J.J. Johnston

J.J. Johnston (born James William Johnston, October 24, 1933, Chicago, Illinois) is an American theatre and film actor and boxing historian and writer.

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Fatal Attraction (1987)

For Dan Gallagher, life is good. He is on the rise at his New York law firm, is happily married to his wife, Beth, and has a loving daughter. But, after a casual fling with a sultry book editor named Alex, everything changes. Jilted by Dan, Alex becomes unstable, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Adrian Lyne
CAST:  Michael Douglas  •  Glenn Close  •  Anne Archer  •  Ellen Hamilton Latzen

For Dan Gallagher, life is good. He is on the rise at his New York law firm, is happily married to his wife, Beth, and has a loving daughter. But, after a casual fling with a sultry book editor named Alex, everything changes. Jilted by Dan, Alex becomes unstable, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Adrian Lyne
CAST:  Michael Douglas  •  Glenn Close  •  Anne Archer  •  Ellen Hamilton Latzen

JFK (1991)

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Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Oliver Stone
CAST:  Kevin Costner  •  Tommy Lee Jones  •  Gary Oldman  •  Kevin Bacon

Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Oliver Stone
CAST:  Kevin Costner  •  Tommy Lee Jones  •  Gary Oldman  •  Kevin Bacon

Mad Dog and Glory (1993)

Wayne Dobie is a shy cop whose low-key demeanor has earned him the affectionate nickname "Mad Dog." After Mad Dog saves the life of Frank Milo, a crime boss and aspiring stand-up comedian, he's offered the company of an attractive young waitress named Glory for a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John McNaughton
CAST:  Robert De Niro  •  Uma Thurman  •  Bill Murray  •  David Caruso

Wayne Dobie is a shy cop whose low-key demeanor has earned him the affectionate nickname "Mad Dog." After Mad Dog saves the life of Frank Milo, a crime boss and aspiring stand-up comedian, he's offered the company of an attractive young waitress named Glory for a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John McNaughton
CAST:  Robert De Niro  •  Uma Thurman  •  Bill Murray  •  David Caruso

Peter Gunn (1989)

Peter Gunn, a connoisseur of beautiful women and cool jazz, is an ex-cop turned private eye who's caught in the middle of a dangerous gang war.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Blake Edwards
CAST:  Peter Strauss  •  Peter Jurasik  •  Jennifer Edwards  •  Barbara Williams

Peter Gunn, a connoisseur of beautiful women and cool jazz, is an ex-cop turned private eye who's caught in the middle of a dangerous gang war.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Blake Edwards
CAST:  Peter Strauss  •  Peter Jurasik  •  Jennifer Edwards  •  Barbara Williams

Spartan (2004)

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U.S. government agent Scott is assigned to rescue the daughter of a high-ranking government official. As willing as he is to bend the rules to get things done, though, Scott is shocked to find that others are willing to go even further to protect a political career.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Mamet
CAST:  Val Kilmer  •  Derek Luke  •  William H. Macy  •  Tia Texada

U.S. government agent Scott is assigned to rescue the daughter of a high-ranking government official. As willing as he is to bend the rules to get things done, though, Scott is shocked to find that others are willing to go even further to protect a political career.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Mamet
CAST:  Val Kilmer  •  Derek Luke  •  William H. Macy  •  Tia Texada

State and Main (2000)

A movie crew invades a small town whose residents are all too ready to give up their values for showbiz glitz.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Mamet
CAST:  Alec Baldwin  •  Philip Seymour Hoffman  •  William H. Macy  •  Sarah Jessica Parker

A movie crew invades a small town whose residents are all too ready to give up their values for showbiz glitz.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Mamet
CAST:  Alec Baldwin  •  Philip Seymour Hoffman  •  William H. Macy  •  Sarah Jessica Parker

The Spanish Prisoner (1997)

An inventor of a secret process suddenly finds himself alone as both his friends and the corporation he works for turn against him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Mamet
CAST:  Steve Martin  •  Campbell Scott  •  Ben Gazzara  •  Rebecca Pidgeon

An inventor of a secret process suddenly finds himself alone as both his friends and the corporation he works for turn against him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Mamet
CAST:  Steve Martin  •  Campbell Scott  •  Ben Gazzara  •  Rebecca Pidgeon

An Innocent Man (1989)

Jimmie Rainwood was minding his own business when two corrupt police officers (getting an address wrong) burst into his house, expecting to find a major drug dealer. Rainwood is shot, and the officers frame him as a drug dealer. Rainwood is convicted of drug ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Yates
CAST:  F. Murray Abraham  •  Laila Robins  •  David Rasche  •  Tom Selleck

Jimmie Rainwood was minding his own business when two corrupt police officers (getting an address wrong) burst into his house, expecting to find a major drug dealer. Rainwood is shot, and the officers frame him as a drug dealer. Rainwood is convicted of drug ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Yates
CAST:  F. Murray Abraham  •  Laila Robins  •  David Rasche  •  Tom Selleck

Homicide (1991)

A Jewish homicide detective investigates a seemingly minor murder and falls in with a Zionist group as a result.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Mamet
CAST:  Joe Mantegna  •  William H. Macy  •  J.J. Johnston  •  Rebecca Pidgeon

A Jewish homicide detective investigates a seemingly minor murder and falls in with a Zionist group as a result.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Mamet
CAST:  Joe Mantegna  •  William H. Macy  •  J.J. Johnston  •  Rebecca Pidgeon

K-911 (1999)

Dooley and his dog Jerry Lee still are active as a police team with the LAPD. However, years starting and counting Captain Roger Byers thinks they urgently need to do something with their condition. He even forces them to work with a second team: the one of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles T. Kanganis
CAST:  Jim Belushi  •  Christine Tucci  •  James Handy  •  Wade Williams

Dooley and his dog Jerry Lee still are active as a police team with the LAPD. However, years starting and counting Captain Roger Byers thinks they urgently need to do something with their condition. He even forces them to work with a second team: the one of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles T. Kanganis
CAST:  Jim Belushi  •  Christine Tucci  •  James Handy  •  Wade Williams

The Fixer (1998)

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Robert Carner
CAST:  Jon Voight  •  Brenda Bakke  •  J.J. Johnston  •  Miguel Sandoval

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Robert Carner
CAST:  Jon Voight  •  Brenda Bakke  •  J.J. Johnston  •  Miguel Sandoval

The Water Engine (1992)

In the 1930s, Charles Lang invents an engine that runs using water for fuel. But when he tries to get it patented, he is first offered a ridiculously low amount. When he refuses, he is suddenly several people are pressuring him to sell. The big oil companies don't ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steven Schachter
CAST:  William H. Macy  •  Patti LuPone  •  Charles Durning  •  John Mahoney

In the 1930s, Charles Lang invents an engine that runs using water for fuel. But when he tries to get it patented, he is first offered a ridiculously low amount. When he refuses, he is suddenly several people are pressuring him to sell. The big oil companies don't ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steven Schachter
CAST:  William H. Macy  •  Patti LuPone  •  Charles Durning  •  John Mahoney

Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981)

Ken Harrison is an artist that lives to make sculptures. One day he is involved in a car accident, and is paralyzed from his neck down. All he can do is talk and move his head, and he wants to die. Whilst he is in hospital he makes friends with some of the staff, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Badham
CAST:  Richard Dreyfuss  •  John Cassavetes  •  Christine Lahti  •  Bob Balaban

Ken Harrison is an artist that lives to make sculptures. One day he is involved in a car accident, and is paralyzed from his neck down. All he can do is talk and move his head, and he wants to die. Whilst he is in hospital he makes friends with some of the staff, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Badham
CAST:  Richard Dreyfuss  •  John Cassavetes  •  Christine Lahti  •  Bob Balaban

Lakeboat (2000)

A college student befriends various crew members while working a summer internship at sea.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe Mantegna
CAST:  Peter Falk  •  Charles Durning  •  Denis Leary  •  Robert Forster

A college student befriends various crew members while working a summer internship at sea.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe Mantegna
CAST:  Peter Falk  •  Charles Durning  •  Denis Leary  •  Robert Forster

Stars & Bars (1988)

A British art expert leaves New York to buy a long-lost Renoir from a Georgia eccentric.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pat O'Connor
CAST:  Daniel Day-Lewis  •  Harry Dean Stanton  •  Joan Cusack  •  Kent Broadhurst

A British art expert leaves New York to buy a long-lost Renoir from a Georgia eccentric.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pat O'Connor
CAST:  Daniel Day-Lewis  •  Harry Dean Stanton  •  Joan Cusack  •  Kent Broadhurst

Who Killed Atlanta's Children? (2000)

From 1979 to 1981, 29 African-American males, mostly children, were either missing or found murdered in metro Atlanta. The cases plagued the city until 1982, when Wayne Wiiliams was convicted of the murders of two adult men. Authorities then considered the other ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Robert Carner
CAST:  Jim Belushi  •  Gregory Hines  •  Shawn Doyle  •  Kenneth Welsh

From 1979 to 1981, 29 African-American males, mostly children, were either missing or found murdered in metro Atlanta. The cases plagued the city until 1982, when Wayne Wiiliams was convicted of the murders of two adult men. Authorities then considered the other ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Robert Carner
CAST:  Jim Belushi  •  Gregory Hines  •  Shawn Doyle  •  Kenneth Welsh

Hitters (2002)

A respected civic leader is caught between two rival underworld crime families on the verge of war.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eric Weston
CAST:  Robert Davi  •  Costas Mandylor  •  Joey DePinto  •  Richard C. Sarafian

A respected civic leader is caught between two rival underworld crime families on the verge of war.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eric Weston
CAST:  Robert Davi  •  Costas Mandylor  •  Joey DePinto  •  Richard C. Sarafian

Body Shot (1994)

Paparazzi photographer Mickey Dane is obsessed with elusive pop singer Chelsea, and his attempts to capture her on film often land him in trouble.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dimitri Logothetis
CAST:  Robert Patrick  •  Michelle Johnson  •  Ray Wise  •  Jonathan Banks

Paparazzi photographer Mickey Dane is obsessed with elusive pop singer Chelsea, and his attempts to capture her on film often land him in trouble.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dimitri Logothetis
CAST:  Robert Patrick  •  Michelle Johnson  •  Ray Wise  •  Jonathan Banks

Stranger by Night (1994)

Detective Bobby Corcoran and his partner, Detective Larson, are on the hunt for a vicious serial killer in this tense police thriller. As the murderous villain stalks the city streets leaving carnage in his wake, Corcoran begins to experience blackouts and sudden ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gregory Dark
CAST:  Steven Bauer  •  Jennifer Rubin  •  William Katt  •  Michael Parks

Detective Bobby Corcoran and his partner, Detective Larson, are on the hunt for a vicious serial killer in this tense police thriller. As the murderous villain stalks the city streets leaving carnage in his wake, Corcoran begins to experience blackouts and sudden ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gregory Dark
CAST:  Steven Bauer  •  Jennifer Rubin  •  William Katt  •  Michael Parks

Queens Logic (1991)

When childhood friends Al, Dennis and Eliot get together for Ray's wedding, which may or may not happen, they end up on a roller-coaster ride through reality. During one tumultuous, crazy weekend, they face adulthood and each other with new found maturity and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steve Rash
CAST:  Kevin Bacon  •  Jamie Lee Curtis  •  Linda Fiorentino  •  John Malkovich

When childhood friends Al, Dennis and Eliot get together for Ray's wedding, which may or may not happen, they end up on a roller-coaster ride through reality. During one tumultuous, crazy weekend, they face adulthood and each other with new found maturity and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steve Rash
CAST:  Kevin Bacon  •  Jamie Lee Curtis  •  Linda Fiorentino  •  John Malkovich
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