Josef Sommer — Actor (33)
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Hidden in America (1996) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Hidden in America
director: Martin Bell actor: Beau Bridges / Bruce Davison …
other title: L'orgoglio di un padre / Zwischen den Welten …
Story of a man whose pride in being the head of his family won't let him accept help from his sick daughters doctor. He has to prove to his kids that even with the death of his wife and the loss of his job that they can and will survive. After hitting brick wall after brick wall comes a glimmer of hope.
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Independence Day (1983) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Independence Day
director: Robert Mandel actor: Kathleen Quinlan / David Keith …
other title: Ihre letzte Chance / El día de la independencia …
Mary Ann Taylor loves the comforts of her hometown in Mercury, Texas. She has a steady job as a waitress in her father's diner, yet she can't help but feel unfulfilled by a life of pouring coffee and grilling hamburgers. Mary Ann's real passion is photography, but pursuing her dream of becoming a photographer means leaving Mercury behind.
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Absence of Malice (1981) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Absence of Malice
director: Sydney Pollack actor: Sally Field / Paul Newman …
other title: Diritto di cronaca / I god tro …
Megan Carter is a reporter duped into running an untrue story on Michael Gallagher, a suspected racketeer. He has an alibi for the time his crime was allegedly committed—but it involves an innocent party. When he tells Carter the truth and the newspaper runs it, tragedy follows, forcing Carter to face up to the responsibilities of her job when she is confronted by Gallagher.
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Still of the Night (1982) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Still of the Night
director: Robert Benton actor: Roy Scheider / Meryl Streep …
other title: Una lama nel buio / In der Stille der Nacht …
When one of his patients is found murdered, psychiatrist Dr. Sam Rice is visited by the investigating officer but refuses to give up any information. He's then visited by the patient's mistress, Brooke Reynolds, whom he quickly falls for despite her being a likely murder suspect. As the police pressure on him intensifies, Rice decides to attempt solving the case on his own and soon discovers that someone is trying to kill him as well.
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Target (1985) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Target
director: Arthur Penn actor: Gene Hackman / Matt Dillon …
other title: Target - Scuola omicidi / Target - Zielscheibe …
A Texan with a secret past searches Europe with his son after the KGB kidnaps his wife.
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Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Bloodhounds of Broadway
director: Howard Brookner actor: Matt Dillon / Jennifer Grey …
other title: Bluthunde am Broadway / Il était une fois Broadway …
This musical is based on four short stories by Damon Runyon. In one tale, gambler Feet Samuels sells his body to science just as he realizes that Hortense loves him and that he would rather live than die. In another story, Harriet's parrot is killed, and she has problems dealing with her loss. Then, there is a gambler, "Regret", who has bloodhounds on his trail when he becomes a murder suspect. Finally, "The Brain" is bleeding profusely, and his friends search for a way to save his life through a blood transfusion.
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Doctor Franken (1980) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Doctor Franken
director: Marvin J. Chomsky / Jeff Lieberman actor: Robert Vaughn / Robert Perault …
This variation of the Frankenstein legend, set in a brownstone in present-day Manhattan, has Robert Vaughn as a determined New York surgeon bringing "parts" home from work -- the hospital where he does experimental research -- to painstakingly rebuild the shattered body of an anonymous patient with organs from various donors.
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Man on a Swing (1974) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Man on a Swing
director: Frank Perry actor: Cliff Robertson / Joel Grey …
other title: L'uomo sull'altalena / Enquête dans l'impossible …
When a young schoolteacher is found dead in her car in a parking lot in broad daylight, police chief Lee Tucker can find no clues pointing to her killer. Flamboyant self-proclaimed psychic Franklin Wills offers his help to the skeptical policeman, and, when his supposed visions about the case begin to reveal clues and information that only the killer could possibly have known, he becomes a suspect himself.
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The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope (1972) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope
director: Dennis Azzarella actor: Alek Primrose / Roman Makarenko …
A bizarre series of events focused on young women in the village of Salem causes paranoia in the late 1600s. It ends with the lynching of the accused and subsequent releases from jail. Dark and gritty, but not frightening.
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The Chamber (1996) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB Douban IMDb WikiData
The Chamber
director: James Foley actor: Chris O'Donnell / Gene Hackman …
other title: L'ultimo appello / Dødskammeret …
Idealistic young attorney Adam Hall takes on the death row clemency case of his racist grandfather, Sam Cayhall, a former Ku Klux Klan member he has never met.
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Silkwood (1983) [Movie] Douban NeoDB IMDb TMDB WikiData
Silkwood
director: Mike Nichols actor: Meryl Streep / Kurt Russell …
other title: Silkwood - O Retrato de uma Coragem / Le Mystère Silkwood
Like most of the people in her town, Karen Silkwood works at the local nuclear plant producing highly radioactive plutonium. Exposed one day to a lethal dose of radiation, Karen faces the blank walls of corporate indifference and denial. As her illness increases, her protest grows louder and she becomes an obvious danger to the powers that be.
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The Mighty Ducks (1992) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Mighty Ducks
director: Stephen Herek actor: Emilio Estevez / Joss Ackland …
other title: Stoffa da campioni / The Mighty Ducks: Champions …
After reckless young lawyer Gordon Bombay gets arrested for drunk driving, he must coach a kids hockey team for his community service. Gordon has experience on the ice, but isn't eager to return to hockey, a point hit home by his tense dealings with his own former coach, Jack Reilly. The reluctant Gordon eventually grows to appreciate his team, which includes promising young Charlie Conway, and leads them to take on Reilly's tough players.
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Shaft (2000) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Shaft
director: John Singleton actor: Mustafa Shakir / Samuel L. Jackson …
other title: Shaft - Noch Fragen? / Shaft: The Return
New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail for Switzerland. Two years later Wade returns to face trial, confident his money and influence will get him acquitted -- especially since he's paid a drug kingpin to kill the witness.
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Malice (1993) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB IMDb Douban
Malice
director: Harold Becker actor: Alec Baldwin / Nicole Kidman …
other title: Malice - Il sospetto / Malícia …
A tale about a happily married couple who would like to have children. Tracy teaches infants, Andy's a college professor. Things are never the same after she is taken to hospital and operated upon by Jed, a "know all" doctor.