William Friedkin — Director (25)
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Jailbreakers (1994)
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William Friedkin actor: Antonio Sabàto Jr. / Shannen Doherty …
other title: Vilaines filles et mauvais garçon / Los fugitivos
15-year-old high school cheerleader Angel falls in love with Tony, a leather-clad, dope-smoking biker. When Tony robs two jewelry stores, Angel’s local reputation is soiled, and her parents move the family to Bakersfield for a new beginning. But Tony soon makes a desperate escape from jail and goes hunting for his girlfriend.
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C.A.T. Squad (1986)
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William Friedkin actor: Joe Cortese / Jack Youngblood …
other title: C.A.T. - Die Elite schlägt zurück / Grupo antiterrorista
When terrorists start killing scientists who are working on NATO's laser defense program, an elite team, the Counter Assault Tactical (C.A.T.) Squad, is brought in to stop the killers.
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C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf (1988)
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William Friedkin actor: Jack Youngblood / Steve James …
other title: C.A.T. - Operation Python Wolf / Grupo antiterrorista II
The Counter Assault Tactical (C.A.T.) Squad investigates a spy who is supplying plutonium to the Sjambok, a racist South African paramilitary group that is working on a nuclear bomb. The American government, too, is investigating Sjambok, using the top-secret spy plane Python Wolf. When one of the members of the C.A.T. Squad is shot down over South Africa during another mission, his squad leader undertakes a rescue operation to bring his friend back home.
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Deal of the Century (1983)
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William Friedkin actor: Chevy Chase / Sigourney Weaver …
other title: L'affare del secolo / Århundredets handel …
Arms dealers from several companies vie to sell the most expensive and highest tech weapons to a South American dictator. There are complications; understanding the exact nature of how 'gifts' are used to grease the wheels of a sale, a religious conversion from one of the salesman and a romance that begins to grow between two competitors.
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Blue Chips (1994)
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William Friedkin actor: Nick Nolte / Shaquille O'Neal …
other title: Basta vincere / Ganar de cualquier manera …
Pete Bell, a college basketball coach is under a lot of pressure. His team isn't winning and he cannot attract new players. The stars of the future are secretly being paid by boosters. This practice is forbidden in the college game, but Pete is desperate and has pressures from all around.
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The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968)
The Night They Raided Minsky's
William Friedkin actor: Jason Robards / Britt Ekland …
other title: Quella notte inventarono lo spogliarello / Quando o Strip-Tease Começou …
Rachel arrives in New York from her Amish community intent on becoming a dancer. Unfortunately Billy Minsky's Burlesque is hardly the place for her Dances From The Bible. But the show's comedian Raymond sees a way of wrong-footing the local do-gooders by announcing the new Paris sensation "Mme Fifi" and putting on Rachel's performance as the place is raided. All too complicated, the more so since her father is scouring the town for her and both Raymond and his straight-man Chick are falling for Rachel.
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The Brink's Job (1978)
The Brink's Job
William Friedkin actor: Peter Falk / Peter Boyle …
other title: Pollice da scasso / Das große Dings bei Brinks …
In 1950, a group of unlikely criminal masterminds commits the robbery of the century. Led by Tony Pino, a petty thief fresh out of prison, and Joe McGinnis, who specializes in planning lucrative capers, the gang robs Brink's main office in Boston of more than $2 million. However, things begin to go awry when the FBI gets involved, the cops start cracking down on the gang and McGinnis refuses to hand over the loot...
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Rampage (1987)
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William Friedkin actor: Michael Biehn / Alex McArthur …
other title: Assassino senza colpa? / Rampage - Anklage Massenmord …
Liberal district attorney decides to seek the death penalty for a man who slaughtered a family at Christmastime, then drank their blood. He escapes, though, and starts killing again.
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Good Times (1967)
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William Friedkin actor: Sonny Bono / Cher …
other title: Buenos tiempos
Given the opportunity to headline their own feature film by studio executive Mr. Mordicus, Sonny and Cher have three days to come up with an idea for a hit movie or they'll have to use the studio's hackneyed script.
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The Guardian (1990)
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William Friedkin actor: Jenny Seagrove / Dwier Brown …
other title: L'albero del male / O Anjo das Sombras …
Phil and Kate select the winsome young Camilla as a live-in nanny for their newborn child, but the seemingly lovely Camilla is not what she appears to be...
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The Boys in the Band (1970)
The Boys in the Band
William Friedkin actor: Kenneth Nelson / Leonard Frey …
other title: Festa per il compleanno del caro amico Harold / Os Rapazes da Banda …
A witty, perceptive and devastating look at the personal agendas and suppressed revelations swirling among a group of gay men in Manhattan. Harold is celebrating a birthday, and his friend Michael has drafted some other friends to help commemorate the event. As the evening progresses, the alcohol flows, the knives come out, and Michael's demand that the group participate in a devious telephone game, unleashing dormant and unspoken emotions.
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Bug (2007)
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William Friedkin actor: Ashley Judd / Michael Shannon …
other title: Bug - La paranoia è contagiosa
In Oklahoma, Agnes, a lonely waitress living in an isolated and dilapidated roadside motel, meets Peter, a quiet and mysterious man with whom she establishes a peculiar relationship.
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The Birthday Party (1968)
The Birthday Party
William Friedkin actor: Robert Shaw / Patrick Magee …
other title: Festa di compleanno / A Festa de Aniversário …
Based on Harold Pinter's enigmatic play about a boarder in a British seaside dwelling who is visited by two strangers. They torment him verbally, ask him idiotic unanswerable questions, force him to sit down and stand up, and give him a "party". Then, eventually, they take him away, a tongue-tied idiot. The trivial becomes the terrible, and with it a certain wonder, a certain pity.
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Jade (1995)
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William Friedkin actor: David Caruso / Linda Fiorentino …
When a prominent art dealer is found murdered, the man's death leads to an intriguing investigation steeped in sex, corruption and crime. District Attorney David Corelli gets assigned to the case and discovers that a key suspect is his ex-lover Katrina Gavin, a beautiful psychologist who has settled down with his old friend and peer. As Corelli gets deeper into the case, he uncovers dark secrets with far-reaching implications.