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Though actor George Peppard could have succeeded on his looks alone, he underwent extensive training before making his first TV and Broadway appearances. The son of a building contractor and a singer, Peppard studied acting at Carnegie Tech and the... more
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Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders (1989)
Tags: Detective Film Drama Mystery Crime
Length: 96min
An L.A. policeman (George Peppard) works with several partners to destroy the prostitution ring run by Chinatown's version of the Mafia. The film was originally produced for television. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide
Cast: Michael York
Tags: Spy Film War Adventure Action War
Length: 188min
Based on a novel by Jack Higgins, this WW-II thriller chronicles the daring rescue of a captured American officer who has vital information concerning the upcoming Normandy invasion. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Cast: Max von Sydow Chuck Connors
Length: 99min
In this well-acted but very standard action thriller, Spanish police chief O'Donnell Max von Sydow) hires the tough mercenary David (Jorge Rivero) with the code name "Eagle" to infiltrate an international drug cartel. Carmen (Maud Adams), a...
Cast: Rip Torn
Tags: Drama
Length: 102min
In this melodrama, a ballet dancer discovers that she is suffering from cancer and must re-evaluate her life. When she meets up with another young woman who is also ill, the two strike up a friendship. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide
Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid (1981)
Cast: Jeanne Moreau Richard Harris
Length: 96min
Sexual obsession provides the basis of this taut thriller, an adaptation of a Romain Gary novel. The story centers upon a prominent financier who must fight to save his crumbling business empire and his rapidly fading manhood. The obsession begins...
Da Dunkerque alla Vittoria (1979)
Cast: Horst Buchholz Sam Wanamaker
Tags: War Drama Adventure Action War Drama Psychological Drama Adventure Drama
Length: 100min
The internationally produced From Hell to Victory is evocative of the works of Erich Maria Remarque. Several close friends of varying nationalities are separated by WW II. German Jurgen Dietrich (Horst Buchholz) is isolated from his old chums by his...
Cast: George Peppard
Tags: Thriller Drama Action Thriller
Length: 108min
In this thriller, an ex-cop, convicted for killing his wife's lover, breaks out of prison six days before he is to be freed. He does this so he can see his son who is seriously ill. Along the way, the fugitive meets many interesting characters. He is...
Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)
Cast: James Cameron
Tags: Sci-Fi Action Science Fiction Parody/Spoof Space Adventure
Length: 105min
Produced by Roger Corman and scripted by John Sayles, Battle Beyond the Stars is a cheerfully blatant imitation of The Seven Samurai (or at least the American remake The Magnificent Seven). A peaceloving planet is attacked by malevolent aliens. The...
Cast: Jerry Goldsmith
Tags: Science Fiction Adventure Action Sci-Fi Disaster Film Road Movie
Length: 95min
A small but hardy band of survivors traverses a post-apocalypse American landscape in this sci-fi hriller. A horrific nuclear assault leaves only three survivors at an underground military facility, so Tanner (Jan-Michael Vincent), Denton (George...
The Groundstar Conspiracy (1972)
Tags: Thriller Science Fiction Action Chase Movie Spy Film
Length: 95min
Filmed in Canada, The Groundstar Conspiracy was adapted from L.P. Davies' novel -The Alien. Michael Sarrazin plays a research scientist who is the sole survivor when his secret laboratory in Vancouver is destroyed by an explosion. Assuming that...
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