Biography: John Anderson |
Dour, lantern-jawed character actor John Anderson attended the University of Iowa before inaugurating his performing career on a Mississippi showboat. After serving in the Coast Guard during World War II, Anderson made his Broadway bow, then first... more
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Cast: Brian Dennehy Chris Cooper Cloris Leachman Marcia Gay Harden
Length: 96min
In this drama, based on a true story, desperate townsfolk take up arms to defeat the sociopathic town bully who has been terrorizing them for years. They then swear themselves to silence. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Tags: Satire Horror Comedy Comedy Horror
Length: 85min
John Anderson plays a scientist who seeks to regenerate the dead in this uneven horror comedy. He develops a computer that uses the photographs of the dead in hopes of turning them back into living human beings. He is bothered by an Elvis Presley fan...
Tags: Race & Ethnicity Culture & Society History Biography Social Issues
Length: 97min
Americans and other Westerners who are aware of discrimination against Asians in their own society will find it sad and ironic that in Thailand, Amerasian children (children of mixed American and Asian parentage) must also face brutal discrimination....
Length: 120min
John Anderson plays an African-American Vietnam vet who returns to LA after his hitch is up. Anderson can't adjust to the iniquities of civilian life, and soon he becomes involved in minor crimes. The film explores the protagonist's rapidly...
Cast: Edward James Olmos Charles Aidman
Tags: Musical Drama Musical Drama Period Film
Length: 103min
Based on a 1940s Los Angeles murder trial, this film follows the case of members of a Mexican-American gang, led by Henry Reyna (Daniel Valdez), as they are tried and sentenced to San Quentin for a murder they may not have committed. ~ Iotis Erlewine,...
In Search of Historic Jesus (1979)
Cast: Nehemiah Persoff John Rubinstein Phillip Noyce
Tags: World History Religions & Belief Systems Spirituality & Philosophy History Biography
Length: 91min
This documentary presents biblical and non-biblical information about the birth of Christianity, and the mystery behind Jesus Christ. The four different versions of the gospels are recreated in dramatizations of Jesus' birth, life, death,...
Cast: David Lowell Rich
Tags: Western Adventure Action Biopic
Length: 100min
Based on the exploits of real-life 1830s frontiersman James Bridger, this TV movie was supposed to have graduated to a weekly series, but the fates were against it. James Wainwright plays the title role with Gary Cooper-like stoicism. John Anderson...
Cast: Dabney Coleman Gregory Peck John Barry Sven Nykvist Charles Jarrott
Tags: Adventure Coming-of-Age
Length: 105min
Gregory Peck produced this coming-of-age adventure, richly photographed by Sven Nykvist. Based on a true story, the film documents the five-year journey of Robin Lee Graham (Joseph Bottoms), a 16-year-old boy who sets out in a 23-foot sloop,...
Cast: Burt Lancaster
Tags: Paranoid Thriller Thriller Historical Film Political Thriller Docudrama
Length: 91min
If you think that Oliver Stone invented the "political paranoia" movie, take a glance at Executive Action sometime. Based on Mark Lane's -Rush to Judgment, the conspiracy theorist's bible, Executive Action perpetuates the popular urban legend that...
Cast: Candice Bergen Donald Pleasence Jorge Rivero Ralph Nelson
Tags: Revisionist Western Western Historical Film
Length: 109min
A cavalry unit in Colorado is conducting two important cargoes to Fort Reunion, home of the 11th Colorado Volunteers: Cresta Marybelle Lee (Candice Bergen), the fiancée of an officer in the unit until two years ago, when she was taken by the...
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