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I sette nani alla riscossa, internationally released as The Seven Dwarfs to the Rescue in 1965, is a 1951 Italian fantasy-comedy film directed by Paolo W. Tamburella.

Fascinating behind the scenes look at high pressure, fiercely competitive world of Olympic figure skating. Lori, a talented ambitious teenager battles her way into the big time world of Olympic ice and comes up against an unscrupulous coach. When she succumbs to the stresses of mercilesss training and personal betrayal, her career is nearly destroyed until she resolves to fight her way back.

In this comedy, young Willie alarms the members of his small town when he shows off his computer-programming genius.

While in Canada Timmy and Lassie encounter a downed hot air ballonist. By accident they end up in the balloon which takes them into the wilderness. The young boy and his dog must find a way to survive even fending off a wild pig.

The ghosts of three elderly industrialists killed in an airplane crash return to Earth to help reunite a young couple whom they initially brought together.

Paco is an orphaned Colombian boy who leaves the family farm to search for his uncle in the big big city. When he gets to the city, he discovers his uncle is running a gang of young jewel thieves.

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When woodland animals and their habitat are threatened by a destructive development, it is up to a concerned photographer to help protect them.

This made-for-TV movie stars Clu Gulager as Cuda Weber, a seafaring loner who has settled down to the life of a beachcomber on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. Weber’s carefree, rootless existence is considerably altered when he finds himself in charge of five feisty orphan kids from the MacKenzie clan. Actually, Cuda’s guardianship is entirely involuntary; it could be said that the MacKenzie children adopted him, rather than the other way around. Originally telecast April 14, 1978, Stickin’ Together was the pilot film for what ultimately emerged as the short-lived TV series The MacKenzies of Paradise Cove, which also starred Clu Gulager and featured most of the movie’s supporting cast.