Stan Shaw
Biography: Stan Shaw (born July 14, 1952) is an American actor. Born in Chicago, Illinois, he is the son of Bertha Shaw and saxophonist Eddie Shaw, and cousin of the late soul singers Sam Cooke and Tyrone Davis. Shaw started his acting career in the Chicago production of the Broadway musical Hair as well as the Broadway production of The Me Nobody Knows. His last Broadway show, Via Galactica was directed by Sir Peter Hall. Before becoming an actor, Shaw was a karate, judo, and jujutsu instructor in Chicago. He holds first dan black belt in judo and jujutsu and a second dan in karate. Shaw appeared in Rocky (1976) as Dipper, another boxer. In a deleted scene, Dipper, infuriated by the attention Rocky has received, challenges him before a television reporter. He also played a professional fighter in Tough Enough (1983), Harlem Nights (1989), and Snake Eyes (1998). One of his most notable roles was his appearance as Alex Haley's maternal grandfather Will Palmer in the 1979 miniseries Roots: The Next Generations. Another highly notable role was Private Washington in The Boys in Company C (1978). Shaw also played in The Great Santini (1979) as Toomer Smalls with Robert Duvall and David Keith. After a part in the 1991 film Fried Green Tomatoes, he had a role in the 1995 comedy Houseguest alongside Sinbad and appeared as a pirate in Cutthroat Island with Geena Davis. His television credits include episodes of Matlock, Murder, She Wrote, The X-Files, and a 2009 episode of CSI. Description above from the Wikipedia article Stan Shaw, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Known For
Cutthroat Island
1995-12-22
Cutthroat Island
Overview: Morgan Adams and her slave, William Shaw, are on a quest to recover the three portions of a treasure map. Unfortunately, the final portion is held by her murderous uncle, Dawg. Her crew is skeptical of her leadership abilities, so she must complete her quest before they mutiny against her. This is made yet more difficult by the efforts of the British crown to end her pirate raids.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-22
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Body of Evidence
1993-01-15
Body of Evidence
Overview: When an elderly millionaire is found dead with cocaine in his system, his will leaves $8 million to Rebecca Carlson, who was having an affair with him. District attorney Robert Garrett decides to prosecute Rebecca, arguing that she deliberately engaged in wild sex with the old man to overexcite him and lead to his premature death. Defense attorney Frank Dulaney defends Rebecca in court while getting sucked into a dangerous affair with her.
Genres: Drama Thriller Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-15
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Freedom Song
2000-02-27
Freedom Song
Overview: Freedom Song is a made-for-TV film based on true stories of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi in the 1960s. It tells the story of the struggle of African Americans to register to vote in the fictional town of Quinlan. In the midst of the Freedom Summer, a group of high school students in the small town are eager to make grassroots changes in their own community. The young activists meet resistance not only from white southerners, but from their parents, who have experienced firsthand the violence that can result from speaking out. As high school students band together with the support of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, they make strides in registering African-American voters and gaining awareness for their cause.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-02-27
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The Great Santini
1979-10-26
The Great Santini
Overview: As he approaches manhood, Ben Meechum struggles to win the approval of his demanding alpha male father, an aggressively competitive, but frustrated marine pilot.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-10-26
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Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
1986-05-19
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
Overview: Outraged by the treatment of New York City’s unhoused residents, an activist brings national attention to the issue by taking their case to Congress.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-05-19
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Rising Sun
1993-07-30
Rising Sun
Overview: When a prostitute is found dead in a Los Angeles skyscraper occupied by a large Japanese corporation, detectives John Connor and Web Smith are called in to investigate. Although Connor has previous experience working in Japan, cultural differences make their progress difficult until a security disc showing the murder turns up. Close scrutiny proves the disc has been doctored, and the detectives realize they're dealing with a cover-up as well.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-07-30
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Snake Eyes
1998-08-07
Snake Eyes
Overview: All bets are off when shady homicide cop Rick Santoro witnesses a murder during a boxing match. It's up to him and lifelong friend, Naval intelligence agent Kevin Dunne to uncover the conspiracy behind the killing. At every turn, Santoro makes increasingly shocking discoveries that even he can't turn a blind eye to.
Genres: Thriller Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-08-07
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Detonator
2003-02-23
Detonator
Overview: A former FBI agent must stop a crazy man from blowing up bombs.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-02-23
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The Boys in Company C
1978-02-02
The Boys in Company C
Overview: Disheartened by futile combat, appalled by the corruption of their South Vietnamese ally, and constantly endangered by the incompetence of their own company commander, the young men find a possible way out of the war. They are told that if they purposely lose a soccer game against a South Vietnamese team, they can spend the rest of their tour playing exhibition games behind the lines.
Genres: War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-02-02
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The Monster Squad
1987-08-14
The Monster Squad
Overview: Count Dracula adjourns to Earth, accompanied by Frankenstein's Monster, the Wolfman, the Mummy, and the Gillman. The uglies are in search of a powerful amulet that will grant them power to rule the world. Our heroes - the Monster Squad are the only ones daring to stand in their way.
Genres: Comedy Action Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-08-14
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Tough Enough
1983-04-14
Tough Enough
Overview: An aspiring country singer, whose money is disappearing faster than his career opportunities, enters a "Tough Man" amateur boxing contest to earn some cash to pay his bills. Amazingly enough, he wins it, and is picked to go onto the national finals. He's torn between his first love, music, and the glitz, glamor and money of the "Tough Man" world.
Genres: Action Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-04-14
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Fear
1990-07-15
Fear
Overview: Psychic Ally Sheedy helps police solve murders by mentally linking with the murderer. Then she discovers a murderer with the same talent - who wants to share the fear of his victims with her!
Genres: Horror Thriller Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-07-15
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Darktown Strutters
1975-10-07
Darktown Strutters
Overview: When a prominent abortion clinic owner goes missing along with a string of other black community leaders, her singing daughter and her fellow female biker gang members investigate.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-10-07
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Billionaire Boys Club
1987-11-08
Billionaire Boys Club
Overview: The Billionaire Boys Club is based on the true story of Joe Hunt (Nelson), a shady investor who built an empire on B.S. back in the early '80s. Known as the BBC, the story involves a couple of guys recruited into Hunt's company on the promise of making millions. However, every time Hunt's lapdogs think his boss has used his cleverness to make them filthy rich, they instead find themselves with financial losses. Trying to recoup a mounting pile of debt made from giant b.s. deals, the ruthless Hunt involves select members of the BBC to aid in the worst of crimes to get what they want. But a few, scared of how far Hunt will go, try to stop Hunt's brutal reign of terror possibly before real damage begins.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-11-08
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TNT Jackson
1974-06-08
TNT Jackson
Overview: A woman encounters thugs and drug dealers after traveling to Hong Kong to search for her missing brother.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-06-08
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Scared Straight! Another Story
1980-11-06
Scared Straight! Another Story
Overview: A group of young delinquents well on the road to careers in crime, are given a shock course in prison life. Brought face to face with hardened criminals many serving life sentences for rape and murder, they are suddenly confronted with the harsh realities of a top-security U.S. Penitentiary.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-11-06
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Lifepod
1993-06-28
Lifepod
Overview: Lifepod cronicles the trip of eight passengers after the ship they were traveling on blew up on Christmas Eve. Immediately people start dying. The passengers begin to investigate why the ship blew up and how it relates to them
Genres: Mystery Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-06-28
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Fried Green Tomatoes
1991-12-27
Fried Green Tomatoes
Overview: Amidst her own personality crisis, southern housewife Evelyn Couch meets Ninny, an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in Whistle Stop, Alabama in the 1920s.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-12-27
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Runaway
1984-12-14
Runaway
Overview: In the near future, a police officer specializes in malfunctioning robots. When a robot turns out to have been programmed to kill, he begins to uncover a homicidal plot to create killer robots... and his son becomes a target.
Genres: Science Fiction Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-12-14
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Daylight
1996-12-06
Daylight
Overview: A group of armed robbers fleeing the police head for the New Jersey Tunnel and run right into trucks transporting toxic waste. The spectacular explosion that follows results in both ends of the tunnel collapsing and the handful of people who survived the explosion are now in peril. Kit Latura is the only man with the skill and knowledge to lead the band of survivors out of the tunnel before the structure collapses.
Genres: Action Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-12-06
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The Gladiator
1986-02-03
The Gladiator
Overview: A road warrior vigilante avenges his brother's death at the hands of a crazy motorist by using his souped-up pickup to apprehend drunken drivers and others who abuse their driving privileges.
Genres: Thriller Action Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-02-03
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Truck Turner
1974-06-26
Truck Turner
Overview: Truck Turner and his partner Jerry, who make their living as bounty hunters in Los Angeles, are hired to hunt down Gator, a pimp who has skipped bail.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-06-26
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Rocky
1976-11-20
Rocky
Overview: An uneducated collector for a Philadelphia loan shark is given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fight against the world heavyweight boxing champion.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-11-20
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The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
1990-10-15
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
Overview: A film about the early life of the baseball star in the army, particulary his court-martial for insubordination regarding segragation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-10-15
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Under Siege
1986-02-09
Under Siege
Overview: Terrorists launch an attack against the USA. Their first strike is by a suicide squad that detonates a truckload of explosives at an army base in Washington DC. FBI probes indicate that the attack is by Arab terrorists led by Iranians. Subsequent attacks are via airplanes exploded in mid-air, crowded restaurants, and an attack on a mall. Administration cabinet heads push the President to retaliate. The director of the FBI believes that there may be more to the story than the investigation has revealed and the Secretary of Defense is the only other person urging caution.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-02-09
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Displaced Person
1985-05-06
Displaced Person
Overview: Displaced Person is a 1985 Emmy award winning drama based on a short story by Kurt Vonnegut. It was directed by Alan Bridges and adapted by Fred Barron from a story in the Welcome to the Monkey House collection.
Genres: Drama War Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-05-06
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A Nashville Legacy
2023-02-26
A Nashville Legacy
Overview: When Naima meets Damian after she moves to Nashville to uncover secrets about an undiscovered music group, they begin sharing their love for music and their desire to leave their respective marks on the world.
Genres: TV Movie Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-02-26
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Drive Me to Vegas and Mars
2018-12-31
Drive Me to Vegas and Mars
Overview: Cowboy, a senior citizen ex-lawyer and gambler, is persuaded by his spunky seventeen year old neighbor, Rachel, to seek retribution for having been cheated in Las Vegas many years ago. So begins a wild adventure that marks a young girl's rite of passage into womanhood and an old man's bittersweet final awakening to life, love and happiness. Along for the ride is Maggie, Cowboy's salty ex-girlfriend, Buddy Boy, Cowboy's best friend, and Harold, an unusually young Vegas motel owner who falls hard for Rachel.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-12-31
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Street Killing
1976-09-12
Street Killing
Overview: In this detective drama, a prosecutor investigates a murder and finds that it is connected to a recent mugging. In the end, he is led to convict a high-ranking crime lord.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-09-12
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Clear Lines of Sight: Sidney J. Furie at Paramount
2023-07-25
Clear Lines of Sight: Sidney J. Furie at Paramount
Overview: Canadian-born filmmaker Sidney J. Furie made his name with British hits like The Young Ones (1961), The Leather Boys (1964), and The Ipcress File (1965). When he arrived in Hollywood, Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra wreaked havoc on his first major studio productions. In 1968, the newly emigrated director joined a stable of cutting-edge filmmakers at Paramount Pictures, under the new leadership of Bob Evans. His films saw both a stylistic departure and a shift in thematic focus. What was behind the evolution, and which aspects unite all of Furie's films?
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-07-25
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Red River
1988-04-10
Red River
Overview: Remake of the 1948 John Wayne feature about a man who rebels against his tyrannical guardian during a crucial cattle drive.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-04-10
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Jeepers Creepers 3
2017-09-26
Jeepers Creepers 3
Overview: Taking place on the last day of the Creeper’s twenty-three-day feeding frenzy, as the skeptical Sergeant Tubbs teams up with a task force hellbent on destroying the Creeper for good. The Creeper fights back in gory glory as its enemies grow closer than ever before to learning the secret of its dark origins.
Genres: Horror Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-09-26
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Rag and Bone
1998-01-01
Rag and Bone
Overview: The life of a priest seconded to a New Orleans police department begins to fall apart when he is wrongly implicated in the shooting of a suspect. However, it comes to light that the precinct is haunted by the spirit of a deceased policeman, who helps the beleaguered cleric to solve the case and clear his name.
Genres: Drama Thriller Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013-04-23
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
Overview: Mike Epps, Richard Pryor Jr. and others recount the culture-defining influence of Richard Pryor - one of America's most brilliant, iconic comic minds.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-04-23
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When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn
1993-05-18
When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn
Overview: A woman places an ad in the "Soldier of Fortune" magazine to hire a contract killer.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-05-18
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Harlem Nights
1989-11-17
Harlem Nights
Overview: 'Sugar' Ray is the owner of an illegal casino and must contend with the pressure of vicious gangsters and corrupt police who want to see him go out of business. In the world of organised crime and police corruption in the 1920s, any dastardly trick is fair.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-11-17
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Cassidy Way
2016-02-23
Cassidy Way
Overview: When a film student and her two friends go to Kern County to shoot a documentary, they stumble upon a mysterious family and learn why Pandora's box should never have been opened.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-02-23
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The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
1976-07-16
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
Overview: Top baseball pitcher Bingo Long is fed up with how his Negro League team owner treats him, so he forms his own lineup, recruiting big-hitting Leon Carter and Charlie Snow, who dreams of playing in the majors. Boycotted by black teams, Long's outfit play minor league white teams, earning more attention as entertainers than as players. However, their success wins them a chance to play again in the Negro League, this time as equals.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-07-16
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The Pale Door
2020-08-21
The Pale Door
Overview: The Dalton gang escape to a nearby town after a train robbery goes south, but they are met by a coven of witches with sinister plans for the unsuspecting outlaws.
Genres: Horror Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-08-21
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A Christmas Winter Song
2019-12-14
A Christmas Winter Song
Overview: Clio befriends Fred, a homeless former jazz singer down on his luck. They form a special bond over music, and Clio, having just lost her own father, helps Fred reconnect with his own daughter, just in time for Christmas.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-12-14
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When Dreams Come True
1985-05-28
When Dreams Come True
Overview: A Dallas museum tour guide finds herself having dreams that foretell killings that are attributed to a killer known as "The Perfect Murderer." She asks her boyfriend, a police detective, for help.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-05-28
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The Three Kings
1987-12-17
The Three Kings
Overview: The made-for-TV film stars Jack Warden, Lou Diamond Phillips and Stan Shaw as three patients in a Los Angeles-area mental institution. Dressed as the Three Wise Men for a Christmas pageant, the trio is suddenly struck with the delusion that they are really their Biblical counterparts on a quest to find the Baby Jesus. As TV cameras grind away, the three ersatz Kings surreptitiously ride out of the gates of the asylum—on camels—and into the mean streets of LA. As the story draws to its conclusion, the three escapees find themselves providing a Christmas miracle (but not in the form of rap) for a group of homeless people on the outskirts of the city.
Genres: Family Fantasy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-12-17
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Venice Medical
1983-07-29
Venice Medical
Overview: TV pilot for series centered around a beachfront clinic in the community of Venice, California.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-07-29
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Houseguest
1995-01-06
Houseguest
Overview: In hot water with the mob over an unpaid debt, a con man poses as a family friend in an affluent Pennsylvania suburb.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-06
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Busted Up
1986-09-10
Busted Up
Overview: Prolific actor-stuntman Conrad Palmisano directed this average action-thriller about the owner of an inner-city gym. Earl (Paul Coufos) happens to also be a skilled fighter, and when he is pressured by real-estate developers to close the gym, he fights in order to save it.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1986-09-10
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