John Anderson — Actor (34)
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Bed of Lies (1992) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Bed of Lies
director: William A. Graham actor: Susan Dey / Chris Cooper …
other title: Benedizione mortale / Sarta de mentiras …
Dramatization of the true-life story of a woman who fights for custody of her children while awaiting trial for the murder of her husband, who happens to have been the son of the powerful ex-governor of Texas.
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The Great Bank Robbery (1969) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Great Bank Robbery
director: Hy Averback actor: Zero Mostel / Kim Novak …
other title: Quel fantastico assalto alla banca / Hochwürden dreht sein größtes Ding …
A motley group of phony church leaders attempts to rob a bank controlled by brothers in 1880's Texas.
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The True Story of Lynn Stuart (1958) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The True Story of Lynn Stuart
director: Lewis Seiler actor: Betsy Palmer / Jack Lord …
other title: La vera storia di Lynn Stuart / Dans les Griffes du Gang
When the nephews of Phyllis Carter are killed in an automobile crash while under the influence of narcotics, she persuades Police Lieutenant Jim Hahan to use her as an undercover agent.
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Counselor at Crime (1973) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Il consigliori
director: Alberto De Martino actor: Martin Balsam / Tomas Milian …
other title: Il consigliori / Im Dutzend zur Hölle …
When the godson of San Francisco's crime lord asks permission to leave "the business," Don Antonio agrees, but reluctantly. Such behavior by either one is a violation of the code, and a bloody mob war breaks out. It is only through the strong support of his family connections in Sicily that Don Antonio is able to survive the mêlée and come out on top. Aghast at the situation he has caused, the godson becomes his leader's "consigliere," or Counselor at Crime.
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A Covenant with Death (1967) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
A Covenant with Death
director: Lamont Johnson actor: George Maharis / Earl Holliman …
other title: L'uomo che uccise il suo carnefice / Tirado dos Braços da Morte …
An innocent man is found guilty of murder and sentenced to death, but as he's about to be hanged he accidentally kills his executioner. He now faces a new trial, presided over by a young and inexperienced judge.
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In Broad Daylight (1991) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
In Broad Daylight
director: James Steven Sadwith actor: Brian Dennehy / Cloris Leachman …
other title: Vendetta alla luce del giorno
The fanatically uncompromising Len Rowan and his family insult and terrorize the citizens of a small town for years. One day the comment of a saleswoman about Len's son not being able to pay his sweets triggers off his persecution complex. As revenge for the believed insult, the whole family starts stalking the shop owner and her husband... until this escalates and the old man gets badly injured. Len is arrested, but gets off, free on bail. His clever attorney delays the court session for more than a year - while Rowan keeps threatening the witnesses. But then, the people feel they've had enough of this and decide to take the law in their own hands...
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Never Too Young to Die (1986) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
Never Too Young to Die
director: Gil Bettman actor: John Stamos / Vanity …
other title: Mai troppo giovane per morire / Lance - Stirb niemals jung …
Secret agent Drew Stargrove is brutally murdered by the ruthless hermaphrodite gang leader Velvet Von Ragnar. The murdered secret agent's son, Lance Stargrove is thrust into the dangerous and intriguing world of secret agents and espionage when he seeks revenge. Danja Deerling teams up with Lance as his sidekick and love interest.
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Young Billy Young (1969) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Young Billy Young
director: Burt Kennedy actor: Robert Mitchum / Angie Dickinson …
other title: Appuntamento per una vendetta / Vingança no Arizona …
A peace-loving man named Ben Kane takes a job as deputy marshal of Lords, in the old West. Kane is no lawman, but he accepts the badge because he has an old score to settle with the town's chief trouble-maker. Once on the job, Kane must also deal with a young sharpshooter named Billy Young and a sharp and sassy saloon dancer, Lily.
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Manhunter (1974) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Manhunter
director: Walter Grauman actor: Ken Howard / Gary Lockwood …
Pilot movie for the short-lived TV series set in the 1930's about a World War I ex-marine-turned-bounty-hunter, named Dave Barrett, who goes after two Bonnie-and-Clyde style bank robbers who murdered his former girlfriend.
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Donner Pass: The Road to Survival (1978) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Donner Pass: The Road to Survival
director: James L. Conway actor: Robert Fuller / Andrew Prine …
A grim incident from American pioneer history is recreated as a determined group of settlers, facing almost insurmountable odds, struggles to reach California in 1846. Already divided by internal dissension over the choice of a leader and the selection of a route, the wagon train is soon decimated by Indian raids, a scarcity of food and water, and the unrelenting forces of nature. Finally after months of hardship, the party reaches the High Sierras, only to be stranded in the middle of the pass by an early snowstorm. And as fear of an agonizing death from starvation forces the abandonment of conventional rules of human behavior, the pioneers face a new enemy - each other.
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Zoot Suit (1981) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Zoot Suit
director: Luis Valdez actor: Daniel Valdez / Edward James Olmos …
other title: Chicanos Story
Part fact and part fiction, Zoot Suit is the film version of Luis Valdez's critically acclaimed play, based on the actual Sleepy Lagoon murder case and the zoot suit riots of 1940s Los Angeles. Henry Reyna is the leader of a group of Mexican-Americans being sent to San Quentin without substantial evidence for the death of a man at Sleepy Lagoon. As part of the defense committee, Alice Bloomfield and George Shearer fight the blatant miscarriage of justice for the freedom of Henry and his friends.
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Call to Danger (1973) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Call to Danger
director: Tom Gries actor: Peter Graves / Diana Muldaur …
other title: Gefährlicher Ruf
A federal agent recruits a computer whiz to try to free a Mafia witness who has been kidnapped and held in a heavily fortified compound.
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Namu, the Killer Whale (1966) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Namu, the Killer Whale
director: László Benedek actor: Robert Lansing / John Anderson …
other title: Namu, der Raubwal / Namu, L'orque Sauvage …
Based on the amazing true story of a marine biologist (Robert Lansing) who befriends a six-ton Orcawhale, this "honest, fascinating and vigorously wholesome film" (Citizen-News) is heartwarming fun for the whole family. Like all close pals, Hank (Lansing) and Namu love spending time together. Whether sharing a morning swim or soaking up the afternoon sun, these two are virtually inseparable. Trouble is, the local fishermen mistakenly think that Namu is a threat. Racing against time, Hank must enlist the help of a young widow and her daughter to save Namu and prove that he's a gentle giant!
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Lone Wolf McQuade (1983) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Lone Wolf McQuade
director: Steve Carver actor: Chuck Norris / David Carradine …
other title: Una magnum per McQuade / McQuade den uovervindelige …
The archetypical renegade Texas Ranger wages war against a drug kingpin with automatic weapons, his wits and martial arts after a gun battle leaves his partner dead. All of this inevitably culminates in a martial arts showdown between the drug lord and the ranger, and involving the woman they both love.