José Pérez

Miami Blues (1990)

After Junior is released from prison, he plans on starting a new life in Miami. But when he kills a man in the airport, he flees the scene and finds Susie, a mild-mannered prostitute searching for stability. The two opposites become romantically involved, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Armitage
CAST:  Alec Baldwin  •  Jennifer Jason Leigh  •  Fred Ward  •  Cecilia Pérez-Cervera

After Junior is released from prison, he plans on starting a new life in Miami. But when he kills a man in the airport, he flees the scene and finds Susie, a mild-mannered prostitute searching for stability. The two opposites become romantically involved, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Armitage
CAST:  Alec Baldwin  •  Jennifer Jason Leigh  •  Fred Ward  •  Cecilia Pérez-Cervera

Stick (1985)

After getting out of jail, car thief Ernest "Stick" Stickley witnesses the murder of his friend Rainy during a drug deal. To avoid getting killed by the same people, who work for mobster Chucky, Stick gets a job as a chauffeur for millionaire Barry Braham and lies ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Burt Reynolds
CAST:  Burt Reynolds  •  Candice Bergen  •  George Segal  •  Charles Durning

After getting out of jail, car thief Ernest "Stick" Stickley witnesses the murder of his friend Rainy during a drug deal. To avoid getting killed by the same people, who work for mobster Chucky, Stick gets a job as a chauffeur for millionaire Barry Braham and lies ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Burt Reynolds
CAST:  Burt Reynolds  •  Candice Bergen  •  George Segal  •  Charles Durning

The Mask of Zorro (1998)

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It has been twenty years since Don Diego de la Vega fought Spanish oppression in Alta California as the legendary romantic hero, Zorro. Having escaped from prison he transforms troubled bandit Alejandro into his successor, in order to foil the plans of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Campbell
CAST:  Antonio Banderas  •  Anthony Hopkins  •  Catherine Zeta-Jones  •  Stuart Wilson

It has been twenty years since Don Diego de la Vega fought Spanish oppression in Alta California as the legendary romantic hero, Zorro. Having escaped from prison he transforms troubled bandit Alejandro into his successor, in order to foil the plans of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Campbell
CAST:  Antonio Banderas  •  Anthony Hopkins  •  Catherine Zeta-Jones  •  Stuart Wilson

A Life in the Balance (1955)

A widower's young son leads the police to a killer of sinners in Mexico City.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rafael Portillo  •  Harry Horner
CAST:  Ricardo Montalban  •  Anne Bancroft  •  Lee Marvin  •  José Pérez

A widower's young son leads the police to a killer of sinners in Mexico City.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rafael Portillo  •  Harry Horner
CAST:  Ricardo Montalban  •  Anne Bancroft  •  Lee Marvin  •  José Pérez

The Burning Season (1994)

Based on the true story of a Brazilian rubber tapper who leads his people in protest against government and developers, who want to cut down their part of the rainforest for a new road and ranch land. The rich and the powerful will stop at nothing, and frequently ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Frankenheimer
CAST:  Sônia Braga  •  Raúl Juliá  •  Carmen Argenziano  •  Luis Guzmán

Based on the true story of a Brazilian rubber tapper who leads his people in protest against government and developers, who want to cut down their part of the rainforest for a new road and ranch land. The rich and the powerful will stop at nothing, and frequently ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Frankenheimer
CAST:  Sônia Braga  •  Raúl Juliá  •  Carmen Argenziano  •  Luis Guzmán

Night-Flowers (1979)

Two Vietnam vets, Tom and Nordi, live sad lives in a crumbling New Jersey city. Sharing a one room apartment, they talk about their inability to hold down real work, struggle to get noticed at the VA and fail to connect with women. This changes for Tom when he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Louis San Andres
CAST:  Gabriel Walsh  •  José Pérez  •  Sabra Jones  •  Angel Lindbergh

Two Vietnam vets, Tom and Nordi, live sad lives in a crumbling New Jersey city. Sharing a one room apartment, they talk about their inability to hold down real work, struggle to get noticed at the VA and fail to connect with women. This changes for Tom when he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Louis San Andres
CAST:  Gabriel Walsh  •  José Pérez  •  Sabra Jones  •  Angel Lindbergh

The Godchild (1974)

Three Union POWs fleeing across the desert to escape both their Confederate pursuers and rampaging Apaches come across a dying woman and her infant child. They promise the woman that they will take care of the child and get it to safety, even though none of them ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Badham
CAST:  Jack Palance  •  Jack Warden  •  Keith Carradine  •  Ed Lauter

Three Union POWs fleeing across the desert to escape both their Confederate pursuers and rampaging Apaches come across a dying woman and her infant child. They promise the woman that they will take care of the child and get it to safety, even though none of them ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Badham
CAST:  Jack Palance  •  Jack Warden  •  Keith Carradine  •  Ed Lauter

Off and Running (1991)

Cyndi Lauper stars as a performing mermaid in a Miami nightclub who ends up on the wrong end of a murder. On the run carrying a locket that people seem to be getting killed for, she runs into an ex-golfer and a wisecracking kid who might just be able to bail her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ed Bianchi
CAST:  Cyndi Lauper  •  David Keith  •  Johnny Pinto  •  David Thornton

Cyndi Lauper stars as a performing mermaid in a Miami nightclub who ends up on the wrong end of a murder. On the run carrying a locket that people seem to be getting killed for, she runs into an ex-golfer and a wisecracking kid who might just be able to bail her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ed Bianchi
CAST:  Cyndi Lauper  •  David Keith  •  Johnny Pinto  •  David Thornton

One Shoe Makes it Murder (1982)

Robert Mitchum stars as a down-and-out ex-cop whose entanglement with a shady casino owner leaves him one step behind a killer in the mystery One Shoe Makes It Murder. Soon after the Nevada Gaming Commission suspends his casino license, gambling czar Carl Charnock ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Hale
CAST:  Robert Mitchum  •  Angie Dickinson  •  Mel Ferrer  •  José Pérez

Robert Mitchum stars as a down-and-out ex-cop whose entanglement with a shady casino owner leaves him one step behind a killer in the mystery One Shoe Makes It Murder. Soon after the Nevada Gaming Commission suspends his casino license, gambling czar Carl Charnock ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Hale
CAST:  Robert Mitchum  •  Angie Dickinson  •  Mel Ferrer  •  José Pérez

Courage (1986)

A mother in Queens, New York, outraged when she discovers that her son is a drug addict, becomes an undercover agent for the DEA to clean up the drug trade in her neighborhood. Based on a true story.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeremy Kagan
CAST:  Sophia Loren  •  Billy Dee Williams  •  Hector Elizondo  •  Val Avery

A mother in Queens, New York, outraged when she discovers that her son is a drug addict, becomes an undercover agent for the DEA to clean up the drug trade in her neighborhood. Based on a true story.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeremy Kagan
CAST:  Sophia Loren  •  Billy Dee Williams  •  Hector Elizondo  •  Val Avery

Short Eyes (1977)

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A young man who is charged with child molestation is placed in New York City’s infamous Tombs prison. When the other inmates in his cell block find out what he is charged with, life becomes extremely difficult for him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert M. Young
CAST:  Bruce Davison  •  José Pérez  •  Nathan George  •  Don Blakely

A young man who is charged with child molestation is placed in New York City’s infamous Tombs prison. When the other inmates in his cell block find out what he is charged with, life becomes extremely difficult for him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert M. Young
CAST:  Bruce Davison  •  José Pérez  •  Nathan George  •  Don Blakely

Steambath (1973)

Tandy, Merideth and assorted others unexpectedly wake up in a steambath with no easy exit. After spending some time there, it becomes clear that the steambath is a sort of Afterlife, where indifferent souls come to tell their stories to God who happens to be the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Burt Brinckerhoff
CAST:  Bill Bixby  •  Stephen Elliott  •  Herb Edelman  •  Valerie Perrine

Tandy, Merideth and assorted others unexpectedly wake up in a steambath with no easy exit. After spending some time there, it becomes clear that the steambath is a sort of Afterlife, where indifferent souls come to tell their stories to God who happens to be the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Burt Brinckerhoff
CAST:  Bill Bixby  •  Stephen Elliott  •  Herb Edelman  •  Valerie Perrine

Lord Help Us (2007)

Comedy about faith and family directed by Shavar Ross. When a recently widowed Baptist preacher (Bill Toliver) loses the respect of his congregation over rumors of his impending marriage to a woman 45 years younger, best friends hatch a plan to help him regain his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shavar Ross
CAST:  Joe Clair  •  Nadia Turner  •  Bill Toliver  •  Margaret Avery

Comedy about faith and family directed by Shavar Ross. When a recently widowed Baptist preacher (Bill Toliver) loses the respect of his congregation over rumors of his impending marriage to a woman 45 years younger, best friends hatch a plan to help him regain his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shavar Ross
CAST:  Joe Clair  •  Nadia Turner  •  Bill Toliver  •  Margaret Avery

The Sting II (1983)

Hooker and Gondorf pull a con on Macalinski, an especially nasty mob boss with the help of Veronica, a new grifter. They convince this new victim that Hooker is a somewhat dull boxer who is tired of taking dives for Gondorf. There is a ringer. Lonigan, their victim ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeremy Kagan
CAST:  Jackie Gleason  •  Mac Davis  •  Teri Garr  •  Karl Malden

Hooker and Gondorf pull a con on Macalinski, an especially nasty mob boss with the help of Veronica, a new grifter. They convince this new victim that Hooker is a somewhat dull boxer who is tired of taking dives for Gondorf. There is a ringer. Lonigan, their victim ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeremy Kagan
CAST:  Jackie Gleason  •  Mac Davis  •  Teri Garr  •  Karl Malden

Born to Win (1971)

A smart-mouthed junkie and a former hairdresser spends his days looking for just "one more fix".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ivan Passer
CAST:  Robert De Niro  •  George Segal  •  Paula Prentiss  •  Karen Black

A smart-mouthed junkie and a former hairdresser spends his days looking for just "one more fix".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ivan Passer
CAST:  Robert De Niro  •  George Segal  •  Paula Prentiss  •  Karen Black

We Were Strangers (1949)

China Valdes joins the Cuban underground after her brother is killed by the chief of the secret police, Ariete. She meets and falls in love with American expatriate Tony Fenner. Tony develops a plan to tunnel under the city's cemetery to a plot owned by a high ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Huston
CAST:  Jennifer Jones  •  John Garfield  •  Gilbert Roland  •  Ramon Novarro

China Valdes joins the Cuban underground after her brother is killed by the chief of the secret police, Ariete. She meets and falls in love with American expatriate Tony Fenner. Tony develops a plan to tunnel under the city's cemetery to a plot owned by a high ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Huston
CAST:  Jennifer Jones  •  John Garfield  •  Gilbert Roland  •  Ramon Novarro

The Young Savages (1961)

A district attorney investigates the racially charged case of three teenagers accused of the murder of a blind Puerto Rican boy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Frankenheimer
CAST:  Burt Lancaster  •  Dina Merrill  •  Edward Andrews  •  Vivian Nathan

A district attorney investigates the racially charged case of three teenagers accused of the murder of a blind Puerto Rican boy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Frankenheimer
CAST:  Burt Lancaster  •  Dina Merrill  •  Edward Andrews  •  Vivian Nathan