8 Movies Starring Joe Don Baker

That Certain Summer

That Certain Summer

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1972-11-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

73 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (288 Reviews)

Director:

Lamont Johnson

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Richard Levinson

William Link

Fullplot:

A teenager must deal with his divorced father's homosexuality.

Charley Varrick

Charley Varrick

Basic Info:

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

111 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (7035 Reviews)

Director:

Don Siegel

Cast:

Writer:

John Reese (novel)

Howard Rodman (screenplay)

Dean Riesner (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Charley Varrick and his friends rob a small town bank. Expecting a small sum to divide amongst themselves, they are surprised to discover a very LARGE amount of money. Quickly figuring out that the money belongs to the MOB, they must now come up with a plan to throw the MOB off their trail.

Fletch

Fletch

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1985-05-31

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

98 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (35087 Reviews)

Director:

Michael Ritchie

Cast:

Writer:

Gregory McDonald (novel)

Andrew Bergman (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher, Los Angeles journalist, really lives for his profession. As Jane Doe, he publishes articles that have caused several heads to roll in the past. Now, Fletch is at it again: In disguise as a bum, he lives at the beach, researching drugs and their dealing. One day, Fletch is addressed by Alan Stanwyk, a rich man, who asks him, the bum, a favour. For the sum of $50,000, Fletch should kill poor cancer-ridden Mr. Stanwyk with a gun, so that his wife will get the insurance money. What the guy didn't think of was Fletch's real profession. Returning into normal life, Fletch instantly takes up research not only to find out that Mr. Stanwyk is healthy as life itself but he also runs into certain connections between drug dealing at the beach, Alan Stanwyk, his private jet, the police and a very expensive piece of Land in Utah.

Leonard Part 6

Leonard Part 6

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1987-12-18

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

85 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

2.2 (6806 Reviews)

Director:

Paul Weiland

Cast:

Writer:

Bill Cosby (story)

Jonathan Reynolds

Fullplot:

The CIA asks for ex-spy Leonard's help in stopping an evil force that is brainwashing small animals into killing people. Leonard, however, has his own problems to deal with: winning back his ex-wife.

The Living Daylights

The Living Daylights

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1987-07-31

Languages:

English, Arabic, French, German, Russian, Czech, Slovak, Dari, Pushto

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

130 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (63310 Reviews)

Director:

John Glen

Cast:

Writer:

Richard Maibaum (screenplay)

Michael G. Wilson (screenplay)

Fullplot:

James Bond 007's mission is to firstly, organise the defection of a top Soviet general. When the general is re-captured, Bond heads off to find why an ally of General Koskov was sent to murder him. Bond's mission continues to take him to Afghanistan, where he must confront an arms dealer known as Brad Whitaker. Everything eventually reveals its self to Bond.

Citizen Cohn

Citizen Cohn

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1992-08-22

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

111 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (1100 Reviews)

Director:

Frank Pierson

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Nicolas von Hoffman (biography)

David Franzoni

Fullplot:

In the 50's, the ambitious and unscrupulous Jewish prosecutor Roy Marcus Cohn convinces Senator Joseph McCarthy to be his Chief Counselor in his hunting against communists. The arrogant Cohn destroys careers and lives and becomes a Jew hunting Jews and a gay hunting gays. In 1985, he dies of AIDS in a hospital in New York.

The Distinguished Gentleman

The Distinguished Gentleman

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1992-12-04

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

112 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.8 (11367 Reviews)

Director:

Jonathan Lynn

Genres:

ComedyCrime

Cast:

Writer:

Marty Kaplan (story)

Jonathan Reynolds (story)

Marty Kaplan (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A Florida con man uses the passing of the long time Congressman from his district who he just happens to share a name with, to get elected to his version of paradise, Congress, where the money flows from lobbyists. But soon he learns the nature of the game and decides to fight back the only way he knows how, with a con.

Panther

Panther

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1995-05-03

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

124 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (1772 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Melvin Van Peebles (novel)

Melvin Van Peebles (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Panther is a semi-historic film about the origins of The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. The movie spans about 3 years (1966-68) of the Black Panther's history in Oakland. Panther also uses historical footage (B/W) to emphasize some points.

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