Ben Carruthers
Nascimento : 1936-08-14,
Morte : 1983-09-27
História
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Benito "Ben" F. Carruthers (14 August 1936, Illinois, USA - 27 September 1983, Los Angeles, California) was an American film actor, most notable for his role in John Cassavetes' debut feature film Shadows (1959). He later appeared in Robert Aldrich's The Dirty Dozen (1967) as Glenn Gilpin. His last film performance was in Man in the Wilderness (1971).
Carruthers died of liver failure in 1983 at the age of 47. He stood 6' 1".
His son was a drummer for a very short time in Megadeth.
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Ben
Filmmaker Michael Ventura follows Cassavetes around as the actor/director labors on his final film, Love Streams.
Jesse
A life-long mercenary commander and weapons expert is commissioned to train an army for an exiled African leader. But as his conscience finally catches up to him, he is seen as a threat to the powers behind the operation.
Longbow
No início dos anos 1800, um grupo de caçadores de peles e comerciantes com índios estão retornando com seus ganhos para a civilização e estão tentando desesperadamente não ser pegos pelo inverno que se aproxima. Quando o guia Zachary Bass fica ferido em um ataque de urso, eles decidem que ele não têm salvação e o deixam para morrer. Mas ele consegue se recuperar e resolve se vingar, e vai em busca dos que o abandonaram, inclusive do paranoico líder de expedição. A história foi refilmada em O Regresso (2015). (e 16 - Estimado 16 Anos)
Ben Scruggs
Ben Scruggs is an intellectual gangster who lives his life like a poker game.
"Surefoot"
A riot in a state prison is staged to cover up an escape attempt, during which many inmates and guards are killed. Shot on location at Arizona State Prison.
Ricaldi
An eclectic group of characters set sail on Captain Lansen’s leaky cargo ship in an attempt to escape their various troubles. When a violent storm strikes, the ship is swept into the Sargasso Sea and the passengers find themselves trapped on an island populated by man-eating seaweed, giant crabs and Spanish conquistadors who believe it’s still the 16th century.
Alfred Lowell
This film takes a decidedly satirical look at the inner workings of the gangster underworld. Alfred Lowell is a washed-up actor sent to London to take care of some mob business. Alfred's mind is not on his job, as he prefers to probe his past for the reasons why he has failed as a thespian. He entertains thoughts of suicide, but his involvement in the gang prevents him from ending his life.
Glenn Gilpin
Durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, um comandante do exército norte-americano tem a missão de treinar e liderar um grupo de doze condenados pela corte marcial em uma missão que envolve a morte de oficiais alemães. Se eles sobreviverem à missão suicida, terão suas penas relaxadas.
Manuel
Crazed scientist Herbert Von Krantz invents a device to sterilize all nuclear weapons, and a mad herd of rival spies desperately try to get their hands on it.
The Cat
A country boy arrives in Chicago, gets killed by some gangsters, and returns to life with superhuman powers in this satirical look at movie genres.
Jay
GOLDSTEIN, the feature film debut of talented director Philip Kaufman (The Right Stuff, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Quills), is an early example of American independent filmmaking from the early 1960s. A fable about an old man with an odd effect on those he encounters, the film is a funny, warm-hearted postcard from an important moment in American cinema.GOLDSTEIN, starring veteran character actor Lou Gilbert (Viva Zapata!, The Great White Hope), shared the Prix de la Nouvelle Critique at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival with Bertolucci’s Before the Revolution. Cinema deity Jean Renoir called the film "the best American film I have seen in 20 years."
Alberto
In 1870, a Jamaican colonial family sends its children to Britain for proper schooling, but their ship is taken over by pirates, who become fond of the kids.
Benito
A film director has problems coping with his wife and marriage. The daughter is their only connecting link. He is looking for love and sex elsewhere. A married woman becomes his new partner for a while.
Benito (uncredited)
Vincent Bruce, a war veteran, begins working as an occupational therapist at Poplar Lodge, a private psychiatric facility for wealthy people where he meets Lilith Arthur, a charming young woman suffering from schizophrenia, whose fragile beauty captivates all who meet her.
Ben
A depressed woman, Barbara, is on the verge of suicide while a man she meets in a church and a married couple try to convince her that life is worth living.
Ben
Ben leva uma vida errante, sem muitos propósitos. Sua irmã Leila está prestes a se apaixonar e sofrer. O outro irmão Hugh tenta uma carreira como músico, mas não tem tido muita sorte. O trio se envolve numa rede que envolve amores, mentiras e preconceitos. Tudo ligado pelo jazz.
Sentry (uncredited)
Archival footage combined with new footage re-creates the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. It is also a love story between a devout communist woman and the liberal son of a prominent professor. Because of their political differences, the two can never be together.
