Movies by John Badham
As part of the cast:
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Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007)
Cast: William Castle, Roger Corman, Diane Baker …
Directed by: Jeffrey Schwarz
This documentary celebrates the work of independent horror movie producer William Castle, who marketed his 1950s-era films with gimmicks such as giving audience members life insurance…
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Evel Knievel (2004)
Cast: George Eads, Connor Price, Thomas Price …
Directed by: John Badham
Legendary daredevil Robbie "Evel" Knievel (George Eads, oozing bravado) is profiled in this action-packed biopic helmed by John Badham. Long before extreme sports became ubiquitous, the…
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Footsteps (2003)
Cast: Candice Bergen, Bryan Brown, Michael Murphy …
Directed by: John Badham
After killing off her most popular character, phobia-plagued novelist Daisy Lowendahl (Candice Bergen) retreats to her beach house, only to discover she isn't alone in director John…
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Brother's Keeper (2002)
Cast: Jeanne Tripplehorn, Corin Nemec, Leland Orser …
Directed by: John Badham
Although she quit the police force years ago, Lucinda Pond (Jeanne Tripplehorn) reluctantly returns to assist with a reopened, unsolved serial killer case she had worked on in the past.…
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Obsessed (2002)
Cast: Jenna Elfman, Sam Robards, Kate Burton …
Directed by: John Badham
Jenna Elfman is Ellena Roberts, a woman who's accused of a crime and presents her side to her lawyer, Sara Miller (Kate Burton). Prosecutors say Roberts has an eerie obsession with her…
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The Jack Bull (1999)
Cast: John Cusack, John Goodman, L.Q. Jones …
Directed by: John Badham
John Cusack stars as honest Wyoming horse rancher Myrl Redding, who sacrifices it all in a quest for justice. When a land baron (L.Q. Jones) erects a tollgate to keep Redding's horses…
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Incognito (1997)
Cast: Jason Patric, Irène Jacob, Ian Richardson …
Directed by: John Badham
Harry Donovan (Jason Patric) is an ace art forger who specializes in high-priced fake Rembrandts. Before he leaves the counterfeiting business to become a legitimate painter, Harry takes on…
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Nick of Time (1995)
Cast: Johnny Depp, Christopher Walken, Charles S. Dutton …
Directed by: John Badham
Just off the train in Los Angeles, unassuming accountant Gene Watson (Johnny Depp) and his 6-year-old daughter (Courtney Chase) get drawn into a conspiracy to snuff California's governor…
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Drop Zone (1994)
Cast: Wesley Snipes, Gary Busey, Yancy Butler …
Directed by: John Badham
The action drops from the sky -- literally -- in director John Badham's airborne adventure. Tough U.S. marshal Pete Nessip's (Wesley Snipes) brother is killed while transporting…
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Point of No Return (1993)
Cast: Bridget Fonda, Gabriel Byrne, Dermot Mulroney …
Directed by: John Badham
In this American remake of La Femme Nikita, cop killer Maggie Hayward (Bridget Fonda) is on death row. After the government stages her execution by lethal injection, she wakes up to an…
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Another Stakeout (1993)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Rosie O'Donnell …
Directed by: John Badham
In this uproarious sequel, Chris Lecce (Richard Dreyfuss) and his partner Bill Reimers (Emilio Estevez) are back -- this time, accompanied by a woman from the district attorney's office…
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The Hard Way (1991)
Cast: Michael J. Fox, James Woods, Stephen Lang …
Directed by: John Badham
This buddy-action comedy mocks its genre. Actor Michael J. Fox needs to get under a cop's skin to research an upcoming role, and he picks an irritable New York City hard case (James…
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Bird on a Wire (1990)
Cast: Mel Gibson, Goldie Hawn, David Carradine …
Directed by: John Badham
Attorney Marianne Graves (Goldie Hawn) is shocked to learn that former fiancé Rick Jarmin (Mel Gibson), assumed dead for 15 years, has actually been in the Witness Protection Program…
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Stakeout (1987)
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Madeleine Stowe …
Directed by: John Badham
Convinced that an escaped convict is headed for his ex-girlfriend's home, a pair of detectives stake out her apartment in this buddy-cop comedy. The watch remains fairly routine ...…
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Short Circuit (1986)
Cast: Ally Sheedy, Steve Guttenberg, Fisher Stevens …
Directed by: John Badham
After a lightning bolt zaps a robot named Number 5, the lovable machine starts to think he's human and escapes the lab. Hot on his trail is his designer, Newton (Steve Guttenberg), who…
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American Flyers (1985)
Cast: Kevin Costner, Rae Dawn Chong, Luca Bercovici …
Directed by: John Badham
Sports physician Marcus (Kevin Costner) convinces his estranged brother David (David Marshall Grant) to train and compete in a long-distance bicycle race across the Colorado Rockies. Family…
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Blue Thunder (1983)
Cast: Roy Scheider, Warren Oates, Candy Clark …
Directed by: John Badham
While testing an experimental high-tech helicopter ostensibly created to quash potential terrorism at the Olympics, chopper pilot Frank Murphy hijacks the craft when he learns its true…
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WarGames (1983)
Cast: Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood …
Directed by: John Badham
After cracking the security of an Air Force supercomputer, young hacker David Lightman (Matthew Broderick) moves his piece in a seemingly innocent video game and accidentally tells the…
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Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981)
Cast: Bob Balaban, John Cassavetes, Richard Dreyfuss …
Directed by: John Badham
Sculptor Ken Harrison (Richard Dreyfuss) is paralyzed in a car accident and left unable to do anything but speak. Now, he just wants to die, but no one will allow it, including his doctor…
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Dracula (1979)
Cast: Frank Langella, Laurence Olivier, Donald Pleasence …
Directed by: John Badham
Seeking refuge in the home of a doctor and his daughter, seductive shipwreck survivor Dracula works his deadly magic on a nubile houseguest. Soon the vampire hunter Van Helsing is called to…
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Saturday Night Fever (1977)
Cast: John Travolta, Karen Lynn Gorney, Karen Gorney …
Directed by: John Badham
Director John Badham's musical ushered in the disco craze with the character of 19-year-old Tony Manero (John Travolta). By day, Tony's a paint store clerk, but at night he's a…
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The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings (1976)
Cast: Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones, Richard Pryor …
Directed by: John Badham
In director John Badham's congenial comedy, baseballers Bingo Long (Billy Dee Williams) and Leon Carter (James Earl Jones) lead a group of fellow black players defecting from the Negro…