Steve James
Biography: Steve James (February 19, 1952 – December 18, 1993) was an American actor, stunt man and martial artist. He starred mostly in low-budget action films such as the American Ninja series, The Delta Force (1986), The Exterminator (1980), and Enter the Game of Death (1978). James also portrayed Kung Fu Joe in the 1988 film comedy/spoof I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, and its 1990 television pilot spinoff Hammer, Slammer, and Slade. Description above from the Wikipedia article Steve James, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: February 19, 1952
Deathday: December 18, 1993
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The Player
1992-04-03
The Player
Overview: A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?
Genres: Mystery Drama Thriller Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-04-03
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Johnny Be Good
1988-03-22
Johnny Be Good
Overview: It's recruiting time and despite being short and scrawny, Johnny Walker is America's hottest young football prospect. His dilemma: should he take one of the many offers from college talent scouts or should he attend the local state college with his girlfriend and give up his football career?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-03-22
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The Warriors
1979-02-01
The Warriors
Overview: Prominent gang leader Cyrus calls a meeting of New York's gangs to set aside their turf wars and take over the city. At the meeting, a rival leader kills Cyrus, but a Coney Island gang called the Warriors is wrongly blamed for Cyrus' death. Before you know it, the cops and every gangbanger in town is hot on the Warriors' trail.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-02-01
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Weird Science
1985-08-01
Weird Science
Overview: Two unpopular teenagers, Gary and Wyatt, fail at all attempts to be accepted by their peers. Their desperation to be liked leads them to "create" a woman via their computer. Their living and breathing creation is a gorgeous woman, Lisa, whose purpose is to boost their confidence level by putting them into situations which require Gary and Wyatt to act like men.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-08-01
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Vigilante
1982-05-18
Vigilante
Overview: New York City factory worker Eddie Marino is a solid citizen and regular guy, until the day a sadistic street gang brutally assaults his wife and murders his child. When a corrupt judge sets the thugs free, he goes berserk and vows revenge.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-05-18
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Weekend at Bernie's II
1993-07-09
Weekend at Bernie's II
Overview: Everybody's favorite stiff is back! Working fools Larry Wilson and Richard Parker have uncovered a dirty, little secret: Their former boss, Bernie Lomax, embezzled $2 million and placed it in a safe deposit box in the Caribbean. Now, the boys are ready to go after the loot, but they can't do it alone -- they need poor Bernie's help. Can the buddies give their ex-boss new life?
Genres: Comedy Crime Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-07-09
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Muggable Mary: Street Cop
1982-02-25
Muggable Mary: Street Cop
Overview: Mary is a single mother with a disabled child who makes a living as a undercover cop catching johns, muggers, and rapists.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-02-25
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American Ninja 2: The Confrontation
1987-05-01
American Ninja 2: The Confrontation
Overview: On a remote Caribbean island, Army Ranger Joe Armstrong saves an old friend from the clutches of "The Lion", an evil super-criminal who has kidnapped a local scientist and mass-produced an army of mutant Ninja warriors.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-05-01
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American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt
1989-02-24
American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt
Overview: Jackson is back, and now he has a new partner, karate champion Sean, as they must face a deadly terrorist known as "The Cobra", who has infected Sean with a virus. Sean and Jackson have no choice but to fight the Cobra and his bands of ninjas.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-02-24
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The Brother from Another Planet
1984-09-07
The Brother from Another Planet
Overview: An alien slave crash-lands in New York City while being pursued by two Men in Black bounty hunters. His attempt to find a place for himself on Earth parallels that of the immigrant experience.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-09-07
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American Ninja
1985-08-30
American Ninja
Overview: Joe Armstrong, an orphaned drifter with little respect for much other than martial arts, finds himself on an American Army base in The Philippines after a judge gives him a choice of enlistment or prison. On one of his first missions driving a convoy, his platoon is attacked by a group of rebels who try to steal the weapons the platoon is transporting and kidnap the base colonel's daughter.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-08-30
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To Live and Die in L.A.
1985-11-01
To Live and Die in L.A.
Overview: When his longtime partner on the force is killed, reckless U.S. Secret Service agent Richard Chance vows revenge, setting out to nab dangerous counterfeit artist Eric Masters.
Genres: Crime Thriller Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-11-01
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McBain
1991-09-20
McBain
Overview: Santos attempts to lead a people's revolt in Colombia to overthrow the Presidente. When his revolt fails and he is killed, his sister Christina goes to New York to find McBain, a lieutenant Santos rescued during the Vietnam War. McBain agrees to help, recruits his old war buddies, raises some cash by killing a few drug dealers, then leads an attack to topple the Colombian government.
Genres: Action War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-09-20
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The Exterminator
1980-09-10
The Exterminator
Overview: When a man's best friend is killed on the streets of New York, he transforms into a violent killer, turning New York into a war zone.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-09-10
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The Delta Force
1986-02-14
The Delta Force
Overview: A 707 aircraft jetliner, en route from Athens to Rome and then to New York City, is hijacked by Lebanese terrorists, who demand that the pilot take them to Beirut. What the terrorists don't realize is that an elite team of commandos have been called in to eliminate all terrorists on the jetliner.
Genres: Action Thriller Adventure War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-02-14
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Hero and the Terror
1988-08-26
Hero and the Terror
Overview: Danny O'Brien is back in action fighting the notorious Simon Moon, also known as The Terror. Three years earlier O'Brien had single-handedly captured The Terror and was called Hero by the people of L.A. Now Simon has escaped and has started killing women again, and O'Brien is the only man who can stop him.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller Crime Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-08-26
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I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
1988-11-10
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
Overview: Jack Spade returns from the army in his old ghetto neighbourhood when his brother, June Bug, dies. Jack declares war on Mr. Big, powerful local crimelord. His army is led by John Slade, his childhood idol who used to fight bad guys in the 70s.
Genres: Comedy Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-10
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He Knows You're Alone
1980-08-29
He Knows You're Alone
Overview: A reluctant bride-to-be is stalked by a serial killer who only kills brides and the people around them. While her friends get whacked one by one, a hard-boiled renegade cop whose bride had been killed years before tries to hunt the killer down before it is too late.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-08-29
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Mask
1985-03-08
Mask
Overview: A boy with a massive facial skull deformity and his biker gang mother attempt to live as normal a life as possible under the circumstances.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-08
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Avenging Force
1986-09-12
Avenging Force
Overview: Martial arts expert Matt Hunter was one of the most promising operatives in Army intelligence until his parents were killed by terrorists, and he retired to the family's farm in Louisiana to take care of his 12-year-old sister Sara and their grandfather Jimmy. Larry Richards, a black man running for the Senate, is one of Matt's best friends. Larry has become the target of The Pentangle, a racist organization led by a man named Glastenbury, and Glastenbury doesn't want Larry to be elected. In an attempt on Larry's life during a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans, The Pentangle kills one of Larry's sons. Matt lets Larry, his wife Daisy, and his other son move to the remotely located farm so they can hide from Glastenbury and the Pentangle, but the Pentangle strikes again, setting the farmhouse on fire. Matt and Sara escape as the only survivors. Then the Pentangle kidnaps Sara, sending Matt on a mission to rescue Sara from Glastenbury and the Pentangle
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-09-12
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Times Square
1980-10-17
Times Square
Overview: When a 13-year-old girl befriends a defiant antisocial child of the streets, the mismatched runaways set off to the Big Apple to find their own adventure.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-10-17
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Street Hunter
1990-11-02
Street Hunter
Overview: Logan Blade is a tough police officer who has to confront a gang led by ruthless Colonel Walsh.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-11-02
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P.O.W. The Escape
1986-04-01
P.O.W. The Escape
Overview: Col. Cooper leads a group of American P.O.W.s, battling their way to freedom as Saigon falls to the Viet Cong.
Genres: Action War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-04-01
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Riverbend
1989-05-01
Riverbend
Overview: A black major (Steve James) and his men are on the run from a rigged court martial and hide out in a small Georgia town where a cruel white sheriff is terrorizing the black population. Together with one strong-willed woman they formulate a bold plan to fight for freedom and human rights.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-05-01
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C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf
1988-05-23
C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf
Overview: The Counter Assault Tactical (C.A.T.) Squad investigates a spy who is supplying plutonium to the Sjambok, a racist South African paramilitary group that is working on a nuclear bomb. The American government, too, is investigating Sjambok, using the top-secret spy plane Python Wolf. When one of the members of the C.A.T. Squad is shot down over South Africa during another mission, his squad leader undertakes a rescue operation to bring his friend back home.
Genres: Action Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-05-23
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Obsessed
1977-01-01
Obsessed
Overview: A psycho stalks and violates women at gunpoint. One woman is determined to stop him.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-01-01
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C.A.T. Squad
1986-07-27
C.A.T. Squad
Overview: When terrorists start killing scientists who are working on NATO's laser defense program, an elite team, the Counter Assault Tactical (C.A.T.) Squad, is brought in to stop the killers.
Genres: Action Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-07-27
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The Land That Time Forgot
1974-08-13
The Land That Time Forgot
Overview: During World War I, a German U-boat sinks a British ship and takes the survivors on board. After it takes a wrong turn, the submarine takes them to the unknown land of Caprona, where they find dinosaurs and neanderthals.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-08-13
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Arthur
1981-07-17
Arthur
Overview: Arthur is a 30-year-old child who will inherit $750 million if he complies with his family's demands and marries the woman of their choosing.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-07-17
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The Soldier
1982-06-01
The Soldier
Overview: Terrorists take over a plutonium bomb and threaten to detonate it in a Saudi Arabian oil field. A special anti-terrorist unit is sent in to stop them.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-06-01
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Hollywood Shuffle
1987-03-20
Hollywood Shuffle
Overview: Aspiring actor and hot-dog stand employee Bobby Taylor catches the ire of his grandmother for auditioning for a role in the regrettably titled exploitation film "Jivetime Jimmy's Revenge." When Tinseltown Studios casts Taylor in the title role, he has a series of conflicted dreams satirizing African-American stereotypes in Hollywood, and must reconcile his career goals with his desire to remain a positive role model for his little brother.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-03-20
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Mister Johnson
1991-03-22
Mister Johnson
Overview: In 1923 British Colonial Nigeria, Mister Johnson is an oddity -- an educated black man who doesn't really fit in with the natives or the British. He works for the local British magistrate, and considers himself English, though he has never been to England. He is always scheming, trying to get ahead, which lands him in a lot of hot water.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-03-22
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Bloodfist V: Human Target
1994-01-19
Bloodfist V: Human Target
Overview: Don "The Dragon" Wilson struggles to regain his memory, not knowing who to trust, or even which side he's fighting on.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-19
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Enter the Game of Death
1978-11-02
Enter the Game of Death
Overview: It's approaching World War 2 and China is expecting to be invaded by Germany and Japan. Mr Ang is hired by a Chinese group who are after a "secret document." Many other groups want to get their hands on it as well. It's on the top floor of a tower and Ang must fight his way to the top.
Genres: Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1978-11-02
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The Flamingo Kid
1984-12-21
The Flamingo Kid
Overview: Brooklyn teenager Jeffrey Willis, thoroughly unhappy with his modest homestead, embraces the other-world aspects of his summer job at the posh Flamingo Club. He spurns his father in favor of the patronage of smooth-talking Phil Brody and is seduced by the ample bikini charms of club member Carla Samson. But thanks to a couple of late-summer hard lessons, the teen eventually realizes that family should always come first.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-12-21
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Cinema of Vengeance
1994-01-01
Cinema of Vengeance
Overview: A documentary study of martial arts films and their leading protagonists. Included are profiles of such artists as Bruce Lee, Cynthia Rothrock, Jackie Chan, Jean-Claude Van Damme and John Woo favourite Chow Yun Fat.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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Hammer, Slammer, & Slade
1990-12-15
Hammer, Slammer, & Slade
Overview: After he retires from the police force, a veteran cop is framed for robbery but his friends, a rookie and three ex-cops, come to his rescue.
Genres: Comedy Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-12-15
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Abuse
1983-04-15
Abuse
Overview: Brutally abused by his parents, teenage Thomas finds comfort in associating with a film director who is making a documentary about physical child abuse. The two fall in love, and the elder is faced with the decision of either running away with Thomas or focusing on his career and thereby letting the boy possibly be beaten to death.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-04-15
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M.A.N.T.I.S.
1994-01-24
M.A.N.T.I.S.
Overview: A brilliant, wheelchair-bound scientist invents a form of exo-skeleton called the Mechanically Augmented Neuro Transmitter Interception System (M.A.N.T.I.S.) that turns him into a superhero and gives him the ability to fight the crime wave that is engulfing his city.
Genres: Science Fiction Crime Action Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-24
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