John Spencer
Biography: John Spencer, a highly esteemed American actor, was born in New York City on December 20, 1946. He developed a deep passion for acting from an early age and gained recognition for his captivating performances on Broadway, particularly in "The Great White Hope" (1969). Spencer effortlessly transitioned to film, showcasing his versatility in movies like "The Rock" (1996) and "The Negotiator" (1998). However, it was his portrayal of Leo McGarry on "The West Wing" (1999-2006) that truly brought him widespread acclaim, earning him an Emmy Award in 2002. Sadly, Spencer passed away on December 16, 2005, at the age of 58, leaving a void in the entertainment industry. His legacy lives on through his impactful contributions to theater, film, and television, firmly establishing him as one of the most revered actors of his generation.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: December 20, 1946
Deathday: December 16, 2005
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WarGames
1983-06-03
WarGames
Overview: High school student David Lightman has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Department of Defense's war computer and initiates a confrontation of global proportions. Together with his girlfriend and a wizardly computer genius, David must race against time to outwit his opponent and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.
Genres: Thriller Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-06-03
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Cop Land
1997-08-15
Cop Land
Overview: Freddy Heflin is the sheriff of a place everyone calls “Cop Land” — a small and seemingly peaceful town populated by the big city police officers he’s long admired. Yet something ugly is taking place behind the town’s peaceful facade. And when Freddy uncovers a massive, deadly conspiracy among these local residents, he is forced to take action and make a dangerous choice between protecting his idols and upholding the law.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-08-15
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Ravenous
1999-03-16
Ravenous
Overview: Upon receiving reports of missing persons at Fort Spencer, a remote Army outpost on the Western frontier, Capt. John Boyd investigates. After arriving at his new post, Boyd and his regiment aid a wounded frontiersman who recounts a horrifying tale of a wagon train murdered by its supposed guide -- a vicious U.S. Army colonel gone rogue. Fearing the worst, the regiment heads out into the wilderness to verify the gruesome claims.
Genres: Adventure Horror Western Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-03-16
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Forget Paris
1995-05-19
Forget Paris
Overview: Mickey Gordon is a basketball referee who travels to France to bury his father. Ellen Andrews is an American living in Paris who works for the airline he flies on. They meet and fall in love, but their relationship goes through many difficult patches.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-05-19
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Black Rain
1989-09-22
Black Rain
Overview: Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. They arrest one of their killers and are ordered to escort him back to Japan. However, in Japan he manages to escape, and as they try to track him down, they get deeper and deeper into the Japanese Mafia scene and they have to learn that they can only win by playing the game—the Japanese way.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-22
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Presumed Innocent
1990-07-27
Presumed Innocent
Overview: Rusty Sabich is a deputy prosecutor engaged in an obsessive affair with a coworker who is murdered. Soon after, he's accused of the crime. And his fight to clear his name becomes a whirlpool of lies and hidden passions.
Genres: Mystery Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-07-27
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Albino Alligator
1997-01-17
Albino Alligator
Overview: While escaping from a foiled robbery attempt, three thieves find themselves surrounded by police at a New Orleans bar--only they're not the people the police are searching for.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-17
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Sea of Love
1989-09-15
Sea of Love
Overview: Seen-it-all New York detective Frank Keller is unsettled - he has done twenty years on the force and could retire, and he hasn't come to terms with his wife leaving him for a colleague. Joining up with an officer from another part of town to investigate a series of murders linked by the lonely hearts columns he finds he is getting seriously and possibly dangerously involved with Helen, one of the main suspects.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-15
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Twilight
1998-03-06
Twilight
Overview: A retired detective accepts a simple task, unaware that it will tear open old, forgotten, but deadly wounds.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-03-06
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The Rock
1996-06-07
The Rock
Overview: When vengeful General Francis X. Hummel seizes control of Alcatraz Island and threatens to launch missiles loaded with deadly chemical weapons into San Francisco, only a young FBI chemical weapons expert and notorious Federal prisoner have the skills to penetrate the impregnable island fortress and take him down.
Genres: Action Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-06-07
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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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Hiding Out
1987-11-06
Hiding Out
Overview: A very successful stock broker is called to court to testify against a mob boss who was into some inside trading. Andrew Morenski must become Max Hauser and go back to high school for protection from the mob.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Drama Family Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-11-06
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Far from Home
1989-06-30
Far from Home
Overview: Charlie Cox should have stopped for gas in California. While he's on a cross-country trip with his teenage daughter, Joleen, his car hits empty in a creepy town in Nevada. With nary a drop of fuel to be found, Charlie and Joleen stop for the night at a dilapidated trailer park. There, Joleen catches the eye of two teenage boys, Jimmy and Pinky -- either of whom could be the serial killer currently terrorizing the town.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-06-30
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Lesser Prophets
1997-11-28
Lesser Prophets
Overview: The police have three bookies under surveillance, but they escape and set up shop elsewhere. By chance, one of the police finds them; instead of turning them in, he demands money that his brother, now a suicide, had lost to them
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-11-28
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Echoes
1982-01-01
Echoes
Overview: An artist is plagued by nightmares of a love triangle and murder. A psychic says the dream figure is his brother, a "troubled soul" from an ancient past life. Nearly born as his twin but miscarried, this past life rival now breaks through in nightmares in attempt to repeat history.
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-01-01
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In the Arms of a Killer
1992-01-05
In the Arms of a Killer
Overview: A young detective falls in love with a witness in a murder case and suddenly becomes a suspect herself.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-05
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Cold Around the Heart
1997-11-07
Cold Around the Heart
Overview: A jewel thief moves towards a reunion of revenge with his lover, who pushed him out of their speeding getaway car.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-11-07
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The Other Side of Victory
1979-06-12
The Other Side of Victory
Overview: This film dramatizes the problems facing ordinary American soldiers during the Revolutionary War, explaining why most ultimately chose to stay and fight.
Genres: TV Movie Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-06-12
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Simple Justice
1989-12-01
Simple Justice
Overview: When an unknown assailant viciously murders the participants in a bank robbery and murder case, it could be a case of vigilante justice - that is, if the two cases are connected. That's for the police to decide - and it's a puzzle that becomes more mysterious with each new clue.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-12-01
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Cafe Society
1997-07-18
Cafe Society
Overview: New York 1952. Mickey Jelke inherits a big sum of money and spends his nights in Manhattan, painting the city red. Night after night, he can be found in one Broadway bar or the other, in the company of disreputable persons like pimps and prostitutes. One day,a shady cop, aided by Mickey's own girlfriend, Patricia, decides to accuse him of running a prostitution network. A scandal breaks out.
Genres: Crime Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-07-18
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
1994-11-09
Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor
Overview: The alleged suicide of a gubernatorial candidate triggers a series of mysterious deaths leading to the governor's mansion, and "Wild" Bill McKenzie, a friend of Perry Mason, is on the case.
Genres: Mystery Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-11-09
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From the Files of Joseph Wambaugh: A Jury of One
1992-11-29
From the Files of Joseph Wambaugh: A Jury of One
Overview: In the first of a potential series of films inspired by the real-life experiences of Los Angeles police officer turned bestselling author Joseph Wambaugh, an on-the-skids detective, with memories of having accidentally shot and killed his partner while they were pursuing a pair of bank robbers, tries to put his life back in order.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-11-29
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Green Card
1990-12-23
Green Card
Overview: Urban horticulturalist Brontë Mitchell has her eye on a gorgeous apartment, but the building's board will rent it only to a married couple. Georges Fauré, a waiter from France whose visa is expiring, needs to marry an American woman to stay in the country. Their marriage of convenience turns into a burden when they must live together to allay the suspicions of the immigration service, as the polar opposites grate on each other's nerves.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-12-23
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When No One Would Listen
1992-11-15
When No One Would Listen
Overview: Jessica has been married to her controlling husband Gary for years. The abuse only gets worse when she gets a job at a bakery and makes two really caring friends: her co-worker and neighbor Lee, and her boss Walter.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-11-15
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Cocaine and Blue Eyes
1983-01-02
Cocaine and Blue Eyes
Overview: Michael Brennen, a San Francisco private eye gets dragged into a drug-smuggling operation while searching for the girlfriend of a deal client, leading Brennen to a politically prominent family.
Genres: Drama Action Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-02
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The Protector
1985-06-15
The Protector
Overview: Billy Wong is a New York City cop whose partner is gunned down during a robbery. Billy and his new partner, Danny Garoni, are working security at a fashion show when a wealthy man's daughter, Laura Shapiro, is kidnapped. The Federal authorities suspect that Laura's father is involved with Mr. Ko, a Hong Kong drug kingpin, so the NYC police commissioner sends the two cops to Hong Kong to investigate.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-06-15
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All Revved Up
1998-04-19
All Revved Up
Overview: A lovely school teacher finds herself the victim of a scam artist - a garage owner who delights in ripping off his customers. Soon, she has two eager young men, her lizard-loving neighbour and his friend, on her side to help her exact revenge on the sleazy mechanic, who is the leader of a stolen car ring.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-04-19
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