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Alex Karras is a Actor and Executive producer American born on 15 july 1935 at Gary (USA)
Alex Karras est un joueur de football américain, acteur et producteur américain né le 15 juillet 1935 à Gary, Indiana (États-Unis) et mort le 10 octobre 2012 à Los Angeles, Californie (États-Unis).
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Nationality USA
Birth 15 july 1935 at Gary (USA)
Death 10 october 2012 (at 77 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Birth 15 july 1935 at Gary (USA)
Death 10 october 2012 (at 77 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Alex Karras est un joueur de football américain, acteur et producteur américain né le 15 juillet 1935 à Gary, Indiana (États-Unis) et mort le 10 octobre 2012 à Los Angeles, Californie (États-Unis).
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, 1h23Genres Comedy, Documentary
Themes Documentaire sur une personnalité
Actors Richard Pryor, Paul Mooney, Robin Williams, Mike Epps, Whoopi Goldberg, Quincy Jones
Roles Mongo (archive footage)
Rating72%
Mike Epps, Richard Pryor Jr. et d'autres racontent l'influence déterminante de Richard Pryor, l'un des esprits comiques les plus brillants et les plus emblématiques d'Amérique, sur la culture.
Buffalo '66 (1998)
, 1h50Directed by Vincent Gallo
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about families, Psychologie, Transport films, Road movies
Actors Vincent Gallo, Christina Ricci, Anjelica Huston, Ben Gazzara, Mickey Rourke, Rosanna Arquette
Roles TV Sportscaster
Rating73%
Having just served five years in prison for a crime he did not commit, Billy Brown (Vincent Gallo) kidnaps a young tap dancer named Layla (Christina Ricci) and forces her to pretend to be his wife. Layla allows herself to be kidnapped and it is clear she is romantically attracted to Billy from the start, but Billy all the while is compelled to deal with his own demons, his loneliness and his depression.
Against All Odds (1984)
, 1h58Directed by Taylor Hackford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Noir, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Erotic thriller films
Actors Rachel Ward, Jeff Bridges, James Woods, Richard Widmark, Alex Karras, Jane Greer
Roles Hank Sully
Rating58%
Professional football player Terry Brogan (Jeff Bridges) is released by his team, the (fictitious) Los Angeles Outlaws. Aging, injured and in need of money, he is contacted by an old acquaintance, the shady gambler and nightclub owner Jake Wise (James Woods), who wants Terry to find Jake's girlfriend Jessie Wyler (Rachel Ward), daughter of the Outlaws' owner. Jake claims that Jessie assaulted him, stole money and fled. Terry is reluctant to take on the job, but needs the money and knows Wise is capable of blackmailing him.
Porky's (1982)
, 1h34Directed by Bob Clark
Origin Canada
Genres Comedy, Sex comedy
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Children's films, Teen movie, Films about virginity
Actors Dan Monahan, Mark Herrier, Wyatt Knight, Roger Wilson, Tony Ganios, Cyril O'Reilly
Roles Sheriff Wallace
Rating62%
A group of Florida high school students plan on losing their virginity. They go to Porky's, a nightclub out in the Everglades, believing that they can hire a prostitute to satisfy their sexual desires. Porky takes their money but humiliates the kids by dumping them in the swamp. When the group demand their money back, the sheriff, who turns out to be Porky's brother, arrives to drive them away, but not before his minions extort the rest of their money and cause them more embarrassment. After Mickey (who returned to Porky's for revenge) is beaten so badly he has to be hospitalized, the gang becomes hellbent on exacting revenge on Porky and his brother, eventually succeeding in sinking his establishment in the swamp. Porky and his men, joined by the sheriff, chase after the group, but they make it across the county line (out of Porky's brother's jurisdiction), where they are met by a group of the local police officers, one of whom is Mickey's older brother Ted, and the high school band. After Ted repeatedly damages Porky's car, he says that all charges against Porky for driving an unsafe vehicle will be dropped if the night's events are forgiven. Because the boys were too young to be legally allowed in Porky's in the first place, Porky and his brother have no choice but to agree. The film ends with the group getting their revenge and Pee Wee finally losing his virginity.
Victor/Victoria (1982)
, 2h12Directed by Blake Edwards
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Musical films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Julie Andrews, James Garner, Robert Preston, Lesley Ann Warren, Alex Karras, John Rhys-Davies
Roles "Squash" Bernstein
Rating75%
Set in 1934 Paris, the film opens with Richard Di Nardo, a young hustler, emerging from the bed of middle-aged Carroll Todd (Robert Preston), aka Toddy; Richard dresses, takes money from Toddy's wallet and leaves Toddy's apartment. Going about his day, Toddy, a performer at Chez Lui in Paris, sees Labisse, the club owner, auditioning a frail, impoverished soprano, Victoria Grant (Julie Andrews). After the audition, Labisse drily writes her off, and she responds by sustaining a pitch to shatter his wine glass using resonant frequency. That night, Richard comes to Chez Lui as part of a straight foursome and Toddy incites a brawl by insulting Richard and the women in his group. Labisse fires Toddy and bans him from the club. Walking home, he spots Victoria dining at a restaurant, and she invites him to join her. As neither of them can pay for the meal, she dumps a cockroach in her salad to avoid paying their check, but it escapes and the whole place breaks out in havoc.
Nobody's Perfekt (1981)
, 1h36Directed by Peter Bonerz
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Kaplan, Alex Karras, Robert Klein, Susan Clark, Alex Rocco, Paul Stewart
Roles Swaboda
Rating45%
Three therapy patients — Dibley (Gabe Kaplan), whose memory often fails him; Swaboda (Alex Karras), who believes that his late mother is still alive and living with him; and Walter (Robert Klein), who has three personalities — want the city to buy them a new car after theirs is totaled by a pothole. Legal means prove to be insufficient, so the three of them hatch a plan to extort the money from the mayor (Arthur Rosenberg).
Word of Honor (1981)
Directed by Mel Damski
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Karl Malden, Rue McClanahan, Ron Silver, Alexa Kenin, Jacqueline Brookes, Jeffrey DeMunn
Roles Penniman Butcher
Rating64%
A reporter refuses to reveal his source in the case of the murder of a young girl. As a result, he and his family are shunned by the residents of the small town in which they live. Virtually no one comes to his daughter's wedding, and at his office, the police search his desk, and his boss threatens to fire him.
When Time Ran Out... (1980)
, 2h1Directed by James Goldstone
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Disaster, Action, Adventure
Themes La fin du monde, Seafaring films, Transport films, Volcanisme, Films about volcanoes, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Paul Newman, Jacqueline Bisset, William Holden, James Franciscus, Ernest Borgnine, Edward Albert
Roles Tiny Baker
Rating46%
Shelby Gilmore (William Holden), who owns a newly constructed hotel on a remote Pacific island, wants desperately to marry his secretary, Kay Kirby (Jacqueline Bisset) and proposes to her under the impression that she'll become his seventh wife. Kay is in love with Hank Anderson (Paul Newman), an oil rigger whose scientists are warning him that a nearby active volcano is about to erupt.
, 3h15Directed by Paul Krasny
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime, Politic
Actors Michael Beck, Art Carney, Alex Karras, Telly Savalas, Will Sampson, Ronny Cox
Roles Jughead Miller
Rating70%
L'Île d'Alcatraz est une prison à sécurité maximum construite à l'épreuve des évasions. Clarence Carnes est le détenu qui a passé le plus grand nombre d'années à l'Île d'Alcatraz. Au cours de 18 ans en prison Clarence a fait partie de deux tentatives d'évasions audacieuses: une fusillade sanglante en 1946 et une évasion en 1953 qui a causé la fermeture de la prison. Mis en liberté conditionnelle en 1973, Carnes a raconté la véritable histoire de sa vie en prison, dans un livre puis, il a servi de conseiller technique pour ce film choc.
FM (1978)
, 1h44Directed by John A. Alonzo
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Michael Brandon, Eileen Brennan, Alex Karras, Cleavon Little, Martin Mull, Linda Ronstadt
Roles Doc Holiday
Rating63%
QSKY radio station manager/program director Jeff Dugan (Michael Brandon) builds a large fan base by assembling a group of charismatic DJ personalities playing popular rock and roll. He soon finds that corporate management expects Jeff to use the station's position atop the ratings to sell more advertising time. (Jeff Dugan is based loosely on Mike Herrington, the program director of Los Angeles radio station KMET while writer Sacks was working there.)
, 1h21Directed by Theodore J. Flicker
Origin Canada
Genres Fantasy
Actors Alex Karras, Max Morrow, Gary Busey, Guy L'Écuyer, Alison Pill, Joy Coghill
Roles The Hooded Fang
Rating59%
Jacob Two Two Meets The Hooded Fang is about a young boy who strives to be heard. He is nicknamed "Two-Two" for having to say things twice to be heard. One day, he decided to buy the groceries for his parents. There is a misunderstanding by the clerk, so Jacob finds himself in court. He is sentenced Two Years, Two months, two weeks and two minutes in the Children's Prison hundreds of miles away from civilization.
Blazing Saddles (1974)
, 1h29Directed by Mel Brooks
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Western
Themes Films about films
Actors Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, Harvey Korman, Madeline Kahn, Mel Brooks
Roles Mongo
Rating76%
In the American Old West of 1874, construction on a new railroad led by Lyle (Burton Gilliam) runs into quicksand. The route has to be changed, which will require it to go through Rock Ridge, a frontier town where everyone has the last name of "Johnson" (including a "Howard Johnson," a "Dr. Samuel Johnson," a "Van Johnson" and an "Olson N. Johnson"). The conniving State Attorney General Hedley Lamarr (Harvey Korman) – who constantly has to correct people who call him "Hedy", the name of a movie star, instead of "Hedley" – wants to buy the land along the new railroad route cheaply by driving out the townspeople. He sends a gang of thugs, led by his flunky assistant Taggart (Slim Pickens), to scare them away, prompting the townsfolk to demand that Governor William J. Le Petomane (Mel Brooks) appoint a new sheriff. Lamarr persuades the dim-witted Le Petomane to select Bart (Cleavon Little), a black railroad worker who was about to be hanged, as he believes a black lawman will so offend the townspeople that they will either abandon Rock Ridge or lynch the new sheriff, with either result paving the way for him to take over the town.
Hardcase (1972)
Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey
Genres Western
Actors Clint Walker, Stefanie Powers, Pedro Armendáriz (fils), Alex Karras, Martin LaSalle
Roles Booker Llewellyn
Rating68%
Jack Rutherford has returned to his ranch in Texas after soldiering in the Spanish–American War. Because he was presumed dead, his wife Rozaline remarried a Mexican revolutionary leader named Simon Fuegus. Rozaline also sold Jack's ranch and belongings to buy weapons for Simon's band. Jack travels to Mexico to get his share of the proceeds of the sale but gets nothing. Taking matters into his own hands, Jack decides to raise income by kidnapping Simon for $10,000 ransom to be paid either by Simon's band or the Mexican Federal Government who wish to get their hands on Simon.
Paper Lion (1968)
, 1h47Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films, American football films
Actors Alan Alda, Lauren Hutton, Alex Karras, Ann Turkel, David Doyle, Roger Aaron Brown
Roles Self
Rating62%
George Plimpton, a writer for Sports Illustrated, has been indulging in a variety of Walter Mitty-like whims and stunts, trying his hand at being a professional athlete (such as briefly pitching in an exhibition game against All-Star baseball players or boxing a round with Sugar Ray Robinson), then writing about the experience.
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Word of Honor (1981)
Directed by Mel Damski
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Karl Malden, Rue McClanahan, Ron Silver, Alexa Kenin, Jacqueline Brookes, Jeffrey DeMunn
Roles Producer
Rating64%
A reporter refuses to reveal his source in the case of the murder of a young girl. As a result, he and his family are shunned by the residents of the small town in which they live. Virtually no one comes to his daughter's wedding, and at his office, the police search his desk, and his boss threatens to fire him.