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John Saxon
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John Saxon - what members say
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Good, but not the classic it is made out to be 17 February 2006
John Saxon - filmography
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War Wolves
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: John Saxon, Natasha Alam, Alex Ballar
Director: Michael Worth
Certificate: 
Sci-fi thriller starring John Saxon as Tony Ford, leader of a special forces unit assigned to hunt down Jake Gabriel (Michael Worth), a soldier who has returned to the United States after becoming infected with a werewolf virus that turns men into wolves. Little does Ford know, however, that three ..read more »
 
37%
from 227 members
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God's Ears
(2008)
Starring: Margot Farley, Michael Worth, John Saxon
Director: Michael Worth
Certificate: 
An autistic boxer and a nomadic stripper form a tenuous friendship that helps them both to better understand the world that appears to have left them both behind. Noah Connelly (Michael Worth) is an aspiring boxer from Oakland, California. Most of Noah's days are spent cleaning the floors at his ..read more »
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Trapped Ashes
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: John Saxon, Ryo Ishibashi, Lara Harris
Director: Joe D, Sean S. Cunningham
Certificate: 
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Horror following a group of strangers who get trapped in an infamous haunted mansion belonging to a Hollywood movie set. In order to be released from the house, they must each tell horrifying stories about their personal lives. Directors Joe Dante, Ken Russell, Sean S. Cunningham, Monte Hellman and ..read more »
40%
from 202 members
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Wes Craven's New Nightmare
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: David Newson, John Saxon, Matt Winston
Director: Wes Craven
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A coda to the 'Nightmare on Elm Street' series that, written and directed by the creator Wes Craven, mixes fact and fiction to scare us witless. Craven and his producer play themselves, persuading the now grown up Heather Langenkamp (of the first film) to return to Elm Street one more time. She and ..read more »
59%
from 4,536 members
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Beverly Hills Cop 3 - Blu-ray
(1994)
Starring: John Saxon, Eugene Collier, Jon Tenney
Director: John Landis
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Classic comedy starring Eddie Murphy. Axel (Murphy)'s boss is gunned down in a bungled raid in Detroit, and Axel swears to catch the killers. The trail leads him once again to Beverly Hills, this time to a huge theme park run by the head of a private security firm. After many capers, it transpires ..read more »
57%
from 4 members
Due for release on 3rd June 2013
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Beverly Hills Cop 3
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: John Saxon, Eugene Collier, Jon Tenney
Director: John Landis
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Classic comedy starring Eddie Murphy. Axel (Murphy)'s boss is gunned down in a bungled raid in Detroit, and Axel swears to catch the killers. The trail leads him once again to Beverly Hills, this time to a huge theme park run by the head of a private security firm. After many capers, it transpires ..read more »
60%
from 9,926 members
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No Escape, No Return
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: John Saxon, Maxwell Caulfield, Dustin Nguyen
Director: Charles T. Kanganis
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Three of the LAPD's best cops are sent undercover to break up one of the city's biggest drug rings. They take the rap when a mass shoot-out claims a number of police and civilian casualties, and $100,000 goes missing. The fight is on to clear their names as well as wipe the crimelords from the streets.
30%
from 14 members
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Animal Instincts
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: John Saxon, Mitch Gaylord, Shannon Whirry
Director: A. Gregory Hippolyte
Certificate:
David Cole (Maxwell Caulfield) is a cop whose marriage is suffering through his inability to satisfy his sexually rapacious wife, Joanne. Only when he catches Joanne having sex with a stranger does David become aroused, and the couple start to indulge in voyeuristic love games, Joanne seducing a ..read more »
49%
from 173 members
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Hell Master
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: David Emge, John Saxon, Edward Stevens
Director: Douglas Schulze
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Horror about a psychotic college professor (John Saxon) who uses unwitting students as laboratory rats, injecting them with a drug that mutates them into gory killers. The film begins on a college campus in the late 60s where the mad professor once performed murderous atrocities under the aegis of ..read more »
38%
from 82 members
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Maximum Force
(1991)
Starring: John Saxon, Sherrie Rose, Jason Lively
Director: Joseph Merhi
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A powerful crime lord rules L.A. unhindered, until three renegade cops join forces to take him on. Sam Jones, John Saxon, Sherri Rose and Mickey Rooney star.
43%
from 71 members
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The Last Samurai
(1990)
Starring: Duncan Regehr, John Saxon, Lance Henriksen
Director: Paul Mayersberg
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On the pretence of a business trip, Japanese multi-millionaire Yasujiro Endo journeys to the African nation of Imtazi. In reality, Endo is on a personal mission - a quest to find the truth about a Samurai ancestor who disappeared in Africa two centuries ago and perhaps to find the true spirit of ..read more »
53%
from 1,438 member
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 3
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: John Saxon, Laurence Fishburne, Laurence Fishburne
Director: Charles Russell
Certificate:
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This second sequel to 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' features the return of Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp) from the first film, now a psychiatric doctor. Nancy teams up with Dr Neil Goldman when a group of teenagers at his hospital begin to suffer a shared nightmare, and soon realizes that child ..read more »
61%
from 6,534 members
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Zombie Death House
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Dennis Cole, Anthony Franciosa, Dennis Cole
Director: John Saxon
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John Saxon directs this 1980s zombie horror. When Vietnam veteran Derek Keillor (Dennis Cole) is framed for murder by his mafia boss Vic Moretti (Anthony Franciosa), he is put on death row in a particularly grim prison run by corrupt warden Hagan (Alex Courtney). In league with government agent ..read more »
43%
from 94 members
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Tenebrae
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: John Saxon, Anthony Franciosa, Daria Nicolodi
Director: Dario Argento
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King of Grand-Guignol bloodbaths Dario Argento directs this notorious horror flick from 1982. Peter Neil (Anthony Franciosa) is a mystery writer in Rome to promote his new novel. His stay is disturbed by a crazed maniac who begins a terrifying murder spree, stuffing his victims' mouths with pages ..read more »
60%
from 2,158 members
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 1
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: John Saxon, Robert Englund, Lin Shaye
Director: Wes Craven
Certificate:
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Debut film for everyone's favourite psychotic slasher, Freddy Krueger. When American teenager Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp) begins to suffer from nightmares, she discovers that many of her friends are having similarly disturbed nights' sleep. Their dreams are haunted by the hideously scarred ..read more »
68%
from 13,796 members
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Tenebrae - Blu-ray
(1984)
Starring: John Saxon, Anthony Franciosa, Daria Nicolodi
Director: Dario Argento
Certificate:
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King of Grand-Guignol bloodbaths Dario Argento directs this notorious horror flick from 1982. Peter Neil (Anthony Franciosa) is a mystery writer in Rome to promote his new novel. His stay is disturbed by a crazed maniac who begins a terrifying murder spree, stuffing his victims' mouths with pages ..read more »
64%
from 266 members
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A Nightmare on Elm Street - Blu-ray
(1984)
Starring: John Saxon, Robert Englund, Lin Shaye
Director: Wes Craven
Certificate:
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Debut film for everyone's favourite psychotic slasher, Freddy Krueger. When American teenager Nancy Thompson (Heather Langenkamp) begins to suffer from nightmares, she discovers that many of her friends are having similarly disturbed nights' sleep. Their dreams are haunted by the hideously scarred ..read more »
71%
from 862 members
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Wrong Is Right
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: John Saxon, Leslie, Rosalind Cash
Director: Richard Brooks
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Patrick Hale (Sean Connery) is a star reporter whose investigation of an international terrorist organisation uncovers possible links with the US government. Also involved are a group of arms dealers, some religious fanatics and a warmongering general - factors which, when combined, look set to ..read more »
46%
from 175 members
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Battle Beyond the Stars
(1980)
Starring: Richard Thomas, Robert Vaughn, John Saxon
Director: Jimmy T. Murakami
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Science-fiction tale about the harmless inhabitants of the planet Akir, whose tranquility is suddenly threatened by a wicked tyrant who plans to take over their planet. To prevent this, a noble young man sets out to find a few good soldiers who will help him defeat the cruel overlord. Will the ..read more »
68%
from 97 members
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Beyond Evil
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: John Saxon, Michael Dante
Director: Herb Freed
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When a couple move into their new home, they disturb the spirit of an old lady (Janice Lynde), a former inhabitant. The ghost does not take kindly to intruders. Also with John Saxon and directed by Herb Freed.
34%
from 660 members
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The Electric Horseman
on DVD
(1979)
Starring: John Saxon, Jane Fonda, Valerie Perrine
Director: Sydney Pollack
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A cowboy-turned-huckster unexpectedly finds love as he tries to regain his self-respect in this romantic comedy drama. Sonny Steele (Robert Redford) is a one-time rodeo star whose career as a cowboy has ground to a halt. He makes a good living as a spokesman for Ranch Breakfast, a sugar-coated ..read more »
61%
from 472 members
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Fast Company
(1979)
Starring: William Smith, Claudi Jennings, John Saxon
Director: David Cronenberg
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Though known for his thinking-person's horror flicks, director David Cronenberg provides a realistic, compelling portrait of the race car circuit in FAST COMPANY. Lonnie "Lucky Man" Johnson (William Smith) knows that his sponsor, Fast Company Motor Oil, wants to let him go in favor of a younger, ..read more »
48%
from 9 members
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The Swiss Conspiracy
(1975)
Starring: John Saxon, Elke Sommer, David Janssen
Director: Jack Arnold
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1970s crime thriller starring David Janssen, Senta Berger, John Saxon, John Ireland and Elke Sommer. When Swiss bank owner Johann Hurtil (Ray Milland) brings in American security consultant David Christopher (Janssen) to find out who is responsible for blackmailing his bank by exposing sensitive ..read more »
46%
from 27 members
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Black Christmas
on DVD
(1974)
Starring: Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder
Director: Bob Clark
Certificate:
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Bob Clark's festive tale of fear and massacres is often hailed as the first of the slasher movies, and pre-dates 'Halloween' by 4 years. A group of young sisters (including Olivia Hussey and Margot Kidder) find themselves having to stay in their sorority house over the Christmas break. However, ..read more »
58%
from 2,783 members
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Mister Kingstreet's War
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: John Saxon, Tippi Hedren, Rossano Brazzi
Director: Percival Rubens
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South African drama set at the beginning of the Second World War when the competing English and Italian armies raise the ire of the proprietors of a local wildlife reserve. American couple James Kingstreet (John Saxon) and Maggie (Tippi Hedren) run a reserve that is awkwardly located between ..read more »
70%
from 1 member
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Enter the Dragon
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: John Saxon, Bruce Lee, Ahna Capri
Director: Robert Clouse
Certificate:
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One of the most popular kung fu films ever, and perhaps the peak of the famed Bruce Lee's career, Enter the Dragon achieved success by presenting a series of superbly staged fighting sequences with a minimum of distractions. The story finds Lee as a martial-arts expert determined to help capture ..read more »
71%
from 12,949 members
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Enter the Dragon - Blu-ray
(1973)
Starring: John Saxon, Bruce Lee, Ahna Capri
Director: Robert Clouse
Certificate:
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This was kung fu legend Bruce Lee's last film and it finds him at his fighting best - some of his moves were so fast that the cameraman was unable to capture them on regular speed film. Lee plays a secret agent who is sent to infiltrate a martial arts tournament presided over by a one-handed super-..read more »
79%
from 1,855 member
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Joe Kidd
on DVD
(1972)
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Robert Duvall, John Saxon
Director: John Sturges
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Clint Eastwood plays a drunken tracker coerced by American business tycoon Robert Duvall to go in search of Mexican agitator John Saxon. Scripted by renowned crime writer Elmore Leonard.
61%
from 1,755 member
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Joe Kidd - Blu-ray
(1972)
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Robert Duvall, John Saxon
Director: John Sturges
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Clint Eastwood plays a drunken tracker coerced by American business tycoon Robert Duvall to go in search of Mexican agitator John Saxon. Scripted by renowned crime writer Elmore Leonard.
50%
from 1 member
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Journey To A Hanging
on DVD
(1967)
Starring: John Saxon, Stuart Whitman, Henry Silva
Director: Vincent McEveety
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Episode one of the 1960s American western series, following the adventures of Marshal Jim Crown (Stuart Whitman). In this episode, outlaw Ace Coffin (Henry Silva) commits a murder in the Cimarron jail and Jim Crown must track him down and bring him to justice. He does this with the help of Screamer,..read more »
55%
from 14 members
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Queen Of Blood
on DVD
(1966)
Starring: Basil Rathbone, John Saxon, Judi Meredith
Director: Curtis Harrington
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Low-budget sci-fi horror. In the year 1990, a team of astronauts are on a mission when their ship receives an alien distress call from Mars. After investigating, they find a strange, green-skinned, seemingly female alien survivor. As the crew heads back to Earth, their cargo soon reveals herself to ..read more »
40%
from 87 members
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The Appaloosa
on DVD
(1966)
Starring: Marlon Brando, Anjanette Comer, Anjanette Comer
Director: Sidney J. Furie
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Marlon Brando plays Matt Fletcher a bone-weary saddle trap, tired of life on the range who wants to settle down and breed horses. His dream is shattered when the prize Appaloosa stallion is stolen by a Mexican bandit.
57%
from 124 members
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Night Caller - Colour Version
on DVD
(1965)
Starring: John Saxon, Maurice Denham, Patricia Haines
Director: John Gilling
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The inhabitants Ganymede need to find mates from another world or they will become extinct. They soon discover a suitable breeding stock amongst the females of planet Earth. After receiving an unusually high number of reports of missing women, policeman Detective Hartley (Alfred Burke) begins to ..read more »
61%
from 25 members
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Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
(1962)
Starring: James Stewart, Maureen O'Hara, Fabian
Director: Henry Koster
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When grumpy grandpa Roger Hobbs (James Stewart) suggests a quiet vacation to his lovely wife Peggy (Maureen
O’Hara), he’s thinking of a romantic break for just the two of them. What he gets, however, is something quite
different! Before he knows what’s happening, Peggy has organised a full family ..read more »
64%
from 31 members
Due for release on 29th July 2013
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War Hunt
on DVD
(1962)
Starring: Sydney Pollack, John Saxon, Anthony Ray
Director: Denis Sanders
Certificate: 
Classic war drama. No one is a better soldier than Private Raymond Endore (John Saxon), at least in his own mind. Stationed in Korea as the conflict between the United States and the divided peninsula is coming to an end, Endore sleeps while his platoon works to gear up for his nightly patrols of ..read more »
49%
from 98 members
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Posse From Hell
on DVD
(1961)
Starring: John Saxon, Zohra Lampert, Audie Murphy
Director: Herbert Coleman
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Western adapted for the screen by Clair Huffaker from his 1958 novel. A gang of outlaws wreak havoc in a town called Paradise, killing a number of the townspeople and taking local girl Helen (Zohra Lampert) hostage. It is left to gunslinger Banner Cole (Audie Murphy) to head a team of citizens ..read more »
65%
from 26 members
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Portrait in Black
(1960)
Starring: Lana Turner, Anthony Quinn, Richard Basehart
Director: Michael Gordon
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Wanting to be free of her crippled husband but not his enormous fortune, a glamorous wife talks her lover, who is also her spouse's personal physician, into injecting poison into the ailing industrialist. This crime melodrama chronicles the chain of events that leads to the murderous lovers' ..read more »
20%
from 5 members
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This Happy Feeling
(1958)
Starring: Debbie Reynolds, Curd Jürgens, John Saxon
Director: Blake Edwards
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On a stormy night, young woman asks another guest at party to rescue her from her lecherous boss and take her to the train station. When her rescuer suggests that she stop at his place to get out of her wet clothes, she dashes from his car. The door she knocks on for help is the home of a retired ..read more »
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Mario Bava - Vol. 1
(5 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Boris Karloff, John Saxon, Cameron Mitchell
Director: Mario Bava
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This collection contains three stylish works by Italian director Mario Bava. 'Black Sunday' (1960), based on the short story, 'The Viy' stars Barbara Steele as Princess Asa, a high priestess of Satan who is executed by having a spiked mask hammered into her face. Before she dies, she vows revenge ..read more »
66%
from 478 members
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...s is my favourite Bruce Lee film of them all and I love the character played by John Saxon too. Definately a classic and if you are a newbie to martial arts, I would sugg...
