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James Stephens is a Actor American born on 18 may 1951 at Mount Kisco (USA)
James Stephens is an American television and film actor best known for his starring role as James T. Hart in the television series The Paper Chase (1978–1986).
His TV guest-starring credits include Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Diagnosis: Murder, L.A. Law, Matlock, Moonlighting, M*A*S*H, Eischied, multiple characters on Murder, She Wrote, a recurring role on Cagney & Lacey, and the role of the young Doctor Auschlander in 1945 in flashbacks on St. Elsewhere.
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James Stephens was born on May 18, 1951, in Mount Kisco, New York. He is best known for his role as idealistic Minnesota-born law student James T. Hart in the television series The Paper Chase (1978–1986), taking on the role originated by Timothy Bottoms in the movie of the same name. He is also known for his role in the television series Father Dowling Mysteries (1989-1991) in which he played the part of Father Philip Prestwick.His TV guest-starring credits include Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Diagnosis: Murder, L.A. Law, Matlock, Moonlighting, M*A*S*H, Eischied, multiple characters on Murder, She Wrote, a recurring role on Cagney & Lacey, and the role of the young Doctor Auschlander in 1945 in flashbacks on St. Elsewhere.
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Hijack (1999)
, 1h34Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action
Actors Jeff Fahey, Ernie Hudson, Beth Toussaint, Brent Huff, Patrick Kilpatrick, Robert Miano
Roles Harold Besser
Rating41%
When a high profile Senator (Hudson) boards a train at Union Station, he is expecting a smooth ride. However, his trip is interrupted when a militia group hijacks the train, taking him and several other passengers hostage and planting a nuclear bomb somewhere on board. An ATF Agent (Fahey) who happened to be a passenger on the train is the one man who just may be able of both freeing the hostages and defusing the bomb before time runs out.
Against the Law (1997)
, 1h35Directed by Jim Wynorski
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists
Actors Richard Grieco, Nancy Allen, Nick Mancuso, Jaime Pressly, Steven Ford, Gary Sandy
Roles Detective Ben Hamada
Rating43%
Headed towards Hollywood, Rex (Richard Grieco) is a mentally ill drifter with a penchant for balls-to-the-wall gunplay. Trapped in a delusion that he is a modern 'Old West' gunslinger, Rex begins a murder spree that leaves police and law enforcement dead in his path. Meanwhile, hard-drinking cop John Shepard (Nick Mancuso) is suddenly thrust into the spotlight by newsanchor Maggie Hewitt (Nancy Allen) after killing one of L.A.'s most notorious drug dealers in a skilled shoot out. When Rex learns of this heroic deed, he becomes fixated on both Hewitt, who he begins to stalk and terrorize, and Shepard, who he vows to shoot and kill. As a tense high noon battle looms on the horizon, John and Maggie scramble to outwit and outshoot this delusional maniac.
The Getaway (1994)
, 1h55Directed by Roger Donaldson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Heist films, Chase films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger, Michael Madsen, James Woods, Jennifer Tilly, Richard Farnsworth
Roles Harold Carvey
Rating57%
Carter "Doc" McCoy (Baldwin) and his wife Carol (Basinger) are taking target practice with pistols when Rudy (Madsen) arrives to propose they break a Mexican drug lord's nephew out of jail for a $300,000 payment. The job is successful, but it turns out the drug lord wanted his nephew free only in order to kill him.
Pancho Barnes (1988)
, 2h30Directed by Richard T. Heffron
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Adventure
Actors Valerie Bertinelli, Ted Wass, Sam Robards, James Stephens, Cynthia Harris, Geoffrey Lewis
Roles Rankin Barnes
Rating68%
Leaving an arranged marriage to Reverend Rankin Barnes (James Stephens), Florence Lowe "Pancho" Barnes (Bertinelli) takes an interest in flying light planes in the 1920s, and soon rivals Amelia Earhart (Nance Williams), breaking world speed records. Barnes is hired by Howard Hughes (David Kockinis) to do stunt flying for the film Hell's Angels, instigates the formation of the Associated Motion Picture Pilots, was a World War II Air Force Civilian Pilot Trainer, and establishes the Happy Bottom Riding Club as a mess hall for pilots and former servicemen.
Houston: The Legend of Texas (1986)
, 2h24Directed by Peter Levin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical, Western
Actors Sam Elliott, Claudia Christian, William Russ, John P. Ryan, Michael Beck, Bo Hopkins
Roles Stephen Austin
Rating63%
Two of a Kind (1983)
, 1h28Directed by John Herzfeld
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Actors John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Charles Durning, Oliver Reed, Beatrice Straight, Scatman Crothers
Roles Ron
Rating47%
Four angels — Charlie (Charles Durning), Earl (Scatman Crothers), Gonzales (Castulo Guerra), and Ruth (Beatrice Straight) — have been in charge of Heaven for the last 25 years. They are playing a golf match in Heaven when their game is interrupted by God, who has returned to the office and does not like what he sees down on Earth. God wants to order up another flood and start all over again (despite his promise in the rainbow that he never would again), but the four angels persuade him to reconsider, reasoning that, if a typical Earth man can reform, it would prove that all mankind is capable of it.
Mysterious Two (1982)
, 1h17Directed by Gary Sherman
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Horror
Actors John Forsythe, Priscilla Pointer, Noah Beery, Jr, Vic Tayback, James Stephens, Robert Englund
Roles Tim Armstrong
Rating50%
First Monday in October (1981)
, 1h38Directed by Ronald Neame
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Walter Matthau, Jill Clayburgh, Barnard Hughes, Jan Sterling, James Stephens, Joshua Bryant
Roles Mason Woods
Rating63%
At the start of the story, the death of Associate Justice Stanley Moorehead has created a vacancy on the United States Supreme Court. The new appointee turns out to be Ruth Loomis, a staunch conservative, who is confirmed as the first female US Supreme Court Justice. She and Associate Justice Daniel Snow, a committed liberal and many years older than Loomis, clash intellectually on just about every judicial issue before them. One case involves a pornographic film and arguments about freedom of speech. With time, the two characters develop a liking and respect for each other.
, 1h40Directed by Richard T. Heffron
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Warren Oates, Lisa Pelikan, Lee Meriwether, James Stephens, Lee Montgomery, Ramon Bieri
Roles Joshua Sumner
Rating60%
The further adventures of U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn are told here. He battles criminals and injustice in his own unorthodox way. Meanwhile, he must also contend with the ever tough-as-nails Mattie Ross, a teenage girl hellbent on reforming him.