Alfonso Arau

Alfonso Arau

Alfonso Arau Incháustegui (born 11 January 1932) is a Mexican filmmaker, actor, and singer. He worked as an actor and director in both Mexican and Hollywood productions for over 40 years, before his international breakthrough with the 1992 film Like Water for Chocolate, based on his wife Laura Esquivel's novel of the same name. His other films include A Walk in the Clouds (1995), Picking Up the Pieces (2000), The Magnificent Ambersons (2002), and Zapata: El sueño del héroe (2004). He is a five-time Ariel Award winner, including Best Director for Like Water for Chocolate, and a BAFTA nominee.

  • Title: Alfonso Arau
  • Popularity: 8.075
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1932-01-11
  • Place of Birth: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
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  • Also Known As: Альфонсо Арау, Alfonso Aráu
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Alfonso Arau Movies

  • 1962
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    ...And Your Love Too

    ...And Your Love Too

    5.2 1962 HD

    On August 13th, 1961 - the night that the Berlin Wall goes up - three people must make a decision that will change their lives forever.

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  • 1986
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    ¡Three Amigos!

    ¡Three Amigos!

    6.305 1986 HD

    A trio of unemployed silent film actors are mistaken for real heroes by a small Mexican village in search of someone to stop a malevolent bandit.

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  • 2000
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    Picking Up the Pieces

    Picking Up the Pieces

    4.344 2000 HD

    A small New Mexican village discovers a severed hand that is considered a miracle of God, when it actually belongs to a murdered spouse with a...

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  • 1984
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    Romancing the Stone

    Romancing the Stone

    6.8 1984 HD

    Though she can spin wild tales of passionate romance, novelist Joan Wilder has no life of her own. Then one day adventure comes her way in the form...

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  • 1970
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    El Topo

    El Topo

    7.1 1970 HD

    El Topo decides to confront warrior Masters on a trans-formative desert journey he begins with his 6 year old son, who must bury his childhood totems...

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  • 1970
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    Paradise

    Paradise

    5.7 1970 HD

    Problems arise between the divers Román and Lauro when the former falls in love with a prostitute on the beaches of Acapulco.

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  • 1975
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    Posse

    Posse

    5.9 1975 HD

    A tough marshal with political ambitions leads an elite posse to capture a notorious train robber and his gang.

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  • 1970
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    The Useless Life of Pito Pérez

    The Useless Life of Pito Pérez

    5.6 1970 HD

    A man goes on a trip and then returns to his village pretending that everything went well for him.

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  • 1974
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    Inspector Calzonzin

    Inspector Calzonzin

    7.5 1974 HD

    Mexico's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1974

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  • 1982
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    El día que murió Pedro Infante

    El día que murió Pedro Infante

    4.2 1982 HD

    Mexican feature film

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  • 1971
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    Scandalous John

    Scandalous John

    6.3 1971 HD

    A crotchety old ranch owner fights to be able to live his life the way he wants to, and not the way other people--and the law--tell him he has to.

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  • 1958
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    Trip to the Moon

    Trip to the Moon

    5.8 1958 HD

    In this movie a couple of comedians try to disappear for a while and end up in an asylum, where confused as the mad, and try to escape, but one of...

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  • 2012
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    I Heart Shakey

    I Heart Shakey

    3.4 2012 HD

    Shakey is a family film about a 35-year-old widower named J.T. O'Neil, his precocious 10-year-old daughter and their devoted mutt Shakey. After...

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  • 2005
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    Ni Muy, Muy... ni Tan, Tan... simplemente Tin Tan

    Ni Muy, Muy... ni Tan, Tan... simplemente Tin Tan

    7.571 2005 HD

    "Ni Muy Muy, Ni Tan Tan, Sim­ple­men­te, Tin Tan. Tin Tan was one of the grea­test com­de­dian-​ac­tors in the...

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  • 1991
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    Camino largo a Tijuana

    Camino largo a Tijuana

    5 1991 HD

    Juan (Armendariz) lives in a trash depository in Mexico City. He knows Lila (Pereyra), a drug addict rich girl who reminds him of his long lost...

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  • 1965
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    There Are No Thieves in This Village

    There Are No Thieves in This Village

    5.3 1965 HD

    When a young boy steals billiard balls from a local saloon, a stranger is charged with the crime. The local layabouts find there is no reason to hang...

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  • 1969
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    The Wild Bunch

    The Wild Bunch

    7.6 1969 HD

    An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.

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  • 2007
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    The Dead One

    The Dead One

    5 2007 HD

    Trapped between the living and the dead, Diego de la Muerte fights to rescue his soul from the evil god of death that controls him. But a bigger...

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  • 1988
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    Stones for Ibarra

    Stones for Ibarra

    1 1988 HD

    A couple moves to a small Mexican town called Ibarra. They help open a local mine which brings new life to the town and the local ways help the two...

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  • 1988
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    Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?

    Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?

    3 1988 HD

    A pair of thieves are pursued by the U.S. Army, the Mexican federales and Apaches in this made-for-TV Western.

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  • 1956
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    New faces

    New faces

    5 1956 HD

    Mexican feature film

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  • 1972
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    El rincón de las vírgenes

    El rincón de las vírgenes

    5.4 1972 HD

    "Faith-healer" develops a cult-like following in 1920s Jalisco.

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  • 1981
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    Mojado Power

    Mojado Power

    4 1981 HD

    Mexico's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1981

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  • 1960
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    Los pistolocos

    Los pistolocos

    5 1960 HD

    Papa and the butler try to find an acceptable husband for daddy's spoiled little girl.

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  • 2000
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    Committed

    Committed

    4.8 2000 HD

    After her husband, Carl, suddenly leaves, Joline travels from New York to Texas to track him down. Although Joline tries to remain upbeat, she is...

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  • 1980
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    Used Cars

    Used Cars

    6.4 1980 HD

    When the owner of a struggling used car lot is killed, it's up to the lot's hot-shot salesman to save the property from falling into the hands of the...

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  • 1971
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    El águila descalza

    El águila descalza

    5.5 1971 HD

    Shmuck makes a superhero costume, rides his bike to crime scenes. He gets involved with something big involving US capitalists taking over local...

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  • 2018
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    Drunk Angry Idiot

    Drunk Angry Idiot

    5.4 2018 HD

    A comedy about alcoholism that follows the relationship between Mateo and his best friend, who always gets drunk.

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  • 1968
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    Operación carambola

    Operación carambola

    6.5 1968 HD

    Two clumsy and absent-minded spies (Capulina and Chespirito) are hired to save the world from a nuclear attack.

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  • 2004
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    Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

    Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

    7.3 2004 HD

    An account of the life and work of American film director Sam Peckinpah (1925-84), a tortured artist whose genius and inner demons changed the...

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  • 1969
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    El aviso inoportuno

    El aviso inoportuno

    7.9 1969 HD

    The farce starring Polivoces , creative Mexican comedians duo formed by Enrique Cuenca and Eduardo Manzano, in the roles of characters and Gordolfo...

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  • 1972
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    Aunt Isabel's Garden

    Aunt Isabel's Garden

    5.6 1972 HD

    A ship carrying Conquistadors is wrecked and the survivors are thrown ashore to struggle through the Yucatan jungle.

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  • 1967
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    Pedro Paramo

    Pedro Paramo

    7 1967 HD

    When his mother Dolores dies, Juan Preciado, son of Pedro Páramo, goes to Comala to claim his inheritance; but when he arrives he finds an...

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  • 1972
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    Run, Cougar, Run

    Run, Cougar, Run

    5.9 1972 HD

    In this nature adventure, a courageous cougar must struggle to survive after a cruel human hunter kills her mate.

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  • 1970
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    Jóvenes de la Zona Rosa

    Jóvenes de la Zona Rosa

    5 1970 HD

    "Mod" culture in Mexico City.

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  • 2017
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    Coco

    Coco

    8.2 2017 HD

    Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la...

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  • 1975
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    Tivoli

    Tivoli

    7 1975 HD

    While trying to save the famous Tivoli burlesque theater, the participants uncover a web of commercial corruption.

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  • 1987
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    Walker

    Walker

    6.318 1987 HD

    William Walker and his mercenary corps enter Nicaragua in the middle of the 19th century in order to install a new government by a coup d'etat.

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  • 1970
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    Tres amigos

    Tres amigos

    5.5 1970 HD

    Man accused of murder, and the dead man's daughter, try to find proof of the real murderer's identity.

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  • 1992
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    Polvora En La Piel

    Polvora En La Piel

    5 1992 HD

    Compilation tape of Hora Marcada episodes. Roxana Chavez is a young girl who's flirting with death, trapped in a dangerous liaison with boss...

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  • 2000
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    Picking Up the Pieces

    Picking Up the Pieces

    4.344 2000 HD

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  • 1995
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    A Walk in the Clouds

    A Walk in the Clouds

    7.281 1995 HD

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  • 2003
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    A Painted House

    A Painted House

    7 2003 HD

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  • 1986
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    Chido Guan, el tacos de oro

    Chido Guan, el tacos de oro

    4.7 1986 HD

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  • 1986
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    Chido Guan, el tacos de oro

    Chido Guan, el tacos de oro

    4.7 1986 HD

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  • 2010
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    L'imbroglio nel lenzuolo

    L'imbroglio nel lenzuolo

    3.8 2010 HD

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  • 1992
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    Like Water for Chocolate

    Like Water for Chocolate

    7.267 1992 HD

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  • 1975
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    Tivoli

    Tivoli

    7 1975 HD

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  • 2002
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    The Magnificent Ambersons

    The Magnificent Ambersons

    5.8 2002 HD

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  • 2004
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    Zapata: The dream of a hero

    Zapata: The dream of a hero

    5.5 2004 HD

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  • 1992
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    Like Water for Chocolate

    Like Water for Chocolate

    7.267 1992 HD

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  • 2004
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    Zapata: The dream of a hero

    Zapata: The dream of a hero

    5.5 2004 HD

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  • 2004
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    Zapata: The dream of a hero

    Zapata: The dream of a hero

    5.5 2004 HD

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  • 1986
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    Chido Guan, el tacos de oro

    Chido Guan, el tacos de oro

    4.7 1986 HD

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  • 1974
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    Inspector Calzonzin

    Inspector Calzonzin

    7.5 1974 HD

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  • 1981
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    Mojado Power

    Mojado Power

    4 1981 HD

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  • 1971
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    El águila descalza

    El águila descalza

    5.5 1971 HD

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  • 1956
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    New faces

    New faces

    5 1956 HD

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  • 1974
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    Inspector Calzonzin

    Inspector Calzonzin

    7.5 1974 HD

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  • 1974
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    Inspector Calzonzin

    Inspector Calzonzin

    7.5 1974 HD

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  • 1971
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    El águila descalza

    El águila descalza

    5.5 1971 HD

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  • 2000
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    Picking Up the Pieces

    Picking Up the Pieces

    4.344 2000 HD

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  • 1984
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    Miami Vice

    Miami Vice

    7.5 1984 HD

    The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking and prostitution, centered on the unlikely partnership...

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  • 1985
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    227

    227

    6.7 1985 HD

    A housewife sits on the stoop of her apartment building in a black neighborhood of Washington, D.C., and discusses all manner of things with her...

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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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  • 1951
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    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    8.667 1951 HD

    Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The...

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  • 1970
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    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    8.667 1970 HD

    Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The...

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