Tony Plana — Actor (30)
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Latino (1985) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Latino
director: Haskell Wexler actor: Robert Beltran / Annette Charles …
The fighting between the Sandinista government in Nicaragua and the Contra rebels backed by U.S. money and expertise is the focus of this pro-Sandinista film by Haskell Wexler. On a secret mission to help the U.S. Special Forces train Contra rebels in the jungles of Nicaragua, American soldier Eddie Guerrero begins to question the morality of the task at hand and consider how his actions may influence the fate of a nation.
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The Burning Season (1994) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Burning Season
director: John Frankenheimer actor: Raúl Juliá / Carmen Argenziano …
other title: Flammen des Widerstandes / La Forêt de tous les Dangers …
Based on the true story of a Brazilian rubber tapper who leads his people in protest against government and developers, who want to cut down their part of the rainforest for a new road and ranch land. The rich and the powerful will stop at nothing, and frequently resort to murder
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Nightmares (1983) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Nightmares
director: Joseph Sargent actor: Cristina Raines / Emilio Estevez …
other title: Incubi / Alpträume …
A collection of short stories. In one a woman who leaves her house late at night to drive to the store while a killer is loose encounters some problems. In the second an arcade whiz kid's obsession with a game leads to deadly consequences. In the third a small town priest loses his faith and decides to leave town, but in the desert is stalked by a mysterious black pick-up truck. In the final story, a family's problem with a rat is larger than they think.
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Disorderlies (1987) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Disorderlies
director: Michael Schultz actor: Mark Morales / Darren Robinson …
other title: Três Trapalhões da Pesada / Das Chaoten-Team …
As not-quite-orderlies who're downright Disorderlies, rap-music favorites The Fat Boys rule. Playing the freewheeling caretakers of the frail Dennison, they stir up a comedic culture clash in Palm Beach society that only proves laughter is the best medicine this side of a tax refund.
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One Good Cop (1991) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
One Good Cop
director: Heywood Gould actor: Michael Keaton / Rene Russo …
other title: La giustizia di un uomo / Em Nome da Justiça …
When his partner is killed in the line of duty, Artie Lewis becomes the legal guardian of his three orphaned girls. But during his investigation of the case, Lewis finds his life – and that of his newfound family – on the line. That's when the guilty crime-lord comes face to face with one man's rage, one man's fury, one man's justice.
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In the Line of Duty: A Cop for the Killing (1990) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
In the Line of Duty: A Cop for the Killing
director: Dick Lowry actor: James Farentino / Steven Weber …
other title: Tödlicher Schnee / Un flic à abattre
A look at the dangerous and bizarre life of an undercover cop who lives on the edge and the strife and heartbreak that comes with the job. There is also a tremendous amount of guilt and psychological pain when an undercover sting goes bad and they lose a comrade in the line of duty.
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Wasp Network (2020) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Wasp Network
director: Olivier Assayas actor: Penélope Cruz / Edgar Ramírez …
other title: Wasp Network: Rede de Espiões / Cuban Network …
Havana, Cuba, 1990. René González, an airplane pilot, unexpectedly flees the country, leaving behind his wife Olga and his daughter Irma, and begins a new life in Miami, where he becomes a member of an anti-Castro organization.
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Live Wire (1992) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Live Wire
director: Christian Duguay actor: Pierce Brosnan / Ron Silver …
other title: I dinamitardi / O Detonador em Alta Voltagem …
Danny O'Neill is a bomb disposal expert assigned to a case where terrorists have developed an "invisible" liquid explosive which is activated within the human body.
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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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One Eight Seven (1997) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
One Eight Seven
director: Kevin Reynolds actor: Samuel L. Jackson / John Heard …
other title: Codice omicidio 187 / 187 …
After surviving a stabbing by a student, teacher Trevor Garfield moves from New York to Los Angeles. There, he resumes teaching as a substitute teacher. The education system, where violent bullies control the classrooms and the administration is afraid of lawsuits, slowly drives Garfield mad. He then moves to California to be a sub for a predominantly Native Hispanic/Latin-American high school in Los Angeles. He is tormented by members of a Native Hispanic/Latino-American tag crew named K.O.S. (Kappin’ off Suckaz).
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Salvador (1986) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb TMDB Douban WikiData
Salvador
director: Oliver Stone actor: James Woods / Jim Belushi …
In 1980, an American journalist covering the Salvadoran Civil War becomes entangled with both the leftist guerrilla groups and the right-wing military dictatorship while trying to rescue his girlfriend and her children.
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Valley Girl (1983) [Movie] IMDb Skybridge TMDB
Valley Girl
director: Martha Coolidge actor: Nicolas Cage / Deborah Foreman …
other title: La ragazza di San Diego / La chica del valle …
Julie, a girl from the valley, meets Randy, a punk from the city. They are from different worlds and find love. Somehow they need to stay together in spite of her trendy, shallow friends.