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Joe Don Baker
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Joe Don Baker - what members say
review by from Brighton, England
One of the best drama series from the BBC 31 August 2005
review by from Andover, Hampshire England
Bonner Boys bump Broncos and Bulls 19 January 2009
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Silly - but in a nice, inoffensive way 30 May 2011
Joe Don Baker - filmography
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The Grass Harp
(1998)
Starring: Joe Don Baker, Sissy Spacek, Mary Steenburgen
Director: Charles Matthau
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Edward Furlong stars in this adaptation of a Truman Capote novella. Following the death of his mother, Collin Fenwick (Furlong) goes to live with his two maiden aunts. He prefers the sweet-natured Dolly (Piper Laurie) to the self-centred Vera (Sissy Spacek), and sides with the former when she ..read more »
 
50%
from 154 members
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Mars Attacks! - Blu-ray
(1996)
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening
Director: Tim Burton
Certificate: 
Watch now: Unavailable
When Martians arrive on planet Earth, American President James Dale (Jack Nicholson) is persuaded to extend the hand of friendship. One of the President's advisers, Donald Kessler (Pierce Brosnan), has been studying the aliens, and is keen to make peaceful contact. However, the Martians gleefully ..read more »
67%
from 805 members
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Mars Attacks!
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening
Director: Tim Burton
Certificate:
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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 »
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from 12,961 members
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Congo
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Joe Don Baker, Laura Linney, Ernie Hudson
Director: Frank Marshall
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Amy the gorilla is being returned to the jungle after being part of a university experiment. Following her home is a group including a professor, an electronics expert, a guide and an explorer, amongst others. They are following her because they know that the animal will lead them to the lost city ..read more »
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from 4,395 members
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GoldenEye - Blu-ray
(1995)
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean, Famke Janssen
Director: Martin Campbell
Certificate: 
The effortlessly suave and sophisticated Pierce Brosnan makes his acclaimed debut as Agent 007 in this rip-roaring espionage thriller featuring the most eye-popping opening sequence yet. When an MI6 agent (Sean Bean) turns rogue and plans world domination with a terrifying satellite-borne weapon, ..read more »
82%
from 18 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 26,709 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
84%
from 14 members
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Ring Of Steel
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Robert Chapin, Joe Don Baker, Darlene Vogel
Director: David Frost
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After killing a man in a fencing competition, Alex Freyer finds that he is being watched by a mysterious man who runs an underground sword-fighting competition for the benefit of big-betting hoods. The fights go to the death, so there are no stakes higher than at this club.
39%
from 39 members
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The Underneath
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Joe Don Baker, Elisabeth, Elisabeth Shue
Director: Steven Soderbergh
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Steven Soderbergh directs this thriller starring Peter Gallagher as Michael Chambers, a charming drifter who returns home after leaving years earlier under a cloud of gambling debts and indiscretions. Following his homecoming, he becomes embroiled in a desperate and very dangerous deal in an ..read more »
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from 109 members
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Complex Of Fear
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Joe Don Baker, Chelsea Field, Hart Bochner
Director: Brian Grant
Certificate: 
Police officer Ray Dolan and his wife Michelle are residents in a luxury apartment block in the close-knit Wood Side community. They lead an ordinary married life, and are happy to live among such good neighbours. But everything changes when a rapist starts striking in the area and Ray is assigned ..read more »
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from 54 members
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Reality Bites
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Winona Ryder, Joe Don Baker, Ben Stiller
Director: Ben Stiller
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This film was one of the more mainstream offerings in the array of films that emphasized the overly hyped Generation X phenomenon, a list that ranges from Slacker to Singles and includes a host of other films. Winona Ryder stars as Lelaina, a recent college graduate. Out on her own and independent ..read more »
63%
from 3,710 members
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The Distinguished Gentleman
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Victoria Rowell, Joe Don Baker, Lane Smith
Director: Jonathan Lynn
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Eddie Murphy stars as small-time con man Thomas Jefferson, who decides that politics is where the big money is. Running for senator in place of a recently-deceased candidate with the same name, Jefferson heads for Washington with a few of his con-artist pals as staff, and soon stirs up Congress ..read more »
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from 746 members
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Cape Fear
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Illeana Dou, Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte
Director: Martin Scorsese
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Martin Scorsese's remake of Cape Fear provided the director with a box-office success to follow up the critical success of the previous year's Goodfellas. After serving a lengthy prison sentence for a sexual assault, Max Cady (Robert De Niro) comes calling on the man who served as his public ..read more »
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from 18,475 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 the classic 1961 thriller. Tattooed psychopath Max Cady (Robert De Niro) has spent his 14-year prison term fermenting his bitterness towards attorney Sam Bowden (Nick Nolte), whom he blames for his incarceration. Upon his release Cady sets out to destroy the already ..read more »
72%
from 249 members
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The Living Daylights - Blu-ray
(1987)
Starring: Timothy Dalton, Maryam d'Abo, Jeroen Krabbe
Director: John Glen
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Timothy Dalton plays James Bond for the first time, leaving behind the high camp of the Roger Moore years for a relatively straight reading of the famous secret agent. The action this time sees Bond running around various exotic spots (Gibraltar, Afghanistan) in pursuit of a couple of seedy dealers ..read more »
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from 2 members
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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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Timothy Dalton plays James Bond for the first time, leaving behind the high camp of the Roger Moore years for a relatively straight reading of the famous secret agent. The action this time sees Bond running around various exotic spots (Gibraltar, Afghanistan) in pursuit of a couple of seedy dealers ..read more »
66%
from 12,582 members
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Fletch
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Joe Don Baker, Richard Libertini, Chevy Chase
Director: Michael Ritchie
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Fletch (Chevy Chase), a newspaper reporter with a talent for disguise, is working undercover to catch some drug traffickers when he meets wealthy businessman Stanwyk (Tim Matheson). Claiming to be suffering from terminal cancer, Stanwyk asks Fletch to engineer a break-in to his mansion and bump him ..read more »
66%
from 4,216 members
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Final Justice
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Joe Don Baker, Rossano Brazzi
Director: Greydon Clark
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Violent cop movie in which the sheriff of a small Texan town locks horns with two Italian mobsters. When his deputy and a co-worker are murdered by two Italian brothers, local sheriff Thomas Jefferson Geronimo III (Joe Don Baker) sets out on their trail, leading him to Malta. After returning to the ..read more »
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from 44 members
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Wacko
on DVD
(1981)
Starring: Joe Don Baker, Jeff Altman, Stella Stevens
Director: Greydon Clark
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Detective Dick Harbinger (Jon Don Baker) has one hell of a criminal in his sights, the pumpkin headed Lawnmower Killer, in this comedy spoof of various late 70s movies. As Dick attempts to track down the killer he is eventually lead back to the High School Pumpkin Prom where the murderer first ..read more »
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from 150 members
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Walking Tall
(1973)
Starring: Joe Don Baker, Elizabeth Hartman, Gene Evans
Director: Phil Karlson
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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.
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from 32 members
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Charley Varrick
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: Benson Fong, Norman Fell, Joe Don Baker
Director: Don Siegel
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Don Siegel directed this offbeat crime thriller which stars Walter Matthau as the titular Charley Varrick. Varrick is a small-time stick-up man who, in tandem with his partner Harman Sullivan (Andrew Robinson), makes plans to rob a small bank in New Mexico. Varrick and Sullivan are expecting a ..read more »
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from 894 members
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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 »
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from 8 members
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Junior Bonner
on DVD
(1972)
Starring: Barbara Leigh, Joe Don Baker, 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 »
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from 399 members
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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.
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