J.T. Walsh
Biography: James Thomas Patrick 'J.T.' Walsh (September 28, 1943 - February 27, 1988) was a highly talented American actor. He had a successful career in film, television, and theater, known for his versatility and ability to play a wide range of characters. Before becoming an actor, he worked as a stagehand and set builder. He made his on-screen debut in the early 1980s and quickly gained recognition for his convincing performances, often portraying authority figures or antagonists. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, his career took off with notable roles in films like Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), A Few Good Men (1992), and Sling Blade (1996). He had a commanding and intense presence on screen, making him memorable in both lead and supporting roles. He was known for his roles as "quietly sinister white-collar sleazeballs" (quote from Leonard Maltin) in numerous feature films and was described as "everybody's favourite scumbag" by Playboy magazine. He was known for his dedication to authenticity and his meticulous approach to acting. He seamlessly transitioned between genres, showcasing his talent in drama, comedy, and suspense, earning him respect as a character actor. Sadly, his career was cut short when he passed away on February 27, 1998, at the age of 54. Despite his relatively short time in the spotlight, he left a lasting legacy, remembered for his memorable performances and the depth he brought to each character he portrayed.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: September 28, 1943
Deathday: February 27, 1998
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Known For
A Few Good Men
1992-12-11
A Few Good Men
Overview: When cocky military lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee and his co-counsel, Lt. Cmdr. JoAnne Galloway, are assigned to a murder case, they uncover a hazing ritual that could implicate high-ranking officials such as shady Col. Nathan Jessep.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-12-11
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The Russia House
1990-12-21
The Russia House
Overview: Barley Scott Blair, a Lisbon-based editor of Russian literature who unexpectedly begins working for British intelligence, is commissioned to investigate the purposes of Dante, a dissident scientist trapped in the decaying Soviet Union that is crumbling under the new open-minded policies.
Genres: Drama Thriller Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-12-21
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Breakdown
1997-05-02
Breakdown
Overview: On their cross-country drive, a married couple, Jeff and Amy Taylor, experience car trouble after their SUV breaks down. Stranded in the New Mexico desert, the two catch a break when a passing truck driver offers Amy a ride to a nearby café to call for help. Meanwhile, Jeff is able to fix the car and make his way to the café, but Amy isn't there. He tracks down the trucker -- who tells the police he's never seen Jeff or his wife before. Jeff then begins a desperate, frenzied search for Amy.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-05-02
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Miracle on 34th Street
1994-11-18
Miracle on 34th Street
Overview: Six-year-old Susan Walker has doubts about childhood's most enduring miracle—Santa Claus. Her mother told her the secret about Santa a long time ago, but, after meeting a special department store Santa who's convinced he's the real thing, Susan is given the most precious gift of all—something to believe in.
Genres: Fantasy Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-11-18
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Good Morning, Vietnam
1987-12-23
Good Morning, Vietnam
Overview: A disk jockey goes to Vietnam to work for the Armed Forces Radio Service. While he becomes popular among the troops, his superiors disapprove of his humor.
Genres: Comedy Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-12-23
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Misery
1990-11-30
Misery
Overview: After an accident, acclaimed novelist Paul Sheldon is rescued by a nurse who claims to be his biggest fan. Her obsession takes a dark turn when she holds him captive in her remote Colorado home and forces him to write back to life the popular literary character he killed off.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-11-30
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Executive Decision
1996-03-15
Executive Decision
Overview: Terrorists hijack a 747 inbound to Washington D.C., demanding the release of their imprisoned leader. Intelligence expert David Grant (Kurt Russell) suspects another reason and he is soon the reluctant member of a special assault team that is assigned to intercept the plane and hijackers.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-03-15
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Needful Things
1993-08-27
Needful Things
Overview: A mysterious new shop opens in a small town which always seems to stock the deepest desires of each shopper, with a price far heavier than expected.
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-08-27
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Pleasantville
1998-09-17
Pleasantville
Overview: Geeky teenager David and his popular twin sister, Jennifer, get sucked into the black-and-white world of a 1950s TV sitcom called "Pleasantville," and find a world where everything is peachy keen all the time. But when Jennifer's modern attitude disrupts Pleasantville's peaceful but boring routine, she literally brings color into its life.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-09-17
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Tequila Sunrise
1988-12-02
Tequila Sunrise
Overview: In a seaside California town, best friends Mac and Nick are on opposite sides of the law. Mac is a former drug dealer trying to clean up his act, while Nick is a high-profile detective trying to take down a Mexican drug lord named Carlos. Soon Nick's loyalties are put to the test when he begins an affair with restaurateur Jo Ann -- a love interest of Mac's -- unwittingly leading his friend into a police-orchestrated trap.
Genres: Thriller Crime Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-12-02
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Hoffa
1992-12-25
Hoffa
Overview: A portrait of union leader James R. Hoffa, as seen through the eyes of his friend, Bobby Ciaro. The film follows Hoffa through his countless battles with the RTA and President Roosevelt.
Genres: Crime History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-12-25
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The Client
1994-07-20
The Client
Overview: A street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, whose current client is Barry 'The Blade' Muldano, a Mafia hit-man. Before Jerome shoots himself, he tells Mark where the body of a Senator is buried. Clifford shoots himself and Mark is found at the scene, and both the FBI and the Mafia quickly realize that Mark probably knows more than he says.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-07-20
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Red Rock West
1993-05-14
Red Rock West
Overview: When a promised job for Texan Michael fails to materialize in Wyoming, Mike is mistaken by Wayne to be the hitman he hired to kill his unfaithful wife, Suzanne. Mike takes full advantage of the situation, collects the money, and runs. During his getaway, things go wrong, and soon get worse when he runs into the real hitman, Lyle.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-05-14
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Backdraft
1991-05-24
Backdraft
Overview: Firemen brothers Brian and Stephen McCaffrey battle each other over past slights while trying to stop an arsonist with a diabolical agenda from torching Chicago.
Genres: Drama Thriller Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-05-24
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Nixon
1995-12-22
Nixon
Overview: A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands from within—spanning his troubled boyhood in California to the shocking Watergate scandal that would end his Presidency.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-22
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Dad
1989-10-27
Dad
Overview: A busy executive learns during a meeting that his mother may be dying and rushes home to her side. He ends up being his father's caretaker and becomes closer to him than ever before. Estranged from his own son, the executive comes to realize what has been missing in his own life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-10-27
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Narrow Margin
1990-09-21
Narrow Margin
Overview: An L.A. District Attorney attempts to take an unwilling murder witness back to the United States to testify against a top-level mob boss. Frantically attempting to escape two deadly hitmen sent to silence her, they board a Vancouver-bound train only to discover that the killers are onboard with them. For the next 20 hours, as the train hurls through the beautiful but isolated Canadian wilderness, a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues in which their ability to tell friend from foe is a matter of life and death.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-09-21
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The Last Seduction
1994-05-26
The Last Seduction
Overview: A devious femme fatale steals her husband’s drug money and hides out in a small town where she meets the perfect dupe for her next scheme.
Genres: Thriller Crime Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-05-26
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Sniper
1993-01-29
Sniper
Overview: Tough guy Thomas Beckett is an US soldier working in the Panamanian jungle. His job is to seek out rebels and remove them using his sniper skills. Beckett is notorious for losing his partners on such missions. This time he's accompanied by crack marksman Richard Miller.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-29
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Sling Blade
1996-08-30
Sling Blade
Overview: Karl Childers, a mentally disabled man, has been in the custody of the state mental hospital since the age of 12 for killing his mother and her lover. Although thoroughly institutionalized, he is deemed fit to be released into the outside world.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-08-30
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The Negotiator
1998-07-29
The Negotiator
Overview: The police try to arrest expert hostage negotiator Danny Roman, who insists he's being framed for his partner's murder in what he believes is an elaborate conspiracy. Thinking there's evidence in the Internal Affairs offices that might clear him, he takes everyone in the office hostage and demands that another well-known negotiator be brought in to handle the situation and secretly investigate the conspiracy.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-07-29
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House of Games
1987-10-11
House of Games
Overview: A psychiatrist comes to the aid of a compulsive gambler and is led by a smooth-talking grifter into the shadowy but compelling world of stings, scams, and con men.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-10-11
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Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number
1983-05-22
Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number
Overview: An Argentinian newspaper publisher is imprisoned by his government for dissent.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-05-22
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Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
1994-03-26
Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
Overview: 25 years after committing a double murder, Karl Childers is going to be released from an institution for the criminally insane. A local reporter comes to talk to him, and listens in horror about his life leading up to the crime. This is the short film that inspired the full-length "Sling Blade".
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-03-26
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Defenseless
1991-08-23
Defenseless
Overview: A Los Angeles lawyer defends her former college roommate, whose husband — her lover — has been slain.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-08-23
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The Babysitter
1995-10-17
The Babysitter
Overview: Jennifer (Alicia Silverstone) is a lovely teen who has been hired to baby-sit the kids of Harry Tucker (J.T. Walsh) and his wife, Dolly (Lee Garlington). The Tuckers go to a party and proceed to get inebriated, with Mr. Tucker fantasizing about his beautiful baby sitter. Meanwhile, Jack (Jeremy London), her boyfriend, and Mark (Nicky Katt), another guy interested in her, decide to spy on Jennifer at the Tucker house, with each young man also fixated on her.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-10-17
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The Big Picture
1989-09-15
The Big Picture
Overview: Hollywood beckons for recent film school grad Nick Chapman, who is out to capitalize on the momentum from his national award-winning student film. Studio executive Allen Habel seduces Nick with a dream deal to make his first feature, but once production gets rolling, corporate reality begins to intervene: Nick is unable to control a series of compromises to his high-minded vision, and it's all he can do to maintain his integrity in the midst of filmmaking chaos.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-15
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Crazy People
1990-04-13
Crazy People
Overview: A bitter ad executive, who has reached his breaking point, finds himself in a mental institution, where his career actually begins to thrive with the help of the hospital's patients.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-04-13
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Silent Fall
1994-10-28
Silent Fall
Overview: Having seen the double murder of his parents, autistic youth Tim Warden is sent to therapy with controversial therapist Dr. Jake Rainer. Jake tries to probe the silent child about what he saw, but he gets more details about the Wardens' household dynamics from Tim's teenage sister, Sylvie. As he spends more time with the siblings, Jake learns that the Wardens' marriage was not as perfect as it seemed, and he uncovers other new details that might help solve the crime.
Genres: Drama Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-10-28
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The Grifters
1990-08-08
The Grifters
Overview: A small-time conman has his loyalties torn between his estranged mother and his new girlfriend, both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own angles to play.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-08-08
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Iron Maze
1991-11-01
Iron Maze
Overview: In Corinth, a dying town 15 miles from Pittsburgh: One evening, a Japanese businessman, who wanted to tear down the closed iron mills to build an amusement park, is found half dead in his mill. Bellboy Barry admits to have done it - in self defense. Chief Ruhle interrogates him and Sugito's young wife and business partners, but it takes a while, until he gets through the maze of apparently contradictory statements.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-11-01
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Black Day Blue Night
1995-10-01
Black Day Blue Night
Overview: A wife's husband is cheating on her. She decides to go on a road trip with her husband's other woman. While driving the two women pick up a hitchhiker. The man they pick up may be a robber and murderer on the run from the cops. A policeman who is tracking the hitchhiker has a close eye on them, but the question is why?
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-10-01
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Blue Chips
1994-02-18
Blue Chips
Overview: Pete Bell, a college basketball coach is under a lot of pressure. His team isn't winning and he cannot attract new players. The stars of the future are secretly being paid by boosters. This practice is forbidden in the college game, but Pete is desperate and has pressures from all around.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-02-18
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Persons Unknown
1996-12-27
Persons Unknown
Overview: When former cop and current security expert Jim Holland has a one night stand with Amanda after getting in her way roller-blading. That introduction turns out to be a well thought out plan by Amanda and her sister Molly, to obtain security codes. The girls and their cohorts rob his client and stash the loot. All the while, detective Jim has been following them and he grabs the money for himself. Then his conscience gets the best of him and he falls in love with Molly. His client turns out to be drug dealers and he's forced to risk his life to protect Molly and Amanda.
Genres: Thriller Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-12-27
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True Identity
1991-08-23
True Identity
Overview: In order to escape from the mob, an African-American man must disguise himself as a white man.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-08-23
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Wired
1989-08-25
Wired
Overview: The ghost of John Belushi looks back on his troubled life and career.
Genres: Comedy Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-08-25
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Gang in Blue
1996-09-08
Gang in Blue
Overview: A black police officer discovers a cell of white supremacist vigilantes within his department.
Genres: Thriller Action Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-09-08
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Why Me?
1990-02-08
Why Me?
Overview: A jewel thief steals a sacred ruby which sets off a chase by the police, the Turkish government, nutty American terrorists, and the CIA.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-02-08
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The Beniker Gang
1984-11-02
The Beniker Gang
Overview: When his younger friends go up for adoption, threatening their extended family, an orphaned teen helps them discourage potential parents.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-11-02
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The Prom
1992-01-01
The Prom
Overview: Marty is not comfortable showing his body at college or private. He is suffering from a skin disease called nevus flammeus. In town he stumbles on The Dunes. A porn-shop-theme-park with one booth named "The Prom". This is where Lana works.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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Crime of the Century
1996-09-14
Crime of the Century
Overview: In 1932, the nation was shocked when the 14-month-old son of Charles Lindbergh was kidnapped, held for ransom, and murdered. Two years later, Bruno Richard Hauptmann was arrested, convicted, and executed. This film dramatizes the investigation against Hauptmann, the trial, and the execution, painting a picture of a corrupt police force under pressure to finger a killer framing an innocent man by manufacturing evidence, paying-off and blackmailing witnesses, and covering up exculpatory evidence.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1996-09-14
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Dark Skies
1996-09-21
Dark Skies
Overview: In 1960s America, a young couple struggle to expose the truth about a hidden alien invasion, while a secret government organization follows its own agenda in dealing with the threat.
Genres: Science Fiction Mystery Drama Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-09-21
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Hidden Agenda
1999-11-02
Hidden Agenda
Overview: A young medical student travels to Berlin to investigate the apparent death of his brother and discovers a secret life of espionage, betrayal and murder at the highest levels.
Genres: Mystery Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-11-02
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Contact
1992-01-01
Contact
Overview: An American soldier and an Arab soldier confront each other during wartime in the desert, each hoping to kill the other. But in order to survive, they must lay down their arms and cooperate.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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The Little Death
1996-03-26
The Little Death
Overview: A photographer obsessed with a wealthy man's beautiful wife kills her jealous husband in self-defense. The deceased man's down-and-out musician son soon is drawn in by his sexy stepmother who, unbeknownst to him, is scheming to collect the entire estate.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-03-26
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Hard Choices
1985-01-24
Hard Choices
Overview: A teenaged boy goes for a ride with his brother and the brother's friends, who proceed to rob a store and murder the clerk. They are caught and, despite the young boy's protestations, he is convicted of murder and sent to prison. A female social worker assigned to the boy's case not only believes him, but begins to fall in love with him, and determines to either help him prove his innocence or escape.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-24
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Right to Kill?
1985-05-22
Right to Kill?
Overview: Based on true story of teens Richard and Deborah Jahnke charged in Wyoming for the killing of their abusive father.
Genres: Drama Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-05-22
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Morning Glory
1993-09-17
Morning Glory
Overview: An ex-convict who is on parole is accused of murdering a loose woman in the town where he works.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-09-17
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Star Struck
1994-10-30
Star Struck
Overview: A farm boy (Kirk Cameron) travels to Hollywood to rekindle a romance with a childhood sweetheart (Chelsea Noble), who's now an actress on the road to stardom---and soon to wed her costar (D.W. Moffett)
Genres: Comedy Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-10-30
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Hannah and Her Sisters
1986-02-07
Hannah and Her Sisters
Overview: Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-02-07
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Charlie's Ghost Story
1995-12-13
Charlie's Ghost Story
Overview: Actor Anthony Edwards made his directorial debut with this comic fantasy based on a story by Mark Twain. Trenton Knight plays Charlie, a young boy whose archeologist father (Anthony Edwards) has made several discoveries while exploring a cave in Colorado. However, Charlie makes a discovery of his own -- the spirit of a long-dead explorer has come back to haunt him until his remains can be recovered and finally burried in a proper place. However, Charlie can't manage this on his own, and his father is too busy with his own work to pay much attention to him. Linda Fiorentino also appears in a supporting role. Also under the title Charlie's Ghost: The Story Of Coronado.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-13
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The American Clock
1993-01-02
The American Clock
Overview: Moe, Rose and Lee Baumler are members of an upper class family who find the world completely changed when they lose everything in the stock market crash of 1929. Lee, a college-age young man, who now faces no possibility of entering college, decides to go on the road to see what is happening to the rest of the country.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-02
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The Low Life
1995-11-01
The Low Life
Overview: Yale graduate John has come to Hollywood to catch his big break. It hasn't happened yet.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-11-01
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In the Shadow of a Killer
1992-04-27
In the Shadow of a Killer
Overview: Courtroom drama involving the mafia inspired by true events.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-04-27
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Things Change
1988-10-21
Things Change
Overview: Jerry, a misfit Mafia henchman, is assigned the low-level job of keeping an eye on Gino, a shoe repairman fingered by the Mob to confess to a murder he didn't commit. But Gino's mistaken for a Mafia boss, and the two are suddenly catapulted to the highest levels of mobster status. Only friendship will see them through this dangerous adventure alive!
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-10-21
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Eddie Macon's Run
1983-03-23
Eddie Macon's Run
Overview: Eddie Macon is running from a nightmare... running to a dream... running for his life and his time is running out. He's escaped a Texas prison for the second time (risking life imprisonment if caught) to make it back to his wife and son. Relentlessly pursued by ruthless truant officer, Carl Marzack, who feels he must prove he can still 'get his man' by returning Macon to jail at any cost.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-03-23
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Partners
1993-11-12
Partners
Overview: A junior partner in a law firm, finds out that the wife of a very important client is a former college sweetheart.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-11-12
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Hope
1997-10-19
Hope
Overview: The story of a town's secret, a family's crisis, and a young girl's struggle to reveal the truth.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-10-19
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National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
1993-02-04
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
Overview: An LA detective is murdered because she has microfilm with the recipe to make cocaine cookies. Two cops partner to find and stop the fiends before they can dope the nation by distributing their wares via the 'Wilderness Girls' cookie drive.
Genres: Comedy Crime Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-02-04
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Outbreak
1995-03-10
Outbreak
Overview: A deadly airborne virus finds its way into the USA and starts killing off people at an epidemic rate. Col. Sam Daniels' job is to stop the virus spreading from a small town, which must be quarantined, and to prevent an over reaction by the White House.
Genres: Action Drama Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-03-10
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Power
1986-01-31
Power
Overview: Pete St. John is a powerful and successful political consultant, with clients spread around the country. When his long-time friend and client Ohio senator Sam Hastings decides to quit politics, he is rapidly drafted to help with the campaign of the man destined to succeed him, unknown and mysterious businessman Jerome Cade...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-31
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Tin Men
1987-03-06
Tin Men
Overview: A minor car accident drives two rival aluminum-siding salesmen to the ridiculous extremes of man versus man in 1963 Baltimore.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-03-06
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Sacred Cargo
1996-08-13
Sacred Cargo
Overview: Two brothers head to Russia to help a group of priests smuggle $200 million worth of sacred relics out of the country in order to keep them out of the hands of neo-Nazis.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-08-13
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