The Human Shield is a 1991 film directed by Ted Post. It stars Michael Dudikoff and Tommy Hinkley. It is about a former government agent who must save his diabetic brother from Iraqi abductors.
The Human Shield is a 1991 film directed by Ted Post. It stars Michael Dudikoff and Tommy Hinkley. It is about a former government agent who must save his diabetic brother from Iraqi abductors.
뉴욕 맨하탄의 여러 지역에서 잇달아 비슷한 유형의 살인 사건이 발생하지만 단순 폭력사건으로 처리돼 번번이 미제로 남고 만다. 여기에 의문을 품은 노형사 딜레이니(Edward Delaney: 프랑크 시나트라 분)는 주위의 비웃음도 아랑곳않고 우직하게 여러건의 살인사건을 연결해 재수사에 열을 올린다. 수술을 받은 아내(Barbara Delaney: 페이 다나웨이 분)가 병원에 입원해 있지만 두가지 다 소홀히 하지않는다. 미궁에 빠진 살인사건의 피해자들이 모두 뒷머리에 곡선으로 깊은 상처가 난 것에서 힌트를 얻은 그는 흉기의 모양이 곡선을 그리고 있을 것이라고 추정해 무기 박물관을 돌아다니며 비슷한 흉기를 찾아내려고 애쓴다. 그의 집념에 탄복한 무기 박물관장은 흉기가 곡선을 그리고 있는 것으로 보아 상당히 현대적인 어떤 도구일 것이라고 일러주며 손수 그 도구를 찾아 상가를 돌아다닌다. 그와 비슷한 도구가 드디어 스포츠가게에서 발견되는데 그것은 다름아닌 암벽 등반용 피켈. 그는 등산을 취미로 가진 그 가게의 고객 명단을 갖고서 이사를 가장 많이 한 사람을 골라내 용의자를 좁혀들어가던 중 정신병자인 블랭크(Daniel Blank: 데이비드 듀키스 분)를 찾아낸다.
A murder plot by a terminally ill English teacher, to capitalize on the double indemnity clause in his life insurance, hires one of his students to do the deed.
Based on the true story of '60s thrill-killer Charles Schmidt ("The Pied Piper of Tucson"), Skipper Todd (Robert F. Lyons) is a charismatic 23-year old who charms his way into the lives of high school kids in a small California town. Girls find him attractive and are only too willing to accompany him to a nearby desert area to be his "girl for the night." Not all of them return, however. Featuring Richard Thomas as his loyal hanger-on and a colorful assortment of familiar actors in vivid character roles including Barbara Bel Geddes, Gloria Grahame, Edward Asner, Fay Spain, James Broderick and Michael Conrad.
Stephen Rojack is a decorated war vet who has now found success as an outspoken television personality. During a vicious argument with his wife, Deborah, Stephen snaps and pushes her from his high-rise apartment to her death. He manages to convince the authorities that she killed herself, then reignites an old affair with singer Cherry McMahon -- which doesn't sit well with her jealous mobster boyfriend, Nicky.
Meet Ellen Sheppard, an American living in Britain. Her English husband, Jason Sheppard, has been killed and she's under suspicion despite the appearance of a happy marriage. Jason's friend assists Ellen go over the facts to see if they can find the real killer.
Alexander has been a faithful employee of Madame Pollard as maitre d' at her elegant resort. Eager to introduce his protege Rob, things go wrong when his wife Della finds an expensive bracelet lost by Pollard and begs to keep. The police are called and Alexander's dreams of his future begin to crumble.
