John Frankenheimer (1930)
John Michael Frankenheimer was an American film and television director, known both for his social dramas and his action/suspense pictures. Among his best-known theatrical film credits are Birdman…
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Emmit King (1959)
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Johnny Bench (1947)
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Herbert Spencer Gasser (1888)
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Ola Ullsten (1931)
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Pirjo Honkasalo (1947)
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