Eric Laneuville
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Eric Laneuville (born July 14, 1952, New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American television director, actor and martial artist. His first prominent acting roles were in the science-fiction film The Omega Man (1971) with Charlton Heston and the ABC television series Room 222 (1969–74). Although his role as Luther Hawkins in the television series St. Elsewhere is probably his best known role. He also starred in A Force of One playing Charlie, the stepson of Chuck Norris. In more recent years, he frequently directs such one-hour dramas as Ghost Whisperer and Lost.
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Birthday: July 14, 1952
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A Force of One
1979-06-01
A Force of One
Overview: Karate champion Matt Logan is enlisted by the police to train officers in self-defense after narcotics agents are killed by an assailant using the martial arts.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-06-01
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Black Belt Jones
1974-01-28
Black Belt Jones
Overview: Jones is a secret agent who has gone into semi-retirement, concentrating instead on teaching the martial arts to inner city youths. The karate school is run by a kindly old coot named Pops ,played by Scatman Crothers. His gambling debts, however, bring the local thug, Pinky, down on him. To make matters worse, Pinky is then hired by some white thugs who want to get a hold of the property Pops' school occupies so they can build a shopping mall. When things get heavy, Black Belt Jones leaps into action. Only he's not alone. Pops' daughter, Sidney, shows up to lend a hand, proving herself every bit as agile and powerful a martial artist as Jones.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-01-28
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A Piece of the Action
1977-10-07
A Piece of the Action
Overview: How does retired cop Joshua Burke (James Earl Jones) get two career criminals, Manny Durrell (Sidney Poitier) and Dave Anderson (Bill Cosby), to follow the straight and narrow? Con them into helping juvenile delinquents turn over a new leaf. But how? Burke has never been able to nail the duo, but he uses what he knows of their seedy past to blackmail them into volunteering.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-10-07
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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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Murder and the Computer
1973-12-04
Murder and the Computer
Overview: After coming under suspicion for a computer technician's murder, six hackers team up to try to find the real killer.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Horror Mystery Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-12-04
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Twice in a Lifetime
1974-03-16
Twice in a Lifetime
Overview: A tugboat operator and a waterfront cafe owner clash with a dock foreman who is trying to change the way things on the piers have been done.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-03-16
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Shoot It Black, Shoot It Blue
1974-12-06
Shoot It Black, Shoot It Blue
Overview: A white cop apprehends, then murders, a Black purse thief in the street. A Black film student witnesses the murder and begins surveilling the cop in his everyday life. Based on the novel "Shoot It" by Paul Tyner; filmed in Kansas City.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-12-06
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Sunnyside
1979-06-01
Sunnyside
Overview: Nick Martin, a young street tough, has a change of heart and attempts to stop the gang violence in his neighborhood.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-06-01
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Staying Afloat
1993-11-26
Staying Afloat
Overview: In this comedy thriller, a prospective series pilot, Larry Hagman plays a disinherited socialite and high roller who, with the aid of a comely con artist and his sarcastic butler, helps the feds bring down an arms merchant.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-11-26
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Death Wish
1974-07-24
Death Wish
Overview: After his wife is murdered by street punks, a pacifistic New York City architect becomes a one-man vigilante squad, prowling the streets for would-be muggers after dark.
Genres: Crime Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-07-24
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The Omega Man
1971-08-01
The Omega Man
Overview: Due to an experimental vaccine, Dr. Robert Neville is the only human survivor of an apocalyptic war waged with biological weapons. Besides him, only a few hundred deformed, nocturnal people remain - sensitive to light, and homicidally psychotic.
Genres: Science Fiction Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-08-01
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Love at First Bite
1979-04-26
Love at First Bite
Overview: Dracula and Renefield relocate to 70's era New York in search of Cindy Sondheim, the reincarnation of Dracula's one true love, Mina Harker. "Trouble adjusting" is a wild understatement for the Count as he battles Cindy's psychiatrist, Jeffrey Rosenberg, a descendant of Van Helsing, who may almost certainly, possibly, may be in love with Cindy too.
Genres: Romance Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-04-26
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Twisted Desire
1996-05-13
Twisted Desire
Overview: A teenage girl convinces a young, love-struck ex-con that the only way they can be together is to do away with her domineering parents.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-05-13
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The Baltimore Bullet
1980-04-01
The Baltimore Bullet
Overview: A tale of two hustlers trying to set up a big game.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-04-01
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Foster & Laurie
1975-11-13
Foster & Laurie
Overview: The story of two New York City police officers, one white and one black, their ambush and murder by black revolutionaries and the efforts to hunt down and capture their killers.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-11-13
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The Omega Man: Introduction
2003-01-01
The Omega Man: Introduction
Overview: The brief feature introduces viewers to the film, looking at the changes between novel and script, the cast member's memories of working with Heston, the racial overtones presented in the film, and the film's status as a cult favorite.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-01
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