J. Winston Carroll

Películas

Expediente 39
Judge
Emily Jenkins es trabajadora de servicios sociales. Emily piensa que en su campo lo ha visto todo... hasta que un día conoce a su nuevo y más misterioso caso, el que hace el número 39: una problemática niña maltratada de 10 años llamada Lilith Sullivan. Confirma sus peores miedos cuando los padres de Lilith intentan matar a la niña, su única hija. Emily la salva y decide llevársela con ella, hasta que otra familia llegue para acogerla. Pero pronto decubrirá que Lilith no es tan inocente como aparenta.
El último asalto
Roselle
Samuel L. Jackson da vida a un boxeador que, con el paso de los años, se ha convertido en un indigente. Por su camino se cruzará un periodista deportivo de poca monta (Josh Harnett), en busca del artículo que le catapulte a la fama: encontrará su oportunidad en la figura del campeón que ahora vive en la calle.
Air Bud 5: Golpea de Nuevo
Mr. Tilly
El verano ha llegado, Andrea tiene ganas de divertirse en vacaciones así que decide unirse al equipo de voley de playa. Mientras tanto, una extraña familia se ha mudado al barrio, y Buddy deberá encontrar a los responsables de una serie de misteriosos robos.
Keep the Faith, Baby
Congressman Van Deerlin
Harry J. Lennix stars as trailblazing and controversial African-American congressman and Civil Rights activist Adam Clayton Powell Jr., who started out as a preacher in Harlem and then went on to deal with such issues as the integration of schools in the 1940s and '50s. Vanessa Williams portrays his second wife, jazz singer Hazel Scott.
Los reyes del crimen
Captain Vanucci (as J.W. Carroll)
Como cada año, en el Casino Riviera de Las Vegas se dan cita centenares de imitadores de Elvis, llegados desde todos los rincones del mundo, para celebrar la semana internacional del rey del rock. Pero en esta ocasión, entre los asistentes a la convención se encuentra una banda que pretende atracar el casino.
A Father's Choice
George (as J.W. Carroll)
The fast-paced city life of two sisters is turned upside down when they are sent to live in the country with their father after their mother is killed.
Murder on Shadow Mountain
Judge Wyler (as John W. Carroll)
Denny Traynor has the idyllic life a loving wife and family, a flourishing career. Seems like life is perfect until some policemen from another break into their home one night and arrest him for a twenty year old murder. Initially, Denny denies the accusations made against him but when evidence is presented that implicates him, he is then extradited to stand trial. When his wife, whose faith has been shaken asks him what happened, he tells her that he did kill the man they said he killed but in self-defense. However, when there is no evidence that supports his claim, his wife wonders if he has told her the truth, and if she should continue to support him.
Rocky Marciano
Murphy (as John Winston Carrol)
Step into the ring with one of America's greatest legends...and stand a couple of rounds with greatness! "Pulling no punches" (LA Daily News), Jon Favreau (Swingers) and OscarÂ(r) winner* George C. Scott give TKO performances in this outstanding biography of the only undefeated world heavyweight champion in the history of boxing! In the small blue-collar town of Brockton, Massachusetts, young Rocky Marciano (Favreau) turns to the ring as his ticket out. Training twice as hard and twice as long as anyone else, he pounds his way to victory and his reputation quickly spreads as "the guy to beat." But behind the gloves Rocky is unhappy with his gift and he's thinking of retiring. So, with the fate of his career hanging in the balance, he finds a way to unleash his thunder againthis time against his biggest hero: Joe Louis!
Seasons of Love
Dr. Cranford
Sprawling tale spanning 50 years in the life of the fictional Linthorne family as seen through the eyes of the rugged head of the clan as he and his wife weather the years of hardship on the prairie after settling on a parcel of untilled Midwestern farmland in 1866 in hopes of living a prosperous life together.
The Defenders: Taking the First
Judge Karma
A racist provokes four teens into beating a Latino youth to death after one of his fiery speeches on a college campus. The Prestons are first called upon to defend one of the youths who gives testimony against the other three. Then, in a turnaround, the family of the murdered boy hires the Prestons to try to get a conviction against the racist.
The Fixer
Bubba Powell
Jack Killoran is a lawyer who can 'fix' any situation for his wealthy clients, usually by bribing or blackmailing corrupt officials. Killoran runs afoul of some of his clients when he has a crisis of conscience after miraculously surviving a riding accident.
Tan malo como quieras ser
Biography of Chicago Bulls' basketball star Dennis Rodman, who is well known for his off-court and on-court shenanigans takes great effort to paint the calm, decent side of the athlete despite the film title. Dennis is shown to be pushed by his momma to play pro ball and to go to college where he would get the opportunity. Shipped to Oklahoma where he faces racism, he is taken in by a white family and coached by Lonn Reisman. The movie finally tracks Rodman into his wild, multi-haired current lifestyle. Written by John Sacksteder
Flood: A River's Rampage
Mayor Roger Tweed (as John Winston Carroll)
After heavy rain, the Mississippi is breaking it's banks flooding small towns. Richard Thomas and Kate Vernon realise their town is next on the hit list. Lots and lots of sand bags might not do the trick but a huge explosion might. In the meantime the plot is filled up with a predictable story about a family dreading their mistake of staying behind when they become entrapped in their own home.
The Third Twin
Warden
Promete la luna
McNabb (as J.W. Carroll)
Canadá, años 20. Antes de morir, el ranchero Bennett nombra tutor de su hijo y encargado de su hacienda al capataz Leckner. Pero el interés que muestran los bancos por las tierras del rancho colocan a Leckner en una difícil situación. Sin embargo, la desinteresada ayuda de una joven británica le ayudará a solucionar los problemas. (FILMAFFINITY)
Jack Reed: Muerte y venganza
Sheriff Knudsen (as J.W. Carroll)
En la comunidad rusa de Chicago están empezando a producirse una serie de asesinatos. El teniente Jack Reed, encargado del caso, sospecha de un individuo llamado Jurgenev que tiene aterrorizado al barrio y que pertenece a la mafia rusa.
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
Stage driver
James Mink is a black man in Canada who has built a very successful livery business, and enjoys a white wife and a beautiful daughter, Mary. An excellent match is arranged with an American businessman, but when he takes his new wife Mary across the border his true character emerges - he sells her into slavery. James and Elizabeth must go to Virginia to rescue their daughter.
Moonshine Highway
Ned the Barman
The plans of a moonshine runner trying to make a better life by becoming a stock car racer go awry when the local sheriff is determined to kill the driver over an affair with his wife.
Sangre y Donuts
Bernie
El protagonista de este filme es el vampiro Boya (interpretado por Gordon Currie), quien vuelve a la vida después de un letargo de 27 años (comenzó el día que el hombre pisó por primera vez la Luna). Se hará amigo de un taxista bastante cretino, Earl, quien tiene tratos con un par de gángsters llamados Axel y Pierce.
Hiroshima
Chief Justice Stone (as J.W. Carroll)
Hiroshima is a 1995 Japanese / Canadian film directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara and Roger Spottiswoode about the decision-making processes that led to the dropping of the atomic bombs by the United States on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki toward the end of World War II. Except as actors, no Americans took part in the production. The three-hour film was made for television and evidently had no theatrical release, but is available on DVD for home viewing. A combination of dramatisation, historical footage, and eyewitness interviews, the film alternates between documentary footage and the dramatic recreations. Both the dramatisations and most of the original footage are presented as sepia-toned images, serving to blur the distinction between them. The languages are English and Japanese, with subtitles, and the actors are largely Canadian and Japanese.
Sola contra el crimen
Detective Teague
La verdadera historia de Diane Giacalone, la intrépida abogada nacida en Queens y que en 1987, y sin la ayuda del FBI, persiguió a John Gotti, el "padrino" de Nueva York que encabezaba el clan mafioso de los Gambino.
Henry & Verlin
Rev. Rutherford
Verlin is 9 years old and does not talk, nor does he even seem to hear. Henry, a child-like adult, befriends Verlin and pulls him from his shell. Verlin's mother mistrusts Henry, who she feels is dangerous.
Hush Little Baby
Private Eye (as J.W. Carroll)
Eddie's baby girl, Susan, was taken from her arms when she was put into a mental hospital for attempted murder on her baby daughter! Thirty five years down the track Eddie is released and tracks her daughter down. She enters her daughters household and destroys her relationship with her adoptive parents. She is eventually found to be evil, in Susan's eyes and must face a harsh reality...
Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes
When Spenser (Robert Urich), his psychologist girlfriend, Susan Silverman (Barbara Williams), and his right-hand man, Hawk (Avery Brooks), investigate a brutal murder in a quaint New England town, they discover plenty of illegal activity and cocaine. This 1994 made-for-television movie brings many of the beloved characters from the 1980s drama series (based on the books by Robert B. Parker) back to the small screen.
Ordinary Magic
Billy / Police Chief
When his father dies, Jeffrey is sent to live with his aunt Charlotte in Canada. Once there he leads his aunt and his friends in staging, a non-violent hunger strike to try to save his aunt's house from being demolished to make room for a ski resort.
Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story
Judge #3
A client's claims of incest cause an attorney to remember the traumas she suffered when she was a sexually abused child. Instead of debilitating her, it only motivates the lawyer to fight harder to change California's inadequate child-molestation laws. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
Spenser: Ceremony
Sgt. Frank Belson
Spenser is hired to locate April Kyle, the missing daughter of Harry Kyle, millionaire and candidate for Governor. With the assistance of Hawk, Spenser travels from Boston's "Combat Zone" to Providence and the heart of child pornography in search of one seemingly unimportant runaway whom nobody wants found.
Heritage Minutes: Laura Secord
Additional Cast
Canadian heroine Laura Secord aids the British in the War of 1812 with an overland trek to warn of an American military advance.
Gross Misconduct: The Life of Brian Spencer
Ward Cornell
A look into the life of troubled former hockey player Brian Spencer, who got into problems both on the ice and off because of his temper. The film also has a close focus on Spencer's father, and shows how he influenced Brian's life both before and after his death.
Amy Fisher: My Story
John #1
This sensational true story of a near fatal attraction left Mary Jo Buttafuoco paralyzed for life and made Amy Fisher America's most infamous teenager. Imprisoned 5-15 years for a crime she confessed to Fisher has nothing to lose by telling how it was-her way, her story. Deception, Promiscuous Sex, and Violence
Atrapar a un asesino
Sergeant on Wabash Ave.
John Wayne Gacy, un perfecto vecino que ayudaba en el barrio y hacia reir a los niños tenia engañado a todo el mundo ocultando su lado macabro, el de un asesino de chicos jóvenes, el de un sádico homosexual y el de un escurridizo psicópata que burlaba una y otra vez la ley.
A Little Piece of Heaven
Sheriff Dickson
Will Loomis is living with his mentally handicapped sister Violet, who wants a younger child to play with, so Will 'kidnaps' one (and then another) child from the local children's home. The child is told it is dead and gone to heaven. Will and Violet try to make their farm a little piece of heaven for the kids, while the authorities wonder what has happened to the kidnapped children.
The Return of Eliot Ness
Joe O'Malley
Detective Eliot Ness comes back to town to fight corruption and avenge a former partner's murder with the help of the son.
Beautiful Dreamers
Henderson
When the superintendent of the Canadian insane asylum, Dr. Maurice Bucke, meets poet Walt Whitman, his life and that of his wife and patients is radically changed. Like Dr. Bucke, Whitman has avant-garde ideas on the subject of mental illness. "Dreamers" is based on true events. Dr. Bucke became an important biographer of Walt Whitman.
Final Notice
Sheriff Levy
Detective Harry Stoner has only a few clues. A year ago someone mutilated the nude photos found in the city library's art books. And shortly after, a young murder victim was found carved up in the same grisly way. Now, more mangled art books have suddenly turned up. And it's Harry's job to make sure another corpse doesn't.
Sorry, Wrong Number
Sgt. Crowley
Based on a famous play, follows a bedridden wife who overhears a murder plan on her phone. She tries to piece the puzzle together and prevent it.
Justice Denied
Jim Carroll
Donald Marshall is imprisoned for a murder he didn't commit.
Contra toda ley
Samson
La policía se enfrenta a un caso de asesinato. El principal sospechoso es Joe Paris, un agente que está suspendido de empleo y sueldo. El violento historial de Joe y sus pésimas relaciones con la víctima refuerzan los argumentos de la acusación. A Paris lo defiende Jenny Hudson, una abogada inexperta que pondrá todo su empeño en demostrar su inocencia.
Night Friend
Lenny's Father
A priest goes to great lengths in an effort to get a teenage prostitute off the streets.
Recién pintado
Cuando el aspirante a actor Phil es embaucado para llevar a cabo un robo planeado por Gus, su amigo de la infancia en Brooklyn, ninguno de los dos imagina que la floreada pintura al óleo que han robado es realmente un Renoir de precio incalculable. Como ninguno de los dos, ni Gus ni Phil, conocen el mundo del arte, comienzan un viaje lleno de baches para vender la pintura, lo que les lleva de los escenario vanguardistas de Nueva York a las galerías de Boston, de allí a las casas de subastas de Londres y, finalmente, al recinto de seguridad de un ministro árabe. Durante todo este proyecto, son perseguidos, engañados, disparados, confundidos, golpeados, arrestados, sentenciados a muerte y, sin embargo, ¡Phil todavía encuentra tiempo para enamorarse!
Mano de oro
Detective (as J.W. Carroll)
Jack, un experto jugador de dados, decide abandonar su pueblo e ir a Chicago en busca de mejores oportunidades. Empieza jugando para un matrimonio a cambio de una pequeña comisión, pero pronto se se siente tentado por el "Gem", un club que reúne a los profesionales más hábiles de la ciudad. En la primera partida consigue ganar quince mil dólares, pero se complicará la vida al iniciar una relación con la mujer del dueño del local, un antiguo jugador demasiado peligroso para él.
Pretty Kill
Smiley
A detective tries to track down a serial killer who is murdering prostitutes while at the same time having to deal with his girlfriend's mental problems, which are gradually deteriorating into a split personality.
Unnatural Causes
Moore
Frank Coleman is a Vietnam veteran dying from cancer brought on by exposure to the defoliant chemical Agent Orange which he turns to Maude DeVictor, a Veterans Administration benefits counselor who teams up with Coleman to fight a lopsided batted against the bureaucratic system for its cover up of the possible dangers of Agent Orange.
The Truth About Alex
Coach McAveely
Brad Stevens and Alex Prager are best friends. They are both popular high school students and key members of the football team. Brad is up for nomination to West Point, and Alex is a talented pianist who’s counting on his football skills to land him a university scholarship. But their lives are turned upside down when one day Alex admits that he is gay.
Doing Life
Editor (as John Winston Carroll)
Tony Danza stars in this prison drama about Jerome "Jerry" Rosenburg, a self-professed "jailhouse lawyer" who defends himself against the homicide charge that has put him on death row. This tense movie, made in Canada, has the feel of a biographical documentary.
Último día de verano
Chuck Carson (uncredited)
Comedia típicamente ochentera en la que dos chicos y dos chicas se conocen en un parque de atracciones para vivir el amor del último día de verano...
El romance de Hearst y Davies
City Editor (as J.W. Carroll)
Drama biográfico que cuenta el largo romance real que mantuvo el magnate del periodismo William Randolph Hearst con la corista y actriz Marion Davies.
Mrs. Soffel, una historia real
Guard McGarey
Pittsburgh, 1901. Los hermanos Ed y Jack Biddle son acusados de asesinato y condenados a morir en la horca, a pesar de que mantienen su inocencia. En la prisión del condado conocen a la señora Soffel, esposa del alcaide que intenta reconfortarles llevándoles la palabra de Dios.
Loca academia de policía
Officer
En la academia de policía están a punto de finalizar sus pruebas preparatorias para el cuerpo un numeroso grupo de veteranos. Durante un tiempo, coinciden con los novatos de nuevo ingreso, que serán el centro de un montón de bromas que muchas veces se lo harán pasar muy mal.
A Matter of Sex
(as John Winston Carroll)
Dramatization of the true story of the so-called Willmar Eight, a group of Minnesota bank workers who braved freezing conditions whilst picketing their branch in a struggle for union rights.
Extraño brebaje
Fire Chief
Los hermanos Bob y Doug Mackenzie ayudarán a la huérfana Pam a intentar recuperar la fábrica de cerveza fundada por su padre, recientemente fallecido.
Skull, el crímen perfecto
Watson (as John Winston Carroll)
Pelean por el poder sobre el diablo...pero el diablo tiene el poder sobre ellos. En las escalofriantes sombras de una débilmente alumbrada habitación, cinco ansiosos jugadores se reúnen en torno a un misterioso tablero de juego medieval, donde guerreros sin piedad luchan a muerte por poderes ocultos.
Three Card Monte
Crap Player
Les Rose directs this endearing independent film about a con man named Busher (Richard Gabourie) who travels from town to town. He ups his ante when he takes under his wing and joins forces with a 13-year-old runaway foster boy, Toby (Chris Langevin). Along the way, they add a third member, a very bright woman, to their team and together plan a risky con that will set them up for the rest of their lives.
Reluctant Angel
Mr. Levitt (as J.W. Carroll)
Jason is a small-time criminal and con artist. His misdemeanours range from petty scams to outright robberies. He is also manipulative and domineering. But his girlfriend Cheryl is so desperate to become a recognized artist that she willingly assists in his rackets. The big carrot that Jason dangles in front of her is a gallery showing of her art. One evening, while fleeing the scene of a variety store robbery, Cheryl mistakenly thinks she has slammed the getaway car into Donald, a drunken philosopher. Cheryl thinks she's almost killed him, but Donald, who has a penchant for inept suicide attempts, believes she has saved his life and could be his guardian angel. Their lives become inextricably linked.