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Harvey Atkin
Actor 1942 - 2017

Harvey Atkin

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Elliot Harvey Atkin (18 December 1942 – 18 July 2017) was a Canadian actor. He was best known for his roles as Morty Melnick in Meatballs, Sam in The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police, Sergeant Ronald Coleman in Cagney & Lacey, and for voicing King Koopa in the three... Read full bio →

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Barney's Version

Barney's Version

Richard J. Lewis 2010 2h 14m 6.7

The picaresque and touching story of the politically incorrect, fully lived life of the impulsive, irascible and fearlessly blunt Barney Panofsky.

Love and Death on Long Island

Love and Death on Long Island

Richard Kwietniowski 1997 1h 33m

Giles De'Ath is a widower who doesn't like anything modern. He goes to movies and falls in love with film star, Ronnie Bostock. He then investigates everything about the movie and Ronnie. After that he travels to Long Island city where Ronnie lives and meets him, pretending that Ronnie is a great actor and that's why Giles admires him.

Critical Care

Critical Care

Sidney Lumet 1997 1h 47m

A hospital resident is put in the middle of a legal battle between two half-sisters on whether to pull their comatose dad's life support. But more seems to be at stake than dad's life - his inheritance.

The Stupids

The Stupids

John Landis 1996 1h 34m 6.3

An incredibly dull-witted family unknowingly stumble upon an illegal weapons deal while on the trail of their "stolen" garbage.

Family of Cops

Family of Cops

Ted Kotcheff 1995 1h 27m 6.0

Paul Fein is a veteran police detective whose son Eddie is also a cop. Paul is assigned to investigate the murder of a prominent businessman, and he soon learns that the field of suspects has been narrowed down to two—the victim's sexually freewheeling wife Anna, and Paul's wild-child daughter Jackie.

Guilty as Sin

Guilty as Sin

Sidney Lumet 1993 1h 47m 5.5

A lawyer (Rebecca De Mornay) defends a womanizing accused wife slayer (Don Johnson)

Speed Zone

Speed Zone

Jim Drake 1989 1h 34m 4.0

An illegal race that takes place over the United States and nothing will stop this bunch of racers except for the occasional cop or a damsel in distress. Jackie Chan's car is not in this one, but many new cars make up for that. Who will win? Who will crash? Who will not even finish? Sit down and buckle up for the ride of your life.

Snake Eater II: The Drug Buster

Snake Eater II: The Drug Buster

George Erschbamer 1989 1h 33m

A Vietnam vet breaks out of a mental institution to go after drug-dealing gangsters who are selling contaminated product that is killing people.

Mindfield

Mindfield

Jean-Claude Lord 1989 1h 32m 7.0

When a police detective kills a criminal, this traumatic event triggers a locked memory, he didn't know he had, of him being a subject of a CIA experiment.

Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives!

Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives!

Jean-Claude Lord 1989 1h 44m 5.0

In the sixties, Eddie and the Cruisers were the hottest band around. But the tragic death of its lead singer broke the band up...only Eddie is not dead. He works as a carpenter in Montreal, but his love of music forces him to create a new band which will have to struggle with its anonymity.

Visiting Hours

Visiting Hours

Jean-Claude Lord 1982 1h 45m 7.0

A deranged, misogynistic killer assaults a journalist. When he discovers that she survived the attack, he follows her to the hospital to finish her off.

Incubus

Incubus

John Hough 1982 1h 33m 5.0

In the small New England town of Galen, a young teenage boy claims he has dreams of young women being brutally raped and murdered. A doctor and the local sheriff discover that the boy's dreams are real and that a sinister occult might be behind the brutal murders

The Last Chase

The Last Chase

Martyn Burke 1981 1h 41m 4.0

Twenty years after the American people have been told the oil has run out and disease has scared them into complacency, the United States has become a fascist state.

Heavy Metal

Heavy Metal

Gerald Potterton, John Bruno 1981 1h 30m 7.1

A glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with a collection of stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.

Cagney & Lacey

Cagney & Lacey

1981 45m 6.0

Mary Beth Lacey and Chris Cagney are teamed up as NYPD police detectives. Their opposing personalities (one is tough and the other sensitive) mesh to make this one of the great crime-fighting duos of all time.

Cries in the Night

Cries in the Night

William Fruet 1980 1h 33m 5.0

A young woman arrives at her grandmother's house, which used to be a funeral home, to help her turn the place into a bed-and-breakfast inn. After they open, guests begin disappearing or turning up dead.

Atlantic City

Atlantic City

Louis Malle 1980 1h 44m 6.8

In a corrupt city, a small-time gangster and the estranged wife of a pot dealer find themselves thrown together in an escapade of love, money, drugs and danger.

Meatballs

Meatballs

Ivan Reitman 1979 1h 32m 5.5

Another summer descends upon North Star summer camp, and care-free counselor Tripper leads the mediocre and mismanaged campers against their arch rivals at the very well run and expensive neighboring camp, Mohawk.

High-Ballin'

High-Ballin'

Peter Carter 1978 1h 37m 6.0

Two truck drivers fight off thugs who have been hired to drive them out of business.

Silver Streak

Silver Streak

Arthur Hiller 1976 1h 54m 6.3

George Caldwell is taking a slow restful trip to Chicago on the Silver Streak. Or so he thinks. He's involved in a love affair, a murder, is thrown from the train, wanted by the police, and joins forces with a car thief to re-board the train to save his love.

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