Val Avery — Actor (22)
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Gloria (1980) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb TMDB Douban WikiData
Gloria
8.2 (5 ratings) director: John Cassavetes actor: Gena Rowlands / Buck Henry …
other title: Una notte d'estate (Gloria) / Glória …
When a young boy's family is killed by the mob, their tough neighbor Gloria becomes his reluctant guardian. In possession of a book that the gangsters want, the pair go on the run in New York.
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The Anderson Tapes (1971) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Anderson Tapes
director: Sidney Lumet actor: Sean Connery / Dyan Cannon …
other title: Rapina record a New York / Anderson-klanen …
Thief Duke Anderson—just released from ten years in jail—takes up with his old girlfriend in her posh apartment block, and makes plans to rob the entire building. What he doesn't know is that his every move is being recorded on audio and video, although he is not the subject of any surveillance.
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Up in Smoke (1978) [Movie] TMDB Douban WikiData IMDb
Up in Smoke
director: Lou Adler actor: Cheech Marin / Tommy Chong …
other title: Cheech & Chong: Op i røg / E Tudo o Fumo Levou …
An unemployed pot-smoking slacker and amateur drummer, Anthony Stoner ditches his strict parents and hits the road, eventually meeting kindred spirit Pedro de Pacas. While the drug-ingesting duo is soon arrested for possession of marijuana, Anthony and Pedro get released on a technicality, allowing them to continue their many misadventures and ultimately compete in a rock band contest, where they perform the raucous tune "Earache My Eye."
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Black Caesar (1973) [Movie] TMDB
Black Caesar
director: Larry Cohen actor: Fred Williamson / Gloria Hendry …
other title: Black Caesar - Il Padrino nero / Der Pate von Harlem …
Tommy Gibbs is a tough kid, raised in the ghetto, who aspires to be a kingpin criminal. As a young boy, his leg is broken by a bad cop on the take, during a pay-off gone bad. Nursing his vengeance, he rises to power in Harlem, New York. Angry at the racist society around him, both criminal and straight, he sees the acquisition of power as the solution to his rage.
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Faces (1968) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData
Faces
director: John Cassavetes actor: John Marley / Gena Rowlands …
other title: Volti / Ansigter …
Middle-aged suburban husband Richard abruptly tells his wife, Maria, that he wants a divorce. As Richard takes up with a younger woman, Maria enjoys a night on the town with her friends and meets a younger man. As the couple and those around them confront a seemingly futile search for what they've lost — love, excitement, passion — this classic American independent film explores themes of aging and alienation.
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The Long, Hot Summer (1958) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Long, Hot Summer
director: Martin Ritt actor: Paul Newman / Joanne Woodward …
other title: La lunga estate calda / Paixões Que Escaldam …
Accused barn burner and conman Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town and quickly ingratiates himself with its richest family, the Varners.
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The Brotherhood (1968) [Movie] TMDB
The Brotherhood
director: Martin Ritt actor: Kirk Douglas / Alex Cord …
other title: La fratellanza / Mafia-brødrene …
The son of a powerful Mafia don comes home from his army service in Vietnam and wants to lead his own life, but family tradition, intrigues and powerplays involving his older brother dictate otherwise, and he finds himself being slowly drawn back into that world.
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The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984) [Movie] TMDB
The Pope of Greenwich Village
director: Stuart Rosenberg actor: Eric Roberts / Mickey Rourke …
other title: Il papa di Greenwich Village / Nos Calcanhares da Máfia …
Charlie and his troublesome cousin Paulie decide to steal $150000 in order to back a "sure thing" race horse that Paulie has inside information on. The aftermath of the robbery gets them into serious trouble with the local Mafia boss and the corrupt New York City police department.
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Gold Coast (1997) [Movie] TMDB
Gold Coast
director: Peter Weller actor: David Caruso / Marg Helgenberger …
Karen stands to inherit millions from her dead husband on one condition: she must stay away from other men. Two of the deceased's former associates seek his money by getting closer to Karen, not knowing that doing so places the fortune out of reach.
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The Harder They Fall (1956) [Movie] IMDb TMDB NeoDB Douban WikiData
The Harder They Fall
director: Mark Robson actor: Humphrey Bogart / Rod Steiger …
other title: Il colosso d'argilla / Jo Hårdere Falder De …
Jobless sportswriter Eddie Willis is hired by corrupt fight promoter Nick Benko to promote his current protégé, an unknown Argentinian boxer named Toro Moreno. Although Moreno is a hulking giant, his chances for success are hampered by a powder-puff punch and a glass jaw. Exploiting Willis' reputation for integrity and standing in the boxing community, Benko arranges a series of fixed fights that propel the unsophisticated Moreno to #1 contender for the championship. The reigning champ, the sadistic Buddy Brannen, harbors resentment at the publicity Toro has been receiving and vows to viciously punish him in the ring. Eddie must now decide whether or not to tell the naive Toro the truth.
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The Laughing Policeman (1973) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Laughing Policeman
director: Stuart Rosenberg actor: Walter Matthau / Bruce Dern …
other title: L'ispettore Martin ha teso la trappola / Endestation mord …
When a gunman opens fire on a crowded city bus in San Francisco, Detective Dave Evans is killed, along with the man he'd been following in relation to a murder. Evans' partner, Sgt. Jake Martin, becomes obsessed with solving the case.
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Machine Gun McCain (1969) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Gli intoccabili
director: Giuliano Montaldo actor: John Cassavetes / Britt Ekland …
other title: Gli intoccabili / De urørlige …
After serving 12 years behind bars for armed robbery, tough guy Hank McCain finds himself the pawn of a ruthless mob runt's rebellion against a high level don. When McCain discovers that he's been betrayed and abandoned by his new employer, he retaliates with a high stakes Las Vegas casino heist that erupts into all-out war on the streets of Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York. Neither blood, nor lust, nor wedding vows can come between McCain and his money ... or his machine gun.
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Love and Bullets (1979) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Love and Bullets
director: Stuart Rosenberg / John Huston actor: Charles Bronson / Jill Ireland …
other title: Tiro incrociato / Ein Mann räumt auf …
Jackie Pruit is the girlfriend of notorious gangster Joe Bomposa. When it looks as if Bomposa's goons are threatening Jackie's life, the FBI moves in to protect her, hoping that she'll have incriminating evidence. Veteran agent Charlie Congers is assigned to watch over Jackie, and while it soon becomes apparent that she knows almost nothing about Bomposa that would be of any use to the FBI, he falls in love with her. Bomposa decides it would be more convenient to have Jackie out of the way, ordering her to be executed. Bomposa's henchmen slip through FBI security and murder her, but now they have to answer the angry and vengeful Congers.
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Hud (1963) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Hud
director: Martin Ritt actor: Paul Newman / Melvyn Douglas …
other title: Hud il selvaggio / Den Utæmmelige …
Hud Bannon is a ruthless young man who tarnishes everything and everyone he touches. Hud represents the perfect embodiment of alienated youth, out for kicks with no regard for the consequences. There is bitter conflict between the callous Hud and his stern and highly principled father, Homer. Hud's nephew Lon admires Hud's cheating ways, though he soon becomes too aware of Hud's reckless amorality to bear him anymore. In the world of the takers and the taken, Hud is a winner. He's a cheat, but, he explains, "I always say the law was meant to be interpreted in a lenient manner."
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Hombre (1967) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData NeoDB Douban
Hombre
director: Martin Ritt actor: Paul Newman / Fredric March …
other title: De Kaldte Ham Hombre / Um Homem …
John Russell, disdained by his "respectable" fellow stagecoach passengers because he was raised by Indians, becomes their only hope for survival when they are set upon by outlaws.
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Satan's Bed (1965) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Satan's Bed
director: Michael Findlay / Marshall Smith … actor: Yoko Ono / Val Avery …
A young Japanese girl arriving in New York City gets mixed up with mobsters and dope dealers.
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The Legend of Hillbilly John (1974) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Legend of Hillbilly John
director: John Newland actor: Hedges Capers / Severn Darden …
A roaming hillbilly, on a quest to defy the Devil, encounters several supernatural characters and does battle with his silver-stringed guitar.