Sam J. Jones
Also Known As: Sam J. Jones
Biography: Samuel Gerald Jones (born August 12, 1954), known professionally as Sam J. Jones, is an American actor and former football player. He is known for playing the title character in the 1980 film Flash Gordon and for starring in the short-lived TV series The Highwayman (1987–1988).
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Birthday: August 12, 1954
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Flash Gordon
Overview: A football player and his mates travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-09-01
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ReVamped
Overview: Successful businessman Richard Clarke is bitten by a beautiful vampire and is plunged into the dark world of the supernatural. Richard very quickly realizes that being undead isn't all that it's cracked up to be.
Genres: Horror Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-09-15
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10
Overview: A Hollywood songwriter goes through a mid-life crisis and becomes infatuated with a sexy blonde newlywed.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-10-05
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Silent Assassins
Overview: The evil criminal leader Kendrick has kidnapped an elderly biochemist who holds the secret to creating a biological superweapon. The only person who can possibly stop Kendrick and his gang is L. A. cop Sam Kettle and martial arts master Jun Kim (uncle of a little girl also kidnapped by Kendrick). Together, they go to war against an army of ninjas to rescue the hostages and bring their kidnappers to justice.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-05-18
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Fists of Iron
Overview: When Dale Hartwell's best friend gets killed, he swears revenge on the bloodthirsty promoter and fighter who did it.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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Night Rhythms
Overview: Nick, a late night DJ, has sex with a listener that he's invited to the station. The session goes out over the air until something goes wrong. Nick wakes up to find a dead body and himself framed. Nick now tries to prove his innocence.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-09-09
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My Chauffeur
Overview: A feisty young woman accepts a mysterious offer to become a chauffeur for a Beverly Hills limousine business, much to the chagrin of her older male coworkers and the disbelief of her customers.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-24
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Lady Dragon 2
Overview: A woman seeks revenge on the men who raped her and murdered her husband.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-09-22
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Fist of Honor
Overview: As two rival Godfathers view to take control of the city, a hot-tempered family member kills two relatives of the opposing family, breaking the "Truce of Honor". Now the war begins! As a young boxer seeks revenge for his fiancée's death, the streets become a real-life battlefield... to settle the score!
Genres: Adventure Drama Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-05-19
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Ted
Overview: John Bennett, a man whose childhood wish of bringing his teddy bear to life came true, now must decide between keeping the relationship with the bear or his girlfriend, Lori.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-06-29
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One Man Force
Overview: In this action packed film, an L.A. cop speeds off to get revenge upon the dirty drug-dealing dogs who killed his partner
Genres: Crime Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-21
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Earth Minus Zero
Overview: An alien searching for a human specimen for an intergalactic zoo gets more trouble than he bargained for in this family adventure.
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-01
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Gangland
Overview: In post-apocalyptic Los Angeles, an evil pack of outlaws is systematically turning civilians into prisoners and slaves. Worse yet, the spread of a terrifying deadly flesh-eating virus threatens to destroy all of humanity. As good and evil ferociously battle for power and control, three heroes race against time to find the cure for the virus... before it's too late.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-01
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American Tigers
Overview: Terrorists from all countries are to be reunited in order to join forces against their governments. The USA army notice it. A group of assassins, waiting in jail to be executed by firing squad get the chance to be exonerated if they participate in the secret mission of killing the terrorists. But they have to train under the strict military style of Sergeant Ransom.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-09-18
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American Strays
Overview: Somewhere on the fringe of society, ten dangerous strangers are on a road to Red's Desert Oasis Diner. Packing more fire power than the LA police force, two hitmen, two hoods, two outlaws, and a mixed bag of other quirky characters hilariously converge for the showdown of a lifetime.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-09-12
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South Beach
Overview: Former NFL star Mack Derringer now works as a private detective. Someone is out to get Derringer and his ex-wife. Can Derringer put the pieces of this deadly puzzle together before its too late?
Genres: Thriller Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-08-04
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Jane and the Lost City
Overview: Jane and the Colonel must journey to Africa to the lost city to retrieve the diamonds before the Nazis do. Comedy based on the popular wartime comic strip.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-09-03
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Driving Force
Overview: In the near future Steve takes a job as a tow truck driver that has to battle a gang of baddies led by Nelson.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-05-11
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Thunder in Paradise
Overview: Terry "Hulk" Hogan stars as R. J. "Hurricane" Spencer who is an ex-Navy S. E. A. L. and confirmed bachelor struggling to make ends meet. In order to save his superboat THUNDER (and ultimately, his business) Spencer is forced into a marriage of convenience with the snobby Megan Whitaker. When Megan gets kidnapped it's up to Spencer and his partner Bru to save the day or risk losing everything.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-09-22
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Whiteforce
Overview: Johnny Quinn has been set up by a drug lord and must find a way to clear his name before the bad guys and his own agency put him in the ground.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-22
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The Spirit
Overview: A legally dead police detective decides to battle crime as a masked superhero.
Genres: Action TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-07-31
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Texas Payback
Overview: A ruthless killer (Gary Hudson), hell bent for revenge, escapes prison and vows to kill the Texas Ranger (Sam Jones) who sent him there. With the aid of his two brothers, he set off on an explosive journey to make his tormentor pay the ultimate price, a slow tortuous death.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-11-11
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Baja Run
Overview: A young Japanese woman and a naive American drug courier witness a L.A. drug-deal-gone-wrong shootout, and flee into Mexico with the drug money while being chased by two hit men.
Genres: Thriller Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-04-30
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Under the Gun
Overview: A St. Louis cop, Mike Braxton (Sam Jones), receives an urgent call for help from his brother Tony (Nick Cassavetes), a small time thief in Los Angeles. Mike rushes to LA and finds that his brother has been murdered and his brother Tony's girlfriend gunned down right in front of him. Mike quickly learns Tony was a courier for an arms smuggler, Simon Stone (John Russell). When Mike meets Stone's lawyer, Samantha Richardson (Vanessa Williams), the two team up to bring down Stone's arms smuggling empire. However, Mike's infatuation with Samantha keeps putting them in greater danger.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-04-25
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This Wife for Hire
Overview: A housewife starts a business hiring herself out as a "wife," to provide various domestic services.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-18
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Where Truth Lies
Overview: Doctor Ian Lazarre is a hopeless alcoholic. After the tragic death of his wife and the failure of his second marriage, liquor is his only friend. As a last resort, he commits to an experimental rehab with bizarre methods.
Genres: Thriller Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-12-28
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Dead Sexy
Overview: A female detective gets involved with a murder suspect in a series of serial killings.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-10-02
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Hard Vice
Overview: A vice cop and her partner investigate a string of murders apparently tied to high-priced Las Vegas call girls.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-07-27
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Roswell Delirium
Overview: During the 1980s the US is hit by a wave of nuclear attacks, and after the fallout those who remain pretend like everything is normal even though they are all experiencing radiation poisoning. A young girl named Mayday tries to make contact on a series of ham radios with her father who is in space on a shuttle mission.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-05-15
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No Man's Land
Overview: Sheriff Stella Stevens uses her wiles and the help of her three resourceful daughters -- one by each of her previous husbands -- to rope in a notorious desperado and a band of foreign revolutionaries in this light-hearted Western.
Genres: TV Movie Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-05-27
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Redemption
Overview: A disgraced cop goes to work for the mob, and must choose between good and evil when he goes up against his former friends on the force.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-05-28
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Ted 2
Overview: Newlywed couple Ted and Tami-Lynn want to have a baby, but in order to qualify to be a parent, Ted will have to prove he's a person in a court of law.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-06-25
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Maximum Force
Overview: Three renegade cops team up to take on the corrupt chief of police and a crime lords hatchet-man.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-10-07
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The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel
Overview: A big-city female doctor returns to her roots in the backwoods of the Blue Ridge Mountains to bring modern medicine to the local folks in the Appalachia of the 1930s and finds herself at odds with the homespun ways of the resident medicine woman.
Genres: Drama TV Movie Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-01-02
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R.I.O.T.: The Movie
Overview: Fear believes that the absolute worst will happen; faith believes the absolute best will happen.
Genres: Action Family Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-03-05
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Da Vinci's War
Overview: A veteran and his war buddies hunt for the killer of the veteran's sister.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-05-12
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The Other Woman
Overview: A ambitious reporter investigating a murder case becomes intrigued with a mysterious woman whom she suspects is having an affair with her husband.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-08-05
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Stunts Unlimited
Overview: A group of Hollywood stunt performers are recruited by former U.S. Intelligence agent Dirk Macauley to retrieve a stolen laser gun from a notorious arms dealer in this pilot to a proposed TV series.
Genres: Action TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-04
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The Killer Inside
Overview: A sexy young women journey through a film noir full of deceit, murder, and dangerous romance.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-01
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Trigon Fire
Overview: A bounty hunter is hired to go after an Irish terrorist.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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Making Fun: The Story of Funko
Overview: From a small garage in Redmond, Washington, to the furthest corners of the earth, Funko's story is one that is centered around the fans and the global community that arose from their unique passion - a story that spans twenty years full of joy, ambition, adversity, and... well... toys.
Genres: Documentary Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-01-22
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Fury of the Fist and the Golden Fleece
Overview: When the Fist found a mystical gold fleece jacket, he became the biggest porn star of the 1970s. But in the ‘80s, he’s on the cusp of eviction from a run-down studio apartment, having lost his gold fleece and his mojo along with it. When a local street thug named Superfly enters the diner where Fist works, robbing his customers, Fist and friends fight back. And thus begins a wild adventure, as Superfly’s bosses come to collect from Fist, sending him on a journey that unravels a conspiracy to sell meat pumped full of estrogen, which threatens to emasculate men.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-05-25
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Life After Flash
Overview: A look at the roller coaster life of Sam J. Jones since his role as Flash Gordon, his struggles and successes, and the aftermath of when he went up against one of the most powerful producers in Hollywood.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-10-02
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Expert Weapon
Overview: While on death row for killing a policeman, small-time criminal Adam (Ian Jacklin) is sprung from his cell and asked to join a covert government organization that will shape him into a killing machine. He is trained by the group's ruthless leader Janson (Sam J. Jones), and is aided by the group's martial arts master Miller (Mel Novak)) and the group's weapons freak expert Magnet (Joe Estevez). Together they turn out Adam code named the 'Expert Weapon'. But when Adam decides to leave his life of crime, he learns that leaving the group is his real death sentence.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-03-25
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In Gold We Trust
Overview: Story about a group of commandos trying to retrieve some gold, which is stored in a NASA capsule. During the operation, they confront another commando group led by two evil mercenaries (one of them a Communist called Kristoff) and a batallion of Japanese soldiers who are unaware that WWII is over.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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Evasive Action
Overview: When Redwood Federal Penitentiary closes, there are going to be several hundred prisoners looking for a new home. Several of the most dangerous, all killers, will be transported by train to Santa Ana, a new high tech prison for the worst of the worst. Included in this transfer are: -Ian Kelly, explosions expert who has set off terrorist bombings worldwide. -Lorenzo "Enzo" Martini, a mafia kingpin who enjoyed nationwide fame before finally being put away. -Karl "The Killer" Miller, a serial killer with absolutely no conscience and an unquenchable thirst for blood. -Tommy "Zimm" Zimmer, a man who's serving life for killing his wife and her lover. -Luke Sinclair, who's finishing up the last nine months of a fifteen-year sentence for killing the man who murdered his wife. When the prisoners, under heavy security, board the last car of the train, it quickly becomes clear that an escape plan has been hatched
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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Down 'n Dirty
Overview: Dakota Smith is an experienced policeman with a problem: his partner was shot dead, and corrupt cops are responsible. Dak's investigation leads him to widespread corruption in the department, as well as a corrupt district attorney. Smith finds an unlikely ally in timid photographer Nick Gleem. While Gleem unearths clues about the bad guys, Dak fends off attacks on his own life. While he's not in gun battles with these local villains, divorced father Dak has no shortage of lady friends to keep him happy.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-10-23
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T.N.T.
Overview: The Tactical Neutralization Team, or T.N.T., is a squad of elite soldiers sent on top-secret, near-suicidal missions around the world. After one of their missions ends in failure, team member Alex decides he's had enough of the special-op life and calls it quits. His commanding officer, however, doesn't want the security risk of a former member walking around, so he assigns another member of the team to hunt down Alex and retire him permanently.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-09
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Axcellerator
Overview: When a young car thief stumbles on the invention of the century (and the various government agencies that want to kill him), he and a sassy checkout clerk named Kate have the adventure of a lifetime.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-05-18
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In Search of Tomorrow
Overview: A nostalgic journey through ’80s Sci-Fi-films, exploring their impact and relevance today, told by the artist who made them and by those who were inspired to turn their visions into reality.
Genres: Documentary Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-02-19
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Jungle Heat
Overview: Towards the end of the Vietnam war, the US is running low on drivers for their supplies so they bring in a new lot of recruits and have to train them to survive in the dangers of wartorn Vietnam. The recruits are trained briefly by an American officer but are quickly handed off to their South Vietnamese officers and are made to go out into the dangers of Vietnam without getting the protection they need by the Americans who are more concerned with withdrawing their own troops instead of protecting the South Vietnamese
Genres: Action War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-05-25
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Psychotic
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-04-01
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L.A. Takedown
Overview: Michael Mann's gutsy telefilm tells the tale of two skilled professionals--one a cop, the other a criminal--who aren't as different as they think. Vincent Hanna is an intense cop on the trail of ruthless armed robber Patrick McLaren. After a botched heist, the two men confront each via a full scale battle on the seedy streets of Los Angeles.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-08-27
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The Silent Natural
Overview: William Hoy was one of the first Deaf Major League Baseball players in the 1800's. Being deaf, he introduced hand signals for strike and ball to the game and overcame many obstacles to become one of the greatest players of his time.
Genres: Family History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-06-02
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Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
Overview: Ray investigates the murder of a judge.
Genres: Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-03-20
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Flash is Back
Overview: program focuses on the production of Flash Gordon and features interviews with star Sam J. Jones, producer Dino De Laurentiis, and Topol, amongst others
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-12-31
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Decapitarium
Overview: A young girl discovers a dark secret hiding beneath her small college town as Cyborgs emerge from the shadows to threaten life as she has known it.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-04-01
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Ballistic
Overview: Jesse Gavin is an undercover cop, part of an elite police team and highly skilled in lethal martial arts! She is suspended from the force after a witness that she was supposed to protect is killed. She must now find out what happened and clear up her name.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-02-28
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