Jack Thompson — Actor (34)
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Bad Blood (1982) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Bad Blood
director: Mike Newell actor: Jack Thompson / Carol Burns …
other title: Böses Blut / Mala sangre
During World War 2, a farmer in New Zealand murders seven people. The police, along with local Maori trackers, hunt him in the bush country.
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Leatherheads (2008) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Leatherheads
director: George Clooney actor: George Clooney / Renée Zellweger …
other title: In amore niente regole / Et frækt spil …
A light hearted comedy about the beginnings of Professional American Football. When a decorated war hero and college all star is tempted into playing professional football. Everyone see the chance to make some big money, but when a reporter digs up some dirt on the war hero... everyone could lose out.
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The Good German (2006) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Good German
director: Steven Soderbergh actor: George Clooney / Catherine Elise Blanchett …
other title: Intrigo a Berlino / O Bom Alemão …
An American journalist arrives in Berlin just after the end of World War Two. He becomes involved in a murder mystery surrounding a dead GI who washes up at a lakeside mansion during the Potsdam negotiations between the Allied powers. Soon his investigation connects with his search for his married pre-war German lover.
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Poker Face (2022) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Poker Face
director: Russell Crowe actor: Russell Crowe / Liam Hemsworth …
A yearly high-stakes poker game between childhood friends turns into chaos when the tech billionaire host unveils an elaborate scheme to seek revenge for the ways they've betrayed him over the years. But as his plans unfold, a group of thieves hatch plans of their own breaking into the mansion thinking it is empty. The old friends quickly band together and the years of playing the game help them win their way through a night of terror.
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Wind (1992) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Wind
director: Carroll Ballard actor: Matthew Modine / Jennifer Grey …
other title: Wind - Più forte del vento / La fuerza del viento …
In 1983, yacht sailor Will Parker leads an American crew financed by millionaire Morgan Weld to defeat during the America's Cup race against an Australian crew. Determined to get the prize back, Will convinces Morgan to finance an experimental boat designed by his ex-girlfriend Kate's new beau, Joe Heisler. When the boat is completed, the Americans head to Australia to reclaim the cup.
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Mystery Road (2013) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Mystery Road
director: Ivan Sen actor: Aaron Pedersen / Hugo Weaving …
A murdered girl is found under a bridge on a remote road and indigenous detective Jay Swan gets the case. Jay finds that no-one is that interested in solving the murder of an indigenous teenager and he is forced to work alone.
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Runt (2024) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Runt
director: John Sheedy actor: Lily LaTorre / Jai Courtney …
In the Australian town of Upson Downs, ten-year-old Annie and Runt, her stray dog, attempt to win the Agility Course Championship at the Krumpets Dog Show in London in order to save their family's farm from drought and misery.
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Breaker Morant (1980) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb NeoDB WikiData
Breaker Morant
director: Bruce Beresford actor: Edward Woodward / Jack Thompson …
other title: Esecuzione di un eroe / Stærke viljer …
During the Boer War, three Australian lieutenants are on trial for shooting Boer prisoners. Though they acted under orders, they are being used as scapegoats by the General Staff, who hopes to distance themselves from the irregular practices of the war. The trial does not progress as smoothly as expected by the General Staff, as the defence puts up a strong fight in the courtroom.
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Special Bulletin (1983) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb TMDB WikiData
Special Bulletin
director: 爱德华·兹威克 actor: Ed Flanders / Kathryn Walker …
An evening of TV programming is interrupted by breaking news: in Charleston, South Carolina, two Coast Guard personnel and two members of a local news team have been taken hostage by a group of terrorists who are seeking to destroy the triggers of all local nuclear devices. Moreover, the terrorists threaten to detonate their own device if their demands are not met.
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The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
director: Niels Mueller actor: Sean Penn / Don Cheadle …
other title: The Assassination / O Assassinato de Richard Nixon …
It’s 1974 and Sam Bicke has lost everything. His wife leaves him with his three kids, his boss fires him, his brother turns away from him, and the bank won’t give him any money to start anew. He tries to find someone to blame for his misfortunes and comes up with the President of the United States who he plans to murder.
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The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
director: Fred Schepisi actor: Tom E. Lewis / Freddy Reynolds …
other title: Die Ballade von Jimmie Blacksmith / La complainte de Jimmie Blacksmith
The true story of a part Aboriginal man who finds the pressure of adapting to white culture intolerable, and as a result snaps in a violent and horrific manner.
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Flesh + Blood (1985) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData Skybridge
Flesh + Blood
8.2 (5 ratings) director: Paul Verhoeven actor: Rutger Hauer / Jennifer Jason Leigh …
other title: L'amore e il sangue / Den vilde kriger …
A band of medieval mercenaries take revenge on a noble lord who decides not to pay them by kidnapping the betrothed of the noble's son. As the plague and warfare cut a swathe of destruction throughout the land, the mercenaries hole up in a castle and await their fate.