Don JohnsonFilmography

Born to Be a Star

Actors: Nick Swardson, Christina Ricci, Stephen Dorff, Don Johnson, Edward Herrmann

Synopsis: Adam Sandler produces Columbia Pictures comedy starring Nick Swardson as a schlub from nowhere who heads out West to become a porn star after finding out his parents were ones themselves. The Hot Chick's Tom Brady directs from a script by Sandler and Swardson. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide Read More

Torno a Vivere da Solo

Actors: Jerry Calà, Tosca d'Aquino, Enzo Iacchetti, Don Johnson

Lange Flate Ballaer II: I Kongens Klaer

Synopsis: The goofy Norwegian farce Long Flat Balls II concerns a group of ne'er-do-well Norwegian misfits - all employed by Ed's Garage - who submit themselves to a week of National Guard training. Unfortunately, this just happens to coincide with the arrival of NATO soldiers undergoing routine training Read More

Moondance Alexander

Actors: Kay Panabaker, Don Johnson, Lori Loughlin, Sasha Cohen, James Best, Whitney Sloan

Synopsis: As the sun rises on yet another uneventful summer, a spirited teen named Moondance Alexander finds her life taking an unexpected turn thanks to the appearance of a pinto pony named Checkers that appears to have leapt clear over the walls of his paddock. Always keen to do the right thing, Moondance Read More

Just Legal [TV Series]

Actors: Don Johnson, Jay Baruchel, Jaime Lee Kirchner

Synopsis: Debuting September 19, 2005, the weekly, hour-long WB courtroom drama Just Legal starred Don Johnson as Grant Cooper, a once-prominent and well-connected attorney who, after bungling a high-profile case and losing his client to death row, quickly went on the skids, ending up in a seedy law office Read More

Word of Honor

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Don Johnson, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Sharon Lawrence, John Heard, Arliss Howard

Synopsis: A man is called by the military to defend himself against long-ago charges of criminal misconduct in this made-for-cable drama based on a novel by Nelson DeMille. Ben Tyson (Don Johnson) has done well for himself 30 years after his tour of duty in Vietnam -- he's a successful businessman and Read More

Goodbye Lover

Actors: Patricia Arquette, Dermot Mulroney, Ellen DeGeneres, Mary-Louise Parker, Don Johnson

Synopsis: A darkly comic whodunit about greed, deceit, and romantic deception, Goodbye Lover stars Patricia Arquette as Sandra, a seemingly moral and obsessively cheerful woman who sells real estate and is fascinated by the movie The Sound Of Music. But Sandra has a secret; while she's married to Jake (Dermot Mulroney Read More

CBS: The First 50 Years

Actors: Adam Arkin, Ed Bradley, Carol Burnett, David Copperfield, Roma Downey

Synopsis: This two-hour TV entertainment special takes a surface skim (95 minutes minus commercials and promos) over the history of CBS, quickly skipping past decades of CBS radio to concentrate on CBS television from the late '40s to the present. It features more than a dozen hosts (Adam Arkin, Ed Bradley, Carol Burnett Read More

Tin Cup

Actors: Kevin Costner, Rene Russo, Cheech Marin, Don Johnson, Dennis Burkley

Synopsis: Roy McAvoy (Kevin Costner) is a talented golf pro, who owns his own driving range. That sounds impressive, but the reality is quite different. While it's true that Roy is indeed a talented golfer and does own a driving range, it is in a tiny, unheard of Texas backwater. With almost no customers Read More

Nash Bridges: Season 01

Actors: Don Johnson, Cheech Marin

In Pursuit of Honor

Actors: Don Johnson, Craig Sheffer, Gabrielle Anwar, Bob Gunton, Rod Steiger

Synopsis: Actor Ken Olin directed this real-life story of five American Calvary soldiers who took a stand against General Douglas MacArthur and fought his 1930s plan to trade men on horses for tanks. After defying a direct order to destroy their horses, the men find themselves on the wrong side of military Read More

Guilty As Sin

Actors: Rebecca De Mornay, Don Johnson, Stephen Lang, Jack Warden, Dana Ivey

Synopsis: Sidney Lumet directed this Larry Cohen-scripted courtroom procedural that owes more than it should to Jagged Edge. Jennifer Haines (Rebecca De Mornay), one of the top female lawyers in the country and flush from the success of defending a gangster, has a new client to defend. A suave ladies man in Read More

Born Yesterday

Actors: Melanie Griffith, John Goodman, Don Johnson, Edward Herrmann, Max Perlich

Synopsis: This 1993 remake of the 1950 film Born Yesterday (based on the 1946 Garson Kanin stage play) was retooled as a star vehicle for then-marrieds Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson. Roughneck self-made millionaire Harry Brock (John Goodman) wants to become a powerful Washington lobbyist. Brock's efforts Read More

Paradise

Actors: Melanie Griffith, Don Johnson, Elijah Wood, Thora Birch, Sheila McCarthy

Synopsis: Mary Agnes Donohue adapted her French success Le Grand Chemin for this American version, reworked as a vehicle for Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson. Paradise is a coming-of-age story about a 10-year-old boy named Willard (Elijah Wood), who is sent by his mother to stay with her best friend Lily (Melanie Griffith Read More

Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man

Actors: Mickey Rourke, Don Johnson, Chelsea Field, Daniel Baldwin, Tom Sizemore

Synopsis: Mickey Rourke and Don Johnson star in this buddy-buddy futuristic action movie. Rourke is Harley Davidson, a biker with the Halloween-costume garb of a leather jacket, short haircut, earring, and a scar. Johnson joins Rourke in the trick-or-treating as Marlboro, an ex-rodeo rider wearing a cowboy Read More

Tales of the Unexpected

Synopsis: This video is made up of four mini-thrillers from a popular television anthology series. The first is "People Don't Do Such Things," about a soured marriage; "Youth from Vienna," centering on a fountain of youth that gives unexpected results; "Skeleton in the Cupboard," about a man with a terrible Read More

The Hot Spot

Actors: Don Johnson, Virginia Madsen, Jennifer Connelly, Charles Martin Smith, Bill Sadler

Synopsis: This hard-boiled throwback to the film noir dramas of the 1940s and '50s is directed by filmmaker and actor Dennis Hopper, based on the novel Hell Hath No Fury by Charles Williams. Don Johnson stars as Harry Madox, a drifter who settles in a small Texas town and begins secretly setting small Read More

American Red Cross Emergency Test

Synopsis: This medical instructional video is produced by the American Red Cross. Taking the viewer first through a twenty-question test on proper procedures for life-threatening medical emergencies, with an included test score card, the video then shows the recommended medical procedures for each depicted Read More

Dead Bang

Actors: Don Johnson, Penelope Ann Miller, William Forsythe, Bob Balaban, Frank Military

Synopsis: A police detective (Don Johnson), whose job is the only thing he has left in his life, must investigate the murder of a fellow officer. He follows the trail and is shocked to find a white-supremacist conspiracy in the process. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

Sweet Hearts Dance

Actors: Don Johnson, Susan Sarandon, Jeff Daniels, Elizabeth Perkins, Kate Reid

Synopsis: This gentle comedy drama explores aspects of love and relationships by featuring two parallel tales, both occurring in the same Vermont town. In one, the boredom faced by a married pair of high-school sweethearts leads to the destruction of their marriage. At the same time, their closest friend Read More

Miami Vice: Season 05

Actors: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Edward James Olmos

Synopsis: The fifth and final season of the ultrahip crime series Miami Vice opens with a 2-parter resolving the incredible cliffhanger from Season Four. A blow on the head had caused Dade County vice cop Sonny Crockett (Don Johnson) to assume the identity of his undercover alter ego Sonny Burnett, and Read More

Miami Vice: Season 04

Actors: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Edward James Olmos

Synopsis: Season Four of Miami Vice marks the first of several appearances by singer Sheena Easton in the role of recording star Caitlin Davies, with whom Dade County undercover vice cop Sonny Crockett (Don Johnson) falls in love in the episode "Like a Hurricane"--and to whom he is abruptly wed in the very Read More

Don Johnson: Heartbeat

Miami Vice: Season 03

Actors: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Edward James Olmos

Synopsis: Season Three of the too-hip-for-the-room crime series Miami Vice opens with a bang as the beloved Ferrari of Dade County undercover vice cop Sonny Crockett (Don Johnson) is accidentally blown up. This, however, proves easier to take than the jolt delivered to Crockett's partner Ricardo Tubbs Read More

G.I. Joe: The Movie

Synopsis: In this animated children's film, G. I. Joe and his friends must defend the world when it is threatened by Golobulus and his evil COBRA team. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

The Long, Hot Summer

Actors: Don Johnson, Jason Robards, Jr., Cybill Shepherd, Ava Gardner, Judith Ivey

Synopsis: The made-for-TV The Long Hot Summer was based on the 1958 theatrical film of the same name-which, in turn, was based on two William Faulkner short stories. Don Johnson plays Ben Quick, a Southern drifter who is under suspicion as a "barn burner." Ben secures a job at the Mississippi mansion of Read More

Miami Vice: Season 02

Actors: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Edward James Olmos

Synopsis: Sonny Crockett (Don Johnson) and Ricardo Tubbs (Philip Michael Thomas), Dade County's coolest undercover vice cops, are back for more MTV-influenced adventures as Miami Vice begins its second season. Though there'd been friction between the two main characters in season one, their teaming is a Read More

Cease Fire

Actors: Don Johnson, Lisa Blount, Robert F. Lyons, Richard Chaves, Rick Richards

Synopsis: In a thought-provoking treatment of the deep-rooted turmoil of war veterans, debut director (David Nutter) has fashioned a fast-paced story about Vietnam vet Tim Murphy (Don Johnson) and his struggle to regain both self-respect and emotional equilibrium. Tim suffers from nightmares, and there is Read More

Miami Vice: Season 01

Actors: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Edward James Olmos, Saundra Santiago, Olivia Brown, John Diehl, Michael Talbott

Synopsis: Season one of Miami Vice finds New York-bred vice cop Ricardo Tubbs (Philip Michael Thomas) newly arrived at the Miami-Dade PD, in pursuit of the drug kingpin who murdered his brother. Reluctantly teamed with maverick undercover detective Sonny Crockett (Don Johnson), Tubbs is not a little Read More

Soggy Bottom USA

Synopsis: Set during Prohibition in a tiny Southern town filled with colorful characters, this all-star comedy follows the exploits of a hard-working sheriff who tries his darnedest to keep things peaceful and above board. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Melanie

Actors: Glynnis O'Connor, Burton Cummings, Paul Sorvino, Trudy Young, Don Johnson

Synopsis: An Arkansas woman (Glynnis O'Connor) decides to journey to California to rescue her son from her ex-husband (Don Johnson). While there, she meets a down-and-out rock star (Burton Cummings, from the Guess Who), and the couple's relationship inspires the confidence both of them need. ~ John Bush Read More

The Two Lives of Carol Letner

Synopsis: In this drama, an ex-hooker reluctantly accepts an undercover assignment for the cops and returns to her old stomping grounds. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Elvis and the Beauty Queen

Synopsis: TV movies dealing with Elvis Presley are always good for a few vital extra rating points, and Elvis and the Beauty Queen was no exception to this rule. The King, here played by Don Johnson, is first seen here at the age of 37. Elvis falls in love with 21-year-old Miss Universe contestant Linda Read More

Revenge of the Stepford Wives

Synopsis: According to the NBC publicity packet, the made-for-TV Revenge of the Stepford Wives was "based on characters created by Ira Levin" -- specifically, those characters created by Levin for his fantasy-suspense novel The Stepford Wives, which was transformed into a theatrical film in 1975. On this Read More

From Here to Eternity [TV Series]

Actors: Barbara Hershey, William Devane, Kim Basinger, Don Johnson

Beulah Land

Actors: Lesley Ann Warren, Michael Sarrazin, Eddie Albert, Meredith Baxter-Birney, Hope Lange

Synopsis: Beulah Land is an edited, movie-length version of the three-part TV miniseries adaptation of Lonnie Coleman's multi-part novels. The film is set in the Old South, with a time span ranging from 1827 to the postwar Reconstruction Era. Lesley Ann Warren stars as Sarah Kendrick, young belle of the Read More

From Here to Eternity: Crossroads and Secrets

Synopsis: When Sgt. Warden is transferred to a combat unit, he turns down his officer's commission, putting himself in danger. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

From Here to Eternity: Pearl Harbor

Synopsis: While Hawaii is under military alert due to the bombing of a ship, a man's mysterious death is investigated by his brother. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

From Here to Eternity: Island and Homecoming

Synopsis: When Sgt. Warden, on Honolulu, hears of high numbers of casualties he attempts to join his men. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

From Here to Eternity: Aftermath and Revenge

Synopsis: Sgt. Warden, while having an affair with a major's wife, begins a personal vendetta against the major. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill

Actors: Henry Gibson, Tanya Tucker

Synopsis: Director Joel Schumacher makes like Robert Altman in the made-for-TV Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill. In the tradition of Altman's Nashville, Schumacher's film is a rambling, anecdotal study of an amateur talent show in a tawdry Southern saloon. The link between the two films is Read More

The Rebels

Synopsis: The Rebels was the second "Operation Prime Time" miniseries to be based on author John Jakes' Kent Family Chronicles (the first was The Bastard). The saga of Philip Kent (Andrew Stevens), illegitimate son of a British blueblood, picks up with Kent fighting in the Continental Army during the Read More

Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold

Actors: Kim Basinger

Synopsis: Kim Basinger was best known as a model when she starred in the made-for-TV Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold. She plays a green-as-grass Texas teenager who wins a beauty contest. Armed with nothing more than delusions, Basinger heads to Hollywood to become a star. As given away by the film's title, Ms. Basinger Read More

First, You Cry

Synopsis: NBC correspondent Betty Rollin's book about her own mastectomy, First You Cry, was adapted for television by Carmen Culver. Mary Tyler Moore plays Ms. Rollins, who discovers after her breast surgery that her "loving" husband (Anthony Perkins) is a cad who can't withstand the pressure of living Read More

The Two-Five

Synopsis: This 1978 TV movie was the first of two pilots for a cop series titled--yes--Two-Five The title refers to a woebegone Big City precinct where all the malcontents and misfits on the force are transferred. The latest arrivals at Two-Five are undercover cops Don Johnson ("introduced" in the ad copy Read More

Ski Lift to Death

Actors: Suzy Chaffee, Clu Gulager, Veronica Hamel, Don Johnson, Deborah Raffin

Synopsis: The most surprising aspect of the made-for-TV Ski Lift to Death is that it wasn't produced by Irwin Allen. Two ski-lift gondolas derail, hanging perilously close to destruction. Among the passengers are a former gangster and the hit man assigned to kill him. Also on board are a pair of champion Read More

Cover Girls

Actors: Jayne Kennedy, Cornelia Sharpe, Don Galloway

Synopsis: Cover Girls isn't really a Charlie's Angels rip-off. Honest! Look: there are three girls in Charlie's Angels and only two girls (Jayne Kennedy and Cornelia Sharpe) in Cover Girls. Besides, the Angels are private eyes, working on behalf of boss John Forsythe; the Cover Girls are fashion models Read More

The City

Synopsis: Originally made for television, a psychotic with a grudge is gunning for a country singer, and two Los Angeles detectives must stop the killer before he strikes. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

The Streets of San Francisco: Hot Dog

Synopsis: Detective Mike Stone (Karl Malden) is none too thrilled when his daughter Jeannie (Darlene Carr) falls in love with charismatic but recklessly irresponsible motorcycle cop Larry Wilson (played by superstar-in-the-making Don Johnson). This plot device ultimately links up with a second storyline Read More

Law of the Land

Synopsis: Charles Martin Smith and Don Johnson highlight the cast of this TV movie about a prostitute-stalking serial killer plaguing the Old West. Johnson and Smith play tough lawmen who set out to capture the murderer. ~ Michael Hastings, All Movie Guide Read More

Return to Macon County

Actors: Nick Nolte, Don Johnson, Robin Mattson, Robert Viharo, Eugene Daniels

Synopsis: When they're just out for fun, the fun turns foul for two wild guys who head down Georgia way where they run into trouble with the law, Georgia style. This is the first film effort for actor Nick Nolte. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

A Boy and His Dog

Actors: Don Johnson, Susanne Benton, Tiger, Tim McIntire, Jason Robards, Jr.

Synopsis: Based on the novella by Harlan Ellison, A Boy and His Dog is set in a post-apocalyptic future where canned goods are used as currency and where entertainment often consists of old porn reels. Vic (Don Johnson) is a violent, illiterate scavenger, principally interested in getting laid. He Read More

The Harrad Experiment

Actors: Tippi Hedren, James Whitmore

Synopsis: In The Harrad Experiment, young men and women attend Harrad College for what is essentially a one-year "control group" trial in pre-marital sex, to be overseen by Prof. Philip Tenhausen (James Whitmore) and his wife, Margaret (Tippi Hedren). Although initially paired off for the first month, they Read More

Zachariah

Actors: Don Johnson, Doug Kershaw, John Rubinstein

Synopsis: This western is permeated with the culture of the early '70s; it features contributions by writers for the Firesign Theatre, a counter-culture comedy troupe of the period, as well as music from groups such as The James Gang, Doug Kershaw, White Lightening and others--a rock/folk/country fusion. Read More

The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart

Actors: Don Johnson, Linda Gillin, Michael Greer, Diane Hull, Holly Near

Synopsis: Don Johnson makes his acting debut in this way-out take on college life from 1970. He plays a college student searching for himself and his niche. Along the way he has lots of sex, takes drugs, and even appears in an underground film ("Headless"). It's all pretty dated, but still kind of fun. The Read More