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One of the best drama series from the BBC 31 August 2005
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Bonner Boys bump Broncos and Bulls 19 January 2009
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My daddy was a bank robber... 10 December 2008
Joe Don Baker - filmography
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Mars Attacks! - Blu-ray
(1996)
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening
Director: Tim Burton
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Watch now: Unavailable
This quirky science fiction comedy is a characteristic feature by iconoclastic director Tim Burton, known to moviegoers for Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, and The Nightmare Before Christmas. The storyline affectionately harkens back to the deadpan sincerity of such '50s and '60s science-fiction ..read more »
 
67%
from 602 members
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Mars Attacks!
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening
Director: Tim Burton
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
This quirky science fiction comedy is a characteristic feature by iconoclastic director Tim Burton, known to moviegoers for Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, and The Nightmare Before Christmas. The storyline affectionately harkens back to the deadpan sincerity of such '50s and '60s science-fiction ..read more »
62%
from 11,928 members
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Panther
(1995)
Starring: Ralph Ahn, Joe Don Baker, Angela Bassett
Director: Mario Van Peebles
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Panther is a semi-historic film about the origins of The Black Panther Party of Self-Defense. The movie spans about 3 years (1966-68) of the Black Panther's history in Oakland. Panther also uses historical footage (B/W) to emphasize some points
82%
from 12 members
Currently unavailable
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Congo
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Dylan Walsh, Laura Linney, Ernie Hudson
Director: Frank Marshall
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An African mountain gorilla who's been taught sign language by a young primatologist is returned to the jungles of the Congo in this adaptation of Michael Crichton's 1980 sci-fi adventure novel. During their journey they cross paths with greedy corporate scavengers searching for a hidden cache of ..read more »
53%
from 4,294 members
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GoldenEye
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean, Famke Janssen
Director: Martin Campbell
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Pierce Brosnan made his first appearance as James Bond in this action thriller, the 17th in the series (excluding the 1967 Casino Royale and the 1983 Never Say Never Again) featuring the suave British super-agent. As the story begins, Agent 007 and his partner, Agent 006 (Sean Bean), pull a daring ..read more »
69%
from 26,016 members
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Ring Of Steel
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Joe Don Baker, Carol Alt, Robert Chapin
Director: David Frost
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An accidental killing changes Olympic hopeful Alex Freyers' life after he wins a duel and is showered with money and seduction from the club's manager. Unaware of the deadly stakes, he discovers the club's dark secret and becomes entangled into a savage web where he is forced to confront the ring's ..read more »
39%
from 38 members
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Reality Bites
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Ben Stiller, Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke
Director: Ben Stiller
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Ben Stiller made his feature directing debut with Reality Bites, a fresh, irreverant romantic comedy about life and love for post-Baby-Boomers. It's graduation day, 1994, and Lelaina Pierce is taking her first, bold step into the final frontier - reality. Unfortunately, her future seems to have ..read more »
63%
from 3,506 members
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The Distinguished Gentleman
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Lane Smith, Sheryl Lee Ralph
Director: Jonathan Lynn
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Following the death of Senator Jeff Johnson, Florida conman Thomas Jefferson Johnson decides to put his name on the ballot papers and is elected into Congress. His plan to extort as much money as possible is hindered, however, when he meets political activist Celia Kirby...
60%
from 698 members
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Cape Fear
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange
Director: Martin Scorsese
Certificate: 
Martin Scorsese's remake of J. Lee Thompson's 1962 film is a stylish, taut thriller. Public defender Sam Bowden (Nick Nolte) served as the attorney for brutal rapist Max Cady (Robert De Niro) at his arraignment. Shocked by the violence of Cady's crime, Sam duplicitously withheld information ..read more »
70%
from 17,752 members
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Cape Fear - Blu-ray
(1991)
Starring: Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange
Director: Martin Scorsese
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Martin Scorsese's remake of J. Lee Thompson's 1962 film is a stylish, taut thriller. Public defender Sam Bowden (Nick Nolte) served as the attorney for brutal rapist Max Cady (Robert De Niro) at his arraignment. Shocked by the violence of Cady's crime, Sam duplicitously withheld information ..read more »
73%
from 106 members
Not available for rental
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The Living Daylights
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Timothy Dalton, Maryam d'Abo, Jeroen Krabbe
Director: John Glen
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In this installment of the James Bond series, Agent 007 (Timothy Dalton) is assigned to protect a Russian defector (Maryam d'Abo) from the KGB. When the defection proves to be an elaborate ploy, Bond woos her anyway, and together they follow a trail to a crooked American arms dealer supplying ..read more »
66%
from 12,198 members
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Final Justice
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Rossano Brazzi, Joe Don Baker
Director: Greydon Clark
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Joe Don Baker plays Geronimo, a slick South Texas sheriff who has a way with a gun. When two powerful Mafia brothers set up shop in his town, Geronimo is forced into several risky battles to get rid of them.
31%
from 41 members
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Fletch
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Chevy Chase, Tim Matheson, Joe Don Baker
Director: Michael Ritchie
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Loosely based on the book by Gregory McDonald, director Michael Ritchie's FLETCH is a laugh-out-loud comedy that features a classic performance by Chevy Chase, who stars as Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher, a crack investigative journalist who goes undercover for a story about possible connections between ..read more »
65%
from 4,050 members
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Wacko
on DVD
(1981)
Starring: Joe Don Baker, Stella Stevens, George Kennedy
Director: Greydon Clark
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This insane comedy combines the most memorable scenes from "Grease," "The Exorcist," "Alien," and "Saturday Night Fever" with a cast of lovely young ladies. It's wild comedy at its funniest.
41%
from 141 members
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Walking Tall
(1973)
Starring: Joe Don Baker, Elizabeth Hartman, Gene Evans
Director: Phil Karlson
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Watch now: Unavailable
Based on the life of Tennessee sheriff Buford Pusser whom almost single-handily cleaned up his small town of crime and corruption, but at a personal cost of his family life and nearly his own life.
66%
from 28 members
Currently unavailable
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The Outfit
(1973)
Starring: Robert Duvall, Joe Don Baker, Karen Black
Director: John Flynn
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A two-bit criminal takes on the Mafia to avenge his brother's death in this drama based on a novel by Donald E. Westlake. Earl Macklin (Robert Duvall) is a small time criminal who is released from prison after an unsuccessful bank robbery only to discover that a pair of gunmen killed his brother. ..read more »
72%
from 7 members
Currently unavailable
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Charley Varrick
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: Walter Matthau, Joe Don Baker, Felicia Farr
Director: Don Siegel
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Charley Varrick and his friends rob a small town bank. Expecting a small sum to divide amongst themselves, they are surprised to discover a very large amount of money. Quickly figuring out that the money belongs to the MOB, they must now come up with a plan to throw the MOB off their trail.
69%
from 826 members
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Junior Bonner
on DVD
(1972)
Starring: Steve McQueen, Robert Preston, Ida Lupino
Director: Sam Peckinpah
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Sam Peckinpah eschews his slow-motion bullet ballets for this quiet character study of ex-rodeo cowboy turned drifter Junior Bonner (Steve McQueen), who returns home to Arizona to reconcile with the family he hasn't seen in years. Bonner is shocked to see that the solid family he was hoping to come ..read more »
60%
from 373 members
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Cool Hand Luke
on DVD
(1967)
Starring: Paul Newman, George Kennedy, Dennis Hopper
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
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Paul Newman was nominated for an Oscar and George Kennedy received one for his work in this allegorical prison drama. Luke Jackson (Paul Newman) is sentenced to a stretch on a southern chain gang after he's arrested for drunkenly decapitating parking meters. While the avowed ambition of the captain ..read more »
78%
from 7,643 members
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Cool Hand Luke - Blu-ray
(1967)
Starring: Paul Newman, Ralph Waite, Clifton James
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
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In this classic Southern prison drama, social misfit Lucas Luke Jackson (Paul Newman) is incarcerated for a petty crime and sentenced to a chain gang. Luke is a sullen and laconic young man whose cool defiance of the sadistic warden and bullying inmates earns him the title Cool Hand Luke. But as ..read more »
78%
from 1,051 member
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Joe Don Baker facts
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... beautiful Joanne Whalley into the limelight), and joined by the ever watchable Joe Don Baker.
I hadn't watched this since it first aired in the eighties and I was please...
