1990
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    Demonstone

    Demonstone

    3.5 1990 HD

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  • 1973
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    The Stuntmen

    The Stuntmen

    7 1973 HD

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  • 2000
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    Britannic

    Britannic

    6.8 2000 HD

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  • 2003
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    The Paradise Virus

    The Paradise Virus

    4.4 2003 HD

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  • 1976
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    Deathcheaters

    Deathcheaters

    5.8 1976 HD

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  • 1976
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    Deathcheaters

    Deathcheaters

    5.8 1976 HD

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  • 1988
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    Day of the Panther

    Day of the Panther

    3.8 1988 HD

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  • 1997
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    Leprechaun 4: In Space

    Leprechaun 4: In Space

    4.627 1997 HD

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  • 2014
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    Drive Hard

    Drive Hard

    4.3 2014 HD

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  • 1975
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    The Man from Hong Kong

    The Man from Hong Kong

    6.7 1975 HD

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  • 1974
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    Kung Fu Killers

    Kung Fu Killers

    7 1974 HD

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  • 1974
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    Kung Fu Killers

    Kung Fu Killers

    7 1974 HD

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  • 1982
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    Blood Tide

    Blood Tide

    4.8 1982 HD

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  • 1970
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    6 1970 HD

    Silk Stalkings is a crime drama television series. The series portrays the daily lives of two detectives who solve sexually-based crimes of passion...

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  • 1970
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    6.9 1970 HD

    The 1995 version brought back Bud Ricks as a scientist doing marine research in Florida. The dolphin Flipper was one with whom Dr. Ricks was working....

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  • 1970
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    7.5 1970 HD

    Mission: Impossible is an American television series that chronicles the missions of a team of secret American government agents known as the...

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  • 1970
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    5.9 1970 HD

    The Others is an American TV series created by John Brancato and Michael Ferris, and produced by Delusional Films, NBC and DreamWorks Television. It...

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  • 1970
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    6.4 1970 HD

    Time Trax is an American/Australian co-produced science fiction television series that first aired in 1993. A police officer, sent through time into...

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  • 1970
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    1 1970 HD

    Special Squad was an Australian television series m The series focused on an elite division of the Victoria Police, which handled crimes either too...

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  • 1970
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    7 1970 HD

    The scandalous lives of Liz and Michael, a cop and a lawyer who meet in a near-fatal coincidence. Drama and comedy with inevitable and powerful...

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  • 1970
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    6.3 1970 HD

    Brothers work as private investigators.

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