Nick Mancuso Filmography

Vanessa

Actors: Nick Mancuso, Candice Prentice

Synopsis: A young abuse victim runs away from home, eventually resorting to prostitution as a means of supporting herself while praying for the miracle that will steer her away from suicide and help her get started down the road to recovery. Abused by her stepfather, the young girl surmises that it's better Read More

Dreaming on Christmas

Night of Terror

Actors: Mitzi Kapture, Nick Mancuso, Rick Roberts

Synopsis: William Tannen's thriller Night of Terror begins with a dysfunctional family setting off on a rafting trip in order to help them heal the emotional rifts. Their emotional problems become far less important when a deranged psychotic joins them, and goes to frightening measures to be accepted. Read More

BLINDeye

Actors: Roddy Piper, Nick Mancuso, Levi Oliver, Tara Goudreau, Joel Hookey

Synopsis: A big city cop has returned to his small hometown after learning that his daughter has disappeared, leading to a revelation that will forever change the relationships between his old brotherhood of friends. Nick may have moved on to fight crime in the city, but his old pal Jay will always be a Read More

In the Mix

Actors: Usher Raymond, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Chazz Palminteri

Synopsis: R&B star Usher Raymond plays his first starring role in this story which blends crime with romantic comedy. Darrell (Usher Raymond) is a successful club DJ who one night unexpectedly rescues a woman from a dangerous situation. It turns out the woman in question is the wife of Frank Pacelli (Chazz Palminteri Read More

The Lives of the Saints

Actors: Sophia Loren, Sabrina Ferilli, Fabrizio Filippo, Jessica Paré, Nick Mancuso, Kris Kristofferson

Synopsis: A young boy's innocence is shattered when his mother enters into an elicit affair with a mysterious blue-eyed stranger in a two-part, four hour miniseries directed by Jerry Ciccoritti and starring Academy Award-winner Sophia Loren. Vittorio Innocente is a typical young boy from the tiny Italian Read More

Lightning: Bolts of Destruction

Actors: Joanna Pacula, Nick Mancuso, Ellen Dubin, Noel Fisher

Synopsis: Unprecedented sunspots threaten to bring about the end of the world in this adventure thriller from director Brenton Spencer. Joanna Pacula plays Valery Landis, the only person who's figured out that the activities on the sun are leading to violent and extreme weather on Earth. When no one will Read More

Firefight

Synopsis: Paul Ziller's action thriller Firefight stars Steve Bacic as a fireman who, with the help of helicopter pilot George (Nick Mancuso), has robbed an armored truck. In order to hide the evidence and get away, the duo has started a fire that has grown into an inferno that is engulfing a forest. Read More

The Messiah: Prophecy Fulfilled

Actors: Nick Mancuso

Paul Anka: Destiny

Synopsis: Few performers in pop music have enjoyed the career longevity of Paul Anka, who first rose to fame as a teen idol when he scored a hit single with the song "Diana" in 1957 (he was 15 at the time), and today has distinguished himself as a vocalist, songwriter, actor, and business mogul. Destiny Read More

Time of Fear

Synopsis: The serial killer thriller Time of Fear concerns an FBI agent and the father of a murdered girl who team up to stop a serial killer who takes a biblical approach to his crimes. The pair consults with a priest in order to get additional insight into the killer's mindset. The two must push their Read More

Avalanche Alley

Synopsis: This adventure-drama begins when some daredevil skiers accidentally start a chain of dangerous avalanches. The disaster nearly destroys a ski resort owned by former Olympic skier Rick (Ed Marinaro), who must, with the help of his mentor, stop any more damage from harming his business or his Read More

Judgment

Actors: Corbin Bernsen, Nick Mancuso, Mr. T, Jessica Steen, Leigh Lewis

Synopsis: A woman accused and her lawyer risk their lives to defend the rule of God in this Christian drama, the third sequel to Apocalypse: Caught in the Eye of the Storm. In the near future, a One World government led by the despotic Franco Macalousso (Nick Mancuso) rules the globe, and he's taken it upon Read More

Call of the Wild: Foxfire

Actors: Shane Meier, Nick Mancuso, Rachel Hayward, Kathleen Duborg, Ben Cardinal

Tribulation

Actors: Gary Busey, Margot Kidder, Nick Mancuso, Howie Mandel

Synopsis: A cop used to chasing bad guys finds himself up against the ultimate villain of all time in this Christian-themed thriller. Tom Canburo (Gary Busey) is a police detective whose work doesn't leave him with much room in his life for the intangibles of faith. Tom's sister, Eileen (Margot Kidder) Read More

Total Recall 2070

Actors: Michael Easton, Karl Pruner, Cynthia Preston, Michael Anthony Rawlins, Judith Krant

Synopsis: This series for the Showtime premium cable network was based on the hit 1990 film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sharon Stone. In the year 2070, David Hume (played by Michael Easton) is a futuristic law enforcement officer who discovers that the death of his partner was not accident -- that it Read More

Revelation

Actors: Carol Alt, Jeff Fahey, Nick Mancuso

Synopsis: A law enforcement officer must decide if he follows the law of man or the law of God in this Christian-themed thriller. Thorold Stone (Jeff Fahey) is an high-level agent with One Nation Earth (or O.N.E.), the global law enforcement group founded by self-proclaimed messiah and international despot Read More

Jack of Hearts

Actors: Nick Mancuso, M. Emmet Walsh, Ben Gazzara, Lucky Vanous

Synopsis: A cop looking for a chance to redeem himself comes up against a man who has built a fortune out of corruption in this thriller. Roy Murcant (Nick Mancuso) is a free-wheeling entrepreneur who has built a multi-million dollar empire on the Las Vegas strip with his own two hands. But not everyone in Read More

Perfect Assassins

Actors: Andrew McCarthy, Robert Patrick, Nick Mancuso, Portia de Rossi

Synopsis: In this crime drama, a specially-trained FBI agent suspects that his former professor may be involved in terrorist activities. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Laws of Deception

Actors: C. Thomas Howell, Amber Smith, Brian Austin Green

Synopsis: In this drama, a lawyer puts his career and life on the line after he falls in love with a dangerous woman. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Misbegotten

Actors: Kevin Dillon, Nick Mancuso, Lysette Anthony

Synopsis: Desperate for a child of their own, a young couple visits the local sperm bank so the wife can be artificially inseminated. The procedure is a success, and the two are blissfully happy until they discover that the donor is a crazed killer obsessed with raising the child himself. ~ Sandra Brennan Read More

Captured

Actors: Andrew Divoff, Linda Hoffman, Nick Mancuso

Synopsis: In this taut psychological drama, Nick Mancuso plays Holden Downs, an unscrupulous real estate developer. Joey Breed (Michael Mahonen) is a small time thief who tried to rob Downs and had his arm broken for his trouble. Joey decides to get even by stealing Downs' luxurious sports car with the help Read More

Loyal Opposition: Terror in the White House

Synopsis: In this decidedly pre-9/11 political thriller, the President of the United States (Lloyd Bochner) responds to terrorism by announcing plans to negotiate with the aggressors. This policy does not rest at all well with General Metzger (Nick Mancusco), the fiercely xenophobic chairman of the Joint Read More

Loving Evangeline

Actors: Nick Mancuso, Kelly Rowan, Shari Belafonte

Synopsis: Based on a Harlequin Romance novel, this romantic drama centers on the powerful president of a computer software company and follows him on his journey home after his brother is killed in a boating mishap. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The Invader

Actors: Sean Young, Ben Cross, Daniel Baldwin, Nick Mancuso

Synopsis: When an earth woman discovers she is carrying an alien's child, tensions between humans and the out-worlders rapidly escalate towards all-out war. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Twists of Terror

Actors: Jennifer Rubin, Nick Mancuso, Francoise Robertson, Andrew Jackson

Synopsis: This made-for-television chiller offers up three spooky stories. In the first, a vicious husband hires assassins to rape and kill his wife. In story two, a dog's savage bite causes a man to go insane. Finally a pair of men get more than they bargained for when a woman gets fed up with their Read More

Matter of Trust

Actors: C. Thomas Howell, Joan Severance, Nick Mancuso

Synopsis: Assistant District Attorney Theresa (Joan Severance) is getting threatening messages -- a mutilated cat in her car, bizarre notes regarding her attempts at getting pregnant -- pressuring her to purposely lose a high-profile case of a suspected serial killer who shot a detective. When her Read More

The Ex

Actors: Amy Yasbeck, Yancy Butler, Nick Mancuso, Suzy Amis, Babs Chula

Synopsis: A Manhattan architect starts a new life with a new wife. All seems to be going well until the day when his friends and acquaintances start turning up murdered. The killer turns out to be his psycho ex-wife, and the architect realizes his new wife is next on her list. ~ Brian Gusse, All Movie Guide Read More

Against the Law

Actors: Richard Grieco, Nick Mancuso, Nancy Allen

Synopsis: A policeman with personal problems finds himself an unexpected hero, making him the target of a psychotic killer in this action thriller. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide Read More

Provocateur

Actors: Jane March, Stephen Mendel, Lillo Brancato Jr., Nick Mancuso, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

Synopsis: Jane March (Color of Night) stars in this entertaining thriller as a North Korean spy working in the South Korean home of an American military man and his family. Half espionage thriller and half trashy coming-of-age story, the film spends as much time on March's budding romance with the teenage Read More

Past Perfect

Actors: Eric Roberts, Nick Mancuso, Saul Rubinek, Laurie Holden, Mark Hildreth

Synopsis: In this Seattle-set police thriller, a police detective tries to bring a band of adolescent arms dealers to justice. He manages to capture one, but he is under-age and cannot be prosecuted as an adult. Meanwhile someone is quietly slaughtering the youth's gang mates, leaving the police detective Read More

Vows of Deception

Actors: Cheryl Ladd, Mike Farrell, Nick Mancuso, Nancy Cartwright

Synopsis: Also known as A Deadly Seduction and A Tangled Web, this made-for-TV melodrama stars Cheryl Ladd as Lucinda, a convict paroled in the custody of a hardboiled detective. Ladling on the charm in buckets, Lucinda inveigles the detective's brother, a wealthy widowed attorney, into falling in love with Read More

Once You Meet a Stranger

Synopsis: Filmed for television, Once You Meet a Stranger is a remake of Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train, using the same Patricia Highsmith novel as its source but transforming the protagonists into females. A chance meeting brings together former child star Sheila Gaines (Jacqueline Bisset) and the Read More

Under Siege 2: Dark Territory

Actors: Steven Seagal, Eric Bogosian, Katherine Heigl, Everett McGill, Nick Mancuso, Morris Chestnut

Synopsis: In the original box-office smash Under Siege, action hero Steven Seagal played Casey Ryback, a U.S. Navy SEAL who saved the world from nuclear destruction by outsmarting and killing off terrorists who had commandeered a submarine. In this sequel, Seagal's Ryback character does the same sort of Read More

Young Ivanhoe

Actors: Stacy Keach, Margot Kidder, Nick Mancuso, Rachel Blanchard, Kris Ried

Flinch

Danielle Steel's 'Message From Nam'

Synopsis: Another of several made-for-TV movies based on the best-selling novels of Danielle Steel, this one stars Jenny Robertson as Paxton Andrews, a sheltered Southern belle who falls for law student Peter Wilson (Steven Eckholdt) on the campus of Berkeley in the late '60s. After Peter is drafted and Read More

Wild Palms

Synopsis: Just after the turn of the 21st century in L.A., Harry (Belushi) works for a television station that uses a revolutionary technology, virtual reality projected for at-home viewers with 3-D holographic programs. A sinister group known as the Fathers, headed by Senator Kreutzer (Loggia), has a Read More

Under Siege

Actors: Steven Seagal, Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Busey, Erika Eleniak, Patrick O'Neal

Synopsis: Andrew Davis directed this exciting thriller starring Steven Seagal, sans ponytail, and featuring electric, over-the-top performances by Gary Busey and Tommy Lee Jones. This action saga takes place on the battleship USS Missouri, about to be decommissioned from service after a visit from George Read More

Rapid Fire

Actors: Brandon Lee, Powers Boothe, Nick Mancuso, Raymond J. Barry, Kate Hodge

Synopsis: In this better-than-average kick-boxer foray, Brandon Lee (son of famed martial-arts film star, Bruce Lee) stars as a young art student who happens to witness a drug murder and is placed in protective custody by federal agents. It's not too long before he realizes that the only real protection he Read More

Lies Before Kisses

Actors: Ben Gazzara

Synopsis: This made-for-TV thriller stars Ben Gazzara as a publishing magnate framed for murdering the call girl with whom he was having an affair. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

Somebody's Daughter

Actors: Nicollette Sheridan

Synopsis: Nicollette Sheridan plays a stripper in the made-for-TV Somebody's Daughter. Together with her bodyguard/lover Nick Mancusco, Sheridan becomes involved in a murder. The subsequent official cover-up and the attendant police corruption places Nicollette's future seriously in doubt. In fact, she Read More

A Family Matter

Synopsis: Originally titled Vendetta: Secrets of a Mafia Bride, this 2-part TV movie stars supermodel Carol Alt as Nancy, the ward of Mafia don Frank Latella (Eli Wallach). Part One gets off to an explosive start when Nancy witnesses her father's murder. Raised by Latella, our heroine lives for the day that Read More

Fatal Exposure

Actors: Mare Winningham

Synopsis: Because sources gave contradictory information on this made-for-TV film--two different plot synopses from two different sources--the information here is based on the scattered TV listings found for the film. Mare Winningham plays Jamie Hurd, a young mother whose life is put in danger by a Read More

Milena

Actors: Valérie Kaprisky, Stacy Keach, Gudrun Landgrebe, Nick Mancuso, Peter Gallagher

Synopsis: Though featuring a down-beat ending, this true tale of a Czech journalist who gives her life helping the oppressed during the years prior to WWII is an inspirational one. Milen Jesnska began her quest to help others in 1920 Prague when she defied her father's wishes that she become a doctor like Read More

The Last Train Home

Synopsis: In this made-for-cable family drama set in the 1880s, a teen and his dog set out on a cross-country journey to find the boy's father, who escaped police custody after being falsely accused of murder. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

Lena's Holiday

Actors: Felicity Waterman, Chris Lemmon, Nick Mancuso, Noriyuki "Pat" Morita, Michael Sarrazin

Synopsis: In Lena's Holiday, the title heroine (Felicity Waterman) is an East German who makes the most of her newfound post-Berlin Wall freedom to visit Los Angeles. After crossing paths with a gang of jewel thieves, she finds herself running for her life. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

Burning Bridges

Synopsis: In this drama a woman suffers terribly after she finally admits having an affair with her married doctor. Her husband does not accept the news gracefully and trouble ensues. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Double Identity

Actors: Nick Mancuso

Synopsis: The gloom-laden Canadian/French Double Identity stars Nick Mancuso as a sedate college professor residing in the small university town of New Hope. Not given to talking about himself much, Mancuso's past is a mystery to his friends, colleagues, and new lady friend Leah Pinsent. The film's noir-ish Read More

Tiger Warsaw

Actors: Patrick Swayze, Piper Laurie, Lee Richardson, Mary McDonnell, Barbara Williams

Synopsis: Chuck "Tiger" Warsaw (Patrick Swayze) returns to the steel town of Sharon, Pennsylvania hoping to be reunited with his estranged family after 15 years. He spent his time away from home in Miami in a perpetual fog of drugs and alcohol and is struggling to remember what prompted his departure. Tiger Read More

La Travestie

Actors: Zabou, Anna Galiena, Valerie Steffen, Yves Afonso, Christine Pascal

Synopsis: Nicole (Zabou) is a female attorney who is frustrated with the male-dominated world of provincial law. She embezzles money from a law firm and travels to Paris where she disguises herself as a man in hopes it will make a difference in her life and career. Nicole has two lesbian affairs and becomes Read More

The King of Love

Synopsis: A publishing empire founder discovers that his rise to power was costly. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Paroles Et Musique

Actors: Catherine Deneuve, Christopher Lambert, Richard Anconina, Jacques Perrin, Dayle Haddon

Synopsis: This routine French melodrama features Catherine Deneuve) as Margaux, an unhappily married recording-company executive with two children at home who starts an affair with Jeremy (Christophe Lambert), one of the singers she promotes through her company. Margaux's husband is away in New York working Read More

Death of an Angel

Actors: Bonnie Bedelia, Nick Mancuso, Pamela Ludwig, Alex Colon, Abel Franco

Synopsis: In this undistinguished, confusing story about priests, gangsters, illegal immigrants and everything except pizza, Grace (Bonnie Bedelia) is the mother of an invalid, wheelchair-bound daughter. For no clear reason, the daughter runs off to a mission near the Mexican border, and her worried mother Read More

Half a Lifetime

Synopsis: Produced for Canadian television, Half a Lifetime stars David Carradine, Gary Busey, Nick Mancuso and Saul Rubinek. The story is set at a table where the four leads indulge in a high-stakes poker game. We soon learn that this table is where these overgrown "boys" have frittered away most of their Read More

Ray Bradbury Theater, Vol. 2

Synopsis: Volume Two of Ray Bradbury's frightful TV tales is about a man who fears there's a connection between a number of recent car accidents and a strange crowd which keeps showing up at the scene of each accident. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Embassy

Synopsis: Nick Mancuso stars in the made-for-TV Embassy. Cast as an American ambassador stationed in Rome, Mancuso's life is thrown into turmoil by a crucial computer chip. When not trying to keep U.S. defense secrets from falling into the wrong hands, he must juggle the affections of his Read More

Nuit Magique

Actors: Carole Laure, Nick Mancuso, Stéphane Audran, Jean Carmet

Night Magic

Actors: Nick Mancuso, Carole Laure, Stéphane Audran, Jean Carmet, Frank Augustyn

Synopsis: In this fantasy-drama-romance, forbidden love between an angel (Carole Laure) and a singer (Nick Mancuso) is set against the singer's attempts to resuscitate a fading theater. During the period of one night, the singer is visited by three different guardian angels out to help him succeed in Read More

Stingray

Actors: Nick Mancuso

Synopsis: Created by Stephen J. Cannell, the made-for-TV Stingray combines choice elements from such past successes as Knight Rider, The Lone Ranger, and (stylistically, at least) Miami Vice. Nick Mancuso stars as the title character, a mysterious good samaritan who has apparently named himself after his Read More

Heartbreakers

Actors: Peter Coyote, Nick Mancuso, Carole Laure, Max Gail, James Laurenson

Synopsis: Los Angeles is the playing field for producer/ writer/ director Bobby Roth's Heartbreakers. Peter Coyote and Nick Mancusco play a couple of thirty-something holdovers from the 1960s. Coyote is an artist specializing in S&M poses, while Mancusco is heir apparent to a large garment-manufacturing Read More

Blame It on the Night

Actors: Nick Mancuso, Byron Thames, Leslie Ackerman, Dick Bakalyan, Leeyan Granger

Synopsis: In this standard, slightly maudlin drama developed by Mick Jagger and director Gene Taft, Charles (Nick Mancuso) is a rock 'n roll star forced to take on his 13-year-old son Job (Byron Thames) when the boy's mother dies, and a clash of cultures, generations, and backgrounds results. Job was the Read More

Tell Me That You Love Me

Synopsis: This melodrama chronicles a couple's attempt to deal with a failing marriage in the '80s. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

Desperate Intruder

Synopsis: In the early 1980s, Procter and Gamble teamed with Commworld Productions for a series of taped two-hour TV movies, to be syndicated throughout the US. The Commworld Prime Time Showcase yielded only two efforts: Emergency Room and Desperate Intruder. The latter film was the old chestnut about a Read More

Maria Chapdelaine

Actors: Carole Laure, Nick Mancuso, Claude Rich, Amulette Garneau

Synopsis: Strict behavior codes and the struggle to eke out a living provide a backdrop to this romantic drama set at the turn of the 20th century in rural, northern Quebec. Maria Chapdelaine (Carole Laure) returns to the home of her parents in a remote village, and during the period of one year, has her Read More

Mother Lode

Actors: Charlton Heston, Nick Mancuso, Kim Basinger, John Marley, Dale Wilson

Synopsis: The McGee brothers--Silas and Ian (Charlton Heston in a dual role)--are Scottish miners with a gold fortune hidden in British Columbia. Two bush pilots (Nick Mancuso, Ricky Zantolas) and a girl (Kim Basinger) travel to the province to seek the gold. The film is also known as Search for the Mother Read More

The Legend of Walks Far Woman

Actors: Raquel Welch, Bradford Dillman, Nick Mancuso

Synopsis: