8 Movies Starring William Petersen

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.

Manhunter

Manhunter

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1986-08-15

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

119 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (46565 Reviews)

Director:

Michael Mann

Cast:

Writer:

Thomas Harris (novel)

Michael Mann (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Will Graham is a former FBI agent who recently retired to Florida with his wife Molly and their young son. Graham was a 'profiler'; one who profiles criminal's behavior and tries to put his mind into the minds of criminals to examine their thoughts while visiting crime scenes. Will is called out of his self-imposed retirement at the request of his former boss Jack Crawford to help the FBI catch an elusive serial killer, known to the press as the 'Tooth Fairy', who randomly kills whole families in their houses during nights of the full moon and leaves bite marks on his victims. To try to search for clues to get into the mind of the killer, Will has occasional meetings with Dr. Hannibal Lecktor, a charismatic but very dangerous imprisoned serial killer that Will captured years earlier which nearly drove him insane from the horrific encounter that nearly cost Will's life. With some help and hindrance, Will races against the clock before the next full moon when the 'Tooth Fairy' will strike again. Elsewhere, a local photographer named Francis Dollarhyde, the killer that Will is looking for, struggles to stay undetected while seeing a hope of redemption when be begins a relationship with a blind woman who is not aware of his double life.

Passed Away

Passed Away

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1992-04-24

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

96 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (1004 Reviews)

Director:

Charlie Peters

Genres:

Comedy

Fullplot:

When Jack Scanlan passes away just before telling his son, Johnny what was really important in life, Johnny begins to wonder if he's let life pass him by. With the funeral as backdrop, all the Scanlans appear, each with an interesting situation. One of Johnny's sisters is divorced but hasn't told anyone, the sister who is a nun is now into liberation theology and has an illegal immigrant with her, and Tony is fighting for control of his father's union. Johnny and Terry (the divorced sister) both think that they may have found true love in the chaos (though what Johnny's wife thinks of it is up for grabs) as Johnny tries to make some kind of sense out of the various strains in his family.

Return to Lonesome Dove

Return to Lonesome Dove

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1993-11-14

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

322 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (1429 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaWestern

Fullplot:

'Captain' Call has just buried Gus at Lonesome Dove and plans to head back to his ranch in Montana. Looking at a herd of wild Mustangs, he decides to drive them north with the help of Isom and Gideon Walker. Gideon hires Agostina Vega and Mexican Cowboys to run the Mustangs. Call leaves the drive for Nebraska and runs into Cherokee Jack and a group of Indians, which almost costs him his life. In Montana, Newt and Jasper get into a shoot out in the local bar and wind up in jail. The odds of them surviving the lynch mob are slim until Dunnegan has them freed. Newt had rescued his wife, Ferris, from a band of cattle rustlers and Dunnegan was thankful. However, Newt and Jasper will have to work for Dunnegan to keep their freedom. Newt has mixed emotions about working for Dunnegan who helps him in any way, because he also has respect for Call - who may or may not be his true father. Dunnegan has big plans for his cattle and the future. Those plans do not include those who do not throw in with him and the Hat Creek Cattle Company is not interested in Dunnegan.

The Beast

The Beast

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-09-08

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

176 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (1898 Reviews)

Director:

Jeff Bleckner

Cast:

Writer:

Peter Benchley (novel)

J.B. White (teleplay)

Fullplot:

Fishing and jobs are becoming scarce in a small seaport community when tragedy strikes a young couple disappear into the sea and nothing is left but a large claw stuck in their raft. A marine expert identifies it as belonging to an extremely rare giant squid and the hunt is on.

Fear

Fear

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-04-12

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

97 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (29878 Reviews)

Director:

James Foley

Fullplot:

On the surface, the Walkers were a picture perfect family. Steve had a great job as an architect and a beautiful house in Seattle overlooking a lake. His new wife, Laura, loved him very much. Toby, her young son, looked up to him like his own father. And Nicole, his 16-year old daughter, meant the world to him. As Steve would be the first to admit, it was almost the perfect life. Until one day when Nicole went to a party at a local rave club with her best friend Margo and met a young man named David.

The Beast

The Beast

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-09-08

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

176 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (1905 Reviews)

Director:

Jeff Bleckner

Cast:

Writer:

Peter Benchley (novel)

J.B. White (teleplay)

Fullplot:

Fishing and jobs are becoming scarce in a small seaport community when tragedy strikes a young couple disappear into the sea and nothing is left but a large claw stuck in their raft. A marine expert identifies it as belonging to an extremely rare giant squid and the hunt is on.

The Beast

The Beast

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-09-08

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

176 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (1907 Reviews)

Director:

Jeff Bleckner

Cast:

Writer:

Peter Benchley (novel)

J.B. White (teleplay)

Fullplot:

Fishing and jobs are becoming scarce in a small seaport community when tragedy strikes a young couple disappear into the sea and nothing is left but a large claw stuck in their raft. A marine expert identifies it as belonging to an extremely rare giant squid and the hunt is on.

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