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John Crawford is a Actor and Writer American born on 13 september 1920 at Colfax (USA)
John Crawford (September 13, 1920 – September 21, 2010) was an American actor. He appeared in a 1961 episode of The Twilight Zone, called "A Hundred Yards Over the Rim", and in several Gunsmoke episodes. He had a key role in the 1975 film Night Moves, a crime thriller starring Gene Hackman, and played the mayor of San Francisco in 1976's The Enforcer, the third Dirty Harry film featuring Clint Eastwood.
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John Crawford
Birth name Cleve Allen Richardson
Nationality USA
Birth 13 september 1920 at Colfax (USA)
Death 21 september 2010 (at 90 years) at California (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 13 september 1920 at Colfax (USA)
Death 21 september 2010 (at 90 years) at California (USA)
John Crawford (September 13, 1920 – September 21, 2010) was an American actor. He appeared in a 1961 episode of The Twilight Zone, called "A Hundred Yards Over the Rim", and in several Gunsmoke episodes. He had a key role in the 1975 film Night Moves, a crime thriller starring Gene Hackman, and played the mayor of San Francisco in 1976's The Enforcer, the third Dirty Harry film featuring Clint Eastwood.
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The Boogens (1981)
, 1h35Directed by James L. Conway
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Actors Rebecca Balding, Anne-Marie Martin, John Crawford, Jon Lormer
Roles Brian Deering
Rating55%
A small construction team of four men work to reopen an abandoned silver mine, 100 years after a mysterious massacre forced the Army to shut it down. What they don't know is that their excavating has inadvertently freed some amphibious reptilian creatures lurking deep within the mine shafts.
Elvis and the Beauty Queen (1981)
, 1h40Directed by Gus Trikonis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about television, Musical films
Actors Ann Dusenberry, Don Johnson, Stéphanie Zimbalist, Rick Lenz, Ann Wedgeworth, Richard Herd
Roles Vernon Presley
Rating46%
Dreamer (1979)
, 1h30Genres Drama
Themes Sports films
Actors Tim Matheson, Susan Blakely, Jack Warden, Richard B. Shull, Mews Small, Pedro Gonzalez-Gonzalez
Roles Riverboat Captain
Rating54%
, 1h29Directed by Vincent McEveety
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Western
Themes Children's films
Actors Tim Conway, Don Knotts, Tim Matheson, Kenneth Mars, Jack Elam, Elyssa Davalos
Roles Captain Sherick
Rating60%
Amos Tucker (Conway) and Theodore Ogelvie (Knotts), a pair of bumbling holdup men now going straight, arrive in the "boom town" of Junction City to start anew. But the duo end up causing havoc while getting cheated out of their money by two bank robbers named Wes Hardin (Osmond) and Hank Starrett (Gehring). Things worsen when Amos and Theodore end up being suspected of the robbery and end up on the run from the town's feared lawman Marshal Wooly Bill Hitchcock (Mars), who developed a personal vendetta toward Amos and Theodore after they accidentally humiliated and injured the marshal on two occasions. To escape Hitchcock's vengeance, ditching their donkey Clarise as she was used by the robbers, the Amos and Theodore enlist in the US Cavalry at Fort Concho. But the duo's bunglings and a run-in with a now insane marshal, who found them by following Clarise, result in the fort being burned to the ground. The following day, the fort commander Major Gaskill (Morgan) is relieved of his position while Amos and Theodore are placed in a military jail.
Tilt (1979)
, 1h51Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Brooke Shields, Kenneth Marshall, Charles Durning, Lorenzo Lamas, John Crawford, Gregory Walcott
Roles Mickey
Rating51%
The film open in Texas, where Neil Gallagher (Ken Marshall) challenges obese pinball champion Harold Remmens (Durning), appropriately nicknamed "The Whale," to a $400 match. When Neil gets caught cheating, he heads off to California, where he meets teen runaway Brenda "Tilt" Davenport (Shields), a 14-year-old pinball wizard. Neil watches as Tilt and the owner of Mickey's Bar hustle an unaware gambler in a game of pinball, and immediately decides to team up with her. He tells her that he is a hopeful country and western star and needs to raise money to make a demo tape of his songs. After hearing Neil's musical talent, she's impressed and agrees to help by traveling with him, raising cash with her pinball skills. When the two eventually end up back in his hometown, Neil sets up a $3500 game between Tilt and the Whale. However, he doesn't realize that Tilt has caught on to his lies and manipulation, and his big plans may not go as he hoped.
Outlaw Blues (1977)
, 1h40Directed by Richard T. Heffron
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action
Actors Susan Saint James, Peter Fonda, John Crawford, Michael Lerner, James T. Callahan, Matt Clark
Roles Buzz Cavenaugh
Rating59%
Ex-convict Bobby Ogden (Peter Fonda) is trying to get his life straight and his career going as a country and western singer. Bobby shows off some of his tunes to Nashville star Garland Dupree (James Callahan). However, Dupree uses one his songs "Outlaw Blues" for himself with no credit to Bobby. Bobby confronts Dupree and when Dupree pulls a gun on him, he accidentally shoots himself in the ensuing struggle. Of course, Dupree tells everyone that Bobby shot him. Now Bobby's on the run, with only Dupree's recently fired back up singer Tina Waters (Susan Saint James) believing him. The pair flee together, as Bobby becomes an underground hero who is accepted as the man who actually wrote the hit, while being put on the law enforcement's most wanted list.
The Enforcer (1976)
, 1h33Directed by James Fargo
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about terrorism, Se déroulant à Alcatraz
Actors Clint Eastwood, Harry Guardino, Bradford Dillman, Brian Blessed, Tyne Daly, DeVeren Bookwalter
Roles The Mayor
Rating67%
In Marin County, two gas company men are lured by a scantily-clad woman to a remote spot in Mill Valley and killed by Bobby Maxwell (DeVeren Bookwalter). Maxwell's gang, the People's Revolutionary Strike Force (PRSF), plans to use the gas men's uniforms and van as part of an ambitious series of crimes that will make them rich.
, 2h24Directed by Robert Michael Lewis
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors George Peppard, Barnard Hughes, William Dozier, William Windom, Nina, Baroness van Pallandt, Claudette Nevins
Roles Fred Stoner
Rating76%
It is a history of the Sam Sheppard (George Peppard), an Ohio doctor wrongly accused of murdering his wife, despite his good defense at trial, Sam is unjustly convicted of murdering his wife
Night Moves (1975)
, 1h38Directed by Arthur Penn
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Gene Hackman, Jennifer Warren, Susan Clark, Melanie Griffith, John Crawford, Harris Yulin
Roles Tom Iverson
Rating70%
Harry Moseby is a retired professional football player now working as a private investigator in Los Angeles. He discovers that his wife Ellen (Susan Clark) is having an affair with a crippled man named Marty Heller (Harris Yulin).
The Towering Inferno (1974)
, 2h45Directed by Irwin Allen, John Guillermin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Disaster, Action
Themes La fin du monde, Films about the labor movement, Children's films, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Fred Astaire, Susan Blakely
Roles Callahan
Rating69%
Architect Doug Roberts (Newman) returns to San Francisco for the dedication of the Glass Tower, which he designed for owner James Duncan (Holden). At 138 stories (1,800 ft/550 m), it is the world's tallest building. Shortly after his arrival, an electrical short starts an undetected fire on the 81st floor while Roberts accuses the building's electrical engineer, Roger Simmons (Chamberlain), of cutting corners. Simmons insists the building is up to standards.
J.W. Coop (1974)
, 1h52Directed by Cliff Robertson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Western
Actors Cliff Robertson, Geraldine Page, Cristina Ferrare, R.G. Armstrong, John Crawford, Sandy Dempsey
Roles Rancher
Rating64%
Robertson's title character is a professional cowboy who wants to work the rodeo circuit and is given the chance by a rodeo impresario: this stroke of luck after he is released from jail for the passing of bad checks. He then hits the road with a few friends and a girl who likes Coop. Upon breaking into the circuit, Coop must prove he is good, but doing so is not easy.
The Severed Arm (1973)
, 1h29Origin USA
Genres Horror, Crime
Actors Paul Carr, Deborah Walley, Marvin Kaplan, John Crawford
Roles Doctor Sanders
Rating49%
A group of cave explorers are trapped by a cave-in. In order to starvation, the group cuts off the arm of one of their fellow cavers. However, moments after doing so, the entire group is rescued.
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
, 1h57Directed by Irwin Allen, Ronald Neame
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes La fin du monde, Seafaring films, Transport films, Children's films, Disaster films, American disaster films, Films about seafaring accidents or incidents
Actors Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Adam Baldwin, Red Buttons, Carol Lynley, Roddy McDowall
Roles Chief Engineer
Rating70%
The SS Poseidon, an ocean liner slated for retirement and scrapping, makes her way across the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea from New York City to Athens. Despite protests from Captain Harrison, who fears for the ship's safety, the representative of her new owners, Mr. Linarcos, insists that she make full speed towards her destination to save money, preventing her from taking on additional ballast.
Napoleon and Samantha (1972)
, 1h32Directed by Bernard McEveety
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films about lions, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Michael Douglas, Jodie Foster, Johnny Whitaker, Arch Johnson, Will Geer, Henry Jones
Roles Desk Sergeant
Rating60%
Eleven-year-old Napoleon (Johnny Whitaker) lives with his grandfather (Will Geer). He and his grandfather adopt a lion named Major when by chance they meet an old clown who cannot take him back to Europe. The old lion has bad teeth and only drinks milk so they put Major in the chicken cage to look after him. When Napoleon's grandfather dies of old age, Napoleon asks a young grad student named Danny (Michael Douglas) to help bury his grandfather. Uncertain about his future Napoleon runs off with the lion, a pet rooster, and his friend Samantha (Jodie Foster) to try to find Danny, now a goat herder who lives in the mountains, and so Napoleon can avoid being sent to an orphanage.
Guerilla Hellcats (1968)
, 1h25Directed by Byron Haskin, Jean Leduc
Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Actors Guy Williams, Elga Andersen, Heidi Brühl, Pedro Armendáriz, Robert Woods, Giorgia Moll
Roles Aram
Rating55%
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