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Cracker is a British crime drama series produced by Granada Television for ITV and created and principally written by Jimmy McGovern. The series is centered on a criminal psychologist (or "cracker"), Eddie "Fitz" Fitzgerald, played by Robbie Coltrane. Set in Manchester, it consists of three series which were originally aired from 1993 to 1995. A 100-minute special set in Hong Kong followed in 1996, and another two-hour story in 2006.
Fitz is a classic antihero, unfaithful to his wife, alcoholic, a chain smoker, obese, addicted to gambling, manic, foul-mouthed and sarcastic, and yet cerebral and brilliant. He is a genius in his speciality: criminal psychology. As Fitz confesses in "Brotherly Love": "I drink too much, I smoke too much, I gamble too much. I am too much."
Each case spanned several episodes and cliffhangers were quite often used, but it was not until the end of the second series that a cliffhanger was employed to tie off the series. Some of the plotlines in the cases took as their starting point real events such as the Hillsborough disaster, while others were purely fictional with only tangential ties to actual events.
Actors: Tim Ware (actor), Alan Tudyk (actor), Christopher Meloni (actor), John C. McGinley (actor), Henry G. Sanders (actor), James Pickens Jr. (actor), Matt Clark (actor), Brett Cullen (actor), Walter Hendrix III (actor), Toby Huss (actor), Harrison Ford (actor), Joe Inscoe (actor), Max Gail (actor), Brian Helgeland (writer), Rhoda Griffis (actress),
Plot: In 1946, Jackie Robinson is a Negro League baseball player who never takes racism lying down. Branch Rickey is a Major League team executive with a bold idea. To that end, Rickey recruits Robinson to break the unspoken color line as the first modern African American Major League player. As both anticipate, this proves a major challenge for Robinson and his family as they endure unrelenting racist hostility on and off the field, from player and fan alike. As Jackie struggles against his nature to endure such abuse without complaint, he finds allies and hope where he least expects it.
Keywords: 1940s, african-american, athlete, baseball, baseball-game, baseball-hat, baseball-movie, baseball-player, baseball-star, baseball-teamActors: Scott Butler (actor), Jules Fairley (actor), Adam Hart (producer), Adam Hart (writer), Adam Hart (editor), Adam Hart (director), Adam Hart (writer), Adam Hart (producer), Vincent Cash (actor), Jay P. Brown (actor), Christopher Hampton (actor), Christopher Hampton (actor), Scott Englehart (miscellaneous crew), Erika Harden (actor), Johnny Elizondo (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Action, Comedy, Short,Actors: Duff Smith (editor), Jonathon M.B. Hunter (actor), David Grimes (actor), David Grimes (writer), David Grimes (director), Kenneth Molen (producer), Ryan Glover (actor), Jeff Ching (miscellaneous crew), Elizabeth Romano (actress), Jeff Ching (actor), Kevin F. Brown (actor), Isaac Elliott-Fisher (actor), Isaac Elliott-Fisher (producer), Michael Jessop (actor), Olivia Le Bihan (actress),
Plot: Charlie, content coasting through life in small town Canada, wastes his days drinking with friends that he has little in common with. He dreams of being a successful musician, but his complete lack of drive prevents any progress. When he meets Sarah, who recently moved to town from the city, she opens his eyes to a world of possibilities. Reluctant to change, Charlie is forced to address the roadblocks in his life as the worlds of his past failures and his newly blossoming relationship collide.
Keywords: canada, friendship, love, small-townActors: Ann M. Doria (miscellaneous crew), Timothy Gaer (miscellaneous crew), Joey Klein (actor), Roddy Bottum (composer), Michael Tarzian (producer), Patrick J. Adams (actor), Ely Mennin (director), Kelly Czarnik (miscellaneous crew), Rich Fox (editor), Jade Carter (actor), Jessica Barth (actress), Wynter Kullman (actress), Nino Paternostro (miscellaneous crew), Matt Stasi (actor), Zorineh Hovak (costume designer),
Plot: At the end of their college years, Miller finds that he and his college buddies are growing apart as they choose different paths into the future. They are regulars at Murphy's, a popular watering hole of choice where Miller and Jim meet with their buddies and are free to vent, decompress, and talk about life.
Keywords: alcoholic, alcoholism, bar, bar-fight, bar-owner, boyfriend-girlfriend-relationship, break-up, college-graduation, ex-girlfriend, fianceeActors: Jon Voight (actor), Elise Neal (actress), Michael Rooker (actor), Bruce McGill (actor), Ving Rhames (actor), Muse Watson (actor), Robert Patrick (actor), Ric Reitz (actor), Brett Rice (actor), Macon McCalman (actor), Mark Boone Junior (actor), Don Cheadle (actor), Marc Macaulay (actor), John Williams (composer), Jon Peters (producer),
Plot: Ving Rhames stars as Mann, a drifter caught in Rosewood, a town filled with racial prejudice. He ends up aiding the surviving African-Americans escape the town, with the help of a humble store owner played by Jon Voight.
Keywords: 1920s, african-american, anal-sex, auction, bigotry, birthday-party, blacksmith, child-in-peril, death-of-mother, drunkennessActors: Timothy A. Bennett (actor), Timothy A. Bennett (editor), Timothy A. Bennett (director), Timothy A. Bennett (writer), Timothy A. Bennett (producer), Graham Elwood (producer), Graham Elwood (actor), Paul Goebel (actor), Jim Bruce (actor), Michael Hartigan (actor), Michael Hartigan (producer), Frances Callier (actress), Bruce Green (actor), Michelle McDonald (actress), Paul Turner (actor),
Genres: Comedy, History, News, Short,Actors: Dean Stockwell (writer), Dean Stockwell (director), Neil Young (actor), Sally Kirkland (actress), Russ Tamblyn (writer), Neil Young (writer), Neil Young (actor), Dennis Hopper (actor), Dennis Hopper (actor), Dean Stockwell (actor), Mark Mothersbaugh (actor), Mark Mothersbaugh (actor), Russ Tamblyn (actor), Kevin Costner (miscellaneous crew), Neil Young (director),
Plot: The new owner of a roadside diner stuck in a town built around an always leaking nuclear power plant plans to torch the place to collect insurance. However, an assortment of bizare characters and weird events (such as spaceships flying around) gets in his way.
Keywords: acid, black-comedy, surrealism, two-word-title, written-and-directed-by-cast-memberActors: Russ Meyer (producer), Russ Meyer (writer), Russ Meyer (editor), Russ Meyer (director), John Furlong (actor), Ken Swofford (actor), Jackie Moran (actor), Igo Kantor (composer), Eve Meyer (producer), George Costello (actor), Adele Rein (actress), Jack Moran (writer), Frank Bolger (actor), Alaina Capri (actress), Babette Bardot (actress),
Plot: After stealing a fortune in unclaimed jewelry, ex-detective Barney Rickert arrives at a run-down dude ranch in Arizona to hide out. When the owner, Dewey Hoople, refuses to sell the land to Rickert, he proceeds to win over the female inhabitants by seducing them one by one which leads to one refusing his advances and a dangerous game played out in which Rickert ruthlessly sets out to get what he wants.
Keywords: adult-humor, buxom, erotica, female-nudity, independent-film, nudity, sex, shooting, softcoreActors: Stanley Andrews (actor), Walter Baldwin (actor), Tex Palmer (actor), Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams (actor), Gail Patrick (actress), Ruth Warren (actress), Ted Richmond (producer), John Leipold (composer), George Archainbaud (director), Henry Batista (editor), Preston Foster (actor), Robert 'Buzz' Henry (actor), John Kellogg (actor), Ethan Laidlaw (actor), Frank O'Connor (actor),
Plot: An orphan goes to live with his uncle and cousins on the uncle's ranch, and is unable to adapt to the ranch life until he encounters and befriend a wild stallion. His uncle captures the horse, and the boy, angry with his uncle, sets the horse free and also runs away.
Keywords: horseActors: Sig Arno (actor), Ernst Behmer (actor), Louis Brody (actor), Julius Falkenstein (actor), Hugo Fischer-Köppe (actor), Heinrich George (actor), Max Gülstorff (actor), Jakob Tiedtke (actor), Aud Egede-Nissen (actress), Lupu Pick (producer), Curt J. Braun (writer), Lupu Pick (writer), Lupu Pick (director), Erich Kaiser-Titz (actor), Hadrian Maria Netto (actor),
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