John J. Dumas

Películas

The Last Precinct
Editor
In this spoof of TV cop shows, which served as the pilot to the subsequent short-lived series, a bunch of bumbling misfits and rejects from the police academy, all assembled under a straitlaced but dimwitted captain, fumble their way to success cracking a drug ring run by a blind mobster.
Child Bride of Short Creek
Editor
A dramatization of the true account of a fundamentalist sect in Arizona that practices polygamy, and a returning Korean War veteran's rebellion against his father when he learns that the latter plans to increase his stable of wives by adding the 15-year-old girl with whom his son is romantically involved.
La conquista de la Tierra
Editor
La Battlestar Galactica y su flota de naves finalmente localizan la Tierra, solo para descubrir que el planeta no está preparado para la inevitable invasión de Cylón.
Chicago Story
Editor
A pair of cops, a pair of doctors, and a pair of lawyers examine a crime — the wounding of a ten-year-old girl by a sniper — from three different angles in this pilot to the short-lived series.
Hellinger's Law
Editor
A flamboyant criminal lawyer named Nick Hellinger takes on the case of a syndicate's accountant (actually a Justice Department agent who has infiltrated the mob) accused of murdering a local TV newscaster.
Buck Rogers, El aventurero del espacio
Editor
En 1987 la NASA envía al espacio profundo la nave de prueba Ranger III. Por una lluvia de meteoritos, la nave se desvía de la órbita planeada y queda a la deriva por quinientos años. Su único ocupante, el capitán William "Buck" Rogers, es hallado en animación suspendida por una nave del Imperio Draconiano, en el año 2491. Una vez descongelado, el confundido Buck se entera que los Draconianos, un pueblo belicoso, planea un ataque e invasión sorpresa a la Tierra. Buck escapa en el Ranger III y llega a nuestro futurista mundo, donde es recibido con cierta desconfianza por las autoridades, pues sospechan que sea un espía del Imperio Draconiano. Pero conforme se adapta a este mundo del siglo XXV, va ganando amigos que prestan oidos a sus advertencias, justo cuando la nave "Draconia" está orbitando el planeta Tierra.
Benny & Barney: Las Vegas Undercover
Editor
Two undercover cops find their avocation -- a musical act -- helpful in tapping informants on the Las Vegas Strip regarding the alleged kidnapping of a top entertainer in this pilot for a series that never materialized.
Dark Victory
Editor
A TV producer with a terminal illness is given the strength to keep going by her love for her doctor.
Newman's Law
Editor
LAPD Officer Newman has not gotten the reputation of a straight arrow by avoiding conflict when fighting for right. In this police drama, his honesty is put to the test when he and his partner discover an international drug ring involving some of the department's highest ranking officers.
Set This Town on Fire
Editor
After serving seven years in prison for manslaughter, a man returns to his hometown to find that the eyewitness whose testimony convicted him has second thoughts, and the town drunk has confessed to the crime.
Survival of Spaceship Earth
Visual Effects Supervisor
Earth's environmental crisis--brought about by uncontrolled technological progress--is endangering life on a global scale. At the core of the threats to the planet - wars, overpopulation, pollution, and the depletion of natural resources - is the inadequacy of the nation state to come to terms with the surmounting problems of twentieth century living. What is urgently needed is the kind of international cooperation where nation states relinquish part of their sovereignty to a world body entrusted with the management of mankind's future.
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
Editor
An alcoholic drifter decides to run for sheriff in a small town. However, in order to get elected, he must find out who killed a visiting preacher.