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John Saxon is a Actor American born on 5 august 1935 at Brooklyn (USA)

John Saxon

John Saxon
John Saxon participated to 89 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those, 5 have good markets following the box office.

Here are the best films classified by number of entries :

Actor

Enter the Dragon, 1h38
Directed by Bruce Lee, Robert Clouse
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Martial arts, Kung fu, Action, Crime, Martial arts
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films
Actors Bruce Lee, Jim Kelly, John Saxon, Ahna Capri, Kien Shih, Robert Wall
Roles Roper
Rating75% 3.798273.798273.798273.798273.79827
Lee (Bruce Lee) is a Shaolin martial artist from Hong Kong who possesses great philosophical insight into martial arts as well as physical prowess. He receives an invitation to a martial arts competition on an island organised by the mysterious Mr. Han (Shih Kien). Lee learns from his Sifu (teacher) that Han was also once a Shaolin student, but had been expelled from their order for abusing their code of conduct.
Beverly Hills Cop III, 1h44
Directed by John Landis
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Buddy films
Actors Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Héctor Elizondo, Timothy Carhart, George Lucas, John Saxon
Roles Orrin Sanderson
Rating55% 2.753922.753922.753922.753922.75392
One night in Detroit, Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) plans to arrest a gang of car thieves who run a local chop shop. Unbeknownst to his boss, Inspector G. Douglas Todd (Gil Hill), Foley has canceled the SWAT team, intending to raid the shop using only his team. Meanwhile, a group of men arrive at the chop shop to pick up a cube van that the car thieves had hijacked. The leader of the group confirms that the vehicle still contains its cargo, which consists of crates labelled as property of the U.S. government, then has his men execute the car thieves.
The Electric Horseman, 2h2
Directed by Sydney Pollack
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Adventure, Romance, Western
Themes Films about animals, Transport films, Films about horses, Road movies, Chase films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Valerie Perrine, John Saxon, Willie Nelson, Allan Arbus
Roles Hunt Sears
Rating63% 3.197733.197733.197733.197733.19773
Norman "Sonny" Steele is a former championship rodeo rider who has sold out to a business conglomerate and is now reduced to making public appearances to sell a brand of breakfast cereal. Prior to making a Las Vegas promotional appearance to ride the $12 million champion thoroughbred race horse who responds to the name of Rising Star, Sonny discovers to his horror that the horse has been drugged and is injured.
The Cardinal, 2h55
Directed by Otto Preminger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Films about religion
Actors Tom Tryon, Raf Vallone, Jill Haworth, John Saxon, Romy Schneider, Carol Lynley
Roles Benny Rampell
Rating66% 3.347023.347023.347023.347023.34702
A newly ordained Irish Catholic priest, Stephen Fermoyle (Tom Tryon) returns home to Boston in 1917. He discovers that his parents are upset about daughter Mona (Carol Lynley) having become engaged to marry a Jewish boy, Benny Rampell (John Saxon). Mona seeks Stephen's counsel as a priest.
Joe Kidd
Joe Kidd (1972)
, 1h24
Directed by John Sturges
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Western
Actors Clint Eastwood, Robert Duvall, John Saxon, Dick Van Patten, Paul Koslo, Don Stroud
Roles Luis Chama
Rating63% 3.199853.199853.199853.199853.19985
Set In the early 1900s, Clint Eastwood stars as Joe Kidd, a former bounty hunter who is in jail for hunting on Indian land and disturbing the peace in the New Mexican town of Sinola. Mexican bandito/revolutionary Luis Chama (John Saxon) has organized a peasant revolt against the local landowners, who are throwing the poor off land that rightfully belongs to them.