Biopics: biopics.csv
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Link | rowid | title | site | country | year_release ▼ | box_office | director | number_of_subjects | subject | type_of_subject | race_known | subject_race | person_of_color | subject_sex | lead_actor_actress |
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729 | 729 | Viva Zapata! | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045296/ | US | 1952 | - | Elia Kazan | 1 | Emiliano Zapata | Activist | Known | Hispanic (Latin American) | 1 | Male | Marlon Brando |
748 | 748 | With a Song in My Heart | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045333/ | US | 1952 | - | Walter Lang | 1 | Jane Froman | Musician | Unknown | 0 | Female | Susan Hayward | |
263 | 263 | Houdini | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045886/ | US | 1953 | - | George Marshall | 1 | Harry Houdini | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Tony Curtis |
525 | 525 | The Actress | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045471/ | US | 1953 | - | George Cukor | 1 | Ruth Gordon Jones | Actress | Unknown | 0 | Female | Jean Simmons | |
616 | 616 | The Lawless Breed | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045992/ | US | 1953 | - | Raoul Walsh | 1 | John Wesley Hardin | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | Rock Hudson | |
755 | 755 | Young Bess | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046564/ | US | 1953 | - | George Sidney | 1 | Elizabeth I | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Female | Jean Simmons |
61 | 61 | Beau Brummell | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046759/ | US | 1954 | - | Curtis Bernhardt | 1 | George Brummell | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Stewart Granger |
163 | 163 | D̩sir̩e | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046903/ | US | 1954 | - | Henry Koster | 2 | D̩sir̩e Clary | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Female | Jean Simmons |
164 | 164 | D̩sir̩e | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046903/ | US | 1954 | - | Henry Koster | 2 | Napoleon Bonaparte | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | Marlon Brando |
256 | 256 | His Majesty O'Keefe | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045876/ | US | 1954 | - | Byron Haskin | 1 | David Dion O'Keefe | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Burt Lancaster |
580 | 580 | The Glenn Miller Story | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047030/ | US | 1954 | - | Anthony Mann | 1 | Glenn Miller | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | James Stewart |
17 | 17 | A Man Called Peter | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048337/ | US | 1955 | - | Henry Koster | 1 | Peter Marshall | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Richard Todd |
272 | 272 | I'll Cry Tomorrow | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048191/ | US | 1955 | - | Daniel Mann | 1 | Lillian Roth | Actress | Known | White | 0 | Female | Susan Hayward |
284 | 284 | Interrupted Melody | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048210/ | US | 1955 | - | Curtis Bernhardt | 1 | Marjorie Lawrence | Singer | Known | White | 0 | Female | Eleanor Parker |
343 | 343 | Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048316/ | US | 1955 | - | Henry King | 1 | Han Suyin | Other | Known | Eurasian | 1 | Female | Jennifer Jones |
345 | 345 | Love Me or Leave Me | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048317/ | US | 1955 | - | Charles Vidor | 1 | Ruth Etting | Singer | Unknown | 0 | Female | Doris Day | |
460 | 460 | Richard III | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049674/ | UK | 1955 | - | Laurence Olivier | 1 | Richard III of England | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | Laurence Olivier |
556 | 556 | The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047956/ | US | 1955 | - | Otto Preminger | 1 | Billy Mitchell | Military | Known | White | 0 | Male | Gary Cooper |
579 | 579 | The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048119/ | US | 1955 | - | Richard Fleischer | 1 | Evelyn Nesbit (Thaw) | Actress | Known | White | 0 | Female | Joan Collins |
621 | 621 | The Long Gray Line | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048312/ | US | 1955 | - | John Ford | 1 | Marty Maher | Military | Known | White | 0 | Male | Tyrone Power |
662 | 662 | The Seven Little Foys | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048604/ | US | 1955 | - | Melville Shavelson | 1 | Eddie Foy, Sr. | Actor | Known | White | 0 | Male | Bob Hope |
706 | 706 | To Hell and Back | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048729/ | US | 1955 | - | Jesse Hibbs | 1 | Audie Murphy | Military | Known | White | 0 | Male | Audie Murphy |
30 | 30 | Alexander the Great | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048937/ | US | 1956 | - | Robert Rossen | 1 | Alexander the Great | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | Richard Burton |
44 | 44 | Anastasia | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048947/ | US | 1956 | - | Anatole Litvak | 1 | Anna Anderson / Anastasia | Other | Known | White | 0 | Female | Ingrid Bergman |
349 | 349 | Lust for Life | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049456/ | US | 1956 | - | Vincente Minnelli | 1 | Vincent van Gogh | Artist | Known | White | 0 | Male | Kirk Douglas |
450 | 450 | Reach for the Sky | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049665/ | UK | 1956 | - | Lewis Gilbert | 1 | Douglas Bader | Military | Unknown | 0 | Male | Kenneth More | |
495 | 495 | Somebody Up There Likes Me | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049778/ | US | 1956 | - | Robert Wise | 1 | Rocky Graziano | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Male | Paul Newman |
542 | 542 | The Benny Goodman Story | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047873/ | US | 1956 | - | Valentine Davies | 1 | Benny Goodman | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Steve Allen |
554 | 554 | The Conqueror | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049092/ | US | 1956 | $4.5M | Dick Powell | 1 | Temujin (Genghis Khan) | Military | Known | Asian | 1 | Male | John Wayne |
564 | 564 | The Eddy Duchin Story | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049170/ | US | 1956 | - | George Sidney | 1 | Eddy Duchin | Musician | Unknown | 0 | Male | Tyrone Power | |
604 | 604 | The King and I | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049408/ | US | 1956 | - | Walter Lang | 1 | Anna Leonowens | Other | Known | Multi racial | 0 | Female | Deborah Kerr |
678 | 678 | The Ten Commandments | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049833/ | US | 1956 | $80M | Cecil B. DeMille | 1 | Moses | Historical | Known | Middle Eastern (White) | 0 | Male | Charlton Heston |
60 | 60 | Battle Hymn | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050171/ | US | 1957 | - | Douglas Sirk | 1 | Dean Hess | Military | Unknown | 0 | Male | Rock Hudson | |
202 | 202 | Fear Strikes Out | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050383/ | US | 1957 | - | Robert Mulligan | 1 | Jimmy Piersall | Athlete | Unknown | 0 | Male | Anthony Perkins | |
359 | 359 | Man of a Thousand Faces | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050681/ | US | 1957 | - | Joseph Pevney | 1 | Lon Chaney | Actor | Known | White | 0 | Male | James Cagney |
470 | 470 | Saint Joan | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050928/ | US | 1957 | - | Otto Preminger | 1 | Joan of Arc | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Female | Jean Seberg |
671 | 671 | The Spirit of St. Louis | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051003/ | US | 1957 | - | Billy Wilder | 1 | Charles 'Slim' Lindbergh | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | James Stewart |
682 | 682 | The True Story of Jesse James | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051114/ | US | 1957 | - | Nicholas Ray | 1 | Jesse James | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | Robert Wagner |
688 | 688 | The Wings of Eagles | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051198/ | US | 1957 | - | John Ford | 1 | Frank W. "Spig" Wead | Military | Unknown | 0 | Male | John Wayne | |
118 | 118 | Carve Her Name with Pride | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051454/ | UK | 1958 | - | Lewis Gilbert | 1 | Violette Bushell Szabo | Military | Known | White | 0 | Female | Virginia McKenna |
271 | 271 | I Want to Live! | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051758/ | US | 1958 | - | Robert Wise | 1 | Barbara Graham | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Female | Susan Hayward | |
353 | 353 | Machine-Gun Kelly | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051887/ | US | 1958 | - | Roger Corman | 1 | George Kelly | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | Charles Bronson | |
597 | 597 | The Inn of the Sixth Happiness | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051776/ | US | 1958 | - | Mark Robson | 1 | Gladys Aylward | Other | Known | White | 0 | Female | Ingrid Bergman |
617 | 617 | The Left Handed Gun | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051849/ | US | 1958 | - | Arthur Penn | 1 | Henry McCarty (Billy the Kid) | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | Paul Newman |
28 | 28 | Al Capone | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052543/ | US | 1959 | - | Richard Wilson | 1 | Al Capone | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | Rod Steiger |
141 | 141 | Compulsion | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052700/ | US | 1959 | - | Richard Fleischer | 2 | Nathan Leopold Jr. | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | Dean Stockwell/Bradford Dillman |
142 | 142 | Compulsion | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052700/ | US | 1959 | - | Richard Fleischer | 2 | Richard Loeb | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | Dean Stockwell/Bradford Dillman |
309 | 309 | John Paul Jones | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052946/ | US | 1959 | - | John Farrow | 1 | John Paul Jones | Military | Known | White | 0 | Male | Robert Stack |
560 | 560 | The Diary of Anne Frank | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052738/ | US | 1959 | - | George Stevens | 1 | Anne Frank | Other | Known | White | 0 | Female | Millie Perkins |
573 | 573 | The Five Pennies | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052809/ | US | 1959 | - | Melville Shavelson | 1 | Loring "Red" Nichols | Musician | Unknown | 0 | Male | Danny Kaye | |
247 | 247 | Hell to Eternity | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053901/ | US | 1960 | - | Phil Karlson | 1 | Guy Gabaldon | Military | Known | Hispanic (Latino) | 1 | Male | Jeffrey Hunter |
392 | 392 | Murder, Inc. | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054102/ | US | 1960 | - | Burt Balaban, Stuart Rosenberg | 1 | Burton Turkus | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Henry Morgan | |
498 | 498 | Spartacus | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054331/ | US | 1960 | - | Stanley Kubrick | 1 | Spartacus | Historical | Unknown | 0 | Male | Kirk Douglas | |
512 | 512 | Sunrise at Campobello | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054354/ | US | 1960 | - | Vincent J. Donehue | 1 | Franklin Roosevelt | World leader | Known | White | 0 | Male | Ralph Bellamy |
576 | 576 | The Gallant Hours | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053849/ | US | 1960 | - | Robert Montgomery | 1 | William F. "Bull" Halsey, Jr. | Military | Known | White | 0 | Male | James Cagney |
681 | 681 | The Trials of Oscar Wilde | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054403/ | UK | 1960 | - | Ken Hughes | 1 | Oscar Wilde | Author | Known | White | 0 | Male | Peter Finch |
57 | 57 | Barabbas | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055774/ | US | 1961 | - | Richard Fleischer | 1 | Barabbas | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | Anthony Quinn |
187 | 187 | El Cid | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054847/ | US | 1961 | $26.6M | Anthony Mann | 1 | Rodrigo Diaz | Historical | Known | Hispanic (White) | 0 | Male | Charlton Heston |
211 | 211 | Francis of Assisi | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054892/ | US | 1961 | - | Michael Curtiz | 1 | Francis Bernardone | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | Bradford Dillman |
319 | 319 | King of Kings | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055047/ | US | 1961 | - | Nicholas Ray | 1 | Jesus | Historical | Known | Middle Eastern (White) | 0 | Male | Jeffrey Hunter |
692 | 692 | The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056700/ | US | 1961 | - | Henry Levin, George Pal | 2 | Jacob Grimm | Author | Known | White | 0 | Male | Karlheinz B̦hm |
693 | 693 | The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056700/ | US | 1961 | - | Henry Levin, George Pal | 2 | Wilhelm Grimm | Author | Known | White | 0 | Male | Laurence Harvey |
75 | 75 | Birdman of Alcatraz | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055798/ | US | 1962 | - | John Frankenheimer | 1 | Robert Franklin Stroud | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | Burt Lancaster | |
216 | 216 | Freud | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055998/ | US | 1962 | - | John Huston | 1 | Sigmund Freud | Academic | Known | White | 0 | Male | Montgomery Clift |
223 | 223 | Geronimo | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056016/ | US | 1962 | - | Arnold Laven | 1 | Geronimo | Military | Known | Native American | 1 | Male | Chuck Connors |
241 | 241 | Gypsy | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056048/ | US | 1962 | - | Mervyn LeRoy | 2 | Gypsy Rose Lee | Artist | Known | White | 0 | Female | Natalie Wood |
242 | 242 | Gypsy | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056048/ | US | 1962 | - | Mervyn LeRoy | 2 | Rose Thompson Hovick | Other | Known | White | 0 | Female | Rosalind Russell |
330 | 330 | Lawrence of Arabia | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056172/ | UK | 1962 | $342K | David Lean | 1 | Thomas Edward Lawrence | Military | Known | White | 0 | Male | Peter O'Toole |
630 | 630 | The Miracle Worker | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056241/ | US | 1962 | - | Arthur Penn | 2 | Helen Keller | Other | Known | White | 0 | Female | Patty Duke |
631 | 631 | The Miracle Worker | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056241/ | US | 1962 | - | Arthur Penn | 2 | Annie Sullivan | Other | Known | White | 0 | Female | Anne Bancroft |
137 | 137 | Cleopatra | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056937/ | US/UK | 1963 | $57.8M | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | 1 | Cleopatra | Historical | Known | Middle Eastern | 1 | Female | Elizabeth Taylor |
438 | 438 | PT 109 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057393/ | US | 1963 | - | Leslie H. Martinson | 1 | John F. Kennedy | Military | Known | White | 0 | Male | Cliff Robertson |
62 | 62 | Becket | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057877/ | US/UK | 1964 | - | Peter Glenville | 2 | King Henry II | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | Peter O'Toole |
63 | 63 | Becket | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057877/ | US/UK | 1964 | - | Peter Glenville | 2 | Thomas Becket | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | |
683 | 683 | The Unsinkable Molly Brown | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058708/ | US | 1964 | - | Charles Walters | 1 | Molly Brown | Other | Known | White | 0 | Female | Debbie Reynolds |
761 | 761 | Your Cheatin' Heart | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058765/ | US | 1964 | - | Gene Nelson | 1 | Hank Williams | Musician | Unknown | 0 | Male | George Hamilton | |
244 | 244 | Harlow | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059252/ | US | 1965 | - | Gordon Douglas | 1 | Jean Harlow | Actress | Known | White | 0 | Female | Carroll Baker |
587 | 587 | The Greatest Story Ever Told | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059245/ | US | 1965 | $8M | George Stevens | 1 | Jesus | Historical | Known | Middle Eastern (White) | 0 | Male | Max von Sydow |
670 | 670 | The Sound of Music | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059742/ | US | 1965 | $163M | Robert Wise | 1 | Maria von Trapp | Singer | Known | White | 0 | Female | Julie Andrews |
756 | 756 | Young Cassidy | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059930/ | UK | 1965 | - | Jack Cardiff | 1 | Sean O'Casey | Author | Known | White | 0 | Male | Rod Taylor |
18 | 18 | A Man for All Seasons | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060665/ | UK | 1966 | - | Fred Zinnemann | 1 | Thomas More | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | Paul Scofield |
448 | 448 | Rasputin: The Mad Monk | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059635/ | UK | 1966 | - | Don Sharp | 1 | Grigori Rasputin | Other | Known | White | 0 | Male | Christopher Lee |
663 | 663 | The Singing Nun | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060983/ | US | 1966 | - | Henry Koster | 1 | Jeanne Deckers | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Female | Debbie Reynolds |
83 | 83 | Bonnie and Clyde | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061418/ | US | 1967 | - | Arthur Penn | 2 | Clyde Barrow | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | Warren Beatty | |
84 | 84 | Bonnie and Clyde | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061418/ | US | 1967 | - | Arthur Penn | 2 | Bonnie Parker | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Female | Faye Dunaway | |
153 | 153 | Custer of the West | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062844/ | US | 1967 | - | Robert Siodmak | 1 | George Armstrong Custer | Military | Known | White | 0 | Male | Robert Shaw |
219 | 219 | Funny Girl | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062994/ | US | 1968 | $223K | William Wyler | 1 | Fanny Brice | Actress | Known | White | 0 | Female | Barbra Streisand |
290 | 290 | Isadora | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063141/ | UK | 1968 | - | Karel Reisz | 1 | Isadora Duncan | Artist | Unknown | 0 | Female | Vanessa Redgrave | |
503 | 503 | Star! | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063642/ | US | 1968 | $4M | Robert Wise | 1 | Gertrude Lawrence | Actress | Known | White | 0 | Female | Julie Andrews |
101 | 101 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064115/ | US | 1969 | $102M | George Roy Hill | 2 | Butch Cassidy (Robert Leroy Parker) | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | Paul Newman |
102 | 102 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064115/ | US | 1969 | $102M | George Roy Hill | 2 | Harry Longabaugh | Criminal | Known | White | 0 | Male | Robert Redford |
131 | 131 | Che! | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064158/ | US | 1969 | $2M | Richard Fleischer | 1 | Che Guevara | Activist | Known | Hispanic (Latin American) | 0 | Male | Omar Sharif |
132 | 132 | Chisum | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065547/ | US | 1970 | $6M | Andrew V. McLaglen | 1 | John Chisum | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | John Wayne | |
149 | 149 | Cromwell | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065593/ | UK | 1970 | - | Ken Hughes | 1 | Oliver Cromwell | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Male | Richard Harris |
424 | 424 | Patton | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066206/ | US | 1970 | - | Franklin J. Schaffner | 1 | George Patton | Military | Known | White | 0 | Male | George Scott |
557 | 557 | The Cross and the Switchblade | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068428/ | US | 1970 | - | Don Murray | 1 | David Wilkerson | Other | Unknown | 0 | Male | Pat Boone | |
633 | 633 | The Music Lovers | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066109/ | UK | 1970 | - | Ken Russell | 1 | Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky | Musician | Known | White | 0 | Male | Richard Chamberlain |
1 | 1 | 10 Rillington Place | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066730/ | UK | 1971 | - | Richard Fleischer | 1 | John Christie | Criminal | Unknown | 0 | Male | Richard Attenborough | |
194 | 194 | Evel Knievel | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067069/ | US | 1971 | - | Marvin J. Chomsky | 1 | Evel Knievel | Athlete | Known | White | 0 | Male | George Hamilton |
365 | 365 | Mary, Queen of Scots | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067402/ | UK | 1971 | - | Charles Jarrott | 1 | Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots | Historical | Known | White | 0 | Female | Vanessa Redgrave |
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CREATE TABLE "biopics/biopics" ( "title" TEXT, "site" TEXT, "country" TEXT, "year_release" INTEGER, "box_office" TEXT, "director" TEXT, "number_of_subjects" INTEGER, "subject" TEXT, "type_of_subject" TEXT, "race_known" TEXT, "subject_race" TEXT, "person_of_color" INTEGER, "subject_sex" TEXT, "lead_actor_actress" TEXT );