Paul Drake

Beverly Hills Cop (1984)

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A freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Brest
CAST:  Eddie Murphy  •  Judge Reinhold  •  John Ashton  •  Lisa Eilbacher

A freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Brest
CAST:  Eddie Murphy  •  Judge Reinhold  •  John Ashton  •  Lisa Eilbacher

Crackers (1984)

Garvey is a San Francisco pawnshop operator. His unemployed and criminal friends Dillard, Turtle and Weslake, team up with Boardwalk, a local pimp, to burgle Garvey's shop while the owner is out of town. During the elaborate planning process, Dillard falls for a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Louis Malle
CAST:  Donald Sutherland  •  Jack Warden  •  Sean Penn  •  Wallace Shawn

Garvey is a San Francisco pawnshop operator. His unemployed and criminal friends Dillard, Turtle and Weslake, team up with Boardwalk, a local pimp, to burgle Garvey's shop while the owner is out of town. During the elaborate planning process, Dillard falls for a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Louis Malle
CAST:  Donald Sutherland  •  Jack Warden  •  Sean Penn  •  Wallace Shawn

Sudden Impact (1983)

When a young rape victim takes justice into her own hands and becomes a serial killer, it's up to Dirty Harry Callahan, on suspension from the SFPD, to bring her to justice.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clint Eastwood
CAST:  Clint Eastwood  •  Sondra Locke  •  Pat Hingle  •  Bradford Dillman

When a young rape victim takes justice into her own hands and becomes a serial killer, it's up to Dirty Harry Callahan, on suspension from the SFPD, to bring her to justice.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clint Eastwood
CAST:  Clint Eastwood  •  Sondra Locke  •  Pat Hingle  •  Bradford Dillman

Murder: By Reason of Insanity (1985)

A married couple from Poland emigrates to the U.S.,. but things don't turn out as well as they had imaged. The husband's business fails, while his wife's career really takes off. The husband, unable to cope with the pressures of his failed business, his failing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony Page
CAST:  Candice Bergen  •  Jürgen Prochnow  •  Hector Elizondo  •  Eli Wallach

A married couple from Poland emigrates to the U.S.,. but things don't turn out as well as they had imaged. The husband's business fails, while his wife's career really takes off. The husband, unable to cope with the pressures of his failed business, his failing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony Page
CAST:  Candice Bergen  •  Jürgen Prochnow  •  Hector Elizondo  •  Eli Wallach

Blackout (1985)

A police officer suspects that a local husband and father who has recently undergone facial surgery because of injuries received in a car accident is in reality the same man who committed a quadruple murder several years before.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Douglas Hickox
CAST:  Keith Carradine  •  Kathleen Quinlan  •  Richard Widmark  •  Michael Beck

A police officer suspects that a local husband and father who has recently undergone facial surgery because of injuries received in a car accident is in reality the same man who committed a quadruple murder several years before.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Douglas Hickox
CAST:  Keith Carradine  •  Kathleen Quinlan  •  Richard Widmark  •  Michael Beck

City Dragon (1982)

A cop who became deaf as the result of a fight tries to break up a drug ring run by bikers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harry Falk
CAST:  Gil Gerard  •  Bernie Casey  •  Wings Hauser  •  Mimi Rogers

A cop who became deaf as the result of a fight tries to break up a drug ring run by bikers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harry Falk
CAST:  Gil Gerard  •  Bernie Casey  •  Wings Hauser  •  Mimi Rogers

Poker Alice (1987)

She's a New Orleans gambler with a poker face no man can resist. And when she unwittingly wins a "house of ill repute" in a high-stakes card game, things start moving like a runaway train.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Allan Seidelman
CAST:  Elizabeth Taylor  •  Tom Skerritt  •  George Hamilton  •  Richard Mulligan

She's a New Orleans gambler with a poker face no man can resist. And when she unwittingly wins a "house of ill repute" in a high-stakes card game, things start moving like a runaway train.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Allan Seidelman
CAST:  Elizabeth Taylor  •  Tom Skerritt  •  George Hamilton  •  Richard Mulligan

Midnight Cabaret (1990)

A Broadway producer puts on a play with a Devil character in it. Soon the actors begin having nightmares, and events that are mentioned in the play really start happening.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pece Dingo
CAST:  Lisa Hart Carroll  •  Michael Des Barres  •  Paul Drake  •  Laura Harrington

A Broadway producer puts on a play with a Devil character in it. Soon the actors begin having nightmares, and events that are mentioned in the play really start happening.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pece Dingo
CAST:  Lisa Hart Carroll  •  Michael Des Barres  •  Paul Drake  •  Laura Harrington

Dying Time (1990)

Horror film where a man returns to the town he was born in and things aren't what they seem.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Allan Kuskowski
CAST:  Jimmy Stathis  •  Deborah Downey  •  Paul Drake

Horror film where a man returns to the town he was born in and things aren't what they seem.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Allan Kuskowski
CAST:  Jimmy Stathis  •  Deborah Downey  •  Paul Drake