Costa-Gavras's tense political drama opens in an unspecified South American country (though clearly intended to be Chile) in the throes of a military coup. American activist Charles Horman (John Shea), who has been a thorn in the side of the country's military ever since his arrival, suddenly disappears. In trying to find out what has happened, ...
The British/US co-production The Impossible Spy is based on the life and career of Israeli undercover agent Elie Cohen. The story begins in 1959, with the Egyptian-born Cohen (John Shea) being recruited by the Israeli Mossad. Cohen, a mild-mannered Jewish accountant, wants no part of espionage, but goes along with his superior's plans to send him ...
After 20 years of marriage, Steve Giardino (Alan Alda) and his wife Jackie (Ann-Margret) agree to a divorce in this situation comedy. The focus is on both of them as they suffer through matchmaking, blind dates, and their new life as eligible singles. Donna (Mary Kay Place) is Jackie's friend, while Mel Arons (Hal Linden) is the confidante of the ...
The two-part TV movie Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil crystallizes that evil by concentrating on two Berlin brothers. In 1931, Helmut Hoffman (Bill Nighy) a brilliant student and self-styled opportunist, joins Hitler's SS. At the same time, his younger brother Karl (John Shea), a top athlete and idealist, becomes a chauffeur for the "S.A." (storm ...
The premise of Mutant X is firmly established in the series' two-part season one opener "The Shock of the New." Breaking away from the sinister government research organization Genomex, a scientist named Adam (John Shea) vows to shatter the megalomaniacal dreams of his former boss Mason Eckhart (Tom McCamus), and to rescue those genetically ...
A dejected ex-GI, a former prostitute, and a small time thief hatch a plan to detonate a powerful truck bomb in the heart of New York City after having their rage exploited by a charismatic left-wing radical in this topical terrorism drama from first-time feature filmmaker Scott Dacko. Disenfranchised, disillusioned, and deprived of any real ...
In this drama, a woman is found wandering the Boston streets in a blood-covered housedress and $10,000 in her pocket. The trouble is neither she (Joanna Kerns), nor the authorities know who she is or what happened to her. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
In a standard psycho-killer thriller, Cecile (Nathalie Baye) goes from her home in Canada to New York after her boyfriend is thrown in the slammer there for drug-running -- she still wants to be near him. Unable to stay past her visa's limits, Cecile literally contracts a legal marriage to an American via an agency and starts working in a deli to ...
In this complexly-plotted action-packed police drama, Pittsburgh policewoman Keri Finnegan (Linda Kozlowski) returns to her home turf to clean up crime and clear the ruined name of her father, a cop who was wrongfully disgraced and fired from the force. McKees Rocks is one Steeltown's roughest ethnic neighborhoods, and though many residents are ...
The first season of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman borrows just enough from its comic-book source material to satisfy dyed-in-the-wool Superman buffs while adding several novel and surprising twists of its own. Fresh from the rural community of Smallville, handsome country bumpkin Clark Kent (Dean Cain) lands a job as reporter for ...
In this tumultuous post- WW I drama, a Viennese doctor and her lover migrate, with many other European Jews, to Israel where they dream of setting up a peaceful egalitarian society. Their dreams are soon shattered by the violent Bedouins who forcefully object to their presence. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Originally a two-part, five-hour NBC miniseries, this turn-of-the-20th-century tale follows the adventures of a headstrong American woman who sets forth to fulfill her dreams of becoming a professional photographer. Along the way, she makes many sacrifices. The story also chronicles the lives of this woman's daughter and grandaughter, both of whom ...
A cunning and ruthless neo-Nazi politician rises to power in England by conducting a terror campaign against his own organization, making it seem the established government is attacking his followers. Dashing American agent Harry Latham (John Shea) lends assistance to the Brits in their investigation, but even he needs help, so he turns to his CIA ...
Tod Williams made his feature directorial debut with this teen comedy-drama set in 1983. High school senior and writer wannabe Sebastian Cole (Adrian Grenier) survives a car accident in a remote Southwestern area near the trailer home of a Spanish-speaking woman. As she dresses his wounds, Sebastian looks back over the past year and his ...
There's a bit of good news for Adam Kane (John Shea) and his genetically enhanced mutant comrades-in-arms as Mutant X launches its second season. Mason Eckhart (Tom McCamus), the megalomaniacal madman who, as supervisor of the top-secret Genomex company, created a race of mutant superhumans, has been captured and imprisoned. However, there is ...
Matthew Chapman wrote and directed this hackneyed love story with Helen Mirren as Beaty, a nightclub hostess who turns tricks. Emory (John Shea) is an expatriate American who works the lights at Beaty's nightclub and is in love with her. But Beaty cannot deal in flowery sentiment, especially since she needs money, not romance, to support her young ...
In this film, Danny Morgan's (John Shea) life comes crashing down around him when he discovers that the two most important people in his life, Emily (Kate Capshaw) and his Sol (Josh Mostel), are about to fade out of it. Emily, his former girlfriend, is about to be married, and Sol, his close friend, is slowly succumbing to the ravages of leukemia. ...
Caring more about justice than her own safety, a courageous Georgian civil service employee agrees to testify about the corruption rampant in the highest levels of her agency. Unfortunately, her testimony will also endanger the lives of her family. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Do You Know the Muffin Man? was the first of a brace of TV movies about day-care abuse (see also Unspeakable Acts). Pam Dawber and John Shea play the parents of a preschool child who comes home one day with horrible stories about the staff of his day care center. The owners of the center are two highly respected social pillars, who automatically ...
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