Joe Santos
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joe Santos (born June 9, 1931) is an American film and television actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joe Santos, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: June 09, 1931
Deathday: March 18, 2016
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Shaft's Big Score!
1972-06-08
Shaft's Big Score!
Overview: John Shaft is back as the lady-loved black detective cop on the search for the murderer of a client.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-06-08
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The Hustler of Muscle Beach
1980-05-16
The Hustler of Muscle Beach
Overview: A slick promoter in the bodybuilding subculture of Venice Beach, California, finds what he considers a diamond in the rough: a dedicated but somewhat mentally challenged young man who wants to win bodybuilding championships, but needs some help and direction--and the promoter thinks he's just the one to do it.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-05-16
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Shamus
1973-01-31
Shamus
Overview: New York private eye Shamus McCoy likes girls, drink and gambling, but by the look of his flat business can't be too hot. So an offer of $10,000 to finds some diamonds stolen in a daring raid with a flame-thrower is too good to miss. His investigations soon get pretty complicated and rather too dangerous. At least along the way he does get to meet Alexis.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Comedy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-01-31
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Blue Thunder
1983-02-05
Blue Thunder
Overview: Los Angeles, California. Officer Murphy, a veteran Metropolitan Police helicopter pilot suffering from severe trauma due to his harsh experiences during the Vietnam War, and Lymangood, his resourceful new partner, are tasked with testing an advanced and heavily armed experimental chopper known as Blue Thunder.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-02-05
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Mo' Money
1992-07-24
Mo' Money
Overview: Trying to get his act together, a con artist gets a job in a credit card company. He falls in love with a fellow employee, he steals a couple of cards, everything is going great. But soon, the chief of security drags him into the big leagues of criminals...
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-07-24
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The Friends of Eddie Coyle
1973-06-26
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
Overview: An aging hood is about to go back to prison. Hoping to escape his fate, he supplies information on stolen guns to the feds, while simultaneously supplying arms to his bank robbing chums.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-06-26
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The Last Boy Scout
1991-12-13
The Last Boy Scout
Overview: When the girl that detective Joe Hallenback is protecting gets murdered, the boyfriend of the murdered girl attempts to investigate and solve the case. What they discover is that there is deep seated corruption going on between a crooked politician and the owner of a pro football team.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-12-13
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The Panic in Needle Park
1971-06-01
The Panic in Needle Park
Overview: A stark portrayal of life among a group of heroin addicts who hang out in Needle Park in New York City. Played against this setting is a low-key love story between Bobby, a young addict and small-time hustler, and Helen, a homeless girl who finds in her relationship with Bobby the stability she craves.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-06-01
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The Postman
1997-12-25
The Postman
Overview: In 2013, there are no highways, no I-ways, no dreams of a better tomorrow, only scattered survivors across what was once the United States. Into this apocalyptic wasteland comes an enigmatic drifter with a mule, a knack for Shakespeare, and something yet undiscovered: the power to inspire hope.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-12-25
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Revenge
1990-02-16
Revenge
Overview: Michael ‘Jay’ Cochran has just left the Navy after 12 years and he's not quite sure what he's going to do, except that he knows he wants a holiday. He decides to visit Tiburon Mendez, a powerful but shady Mexican businessman who he once flew to Alaska for a hunting trip. Arriving at the Mendez mansion in Mexico, he is immediately surprised by the beauty and youth of Mendez’s wife, Miryea.
Genres: Thriller Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-02-16
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Fear City
1984-07-18
Fear City
Overview: Strippers in Manhattan are being stalked and murdered by a psycho. A hard-nosed police detective and a conflicted ex-boxer-turned-private-eye, hired by the strip club owners, set out to find him before he strikes again.
Genres: Drama Crime Mystery Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-07-18
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Flesh and Lace
1965-12-01
Flesh and Lace
Overview: Beverly a teaser bar girl, that think she hates men, but is in fact suffering from repressed nymphomania. She finds out when she flirts with her best friends man and gets thrown out in the street. Beverly runs into a toy store owner.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-12-01
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Dead Genesis
2010-08-10
Dead Genesis
Overview: Seven months have passed since the dead took over. Many cities and states have been abandoned and left to die. Several self sufficient hunting groups have been established to take on the threat in a war aptly referred to as the 'War on Dead'. Jillian Hurst, a former news writer and amateur documentarian, has set out to make a pro-war propaganda film to support the W.O.D. She joins up with a pack of renegade hunters known infamously to North America as 'the deadheads'. The moral dynamics and hardships of fighting in a war against the undead are told from several different perspectives.
Genres: Drama Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-08-10
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Moonlighting Wives
1966-09-21
Moonlighting Wives
Overview: An ambitious suburban housewife, tired of forever being in debt, sets up an independent stenography business. Finding that her clients are more interested in the women than the dictation, she revamps it into a discreet and highly profitable prostitution ring made up of neighbourhood wives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-09-21
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The Girl on the Late, Late Show
1974-04-01
The Girl on the Late, Late Show
Overview: A television producer decides to find out the whereabouts of a former movie actress whose career has long since faded, then discovers that his inquiries have set off a string of murders.
Genres: Mystery TV Movie Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-04-01
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Cover Up
1984-09-22
Cover Up
Overview: In this feature-length pilot, Dani Reynolds thinks that she has the perfect life, a perfect job, she's a renowned fashion photographer, and has a loving husband. But things change for her when her husband is killed. She learns that her husband wasn't the mild mannered person she thought he was. It seems that he was a government agent who works with no official government backing. She then recruits Mac Harper an ex-Green Beret to help her find out what happened to her husband.
Genres: Action TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-09-22
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The Don Is Dead
1973-11-14
The Don Is Dead
Overview: After his mistress is murdered, a Mafia leader goes after the killer with a bloody vengeance. Soon after the hunt begins, a gang war ensues.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-11-14
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Zandy's Bride
1974-05-19
Zandy's Bride
Overview: Zandy Allan purchases a mail-order bride, Hannah Lund. He treats her as a possession, without respect or humanity, until their shared ordeal as they struggle to survive develops in him a growing love.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-05-19
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The Old Man and the Sea
1990-03-25
The Old Man and the Sea
Overview: Based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway. Santiago goes out on his usual fishing trip and makes a huge catch, the biggest of his life. Then a shark attacks and tries to steal his catch.
Genres: Action Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-03-25
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My Body Hungers
1967-09-01
My Body Hungers
Overview: Marcia, a sexy bucolic orphan, hitch-hikes to the city to meet up with her sister, who has promised her a job at the roadhouse where she works as a hostess. She has no qualms about sleeping with her driver in order to be safeguarded to her destination. Once she arrives, she discovers that her sister has recently been violently murdered -- in a stangulation by garter belt. Marcia takes her sister's job in order to go undercover in finding the murderer. She thus imperils her own life while making discoveries about her sister's former lifestyle and the seamy antics of the local civic leaders.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-09-01
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Auggie Rose
2000-05-14
Auggie Rose
Overview: An insurance salesman's humdrum existence takes a turn when a stranger, ex-con Auggie Rose, unexpectedly dies in his arms. Assuming the identity of the dead man, the salesman embarks on a double life, keeping it secret from his live-in girlfriend.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-05-14
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The Blue Knight
1973-11-11
The Blue Knight
Overview: Bumper Morgan is a veteran Los Angeles Police Department street cop. He is due to retire after 20 years on the job, but is not letting up on the criminal element on his beat.
Genres: Action TV Movie Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-11-11
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The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A.
1994-11-27
The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A.
Overview: Detective Jim Rockford works to uncover facts of the death of a wealthy socialite whose two grown children are accused of murdering her. Complicating matters are Rockford's omnipresent "friend" Angel, and Rockford's ex-wife Kit, a lawyer who represents the children.
Genres: Crime Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-11-27
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The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise
1995-05-14
The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise
Overview: Angel's televangelical ministry launches a boycott against a movie entitled "Little Ezekial," and Rockford is hired to protect its star.
Genres: Crime Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-05-14
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The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits...
1996-01-14
The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits...
Overview: Jim Rockford, is framed for the murder of another rival detective with whom Jim was seen having an argument.
Genres: Crime TV Movie Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-14
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The Rockford Files: Godfather Knows Best
1996-03-18
The Rockford Files: Godfather Knows Best
Overview: Jim Rockford tries to help his godson, son of Denis Becker, rise out of poverty and homelessness, but soon discovers the young man's problems are far more complicated than he imagined.
Genres: Crime Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-03-18
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The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime
1996-09-18
The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime
Overview: Laid-back private eye Jim Rockford and his brown Pontiac Firebird become embroiled in another case when he runs across an old flame, blind book editor Megan. Her no-good playboy cousin Patrick is involved with the Russian Mob, which puts everyone's life in danger. The weary Rockford must also deal with his old friend Angel, who is painting Jim's trailer to work off a debt.
Genres: TV Movie Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-09-18
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Deadly Desire
1991-10-13
Deadly Desire
Overview: A security guard is enticed to scam a businessman for his insurance money by the man's attractive wife. The trouble begins when he discovers that the husband has ties to the mob.
Genres: Mystery Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-10-13
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The Selling of Vince D'Angelo
1976-09-15
The Selling of Vince D'Angelo
Overview: Danny DeVito stars in and directs this critically acclaimed short film which was part of the ground breaking HBO/Cinemax anthology series, "Likely Stories." Danny plays corrupt Congressman Vince D'Angelo who is making a sleazy run to become Senator of New Jersey. In the process he spreads vicious rumors about his running mates and uses incendiary campaign commercials to get himself elected. His campaign is derailed when he is caught-on-tape giving a bribe to a G-man posing as a mobster. His response to the "Mobscam" debacle is to claim he was "conducting his own investigation" and then fakes an 11th hour assassination on himself to engender voter sympathy.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-09-15
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The Detective
1968-05-28
The Detective
Overview: Police detective Joe Leland investigates the murder of a gay man.
Genres: Crime Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-05-28
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Deadline: Madrid
1988-09-01
Deadline: Madrid
Overview: In Spain during the civil war. The American journalists Erin Wright and Robert Minelli enjoy their lives in bars. Then the courageous journalist Jonathan Tyler arrives - and shortly after disappears. Erin and Robert decide to continue his dangerous story and get drawn into a conspiracy.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-01
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Hammerlock
2002-01-01
Hammerlock
Overview: Two prison guards team up with a convict and a drug smuggler to recapture bank robbers.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-01
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Power
1980-01-14
Power
Overview: Loosely based on the life of Jimmy Hoffa, this traces the rise of Tommy Vanda (Joe Don Baker) from a Chicago dock worker to an influential labor leader who, like Hoffa, finds himself behind bars in a federal prison, and not long after, taken for a ride by shady men never to be seen again.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-14
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The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
1971-12-22
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
Overview: A Brooklyn mobster and his gang try to rub out their rivals.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-12-22
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Trial by Jury
1994-09-09
Trial by Jury
Overview: Valerie is a juror in the trial of a mob boss. When her young son's life is threatened, she has no option other than to see that justice isn't done.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-09-09
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Chronic
2015-10-21
Chronic
Overview: David is a nurse who works with terminally ill patients. Dedicated to his profession, he develops strong relationships with the people he cares for. But outside of work, it's a different story altogether.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-10-21
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The Legend of Nigger Charley
1972-03-16
The Legend of Nigger Charley
Overview: A trio of runaway slaves evade authorities in the Old West.
Genres: Western Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-03-16
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Art Deco Detective
1994-09-16
Art Deco Detective
Overview: While investigating the murder of a movie star, a detective finds that he himself is being set up for the crime.
Genres: Thriller Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-09-16
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Blade
1973-12-01
Blade
Overview: A homicide detective goes after a woman-hating serial killer, who uses knives to murder his victims.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-12-01
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Beverly Hills Brats
1989-10-06
Beverly Hills Brats
Overview: A rich young boy arranges to be kidnapped so he'll get more attention from his parents.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-10-06
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The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads
1999-04-20
The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads
Overview: Jim Rockford must help a friend unjustly accused of child molestation.
Genres: Crime Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-04-20
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The Rockford Files: Friends and Foul Play
1996-04-25
The Rockford Files: Friends and Foul Play
Overview: An friend of Jim's continues to seek his help for her murdered son, but when she winds up dead not long after an altercation with the mafia man, Jim must must do what it takes to put both her soul and her son's, at rest, himself.
Genres: Mystery TV Movie Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-04-25
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The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden Pagoda
1997-11-21
The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden Pagoda
Overview: After a quiet fishing trip, Rockford is tricked into taking over a fellow PI's case involving alleged Police misconduct, which lands him in the hospital, hounded by a beautiful reporter, and out of favor with the entire Police Deapartment. Meanwhile Angel tries to cash in on the publicity by selling a movie about Rockford's life.
Genres: Crime Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-11-21
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The Abduction of Allison Tate
1986-10-03
The Abduction of Allison Tate
Overview: When wealthy real estate developer Richard Tate seizes land belonging to a Native American tribe for his next construction project, a group of young men from the tribe decide to kidnap Tate's daughter Allison as a means of persuading her father to abandon the project and return their land. As time drags on with no resolution in sight, Allison begins to sympathize with the plight of her captors and joins them in their fight against her father.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-10-03
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The Ratings Game
1984-12-15
The Ratings Game
Overview: A New Jersey trucker creates a hit TV show with help from his girlfriend in the ratings business.
Genres: Comedy Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-12-15
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The Cops Are Robbers
1990-12-09
The Cops Are Robbers
Overview: Made-for-TV drama about one of the largest crimes in history—the 1980 robbery of the Boston Depositors Trust by a group of policemen. Capt. Gerry Clemente is the leader of a gang of rotten cops who take their piece of Boston's criminal offerings. The crimes are petty at first, but soon, Clemente sets his sights on a bank that promises a big score. Can the gang pull it off before a case is built against them?
Genres: Drama Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-12-09
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The Man from Elysian Fields
2001-09-13
The Man from Elysian Fields
Overview: A failed novelist's inability to pay the bills strains relations with his wife and leads him to work at an escort service where he becomes entwined with a wealthy woman whose husband is a successful writer.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-09-13
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Carol for Another Christmas
1964-12-28
Carol for Another Christmas
Overview: Daniel Grudge, a wealthy industrialist and fierce isolationist long embittered by the loss of his son in World War II, is visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve who lead him to reconsider his attitude toward his fellow man.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-12-28
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A Matter of Wife... and Death
1975-05-03
A Matter of Wife... and Death
Overview: A private investigator is confronted by the police AND the mob about the killing of a former private-eye associate.
Genres: Crime Mystery Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-05-03
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Warm Nights and Hot Pleasures
1964-10-03
Warm Nights and Hot Pleasures
Overview: Three College friends go off to New York to become Broadway stars and they endure an endless parade of casting couches and frauds in their pursuit of Limelight, which puts more and more strains on their friendships.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-10-03
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The Rockford Files
1974-03-27
The Rockford Files
Overview: The hit 1974 series pilot aired on NBC March 27, 1974, as a 90-minute made-for-television movie. In the pilot, Lindsay Wagner also starred and later made a return appearance. The pilot was titled Backlash of the Hunter for syndication.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-03-27
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