John Trent

Find the Lady (1976)

Two hoodlums, Trigger (Mickey Rooney) & Leo (Dick Emery) are hired by the unscrupulous J.K. (Peter Cook) to kidnap his niece Victoria (Alexandra Bastedo). The daughter of a wealthy businessman has been kidnapped, and the chief of police, under a lot of pressure to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Trent
CAST:  John Candy  •  Mickey Rooney  •  Peter Cook  •  Lawrence Dane

Two hoodlums, Trigger (Mickey Rooney) & Leo (Dick Emery) are hired by the unscrupulous J.K. (Peter Cook) to kidnap his niece Victoria (Alexandra Bastedo). The daughter of a wealthy businessman has been kidnapped, and the chief of police, under a lot of pressure to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Trent
CAST:  John Candy  •  Mickey Rooney  •  Peter Cook  •  Lawrence Dane

It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time (1975)

Sweeney is a playwright on a career decline. He spends much of his time wheedling money and beer out of his artistic friend Moriarty. One of his few highlights is weekly sex with his ex-wife Georgia. She is remarried to a rich but vile construction developer, but ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Trent
CAST:  Anthony Newley  •  Stefanie Powers  •  Isaac Hayes  •  Lloyd Bochner

Sweeney is a playwright on a career decline. He spends much of his time wheedling money and beer out of his artistic friend Moriarty. One of his few highlights is weekly sex with his ex-wife Georgia. She is remarried to a rich but vile construction developer, but ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Trent
CAST:  Anthony Newley  •  Stefanie Powers  •  Isaac Hayes  •  Lloyd Bochner

Middle Age Crazy (1980)

A married man is turning forty and that's when the midlife crisis hits ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Trent
CAST:  Ann-Margret  •  Bruce Dern  •  Graham Jarvis  •  Deborah Wakeham

A married man is turning forty and that's when the midlife crisis hits ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Trent
CAST:  Ann-Margret  •  Bruce Dern  •  Graham Jarvis  •  Deborah Wakeham

Sunday in the Country (1974)

Three vicious thugs are on the run in rural America after robbing a local bank. They seek refuge at the home of a reclusive farmer, but he is prepared for their arrival and holds them at gunpoint. Unable to let them simply wait for the law, he decides to take them ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Trent
CAST:  Ernest Borgnine  •  Michael J. Pollard  •  Hollis McLaren  •  Louis Zorich

Three vicious thugs are on the run in rural America after robbing a local bank. They seek refuge at the home of a reclusive farmer, but he is prepared for their arrival and holds them at gunpoint. Unable to let them simply wait for the law, he decides to take them ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Trent
CAST:  Ernest Borgnine  •  Michael J. Pollard  •  Hollis McLaren  •  Louis Zorich

The Bushbaby (1969)

The young daughter of a park ranger in Tanzania is distressed to learn that she and her father must permanently return to England, thus separating her from the one thing she loves most, a pet Bushbaby. Fearing what the future holds she decides to set the pet free ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Trent
CAST:  Margaret Leclere  •  Louis Gossett Jr.  •  Donald Houston  •  Laurence Naismith

The young daughter of a park ranger in Tanzania is distressed to learn that she and her father must permanently return to England, thus separating her from the one thing she loves most, a pet Bushbaby. Fearing what the future holds she decides to set the pet free ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Trent
CAST:  Margaret Leclere  •  Louis Gossett Jr.  •  Donald Houston  •  Laurence Naismith

Freddie the Freeloader's Christmas Dinner (1981)

Freddie the Freeloader sets out to have Xmas dinner in a very expensive New York restaurant with his good friend, the Professor. Along the way he stops in a hospital to entertain some children on Xmas. Red Skelton does a couple of songs on his own & a duet with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Trent
CAST:  Red Skelton  •  Vincent Price  •  Imogene Coca

Freddie the Freeloader sets out to have Xmas dinner in a very expensive New York restaurant with his good friend, the Professor. Along the way he stops in a hospital to entertain some children on Xmas. Red Skelton does a couple of songs on his own & a duet with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Trent
CAST:  Red Skelton  •  Vincent Price  •  Imogene Coca

Best Revenge (1984)

When his best friend is kidnapped and held for ransom by a drug kingpin, an American hustler embarks on a suicide mission to smuggle four million dollars worth of hashish out of Morocco.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Trent
CAST:  John Heard  •  Levon Helm  •  Alberta Watson  •  Stephen McHattie

When his best friend is kidnapped and held for ransom by a drug kingpin, an American hustler embarks on a suicide mission to smuggle four million dollars worth of hashish out of Morocco.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Trent
CAST:  John Heard  •  Levon Helm  •  Alberta Watson  •  Stephen McHattie

Homer (1970)

Homer is 18... and he wants to keep the feeling of the first time going for the rest of his life  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Trent
CAST:  Don Scardino  •  Alex Nichol  •  Tisa Farrow  •  Lenka Peterson

Homer is 18... and he wants to keep the feeling of the first time going for the rest of his life  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Trent
CAST:  Don Scardino  •  Alex Nichol  •  Tisa Farrow  •  Lenka Peterson

The Man Who Wanted to Live Forever (1970)

A famous heart surgeon finds out that a medical research foundation is being used for shady and illegal purposes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Trent
CAST:  Stuart Whitman  •  Sandy Dennis  •  Burl Ives  •  Tom Harvey

A famous heart surgeon finds out that a medical research foundation is being used for shady and illegal purposes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Trent
CAST:  Stuart Whitman  •  Sandy Dennis  •  Burl Ives  •  Tom Harvey

Crossbar (1979)

The story of an Olympic high jumper, played by Brent Carver, who loses his leg and yet doggedly persists in his pursuit of athletic glory. Released a year before Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope, this made-for-Canadian-TV movie, which also stars Sex and the City's Kim ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Trent
CAST:  Brent Carver  •  Kim Cattrall  •  John Ireland  •  Kate Reid

The story of an Olympic high jumper, played by Brent Carver, who loses his leg and yet doggedly persists in his pursuit of athletic glory. Released a year before Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope, this made-for-Canadian-TV movie, which also stars Sex and the City's Kim ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Trent
CAST:  Brent Carver  •  Kim Cattrall  •  John Ireland  •  Kate Reid