Ben Astar
Know for: Acting
Born: 1909-06-15
Place of birth: Palestine [now Israel]
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The Honeymoon Machine (1961)
Lt. Fergie Howard teams up with Lt. Beau Gilliam and Navy scientist Jason Eldridge to turn a supercomputer with missile-tracking capabilities into a...
Walk Don't Run (1966)
During the housing shortage of the Summer Olympic Games in 1964, two men and a woman share a small apartment in Tokyo, and the older man soon starts...
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966)
A sophisticated con man mounts an intricate plan to rob an airport bank while the Soviet premier is due to arrive.
Target Hong Kong (1953)
Yankee soldiers-of-fortune smash a spy plot aimed at seizing Hong Kong.
5 Fingers (1952)
During WWII, the valet to the British Ambassador to Ankara sells British secrets to the Germans while trying to romance a refugee Polish countess.
Sextette (1978)
On the day of her wedding to her sixth husband, a glamorous silver screen sex symbol is sought to intervene in a political dispute between nations,...
The Light Touch (1951)
An art thief tries to double cross his gangster boss.
The Story of Ruth (1960)
Ruth is one of two Moabite women who marry the sons of Elimelech and Naomi. When Elimelech and sons Mahlon and Chillion die, leaving Naomi a widow...
The Robe (1953)
Drunk and disillusioned Roman, Marcellus Gallio, wins Jesus' robe in a dice game after the crucifixion. Marcellus has never been a man of faith like...
Fort Ti (1953)
Future horror-film entrepreneur William Castle warmed the director's chair for Fort Ti. Set in the 18th century, the film recounts the exploits of...
A House Is Not a Home (1964)
Story follows the life of Polly Adler, who grew to become one of New York's most successful bordello madams of the 1920s.
Smuggler's Island (1951)
An adventurer about to lose his sloop and diving equipment agrees to dive for illegal gold.
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood producer, Jonathan Shields, as seen through the eyes of...
Assignment: Paris (1952)
Paris-based New York Herald Tribune reporter Jimmy Race (Andrews) is sent by his boss (Sanders) behind the Iron Curtain in Budapest to investigate a...
Blade Runner (1982)
In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have...
The Desert Song (1953)
Shiek Yousseff, poses as a friend of the French while secretly plotting to overthrow them. Apposing Yousseff are the Riffs, whose secret leader, The...
This Earth Is Mine (1959)
Set during the Prohibition era, when wine makers were financially challenged and had to decide whether or not they wanted to cooperate with...
On the Double (1961)
American GI Ernie Williams, admittedly weak-kneed, has an uncanny resemblance to British Colonel MacKenzie. Williams, also a master of imitation and...
The Man Who Understood Women (1959)
A film director turns his actress wife into a star, leading to marital problems.
Queen for a Day (1951)
Adapted from the TV and radio series of the same name, the producer of said show reads letters from three woman providing the framing story for this...
Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
A singer goes to a small town for a performance before he is drafted.
The Kids Who Knew Too Much (1980)
When a cryptic note is passed to young Bert Hale by a stranger, he and his three friends inadvertently hold the key to unravelling the sinister plot...