J.J. Johnston — Actor (8)
Things Change (1988) [Movie] TMDB
Things Change
director: David Mamet actor: Don Ameche / Joe Mantegna
other title: Le cose cambiano / Things Change: Mehr Glück als Verstand
Jerry, a misfit Mafia henchman, is assigned the low-level job of keeping an eye on Gino, a shoe repairman fingered by the Mob to confess to a murder he didn't commit. But Gino's mistaken for a Mafia boss, and the two are suddenly catapulted to the highest levels of mobster status. Only friendship will see them through this dangerous adventure alive!
The Spanish Prisoner (1997) [Movie] TMDB
The Spanish Prisoner
director: David Mamet actor: Steve Martin / Campbell Scott
other title: La formula / O Prisioneiro Espanhol
An inventor of a secret process suddenly finds himself alone as both his friends and the corporation he works for turn against him.
K-911 (1999) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB
K-911
director: Charles T. Kanganis actor: 吉姆·貝魯什 / Christine Tucci
other title: 케이 나인 2 / Mein Partner mit der kalten Schnauze 2
LAPD detective Mike Dooley and his dog, the German Shepherd Jerry Lee, have been successfully partnered for ten years, but Jerry’s advancing age has Dooley’s superiors suggesting retirement and they are forced to work with a younger K-9 team: female cop Sergeant Welles and her disciplined Doberman Zeus.
Redbelt (2008) [Movie] WikiData TMDB Douban IMDb NeoDB
Redbelt
director: 大卫·马梅 actor: 马克斯·马蒂尼 / Matt Cable
other title: 红带高手 / 格斗风云(台)
Is there room for principle in Los Angeles? Mike Terry teaches jujitsu and barely makes ends meet. His Brazilian wife, whose family promotes fights, wants to see Mike in the ring making money, but to him competition is degrading. A woman sideswipes Mike's car and then, after an odd sequence of events, shoots out the studio's window. Later that evening, Mike rescues an action movie star in a fistfight at a bar. In return, the actor befriends Mike, gives him a gift, offers him work on his newest film, and introduces Mike's wife to his own - the women initiate business dealings. Then, things go sour all at once, Mike's debts mount, and going into the ring may be his only option.
Beware! The Blob (1972) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Beware! The Blob
director: Larry Hagman actor: Robert Walker Jr. / Gwynne Gilford
other title: Attention au Blob ! / Blob. Masa mortal
A technician brings a frozen specimen of the original Blob back from the North Pole. When his wife accidentally defrosts the thing, it terrorizes the populace-- the local hippies, cops, drunks and bowlers must all face the Blob!
Homicide (1991) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb TMDB WikiData
Homicide
director: David Mamet actor: Joe Mantegna / William H. Macy
other title: Homicide - Mordkommission / Homicidio
While investigating the ruthless murder of an elderly woman, a Jewish police detective unravels a bizarre conspiracy involving a Zionist organization.