J. Winston Carroll

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Дело №39
Judge
Социальный работник Эмили Дженкинс, с идеалистическими завихрениями в голове, спасает десятилетнюю замученную родителями девочку Лилит Салливан. Через некоторое время выясняется, что ситуация в семье была диаметрально противоположной…
Воскрешая чемпиона
Roselle
Неудачливый спортивный обозреватель Эрик Кернан, вечно находящийся в тени своего легендарного отца, встречает бездомного человека, который называет себя Чемпионом. Вскоре Эрик выясняет, что его новый знакомый — знаменитый в прошлом боксер Боб Саттерфилд, действительно носивший звание чемпиона. Взявшись поведать миру сенсационную историю о человеке-легенде, Эрик в то же время начинает переосмысливать собственную жизнь: отношения с сыном и женой, с которой он недавно расстался…
Король воздуха: Возвращение
Mr. Tilly
13-летняя Андреа не рада наступившим каникулам. Её лучшая подруга Тэмми уезжает в Калифорнию, а Конор, недавно поселившийся по соседству, ей совсем не нравится. Но когда он предложил Андреа вступить в команду по пляжному волейболу, она не смогла отказаться. Ведь наградой за первое место в турнире будет поездка в Калифорнию. И, конечно же, «универсальный спортсмен» пёс Бадди тоже не мог остаться в стороне от игры в мяч. Их команда успешно выступает в соревнованиях, но Бадди похищает парочка заезжих воришек, решивших, что пёс со своими выдающимися способностями поможет им украсть бесценный экспонат из местного музея. Сможет ли Бадди не «пойти по скользкому пути» похитителя драгоценностей, вернуться к решающей игре и помочь Андреа поехать в Калифорнию?
Keep the Faith, Baby
Congressman Van Deerlin
Harry J. Lennix stars as trailblazing and controversial African-American congressman and Civil Rights activist Adam Clayton Powell Jr., who started out as a preacher in Harlem and then went on to deal with such issues as the integration of schools in the 1940s and '50s. Vanessa Williams portrays his second wife, jazz singer Hazel Scott.
3000 миль до Грейслэнда
Captain Vanucci (as J.W. Carroll)
Майкл только что вышел из тюрьмы, но долго сидеть без работы ему не придется — его тут же подбирает на «большое дело» его знакомый Мерфи. План его прост и одновременно нагл — пробравшись на слет подражателей Элвиса Пресли под видом его имитаторов, ограбить одно из самых больших казино в Лас Вегасе.Все проходит довольно гладко, однако, как водится, проблемы начинаются, когда герои начинают делить награбленное. В четко очерченный круг исполнителей неожиданно влезает одинокая мать с сыном, с которыми Майкл познакомился еще до налета, а на закуску выясняется, что Мерфи вообще-то не намерен делиться ни с кем, и своих бывших соратников он устраняет весьма традиционным способом — пуля в лоб и все дела.
A Father's Choice
George (as J.W. Carroll)
The fast-paced city life of two sisters is turned upside down when they are sent to live in the country with their father after their mother is killed.
Murder on Shadow Mountain
Judge Wyler (as John W. Carroll)
Denny Traynor has the idyllic life a loving wife and family, a flourishing career. Seems like life is perfect until some policemen from another break into their home one night and arrest him for a twenty year old murder. Initially, Denny denies the accusations made against him but when evidence is presented that implicates him, he is then extradited to stand trial. When his wife, whose faith has been shaken asks him what happened, he tells her that he did kill the man they said he killed but in self-defense. However, when there is no evidence that supports his claim, his wife wonders if he has told her the truth, and if she should continue to support him.
Rocky Marciano
Murphy (as John Winston Carrol)
Step into the ring with one of America's greatest legends...and stand a couple of rounds with greatness! "Pulling no punches" (LA Daily News), Jon Favreau (Swingers) and OscarÂ(r) winner* George C. Scott give TKO performances in this outstanding biography of the only undefeated world heavyweight champion in the history of boxing! In the small blue-collar town of Brockton, Massachusetts, young Rocky Marciano (Favreau) turns to the ring as his ticket out. Training twice as hard and twice as long as anyone else, he pounds his way to victory and his reputation quickly spreads as "the guy to beat." But behind the gloves Rocky is unhappy with his gift and he's thinking of retiring. So, with the fate of his career hanging in the balance, he finds a way to unleash his thunder againthis time against his biggest hero: Joe Louis!
Время любви
Dr. Cranford
Томас получает в собственность участок земли и начинает самостоятельную жизнь. Всеми способами он старается достичь успеха и процветания, и это ему удается. Но вскоре он понимает, что мечта оказалась иллюзией – выросшие дети отвернулись от него, жена, устав от непомерных амбиций мужа, замкнулась в себе.
The Defenders: Taking the First
Judge Karma
A racist provokes four teens into beating a Latino youth to death after one of his fiery speeches on a college campus. The Prestons are first called upon to defend one of the youths who gives testimony against the other three. Then, in a turnaround, the family of the murdered boy hires the Prestons to try to get a conviction against the racist.
The Fixer
Bubba Powell
Jack Killoran is a lawyer who can 'fix' any situation for his wealthy clients, usually by bribing or blackmailing corrupt officials. Killoran runs afoul of some of his clients when he has a crisis of conscience after miraculously surviving a riding accident.
Bad As I Wanna Be: The Dennis Rodman Story
Biography of Chicago Bulls' basketball star Dennis Rodman, who is well known for his off-court and on-court shenanigans takes great effort to paint the calm, decent side of the athlete despite the film title. Dennis is shown to be pushed by his momma to play pro ball and to go to college where he would get the opportunity. Shipped to Oklahoma where he faces racism, he is taken in by a white family and coached by Lonn Reisman. The movie finally tracks Rodman into his wild, multi-haired current lifestyle. Written by John Sacksteder
Flood: A River's Rampage
Mayor Roger Tweed (as John Winston Carroll)
After heavy rain, the Mississippi is breaking it's banks flooding small towns. Richard Thomas and Kate Vernon realise their town is next on the hit list. Lots and lots of sand bags might not do the trick but a huge explosion might. In the meantime the plot is filled up with a predictable story about a family dreading their mistake of staying behind when they become entrapped in their own home.
The Third Twin
Warden
Promise the Moon
McNabb (as J.W. Carroll)
Ranch hand Roy Leckner tries to fulfill his employer’s dying wish to find his long lost son, bring him home and groom him to run the family’s failing cattle ranch.
Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance
Sheriff Knudsen (as J.W. Carroll)
Jack Reed is investigating a mass murder that occurred in a cemetery in broad daylight. Most individuals at the cemetery and the victims are Russian immigrants and they either fear or don't trust the police, because they have complaining about other problems to the police but they don't care or think it warrants investigating. Reed still investigates and it leads to a devious Russian who has turned some young Russians into his private army. Reed's friend, Charles Silvera, also has a problem. The son of an old friend and mayoral candidate, Gordon Thomas, has been arrested for killing someone while driving under the influence. Some of the people on Thomas' staff are afraid that this might jeopardize Thomas' bid for mayor, so they are pressuring Silvera to make it go away but Silvera relents so they threaten him to.
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
Stage driver
James Mink is a black man in Canada who has built a very successful livery business, and enjoys a white wife and a beautiful daughter, Mary. An excellent match is arranged with an American businessman, but when he takes his new wife Mary across the border his true character emerges - he sells her into slavery. James and Elizabeth must go to Virginia to rescue their daughter.
Moonshine Highway
Ned the Barman
The plans of a moonshine runner trying to make a better life by becoming a stock car racer go awry when the local sheriff is determined to kill the driver over an affair with his wife.
Blood & Donuts
Bernie
In 1994, in Toronto, the vampire Boya awakens from his twenty-five years of sleep in a basement hit by a golf ball. He takes a cab to the local cemetery, retrieves his belongings from a grave and lodges in a low budget hotel nearby an all-night donut shop. Boya does not drink human blood anymore but rats and pigeons blood instead. While in the donut shop, Boya befriends and protects the taxi driver Earl, who is having trouble with two criminals, and falls in love for the waitress Molly. Meanwhile, his former passion of 1969, Rita, who misses her lost youth, is trying to locate him.
Hiroshima
Chief Justice Stone (as J.W. Carroll)
Hiroshima is a 1995 Japanese / Canadian film directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara and Roger Spottiswoode about the decision-making processes that led to the dropping of the atomic bombs by the United States on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki toward the end of World War II. Except as actors, no Americans took part in the production. The three-hour film was made for television and evidently had no theatrical release, but is available on DVD for home viewing. A combination of dramatisation, historical footage, and eyewitness interviews, the film alternates between documentary footage and the dramatic recreations. Both the dramatisations and most of the original footage are presented as sepia-toned images, serving to blur the distinction between them. The languages are English and Japanese, with subtitles, and the actors are largely Canadian and Japanese.
Поймать Готти
Detective Teague
Джон Готти принес присягу на верность интересам мафии, интересам «семьи» Карло Гамбино, управляющей частью Нью-Йорка. Вступающая в должность помощника окружного прокурора штата Дайен Джакалоне, положив руку на Библию, обязалась служить обществу и стране во имя закона и справедливости. Их пути неминуемо должны были пересечься.И Дайен бросила вызов всесильному гангстеру, убийце и вымогателю, который держал в кулаке сотни и тысячи людей. Наступил день, когда на скамье подсудимых оказалась вся верхушка «семьи» Готти во главе с ним самим, «крестным отцом», которому Дайен казалась всего-навсего песчинкой. Как же он ошибался!
Henry & Verlin
Rev. Rutherford
Verlin is 9 years old and does not talk, nor does he even seem to hear. Henry, a child-like adult, befriends Verlin and pulls him from his shell. Verlin's mother mistrusts Henry, who she feels is dangerous.
Hush Little Baby
Private Eye (as J.W. Carroll)
Eddie's baby girl, Susan, was taken from her arms when she was put into a mental hospital for attempted murder on her baby daughter! Thirty five years down the track Eddie is released and tracks her daughter down. She enters her daughters household and destroys her relationship with her adoptive parents. She is eventually found to be evil, in Susan's eyes and must face a harsh reality...
Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes
When Spenser (Robert Urich), his psychologist girlfriend, Susan Silverman (Barbara Williams), and his right-hand man, Hawk (Avery Brooks), investigate a brutal murder in a quaint New England town, they discover plenty of illegal activity and cocaine. This 1994 made-for-television movie brings many of the beloved characters from the 1980s drama series (based on the books by Robert B. Parker) back to the small screen.
Ordinary Magic
Billy / Police Chief
When his father dies, Jeffrey is sent to live with his aunt Charlotte in Canada. Once there he leads his aunt and his friends in staging, a non-violent hunger strike to try to save his aunt's house from being demolished to make room for a ski resort.
Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story
Judge #3
A client's claims of incest cause an attorney to remember the traumas she suffered when she was a sexually abused child. Instead of debilitating her, it only motivates the lawyer to fight harder to change California's inadequate child-molestation laws. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
Spenser: Ceremony
Sgt. Frank Belson
Spenser is hired to locate April Kyle, the missing daughter of Harry Kyle, millionaire and candidate for Governor. With the assistance of Hawk, Spenser travels from Boston's "Combat Zone" to Providence and the heart of child pornography in search of one seemingly unimportant runaway whom nobody wants found.
Heritage Minutes: Laura Secord
Additional Cast
Canadian heroine Laura Secord aids the British in the War of 1812 with an overland trek to warn of an American military advance.
Gross Misconduct: The Life of Brian Spencer
Ward Cornell
A look into the life of troubled former hockey player Brian Spencer, who got into problems both on the ice and off because of his temper. The film also has a close focus on Spencer's father, and shows how he influenced Brian's life both before and after his death.
Amy Fisher: My Story
John #1
This sensational true story of a near fatal attraction left Mary Jo Buttafuoco paralyzed for life and made Amy Fisher America's most infamous teenager. Imprisoned 5-15 years for a crime she confessed to Fisher has nothing to lose by telling how it was-her way, her story. Deception, Promiscuous Sex, and Violence
Поймать убийцу
Sergeant on Wabash Ave.
Фильм основан на реальных событиях расскажет нам жуткую историю о Джоне Уэйне Гейси: Хорошем друге, добропорядочном гражданине и крупном предпринимателе. Именно такой его жизнь казалась на первый взгляд. Но в ходе следствия по делу о пропавшем подростке, перед нами предстанет безжалостный серийный убийца. Жертвами его безумной страсти стало более тридцати юношей, которых он под различными предлогами заманивал в свой дом, где насиловал, подвергал пыткам, а затем убивал.
A Little Piece of Heaven
Sheriff Dickson
Will Loomis is living with his mentally handicapped sister Violet, who wants a younger child to play with, so Will 'kidnaps' one (and then another) child from the local children's home. The child is told it is dead and gone to heaven. Will and Violet try to make their farm a little piece of heaven for the kids, while the authorities wonder what has happened to the kidnapped children.
The Return of Eliot Ness
Joe O'Malley
Detective Eliot Ness comes back to town to fight corruption and avenge a former partner's murder with the help of the son.
Beautiful Dreamers
Henderson
When the superintendent of the Canadian insane asylum, Dr. Maurice Bucke, meets poet Walt Whitman, his life and that of his wife and patients is radically changed. Like Dr. Bucke, Whitman has avant-garde ideas on the subject of mental illness. "Dreamers" is based on true events. Dr. Bucke became an important biographer of Walt Whitman.
Final Notice
Sheriff Levy
Detective Harry Stoner has only a few clues. A year ago someone mutilated the nude photos found in the city library's art books. And shortly after, a young murder victim was found carved up in the same grisly way. Now, more mangled art books have suddenly turned up. And it's Harry's job to make sure another corpse doesn't.
Sorry, Wrong Number
Sgt. Crowley
Based on a famous play, follows a bedridden wife who overhears a murder plan on her phone. She tries to piece the puzzle together and prevent it.
Justice Denied
Jim Carroll
Donald Marshall is imprisoned for a murder he didn't commit.
Вещественное доказательство
Samson
Полицейский Джо Пэрис отстранен от службы и отдан под суд — убит один из его злейших врагов, и все подозрения странным образом падают на Джо. Защищать Джо поручено молодой неопытной, но очень привлекательной юристке — Дженни Хадсон. Джо тем временем сам пытается найти убийц…
Night Friend
Lenny's Father
A priest goes to great lengths in an effort to get a teenage prostitute off the streets.
Hot Paint
Two losers rob a rich guy and discover that, among the loot, they've taken a rare painting worth $2.8 million. John Larroquette plays his usual rude, selfish character-here named Gus - and he suckers Willy (Gregory Harrison) into his scheme to rob the mansion. The two losers have to try to figure out how to sell the valuable but high-profile item without getting busted. They travel the world looking for potential buyers but always end up short. Everyone can see that they are novices in the art world and buffoons in general.
Чикаго блюз
Detective (as J.W. Carroll)
В маленьком городишке на Среднем Западе живет парень по имени Калли. Ему очень везет в игре в кости, и он мечтает попытать счастья в Чикаго, столице рок-н-ролла и блюза, где играют лучшие из лучших. Мечта Калли сбывается. За короткое время он обретает славу самого удачливого игрока большого города и знакомится с супружеской четой, владеющей стрип-клубом. Коул ведет все дела, включая не совсем законные, а его жена Лорри – главная «звезда» клуба. Опасная любовная связь с ней вовлекает Калли в паутину зависти, ревности и интриг. Ему придется постараться изо всех сил, чтобы Чикаго, город его мечты, не стал местом его смерти.
Pretty Kill
Smiley
A detective tries to track down a serial killer who is murdering prostitutes while at the same time having to deal with his girlfriend's mental problems, which are gradually deteriorating into a split personality.
Unnatural Causes
Moore
Frank Coleman is a Vietnam veteran dying from cancer brought on by exposure to the defoliant chemical Agent Orange which he turns to Maude DeVictor, a Veterans Administration benefits counselor who teams up with Coleman to fight a lopsided batted against the bureaucratic system for its cover up of the possible dangers of Agent Orange.
The Truth About Alex
Coach McAveely
Brad Stevens and Alex Prager are best friends. They are both popular high school students and key members of the football team. Brad is up for nomination to West Point, and Alex is a talented pianist who’s counting on his football skills to land him a university scholarship. But their lives are turned upside down when one day Alex admits that he is gay.
Doing Life
Editor (as John Winston Carroll)
Tony Danza stars in this prison drama about Jerome "Jerry" Rosenburg, a self-professed "jailhouse lawyer" who defends himself against the homicide charge that has put him on death row. This tense movie, made in Canada, has the feel of a biographical documentary.
Breaking All the Rules
Chuck Carson (uncredited)
Three robbers hide a stolen jewel inside a stuffed animal at one of the midway games in an amusement park. When Jack—a teen with a part-time summer job in the park—his best friend David and two girls hang out at the park, they get mixed up in the robbers' scheme to take back their jewel.
The Hearst and Davies Affair
City Editor (as J.W. Carroll)
Dramatization of the scandalous, long-time love affair between the powerful but married publisher and the chorus girl he helped turn into a Ziegfeld star and 1930s film personality.
Миссис Соффел
Guard McGarey
Питтсбург, 1901 год. В камере смертников Эд и Джек Биддл ожидают смертной казни за убийство, которого они не совершали. Жандарм Соффел разрешает своей жене Кейт передать Библию заключенным. Он и не подозревает, что акт милосердия обернется для него горькой утратой и несмываемым позором. Кейт, оказавшись во власти чар обаятельного Эда, не только поможет возлюбленному организовать побег из тюрьмы, но и сама примет в нем участие.
Полицейская академия
Officer
Мирные жители США находятся в опасности! Мэр города принял новый закон — больше нет никаких ограничений при приёме на службу в полицию. Вес, пол, рост и слабые умственные способности никому не помешают поступить в полицейскую академию. Приёмные комиссии ломятся от толстяков, ботаников и уличных хулиганов. Преподаватели академии в шоке и намерены любым способом избавиться от студентов. Но экзамены, физподготовка и гей-бары абсолютно не страшат новичков. Не такое видали!
A Matter of Sex
(as John Winston Carroll)
Dramatization of the true story of the so-called Willmar Eight, a group of Minnesota bank workers who braved freezing conditions whilst picketing their branch in a struggle for union rights.
Странное варево
Fire Chief
Something is rotten at the Elsinore Brewery. Bob and Doug McKenzie (as seen on SCTV) help the orphan Pam regain the brewery founded by her recently-deceased father. But to do so, they must confront the suspicious Brewmeister Smith and two teams of vicious hockey players.
Skullduggery
Watson (as John Winston Carroll)
Adam is cursed: one of his ancestors played a game and fell victim to a sorcerer or possibly Satan. The curse manifests through Adam and the game, making him attend strange amateur theatre where immensely talentless people try to do farce and a janitor wanders around with a game of Tic-Tac-Toe on his back.
Three Card Monte
Crap Player
Les Rose directs this endearing independent film about a con man named Busher (Richard Gabourie) who travels from town to town. He ups his ante when he takes under his wing and joins forces with a 13-year-old runaway foster boy, Toby (Chris Langevin). Along the way, they add a third member, a very bright woman, to their team and together plan a risky con that will set them up for the rest of their lives.
Reluctant Angel
Mr. Levitt (as J.W. Carroll)
Jason is a small-time criminal and con artist. His misdemeanours range from petty scams to outright robberies. He is also manipulative and domineering. But his girlfriend Cheryl is so desperate to become a recognized artist that she willingly assists in his rackets. The big carrot that Jason dangles in front of her is a gallery showing of her art. One evening, while fleeing the scene of a variety store robbery, Cheryl mistakenly thinks she has slammed the getaway car into Donald, a drunken philosopher. Cheryl thinks she's almost killed him, but Donald, who has a penchant for inept suicide attempts, believes she has saved his life and could be his guardian angel. Their lives become inextricably linked.