Luis Avalos Filmography

Hollywood Homicide

Actors: Harrison Ford, Josh Hartnett, Lena Olin, Bruce Greenwood, Isaiah Washington, Lolita Davidovich

Synopsis: Further cementing 2003 as the year of Ron Shelton cop movies, the director continued his vacation from the sports genre with Hollywood Homicide, a police comedy that comes right on the heels of Shelton's Dark Blue, a decidedly grittier cop thriller. The film stars Harrison Ford and Josh Hartnett Read More

Columbo: Murder with Too Many Notes

Synopsis: Peter Falk returns to the role of Lt. Columbo -- he of the grimy trenchcoat, dumb-like-a-fox interrogations, and the inevitable "Just one more question" -- in this two-hour TV-movie special. British comic actor Billy Connolly guest stars as famed movie composer/conductor Findlay Crawford, who Read More

Noriega: God's Favorite

Actors: Bob Hoskins, Jeffrey DeMunn, Luis Avalos, Denise Blasor

Synopsis: Bob Hoskins stars as Manuel "Tony" Noriega, former leader of Panama, in this biographical comedy-drama about his improbable rise to power and inglorious fall. Abandoned by his parents at an early age, Noriega grew up fending for himself among the desperate poverty of Panama's slums. In search of a Read More

Jungle 2 Jungle

Actors: Tim Allen, Martin Short, JoBeth Williams, Lolita Davidovich, Sam Huntington

Synopsis: A man finds the son he never knew he had, and a boy discovers a city he never knew existed, in this comedy. Michael Cromwell (Tim Allen) is a commodities broker who deals in coffee beans; while on a trip to Brazil, Michael is abandoned by his wife, Patricia (JoBeth Williams), an anthropologist who Read More

NYPD Blue: Where's 'Swaldo?

Synopsis: The inner-city activist who had previously elicited a racist remark from Sipowicz (Dennis Franz), thereby triggering a media firestorm, is found murdered. Much to the dismay of the activist's constituents, Sipowicz is assigned to investigate the killing. Before this episode is over, the viewer Read More

Lone Justice: Showdown at Plum Creek

Synopsis: Reformed outlaw Ned Blessing (Brad Johnson) now protects the peace as sheriff of the small frontier settlement of Plum Creek. His past comes back to haunt him, however, when a gang of lawless bounty hunters arrive in the area with the sole intent of killing Blessing, in order to collect the bounty Read More

Tom Clancy's 'OP Center'

Actors: Harry Hamlin, Deidre Hall, Carl Weathers, Rod Steiger, John Savage

Synopsis: Another Tom Clancy political thriller is put to film with this made-for-television movie. Harry Hamlin stars as Paul Hood, the new director of an obsolete government crisis management center. Hood is assigned to downsize the center, but during first day on the job some nuclear warheads are Read More

Lone Justice 2

Synopsis: Directed by Jack Bender, Lone Justice 2 centers around the jailed Ned Blessing (Brad Johnson) as he reminisces about his hometown and the skirmishes he had gotten into with the rougher crowd. Ned gets a nasty shock upon his release--not only has the town he remembered so fondly been run down by Read More

ER: Hell and High Water

Synopsis: During a torrential downpour, Ross (George Clooney) struggles to rescue 12-year-old Ben Larkin (Erik Von Detten), who is trapped in a flooded culvert. Realizing that the youngster is already suffering from hypothermia and may not survive his ordeal even if rescued, Ross orders on-the-spot Read More

The Gambler V: Playing for Keeps

Actors: Kenny Rogers, Loni Anderson

Synopsis: Kenny Rogers returns as Brady Hawkes, the Gambler, in this made-for-TV Western. Brady's son Jeremiah (Kris Kamm) is now an adult, and seems to have followed his father's footsteps into a life of adventure; however, Brady learns that Jeremiah has taken a far more dangerous path and has joined the Read More

Ned Blessing

Actors: Daniel Baldwin, Chris Cooper, Luis Avalos, Taylor Fry, Sean Baca

Synopsis: Set in the 19th century on the eve of his execution, the title swashbuckler decides to tell the truth about his life and his professions as both upholder of the law and criminal. As he speaks, his adventures unfurl upon the screen. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The Butcher's Wife

Actors: Demi Moore, Jeff Daniels, George Dzundza, Mary Steenburgen, Frances McDormand

Synopsis: As a clairvoyant, Demi Moore awaits signs from beyond that her true love, whomever he may be, is waiting for her, somewhere. When New York butcher George Dzundza shows up on the tiny North Carolina island where Demi lives, she is convinced that he is the man predestined to be her husband. After Read More

Fires Within

Actors: Greta Scacchi, Jimmy Smits, Vincent D'Onofrio, Luis Avalos

Synopsis: A Cuban woman who escapes to America finds herself in political, financial, and romantic jeopardy in this taut drama. Cuban refugee Isabel (Greta Scacchi) flees her country and makes her way to Miami after her husband, Nestor (Jimmy Smits), a political activist, is sentenced to a long stay in a Read More

The Story Lady

Actors: Ed Begley, Jr., Tandy Cronyn, Lisa Jakub, Richard Masur, Jessica Tandy, Stephanie Zimbalist

Synopsis: In this made-for-TV drama, Jessica Tandy plays Grace McQueen, an elderly woman who has grown bored and restless following the death of her husband. Grace has always loved telling stories to children, and as a way of keeping herself occupied she comes up with an idea for a public access television Read More

Danielle Steel's 'Changes'

Actors: Cheryl Ladd, Michael Nouri, Christie Clark, Renee O'Connor, Christopher Gartin

Synopsis: In this made for TV movie based on Danielle Steele's novel, Cheryl Ladd portrays a successful New York television anchorwoman. When she marries a successful surgeon in Los Angeles, romance becomes difficult with their careers on opposite ends of the country. ~ Tana Hobart, All Movie Guide Read More

Full House: Luck Be a Lady, Part 2

Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story set in Lake Tahoe, Jesse (John Stamos) has proposed marriage to Becky (Lisa Loughlin), and she has accepted. To make sure that neither he nor Becky will change their minds, Jesse insists upon being wed within the hour, and without informing the rest of the Read More

Full House: Luck Be a Lady, Part 1

Synopsis: In the first episode of a two-part story, the Tanners head to Nevada when "Wake Up, San Fransisco" is booked for a remote broadcast in Lake Tahoe, cohosted by Danny (Bob Saget) and Becky (Lisa Loughlin). Not surprisingly, the various family members get into various misadventures, such as DJ Read More

Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder

Synopsis: In this entry in the long-running mystery series, Perry Mason and his assistant help a stage manager who is the prime suspect in the murder of the director who recently fired him. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Criminal Act

Actors: Catherine Bach, Charlene Dallas, Nicholas Guest, John Saxon, Cork Hubbert

Synopsis: In the quest to find out whatever prompted a rat to emerge in their newspaper's bathroom, Pam Weiss (Catherine Bach) and Sharon Fields (Charlene Dallas) head down to the tunnels that begin in their building's basement. They imagine all sorts of scenes from horror movies, but instead discover a Read More

Ghost Fever

Actors: Sherman Hemsley, Luis Avalos, Deborah Benson, Diana Brookes

Synopsis: In this slapstick horror comedy, two goofy African-American cops are sent to a rundown, lonely Southern plantation to evict the residents so the mansion can be razed and a freeway erected in its stead. Unfortunately, the "residents" are all ghosts, who have been there since the Civil War, and they Read More

The Fantastic World of D.C. Collins

Actors: Jason Bateman

Synopsis: The made-for-TV Fantastic World of D.C. Collins is curiously not a pilot film, despite the presence of the principal character's name in the title. D. C. Collins (played by Gary Coleman) is the son of a U.S. diplomat. His own life is deadly dull, so D.C. escapes into fantasy. At various junctures Read More

Not Just Another Affair

Synopsis: In this romantic comedy, an attorney finds himself frustrated when his lovely fiance, a marine biologist insists on remaining celibate until her wedding night. The film is also known as Perfect Affair. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Love Child

Actors: Amy Madigan, Beau Bridges, Mackenzie Phillips, Albert Salmi, Joanna Merlin

Synopsis: Based upon the true story of a woman's battle to raise her baby in prison after having become pregnant by a prison guard while serving a twenty-year stretch for robbery, Amy Madigan, in her debut film, delivers an impressive intensity and range as Terry Jean Moore, a wild young woman with a chip Read More

Sunday Lovers

Actors: Roger Moore, Lino Ventura, Robert Webber, Catherine Salviat, Gene Wilder, Denholm Elliott

Synopsis: Sunday Lovers is a fitfully amusing study of weekend romantic techniques as practiced in four different cultures. Each episode was filmed by a separate unit in the country where the story was set. "The French Method" (directed by Eduoard Molinaro) finds a businessman (Lino Ventura) trying to Read More

Stir Crazy

Actors: Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, JoBeth Williams, Georg Stanford Brown, Craig T. Nelson, Miguel Angel Suarez

Synopsis: After the excellent audience response to their teaming in Silver Streak, Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor reunited for this zany comedy. Wilder and Pryor play a couple of out-of-work numbskulls who take a promotional job that requires them to dress up like gigantic woodpeckers. Unfortunately, a pair Read More

The Hunter

Actors: Steve McQueen, Eli Wallach, Kathryn Harrold, LeVar Burton, Ben Johnson

Synopsis: Steve McQueen's last film concerns a modern day bounty hunter who searches for bail jumpers. Based on real life bounty hunter Ralph "Papa" Thorson, the film details his exciting life, traveling from one city to another, trying to track down fugitives and continually risking his life in the Read More

The Jeffersons: Joltin' George

Actors: Sherman Hemsley, Isabel Sanford, Roxie Roker, Franklin Cover, Mike Evans

Synopsis: After his employee Marcus (Ernest Harden Jr.) is beaten up, George Jefferson (Sherman Hemsley) offers to teach the boy how to box. Hoping to bolster Marcus' confidence (and his own ego), George brags about his youthful reputation as "Joltin' George," the boy with the fastest fists in the Read More

Hot Stuff

Actors: Dom DeLuise, Jerry Reed, Suzanne Pleshette, Ossie Davis

Synopsis: In this comedy a trio of undercover government cops in Miami decide that it would be a good idea to open a bogus fencing operation so they can trap criminals. When the crooks find out, trouble ensues and the fun begins. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The Ghost of Flight 401

Actors: Ernest Borgnine

Synopsis: Based on a book by John C. Fuller, the made-for-TV Ghost of Flight 401 is predicated on the "actual events" surrounding a real-life plane crash. In December of 1972, Flight 401 nose-dived into the Florida Everglades, killing its flight officer (played herein by Ernest Borgnine). Though damaged Read More

Badge 373

Actors: Tina Cristiani

Synopsis: Robert Duvall is cast as a suspended New York cop who sets out on a one-man crusade to avenge his cop-partner's murder. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Ned Blessing: Return To Plum Creek

Actors: Brad Johnson, Luis Avalos, Brenda Bakke, Rob Campbell, Bill McKinney

Synopsis: When the sheriff of Plum Creek is gunned down in cold blood, it's up to Ned Blessing to bring justice back to the lawless town in this made for television western. The sheriff has been murdered, and as the nefarious Emma and her unscrupulous husband take charge the once lawful town quickly takes a Read More