Jim Metzler
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jim Metzler (born June 23, 1951) is an American television and film actor, best known for guest-appearances on popular TV series. In 1983, he received a Golden Globe nomination for his supporting role in the 1982 film Tex. Former jobs of his include a minor league baseball player, a sports reporter, and a job that required him to repair cracks on airline runways. After graduating from Dartmouth College, Metzler was drafted by the Boston Red Sox but decided to pursue an acting career. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jim Metzler, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Birthday: June 23, 1951
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One False Move
1991-10-12
One False Move
Overview: Following a series of drug deals and murders, three criminals -- Fantasia, Ray Malcolm and Pluto -- travel from Los Angeles to Houston, finally arriving in a small Arkansas town to go into hiding. Two detectives from the LAPD, who are already on the case, contact the town's sheriff, Dale Dixon, to alert him of the fugitives' presence in the area. Underestimating Dixon, the criminals have no idea what they are about to face.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-10-12
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Circuitry Man
1990-05-01
Circuitry Man
Overview: In a future where most humans have moved underground to escape the pollution, one of the few pleasures left is a kind of narcotic in the form of chips which can be plugged directly into the brain. Lori, a female body guard steals a case of such chips and flees underground Los Angeles with Danner, a pleasure android so that they can smuggle the chips to New York. In pursuit is Plughead, a dangerous criminal so named because of the many sockets and ports which decorate his scalp so that he can test and use the chips that he is after.
Genres: Science Fiction Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-05-01
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Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II
1994-04-16
Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II
Overview: In the backdrop of Earths polluted future a female FBI agent removes Danner, a pleasure android from an asylum in order to coerce him into helping her hunt down the criminal psychopath Plughead. But Plughead who has tangled with Danner before has his own plans as he is forcing a female scientist to help him manufacture life extending longevity chips which he intends to sell to rich and powerful clients.
Genres: Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-04-16
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Hot to Trot
1988-08-26
Hot to Trot
Overview: Fred P. Chaney receives as inheritance after the death of his mother a speaking horse that also has good knowledge about the stock-market. With the help of this horse Fred gains a lot at the stock-market of Chicago.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-08-26
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976-EVIL
1988-12-09
976-EVIL
Overview: A bullied unpopular high school student named Hoax finds an ad for 976-EVIL, a number that provides daily 'horrorscopes'. But when he calls the number he gains demonic powers, which he uses to seek vengeance against those who bullied him.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-12-09
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Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest
1995-09-12
Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest
Overview: After a couple adopts a pair of orphaned brothers, it becomes alarmingly clear the boys are much more than they seem.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-12
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Tex
1982-07-30
Tex
Overview: After their mother dies and their father leaves them, teenage brothers Tex and Mason McCormick struggle to make it on their own.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-07-30
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The Christmas Star
1986-12-14
The Christmas Star
Overview: Horace McNickle (Edward Asner) is a two-time felon serving prison time for counterfeiting. On the week before Christmas, he escapes from prison dressed as Santa Claus due to his uncanny resemblence to St. Nick resulting from his long white beard and heavyset features. McNickle hides out from the police in a nearby suburban neighborhood where he is befriended and helped by two local children who think he is the real Santa Claus. McNickle takes advantage of the kids naive ness to help him get his counterfeit money hidden somewhere in a local department store while he develops kind-hearted feelings for his two con victims that make him slowly understand the true nature of Christmas.
Genres: Drama Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-12-14
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Waxwork II: Lost in Time
1992-05-11
Waxwork II: Lost in Time
Overview: The survivors of the first Waxwork must use a portal through time to defeat the evil that has followed them and turned their lives upside down.
Genres: Horror Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-05-11
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Delusion
1991-06-07
Delusion
Overview: In this fast-paced, noirish road movie, a computer expert embezzles half a million dollars and races off to Reno to start anew. Unfortunately, en route, he picks up a pair of hitchers and ends up entangled with a crazed couple who commandeer his car and leave him alone in the desert to die. As soon as he can, he hits the road to get revenge and to find his money before they do.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-06-07
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Old Gringo
1989-09-13
Old Gringo
Overview: A writer forms a triangle with a schoolmarm and a Mexican general on the run.
Genres: Action Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-13
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A Gun, a Car, a Blonde
1997-06-01
A Gun, a Car, a Blonde
Overview: In this homage to film noir, a wheelchair bound (Jim Metzler) paraplegic fantasizes about the new blonde (Andrea Thompson), who moves into the house across from him..
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-06-01
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The Big Brass Ring
1999-04-20
The Big Brass Ring
Overview: Blake Pellarin is on the campaign trail to become president of the United States. While making a stop in St. Louis, a chance encounter brings his past back to haunt him.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-04-20
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Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat
1989-05-18
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat
Overview: Reclusive vampires lounge in a lonely American town. They wear sunscreen to protect themselves. A descendant of Van Helsing arrives with hilarious consequences.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-05-18
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Four Friends
1981-12-11
Four Friends
Overview: A young immigrant comes to America in the 60s and is caught up in the counterculture movement which tests his bonds of friendship and love.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-12-11
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Gypsy Eyes
1993-01-01
Gypsy Eyes
Overview: A security officer tracks down the Gypsy girl who can identify an American diplomat's killer.
Genres: Action Drama Romance Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-01
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Phantom Town
1999-02-16
Phantom Town
Overview: When a sixteen year-old boy and his two young siblings set off on a quest to find their missing parents, their search leads them to a ghost town in the middle of the desert. They soon discover that this is no ordinary tourist spot. In fact, according to the maps, it doesn't exist at all! Finding their way into this mysterious place, the kids must confront the sinister force that dwells beneath it in order to rescue their parents - and save themselves.
Genres: Horror Western Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-02-16
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Crash: The Mystery of Flight 1501
1990-11-18
Crash: The Mystery of Flight 1501
Overview: Diane and Greg Halstead were once happily married, even deciding to try and have a baby in later years, despite the fact that she had already suffered two miscarriages. She has no luck in becoming pregnant and this leads to an estrangement from her husband. On his latest flight, Greg, a professional pilot, finds out about a bomb threat. The person carrying the bomb supposedly wants to kill another passenger, a politician with an outspoken opinion on abortion. Unknown to the killer, however, the politician has already left the plane because it had an hour and a half delay. Greg decides to make an emergency landing in Dayton, Ohio, but during the heavy weather, the plane crashes, killing almost everyone on board.
Genres: Drama Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-11-18
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Hefner: Unauthorized
1999-12-08
Hefner: Unauthorized
Overview: The unauthorized biography of Hugh Hefner and the birth of the Playboy empire.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-12-08
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Little Girls in Pretty Boxes
1997-01-18
Little Girls in Pretty Boxes
Overview: A gymnast moves to a gym where the top coach in the US is and has difficulties adjusting.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-18
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Murder by Night
1989-07-20
Murder by Night
Overview: A man inadvertently gets caught near a car explosion, and after he recovers from his injuries realizes that he has amnesia. Soon evidence begins to mount that he could be "The Claw Hammer Killer, " a serial murderer who targets for death the former patrons of a particular restaurant called Puzzles.
Genres: Horror Mystery Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-07-20
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The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
1987-11-11
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
Overview: Against orders and with no help of relief Texas patriots led by William Travis, Jim Bowie, and Davy Crockett defend the Alamo against overwhelming Mexican forces.
Genres: TV Movie Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-11-11
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Bad City Blues
1999-02-16
Bad City Blues
Overview: In the aftermath of a violent robbery, a New Orleans doctor, Eugene Grimes, wakes to find a wounded woman and $2 million in cash on his doorstep. In pursuit of the thieves, police captain Clarence Jefferson discovers that Grimes is the key not only to the money but to a dark web of intrigue and vengeance stretching back to a bloody civil war in El Salvador a decade before.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-02-16
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Wiener Dog Nationals
2013-04-27
Wiener Dog Nationals
Overview: A family adopts a runt of a dachshund from a shelter. Only time will tell if little "Shelly" and her new family are up for the challenges of entering the nation's greatest wiener dog race, Wienerschnitzel's "Wiener Dog Nationals."
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-04-27
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The Doe Boy
2001-01-25
The Doe Boy
Overview: A Cherokee boy is a haemophiliac in a culture obsessed with blood identity.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-25
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Don't Look Back
1996-07-13
Don't Look Back
Overview: Los Angeles heroin addict Jesse endangers the lives of his childhood friends after he discovers a briefcase full of money from a drug deal gone bad, and returns home with it to Texas. Hoping to turn his life around with his newfound wealth, Jessie endures detox with the support of his friends. However, the gang leader behind the drug deal, along with his cronies, trace Jesse's footsteps to Texas to exact revenge and take back their money.
Genres: Action Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-07-13
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Cadillac Ranch
1996-01-13
Cadillac Ranch
Overview: Lying, stealing, and charming their way through the state in a quest for the truth about their convict dad and his stash of cash, three sisters turn Texas upside down in just 48 hours.
Genres: Comedy Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-13
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Apollo 11: First Steps on the Moon
1996-11-17
Apollo 11: First Steps on the Moon
Overview: Fearful that the Russians would continue their lead in the space race and be the first to put a man on the moon, NASA felt an enormous pressure to push the Apollo Program forward as quickly as possible, though they knew that pushing too hard could lead to the ultimate disaster. This film recreates the tensions that were felt not only by the three astronauts, Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins, but also by their families and by the teams of technicians training to deal with anything that could go wrong.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-11-17
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Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
2001-09-07
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
Overview: Stone (the Antichrist) becomes President of the European Union and uses his seat of power to dissolve the United Nations and create a one world government called the World Union. Megiddo is a supernatural ride into a world teetering on the edge of the Apocalypse. It follows the rise of a Machiavellian leader bent on amassing the armies of the world for the battle of Armageddon while calamities of Biblical proportions pummel the Earth. Though both prequel and sequel to The Omega Code, Megiddo works also as a stand alone story for anyone who missed its predecessor. For at its emotional core, Megiddo is the Caine and Abel story of the two men enamored with the same woman, raised as brothers, who grew up to find themselves pitted against each other over the fate and souls of the entire world.
Genres: Action Thriller Horror Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-09-07
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L.A. Confidential
1997-09-19
L.A. Confidential
Overview: Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-09-19
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What Matters Most
2001-09-06
What Matters Most
Overview: Despite different backgrounds and disapproving parents, a working-class teen falls in love with the wealthy son of a prominent family in a small West Texas town.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-09-06
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St. Patrick's Day
1998-01-01
St. Patrick's Day
Overview: It's your traditional Irish holiday - cousins are having sex, couples are getting divorced, John Michael has brought his boyfriend and Millicent might be a witch - it's enough to drive you to drink. The only catch - Mary McDonough won't allow a drop of whiskey in the house.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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Squeeze Play
1979-09-24
Squeeze Play
Overview: The girlfriends of softball players decide to form their own team as a way of avenging their neglect.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-09-24
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River's Edge
1986-10-10
River's Edge
Overview: A group of high-school friends must come to terms with the fact that one of them, Samson, killed another, Jamie. Faced with the brutality of death, each must decide whether to turn their friend in to the police, or to help him escape the consequences of his dreadful deed.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-10-10
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Love Kills
1991-11-13
Love Kills
Overview: Glamorous fashion photographer Rebecca is getting even. Angered by her husband's infidelity, she takes a lover - a mysterious hunk she fist met during a photo shoot. He's exciting. He's handsome. And, after a night of lovemaking, he confesses he's a hit man hired by her husband to kill her. The stranger also says he's had a change of heart and wants to be Rebecca's protector. But Rebecca's husband, a renowned psychologist, insists the man is a former patient with a hidden, twisted agenda. Both men can't be right. Both could be lying. As the circle of suspense closes in on her, one thing is clear to Rebecca. Any choice she makes could be more than wrong...it could be fatal.
Genres: Mystery Crime Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-11-13
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Witness Protection
1999-12-11
Witness Protection
Overview: Would you be willing to walk away from everyone and everything you've ever known in exchange for your safety? This is the question facing career criminal Bobby "Bats" Batton (Tom Sizemore); on the outs with the mob and facing prosecution for a number of serious crimes, Batton is offered a deal by the FBI in which he will be given immunity in exchange for testifying against his former partners. However, Batton will have to join the Federal Witness Protection Program, which means that he, his wife, and his children will never again see their friends and family.
Genres: Drama Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-12-11
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The Little Match Girl
1987-12-21
The Little Match Girl
Overview: Molly is an angel sent to earth as a little match girl: her mission, to save the fragmented Dutton family.
Genres: Family Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-12-21
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder
1989-04-09
Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder
Overview: A young theatre director is accused of killing a more famous Broadway director. Perry takes his case.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-04-09
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Amish Grace
2010-03-28
Amish Grace
Overview: When a gunman killed five Amish children and injured five others in a Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania schoolhouse shooting in October of 2006, the world media attention rapidly turned from the tragic events to the extraordinary forgiveness demonstrated by the Amish community.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-03-28
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A Wing and a Prayer
1998-04-22
A Wing and a Prayer
Overview: An air-traffic controller faces the challenge of her career when she is forced to guide a disabled airplane to safety, unaware that her husband is aboard.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-04-22
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The United States of Leland
2003-05-15
The United States of Leland
Overview: A withdrawn young man, Leland Fitzgerald is imprisoned for the murder of a mentally disabled boy, who also happened to be the brother of his girlfriend, Becky. As the community struggles to deal with the killing, Pearl Madison, a teacher at the prison, decides to write about Leland's case. Meanwhile, others affected by the murder, including Becky and her sister, Julie, must contend with their own problems.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-05-15
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Do You Remember Love
1985-05-21
Do You Remember Love
Overview: Barbara Wyatt-Hollis is an English professor who begins to experience the effects of Alzheimer's. The film documents her decline and the emotional turmoil it causes for her. It also shows how the changes impact her husband, George, and their children. The film also looks at the process by which families can be educated and supported to deal with the impact of the disease, as well as what is done for those afflicted.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-05-21
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Warm Texas Rain
2000-04-06
Warm Texas Rain
Overview: A married ex-Marine gets seduced by the same mysterious woman because of whom he ended up in prison some years ago. Is she the true love of his life, or the biggest mistake he's ever made?
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-04-06
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