John Badham — Director (21)
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The Godchild (1974)
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John Badham actor: Jack Palance / Jack Warden …
other title: Spuren im Sand / Souren im Sand
Three Union POWs fleeing across the desert to escape both their Confederate pursuers and rampaging Apaches come across a dying woman and her infant child. They promise the woman that they will take care of the child and get it to safety, even though none of them knows anything whatsoever about children or babies.
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Floating Away (1998)
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John Badham actor: Paul Hogan / Judge Reinhold …
other title: Road Movie / Der lange Weg der Hoffnung
After losing custody of her infant child to her domineering husband, a distressed woman's cross country search for family becomes a journey of self discovery and redemption.
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Footsteps (2003)
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John Badham actor: Candice Bergen / Michael Murphy …
other title: Footsteps – Die Nacht kennt den Mörder / La casa del acantilado …
Daisy Lowendahl is a best-selling suspense novelist who finds herself at her isolated beach house with a local young fan who knows almost everything about her, and two men — one of whom may be trying to kill her, the other of whom could save her life, causing Daisy to be thrown into the middle of a real-life drama.
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Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981)
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约翰·班德汉姆 actor: 理查德·德莱福斯 / 克里斯汀·拉蒂 …
other title: 生杀大权 / 这究竟是谁的生命 …
Ken Harrison is an artist that lives to make sculptures. One day he is involved in a car accident, and is paralyzed from his neck down. All he can do is talk and move his head, and he wants to die. Whilst he is in hospital he makes friends with some of the staff, and they support him when he goes to trial to be allowed to die.
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WarGames (1983)
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John Badham actor: Matthew Broderick / Dabney Coleman …
other title: Jeux de guerre / WarGames - Kriegsspiele
High School student David Lightman has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Defense Department's war computer and initiates a confrontation of global proportions. Together with his girlfriend and a wizardly computer genius, David must race against time to outwit his opponent and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.
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The Hard Way (1991)
The Hard Way
John Badham actor: Michael J. Fox / James Woods …
other title: 小生当差 / 小生出差 …
Seeking to raise his credibility as an actor and to land a role as a tough cop on a new show, Hollywood action star Nick Lang works a deal with New York City Police Capt. Brix, who by chance is one of his fans. Nick will be paired with detective Lt. John Moss and learn how to act like a real cop. But when Nick drives John crazy with questions and imitating him, he gets in the way of John's pursuit of a serial killer.
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American Flyers (1985)
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John Badham actor: Kevin Costner / David Marshall Grant …
other title: 冲线 / 美国飞行器 …
This fine mixture of romance, humor, tears, and exciting action sequences stars Kevin Costner and David Grant as brothers struggling to win the Hell of the West — a world-class cycling competition — while trying to regain the respect and affection they once shared. Training and racing together they each fear the congenital ailment that struck down their father could suddenly strike one of them. American Flyers is a spirit-soaring spectacle.
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The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976)
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约翰·巴德姆 actor: 比利·迪·威廉姆斯 / 詹姆斯·厄尔·琼斯 …
other title: 黑棒大联盟 / Bingo Long …
Top baseball pitcher Bingo Long is fed up with how his Negro League team owner treats him, so he forms his own lineup, recruiting big-hitting Leon Carter and Charlie Snow, who dreams of playing in the majors. Boycotted by black teams, Long's outfit play minor league white teams, earning more attention as entertainers than as players. However, their success wins them a chance to play again in the Negro League, this time as equals.
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Blue Thunder (1983)
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★ 6.4 8 ratings
约翰·班德汉姆 actor: 罗伊·谢德 / 沃伦·奥茨 …
other title: 蓝霹雳 / 蓝色霹雳号 …
Los Angeles, California. Officer Murphy, a veteran Metropolitan Police helicopter pilot suffering from severe trauma due to his harsh experiences during the Vietnam War, and Lymangood, his resourceful new partner, are tasked with testing an advanced and heavily armed experimental chopper known as Blue Thunder.
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Point of No Return (1993)
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约翰·班德汉姆 actor: 布里吉特·芳达
other title: 双面女蝎星 / 舐血狂花 …
Hardened criminal Maggie Hayward's consistent violence, even in police custody, ends in the execution chamber. However, top-secret US government agent 'Bob' arranges a staged death, so Maggie can be elaborately trained as a phantom killer and subdued into obedience.
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Drop Zone (1994)
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约翰·班德汉姆 actor: 韦斯利·斯奈普斯 / 加里·布塞 …
other title: 终极特区 / 越空飞龙 …
A daring prison break from an airliner at 30,000 feet leaves U.S. Marshal Pete Nessip mourning a brother and gunning for revenge. After being ordered to turn in his badge, he seeks out Jessie Crossman, a noted skydiver, and offers to sponsor her crew for the annual Independence Day parachuting show in Washington, D.C., if she trains him. Meanwhile, the mastermind behind the mid-air jailbreak is planning a daring computer theft on Independence Day.
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WarGames (1983)
War Games
★ 7.3 38 ratings
约翰·班德汉姆 actor: 马修·布罗德里克 / 艾丽·西蒂
other title: Jeux de guerre / WarGames - Kriegsspiele …
High School student David Lightman has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Defense Department's war computer and initiates a confrontation of global proportions. Together with his girlfriend and a wizardly computer genius, David must race against time to outwit his opponent and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.