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Shakedown (1988 Film)
''Shakedown'' (also known in international markets as ''Blue Jean Cop'') is a 1988 American crime drama/action film starring Peter Weller and Sam Elliott. The screenplay concerns an idealistic lawyer who teams with a veteran cop to find out the truth in a possible police corruption scandal. Plot Roland Dalton is a burned-out, mild-mannered Manhattan public defender, and his last case before leaving legal aid is crack dealer Michael Jones, accused of shooting to death police officer Patrick O'Leary in Central Park. According to Jones, the shooting was in self-defense and officer O'Leary was a "''Blue Jean Cop''" (an opportunistic police officer who robs drug dealers). Being a creature of habit, Dalton seeks the truth to his mysterious case and looks to Richie Marks, a renegade loner NYPD narcotics agent. Dalton realizes the prosecutor in his last case is a former love interest, the smart and sexy Susan Cantrell. Throughout the trial Roland rekindles this former affair with Susan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Glickenhaus
James Glickenhaus (born July 24, 1950) is an American film producer, financier, director and automotive entrepreneur. He is currently general partner of Glickenhaus & Co., a family partnership originally started by his father Seth Glickenhaus. Glickenhaus wrote, directed and produced a number of films in the 1980s and 1990s, including ''The Exterminator'' and the Jackie Chan vehicle '' The Protector''. In an interview from 2012, about his movie career, he explained his reasons for retiring from the movie business: "What happened at the end was that the studios had taken over everything. And it was very difficult as an independent to compete with them. They could spend so much money that the stars you had access to as an independent were asking a mega amount money. They knew you had no choice. It became harder and harder and harder." Glickenhaus's involvement in the world of automobiles Cars that Glickenhaus owns Glickenhaus is an avid collector of former racing vehicles, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Park
Central Park is an urban park in New York City located between the Upper West Side, Upper West and Upper East Sides of Manhattan. It is the List of New York City parks, fifth-largest park in the city, covering . It is the most visited urban park in the United States, with an estimated 42 million visitors annually , and is the most filmed location in the world. After proposals for a large park in Manhattan during the 1840s, it was approved in 1853 to cover . In 1857, landscape architects Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux won a Architectural design competition, design competition for the park with their "Greensward Plan". Construction began the same year; existing structures, including a majority-Black settlement named Seneca Village, were seized through eminent domain and razed. The park's first areas were opened to the public in late 1858. Additional land at the northern end of Central Park was purchased in 1859, and the park was completed in 1876. After a period of de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Perrineau
Harold Perrineau (born August 7, 1963) is an American actor best known for his roles as Michael Dawson in the ABC television series ''Lost'' (2004–2010), Augustus Hill in the HBO television series '' Oz'' (1997–2003), Sheriff Boyd Stevens in the Epix television ''From'' (since 2022), Link in ''The Matrix Reloaded'' and ''The Matrix Revolutions'' (both 2003), and Mercutio in Baz Luhrmann's ''Romeo + Juliet'' (1996). He has also starred in the films ''Smoke'' (1995), for which was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male, ''The Edge'' (1997), '' The Best Man'' (1999), ''Woman on Top'' (2000), and ''28 Weeks Later'' (2007). His other television credits include '' Sons of Anarchy'' (2012), ''Constantine'' (2014–2015), ''Claws'' (2017–2022), and '' The Rookie'' (2019–2021). Early life Perrineau was born in Brooklyn, New York City. His parents changed his name to Williams when he was a child, but he later changed it back, after discovering t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rockets Redglare
Rockets Redglare (born Michael Morra; May 8, 1949 – May 28, 2001) was an American character actor and stand-up comedian. He appeared in over 30 films in the 1980s and 1990s, including a number of independent films and mainstream films, such as ''After Hours (film), After Hours'' (1985) and ''Desperately Seeking Susan'' (1985). Early life He was born Michael Morra in New York City to a heroin-addicted 15-year-old mother named Agnes Tarulli Morra. While still in utero, he became addicted to heroin, so doctors added an opiate derivative into his baby formula so that he could withdraw from the drug. Morra's father and uncle were career criminals in the Italian-American underworld in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. After his father was deported to his native Italy, Agnes began a relationship with a drug-addicted former boxer who assaulted both young Morra and the mother. Morra also spent time being raised by his aunt in Lindenhurst, New York. After his mother was killed by her boyfriend, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Proval
David Aaron Proval (born May 20, 1942) is an American actor, known for his roles as Tony DeVienazo in the Martin Scorsese film ''Mean Streets'' (1973), Snooze in ''The Shawshank Redemption'' (1994), Siegfried in ''Four Rooms'' (1995) and as Richie Aprile on the HBO television series ''The Sopranos'' (1999–2007). Biography Proval was born in Brooklyn, New York into a Jewish family, the son of Clara Katz, an actress from Bucharest, Romania. He has appeared in such films as ''Mean Streets'', ''The Shawshank Redemption'', ''The Phantom'', ''Mob Queen'', ''Four Rooms'', '' UHF'', '' Innocent Blood'', ''The Siege'', ''The Monster Squad'', ''Bookies'', and ''Balls of Fury'', had cameos in ''The Brady Bunch Movie'', and ''Smokin' Aces'', and has had recurring roles in television shows such as ''Picket Fences'', ''Boomtown'' and ''Everybody Loves Raymond''. He appeared on ''Kojak'', '' The Equalizer'', ''Miami Vice'', and '' Friday the 13th: The Series''. He appeared in the 14th epi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Bobbie
Walter Bobbie (born November 18, 1945) is an American theatre director, choreographer, and occasional actor and dancer. Bobbie has directed both musicals and plays on Broadway and Off-Broadway, and was the Artistic Director of the New York City Center Encores! concert series. He directed the long-running revival of the musical ''Chicago''. Early life Bobbie was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and attended the University of Scranton and did graduate work at The Catholic University of America. His family was Polish Roman Catholic, and his father was a coal miner. Bobbie explains what inspired him to work in theater: "My first Broadway show was ''How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,'' maybe in 1964. I came in to New York from college in Pennsylvania for the World's Fair...I remember sitting there — I practically had to be held down in my seat — and I had never seen anything like it. That day it was clear to me that I wanted to come back to New York, and theater wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Eckhouse
James Hays Eckhouse (born February 14, 1955) is an American actor, best known for playing Characters of Beverly Hills, 90210, Jim Walsh on ''Beverly Hills, 90210''. He also directed three episodes of the show. Career Before his part on ''Beverly Hills, 90210'', Eckhouse had small roles in such films as ''Trading Places'', ''Fatal Attraction'', ''Big (film), Big'' and ''Cocktail (1988 film), Cocktail''. He was a series regular on ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' from the pilot episode in 1990 until the end of the fifth season in 1995. He also co-starred in 1999's ''Judgement Day''. Personal life Eckhouse studied briefly at MIT before beginning his acting career. He and his wife have two sons. Filmography Film Television References External links * * * 1955 births Male actors from Chicago American male film actors American male stage actors American male television actors American television directors Living people 20th-century American male actors 21st-century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas G
Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (other) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Apostle * Thomas (bishop of the East Angles) (fl. 640s–650s), medieval Bishop of the East Angles * Thomas (Archdeacon of Barnstaple) (fl. 1203), Archdeacon of Barnstaple * Thomas, Count of Perche (1195–1217), Count of Perche * Thomas (bishop of Finland) (1248), first known Bishop of Finland * Thomas, Earl of Mar (1330–1377), 14th-century Earl, Aberdeen, Scotland Geography Places in the United States * Thomas, Illinois * Thomas, Indiana * Thomas, Oklahoma * Thomas, Oregon * Thomas, South Dakota * Thomas, Virginia * Thomas, Washington * Thomas, West Virginia * Thomas County (other) * Thomas Township (other) Elsewhere * Thomas Glacier (Greenland) Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Thomas'' (Burton novel) 1969 novel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John C
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Brooks (actor)
Richard L. Brooks (born December 9, 1962) is an American actor, singer, and director. He played the eccentric bounty hunter Jubal Early in the space-western ''Firefly'' and assistant district attorney Paul Robinette in the NBC drama series ''Law & Order'' from 1990 to 1993, later appearing as a defense attorney on that same show. In 2013, he began starring as Patrick Patterson in the BET drama series, ''Being Mary Jane''. Early life Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Brooks studied acting, dance, and voice work at Interlochen Academy of Arts in Michigan. Later, he moved to New York City and was a student of the Circle in the Square Professional Theater School. Career While in New York, Brooks performed in the Eugene O'Neill Theater Conference production of August Wilson's ''Fences'', which gained him a positive reputation. A subsequent move to Los Angeles found the actor landing television roles in ''Hill Street Blues'' and ''The Russians Are Coming'', along with made-for-TV f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jude Ciccolella
Richard Jude Ciccolella (born November 30, 1947) is an American actor and singer. He is best known for playing Mike Novick in the television series '' 24'' from 2001 to 2006. Life and career Ciccolella was born in Burlington, Vermont, and spent his formative years in Albany, New York. In 1969, he graduated from Brown University, where he acted in student productions. He studied at Temple University, earning a Master of Fine Arts degree in theatre. His film debut was in the 1992 James Foley and David Mamet film ''Glengarry Glen Ross'', as a detective in the scene where Al Pacino is having an argument with Kevin Spacey about the "six-thousand dollars" owed to him. His other early film roles include Mert in ''The Shawshank Redemption'' (1994), Jerry in ''Boys on the Side'' (1995), Lieutenant Wilson in ''Night Falls on Manhattan'' (1996), Romulan Commander Suran in '' Star Trek: Nemesis'' (2002), the private eye in ''Down with Love'' (2003), Karl Iverson in ''The Terminal'' (2004) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prosecutor
A prosecutor is a legal representative of the prosecution in states with either the common law adversarial system or the Civil law (legal system), civil law inquisitorial system. The prosecution is the legal party responsible for presenting the case in a Criminal law, criminal jury trial, trial against an individual accused of breaking the law. Typically, the prosecutor represents the state or the government in the case brought against the accused person. Prosecutor as a legal professional Prosecutors are typically lawyers who possess a law degree, and are recognised as suitable legal professionals by the court in which they are acting. This may mean they have been Admission to the bar, admitted to the bar, or obtained a comparable qualification where available - such as Solicitor advocate, solicitor advocates in English law, England and Wales. They become involved in a criminal case once a suspect has been identified and Indictment, charges need to be filed. They are employe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
