Martin Kove Filmography

Fallen Angels

Synopsis: A grim discovery in the basement of a crumbling prison reformatory reveals a demonic secret that cuts to the very base of mankind's struggle against sin in this supernatural thriller starring Michael Berryman, Bill Moseley, Michael Dorn, Adrianne Curry, and Kevin McCarthy. Far beneath the west Read More

Miracle at Sage Creek

Crew: Associate Producer

Actors: David Carradine, Wes Studi, Michael Parkes, Tim Abell, Sarah Aldrich

Synopsis: When disaster strikes and necessity dictates that the festering rivalry between the Franklin and Red Eagle families be set aside in the name of survival, the resulting tale of brotherhood gives testament to mankind's remarkable power for forgiveness in this family-oriented Western starring David Carradine Read More

Max Havoc: Ring of Fire

Actors: Mickey Hardt, Dean Cain, Christina Cox, Rae Dawn Chong, Samuel Patrick Chu

Synopsis: Max Havoc: Ring of Fire stars Mickey Hardt as the title character, a former professional kickboxer now working as a photographer. While at a stylish resort in order to snap pictures of a sporting event, Max discovers that the owner of the resort has connections to some very bad men. Soon he must Read More

7 Mummies

Synopsis: Mummies stars Danny Trejo, Max Perlich, and Billy Worth as members of a group of criminals who set out to find a cache of gold hidden in Mexico. The group soon discovers that mummies are in charge of protecting the valuable commodity. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide Read More

The Hollywood Mom's Mystery

Actors: Justine Bateman, Elizabeth Peña, George Hamilton, Laura Johnson, David Gail

Synopsis: As the wife of fading Hollywood producer Kit Freers (Andrew McCarthy), children's book illustrator Holly Freers (Justine Bateman) would love to have some of the fame and fortune of her movie star neighbors rub off on her just once in a while. However, there is one aspect of living in Beverly Hills Read More

Alien Lockdown

Actors: Martin Kove, James Marshall, John Savage, Michelle Goh

Synopsis: When an ancient alien life force that has lain dormant for centuries awakens with a hunger for human life, it's up to an elite SWAT team lead by a fierce but beautiful assassin to save humankind from a fate beyond pain and death. For centuries, the extraterrestrial menace has waited for the moment Read More

Hard Ground

Synopsis: Unjustly arrested and sentenced to a 99-year-term, grizzled half-breed bounty hunter John McKay (Burt Reynolds) is serving hard time in Yuma Territorial Prison when he is swept up in a prison break engineered by sadistic vigilante leader Billy Bucklin (David Figlioli). Once on the outside, Bucklin Read More

Barbarian

Actors: Michael O'Hearn, Martin Kove, Yuri Danilchenko

Synopsis: Straight from Roger Corman's New Concorde film company comes Barbarian, a low-budget remake/pseudo-sequel to the even smaller-budgeted video gem The Deathstalker. This time, it's three-time Mr. Universe Michael O'Hearn as the Barbarian who has to battle the forces of darkness, lead by the vile Read More

Shattered Lies

Actors: Frank Zagarino, Elizabeth Giordano, James Russo, Martin Kove, Jack Scalia

Synopsis: When a mysterious map surfaces that could lead the owner to $3 million in riches, the race is on between a mysterious drifter, a determined young woman, corrupt cops, career criminals, and even the FBI to get to the prize first in an action-packed thriller with enough twists to keep the viewer Read More

Miner's Massacre

Synopsis: A gaggle of young adults discovers a cache of gold in an abandoned mine. Little do they realize that the vengeful ghost of the long-dead miner (Vernon Wells) protects the hoard with a gaffing hook, pick axe, and shovel, despite the efforts of the sheriff (John Phillip Law) and zany Aunt Nelly (Karen Black Read More

Con Games

Actors: Eric Roberts, Martin Kove

Synopsis: Man-of-action John Woodrow (Tommy Lee Thomas) makes a deal to get his father out of prison. He reluctantly agrees to be disguised as a prisoner and sent into a violent California prison to investigate the slaying of a senator's grandson. Woodrow finds the place is ruled by Officer Hopkins (Eric Roberts Read More

A Drug Called Pornography

Actors: Martin Kove

Synopsis: This educational video has an important message: pornography is an addiction. Its effects on users and their loved ones are just as habit-forming and destructive as heroin, tobacco, or any other addictive agent. The film shows how pornography promotes contempt towards the women and children it Read More

Final Payback

Synopsis: Disgraced ex-cop Joey Randall (Richard Grieco) is framed for the murder of Sharon Moreno (Priscilla Barnes), who happens to be the unfaithful wife of the police chief, George (John Saxon). Randall had the opportunity to kill her, and perhaps a motive as well since he was having a hot affair with Read More

Assault on Devil's Island

Actors: Hulk Hogan, Carl Weathers, Shannon Tweed, Martin Kove, Billy Drago

Synopsis: When a troupe of sexy gymnasts are kidnapped and taken to the title island by a vengeful drug cartel, it's up to commando leader Mike McBride (Hulk Hogan) to rescue them. The excitement in this fast-paced actioner begins when McBride and the Navy SEALS he commands are assigned to capture a drug Read More

Grizzly Mountain

Actors: Dan Haggerty, Dylan Haggerty, Nicole Lund, Kim Morgan Greene, Perry Stephens

Synopsis: After a near-fatal 1995 motorcycle collision, Dan Haggerty (The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams) made his comeback with this time-travel tale. A Portland, Oregon, family on a camping trip arrives at a mountain where young Dylan (Dylan Haggerty) and his sister Nicole (Nicole Lund) explore a cave Read More

Mercenary

Actors: Olivier Gruner, John Ritter, Robert Culp, Ed Lauter, Martin Kove

Synopsis: When kidnappers murder his wife, business tycoon Jonas Ambler vows to get revenge. He then hires a soldier-of-fortune to find them. Trouble brews when he insists on going with them. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Judge and Jury

Actors: David Keith, Martin Kove, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Kelly Perine, Paul Koslo

Synopsis: Low-life criminal Joseph Meeker (David Keith) is in the midst of a convenience store robbery when his plans are foiled by Michael Silvano (Martin Kove), a former cop. A shootout ensues, and Joseph's wife is killed, along with several innocent bystanders. Sentenced to death for his crimes, Joseph Read More

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys - The Mother of All Monsters

Actors: Kevin Sorbo, Michael Hurst, Liddy Holloway, Bridget Hoffman, Martin Kove

Synopsis: The title character in this episode is Echidna (Bridget Hoffman), who swears vengeance against Hercules (Kevin Sorbo), the man responsible for slaying many of her progeny. Echidna hatches an evil scheme to destroy both Hercules and his mortal mother, Alcmene (Liddy Holloway), using Alcmene's Read More

Without Mercy

Actors: Frank Zagarino, Martin Kove, Ayu Azhari, Frans Tumbuan, Advent Bangun

Synopsis: Though damaged by his experiences in Vietnam, former Marine officer John Carter continues trotting the globe with a specially trained unit of peacekeepers until an assignment in Somalia goes sour and results in the mass murder of his men. John ends up in a hellish prison for the next three years. Read More

Baby Face Nelson

Actors: C. Thomas Howell, Lisa Zane, Doug Wert, Martin Kove, F. Murray Abraham

Synopsis: This exciting crime drama recounts the life and times of one of the Prohibition's most famous and feared gangsters as he engages in a territorial battle with his nemesis Al Capone. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Wyatt Earp

Actors: Kevin Costner, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman, Jeff Fahey, Mark Harmon

Synopsis: Directed by Lawrence Kasdan, this epic version of the legendary western sheriff-gunslinger's life story stars Kevin Costner as Earp, who lived from 1848 to 1929. Growing up on a farm in Iowa, Earp tries to run away to join the Union Army in the Civil War, but he is turned away because of his Read More

Endangered

Actors: Rick Aiello

Synopsis: Endangered coats its standard melodramatic plotline with a thick coat of political correctness. The heroes and heroines are members of a pro-ecological group. The villains are evil land developers, evil forest despoilers, and just-plain-evil layabouts. Writer/director Nick Kellis seems just as 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

Shootfighter: Fight to the Death

Synopsis: In this marital-arts actioner two rival boys master the art of fighting and as young adults engage in a deadly and illegal "shootfight," a match with no rules where only the winner survives. Some of the fight scenes are excellent, however, they are quite violent and gory. On video it has been Read More

To Be the Best

Actors: Michael Worth

Synopsis: In this martial arts actioner, a hot-tempered kickboxer finds his position on the US team endangered when he becomes obsessed with a young woman and finds himself victimized by a blackmailer. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Future Shock

Actors: Bill Paxton, Vivian Schilling, Martin Kove, Scott Thompson

Synopsis: Footage from three separate horror projects was assembled for this semi-anthology, framed by the premise of a mad scientist (Martin Kove) who uses virtual-reality technology to delve into the phobias of three different subjects. The first tale, "Jenny Porter," describes a paranoid woman (Vivian Schilling Read More

The Outfit

Synopsis: In this violent and gritty crime drama, an FBI agent infiltrates the gang of Legs Diamond in order to end a bloody rivalry between Diamond and two other rival crime lords. Unfortunately, things don't quite turn out as he planned and even more bloodshed ensues. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

President's Target

Synopsis: In this actioner, a vengeful CIA agent swears that he will bring the mysterious South American drug lords who massacred his colleagues to justice during one of their assignments. As he begins investigating he unearths devastating evidence that threatens the stability of the Western World. ~ Sandra Read More

Kids in Karate

Synopsis: This instructional video is an introduction to the martial arts for children. Techniques and demonstrations are featured. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Firehawk

Synopsis: In this actioner, a band of American soldiers are on a helicopter flight over Vietnam to find a downed plane when they suddenly crash land in enemy territory. The vegetation is dense and filled with Viet Cong and the usual jungle dangers, but that is the least of their worries, because it soon Read More

Project: Shadowchaser

Actors: Martin Kove, Meg Foster, Frank Zagarino, Paul Koslo, Joss Ackland

Synopsis: In this exciting sci-fi thriller, a newly designed and extremely expensive android with plenty of strength but neither emotions nor a conscience busts out of a secret government lab and ends up in the hands of terrorists who commandeer the top story of a hospital and hold the daughter of the Read More

Lightning in a Bottle

Actors: Lynda Carter, Dee Wallace, Martin Kove, Matt McCoy, Stuart Whitman

Synopsis: Following a terrible auto wreck, a woman reawakens but can remember nothing about herself or the events leading up to the tragedy. This makes it all the more painful when she discovers that a man and his little boy were killed in the crash, one that she may have caused. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Read More

White Light

Actors: Martin Kove, Martha Henry, Heidi von Palleske, James Purcell, Bruce Boa

Synopsis: When police officer Sean Craig (Martin Kove) is shot while on the job, he is pronounced dead, but remarkably comes back to life. When he is haunted by the strange dream he experienced while he was clinically dead, he sets out to find the mysterious woman who appears in the visions. With the help Read More

The Karate Kid Part III

Actors: Ralph Macchio, Noriyuki "Pat" Morita, Robyn Lively, Thomas Ian Griffith, Martin Kove

Synopsis: John G. Avildsen rehashes his shopworn formula for another go-round in The Karate Kid Part III. Going against the wishes of his mentor Mr. Miyagi (Noriyuki "Pat" Morita), Daniel (Ralph Macchio) will defend his karate title in an All-Valley Championship match arranged by his nemesis Kreese (Martin Kove Read More

Higher Ground

Synopsis: When a retired FBI agent takes on the job of pilot for a friend's Alaskan air charter service he discovers a drug smuggling operation. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Steele Justice

Synopsis: An alcoholic Vietnam vet who has lost both his wife and his job as a cop while struggling to adjust to civilian life in southern California heads out for unintentionally hilarious revenge against the newly immigrated Vietnamese drug lord who slaughtered his best friend and his family in this campy Read More

Street Justice

Actors: Martin Kove, Sela Ward, Ronny Cox, Bernie Casey, Joseph Campanella

The Karate Kid Part II

Actors: Ralph Macchio, Noriyuki "Pat" Morita, Nobu McCarthy, Danny Kamekona, Yuji Okumoto

Synopsis: This sequel to the 1984 surprise hit The Karate Kid reunites Ralph Macchio as high-schooler Danny and Noriyuki "Pat" Morita as Danny's martial-arts mentor Miyagi. Picking up where the first film left off, The Karate Kid Part II finds Danny and Miyagi making an emergency trip to Okinawa, where Read More

Murder, She Wrote: Armed Response

Synopsis: Involved in a minor accident at the Dallas-Fort Worth airport, Jessica (Angela Lansbury) ends up with a fractured leg. Over her protests, she is whisked off to a nearby hospital for treatment. You guessed it: A murder occurs--the victim is the head of the hospital--and Jessica must spend most of Read More

Wildside: Don't Keep the Home Fires Burning

Rambo: First Blood Part II

Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Charles Napier, Julia Nickson, Steven Berkoff

Synopsis: The dark-horse box-office hit First Blood spawned this even more successful sequel in which Sylvester Stallone, reprising his role as ex-Green Beret loner John Rambo, is extricated from prison by his former superior Colonel Trautman (Richard Crenna) for a top-secret operation to bring back POWs Read More

The Karate Kid

Actors: Ralph Macchio, Noriyuki "Pat" Morita, Elisabeth Shue, Martin Kove, Randee Heller, William Zabka

Synopsis: Newly arrived in California from New Jersey, teenager Daniel (Ralph Macchio) almost immediately runs afoul of karate-trained high school bullies. He is rescued by Japanese janitor Miyagi (Noriyuki "Pat" Morita), who agrees to teach Daniel how to harness karate for good instead of brutality. The Read More

Blood Tide

Actors: James Earl Jones, José Ferrer, Lila Kedrova, Mary Louise Weller, Martin Kove

Synopsis: It will come as quite a shock to discover the venerable James Earl Jones and José Ferrer slumming in this Greek-lensed ultra-cheapie about a legendary sea creature aroused from centuries of sleep off the shores of a Greek island by an opportunistic American archaeologist (Jones). It seems the Read More

Cry for the Strangers

Synopsis: In this mystery a psychiatrist and his wife are surprised to find that the quiet seaside town they just moved to is plagued by strange deaths that occur during mysterious storms. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Demon Island

Laboratory

Synopsis: The Laboratory is the principal setting for this derivative sci-fier. A few cultures, left alone in petri dishes, begin spontaneously generating tiny and malevolent creatures. It all turns out to be the handiwork of predatory extraterrestrials. Once the lab mutations have reached maturity, they Read More

Trouble in High Timber Country

Synopsis: In this drama, union organizers, desperate to control the lumber and mining empire of a wealthy family, resort to sabotage. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Seven

Actors: William Smith, Barbara Leigh, Guich Koock, Art Metrano, Martin Kove

Synopsis: Cycle-flick veteran William Smith stars as the head of a highly trained US intelligence team, each with the requisite invaluable "special talent." Headquartered in Hawaii, the team aims its sights on a powerful crime syndicate. Since the syndicate's henchmen are all martial arts experts, a Read More

Quincy, M.E.: The Death Challenge

Synopsis: Don Ameche guest stars as Harry Whitehead, a retired magician whose protégé Mark Santini drowns while performing Whitehead's famous underwater-escape trick on a live TV special. Quincy (Jack Klugman) investigates the tragedy and unearths evidence of a possible murder scheme--while the elderly Read More

The White Buffalo

Actors: Charles Bronson, Jack Warden, Will Sampson, Kim Novak, Clint Walker

Synopsis: J. Lee Thompson directs Charles Bronson in this strange western variation on Herman Melville's Moby Dick. Bronson plays a man named James Otis, who is disturbed by dreams of a giant white buffalo. He returns to the west under his new name --Wild Bill Hickok. Amongst his travels, he meets Chief Read More

Mr. Billion

Actors: Terence Hill, Valerie Perrine, Jackie Gleason, Slim Pickens, William Redfield

Synopsis: An Italian mechanic (Terence Hill) finds that he has inherited a billion-dollar company from his dead uncle, but he needs to be in San Francisco in 20 days to sign over the will. In the meantime, he is chased by kidnappers and the affected corporation's president (Jackie Gleason). ~ John Bush, All Read More

The Rockford Files: Dirty Money, Black Light

Synopsis: Jim (James Garner) wants to know why his dad Rocky (Noah Beery Jr.), currently vacationing in Hawaii, has been receiving huge sums of money in the mail. The Feds would also like the answer to that question--and there are several other interested parties lurking in the shadows. As usual, Angel Read More

Kojak: Law Dance

Synopsis: A clever murderer manages to dig up a legal loophole that allows him a new trial. Meanwhile, the prosecution's main witness against the criminal turns up dead. Kojak (Telly Savalas) must find the witness' killer and extract a confession before the swaggering defendant is set free for keeps. This Read More

The Streets of San Francisco: The Drop

Synopsis: A kidnapping has occurred, and the ruthless abductor has posted a ransom. Among the kidnaper's demands is that detective Mike Stone (Karl Malden) deliver the ransom himself. Stone agrees to this condition, even though he suspects that he is walking into a murder trap. Future Hardy Boys regular Read More

Kingston: The Power Play

Synopsis: This TV film stars Raymond Burr as R. B. Kingston, a fiercely independent free-lance journalist. Kingston's boss, publishing mogul Lenka Peterson, asks him to find out why the editorial policy of one of her newspapers has changed so radically. Kingston agrees to do Ms. Peterson's legwork--but only Read More

Captains and the Kings

Synopsis: One of four dramatic miniseries carried by NBC under the blanket title Best Sellers, Captains and the Kings was adapted from a novel by Taylor Caldwell. Covering a time span from 1857 to 1912, this was the saga of the Irish-immigrant Armagh clan, with emphasis on the rags-to-riches career of Read More

The Four Deuces

Actors: Warren Berlinger, Carol Lynley, Jack Palance

Synopsis: TThough barely released to theaters, the tongue-in-cheek crime melodrama Four Deuces became a Late Late Show fixture in the '80s. Jack Palance plays Vic Morano, a high-ranking Prohibition-era mobster with a weakness for women. Vic's humanity begins surfacing when he falls for gorgeous blonde Wendy Read More

Death Race 2000

Actors: David Carradine, Simone Griffeth, Sylvester Stallone, Mary Woronov, Roberta Collins

Synopsis: Cult hero Paul Bartel directed this low-budget satire in which America's passion for cars, violence, and sporting events are finally brought together in one convenient package. In the not-so-distant future, the United States has become a totalitarian regime overseen by the charming but sinister Read More

Capone

Actors: Ben Gazzara, Susan Blakely, Harry Guardino, John Cassavetes, Sylvester Stallone

Synopsis: Ben Gazzara stars in this low-level depiction of legendary gangster Al Capone, who rose to command the mob underworld in 1920's Chicago. Born in Brooklyn, Capone joins his first gang at the age of 11. From there, he graduates to the infamous "Five Points Gang" run by Johnny Torrio (Harry Read More

White Line Fever

Actors: Jan-Michael Vincent, Kay Lenz, Slim Pickens, L.Q. Jones, Don Porter

Synopsis: In this action film, trucker Carrol Jo Hummer (Jan-Michael Vincent) borrows money to purchase a truck of his own, only to discover that part of his "payment plan" includes smuggling goods on his trips. When Carrol refuses to participate in the underhanded scheme, a group of thugs threaten his Read More

The Wild Party

Actors: James Coco, Raquel Welch, Perry King, Tiffany Bolling, Royal Dano

Synopsis: Director James Ivory has disowned this Hollywood drama, inspired by the Fatty Arbuckle/Virginia Rappe case and based on a satirical poem by Joseph Moncure March, which was heavily cut by American International Pictures from two hours to 90 minutes. The story concerns Jolly Grimm (James Coco) Read More

Savages

Actors: Eva Saleh, Lewis J. Stadlen, Anne Francine, Thayer David, Susan Blakely, Russ Thacker

Synopsis: This hippie parable, co-written and directed by James Ivory and produced by his long-time partner Ismail Merchant, tries to make a heavy-handed parallel between civilization and corruption. A tribe of nameless natives (played by Sam Waterston, Susan Blakely, Salome Jens and Martin Kove, among Read More

Last House on the Left

Synopsis: Wes Craven's first film was a crude but shocking horror opus that, like George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead (1968), became a grind house hit largely because it went much further than terror films before it had been willing to go. Often compared to Ingmar Bergman's stark medieval rape drama The Virgin Spring Read More