David Janssen — Actor (34)
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Covert Action (1978) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Sono stato un agente C.I.A.
director: Romolo Guerrieri actor: David Janssen / Arthur Kennedy …
other title: Sono stato un agente C.I.A. / Covert Action – Rauschgift tötet leise …
Janssen plays an ex-CIA agent who has become an author, writing both non-fiction exposes (Phillip Agee was in the news at this time) and fiction spy novels. The CIA is on his case, in the person of Arthur Kennedy, CIA chief in Athens, where Janssen is staying. Janssen is pursuing a case that interests him, while dodging the traps set for him by Kennedy and trying to help Maurizio Merli, a former colleague with personal problems.
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The Golden Gate Murders (1979) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Golden Gate Murders
director: Walter Grauman actor: David Janssen / Susannah York …
other title: Mord auf der Golden Gate Brücke
An elderly, venerable priest goes over the side of the Golden Gate Bridge and everyone except his nurse, Sister Benecia, believes that it was suicide. Sister Benecia finally manages to convince the police department to assign a detective, the cynical, irascible Paul Silver, to investigate. The "Mad Nun" and the "Mad Cop" become a formidable investigative team -- and much, much more.
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The Longest Night (1972) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Longest Night
director: Jack Smight actor: David Janssen / James Farentino …
The daughter of a wealthy family is kidnapped and imprisoned underground in a custom-built, ventilated coffin while her family and the police search for her. But the battery that powers the ventilation is running out of juice and the ransom drop has been botched. This movie was originally shown as an ABC Movie of the Week on September 12, 1972. The story is based on the 1968 kidnapping of Barbara Mackle by Gary Krist.
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Hijack! (1973) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Hijack!
director: Leonard Horn actor: David Janssen / Keenan Wynn …
other title: Hijack / Hijack – Auf vollen Touren
Two truck drivers are hired to transport a top-secret cargo from New York to Houston. Along the way they must evade attempts by a terrorist group to hijack the material.
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Nowhere to Run (1978) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Nowhere to Run
director: Richard Lang actor: David Janssen / Allen Garfield …
other title: Juego doble / Fluchtpunkt Las Vegas
Harry's married to Marian and things are not going all that well, so he wants out but somehow feels that a divorce is not the answer. After developing a winning blackjack system, he hatches a plan that takes years of preparation: to fake his death, assume a new identity and win $500,000 at blackjack.
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Man-Trap (1961) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Man-Trap
director: Edmond O'Brien actor: Jeffrey Hunter / David Janssen …
other title: La última fuga
Helmed by Edmond O'Brien, this slick crime thriller stars Jeffrey Hunter as naïve Matt Jameson, whose Korean War pal Vince Biskay talks Matt into helping commandeer nearly $4 million from a Central American dictator. After Vince is wounded in a gun battle as they're making off with the loot, the duo holes up at Matt's house -- where his boozy, promiscuous wife puts the moves on Vince.
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Pioneer Woman (1973) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Pioneer Woman
director: Buzz Kulik actor: Joanna Pettet / William Shatner …
other title: Der weite Weg nach Westen
A homesteading family in 1867 Wyoming faces a crisis when the husband is killed and the wife must decide whether to remain or take her son and daughter back East.
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Twenty Plus Two (1961) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Twenty Plus Two
director: Joseph M. Newman actor: David Janssen / Jeanne Crain …
other title: Começou em Tóquio
A famous movie star's fan club secretary has been brutally murdered. She has in her office old newspaper clippings regarding a missing heiress. Did the secretary know something about the mystery of the heiress?
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Mayday at 40,000 Feet (1977) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Mayday at 40,000 Feet!
director: Robert Butler actor: David Janssen / Don Meredith …
other title: SOS in den Wolken / Mayday at 40,000 Feet!
The co-pilot and engineer of a passenger jet struggle to keep the plane airborne after a marshal onboard, transporting a murderer to prison, has a heart attack and the killer uses his gun to shoot the captain and blow out the hydraulics.
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Birds of Prey (1973) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Birds of Prey
director: William A. Graham actor: David Janssen / Ralph Meeker …
other title: Duell der Helikopter
Harry Walker, a former military pilot, works as a helicopter pilot and traffic reporter for a Salt Lake City radio station. One day while working he observes a bank robbery in progress and the kidnapping of a young woman who worked at the bank. Harry goes into pursuit which leads to an exciting conclusion.
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The Swiss Conspiracy (1976) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Swiss Conspiracy
director: Jack Arnold actor: David Janssen / Senta Berger …
other title: Intrigo in Svizzera / Per Saldo Mord …
A Swiss bank discovers some of its clients are becoming the victim of a brilliant blackmailer. The bank's president contacts David Christopher, a former agent with the U.S. Treasury, to help discover who the blackmailer is and to foil his plot. As Christopher delves into the mystery, he uncovers a complicated web of intrigue, car chases, and shoot-outs that takes all of his wits to unravel.
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Never Say Goodbye (1956) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Never Say Goodbye
director: Jerry Hopper actor: Rock Hudson / Cornell Borchers …
other title: Come prima... meglio di prima / Nunca Digas Adeus …
In present-day U.S., Dr. Michael Parker, a prominent surgeon, unexpectedly runs into his German-born wife whom he thought was dead. Victor, an artist and his "dead" wife's now boyfriend, berates Dr. Parker for "killing" her. The bulk of the story flashes back to Austria during World War II as we learn how Dr. Parker met and married his wife, and the one mistake that may have cost him his family.
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The Square Jungle (1955) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Square Jungle
director: Jerry Hopper actor: Tony Curtis / Pat Crowley …
other title: La giungla del quadrato / Brutos em Fúria …
Grocery clerk Eddie Quaid, in danger of losing his father to alcoholism and his girl Julie through lack of career prospects, goes into boxing.
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Cult of the Cobra (1955) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Cult of the Cobra
director: Francis D. Lyon actor: Faith Domergue / Richard Long …
other title: Il culto del cobra / Le Culte du Cobra …
While stationed in Asia, six American G.I.'s witness the secret ritual of Lamians (worshipers of women who can change into serpents). When discovered by the cult, the High Lamian Priest vows that "the Cobra Goddess will avenge herself". Once back in the United States, a mysterious woman enters into their lives and accidents begin to happen. The shadow of a cobra is seen just before each death.