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Jack Thibeau
Jack Thibeau is an American former film and television actor best known for playing the prisoner Clarence Anglin in the 1979 film '' Escape from Alcatraz''. During his career, he frequently appeared in other movies, such as '' Any Which Way You Can'' (1980), ''Sudden Impact'' (1983), and ''City Heat'' (1984). Thibeau also played a number of characters in such films as ''48 Hrs.'' (1982), '' The Hitcher'' (1986), ''Lethal Weapon'' (1987), and '' Action Jackson'' (1988). In addition Thibeau also appeared on such TV-series as ''Miami Vice'', ''Sledge Hammer!'' and ''The Untouchables'' where he co-starred as Bugs Moran George Clarence "Bugs" Moran (; born Adelard Leo Cunin; August 21, 1893 – February 25, 1957) was an American Chicago Prohibition-era gangster. He was incarcerated three times before his 21st birthday. Seven members of his gang were gunned ... in a recurring role. Filmography Film Television (selected) References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarence Anglin
On the night of June 11, 1962, inmates Frank Morris and brothers Clarence and John Anglin escaped from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, a maximum-security prison located on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, California, United States. Late on the night of June 11, the three men tucked papier-mâché model heads resembling their own likenesses into their beds, broke out of the main prison building via ventilation ducts and an unguarded utility corridor, and departed the island aboard an improvised inflatable raft to an uncertain fate. A fourth conspirator, Allen West, failed in his escape attempt and remained behind. Hundreds of leads were pursued by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and local law enforcement officials in the ensuing years, but no conclusive evidence has ever surfaced regarding the fate of the three men. In 1979 the FBI officially concluded, on the basis of circumstantial evidence and a preponderance of expert opinion, that the three men drowned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blood Feud (1983 Film)
''Blood Feud'' is a 1983 American two-part, four-hour made-for-television crime drama film centering on the conflict between Jimmy Hoffa and Robert F. Kennedy in an 11-year span from 1957 until Kennedy's assassination in 1968. The 210-minute film was directed by Mike Newell and written by Robert Boris. It stars Robert Blake as Hoffa and Cotter Smith as Kennedy with Danny Aiello and Brian Dennehy in supporting roles as union associates of Hoffa's. The television film was distributed by Operation Prime Time, a syndicated block of television programming offered to mostly American independent stations. Blake was nominated for an Emmy and Golden Globe for Best Actor for his performance as Hoffa. Plot It is the mid-1950s. Wealthy young Robert F. Kennedy is beginning to make a name for himself in Washington, D.C., as is his older brother John F. Kennedy, a United States senator from Massachusetts. Also on the rise is James R. Hoffa, an intensely dedicated member of the Intern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Book II
A book is a structured presentation of recorded information, primarily verbal and graphical, through a medium. Originally physical, electronic books and audiobooks are now existent. Physical books are objects that contain printed material, mostly of writing and images. Modern books are typically composed of many pages bound together and protected by a cover, what is known as the ''codex'' format; older formats include the scroll and the tablet. As a conceptual object, a ''book'' often refers to a written work of substantial length by one or more authors, which may also be distributed digitally as an electronic book (ebook). These kinds of works can be broadly classified into fiction (containing invented content, often narratives) and non-fiction (containing content intended as factual truth). But a physical book may not contain a written work: for example, it may contain ''only'' drawings, engravings, photographs, sheet music, puzzles, or removable content like paper dolls. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Space (miniseries)
''Space'' (also known as ''James A. Michener's Space'') is a 1985 American television miniseries starring James Garner as Sen. Norman Grant. It is based on the 1982 novel of the same name by James A. Michener that aired on CBS. Like the novel, the miniseries is a fictionalised history of the United States space program. ''Space'' won an Emmy Award, for film sound mixing. It originally aired from April 14 through 18, 1985, and consisted of five parts running a total of 13 hours. In subsequent showings, it was cut to nine hours.Most of this page, including summary and plot description, is primarily fro/ref> Characters Norman Grant (James Garner) is a former war hero turned senator who tirelessly promotes the American space program despite almost insurmountable opposition. Other principal players include John Pope (Harry Hamlin), who, after failing to win his way to Annapolis, matriculates from a Navy recruit to a naval officer, Naval Aviator, test pilot and pioneering astronaut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scarecrow And Mrs
A scarecrow is a decoy or mannequin that is often in the shape of a human. Humanoid scarecrows are usually dressed in old clothes and placed in open fields to discourage birds from disturbing and feeding on recently cast seed and growing crops.Lesley Brown (ed.). (2007). "Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles". 6th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press. . Scarecrows are used around the world by farmers, and are a notable symbol of farms and the countryside in popular culture. Design The common form of a scarecrow is a humanoid figure dressed in old clothes and placed in open fields to discourage birds such as Corvus, crows or Old World sparrow, sparrows from disturbing and feeding on recently cast seed and growing crops. Machinery such as windmills have been employed as scarecrows, but the effectiveness lessens as animals become familiar with the structures. Since the invention of the humanoid scarecrow, more effective methods have been developed. On Californ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Kennedy And His Times
''Robert Kennedy and His Times'' is a 1985 American television miniseries directed by Marvin J. Chomsky, based on the 1978 Robert F. Kennedy biography of the same name by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. Arthur Meier Schlesinger Jr. ( ; born Arthur Bancroft Schlesinger; October 15, 1917 – February 28, 2007) was an American historian, social critic, and public intellectual. The son of the influential historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Sr. and a ... Cast Awards and nominations See also * Robert F. Kennedy in media * Cultural depictions of John F. Kennedy References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Robert Kennedy And His Times 1980s American television miniseries 1985 television films 1985 films American biographical series Television shows based on books CBS films Films scored by Fred Karlin Films about Robert F. Kennedy Cultural depictions of John F. Kennedy Cultural depictions of Lyndon B. Johnson Cultural depictions of Robert F. Kennedy Cultural depic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985 TV Series)
''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'', sometimes called ''The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents'', is an American television anthology series that originally aired on NBC for one season from September 29, 1985 to May 4, 1986, and on the USA Network for three more seasons, from January 24, 1987, to July 22, 1989, with a total of four seasons consisting of 76 episodes. The series is an updated version of the 1955 eponymous series. Background In 1985, NBC aired a new made-for-television film based upon the series, combining newly filmed stories with colorized footage of Alfred Hitchcock from the original series introducing each segment. The segments were "Incident in a Small Jail," adapted and directed by Joel Oliansky, "Man from the South," adapted and directed by Steve De Jarnatt, "Bang! You're Dead!," adapted by Harold Swanton and Christopher Crowe and directed by Randa Haines, and "An Unlocked Window," adapted and directed by Fred Walton. The film was a ratings success. Form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hardcastle And McCormick
''Hardcastle and McCormick'' is an American action crime drama television series that aired on ABC from September 18, 1983, through May 5, 1986. The series stars Brian Keith as Judge Milton C. Hardcastle and Daniel Hugh Kelly as ex-con and race car driver Mark "Skid" McCormick. During an interview in the early 1980s, producer Stephen J. Cannell referred to the then-upcoming series as ''Rolling Thunder''. Premise Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Milton C. "Hardcase" Hardcastle is an eccentric judge notorious for being strict with the law in both his duties and towards defendants. Preparing for his retirement, he notices file drawers filled with 200 people who escaped conviction due to legal technicalities. Inspired by his childhood hero the Lone Ranger, Hardcastle desires to make the criminals answer for their crimes. Mark McCormick is a smart-mouthed, streetwise car thief. He faces a long incarceration for his latest theft, a prototype sports car called the Coyote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remington Steele
''Remington Steele'' is an American television series co-created by Robert Butler and Michael Gleason. The series, starring Stephanie Zimbalist and Pierce Brosnan, was produced by MTM Enterprises and first broadcast on NBC from October 1, 1982, to February 17, 1987. The series blended the genres of romantic comedy, drama, detective procedural and (towards the end of the series) international political intrigue and espionage. ''Remington Steele'' premise is that Laura Holt, a licensed private investigator (Stephanie Zimbalist) opened a detective agency under her own name but found potential clients refused to hire a woman, no matter how qualified. To solve the problem, Laura invents a fictitious male superior she names Remington Steele. Through a series of events in the first episode, "License to Steele", Pierce Brosnan's character, a former thief and con man (whose real name even he proves not to know and is never revealed), assumes the identity of Remington Steele. Behind the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Streets Of San Francisco
''The Streets of San Francisco'' is an American television crime drama filmed on location in San Francisco and produced by Quinn Martin, with the first season produced in association with Warner Bros. Television (QM produced the show on its own for the remainder of its run). It starred Karl Malden and Michael Douglas as two homicide inspectors in San Francisco. The show ran for five seasons on ABC between 1972 and 1977, amassing a total of 119 60-minute episodes. Douglas left the series at the start of its final season, and was replaced by Richard Hatch. The series started with a pilot movie of the same title (based on the 1972 detective novel ''Poor, Poor Ophelia'' by Carolyn Weston) a week before the series debuted. Edward Hume, who wrote the teleplay for the pilot, was credited as having developed the series based on characters in Weston's novel. The pilot featured guest stars Robert Wagner, Tom Bosley, and Kim Darby. Production ''The Streets of San Francisco'' pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murder 101 (1991 Film)
''Murder 101'' is a 1991 American mystery thriller television film directed by Bill Condon, who co-wrote it with Roy Johansen. The film stars Pierce Brosnan, Dey Young, Antoni Corone, Todd Merrill and Dianne Hull.Variety TV REV 1991-92 17 By ProutMarch 21, 1991 Telefilm Review USA World Premiere Movie Murder 101/ref> It also stars Raphael Sbarge and Kathe Mazur. It aired on the USA Network on March 20, 1991. Plot Charles Lattimore, an English professor played by Brosnan, gives his class an assignment to plot a murder, but after a student and someone else dies, he becomes the prime suspect in a murder investigation. Realizing that the theoretical murder plot has been used to set him up, he is faced with finding a way to foil the plan he helped create. Cast *Pierce Brosnan as Charles Lattimore *Dey Young as Laura Lattimore *Kim Thomson as Francesca Lavin *Antoni Corone as Mike Dowling *Raphael Sbarge as Robert Miner *J. Kenneth Campbell as Tim Ryder * Yorgo Constantine as Jon Steinm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cherry 2000
''Cherry 2000'' is a 1988 American science fiction action film directed by Steve De Jarnatt and starring David Andrews, Melanie Griffith, Tim Thomerson and Pamela Gidley. It was produced by Edward R. Pressman and Caldecot Chubb. The screenplay was by Michael Almereyda. Critic reviews were generally mixed. Plot In the year 2017, the United States has fragmented into post-apocalyptic wastelands with a few civilized areas. An ongoing economic crisis has led to the recycling of aging 20th-century mechanical and technological equipment. Society has also become averse to intimacy, as well as both increasingly hypersexualized and bureaucratic. Robotic technology has produced gynoids as substitutes for wives. The declining instances of actual sex among men and women is litigious, with one brothel having lawyers draft up contracts detailing the intended sexual rendezvous. Recycling executive Sam Treadwell owns a Cherry 2000 model as his wife. After she short circuits during sex o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
