Tom McCleister

Cop and ½ (1993)

When a pint-sized 8-year-old kid witnesses a murder he offers to help the police, if they make him a cop, too. Saddled with this streetwise sidekick, a hardboiled cop is forced to take his new partner seriously as they race the clock to bring the bad guys to justice.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Winkler
CAST:  Burt Reynolds  •  Norman D. Golden II  •  Ruby Dee  •  Holland Taylor

When a pint-sized 8-year-old kid witnesses a murder he offers to help the police, if they make him a cop, too. Saddled with this streetwise sidekick, a hardboiled cop is forced to take his new partner seriously as they race the clock to bring the bad guys to justice.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Winkler
CAST:  Burt Reynolds  •  Norman D. Golden II  •  Ruby Dee  •  Holland Taylor

Cradle 2 the Grave (2003)

Gang leader Tony pulls off a major diamond heist with his crew, but cop-turned-criminal Ling knows who has the loot and responds by kidnapping Tony's daughter and holding her for ransom. Unfortunately, Tony's lost the diamonds as well. As he frantically searches ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrzej Bartkowiak
CAST:  Jet Li  •  DMX  •  Kelly Hu  •  Anthony Anderson

Gang leader Tony pulls off a major diamond heist with his crew, but cop-turned-criminal Ling knows who has the loot and responds by kidnapping Tony's daughter and holding her for ransom. Unfortunately, Tony's lost the diamonds as well. As he frantically searches ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrzej Bartkowiak
CAST:  Jet Li  •  DMX  •  Kelly Hu  •  Anthony Anderson

Dream a Little Dream 2 (1995)

Dinger and Bobby's adventure start when a pair of magical sunglasses arrive at the door. Their mundane lives in L.A. get a crazy twist-but soon enough, they've got thugs on their trail who want the valuable pair for themselves. Under hot pursuit, it's one crazy ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Lemmo
CAST:  Corey Feldman  •  Corey Haim  •  Robyn Lively  •  Stacie Randall

Dinger and Bobby's adventure start when a pair of magical sunglasses arrive at the door. Their mundane lives in L.A. get a crazy twist-but soon enough, they've got thugs on their trail who want the valuable pair for themselves. Under hot pursuit, it's one crazy ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Lemmo
CAST:  Corey Feldman  •  Corey Haim  •  Robyn Lively  •  Stacie Randall

Envy (2004)

A man becomes increasingly jealous of his friend's newfound success.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Barry Levinson
CAST:  Ben Stiller  •  Jack Black  •  Rachel Weisz  •  Christopher Walken

A man becomes increasingly jealous of his friend's newfound success.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Barry Levinson
CAST:  Ben Stiller  •  Jack Black  •  Rachel Weisz  •  Christopher Walken

Midnight Run (1988)

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A bounty hunter pursues a former Mafia accountant who embezzled $15 million of mob money. He is also being chased by a rival bounty hunter, the F.B.I., and his old mob boss after jumping bail.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Brest
CAST:  Robert De Niro  •  Charles Grodin  •  Yaphet Kotto  •  John Ashton

A bounty hunter pursues a former Mafia accountant who embezzled $15 million of mob money. He is also being chased by a rival bounty hunter, the F.B.I., and his old mob boss after jumping bail.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Brest
CAST:  Robert De Niro  •  Charles Grodin  •  Yaphet Kotto  •  John Ashton

Midnight Runaround (1994)

Bounty hunter Jack Walsh heads for a small rural community in Oklahoma to bring back a young bail jumper, only to discover that the entire town has united to defend the young man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank De Palma
CAST:  Christopher McDonald  •  Kyle Secor  •  Ed O'Ross  •  Rebecca Cross

Bounty hunter Jack Walsh heads for a small rural community in Oklahoma to bring back a young bail jumper, only to discover that the entire town has united to defend the young man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank De Palma
CAST:  Christopher McDonald  •  Kyle Secor  •  Ed O'Ross  •  Rebecca Cross

Million Dollar Baby (2004)

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Despondent over a painful estrangement from his daughter, trainer Frankie Dunn isn't prepared for boxer Maggie Fitzgerald to enter his life. But Maggie's determined to go pro and to convince Dunn and his cohort to help her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clint Eastwood
CAST:  Clint Eastwood  •  Hilary Swank  •  Morgan Freeman  •  Jay Baruchel

Despondent over a painful estrangement from his daughter, trainer Frankie Dunn isn't prepared for boxer Maggie Fitzgerald to enter his life. But Maggie's determined to go pro and to convince Dunn and his cohort to help her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clint Eastwood
CAST:  Clint Eastwood  •  Hilary Swank  •  Morgan Freeman  •  Jay Baruchel

The Pest (1997)

Fast-talking Latino con artist Pestario "Pest" Vargas is the target of Scottish mobsters to whom he owes a considerable debt. Willing to do anything to raise money and avoid severe injury or death, Vargas agrees to a very unusual job -- he will be transported to a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Miller
CAST:  John Leguizamo  •  Jeffrey Jones  •  Edoardo Ballerini  •  Pat Skipper

Fast-talking Latino con artist Pestario "Pest" Vargas is the target of Scottish mobsters to whom he owes a considerable debt. Willing to do anything to raise money and avoid severe injury or death, Vargas agrees to a very unusual job -- he will be transported to a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Miller
CAST:  John Leguizamo  •  Jeffrey Jones  •  Edoardo Ballerini  •  Pat Skipper

Twins (1988)

Julius and Vincent Benedict are the results of an experiment that would allow for the perfect child. Julius was planned and grows to athletic proportions. Vincent is an accident and is somewhat smaller in stature. Vincent is placed in an orphanage while Julius is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ivan Reitman
CAST:  Arnold Schwarzenegger  •  Danny DeVito  •  Kelly Preston  •  Chloe Webb

Julius and Vincent Benedict are the results of an experiment that would allow for the perfect child. Julius was planned and grows to athletic proportions. Vincent is an accident and is somewhat smaller in stature. Vincent is placed in an orphanage while Julius is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ivan Reitman
CAST:  Arnold Schwarzenegger  •  Danny DeVito  •  Kelly Preston  •  Chloe Webb

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DIRECTION:  Richard A. Harris
CAST:  Fred McCarren  •  Lane Smith  •  André De Shields  •  George Lindsey

Inherit the Wind (1988)

Based on a real-life case in 1925, two great lawyers argue the case for and against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Greene
CAST:  Kirk Douglas  •  Jason Robards  •  Darren McGavin  •  Jean Simmons

Based on a real-life case in 1925, two great lawyers argue the case for and against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Greene
CAST:  Kirk Douglas  •  Jason Robards  •  Darren McGavin  •  Jean Simmons

Combustion (2004)

Millwood City engineer Scott Daniels, moved from Houston, investigates a series of mysterious fires. Scott's and Lourie Harper's only son Jesse, who hated the move or dad's youth home, fakes a fever and invites his new girlfriend Carmen. She's reporter Allison ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kelly Sandefur
CAST:  Joe Lando  •  Michael Gregory  •  Michael Gross  •  Kathryn Joosten

Millwood City engineer Scott Daniels, moved from Houston, investigates a series of mysterious fires. Scott's and Lourie Harper's only son Jesse, who hated the move or dad's youth home, fakes a fever and invites his new girlfriend Carmen. She's reporter Allison ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kelly Sandefur
CAST:  Joe Lando  •  Michael Gregory  •  Michael Gross  •  Kathryn Joosten

Fletch Lives (1989)

Fletch is a fish out of water in small-town Louisiana, where he's checking out a tumbledown mansion he's inherited. When a woman he flirts with turns up dead, he becomes a suspect and must find the killer and clear his name.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Ritchie
CAST:  Chevy Chase  •  Hal Holbrook  •  Julianne Phillips  •  R. Lee Ermey

Fletch is a fish out of water in small-town Louisiana, where he's checking out a tumbledown mansion he's inherited. When a woman he flirts with turns up dead, he becomes a suspect and must find the killer and clear his name.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Ritchie
CAST:  Chevy Chase  •  Hal Holbrook  •  Julianne Phillips  •  R. Lee Ermey

Lost Souls (2000)

A young woman becomes aware of a conspiracy to enable the Devil to walk the Earth in human form. To defeat the prophesy, she must convince a respected New York crime journalist, who is devoid of faith, that he is in fact the target of the conspiracy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Janusz Kamiński
CAST:  Winona Ryder  •  Ben Chaplin  •  Sarah Wynter  •  Philip Baker Hall

A young woman becomes aware of a conspiracy to enable the Devil to walk the Earth in human form. To defeat the prophesy, she must convince a respected New York crime journalist, who is devoid of faith, that he is in fact the target of the conspiracy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Janusz Kamiński
CAST:  Winona Ryder  •  Ben Chaplin  •  Sarah Wynter  •  Philip Baker Hall

The Haunting of Seacliff Inn (1994)

Susan and Mark move to a seaside town to buy an old house and open an inn. They came to look at one house, but Susan is inexplicably drawn to another. The house is high on a cliff overlooking a lonely beach. Something eerie is going on. A scary black dog appears. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Walter Klenhard
CAST:  Ally Sheedy  •  William R. Moses  •  Louise Fletcher  •  Lucinda Weist

Susan and Mark move to a seaside town to buy an old house and open an inn. They came to look at one house, but Susan is inexplicably drawn to another. The house is high on a cliff overlooking a lonely beach. Something eerie is going on. A scary black dog appears. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Walter Klenhard
CAST:  Ally Sheedy  •  William R. Moses  •  Louise Fletcher  •  Lucinda Weist