James Brolin Filmography

Last Chance Harvey

Actors: Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Kathy Baker, James Brolin

Synopsis: Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson star in writer/director Joel Hopkins' gentle romantic drama Last Chance Harvey. Hoffman plays a man at the end of his rope, for whom nothing is seemingly going right. While in London for his daughter's wedding, he meets Thompson, and strikes up an unlikely Read More

The Hunting Party

Actors: Richard Gere, Terrence Howard, Jesse Eisenberg, Diane Kruger, James Brolin

Synopsis: An emerging journalist (Jesse Eisenberg), an experienced cameraman (Terrence Howard), and a discredited reporter (Richard Gere) find their bold plan to capture Bosnia's top war criminal quickly spiraling out of control when a UN representative mistakes them for a CIA hit squad in a light-hearted Read More

Sirens of Eleuthera

Actors: James Brolin, Antonio Sabato, Jr., Annalynne

Synopsis: Director/screenwriter Stewart Raffill interweaves the modern world tales of ancient mystical cults by detailing the mysterious relationship between a wealthy film producer and the hypnotically beautiful siren who seems to drift between his dreams and his waking consciousness. Startled to find an Read More

Lies & Alibis

Actors: Steve Coogan, Rebecca Romijn, Selma Blair, James Brolin, Sam Elliott

Synopsis: When a reformed grifter currently running a prosperous alibi service for adulterous husbands inadvertently becomes an accessory to murder, he is forced to execute one last, well-timed con as a means of clearing his name in this lightning fast caper comedy starring Steve Coogan, Rebecca Romijin Read More

Category 7: The End of the World

Actors: Gina Gershon, Cameron Daddo, Shannen Doherty, Randy Quaid, James Brolin, Swoosie Kurtz

Synopsis: A series of devastating storms are leveling major cities across the globe, and it's up to discredited scientist Faith Clavell (Shannon Doherty), dedicated storm chaser Tommy Tornado (Randy Quaid), and the FEMA head Judith Carr (Gina Gerson) to journey into the eye of the storm and find out just Read More

International Bible Society: Acts, Part 1 [

Actors: Dean Jones, Henry O. Arnold, Jennifer O'Neill, Francesco Quinn, Bruce Marchiano

Synopsis: The International Bible Society and Pathway Media team to bring viewers the very best of the Bible in the most historically accurate manner possible with this film shot on location in Morocco, Tunisia, and South Africa and designed to be enjoyed by audiences of all ages. A film that offers both Read More

Widow on the Hill

Actors: Natasha Henstridge, James Brolin, Jewel Staite, Roman Podhora, Michele Duquet

Synopsis: Although the made-for-cable drama Widow on the Hill was based on a true story, the film bears a strong resemblance to the 1947 Joan Crawford theatrical feature Possessed. Natasha Henstridge stars as Linda Dupree, an ambitious hospice nurse who marries Hank Cavanaugh (James Brolin), the very Read More

Monk: Mr. Monk Goes to Vegas

Synopsis: Although the death of the wife of millionaire Las Vegas casino owner Daniel Thorn (James Brolin) has been ruled accidental by the local authorities, Captain Stottlemeyer (Ted Levine), who's in Vegas to attend a bachelor party, suspects foul play--and accordingly, calls Monk (Tony Shalhoub) onto Read More

A Guy Thing

Actors: Jason Lee, Julia Stiles, Selma Blair, James Brolin, Shawn Hatosy

Synopsis: A man trying to save his relationship with the woman he loves finds himself sinking into a quicksand of small lies and half-truths in this comedy. Paul (Jason Lee) is a regular guy who is engaged to marry Karen (Selma Blair); while Paul loves Karen, he's more than a bit nervous around her family Read More

The Reagans

Actors: Judy Davis, James Brolin

Synopsis: After being pulled from CBS amid a flurry of controversy, The Reagans was finally aired on Showtime and went on to earn Golden Globe nominations for its stars, James Brolin and Judy Davis. Directed by Robert Allan Ackerman (Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows) and based on a book by Carl Read More

Catch Me If You Can

Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen, Nathalie Baye

Synopsis: A gifted forger and confidence man attempts to stay one step ahead of the lawman determined to bring him to justice in this comedy-drama from Steven Spielberg, based on a true story. Frank W. Abagnale Jr. (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a 16-year-old high school student who finds himself emotionally cut Read More

Master of Disguise

Actors: Erick Avari, Bo Derek, Robert Loggia, Dana Carvey, Jennifer Esposito, Harold Gould, James Brolin

Synopsis: Dana Carvey ventures into the world of PG-rated, family-oriented entertainment as star and co-writer of this light adventure comedy, which requires the actor to assume more than three dozen different identities. Carvey's primary role in Master of Disguise, however, is that of Pistachio Disguisey Read More

Traffic

Actors: Michael Douglas, Don Cheadle, Benicio Del Toro, Luis Guzman, Dennis Quaid, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Erika Christensen

Synopsis: Described by director Steven Soderbergh as "Nashville meets The French Connection," this multi-character drama explores the effects of international drug trafficking on all fronts: from their source, to the U.S. border, to the federal government, to the private lives of users. Based upon a Read More

Children of Fortune

Synopsis: Set in Arizona (but filmed in Alberta), the made-for-TV thriller Children of Fortune stars James Brolin as Navy detective Dave Passenger. Assigned to investigate the murder of a sailor's girlfriend, Dave follows the trail of evidence to a small Arizona community where polygamy is still being Read More

A Marriage of Convenience

Actors: Jane Seymour, James Brolin, Shirley Knight, David Kaye

Synopsis: This romantic made-for-television drama is based on a novel by Georgia Brockoven and tells the story of a boy who dreams of having a complete set of parents and the two very-different adults who love him enough to grant his wish. The child's mother died when he was an infant, and since then he has Read More

My Brother's War

Crew: Director

Actors: Jennie Garth, James Brolin, Patrick Foy

Synopsis: Actor James Brolin made his directorial debut in this suspense drama about political unrest in Northern Ireland. Gerry and Liam Fallon (Patrick Foy and Salvator Xuereb) are a pair of brothers who, as children, saw their father killed in a street skirmish and have grown up to become gunmen in the Read More

The Haunted Sea

Actors: Joanna Pacula, James Brolin, Krista Allen, Don Stroud, Duane Whitaker

Synopsis: In this adventure fantasy, a terrifying creature protects a treasure-filled ship. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Lewis & Clark & George

Actors: Rose McGowan, Salvator Xuereb, Dan Gunther

Synopsis: Three makes for a dangerous crowd in this darkly comic crime story. Convicted murderer Lewis (Salvator Xuereb) breaks out of prison with Clark (Dan Gunther), who is doing time for computer fraud. The escapees are heading to New Mexico in search of a secret map to a gold mine that was hidden by a Read More

Goodbye America

Actors: Alexis Arquette, Wolfgang Bodison, James Brolin, Rae Dawn Chong, Maureen Flannigan, John Haymes Newton, Corin Nemec, Michael York, Alma Concepcion

Synopsis: This United States/Philippine co-production examines how the real-life closing of the U.S. naval base at Subic Bay profoundly effected both the local Filipino community and the Americans who had served there. As the base's operations slowly wind down and naval manpower begins to dwindle, Commander Read More

Roseanne: Lanford's Elite - Part 1

Synopsis: Roseanne and Jackie go to a luncheon at the Lanford Country Club, where they meet the son of their old boss: Edgar Wellman Jr. (James Brolin) of the Wellman Plastics factory. It appears that the factory is in need of financial help and Roseanne's money could save the factory. Part one of a Read More

Roseanne: Some Enchanted Merger - Part 2

Synopsis: Jackie accuses Roseanne of being attracted to Edgar Wellman (James Brolin), Mark (Glenn Quinn) gives D.J. advice about Heather (Heather Matarazzo), and Roseanne enjoys a fantasy of herself as Evita and Edgar as Juan Peron. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide Read More

Hijacked: Flight 285

Actors: James Brolin, Perry King, Ally Sheedy, Anthony Michael Hall

Synopsis: While being escorted to prison from Phoenix to New York, crazed killer Peter Cronin (Anthony Michael Hall) hijacks a commercial jet in flight with the help of accomplices. Holding the 200 passengers and the crew members hostage, Cronin forces the plane to land in Dallas, then demands another, more Read More

To Face Her Past

Actors: Patty Duke, Tracey Gold, David Ogden Stiers, Gabrielle Carteris, James Brolin

Synopsis: Knowing that her daughter will die without a bone marrow transplant, a mother is forced to face up to her past mistakes and find the child she gave up years before in hopes of finding a donor match. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Hart to Hart: Harts in High Season

Synopsis: In this feature-length episode, the world's most wealthy and beautiful pair of amateur detectives go Down Under to buy a wildlife preserve and end up solving a murder mystery. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Blood Money

Actors: James Brolin, Billy Drago, Traci Lords, Bentley Mitchum, Alison Moir

Synopsis: In this violent actioner, a vengeful criminal escapes from prison and heads off to ruin the life of the one responsible for his incarceration. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Cannes Man

Actors: Seymour Cassel, Francesco Quinn, Rebecca Broussard

Synopsis: While at the Cannes Film Festival, producer Sy Learner (Seymour Cassel) makes a bet that he can turn any nobody into a star. A cabbie from New York named Frank (Francesco Quinn) becomes his test case as Sy tries to get Frank noticed amidst the stars and glitter of Cannes. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Read More

Tracks of a Killer

Actors: Kelly LeBrock, James Brolin, Wolf Larson

Synopsis: In this psychological thriller, James Brolin plays David, the head of a large corporation who goes on a winter retreat with his wife Claire (played by Kelly LeBrock) in tow. One of the underlings in the company, Patrick (Wolf Larson), desperately wants David out of the way; in a fit of rage, he Read More

Terminal Virus

Actors: James Brolin, Bryan Genesse, Kehli O'Byrne

Synopsis: A handful of brave survivors must contend with an unusual sort of post-apocalyptic crisis in this science fiction drama. The earth has been decimated in the wake of World War III; while massive thermonuclear attacks wiped out most of the major cities, an experimental biological weapon was released Read More

Indecent Behavior 2

Synopsis: A sex therapist is forced to turn detective to keep herself out of prison in this steamy thriller. Journalist Shoshona Reed (Elizabeth Sandifer) has a knack for digging up incriminating information -- enough so that she's begun blackmailing a number of people and threatening to run incriminating Read More

Relative Fear

Actors: Darlanne Fluegel, Martin Neufeld, M. Emmet Walsh, Matthew Dupuis, James Brolin

Synopsis: This Canadian thriller features a cute little kid who kills. Connie and Linda give birth simultaneously in the same hospital. A mix up with the babies occur. Linda, after the baby, Adam, hits her, feels something is wrong. Indeed, the babe's real mother is a homicidal maniac and her illness seems Read More

The Fighter

Actors: Olivier Gruner, Marc Singer, James Brolin

The Expert

Actors: Jeff Speakman, James Brolin, Michael Shaner, Alex Datcher, Wolfgang Bodison

Synopsis: SWAT-Team instructor John Lomax's faith in the American justice system is shaken when the sociopath who murdered his sister is sentenced to life in a mental institution rather than to Death Row. Internal pressures upon Lomax mount when he is attacked by a mentally unstable woman desperately trying Read More

Parallel Lives

Synopsis: Directed by Linda Yellen, this made-for-cable movie originally aired on the Showtime network and featured a star-studded cast including Dudley Moore, Liza Minelli, and James Belushi. The plot centers around several fraternity and sorority graduates who have decided to regroup at their alma mater. Read More

The Visual Bible: The Book of Acts, Vol. 1 - Chapters 1:1 to 8:3

The Visual Bible: The Book of Acts, Vol. 4 - Chapters 21:1 to 28:31

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The Visual Bible: The Book of Acts, Vol. 2 - Chapters 8:4 to 13:52

Cheatin' Hearts

Actors: Sally Kirkland, James Brolin, Pam Gidley, Kris Kristofferson, Laura Johnson

Synopsis: Rod McCall wrote and directed this slice-of-life melodrama about a woman in a mid-life crisis who struggles to preserve her home and family. Sally Kirkland stars as Jenny, who must deal with a serious problem involving her errant husband Henry (James Brolin) as she prepares for the wedding of her Read More

Ted and Venus

Actors: Bud Cort, James Brolin, Kim Adams, Carol Kane, Pamella D'Pella

Synopsis: Bud Cort's directorial debut is a dark comedy about a romantic obsession that leads to tragedy, featuring a wide array of cameo performances including James Brolin, Carol Kane, Rhea Perlman, Martin Mull, Andrea Martin, Woody Harrelson, Timothy Leary, and Gena Rowlands. Cort is Ted Whitley, a local Read More

Visions of Murder

Actors: Barbara Eden, James Brolin, Terry O'Quinn, Erika Flores, Joan Pringle

Synopsis: A woman becomes deeply disturbed when she starts having psychic visions of a brutal murder. Unfortunately, when she goes to the police, they treat her not as a witness, but as the prime suspect. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Gas Food Lodging

Actors: Brooke Adams, Ione Skye, Fairuza Balk, James Brolin, Robert Knepper

Synopsis: Based on a novel by Richard Peck called Don't Look and It Won't Hurt, Allison Anders' melodramatic coming-of-age tale Gas Food Lodging takes place in Laramie, NM, a small town right off the highway. Nora (Brooke Adams) is a truck-stop waitress who lives in a trailer park with her two teenaged Read More

The Sands of Time

Actors: Deborah Raffin, Michael Nouri, Ramy Zada, Amanda Plummer, Kim Weeks

Synopsis: In this two-part adventure drama based on a thriller by author Sidney Sheldon, three nuns must run for their lives from a cruel colonel. Their flight leads them straight to a renowned Spanish rebel. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

City Boy

Actors: James Brolin, Christian Campbell, Sarah Chalke, Chris Bolton, Wendel Meldrum

Synopsis: In this outing a city boy learns the meaning of manhood after he struggles to protect the ancient and beautiful Limberlost forest from those who would destroy it. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Gunsmoke: The Long Ride

Actors: James Arness, James Brolin, Ali MacGraw

Synopsis: James Arness made his first appearance as Marshal Matt Dillon in eight years in the 1993 TV movie Gunsmoke: The Long Ride. Inasmuch as Amanda Blake (Kitty) and Milburn Stone (Doc) had passed on, and Dennis Weaver was disinclined to revive the role of Chester, big Jim pretty much goes it alone in Read More

Twin Sisters

Actors: Stephanie Kramer, Susan Almgren, Frederic Forrest, James Brolin, Robert Morelli

Synopsis: After witnessing a murder, a prostitute runs and is thought to be killed in an explosion. Soon her housewife twin sister begins to search for her and decides to pose as the missing woman. Before long, she is the target of repeated attempts on her life, but escapes successfully only to find a big Read More

And the Sea Will Tell, Part 2

Synopsis: Based on a true story, And the Sea Will Tell was originally telecast in two parts on February 24 and 26, 1991. The story takes place in 1974, when two couples sail separately to the South Pacific island of Palmyra. Wealthy marrieds Mac and Muff Grant (James Brolin and Diedre Hall) are looking for Read More

And the Sea Will Tell, Part 1

Actors: Hart Bochner, James Brolin, Deidre Hall, Rachel Ward, Richard Crenna

Synopsis: Partially filmed in Hawaii and Tahiti, And the Sea Will Tell was a two-part TV movie based on a real murder case. A wealthy couple (James Brolin and Deidre Hall) are killed on their yacht off the coast of a secluded South American island called Palmyra. The suspects are a hippyish pair (Hart Bochner Read More

Nightmare on the 13th Floor

Synopsis: In this made-for-cable television horror thriller, a travel writer visits a historic hotel to write a story about it and inadvertently finds herself on the 13th floor where she witnesses a Satanic rite and tangles with an axe-wielding killer. She escapes, but no one believes her story because the Read More

The Earth Day Special

Synopsis: A cast of celebrities gathered to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Earth Day. It is an entertaining special that points out the crisis state of our planet's environment. It provides scientific facts and detailed analysis. The show provides ways in which everyone can participate in saving the Read More

Finish Line

Actors: James Brolin

Synopsis: James Brolin costars with his son Josh in the made-for-cable Finish Line. The film's ad copy says it all: "His father made him run. The steroids made him win." In a justifiably melodramatic fashion, the film, based on a true story, examines the win-at-any-cost mentality of high school athletes and Read More

Bad Jim

Actors: James Brolin, Richard Roundtree, John Clark Gable, Harry Carey, Jr., Rory Calhoun

Synopsis: Veteran Hollywood screenwriter Clyde Ware handled the directing chores in Bad Jim. The film is worth noting as the cinematic debut of John Clark Gable, the son of guess who. Gable, James Brolin, and Richard Roundtree play three soft-hearted bandits who purchase a horse from Billy the Kid. They use Read More

Voice of the Heart

Synopsis: This drama, adapted from a best-seller by Barbara Taylor Bradford chronicles the convoluted love-lives of two rich women over 23 years. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

High Score

Deep Dark Secrets

Actors: James Brolin, Melody Anderson, Pamela Bellwood, Morgan Stevens, Joe Spano

Synopsis: James Brolin harbors several Deep Dark Secrets in this made-for-TV melodrama. Brolin plays a rural hotelier, married to Melody Anderson. When her husband is ostensibly killed in an auto accident, Melody learns a few horrible truths that she'd rather not know. Brolin, who isn't dead after all Read More

Intimate Encounters

Actors: James Brolin, Veronica Cartwright, Donna Mills, Cicely Tyson

Synopsis: Considering his later well-publicized involvement in "l'affaire Heidi Fleiss," Ivan Nagy was ideally suited to direct the-made-for TV Encounters in the Night. Even more prescient so far as Nagy is concerned is the film's original title: Intimate Encounters. Donna Mills plays an attractive young Read More

Pee-Wee's Big Adventure

Actors: Paul Reubens, Elizabeth Daily, Mark Holton, Diane Salinger, Judd Omen

Synopsis: Co-written by Paul Reubens and Phil Hartman, Pee Wee's Big Adventure marks the debut of director Tim Burton, who stamps the entire film with his quirky trademark style. The premise: Pee Wee (Reubens), an overgrown pre-pubescent boy sporting a molded Princeton cut, blush, lipstick, and a shrunken Read More

Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues

Actors: James Brolin, Lisa Hartman

Synopsis: Not long after he lost that "chicken run" to James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause (1955), actor Corey Allen switched professional gears to become a prolific film and TV director. Allen was responsible for putting television perennials James Brolin and Lisa Hartman through their paces in Beverly Read More

Hold the Dream

Actors: Deborah Kerr

Synopsis: This television mini-series sequel to A Woman of Substance finds aging businesswoman Emma Harte (Deborah Kerr) preparing to hand over her empire to granddaughter Paula Fairley (Jenny Seagrave), much to the dismay of the rest of the family. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

White Water Rebels

Actors: Catherine Bach, James Brolin, Michael Gwynne, Pepe Serna, Kai Wulff

Synopsis: In this adventure, a luckless photographer meets a handsome kayaker and joins him in the fight to keep a wild mountain river from being exploited by self-serving developers. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Cowboy

Synopsis: In this drama, a city-slicker teacher tries to fix-up a run-down cattle ranch. The ranch was his childhood home. As he works, he finds his progress delayed by as series of strange and upsetting events. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Hotel

Actors: Bette Davis, Morgan Fairchild, Shirley Jones, Erin Moran, Mel Tormé

Synopsis: Arthur Hailey's novel Hotel had already served as the inspiration for a 1967 theatrical film when this TV pilot came along on September 21, 1983. Bette Davis stars as Laura Trent, the entrenched owner of the Hotel St. Gregory (moved from the novel's New Orleans to San Francisco, to allow for Read More

The Ambush Murders

Actors: James Brolin, Dorian Harewood

Synopsis: The fact-based TV movie The Ambush Murders was adapted from a book by Ben Bradlee Jr. Dorian Harewood plays an African-American political activist who is loyal to his ideals and faithful to his friends and family. After two white policemen are killed, Harewood is charge with the crime. 49 months Read More

Mae West

Actors: Ann Jillian, Roddy McDowall

Synopsis: Ann Jillian plays the title character in this made-for-TV film, based on the facts but with several liberties taken as well. Roddy McDowall takes an interesting turn playing a female impersonator. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide