John Dennis Johnston
Also Known As: J.D. Johnston
Biography: John Dennis Johnston was born on May 14, 1950 in Elmwood, Nebraska, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for 48 Hrs. (1982), Wyatt Earp (1994) and Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977).
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Elmwood, Nebraska, USA
Birthday: May 14, 1950
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Gender: Male
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48 Hrs.
Overview: A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer.
Genres: Thriller Action Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-12-07
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Overview: After an encounter with UFOs, an electricity linesman feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-12-14
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Fever
Overview: Fresh out of prison, all Ray wants is to get back with Lacy, but she's in a stable relationship now with Elliott, a pacifist, and wants nothing to do with him. When she's kidnapped by Ray's former associates, he and Elliott must team up to save the woman they love.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-05-11
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Pink Cadillac
Overview: A bounty hunter helps out the wife of a bail-jumper after her child is kidnapped by neo-Nazi types.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-05-26
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Extreme Prejudice
Overview: A Texas Ranger and a ruthless narcotics kingpin - they were childhood friends, now they are adversaries...
Genres: Action Thriller Crime Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-04-24
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Flesh + Blood
Overview: A band of medieval mercenaries take revenge on a noble lord who decides not to pay them by kidnapping the betrothed of the noble's son. As the plague and warfare cut a swathe of destruction throughout the land, the mercenaries hole up in a castle and await their fate.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-08-30
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Purgatory
Overview: An outlaw band flees a posse and rides into Refuge, a small town where no one carries a gun, drinks, or swears. The town is actually Purgatory, and the peaceful inhabitants are all famous dead outlaws and criminals such as Doc Holiday and Wild Bill Hickok who must redeem themselves before gaining admittance to Heaven... or screw up and go to Hell.
Genres: Fantasy Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-10
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Communion
Overview: A novelist's wife and son see him changed by an apparent encounter with aliens in the mountains.
Genres: Drama Horror Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-11-10
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Steel Cowboy
Overview: An independent trucker, trying to keep his marriage alive and his rig out of the hands of bill collectors, agrees to haul a cargo of stolen cattle with his good ol' buddy.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-12-06
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The Ambush Murders
Overview: An African-American political activist is wrongfully imprisoned for killing two white policemen; he is unwary of yet another white lawyer who claims that he will help free him.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-01-05
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The Squeeze
Overview: Harry Berg is both a con artist and an actual artist -- he constructs large sculptures out of television sets -- but he is not particularly successful in either role. He owes some money, which gets him involved with Rachel Dobs, a police detective who works with a collection agency. When Harry comes into possession of a strange parcel, both the con man and the detective find themselves wrapped up in a sinister corporate plot to fix the lottery.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-07-10
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In Pursuit of Honor
Overview: To save a group of horses slated to be destroyed by the US Cavalry, a group of officers rebel and begin a journey towards Canada to save themselves and the mounts.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-03-18
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Lady Belladonna's Tales From The Inferno
Overview: Lady Belladonna is back with another round of suspenseful tales from Pandora's Box, including a vengeful vampire, a misplaced curse, an alien invasion and more tantalizing trips beyond the veil.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-10-05
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Twilight Zone: The Movie
Overview: An anthology film presenting remakes of three episodes from the "Twilight Zone" TV series—"Kick the Can", "It's a Good Life" and "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet"—and one original story, "Time Out."
Genres: Horror Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-06-24
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Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story
Overview: This film is based on the true story of Aileen Wuornos a prostitute-turned-serial killer who preyed mostly on truck drivers.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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Miracle in the Wilderness
Overview: While being pursued by the U.S. Cavalry, Indians and the white family they have kidnapped learn about each other.
Genres: TV Movie Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-12-09
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In the Best Interest of the Children
Overview: Fact-based story of a legal battle fought over custody of five siblings.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-02-16
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The Siege at Ruby Ridge
Overview: A mini-series dramatization of the controversial 1992 attack by federal agents on the Idaho home of Randy Weaver, a white seperatist. The ten-day siege, begun over a minor gun charge, resulted in the deaths of Weaver's son, wife and dog, and a U.S. Marshall. The incident caused major public outcry against the FBI and U.S. Marshals.
Genres: Drama History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-05-19
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My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn
Overview: The life and wanton times of Errol Flynn
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-21
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Longarm
Overview: A showdown is staged between a U.S. deputy marshal and the outlaw gang that raised him in the New Mexico Territory of 1887.
Genres: Western
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1988-03-06
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Snide and Prejudice
Overview: At a mental institution, the resident physician, Dr Cohen, encourages his patients who believe they are important Nazi figures to act out their fantasies. The therapy sessions show Hitler consolidating his power by assembling his gang of supporters; however, they are interrupted at times, once because Davidson's uniform is at the dry cleaners, and another time because a patient who believes he is Picasso interrupts a session.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-05-11
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Annie Hall
Overview: New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-04-19
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Sunset
Overview: Tom Mix and Wyatt Earp team up to solve a murder at the Academy Awards in 1929 Hollywood.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-04-29
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I Want to Keep My Baby!
Overview: A 15-year-old girl becomes pregnant by her boyfriend and decides to keep the baby and raise her on her own, instead of initially choosing abortion at the insistence of her boyfriend, or raising the baby at home with her meddling mother.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-11-19
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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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A Breed Apart
Overview: A conservationist and a widow meet a mountain climber hired to steal bald-eagle eggs.
Genres: Action Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-06-01
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Streets of Fire
Overview: Raven Shaddock and his gang of merciless biker friends kidnap rock singer Ellen Aim. Ellen's former lover, soldier-for-hire Tom Cody, happens to be passing through town on a visit. In an attempt to save his star act, Ellen's manager hires Tom to rescue her. Along with a former soldier, they battle through dangerous cityscapes, determined to get Ellen back.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-06-01
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The Beast Within
Overview: A horrified teen mutates into a crazed cannibalistic swamp creature, and must uncover the terrifying secret identity of his father before his nasty natural tendencies force him to make jambalaya out of the locals.
Genres: Horror Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-02-12
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Dear Detective
Overview: A female homicide detective is assigned to solve the murders of a series of local officials.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-03-27
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Pale Rider
Overview: A mysterious preacher protects a humble prospector village from a greedy mining company trying to encroach on their land.
Genres: Western Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-06-28
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Into Thin Air
Overview: Ellen Burstyn stars as Joan Walker, a mother whose college student son vanishes while traveling from Canada to Colorado. When police fail to investigate, Walker takes matters into her own hands. She and her ex-husband begin a search, but when their son's van is found in Maine brandishing stolen plates, they fear the worst. Now, it's up to a private detective to uncover the chilling truth in this absorbing drama based on a true story.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-10-29
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Heartwood
Overview: When a large corporation threatens to take over a small town's primary business and put half of the town's population out of work, sawmill owner Logan Reeser is the only one who can stand in their way.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-04-19
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Murder in Mississippi
Overview: In 1964, members of the Ku Klux Klan murdered three Civil Rights workers who had traveled to the South to encourage African-American voter registration. Examines the last three weeks in the lives of the slain activists.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-02-05
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The Jordan Chance
Overview: Jordan Chance was wrongfully imprisoned for ten years. Upon release, he becomes a lawyer and investigates the case of a Mexican woman convicted of murder. The local police give him every reason to believe she was railroaded to ease a tense racial status quo, and they will stop at almost nothing to prevent the case from being reopened.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-12-12
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Joseph's Gift
Overview: Joseph is the youngest member of a large family that owns a successful garment business in Los Angeles. His father, Jacob, makes no attempt at hiding the fact that Joseph is his favorite son, resulting in the constant envy and resentment of his brothers. Eventually, in their bitterness, they plot revenge against this favored son. When Joseph accompanies his brothers on a trip to New York, they commit the ultimate betrayal, stranding him there, a virtual prisoner in a corrupt, modern-day sweat shop.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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A Walk in the Clouds
Overview: World War II vet Paul Sutton falls for a pregnant and unwed woman who persuades him -- during their first encounter -- to pose as her husband so she can face her family.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-05-27
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Wyatt Earp
Overview: From Wichita to Dodge City, to the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Wyatt Earp is taught that nothing matters more than family and the law. Joined by his brothers and Doc Holliday, Earp wages war on the dreaded Clanton and McLaury gangs.
Genres: Western Drama Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-06-24
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The Executioner's Song
Overview: In this fact-based made-for TV film, Gary Gilmore, an Indiana man who just finished serving a lengthy stay in prison, tries to start anew by moving to Utah. Before long, Gary begins an ill-advised romance with the troubled Nicole Baker, a teenage single mother. As their relationship quickly deteriorates, Gary goes on a murderous rampage, leaving two dead. During his trial, he demands capital punishment; a media circus ensues and outsiders look to profit from his story.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-09-10
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The Killing of Randy Webster
Overview: When his teenage son is shot by the Houston police following a stolen van chase, his father undertakes a tireless investigation into the truth and uncovers the fact that the gun found with the boy's body was a "throwdown," a weapon planted by the cops.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-03-11
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KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park
Overview: The tale of rock band KISS and their efforts to thwart a diabolical plan by mad scientist Abner Devereaux. Devereaux has found a way to clone humans into robots in his laboratory at an amusement park. It just so happens that he plans to use the KISS concert as a platform to unleash his plan on the world. KISS must use their special powers to stop him.
Genres: Music Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-10-28
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The Rose
Overview: Rock-and-roll singer Mary Rose Foster's romantic relationships and mental health are continuously imperilled by the demands of life on the road.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-11-07
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