
Jack Duffy
Actor · 1926 – 2008 · Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Jack Duffy was a versatile entertainer, recognized for his talents as a comedian, impressionist, and singer. He gained notable recognition for his portrayal as "the Captain" on the enduring game show, The Party Game. This popular show ran from 1970 to 1981, initially broadcast on CHCH-TV in Hamilton, Ontario, and later syndicated nationally, contributing significantly to Duffy's enduring legacy in Canadian entertainment.
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Movie5.7ThrillerActionCabbie-turned-chauffeur Jimmy Tong learns there is really only one rule when you work for playboy millionaire Clark Devlin : Never touch Devlin's prized tuxedo. But when Devlin is temporarily put out of commission in an explosive accident, Jimmy puts on the tux and soon discovers that this extraordinary suit may be more black belt than black tie. Paired with a partner as inexperienced as he is, Jimmy becomes an unwitting secret agent.
The Tuxedo
2002 · 2.2K votes
Movie6.6ComedyFantasyA visit to a natural history museum proves catastrophic for two high school rivals, an overachiever and a jock, when an ancient Aztec statue casts a spell that causes them to switch bodies and see exactly what it's like to walk in the other's shoes.
It's a Boy Girl Thing
2006 · 1.1K votes
Movie6.1ComedyCrimeFour mental patients on a field trip in New York City must save their caring chaperone, who ends up being taken to a hospital in a coma after accidentally witnessing a murder, before the killers can find him and finish the job.
The Dream Team
1989 · 264 votes
Movie6.4ComedyDramaIn 1963 New England, a group of friends at an all-girls academy learn that they're going to be combined with a nearby all-boys institution. They concoct a plan to save their school while dealing with everyday problems along the way.
Strike!
1998 · 136 votes
Movie6.1ComedyA television news chief courts his anchorwoman ex-wife with an eleventh-hour story.
Switching Channels
1988 · 78 votes
Movie7.1DramaThrillerToronto, Canada. A few days before Christmas, Miles Cullen, a bored teller working at a bank branch located in a shopping mall, accidentally learns that the place is about to be robbed when he finds a disconcerting note on one of the counters.
The Silent Partner
1978 · 174 votes
Movie5.6DramaWhen his father dies, Jeffrey is sent to live with his aunt Charlotte in Canada. Once there he leads his aunt and his friends in staging, a non-violent hunger strike to try to save his aunt's house from being demolished to make room for a ski resort.
Ordinary Magic
1993 · 16 votes
Movie5.0ComedyHorrorIt's April Fool's Day and the sisters of Sigma Alpha Pi believe they've found the perfect place to throw a party: the abandoned fraternity house where the guillotined pledge once lost his head in a hazing gone awry.
Killer Party
1986 · 64 votes
Movie5.2ComedyHarried suburban man Warren Kooey fakes a hostage situation in order to get the money he needs to escape his humdrum life.
Hostage for a Day
1994 · 10 votes
Movie5.0ComedyWesternA group of homesteaders in 1875 are harassed by an evil, land-grabbing, gunslinging cattleman until a stranger with a mysterious past comes to their aid.
Sodbusters
1994 · 2 votes
Movie3.1FamilyComedyImagine if you'd had a six-foot tall monster to help you through the rough times when you were 11! Willy is terrified about moving into the family's new house. He's convinced it's filled with evil space aliens out to get him. In response to his wish for someone to save him, Gooby comes to life as a loveable, full-size, scraggly, orange, furry creature who in fact seems more frightened of the world than Willy. The two have hair-raising adventures and learn something about the power of friendship. In the end, Gooby fulfills Willy's initial wish by bringing Willy and his dad together in a touching and exciting climax.
Gooby
2009 · 27 votes
Movie6.8ComedyDramaThey're known as the Bleacher Bums, a loud and proud group of fans who watch their team's games from the stadium's cheap seats. Most of them have been attending for years, tirelessly rooting for a team that never seems to win. They know each other, but that's no guarantee that they'll get along. As the game unfolds, the Bums argue, wager, cheer and boo... and discover they share more in common than they could ever have imagined.
Bleacher Bums
2001 · 6 votes
Movie5.0TV MovieComedyAfter two friends have their houses looted of expensive paintings and vintage wine collections, Cleveland finds those responsible when he travels to Germany.
Dick Francis: In the Frame
1989 · 3 votes
MovieHorrorComedyA comedy variety show TV special featuring Universal Monsters. Originally broadcast on the CBC in 1980.
Boo!
1980
Movie5.6ComedyTV MovieA teenage girl plots to keep her parents' marriage together, erroneously thinking they're considering divorce.
My Horrible Year!
2001 · 7 votes
Movie8.3DramaTV MovieSally Goodson has been raising her autistic son David alone since her husband left many years ago. Now a social worker discovers that Sally has been dodging 'The System' to keep her son with her, instead of putting him in an institution. Each feels they know what's best for David. But their opinions are not the same. Sally's developing relationship with John Nils is caught in the middle.
David's Mother
1994 · 8 votes
Movie4.6DramaCrimeThree losers, Eddie, Lucas and Mamet, are sent to collect some debt at a remote farm. But the thugs there are too hard for them, and they are humiliated. They return for revenge, it gets out of hand, ends with a bloodbath and they are left with a big amount of cocaine. The drugs belong to local mob boss Horace Burke, who sends his son to find them. Cops are also after them.
Men with Guns
1998 · 7 votes
Movie7.0MusicComedyA composer finds love with a co-worker after taking a job at his uncle's advertising agency.
Fancy Dancing
2002 · 1 votes
Movie3.9DramaMysteryVeteran Detective Ed Delopre and partner Mike McGivern have their hands full when they hit the pavement in search of a dangerous killer with five dead bodies already on his record. The mayor, in a rush to see peace restored in her city, makes a deal with the mob instead of waiting for Delopre and McGivern's results. Now that both sides of the law are involved in the killer's capture, the city is turned upside down.
Spreading Ground
2000 · 8 votes
Movie3.7ThrillerA Writer identifies a murder, possibly mistakenly, in this tense plot twisting thriller.
Double Take
1998 · 7 votes
Movie4.2CrimeThrillerRay and Annette are a couple who scam, lie and seduce to get wealth from unsuspecting wealthy people. Annette also has a penchant for bisexual encounters and serial murder.
Blackheart
1998 · 5 votes
Movie7.0ComedyA look back on the career of Bobby Bittman. Includes footage from his early days to his millionth show.
Biographies: The Enigma of Bobby Bittman
1988 · 1 votes
Movie4.5DramaRomanceA superintendent, trying to save his high school's troubled finances, falls in love with a teacher whose music program he must cut.
A Holiday Romance
1999 · 6 votes
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TV6.7Sci-Fi & FantasyAction & AdventureFollow the adventures of a group of human mutants - led by the mysterious Adam Kane - possessing extraordinary powers as a result of genetic experimentation gone awry.
Mutant X
2001 · 124 votes
TV6.9Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaPsi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal is a Canadian science fiction television series that surrounds a scientific team that deals with all manner of paranormal phenomena around the world; from alien abductions to possessions. The organization depicted in the series is loosely inspired by a real-life scientific organization. While locations in the series took place worldwide, the series was primarily filmed in and around Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and aired 88 episodes over four seasons from 1996 to 2000.
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
1996 · 36 votes
TV7.3MysterySci-Fi & FantasyMicki and Ryan with the help of their friend Jack try to recover cursed antiques so they can store them in safety inside the antique store's vault.
Friday the 13th: The Series
1987 · 233 votes
TV6.2DramaSci-Fi & FantasyPrematurely deceased people are given the opportunity to correct something that went wrong in their lives and thus change them for the better.
Twice in a Lifetime
1999 · 5 votes
TV6.9DramaMysteryForever Knight is a Canadian television series about Nick Knight, an 800-year-old vampire working as a police detective in modern day Toronto. Wracked with guilt for centuries of killing others, he seeks redemption by working as a homicide detective on the night shift while struggling to find a way to become human again. The series premiered on May 5, 1992 and concluded with the third season finale on May 17, 1996.
Forever Knight
1992 · 35 votes
TV7.2DramaAction & AdventureThe New Avengers is a British secret agent fantasy adventure television series broadcast during 1976 and 1977. It is a sequel to the 1960s series The Avengers and was developed by Albert Fennell and Brian Clemens. A joint United Kingdom-France-Canada production, the show picks up the adventures of John Steed and his team of Avengers fighting evil plots and world domination. Whereas in the original series Steed had almost always been partnered with a woman, in the new series he had two partners: Mike Gambit, a top agent, crack marksman and trained martial artist, and Purdey, a former trainee with The Royal Ballet who was an amalgam of many of the best talents from Steed's previous female partners.
The New Avengers
1976 · 52 votes
TV8.0ComedyFollowing the adventures of a bunch of nobodies who get up to a whole lot of nothing in the fictional prairie town of Dog River, Saskatchewan, Corner Gas focuses on the life (or lack thereof) of Brent LeRoy, proprietor of a gas station that is the only stop for miles around and a hub of action on the Prairies.
Corner Gas
2004 · 62 votes
TV7.5DramaSci-Fi & FantasyBrimstone is a short-lived Fox television series, featuring a dead police detective whose mission is to return to Hell 113 spirits who have escaped to Earth. The series ran for only one partial season. Since cancellation, Brimstone reruns have aired on Syfy in the United States from the summer of 1999 onward. The reruns have no set schedule, but are usually aired in marathons during the channel's seasonal events like "Creatureland", "Inhumanland" and "the 31 Days of Halloween". Chiller also began airing reruns, on July 28, 2007. It currently airs in sporadic weekday marathons, like Syfy, and has no set airing schedule.
Brimstone
1998 · 24 votes
TV6.7DramaCommunity service police detectives navigate social and urban issues in Toronto rather than just traditional major crimes.
Sidestreet
1975 · 3 votes
TV7.7DramaJunior reporter Frank Hardy and Joe, his computer-hacker brother, work together to crack mysteries.
The Hardy Boys
1995 · 3 votes
TV6.9Animated antics of the curious little monkey named George. He gets into trouble but also saves the day. Whether he visits a ketchup factory, a green house, the park, the zoo, the beach, a costume party, a dump truck, or whatever, you can't help but enjoy this show.
Curious George
1980 · 7 votes
- TV10.0
The Bobby Vinton Show was a Canadian musical variety television series produced for the Canadian Television Network between 1975 and 1978, with a total of 52 episodes broadcast. Featuring Bobby Vinton, a best-selling popular music singer since the early 1960s, the series mixed comedy skits with musical interludes.
The Bobby Vinton Show
1975 · 1 votes