Brian Dennehy
Brian Manion Dennehy (July 9, 1938 – April 15, 2020) was an American actor of film, stage, and television. His breakthrough film role was as the overzealous sheriff Will Teasle in First Blood (1982). Typically a character actor, Dennehy displayed versatility in varying and... Read full bio →
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1979
The Seagull
In the early twentieth century, an aging actress and her lover visit the estate of her elderly brother.
Tag
A small group of former classmates organize an elaborate, annual game of tag that requires some to travel all over the country.
The Ultimate Legacy
A self-absorbed young man is challenged to grow a conscience and change his ways in order to receive an inheritance.
Knight of Cups
Rick is a slave to the Hollywood system. He is addicted to success but simultaneously despairs at the emptiness of his life. He is at home in a world of illusions but seeks real life. Like the tarot card of the title, Rick is easily bored and needs outside stimulation. But the Knight of Cups is also an artist, a romantic and an adventurer.
The Challenger
Factual drama exploring the truth behind the space shuttle Challenger's 1986 disintegration.
The Big Year
Three avid bird watchers compete to spot the rarest birds in North America at a prestigious annual event.
The Next Three Days
A married couple's life is turned upside down when the wife is accused of a murder
Meet Monica Velour
When an awkward teen meets his favorite porn star, whose career peaked in the '80s, an unexpected friendship follows as the young man gets a glimpse inside Monica Velour's current life as a single mom struggling to make ends meet.
Righteous Kill
Two veteran New York City detectives work to identify the possible connection between a recent murder and a case they believe they solved years ago; is there a serial killer on the loose, and did they perhaps put the wrong person behind bars?
Trumbo
Through a focus on the life of Dalton Trumbo (1905-1976), this film examines the effects on individuals and families of a congressional pursuit of Hollywood Communists after World War II. Trumbo was one of several writers, directors, and actors who invoked the First Amendment in refusing to answer questions under oath.
Ratatouille
Remy is a rat, with a talent and passion for cooking. He dreams of one day working in a real restaurant, when one day he gets his chance.
Marco Polo
The series follows the adventures and discoveries of the Venetian, Marco Polo.
The Ultimate Gift
When his wealthy grandfather finally dies, Jason Stevens fully expects to benefit when it comes to the reading of the will. But instead of a sizable inheritance, Jason receives a test, a series of tasks he must complete before he can get any money.
Everyone's Hero
A boy begins a grand journey to return Babe Ruth's baseball bat before the deciding game of the 1932 World Series comes to a close.
10th & Wolf
A former street tough returns to his Philadelphia home after a stint in the military. Back on his home turf, he once again finds himself tangling with the mob boss who was instrumental in his going off to be a soldier.
Assault on Precinct 13
In this unrelenting action masterpiece from director John Carpenter, a police station under siege from a vicious street gang becomes a cataclysmic battleground where only the strongest survive! Inspired by Howard Hawks' immortal western, Rio Bravo.
She Hate Me
Fired from his job, a former executive turns to impregnating wealthy lesbians for profit.
Stolen Summer
A Catholic boy tries to convert a terminally ill Jewish boy, so he will be able to go to Heaven.
Summer Catch
Local boy Ryan Dunne, now a pitcher for Boston College, meets Tenley Parrish, the daughter of a wealthy couple who summer on the Cape. Ryan and Tenley fall in love, much to the chagrin of their families, while Ryan clings to one last hope of being discovered and signed to a pro baseball contract.
Romeo + Juliet
The Australian director Baz Luhrmann teleports the romantic tragedy Romeo and Juliet tale from the Italian Verona to the Latin-American Verona Beach. The film was a success with it’s original dialogue from the MTV aesthetic and with guns as the weapon of choice.
Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance
Jack Reed investigates multiple murders involving Russian immigrants while Lt. Silvera deals with a vehicular homicide involving a mayoral candidate's son.
Jack Reed: A Killer Among Us
Jack Reed is sent to investigate a strange drive-by shooting which doesn't resemble a gang m.o.. The attacks continue, seemingly randomly, but Jack is determined to find out how deep the rabbit hole of violence and corruption really is.
Tommy Boy
After seven years at Marquette University, hard-partying D-student Thomas R. "Tommy" Callahan III (Chris Farley) returns to his hometown, Sandusky, Ohio. There, his proud father, industrialist Tom Callahan Jr. (Brian Dennehy), gives him an executive job at the family's auto parts plant.
Jack Reed: One of Our Own
Jack Reed investigates a young woman whom he and his wife take into their household when she turns out to be targeted by unknown assassins.
Jack Reed: A Search for Justice
Chicago police detective Jack Reed investigates the brutal murder of a stripper while he deals with corruption and bureaucracy within his own department.
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
When a young mother is murdered, Chicago police sergeant Jack Reed sets out to find her killer. But the secret world of undercover operations rears its ugly head.
Deadly Matrimony
Alan Masters is a despicable businessman with his hands in organized crime. He marries Diane, a kind and gentle woman, and abuses and batters her viciously. Sergeant John Reed has had enough of his city's organized crime and, against the wishes of his dirty-cop superiors, tries to get evidence against Alan Masters.
F/X 2: The Deadly Art of Illusion
Sequel to the special effcts movie FX. Rollie is asked to help find a killer, all is well until both the killer and the cop who asked him to help are both killed.........
The Last of the Finest
An elite group of vice cops are fired from the L.A.P.D. for being over-zealous in their war against drugs. It is immediately apparent that some of their superiors are involved in the drug ring. Banded together, four of the banned cops (which quickly becomes three when one is killed early) band together to fight the drug ring undercover.
Presumed Innocent
Life takes a nasty twist for D.A. Rusty Sabich when the woman he has been romantically involved with is murdered. He is assigned to investigate the case, but is soon charged with the murder.
The Man from Snowy River II
Young Jim Craig returns to his home in the Australian high country. He finds that things are not as he left them - his girlfriend, Jessica, is being pursued by another man, and her father, Harrison, doesn't want him back into her life.
Miles from Home
Two brothers forced to leave their debt-ridden Midwest farm become folk heroes by robbing the banks that have been foreclosing on farmers.
Cocoon: The Return
The reinvigorated elderly group that left Earth comes back to visit their relatives. Will they all decide to go back to the planet where no one grows old, or will they be tempted to remain on Earth?
The Belly of an Architect
An American architect arrives in Italy, supervising an exhibiton for a French architect, Boullée, who is famous for his oval structures. Through the course of 9 months he becomes obsessed with his belly, suffers severe stomach pains, loses his his wife, exhibition, his unborn child and finally his own life.
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
Real-life letters written by American soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines during the Vietnam War to their families and friends back home. Archive footage of the war and news coverage thereof augment the first-person "narrative" by men and women who were in the war, some of whom did not survive it.
Best Seller
Hit man Cleve approaches writer/cop Dennis about a story for his next book: How Cleve made a living, working for one of the most powerful politicians in the country. To get the story right, they travel around the country to gather statements and evidence, while strong forces use any means they can to keep the story untold.
Legal Eagles
F/X
A movies special effects man is hired by a government agency to help stage the assassination of a well known gangster. When the agency double cross him, he uses his special effects to trap the gangster and the corrupt agents.
Twice in a Lifetime
A middle-aged steelworker is content with his job and his family, but feels that something is missing in his life. On his 50th birthday, he stops in at a local bar for a drink to celebrate. He finds himself attracted to the young, very sexy barmaid--and, to his surprise, he finds that she is also very attracted to him.
Silverado
A misfit bunch of friends come together to right the injustices that exist in a small town.
Cocoon
When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigor.
Never Cry Wolf
A scientific researcher, sent on a government study: The Lupus Project, must investigate the possible "menace" of wolves in the north. To do so, he must survive in the wilderness for six months on his own. In the course of these events, he learns about the true beneficial and positive nature of the wolf species.
Gorky Park
A Moscow police officer investigates a vicious triple homicide and stumbles upon a high-level international political conspiracy.
Split Image
An impressionable young man finds himself literally enslaved by a modern-day religious cult. In an effort to bring him back to reality, the boy's parents hire a deprogrammer to kidnap him and return him to his family.
First Blood
A mentally unstable Vietnam war vet gets abused by a bigoted small town police force and begins a one man war with it.
Skokie
A dramatization of the controversial trial concerning the right for Neo-Nazis to march in the predominantly Jewish community of Skokie, Illinois.
The Jericho Mile
A prisoner gets a chance to take part in the Olympics.
Little Miss Marker
Sorrowful Jones is a cheap bookie in 1930's. When a gambler leaves his daughter as a marker for a bet, he gets stuck with her. His life will change a great deal with her arrival and his sudden love for a woman also involved in gambling operations.
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
Before the adventures that made them legends, they were charming mastermind Robert Leroy Parker, alias Butch Cassidy, and crack-shot outlaw Harry Alonzo Longabaugh, soon to be known as The Sundance Kid.
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A Hollywood songwriter goes through a mid-life crisis and becomes infatuated with a sexy blonde newlywed.
Foul Play
A shy San Francisco librarian and a bumbling cop fall in love as they solve a crime involving albinos, dwarves, and the Catholic Church.
F.I.S.T
Johnny Kovak joins the Teamsters trade-union in a local chapter in the 1930s and works his way up in the organization. As he climbs higher and higher his methods become more ruthless and finally senator Madison starts a campaign to find the truth about the alleged connections with the Mob.
A Real American Hero
Tennessee Sheriff Buford Pusser attempts to stop a moonshiner whose bad liquor has blinded several teens.
Semi-Tough
A three-way friendship between two free-spirited professional football players and the owner's daughter becomes compromised when two of them become romantically involved.
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
A dedicated schoolteacher spends her nights cruising bars, looking for abusive men with whom she can engage in progressively violent sexual encounters.
It Happened at Lakewood Manor
A lakeside resort comes under attack by an infinite hoard of flesh-eating ants. Also known as "It Happened at Lakewood Manor."
Arrest and Trial
Arrest and Trial is a 90-minute American crime/legal drama series that ran during the 1963-1964 season on ABC, airing Sundays from 8:30-10 p.m. Eastern.