The best Alan North’s movies

Alan North

Alan North

23/12/1920- 19/01/2000
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Highlander

Highlander
7/10
He fought his first battle on the Scottish Highlands in 1536. He will fight his greatest battle on the streets of New York City in 1986. His name is Connor MacLeod. He is immortal.

Glory

Glory
7.8/10
  • Genre: DramaHistoryWar
  • Release: 15/12/1989
  • Character: Gov. John Albion Andrew
Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates.

The Long Kiss Goodnight

The Long Kiss Goodnight
6.8/10
Samantha Caine, suburban homemaker, is the ideal mom to her 8 year old daughter Caitlin. She lives in Honesdale, PA, is a school teacher and makes the best Rice Krispie treats in town. But when she receives a bump on her head, she begins to remember small parts of her previous life as a lethal, top-secret agent.

Serpico

Serpico
7.7/10
Frank Serpico is an idealistic New York City cop who refuses to take bribes, unlike the rest of the force. His actions get Frank shunned by the other officers, and often placed in dangerous situations by his partners. When his superiors ignore Frank's accusations of corruption, he decides to go public with the allegations. Although this causes the Knapp Commission to investigate his claims, Frank has also placed a target on himself.

See No Evil, Hear No Evil

See No Evil, Hear No Evil
6.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Release: 12/05/1989
  • Character: Braddock
A murder takes place in the shop of David Lyons, a deaf man who fails to hear the gunshot being fired. Outside, blind man Wally Karue hears the shot but cannot see the perpetrator. Both are arrested, but escape to form an unlikely partnership. Being chased by both the law AND the original killers, can the pair work together to outwit them all?

...And Justice for All

...And Justice for All
7.4/10
An ethical Baltimore defense lawyer disgusted with rampant legal corruption is forced to defend a judge he despises in a rape trial under the threat of being disbarred.

Lean On Me

Lean On Me
7.4/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 03/03/1989
  • Character: Mayor Don Bottman
When principal Joe Clark takes over decaying Eastside High School, he's faced with students wearing gang colors and graffiti-covered walls. Determined to do anything he must to turn the school around, he expels suspected drug dealers, padlocks doors and demands effort and results from students, staff and parents. Autocratic to a fault, this real-life educator put it all on the line.

The Fourth Protocol

The Fourth Protocol
6.5/10
Led by Kim Philby, Plan Aurora is a plan that breaches the top-secret Fourth Protocol and turns the fears that shaped it into a living nightmare. A crack Soviet agent, placed under cover in a quiet English country town, begins to assemble a nuclear bomb, whilst an MI5 agent attempts to prevent it's detonation.

Twenty Bucks

Twenty Bucks
6.3/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 01/01/1993
  • Character: Bruce Adams
A story about the life of a twenty dollar bill as it weaves in and out of the various lives of several people.

Clinton and Nadine

Clinton and Nadine
4.9/10
Eager to find his brother's murderer, Clinton enlists the aid of Nadine, an expensive call girl. Together they get sucked into a plot to smuggle guns to the Contra forces in Nicaragua.

Rachel River

Rachel River
5.8/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 01/01/1988
  • Character: Beske
A divorced mother pursues her career as a radio personality in rural Minnesota.

Plaza Suite

Plaza Suite
6.5/10
Film version of the Neil Simon play has three separate acts set in the same hotel suite in New York's Plaza Hotel with Walter Matthau in a triple role. In the first, Karen Nash tries to get her inattentive husband Sam's attention to spruce up their failing marriage. In the second, brash film producer Jesse Kiplinger tries to get his former one-time flame Muriel to see him for what he stands for. In the third, Roy Hubley and his wife Norma try and try to get their uncertain-of-herself daughter out of the bathroom before her approaching wedding.

Act of Vengeance

Act of Vengeance
6/10
In 1969, an administrator runs against the corrupt president of the United Coal Miners Union, and becomes the target of a murder plot.

Thief of Hearts

Thief of Hearts
5.7/10
A woman trapped in a boring marriage begins an affair with a handsome man who seems able to read her mind. She doesn't know that he has broken into her house and read her diaries, where she has recorded her deepest thoughts and fantasies.

The Jerky Boys

The Jerky Boys
4.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Release: 03/02/1995
  • Character: Micky Crump
When two unemployed telephone pranksters decide to use their vocal "talents" to impersonate a Chicago mob boss and curry favor with organized crime in New York, the trouble begins. It isn't long before Johnny and Kamal (the "Jerky Boys" of crank call fame) are wanted by the local mafia, the police, and their neighbor.

The Christmas Star

The Christmas Star
6.1/10
  • Genre: DramaFamily
  • Release: 14/12/1986
  • Character: Captain Whittaker
Horace McNickle (Edward Asner) is a two-time felon serving prison time for counterfeiting. On the week before Christmas, he escapes from prison dressed as Santa Claus due to his uncanny resemblence to St. Nick resulting from his long white beard and heavyset features. McNickle hides out from the police in a nearby suburban neighborhood where he is befriended and helped by two local children who think he is the real Santa Claus. McNickle takes advantage of the kids naive ness to help him get his counterfeit money hidden somewhere in a local department store while he develops kind-hearted feelings for his two con victims that make him slowly understand the true nature of Christmas.

Trackdown: Finding the Goodbar Killer

Trackdown: Finding the Goodbar Killer
5.5/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 15/10/1983
  • Character: Lieutenant Walter Belden
This made-for-TV sequel to the 1977 theatrical film "Looking For Mr. Goodbar" follows a New York City detective's quest to find the murderer of a schoolteacher.

The Deadliest Season

The Deadliest Season
6.3/10
  • Genre: DramaTV Movie
  • Release: 15/03/1977
  • Character: Detective Forscher
Gerry Miller, a professional hockey player, gives in to internal and outside pressures and adopts a more aggressive style on the ice. During one particularly violent game a player on an opposing team dies, and the authorities charge Miller with manslaughter.

Unholy Matrimony

Unholy Matrimony
5.7/10
  • Release: 28/12/1966
  • Character: Mr. M - First Swinging Husband
Sexual indiscretions are used as a basis for blackmail.

Kojak: It's Always Something

Kojak: It's Always Something
6.8/10
After discovering the connection between a corrupt city commissioner and Colombian killers, Kojak is framed for the murder of a call girl and is prosecuted by former police detective Crocker, now an assistant D.A.

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