R.H. Thomson

R.H. Thomson

Robert Holmes "R. H." Thomson, CM (born September 24, 1947) is a Canadian television, film and stage actor. Thomson was born in Richmond Hill, Ontario. He studied at the University of Toronto, and the National Theatre School. His own play The Lost Boys was staged at the Great Canadian Theatre Company in March 2000 and at Canadian Stage in February 2002. Thomson has also hosted programming for CBC Radio and CBC Television. In 2010, he was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada. Thomson has portrayed a number of historical figures including Charlie Grant, Samuel Lount, Edsel Ford, Dr. Frederick Banting, Duncan Campbell Scott, Mitchell Sharp, and James Cross. ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

  • Title: R.H. Thomson
  • Popularity: 5.742
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1947-09-24
  • Place of Birth: Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
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  • Also Known As: R.H. Thomson, R.H. Thompson, RH Thomson
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R.H. Thomson Movies

  • 1981
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    Escape From Iran: The Canadian Caper

    Escape From Iran: The Canadian Caper

    1 1981 HD

    A dramatized account of how the staff of the Canadian Embassy helped a group of American diplomats escape from Iran during the Iranian Revolution.

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  • 2006
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    Who Loves the Sun

    Who Loves the Sun

    5.7 2006 HD

    A man (Lukas Haas) encounters a childhood friend (Adam Scott) who had an affair with his wife (Molly Parker) five years earlier.

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  • 2010
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    Chloe

    Chloe

    6.1 2010 HD

    A doctor hires an escort to seduce her husband, whom she suspects of cheating, though unforeseen events put the family in danger.

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  • 1987
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    Heaven On Earth

    Heaven On Earth

    1 1987 HD

    An armful of destitute orphans transported to the New World at the turn of the century. This is the turbulent and moving story of four British...

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  • 2000
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    The Dinosaur Hunter

    The Dinosaur Hunter

    5.5 2000 HD

    A 13-year-old girl and her older brother live on a farm where paleontologists search for fossils.

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  • 2023
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    The Last Curlew

    The Last Curlew

    1 2023 HD

    A grieving widower and his reluctant, teenage granddaughter embark on a pilgrimage of hope and faith that become a turning point in each of their...

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  • 2001
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    The Royal Scandal

    The Royal Scandal

    5.6 2001 HD

    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes - the world's greatest detective - faces a most alluring adversary... Legendary opera star Irene Adler is...

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  • 1987
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    Ford: The Man and the Machine

    Ford: The Man and the Machine

    6 1987 HD

    Adapted from a book by Robert Lacey, this biographical film chronicles both the private and public life of automobile manufacturer Henry Ford (Cliff...

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  • 1991
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    Mark Twain and Me

    Mark Twain and Me

    7.4 1991 HD

    During the final years of his life, the famous writer Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens is befriended by a young girl named Dorothy Quick.

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  • 1995
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    Net Worth

    Net Worth

    5.6 1995 HD

    The story of the NHL's early years, focusing on the battle between the players, led by Hall of Famer Ted Lindsay, and the owners, over issues of...

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  • 2003
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    Full-Court Miracle

    Full-Court Miracle

    5.7 2003 HD

    Inspired by the true story of University of Virginia basketball star Lamont Carr, the film centers on a group of young Jewish basketball players who...

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  • 1985
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    Martin's Day

    Martin's Day

    6.222 1985 HD

    Threatened with recapture after a prison escape, Martin Stechert grabs a 12-year-old as hostage. He proves to be named Martin, too a quiet "good...

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  • 1982
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    If You Could See What I Hear

    If You Could See What I Hear

    6 1982 HD

    A light comedy/love story based on the life of blind musician Tom Sullivan.

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  • 2002
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    Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay

    Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay

    4.5 2002 HD

    Cosmetics mogul Mary Kay Ash faces competition from a driven newcomer, who plots to take apart her control of the makeup industry.

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  • 1993
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    The Lotus Eaters

    The Lotus Eaters

    7 1993 HD

    Set off the West Coast of Canada in 1965, a hip new teacher with a miniskirt and lots of ideas turns a small town upside down. The soft autumn light...

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  • 1987
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    And Then You Die

    And Then You Die

    6 1987 HD

    A drug deal must deal with the mafia, Hells Angels, and police who want to arrest him. -- WorldCat

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  • 1993
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    Inner Mountains, Inner Valleys: The Life and Writing of Ernest Buckler

    Inner Mountains, Inner Valleys: The Life and Writing of Ernest Buckler

    1 1993 HD

    Biographic film about Canadian author Ernest Buckler.

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  • 1988
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    Glory Enough For All

    Glory Enough For All

    1 1988 HD

    Glory Enough for All is the 1988 television movie depicting the discovery and isolation of insulin at the University of Toronto by Frederick Banting...

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  • 1997
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    Silent Cradle

    Silent Cradle

    6.5 1997 HD

    A woman has a miscarriage. After her grief becomes bearable, she attempts to adopt a baby, but discovers evidence that her baby might not have been...

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  • 1981
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    Happy Memories

    Happy Memories

    5 1981 HD

    A woman attempts to resume her place in the family that she abandoned years earlier.

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  • 2002
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    Trudeau

    Trudeau

    8 2002 HD

    This docu-drama spans fifteen turbulent years in the political and personal life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, one of the most enigmatic and polarizing...

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  • 2008
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    Well Kept Secrets: Athanasia

    Well Kept Secrets: Athanasia

    6.2 2008 HD

    A young American woman returns to her Greek roots in search of her real father. Accompanied by her stepfather, she shatters the very myths designed...

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  • 1991
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    The Quarrel

    The Quarrel

    5.5 1991 HD

    Montreal 1948. On Rosh Hashanah, Chaim (a Yiddish writer) is forced to think of his religion when he's asked to be the tenth in a minyan. As he sits...

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  • 1981
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    Surfacing

    Surfacing

    4.4 1981 HD

    Following her father's puzzling disappearance, Kate and her city-bred companions brave the untamed backwoods in a desperate search for him. However,...

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  • 2022
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    Stellar

    Stellar

    1 2022 HD

    Set within the fluidity of time, touch, realism and reverie. Some may call this magic realism. Based within Indigenous knowledge and way of life,...

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  • 2001
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    The Universal Clock: The Resistance of Peter Watkins

    The Universal Clock: The Resistance of Peter Watkins

    5.8 2001 HD

    This feature documentary is a portrait of Peter Watkins, an Oscar®-winning British filmmaker who, for the past 4 decades, has proved that films...

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  • 1981
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    Ticket to Heaven

    Ticket to Heaven

    7.2 1981 HD

    David is a young man seduced by a religious cult that uses starvation, exhaustion, and brainwashing to mold recruits into money hustling disciples of...

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  • 2021
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    Charlotte

    Charlotte

    6.6 2021 HD

    The true story of Charlotte Salomon, a young German-Jewish painter who comes of age in Berlin on the eve of the Second World War. Fiercely...

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  • 1999
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    Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly

    Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly

    5 1999 HD

    About a notorious Connecticut convicted rapist.

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  • 1979
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    The Angry Man

    The Angry Man

    5.6 1979 HD

    Romain Dupree arrives to Montreal from France only to be informed that his son is dead. However the deceased is not his son but an individual who was...

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  • 1985
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    Charlie Grant's War

    Charlie Grant's War

    7 1985 HD

    A Canadian artist turned diamond merchant in Vienna, Austria risks his life to smuggle Jews out of the Third Reich.

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  • 1993
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    Bonds of Love

    Bonds of Love

    4.5 1993 HD

    A divorced woman falls in love with a mentally-disabled man, but his family objects to their relationship.

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  • 1979
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    An American Christmas Carol

    An American Christmas Carol

    6.1 1979 HD

    In Depression-era New England, a miserly businessman named Benedict Slade receives a long-overdue attitude adjustment one Christmas Eve when he is...

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  • 1994
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    My Breast

    My Breast

    1 1994 HD

    Meredith Baxter plays Joyce Wadler in this heartwarming story of hope, courage and redemption inspired by the New York City journalist's real-life...

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  • 1996
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    Murder at My Door

    Murder at My Door

    2.8 1996 HD

    In a quiet neighborhood, a suburban family is shocked when their son is the prime suspect in the brutal murder of a neighbor's daughter.

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  • 1986
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    The Marriage Bed

    The Marriage Bed

    7 1986 HD

    Linda Griffiths stars as very pregnant Annie Graham, who's about to give birth to her third child in seven years. Annie looks back via flashbacks at...

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  • 1998
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    Bone Daddy

    Bone Daddy

    4.4 1998 HD

    Doctor Palmer, a former pathologist, wrote a fictional book based on his real cases. In the book, the madman gets caught, but in reality he is still...

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  • 1997
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    Twilight of the Ice Nymphs

    Twilight of the Ice Nymphs

    5.9 1997 HD

    Set in a blazing land where the sun ceaselessly shines, this dramatic fantasy examines love’s darker aspects.

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  • 1985
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    Samuel Lount

    Samuel Lount

    1 1985 HD

    Back in 1837 in the Northwoods of Canada and beyond, a movement was started among the colonialists to demand the right to own property in the New...

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  • 2003
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    The Piano Man's Daughter

    The Piano Man's Daughter

    1 2003 HD

    Terrified of passing on the madness that runs in his family, Charlie Kilworth (Christian Campbell) stays away from relationships that could lead to...

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  • 1987
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    Stranger in My Bed

    Stranger in My Bed

    4.7 1987 HD

    A woman gets amnesia after an accident, and doesn't remember her life, including her husband. While she tries to recall, she meets a man and begins a...

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  • 2016
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    Love's Complicated

    Love's Complicated

    6.1 2016 HD

    Leah thinks all is fine coasting along in a relationship with the ever-predictable Edward until he surprises her and enrolls her in a...

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  • 1994
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    Max

    Max

    5.2 1994 HD

    The Blakes have a rancher in the burbs, 2 kids, a mid-sized American car, a gas barbecue and lawn furniture. Dad works in an office, Mom does...

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  • 2002
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    The Stork Derby

    The Stork Derby

    6 2002 HD

    The woman who birthed the most children in the City of Toronto within a certain time period would inherit a fortune in the midst of the Great...

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  • 1985
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    Vision Quest

    Vision Quest

    6.4 1985 HD

    After deciding he needs to do something meaningful with his life, high school wrestler Louden Swain sets out on a mission to drop weight and...

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  • 1998
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    Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream

    Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream

    6.8 1998 HD

    This film discusses the effect on how major American films in Hollywood were influenced by the Eastern European Jewish culture that most of the major...

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  • 2006
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    Population 436

    Population 436

    5.8 2006 HD

    A census-taker is sent to investigate why a certain small town has had the same population -- 436 residents -- for the last 100 years.

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  • 1985
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    Discussions in Bioethics: A Chronic Problem

    Discussions in Bioethics: A Chronic Problem

    1 1985 HD

    One of a series of short, open-ended dramas designed to stimulate discussion of values and ethics in relation to modern medical technology. This film...

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  • 1997
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    Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight

    Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight

    7.2 1997 HD

    Interviews with Guy Maddin and his pals are included in this documentary about the Canadian film-maker's life and movies. Features clips from most of...

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  • 2018
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    Clara

    Clara

    7.5 2018 HD

    An astronomer becomes obsessed with searching the cosmos for signs of life beyond Earth which leads to a shocking discovery.

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  • 1983
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    The Terry Fox Story

    The Terry Fox Story

    6.1 1983 HD

    The true story about the Canadian cancer amputee hero who decided to run across Canada on only one leg to raise money for cancer research.

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  • 1989
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    The First Season

    The First Season

    1 1989 HD

    A British Columbia woman struggles to support herself and her daughter after the death of her husband. Nominated for achievements in editing and...

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  • 1985
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    The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

    7.7 1985 HD

    This 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original anthology series. Each episode tells a tale (sometimes two...

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  • 1985
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    Moonlighting

    Moonlighting

    7.507 1985 HD

    After being duped and going bankrupt, model Maddie is convinced by David to become a partner in a detective agency. Together they solve various...

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  • 1985
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    The Ray Bradbury Theater

    The Ray Bradbury Theater

    6.9 1985 HD

    A Canadian-produced fantastic anthology series scripted by famed science-fiction author Ray Bradbury. Many of the teleplays were based upon...

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  • 2001
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    The Associates

    The Associates

    7 2001 HD

    The Associates is a Canadian television drama series that aired on CTV in 2001 and 2002. The show features five junior associate lawyers at a Toronto...

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  • 2006
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    October 1970

    October 1970

    1 2006 HD

    A dramatization of the actual events surrounding the October Crisis in the province of Quebec, Canada.

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  • 2017
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    Anne with an E

    Anne with an E

    8.667 2017 HD

    A coming-of-age story about an outsider who, against all odds and numerous challenges, fights for love and acceptance and for her place in the world....

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  • 2008
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    The Englishman's Boy

    The Englishman's Boy

    4 2008 HD

    Haunting Film recalls a tragic journey that culminates in one of the most brutal historical events in Canadian history - the Cypress Hills Massacre

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  • 1977
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    For The Record

    For The Record

    1 1977 HD

    For The Record, a series of one-hour and ninety-minute film dramas, started on the series, Performance, as a subseries called Camera ’76. Aired...

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  • 2010
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    Republic of Doyle

    Republic of Doyle

    7 2010 HD

    Jake Doyle and his ex-cop father, Malachy, run a Newfoundland detective agency. Their rugged seaside town never lacks for intriguing cases, and the...

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  • 2024
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    Murder in a Small Town

    Murder in a Small Town

    6.889 2024 HD

    Karl Alberg moves to a quiet coastal town to soothe a psyche that has been battered by big-city police work but finds himself needing to call upon...

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  • 2006
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    Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story

    Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story

    5.2 2006 HD

    In 1930s Saskatchewan Tommy Douglas, a small town parish pastor, sees the poverty and injustice around him which seem beyond his power to address...

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