6 Movies Starring John Pankow

To Live and Die in L.A.

To Live and Die in L.A.

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1985-11-01

Languages:

English, Arabic, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

116 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (19363 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Gerald Petievich (novel)

William Friedkin (screenplay)

Gerald Petievich (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Two cops in Los Angeles try to track down the vicious criminal Eric Masters. Then, one of them is killed by Masters and the other one swears revenge no matter what the cost. After that, the hunt becomes an ob- session and the law he once swore to uphold becomes meaningless to him.

Monkey Shines

Monkey Shines

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1988-07-29

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

113 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (7241 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Michael Stewart (novel)

George A. Romero (screenplay)

Fullplot:

When Allan becomes a quadriplegic he loses all hope for living until he meets Ella - a monkey trained to fetch and carry for him around the house, obeying him in all things. But Ella is part of another experiment, and when she starts responding to Allan's underlying rage and frustration she has the ability to carry our her master's darkest wishes.

Mortal Thoughts

Mortal Thoughts

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1991-04-19

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

102 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.7 (6596 Reviews)

Director:

Alan Rudolph

Cast:

Writer:

William Reilly

Claude Kerven

Fullplot:

Cynthia comes forward to talk to detective John about the murder of her best friend's husband. The story is told as a series of flashbacks... James was a bullying, verbally and physically abusive husband. His wife Joyce has, on a number of occasions, expressed her intention to kill him. One night when all three are at the fair, Joyce has a row with James, and Cynthia helps James back to the van. But later he was found dead...

Year of the Gun

Year of the Gun

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1991-11-01

Languages:

English, Italian

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

111 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.7 (1827 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Michael Mewshaw (novel)

David Ambrose (screenplay)

Fullplot:

David Raybourne is an American journalist covering political news in Italy during the 1970's. He is evolved with the Red Brigades when trying to help a friend (Alison King), who photographed then in action and discover the mafia net is at all levels.

A Stranger Among Us

A Stranger Among Us

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1992-07-17

Languages:

English, Yiddish, Hebrew

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.7 (2627 Reviews)

Director:

Sidney Lumet

Fullplot:

Detective Emily Eden is a tough New York City cop forced to go undercover to solve a puzzling murder. Her search for the truth takes her into a secret world of unwritten law and unspoken power, a world where the only way out is deeper in!

Putzel

Putzel

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-04-08

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

88 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (210 Reviews)

Director:

Jason Chaet

Cast:

Writer:

Rick A. Moore (screenplay)

Rick A. Moore (story)

Jason Chaet (story)

Fullplot:

For Walter Himmelstein, a young man endearingly known as Putzel, life literally doesn't go beyond his family's fish store on the upper west side of Manhattan. In this heartwarming romantic comedy about sex, love and smoked fish, Walter's aspirations of taking over his uncle's fish emporium are disrupted by the arrival of Sally, who becomes romantically involved with his about-to-retire and very-married uncle. While Walter tries to thwart their romance in order to ensure his taking over the business, he finds his circumscribed life thrown off kilter, and, after years of being undermined by his family and friends, finally starts to realize that he's more than a Putzel.

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