John Pleshette

John Pleshette

Nascimento : 1942-07-27, New York City, New York, USA

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John Pleshette

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Kosher Pig
Paul Cohen
A young woman learns that her adoptive Jewish family rescued her from China's "one child" policy.
Gentlemen Broncos: Cavalheiros Nada Gentis
Merve
Um adolescente frequenta convenção uma fantasia de escritores onde ele descobre que sua idéia foi roubada por um romancista estabelecida
Helter Skelter
Mr. Krenwinkle
Charles Manson abalou o mundo ao liderar uma série de assassinatos brutais. Esta é a história de um carismático psicopata que usou as drogas e o sexo para manipular sua própria legião de assassinos.
Detonator
Stuart Newman
A former FBI agent must stop a crazy man from blowing up bombs.
James Dean
Billy Rose
The man behind the legend and a knowing look at the 1950's Hollywood are revealed in this dynamic bioepic of the meteoric star whose troubled life echoed his gut-grabbing performances in East of Eden, Rebel Without A Cause and Giant.
The Truman Show - A Vida em Directo
Network Executive
Uma antevisão do grande fenómeno dos ""reality shows"". Truman é um homem cuja vida é vigiada por milhões de espectadores todos os dias, através de um sistema de câmaras de que a personagem principal não se apercebe. Quando começa a desconfiar do ambiente que o rodeia, Truman revolta-se e põe em causa todas as personagens e cenários que o manipulam constantemente para tornar a sua vida única e interessante para as audiências. Tudo é uma mentira na sua vida e a questões põe-se: será melhor viver naquele mundo perfeito ou enfrentar a realidade?...
O Assassinato do Presidente
William Henry Seward
A dramatization of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Based on the book by Jim Bishop.
The Curse of Inferno
Mr. Wizzard
A rather dull minded bank robber suddenly suffers from a change of heart and decides to give the money back. However, he then learns that getting the money back into the bank is much more difficult than taking it out.
Katie - Uma Garota da Pesada
Donald Carr
Rick Heller é um delinqüente juvenil, que sempre arruma problemas. Margaret Heller, sua mãe, tentando evitar que Rick se meta novamente em encrencas, o põe para trabalhar limpando a jaula de Katie, uma gorila que está ensinando a se comunicar através da quirologia, que é a arte de conversar por meio de sinais feitos com os dedos. Até que Gus Charnley a leva para ser exibida no lugar de Bobo, um gorila que faleceu. Vendo que Katie está triste, Rick invade o lugar à noite e a liberta do cativeiro. Ele pede ajuda a Lacey Carr, uma jovem amiga que defende os direitos dos animais, com quem planeja levar Katie para o Canadá, pois assim ela ficaria livre. Lacey então sugere que Rick procure Max Carr, seu tio, em Washington, que irá ajudá-los. Porém fazer uma gorila atravessar a fronteira enquanto são procurados pela polícia não é nada fácil.
Percy & Thunder
Bill Slocum
A veteran trainer takes a promising fighter under his wing and lives his dreams through his protégé.
Bloodlines: Murder in the Family
Neil Woodman
Stewart and Neil Woodman plot to have their parents murdered.
Eye of the Stranger
Joe
A stranger comes into town and causes a stir when he stands up for the townfolk, in the face of the intimidation tactics from Mayor Howard Baines. The scheming mayor wants to buy up all the local properties, and has hired two thugs to help 'persuade' the owners to sell.
Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story
Story of attractive cop Laurencia Bembenek, who, in 1982, was sentenced to prison for killing her husband's ex-wife in Milwaukee, WI.
Deadly Game
Charley Sloan
A group of seven strangers, including a dancer, a doctor, a teacher, and a disgraced former football player, are brought together on an island owned by the mysterious Osirus. There they are told that at some point in their lives, they crossed Osirus and now must face his revenge. The seven must reach a boat on the opposite side of the island before Osirus and his hunters track them down and kill them.
Paramedics
Doctor Lido
Two paramedics are transferred to the nasty part of the city where a gang is killing people to sell their organs.
Shattered Innocence
Mel Erman
A high school graduate leaves behind her modest life and finds work in the sex industry, but it ends in disaster. A dramatized account of the life of the adult actress Shauna Grant.
O Casamento da Sra. Delafield
David Eilas
A rich widow shocks her snobbish WASP family when she decides to marry her Jewish, divorced, doctor. His family is equally shocked.
Bem-vindo ao lar, Bobby
John Hammill
O universitário Bobby é preso com drogas em uma área gay. As investigações revelam que ele manteve relações com um homem mais velho. Daí em diante sua vida vira um inferno, pois os colegas de faculdade passam a hostilizá-lo e querem sua expulsão, causando constrangimento à sua família.
Stormin' Home
Al Singer
An aging motor-cross racer, already having lost his wife and daughter to his footlooseness and now about to have his semi-tractor cab repossessed, vows to make one last go of it on his bike in the race of his career.
Malícia no País das Maravilhas
Tommy Gallep
Struggling actress Hedda Hopper can't get a break in Hollywood, even though an acquaintence of hers is the extremely powerful gossip monger Louella Parsons - maker and breaker of careers (and lives) through her daily syndicated newspaper column. The big movie moguls, fed up with Parson's power over their stars, decide to de-claw her by setting up gossip Hopper as a competitor in the rumour industry. What they couldn't forsee was that Hopper would become as big as Parsons -- and every bit as much of a pain. Based on the true life stories of two of the most powerful (and arguably dangerous) women of Hollywood's hay-day.
Minhas Duas Mulheres
Hap Ludlow
Jornalista de televisão é casado com advogada e tem caso com violoncelista. Ele gostaria de ser pai, mas não da maneira como foi. As duas mulheres engravidam ao mesmo tempo e ele passa nove longos meses garantindo a tranqüilidade das duas.
Burning Rage
Frank Vandenberg
While coal fires burn beneath a depressed mining town a greedy businessman stops at nothing to buy up the mineral rights.
The Kid with the Broken Halo
Jeff McNulty
Andy LeBeau is a fallen angel of sorts. He keeps messing up and causing trouble in angel training. The archangel, Michael, decides to give him one more shot. His mission: Help out the problems of three cases. First, the Desautel family, who are on the edge of breaking up. Then, the McNulty family, who are workaholics. Finally, Dorothea Powell who is a secluded, grumpy old woman. Andy's guide on earth is Blake, who is none too thrilled to work with Andy.
Once Upon a Family
Willie Hedges
A father tries to make it as a single parent when his wife walks out on him and the children.
Rocky II: A Revanche
Director (uncredited)
Após a luta contra Apollo Creed, Rocky promete à sua esposa largar os ringues. Mas os fãs de boxe insistem em uma revanche entre os dois pugilistas. Sem dinheiro, Rocky se vê obrigado a aceitar o desafio e recebe a benção da esposa para lutar. Agora o lutador deve se preparar para o combate do século e decide treinar intensamente, sonhando apenas em terminar a luta sem ser nocauteado pelo campeão.
The Users
Kip Nathan
A beautiful girl from a small town with dreams of making it in Hollywood marries an actor whose career is fading, then schemes to get him back into the big time - and her with him.
Um Viúvo Trapalhão
Theatrical Agent
Há três meses Charley Nichols (Walter Matthau), um cirurgião, ficou viúvo. Ele já é muito assediado por várias mulheres, mas sua vida muda realmente quando conhece uma paciente, Ann Atkinson (Glenda Jackson), que está se recuperando de uma fratura no maxilar. Há um ano ela se divorciou e está "batalhando" para sobreviver. Para ajudá-la Nichols consegue um emprego de recepcionista no hospital onde ele trabalha. Gradativamente acabam se envolvendo, mas Ann tem medo de uma relação nova e não admite de forma nenhuma que Charley saia com outras mulheres. Assim decidem fazer duas semanas de "teste", para ver se a relação tem futuro.
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
Lee Harvey Oswald
The bizarre story behind the man accused of assassinating John F. Kennedy and what might have happened had he been brought to trial.
Rocky: Um Lutador
Aftershave Commercial Director (uncredited)
Rocky Balboa, um pequeno boxeador da classe trabalhadora da Filadélfia, é arbitrariamente escolhido para lutar contra o campeão dos pesos pesados, Apollo Creed, quando o adversário do invicto lutador agendado para a luta é ferido. Durante o treinamento com o mal-humorado Mickey Goldmill, Rocky timidamente começa um relacionamento com Adrian, a invisível irmã de Paulie, seu amigo empacotador de carne.
The Million Dollar Rip-Off
Writer
An electronics genius, who is an ex-con, and four of his lady friends devise a plot to steal millions of dollars from the Chicago Transit Authority. A detective, who had been keeping tabs on him since he got out of prison, suspects that he is up to something and tries to catch him at it.
Parades
Murray
An American soldier sent to Vietnam goes AWOL and returns to his hometown. His parents turn him over to military authorities. He is court-martialled and sent to the toughest military prison...
End of the Road
Finkle
After a catatonic episode on a railway station platform, Jacob Horner is taken to "The Farm"...
Her Name Was Ellie, His Name Was Lyle
Bruce
In New York City, a relationship is threatened when a young man discovers he's caught syphilis from a tryst with a waitress named Ellie (Lynne Lipton). This threatens his relationship with a new girl. Film critic Amy Taubin co-stars as the new girl who gets the bad news. The director is apparently the same man who edited Fritz Lang's The Testament of Dr. Mabuse.