Angus MacInnes
Also Known As: Angus McInnes
Biography: Angus MacInnes (27 October 1947 – 23 December 2024) was a Canadian actor. He is most famous for his role as Jon "Dutch" Vander (Gold Leader) in Star Wars, and as former hockey great Jean "Rosey" LaRose in the comedy Strange Brew. He also appeared in Witness as a corrupt policeman, as a gangster seeking stolen cocaine in Atlantic City, and he has appeared in BBC Scotland soap River City as Sonny. MacInnes died on 23 December 2024, at the age of 77. Description above from the Wikipedia article Angus MacInnes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Birthday: October 27, 1947
Deathday: December 23, 2024
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Gender: Male
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Star Wars
Overview: Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker and dashing captain Han Solo team together with the loveable robot duo R2-D2 and C-3PO to rescue the beautiful princess and restore peace and justice in the Empire.
Genres: Adventure Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-05-25
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Outland
Overview: An honest marshal in a corrupt mining colony on Io, Jupiter's sunless third moon, is determined to confront a violent drug ring even though it may cost him his life. After his wife angrily deserts him, he waits alone for the arrival of killers hired by the company to eliminate him.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Crime Thriller Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-05-22
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Yesterday's Children
Overview: After having strange dreams, Jenny Cole discovers that in her last incarnation she was Mary Sutton, an Irishwoman who died in the 1930s. Suspicious, Jenny goes to Ireland to investigate her past life.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-10-15
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Will There Really Be a Morning?
Overview: This is the story of actress Frances Farmer, her struggles with mental illness and involuntary confinement in an insane asylum.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-02-22
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Atlantic City
Overview: In a corrupt city, a small-time gangster and the estranged wife of a pot dealer find themselves thrown together in an escapade of love, money, drugs and danger.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-09-03
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Flight of Fury
Overview: John, a secret government operative is sent to recover a stolen Stealth Bomber from the hands of terrorist organization which plans to use it in a deadly attack, with warheads containing bio-weapons.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-02-20
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Witness
Overview: A sheltered Amish child is the sole witness of a brutal murder in a restroom at a Philadelphia train station, and he must be protected. The assignment falls to a taciturn detective who goes undercover in a Pennsylvania Dutch community. On the farm, he slowly assimilates despite his urban grit, and forges a romantic bond with the child's beautiful mother.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-02-08
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Strange Brew
Overview: Something is rotten at the Elsinore Brewery. Bob and Doug McKenzie (as seen on SCTV) help the orphan Pam regain the brewery founded by her recently-deceased father. But to do so, they must confront the suspicious Brewmeister Smith and two teams of vicious hockey players.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-08-26
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The Black Dahlia
Overview: In 1940s Los Angeles, two former boxers-turned-cops must grapple with corruption, narcissism, stag films and family madness as they pursue the killer of an aspiring young actress.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-15
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Rollerball
Overview: In a corporate-controlled future, an ultra-violent sport known as Rollerball represents the world, and one of its powerful athletes is out to defy those who want him out of the game.
Genres: Science Fiction Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-06-25
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The Wreck on the Highway
Overview: In Edinburgh washed up country-and-western singer John McGuire is broke and his family is emigrating. He and grandson Billy share the same dreams. They run away together in search of John's wealthy American ex-co-star Betsy Hall.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-08-02
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Bedroom Eyes
Overview: A young businessman, out jogging one night, sees a beautiful woman undressing in her bedroom window. He is compelled to return every night to watch her, until one night he witnesses a murder in the same apartment and soon becomes the prime suspect.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-11-30
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Force 10 from Navarone
Overview: World War II, 1943. Mallory and Miller, the heroes who destroyed the guns of Navarone, are sent to Yugoslavia in search of a ghost from the past.
Genres: Drama Adventure War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-08-16
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The Sender
Overview: A disturbed telepathic man is able to transmit his dreams and visions into the minds of the people around him.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-10-22
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Loose Ends
Overview: When the zealous followers of the Church of the Divine Light collide with the heathen filmmakers heaven help those caught in the middle! Bishop Wally, the cult's corrupt founder, must liquidate his assets or face the wrath of the IRS, unaware that his too-slick tax advisor Lodz Kuckoff has unwittingly set the stage for calamity. Kuckoff promises a filmmaker, Liberty Jean, that he'll secure the million dollars she needs to make her dream project, an expose on sex in advertising. She reluctantly agrees, even though part of the deal includes having to cast the financier's curvaceous, but obnoxiously untalented girlfriend LIta as the star. Kuckoff, realizing the terrible mistake he's made, hires the neighborhood thugs to sabotage the picture. However, before they can hit full stride, the Bishop arrives and declares his own holy war. The movie's set, a gigantic birthday cake, becomes the battleground for one of the most uproarious brawls ever.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-03-05
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If You Could See What I Hear
Overview: A light comedy/love story based on the life of blind musician Tom Sullivan.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-01-07
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Cougar
Overview: A flash flood sweeps a boy and his sister onto an island in the Mississippi River, where they are trapped with a cougar and her new born cubs. In an effort to escape the island, they find themselves threatened by two ruthless river-men who will stop at nothing to kidnap and hold the children for ransom.
Genres: Family Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-07
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Dirty Tricks
Overview: A Harvard University student finds a strange letter that seems to be signed by George Washington. When trying to contact an expert (Prof. Chandler) to authenticate it, he is murdered but the letter disappears. Then Chandler, who does not know anything about the case, gets chased by the mafia and haunted by a TV reporter (Polly Bishop).
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-03-06
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Nothing Personal
Overview: Environmentally concerned lawyer Abigail Adams works with Professor Roger Keller in his effort to protect baby seals from slaughter.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-03-28
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Captain Phillips
Overview: The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-10-10
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Eyes Wide Shut
Overview: After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly discovers that he is in over his head.
Genres: Drama Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-07-16
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Half Moon Street
Overview: Dr. Lauren Slaughter, a research fellow at the Arab-Anglo Institute in London is utterly frustrated by her job. To supplement her income, she starts moonlighting at the Jasmine Escort Service, where she has more control over men and money than she does at the office. On one of her 'dates', Lauren meets the politician Lord Bulbeck who is trying to mediate a peace accord between the Arabs and Israelis. Bulbeck falls in love with his escort, and unwittingly, Lauren becomes a pawn in some very dirty politics.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-08-13
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Spies, Inc.
Overview: Spies from different nationalities stationed in a small Asian island work out a plot to create an international incident taking profit from it. Defrauding CIA through fake reports and running a front company using operating funds, they control the island and use the skills acquired in the service of their countries to pursue their personal dreams of wealth and happiness.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-09-11
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Rhythm & Blues
Overview: John, lonely and living in London, unexpectedly meets outlandish druggie skinhead Byron, and suddenly, John's life turns to wacky. When Byron takes him to Boys Galore, a gay escort agency, John is introduced to wealthy American Bad Daddy, who hires John on the spot. But the hovering presence of a strange and sinister Ripper, another rent boy, threatens derail the evening of fun in this gay thriller comedy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-01
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Enigma
Overview: The story of the WWII project to crack the code behind the Enigma machine, used by the Germans to encrypt messages sent to their submarines.
Genres: Mystery Drama Thriller Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-22
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Elstree 1976
Overview: A documentary about ten very different lives connected by having appeared onscreen wearing masks or helmets in Star Wars.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-10-09
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First Run: The Evolution Of Silent Running's Screenplay
Overview: A visual essay by writer and filmmaker Jon Spira exploring the evolution of Silent Running's screenplay
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-11-17
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Spasms
Overview: A gigantic serpent is captured on a remote island and shipped to an American college for experimentation.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-10-28
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Sleepers
Overview: Amidst the thaw of glasnost, the Kremlin discovers that two Soviet agents, sent to England under deep cover in 1965, have been “lost.” A beautiful and ambitious Russian agent, sent to London to track them down, becomes embroiled in a tangle of CIA, KGB and MI-5 plots and counterplots as the two lost agents, now utterly assimilated, try to avoid detection.
Genres: Drama Comedy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-04-10
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The 51st State
Overview: An American master chemist plans to score big on a once in a lifetime drug deal. All does not go as planned and he is soon entangled in a web of deceit.
Genres: Thriller Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-12-07
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Superman II
Overview: Three escaped criminals from the planet Krypton, who have the same powers on Earth as Superman, test the Man of Steel's mettle. Led by General Zod, the Kryptonians take control of the White House and partner with Lex Luthor to destroy Superman and rule the world. But Superman, who made himself human in order to get closer to Lois, realizes he has a responsibility to save the planet.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-12-12
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Hellbound: Hellraiser II
Overview: Confined to a mental hospital, young Kirsty Cotton insists her supposedly dead father is stuck in hell, controlled by sadomasochistic demons after being betrayed by his evil, occult-obsessed wife, Julia. Few believe Kirsty, except the thrill-seeking Dr. Channard, who is intrigued by the young woman's lurid stories. So when Kirsty and fellow patient Tiffany head to hell for a rescue, Channard and Julia are close behind.
Genres: Horror Thriller Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-12-23
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Overview: A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-12-14
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The Jacket
Overview: A military veteran goes on a journey into the future, where he can foresee his death and is left with questions that could save his life and those he loves.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Mystery Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-03-04
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Hellboy
Overview: In the final days of World War II, the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the camp where the ceremony is taking place, but not before they summon a baby demon who is rescued by Allied forces and dubbed "Hellboy". Sixty years later, Hellboy serves the cause of good rather than evil as an agent in the Bureau of Paranormal Research & Defense, along with Abe Sapien - a merman with psychic powers, and Liz Sherman - a woman with pyrokinesis, protecting America against dark forces.
Genres: Fantasy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-04-02
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Honor Bound
Overview: US soldier gets involved in Cold War shenanigans in East Germany.
Genres: Thriller Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-01-01
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Operation Delta Force 4: Deep Fault
Overview: When a group of seismologists are taken prison, the forces that be know that there is only one team of rescuers to turn to--the highly elite Delta Force. Upon beginning this difficult mission to track down and save the hostages, the men on the Force are met with several surprises--surprises that lead them to think this may be one mission they cannot get out of.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-12-09
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Judge Dredd
Overview: In a dystopian future, Dredd, the most famous judge (a cop with instant field judiciary powers) is convicted for a crime he did not commit while his murderous counterpart escapes.
Genres: Science Fiction Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-06-30
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Amen.
Overview: Kurt Gerstein—a member of the Institute for Hygiene of the Waffen-SS—is horrified by what he sees in the death camps. he is then shocked to learn that the process he used to purify water for his troops by using Zyklon-B, is now used to kill people in gas chambers.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2002-02-27
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Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Overview: Superman agrees to sacrifice his powers to start a relationship with Lois Lane, unaware that three Kryptonian criminals he inadvertently released are conquering Earth.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-11-02
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High Plains Invaders
Overview: In the Old West an outlaw named Sam Phoenix is about to be hanged. But just before the noose tightens, the town is besieged by a lethal alien invader with a laser-shooting stingray and a crazy Sarlacc mouth. The townsfolk scramble but get promptly smoked, save for a handful of survivors led by Phoenix.
Genres: Western Science Fiction Horror TV Movie Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-08-30
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I Am the Architect
Overview: An elderly retired Modernist Architect called Clive, In his attic, Clive builds a model of a modernist Utopian City.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-10-03
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84 Charing Cross Road
Overview: Adaptation of the Helene Hanff memoir, presented as part of Play for Today.
Genres: Romance Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-11-04
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Fellow Traveller
Overview: In the Golden Age of Hollywood, two men had it all; one was a top screenwriter, the other a film idol. But when the witch hunts of McCarthyism swept into Tinseltown, it drove one out of the country and the other to suicide.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-29
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The Krays
Overview: The Krays is a film based on the lives and crimes of the British gangsters Ronald and Reginald Kray, twins who are often referred to as The Krays and were active in London in the 1960s.
Genres: Drama Crime History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-04-27
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A Father's Revenge
Overview: German terrorists kidnap the crew of an aeroplane as they leave the airport. The terrorists demand the release of two of their colleagues, who are to be extradited to the USA. The father of one of the stewardesses decides he can no longer wait for diplomacy, and so flies out to Germany. There, frustration leads him to hire a former SAS counter-terrorism expert. Together they hunt down the terrorists.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1988-01-24
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