Bill Finnegan

Nacimiento : 1928-06-29, Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Muerte : 2008-11-28

Películas

CrissCross
Executive Producer
Corre el año 1969. Chris Cross, un niño de 13 años, descubre que su madre trabaja por las noches en un bar de strip-tease. A partir de ese momento hará todo lo posible para que su madre deje el trabajo. (FILMAFFINITY)
El ídolo
Executive Producer
Biopic del legendario jugador de béisbol "Babe" Ruth. El pequeño Ruth es abandonado por su padre en una escuela de formación profesional en Baltimore. Es rebelde, descarado e incorregible. Sus compañeros se mofan de él porque es gordo y muy torpe en trabajos manuales; sin embargo, es extraordinariamente hábil con la pelota.
Hell Hath No Fury
Executive Producer
A woman is simultaneously framed for the murder of her husband and terrorized by the deranged woman who actually killed him.
Pasión sin barreras
Co-Producer
Max Baron (James Spader), un brillante ejecutivo publicitario que vive en San Luis, está de luto por la muerte de su esposa. Una madrugada, conoce casualmente a Nora Baker (Susan Sarandon) y su vida da un vuelco inesperado. Nora, una mujer muy independiente y práctica, trabaja en una hamburguesería, vive en un barrio marginal y tiene quince años más que Max. A pesar de todos estos inconvenientes, Max se enamora perdidamente de ella.
Los fabulosos Baker Boys
Unit Production Manager
Jack Baker y su hermano Frank trabajan desde hace muchos años como pianistas en salas de fiestas. Como todos los músicos han pasado por buenos y malos momentos, pero una noche su actuación es un fracaso tan estrepitoso que acaban siendo despedidos. Es entonces cuando se les ocurre la idea de contratar a una cantante para relanzar su espectáculo.
Los fabulosos Baker Boys
Co-Producer
Jack Baker y su hermano Frank trabajan desde hace muchos años como pianistas en salas de fiestas. Como todos los músicos han pasado por buenos y malos momentos, pero una noche su actuación es un fracaso tan estrepitoso que acaban siendo despedidos. Es entonces cuando se les ocurre la idea de contratar a una cantante para relanzar su espectáculo.
She Knows Too Much
Producer
In this comedy-drama set in Washington, D.C., an ex-burglar and a dumbbell detective must team up to solve several puzzling murders.
Álamo: trece días para la gloria
Producer
Narra batalla de El Álamo, hecho histórico de la Revolución Texana cuando un reducido grupo de soldados norteamericanos, compuesto entre otros por figuras legendarias como Jim Bowie, Davy Crockett, el Coronel William Barrett Travis o Sam Houston, intentaron resistir sin éxito al avance de las tropas del General Santa Ana en el fuerte de El Álamo. (FILMAFFINITY)
American Harvest
Supervising Producer
American Harvest is set in the heartland of Kansas. Two proud, stubborn families have not spoken to one another because of an incident in the distant past. Wayne Rogers, the patriarch of one of the families, is in danger of losing his wheat farm. He knows that his land will be saved if he patches things up with rival farmer Earl Holliman, but such a reconciliation is out of the question.
J. Edgar Hoover
Executive Producer
He battled the Kennedys and Martin Luther King, encouraged McCarthy and single-handedly changed the course of history. Hired by F.D.R. to be the director of the FBI, Hoover erected the most sophisticated investigatory agency in the world.
Aventuras en Juguetelandia
Executive Producer
En la vida de Lisa, una niña de once años, no tienen cabida los juguetes. Está demasiado ocupada cuidando a sus hermanos y cocinando para su madre. Pero el día de Nochebuena, la ventisca la transporta al mundo mágico de Juguetelandia, donde está a punto de celebrarse la boda entre el viejo Barnaby Barnacle y la joven Mary Contrary, que, en realidad, está enamorada Jack Be Nimble. Lisa y sus nuevos amigos tratarán de resolver el conflicto.
Circle of Violence: A Family Drama
Executive Producer
Georgia Benfield, at her wit's end, loses control and begins physically abusing her elderly mother, just as Georgia had been abused herself as a child. As family and friends slowly begin to learn of the abuse, and long-buried family secrets come to light, both mother and daughter must learn to accept the past, to change what is happening at present in order to face a better future.
News at Eleven
Producer
When television news director Eric Ross pressures esteemed senior anchor Frank Kenley to sensationalize the news, Kenley isn't pleased -- and the conflict comes to a head when a local high school sex scandal hits the news. As Ross pushes him to play up the story, Kenley wrestles with the moral complexities of the situation and tries to find the balance between the public's need to know and the individual's rights.
This Child Is Mine
Supervising Producer
An unwed teen is fighting a major court battle to recover her infant daughter from adoptive parents.
Amos
Producer
Amos Lasher loses his wife and home in an accident, finding himself in the care of the state, or specifically speaking, the Sunset Nursing Home. Here he finds the head nurse, Daisy Daws, ruling the cowed patients with an iron hand, but as his determination to get out of Sunset grows, the more sinister his situation becomes.
The Dollmaker
Producer
During World War II, hard-luck farmer Colvis Nevels leaves his rural Kentucky home to take a factory job in bustling Detroit. Reluctantly accompanying Colvis is his long-suffering wife, Gertie, a talented woodcarver set in her traditional ways. When the perils of city life and Colvis' reckless squandering of money send the Nevels into precarious financial straits, Gertie starts a business making hand-carved dolls in order to provide for her family.
Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac
Producer
Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac is a true story based on the crash of Air Florida flight 90 on January 13, 1982 in Washington D.C. This movie follows the main players throughout the day, with a lot of care taken to re-create what actually went wrong, who died, and who survived. There is a lot of actual footage from the day, as well as accurate representations of aircraft type and airline.
Between Two Brothers
Producer
Bob Frazer is a prominent attorney who compulsively tries to make amends with his younger, less polished brother Russ who runs the family business and harbors the guilt for their father's recent death.
Dangerous Company
Producer
The true story of Ray Johnson, a convict who spent most of his life in and out of prison until he finally decided to turn his life around.
Inmates: A Love Story
Producer
Accountant Roy is sentenced to prison because he cooked up balances. He hopes that his companions, who profited from his cheat, will help him to a revision of his judgment. Meanwhile he has to adapt to a life in jail - which works out quite well, especially when he meets the self-conscious convicted thief Jane and falls in love. He starts to woo her. But then, while working in the prison's accounting department, he discovers that the prisoners' accounts are not properly kept. The director tries to keep him in her prison as long as possible.
The Choice
Supervising Producer
A young woman agonizes over whether or not to have an abortion and learns that her mother did the same 20 years prior.
Father Figure
Producer
Following their parents' divorce and their mother's subsequent suicide, a teenager and his younger brother are resentful of having to live with the father from whom they have long been estranged, and the struggle to reestablish a relationship is explored.
Valentine Magic on Love Island
Producer
Janis Paige presides over the proceedings at a posh resort, using magical powers to help eight attractive, amiable vacationers discover one another, aided by her nephew and niece in this unsold pilot variation of "Fantasy Island."
Las dos caras de Julia
Producer
Una adolescente llamada Julia se traslada a vivir con la familia de una de sus primas, Raquel. Sin embargo, la unidad familiar empieza a resquebrajarse a partir de la llegada de la nueva huésped que muestra su lado más oscuro. La primera víctima es un caballo propiedad de la familia; después el novio de su prima y más tarde, incluso intentará acabar con la vida de sus padres y hermanos.
A Vacation in Hell
Producer
A dream vacation at a posh tropical resort turns into a nightmare for four women and a man who wander off into the jungle on a remote part of the island and wage a desperate fight for survival.
The Ordeal of Patty Hearst
Producer
The story of the kidnapping of newspaper heiress Patty Hearst by members of a radical guerrilla organization, as seen by the FBI agent in charge of her case.
Maneaters Are Loose!
Producer
Terror stalks a small California community when a broke and depressed animal owner and trainer is forced to abandon his tigers and let them fend for themselves in the nearby wilderness.
Danger in Paradise
Producer
A young man has to battle his greedy stepmother for control of his father's huge estate.
Dead Man on the Run
Producer
A government agent who is investigating a colleague's murder discovers a conspiracy to cover up a political assassination.
Látigo
Producer
Látigo Smith (Garner), una mezcla de gigoló y timador, baja del tren en un pueblo llamado Purgatorio para huir de un matrimonio no deseado y, además, con el propósito de borrar un tatuaje que lleva en el pecho. Mientras espera al médico, oye hablar del enfrentamiento entre los dos magnates mineros del pueblo, ambos empeñados en contratar al turbio y mítico pistolero Swifty Morgan para que defienda sus intereses. Viéndose, involuntariamente, involucrado en el asunto, Látigo se quedará en Purgatorio y resolverá el conflicto. Con lo que no contaba era con enamorarse de Patience (Pleshette), la hija de uno de los caciques, una señorita de armas tomar.
Un hombre impone la ley
Production Manager
Robert Mitchum y George Kennedy interpretan a dos viejos camaradas: uno trabaja al servicio de la justicia, y el otro se dedica a quebrantar las leyes. Sin embargo, cuando Waco (David Carradine) y su banda de forajidos entran en acción, deciden aliarse de nuevo para combatirlos.
También un Sheriff necesita ayuda
Associate Producer
De camino a Australia, un vaquero oportunista, Jason McCullough, llega a un pequeño pueblo sumido en la fiebre del oro, y decide ganar un poco de dinero extra aceptando temporalmente el puesto de sheriff. Felizmente entregado al desempeño de su nueva función, McCullough logra reclutar al mendigo local como ayudante, burlar al temido clan de los Danby (con Brennan a la cabeza) y defenderse de las atenciones de la hija del alcalde (Hackett)...
Stay Away, Joe
Unit Production Manager
Joe Collins y su esposa han localizado una mina de oro en México, pero son atacados por El Chato y sus bandidos, quienes aterrorizan a la región. El hombre se las arregla para matar a los agresores mediante el uso de dinamita, pero esto provoca un deslizamiento de tierra y queda atrapado en la mina. Su mujer va en busca de ayuda y recluta a cinco hombres, que no parecen muy confiables... Remake del filme "Garden of Evil" (1954). (FILMAFFINITY)
El espía del sombrero verde
Assistant Director
El científico nazi Heinrich von Kronen es reclutado por Louis Strago, un alto oficial de la organización TRUSH, para construir una serie de misiles nucleares y lanzarlos cerca del polo norte, alterando de ese modo el clima de todo el hemisferio norte y transformando a Norteamérica en un continente helado.
Un retazo de azul
Assistant Director
Una joven ciega dominada por su madre conoce un día en el parque a un hombre con el que intima; lo que ignora es que se trata de un hombre de raza negra.