Another Stakeout 1993  PG-13, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Badham
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Rosie O'Donnell, Dennis Farina, Marcia Strassman, Cathy Moriarty, John Rubinstein, Miguel Ferrer, Madeleine Stowe, Sharon Maughan
This time around those wacky police detectives (Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez) are joined by one very large dog and the Assistant District Attorney (Rosie O'Donnell) as they search for a witness needed for a trial in the near future.
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The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings 1976  PG, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Badham
Cast: Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones, Richard Pryor, Rico Dawson, Stan Shaw, Jophery Brown, Leon Wagner, Tony Burton, Sam Briston, DeWayne Jessie
A 1930s' baseball team defects from its all-Black league and sets off into the country challenging–and winning against–local White teams.
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Bird on a Wire 1990  PG-13, 106 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Romance / Thriller / Drama
Director: John Badham
Cast: Mel Gibson, Goldie Hawn, David Carradine, Bill Duke, Stephen Tobolowsky, Joan Severance, Harry Caesar, Jeff Corey, Alex Bruhanski, John Pyper-Ferguson, Clyde Kusatsu, Jackson Davies, Florence Patterson, Tim Healy
Lots of chase scenes fill the screen in this film about lawyer Marianne Graves (Goldie Hawn) who saves her ex-fiance, FBI informer Rick Jarmin) (Mel Gibson), whose life is in jeopardy after he leaves the witness protection program.
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Blue Thunder 1983 PG-13, 108 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: John Badham
Cast: Roy Scheider, Malcolm McDowell, Candy Clark, Warren Oates, Daniel Stern, Paul Roebling, Joe Santos, David Sheiner, Ed Bernard, Jason Bernard, James Murtaugh, Pat McNamara, James Murtaugh, Jack Murdock, Clifford A. Pellow
The Los Angeles Police Department wants to use the specially modified Blue Thunder helicopter to prevent terrorism during the 1984 Olympics and assigns Frank Murphy (Roy Scheider) to train as the pilot. Meanwhile, the project pilot, Col. F.E. Cochrane (Malcolm McDowell), is conspiring to take over the United States. Murphy uncovers the plot and takes to the skies in a battle for justice. This movie inspired the "Airwolf" TV series about a super helicopter that can do just about anything.
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 Dracula 1979 R, 109 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Fantasy / Romance
Director: John Badham
Cast: Frank Langella, Laurence Olivier, Donald Pleasence, Kate Nelligan, Tony Haygarth, Trevor Eve, Janine Duvitski, Jan Francis, Teddy Turner, Sylvester McCoy, Kristine Howarth, Joe Belcher, Ted Carroll, Frank Birch, Gabor Vernon
A vampire must have blood, and Dracula knows how to find it! After his ship is wrecked off Whitby, Count Dracula (Frank Langella) is discovered on the shore by Mina Van Helsing (Jan Fancis) who is visiting Lucy (Kate Nelligan) and her father, Dr. Jack Seward (Donald Pleasence). A short time later, Dracula is invited to dinner at the Seward home where he visits Mina's bedroom, and she dies. When Mina's father, Dr. Abraham Van Helsing (Laurence Olivier), arrives at the home, he realizes that the culprit is Dracula. Meanwhile, Dracula plans to take Lucy to Transylvania with him, and Dr. Van Helsing, Dr. Seward, and Lucy's fiance Jonathan Harker (Trevor Eve) try to thwart his plans. Special effects add a unique dimension.
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Drop Zone 1994 R, 101 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: John Badham
Cast: Wesley Snipes, Gary Busey, Yancy Butler, Michael Jeter, Claire Stansfield, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Melanie Mayron, Grace Zabriskie, Luca Bercovici, Andy Romano, Corin Nemec, Kyle Secor, Rex Linn, Robert LaSardo, Mickey Jones
The Nessip brothers, Pete and Terry (Wesley Snipes and Malcolm-Jamal Warner), are U.S. Marshals who are escorting criminal computer hacker Earl Leedy (Michael Jeter) to a safer prison. En route, they are skyjacked by terrorists who are led by crooked DEA agent Ty Moncrief (Gary Busey). Terry is killed, and the skyjackers capture Earl with plans to use his computer expertise to hack into the DEA computer and expose undercover agents. When FBI agents suspect that Pete is responsible, he is suspended. Seeking revenge, Pete works with skydiver Jessie Crossman (Yancy Butler) to learn how to skydive as the means of infiltrating Ty's team of skydivers and get revenge.
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Footsteps 2003  TV, 95 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: John Badham
Cast: Candice Bergen, Bryan Brown, Michael Murphy, Bug Hall, John Walf, Cindy Sampson, Suzanne Jacob, Johanna MacCulloch, Austin St. John, Darcy Lindzon
Mystery writer Daisy Lowendahl (Candice Bergen) goes to her isolated beach house on Long Island for rest and finds one of her fans, Spencer Weaver (Bug Hall), inside. A short time later, Eddie Bruno (Bryan Brown) arrives at the beach house claiming that Daisy's husband, Robbie (Michael Murphy), sent him to make sure she is safe. But, in truth, Spencer and Eddie are devoted readers of Daisy's novels and seek revenge after she killed off one of the popular characters in her last book. Now, Daisy tries desperately to reach her husband hoping that he can save her.
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The Hard Way 1991 R, 111 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Drama
Director: John Badham
Cast: Michael J. Fox, James Woods, Stephen Lang, Annabella Sciorra, Penny Marshall, John Capodice, Luis Guzman, LL Cool J, Delroy Lindo, Christina Ricci, Mary Mara, Conrad Roberts, George Cheung, Frank Geraci, Sophie Maletsky
A pampered actor, Nick Lang (Michael J. Fox), wants to play a cop in his next movie. In order to research the role, he teams up with a real-life cop, Detective John Moss (James Woods). John happens to be on the trail of a serial killer when Nick meets him and uses the case for Nick's research. Lots of action and laughs.
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Incognito 1997 R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Badham
Cast: Jason Patric, Irene Jacob, Thomas Lockyer, Ian Richardson, Simon Chandler, Pip Torrens, Michael Cochrane, Rod Steiger, Togo Igawa, Joseph Blatchley
Artist Harry Donovan (Jason Patrick) is hired by a British art gallery to forge a Rembrandt (that has been lost for over 300 years). The price: $500,000. Meanwhile, he meets and has a one-night stand with Marieke (Irene Jacob), who happens to be a Rembrandt expert and who later is hired to evaluate the painting's authenticity. So it's off to Europe to research and paint, but the plans go awry when Marieke declares the painting a fake and Harry runs for his life–with Marieke as a hostage.
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The Jack Bull 1999 R, 120 min.
Genre: Western
Director: John Badham
Cast: John Cusack, John Goodman, L.Q. Jones, Miranda Otto, John C. McGinley, John Savage, Rodney A. Grant, Jay O. Sanders, Kurt Fuller, Rex Linn
In this made-for-HBO video the focus is on Myrl Redding (John Cusack), a Wyoming horse trader who has a run-in with Henry Ballard (L.Q. Jones) and ends up in front of Judge Tolliver (John Goodman). Tolliver throws the case out of court, which forces Myrl to wage a violent war that threatens Wyoming's bid for statehood.
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Nick of Time 1995 R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Action / Thriller
Director: John Badham
Cast: Johnny Depp, Christopher Walken, Charles S. Dutton, Roma Maffia, Marsha Mason, Peter Strauss, Courtney Chase, Gloria Reuben, Bill Smitrovich, G.D. Spradlin, Yul Vazquez, Edith Diaz, Armando Ortega, C.J. Balu, Cynthena Sanders
Gene Watson (Johnny Depp) is tossed into a van by a couple (Christopher Walken and Roma Maffia) posing as police officers and is told that he has 80 minutes to assassinate the Governor of California (Marsha Mason) or kidnappers will kill his six-year-old daughter, Lynn (Courtney Chase). The plot thickens as Watson races against the clock and discovers numerous other characters conspiring against the Governor.
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 Point of No Return 1993 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Action / Romance / Thriller
Director: John Badham
Cast: Bridget Fonda, Gabriel Byrne, Dermot Mulroney, Miguel Ferrer, Anne Bancroft, Olivia d'Abo, Richard Romanus, Harvey Keitel, Geoffrey Lewis, Lorraine Toussaint, Michael Rapaport, Mic Rodgers, Ray Oriel, Lieux Dressler, Spike McClure
Maggie (Bridget Fonda) has lived on the seamier side of life–she was a drug addict. Sentenced to death after she killed a policeman, Maggie is given a second chance through recruitment as a hired assassin. During training, she begins to come to grips with her true self, which is not quite so dark as she previously thought. A remake of "La Femme Nikita."
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 Saturday Night Fever 1977  R, 120 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama / Romance
Director: John Badham
Cast: John Travolta, Karen Lynn Gorney, Donna Pescow, Barry Miller, Joseph Cali, Paul Pape, Martin Shakar, Fran Drescher, Julie Bovasso, Bruce Ornstein, Sam Coppola, Nina Hansen, Lisa Peluso, Denny Dillon, Bert Michaels
This is the definitive movie on 1970s' teenage culture. The story is about 19-year-old Brooklyn native Tony Manero (John Travolta) who lives for Saturday night disco dancing. But, disco dancing is one of the few good things in Tony's life where his priest brother (Martin Shakar) gets all the accolades at home. A chance for change appears in the form of Stephanie (Karen Lynn Gorney) who wants to leave Brooklyn and move to the big city of Manhattan. After Stephanie and Tony enter a dance competition as partners, Tony's life is destined to change forever. Travolta was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar. Sequel: "Staying Alive."
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Short Circuit 1986 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Western
Director: John Badham
Cast: Ally Sheedy, Steve Guttenberg, Fisher Stevens, Austin Pendleton, G.W. Bailey, Brian McNamara, Marvin J. McIntyre, John Garber, Penny Stanton, Tim Blaney, Vernon Weddle, Barbara Tarbuck
The government has a new weapon: a robot named "No. 5." During a thunderstorm, "No. 5" short circuits and comes to life. Its creator (Steve Guttenberg) is in hot pursuit of his invention. Meanwhile, "No. 5" falls into the hands of an animal lover (Ally Sheedy) who takes it in like a stray cat. OK for the young ones. There is a sequel.
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Stakeout 1987 R, 117 min.
Genre: Adventure / Comedy
Director: John Badham
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Aidan Quinn, Madeleine Stowe, Dan Lauria, Forest Whitaker, Earl Billings, Ian Tracey, Jackson Davies, J.J. Makaro
This adventure/comedy is about a couple of detectives (Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez) as they follow the trail of a killer (Aidan Quinn) who has left prison without the usual permission. Madeleine Stowe is the subject of the "Stakeout" since she was the ex-girlfriend of the killer. Love bites.
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 WarGames 1983 PG, 114 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: John Badham
Cast: Matthew Broderick, Ally Sheedy, Dabney Coleman, John Wood, Barry Corbin, Dennis Lipscomb, Joe Dorsey, Irving Metzman, Michael Ensign, James Tolkan, Juanin Clay, Kent Williams, William Bogert, Susan Davis, David Clover
David Lightman (Matthew Broderick) taps into the Pentagon's computer system and almost (accidentally) starts World War III. Although innocent of any serious crimes, espionage is suspected, and he is accused of working for the Russian government. Finally, it is David and his friend Jennifer (Ally Sheedy) who must stop the computer from commanding the launching of missiles.
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| 1. American Flyers (1985)
2. Another Stakeout (1993)
3. The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings (1976)
4. Bird on a Wire (1990)
5. Blue Thunder (1983)
6. Dracula (1979)
7. Drop Zone (1994)
8. Footsteps (2003)
9. The Godchild (1974)
10. The Hard Way (1991)
11. Incognito (1997)
12. The Jack Bull (1999)
13. Nick of Time (1995)
14. Point of No Return (1993)
15. Saturday Night Fever (1977)
16. Short Circuit (1986)
17. Stakeout (1987)
18. WarGames (1983)
19. Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981)
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