Robert ForsterFilmography

The Code

Actors: Morgan Freeman, Antonio Banderas, Radha Mitchell

Synopsis: An experienced robber (Morgan Freeman) heavily in debt with the Russian mob engages a novice thief (Antonio Banderas) to pull off one last heist in this crime drama from director Mimi Leder (Deep Impact). Radha Mitchell (Silent Hill) co-stars in the Millennium Films production. ~ Jeremy Wheeler Read More

Dragon Wars

Actors: Jason Behr, Amanda Brooks, Robert Forster, Craig Robinson, Elizabeth Peña

Synopsis: Korean director Shim Hyung-Rae's monster movie D-War begins with a lengthy prologue, in which an antique dealer named Jack (Robert Forster) watches a young patron, Ethan Kendrick (Cody Erens) get zapped with a force emanating from a chest in his shop. Realizing the significance of this event, Jack Read More

Rise: Blood Hunter

Actors: Lucy Liu, Michael Chiklis, Carla Gugino, James D'Arcy, Samaire Armstrong

Synopsis: A woman who joins the undead against her will seeks vengeance against the ghouls who transformed her in this thriller. Sadie Blake (Lucy Liu) is a journalist who becomes acquainted with a group of beautiful but doomstruck partiers while following a story, led by the charismatic Bishop (James D'Arcy Read More

Jack and Jill vs. the World

Actors: Freddie Prinze, Jr., Taryn Manning, Kelly Rowan, Vanessa Parise, Robert Forster

Synopsis: A man learns about life and love from someone who has only so much of each to spare in this romantic comedy-drama. Jack (Freddie Prinze Jr.) is an advertising executive in his early Thirties who has grown jaded before his time; he devotes his life to his work but doesn't believe in it, and is Read More

Cleaner

Actors: Samuel L. Jackson, Ed Harris, Eva Mendes, Luis Guzman, Keke Palmer

Synopsis: When a man who specializes in cleaning crime scenes washes away the evidence of a murder before the crime is reported, he soon becomes drawn into a deadly mystery in this thriller directed by Renny Harlin, and starring Samuel L. Jackson. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide Read More

Touching Home

Actors: Logan Miller, Noah Miller, Ed Harris, Brad Dourif, Robert Forster

Synopsis: Oscar nominees Ed Harris and Robert Forster star in self-taught identical twin filmmakers Logan and Noah Miller's autobiographical family drama about a pair of twin brothers who return to their small town after failing to find success as major league baseball players. Their dreams of becoming Read More

Firewall

Actors: Harrison Ford, Paul Bettany, Virginia Madsen, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Robert Patrick

Synopsis: A businessman becomes the last line of defense for his family and his business in this thriller. Jack Stanfield (Harrison Ford) is an upper-echelon technology executive at Landrock Pacific Bank, a leading financial institution based in Seattle. Stanfield oversees security for Landrock, and has Read More

Wild Seven

Actors: Robert Loggia, Robert Forster

Synopsis: Two sets of crooks -- one of beginners, the other old hands at the game -- are lured by the promise of the big heist in a comedy drama from writer and director James Hausler. Wilson (Robert Forster) has just been released from prison after serving 25 years for armed robbery. While Wilson is edging Read More

Huff: Christmas is Ruined

The Hunt for the BTK Killer

Synopsis: Actor Greg Henry stars as the elusive serial killer who terrorized Kansas residents for seventeen agonizing years while taunting the authorities and claiming the lives of ten random and unsuspecting victims. Inspired to revisit the case on the anniversary of the killer's emergence, the media Read More

Grand Theft Parsons

Actors: Johnny Knoxville, Gabriel Macht, Marley Shelton, Christina Applegate, Michael Shannon

Synopsis: One man goes above and beyond the call of duty (and possibly the limits of the law) to give a good friend the final send-off he wanted in this comedy drama, which was inspired by a true story. Phil Kaufman (Johnny Knoxville) is a self-described "road mangler" and "executive nanny" who minds the Read More

Huff: Flashpants

Huff: That Stupid Cabin

Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle

Actors: Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, John Forsythe, Bernie Mac, Demi Moore, Luke Wilson

Synopsis: The three most glamorous and butt-kicking private detectives in the business are back and ready to take on bad guys in this sequel to the 2000 blockbuster screen adaptation of the once-popular television series. Dylan (Drew Barrymore), Natalie (Cameron Diaz), and Alex (Lucy Liu) are once again Read More

Confidence

Actors: Edward Burns, Rachel Weisz, Andy Garcia, Dustin Hoffman, Paul Giamatti

Synopsis: James Foley directs the slick crime caper Confidence, written by first-time screenwriter Doug Jung. Told in flashback, smooth-talking con man Jake Vig (Edward Burns) relates an elaborate scheme orchestrated by his gang :Gordo (Paul Giamatti), Miles (Brian Van Holt), and Big Al (Louis Lombardi). Read More

Undefeated

Actors: John Leguizamo, Clifton Collins, Jr., Vanessa Ferlito

Synopsis: Lex Vargas (John Leguizamo, who also directed the film) is a promising young boxer living in Jackson Heights, Queens. He works at the family bodega for his older brother, Paulie (David Zayas), but he and his best friend and manager, Loco (Clifton Collins Jr. of The Rules of Attraction), dream of Read More

Karen Sisco [TV Series]

Actors: Carla Gugino, Robert Forster, Bill Duke, Patrick Dempsey, Benito Martinez

Synopsis: The ABC cop series Karen Sisco was based on characters created by novelist Elmore Leonard, as visualized in Steven Soderbergh's 1998 theatrical feature Out of Sight. In the role originated on film by Jennifer Lopez, Carla Gugino starred as Karen Sisco, one of the toughest (and certainly the Read More

Like Mike

Actors: Lil' Bow Wow, Morris Chestnut, Jonathan Lipnicki, Robert Forster, Crispin Glover, Allen Iverson

Synopsis: Pint-size rap music star Lil Bow Wow shows that he can play ball as well as he raps in this youth-oriented comedy about a young boy whose dream comes true in an unexpected way. Calvin Cambridge (Lil Bow Wow) is a 14-year-old boy, who, since the death of his parents, has been living in an orphanage Read More

Human Nature

Actors: Tim Robbins, Patricia Arquette, Rhys Ifans, Miranda Otto, Robert Forster

Synopsis: Video director Michel Gondry and scriptwriter Charles Kaufman -- who shot to fame after penning Being John Malkovich -- collaborate on this bizarre fable about human behavior in and out of society. The film opens by quickly introducing the three leads -- Lila (Patricia Arquette) who is locked away Read More

Lone Hero

Actors: Lou Diamond Phillips, Sean Patrick Flanery, Robert Forster, Tanya Allen

Synopsis: A let's-pretend villain becomes a real-life hero in this action drama. John (Sean Patrick Flanery) is a down-on-his-luck actor who is playing a black-hatted cowboy in an "Old West" show at an Arizona tourist trap. When a gang of violent bikers roars through the town, John is one of the few people Read More

Murder in Greenwich

Actors: Nick Miller, Christopher Meloni, Robert Forster, Maggie Grace, Toby Moore, Jon Foster

Synopsis: The first in a series of "true crime" cable-TV films based on the writings of Dominick Dunne, Murder in Greenwich retraces the brutal bludgeoning murder of Martha Moxley, a Greenwich, Connecticut high school girl, in 1975. Although the prime suspect is Martha's teenaged neighbor Michael Skakel (Jon Foster Read More

Due East

Actors: Clara Bryant, Kate Capshaw, Cybill Shepherd, Robert Forster

Synopsis: The topic of teen pregnancy is covered in this made-for-Showtime melodrama directed by actress Helen Shaver. Clara Bryant stars as Mary Faith, a small-town good girl, and the last person that anyone in her community would expect to find herself with child. When news of the pregnancy gets out, Mary Read More

Mulholland Dr.

Actors: Justin Theroux, Naomi Watts, Laura Elena Harring, Ann Miller, Dan Hedaya

Synopsis: David Lynch wrote and directed this look at two women who find themselves walking a fine line between truth and deception in the beautiful but dangerous netherworld of Hollywood. A beautiful woman (Laura Elena Harring) riding in a limousine along Los Angeles' Mulholland Drive is targeted by a Read More

Diamond Men

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Robert Forster, Donnie Wahlberg, Bess Armstrong, Jasmine Guy, George Coe

Synopsis: A veteran salesman is forced to make way for a young drummer and has some improbable adventures along the way in this comedy-drama. Eddie (Robert Forster) has worked for over 30 years as a travelling jewelry salesman, but after he's stricken with a heart attack, he discovers he's no longer Read More

Lakeboat

Actors: Charles Durning, Robert Forster, J.J. Johnston, Denis Leary

Synopsis: Renowned character actor Joe Mantegna makes his directorial debut with this film adaptation of one of David Mamet's first plays, boasting such onscreen talent as Peter Falk, Charles Durning, and Robert Forster. Based on Mamet's experiences of working on Great Lake freighters while a grad student Read More

A Most Deadly Family

Roads to Riches

Actors: Robert Forster, Rose McGowan, Kip Pardue

Synopsis: A pair of mismatched, down-and-out L.A. misfits find that their luck is about to change -- thanks to a charismatic, oblivious young buck from the Lone Star state -- in this psychological drama. Robert Forster plays Jack Waters, a con man whose best days are behind him when Henry (Kip Pardue) steps Read More

Finder's Fee

Actors: Erik Palladino, James Earl Jones, Matthew Lillard, Ryan Reynolds, Dash Mihok

Synopsis: A first feature from the man best known as the host of the hugely successful reality-TV series Survivor, Jeff Probst's twisty thriller is centered around the world of card-playing and con men. A street artist, Tepper (Erik Palladino), finds a wallet outside his apartment building one rainy New Read More

Me, Myself & Irene

Actors: Jim Carrey, Renée Zellweger, Chris Cooper, Robert Forster, Richard Jenkins, Rob Moran

Synopsis: Six years after Dumb and Dumber, Jim Carrey reunited with Peter Farrelly and Bobby Farrelly for this anarchic comedy with a hint of romance. Charlie (Carrey) is a good-natured Rhode Island state trooper who likes helping people. But years of internalizing his frustrations about his work and his Read More

Family Tree

Actors: Robert Forster, Naomi Judd, Cliff Robertson, Andy Laurence, Matthew Lawrence

Synopsis: In this drama, Henry Musser (Robert Forster) fights an uphill battle to keep open a small-town factory that supports his family and his community. Family Tree also stars Cliff Robertson, Krystal Benn, Genevieve Butler, and Naomi Judd, best known as half of the Judds and mother of Ashley Judd. Read More

Supernova

Actors: James Spader, Angela Bassett, Robert Forster, Lou Diamond Phillips, Peter Facinelli

Synopsis: In the early years of the 22nd century, a medical rescue team is traveling the netherworlds of deep space, waiting to answer emergency calls aboard what amounts to an interstellar ambulance. Captain Marley (Robert Forster), pilot Vanzant (James Spader), medical officer Evers (Angela Bassett) Read More

The Magic of Marciano

Actors: Nastassja Kinski, Robert Forster

Synopsis: A boy plays matchmaker for his mother with unfortunate results in this emotional drama. Katie (Nastassja Kinski) is a single mother with more than her share of problems; she drinks too much, smokes too much, and is involved with an abusive man named Curt (Jason Cairns). Katie's 9-year-old son Read More

It's The Rage

Actors: Joan Allen, Andre Braugher, Josh Brolin, Jeff Daniels, Robert Forster

Synopsis: Director James D. Stern debuts with this darkly comedic, archly ironic look at America's obsession with guns. The film opens with Helen and Warren Harding (Joan Allen and Jeff Daniels) awaking one night to the sounds of their suburban trophy getting broken into. Warren grabs his trusty handgun and Read More

Spawn: Season 03

Actors: Keith David, Richard Dysart, Michael Nicolosi, Robert Forster, Dominique Jennings, John Rafter Lee, Victor Love

Kiss Toledo Goodbye

Actors: Nancy Allen, Christine Taylor, Jamie Anderson, Michael Rapaport, Christopher Walken, Robert Forster

Synopsis: A man makes some unexpected (and potentially dangerous) discoveries about his family in this comedy. Kevin Gower (Michael Rapaport) is an investment advisor who is engaged to marry the woman he loves, Deeann (Christine Taylor). One day, Kevin is approached by a gruff stranger named Max (Christopher Walken Read More

Psycho

Actors: Vince Vaughn, Anne Heche, Julianne Moore, Viggo Mortensen, William H. Macy

Synopsis: Independent film director Gus Van Sant attempts a first in American film history: a shot-by-shot remake of the classic 1960 Alfred Hitchcock film Psycho. With a few minor, modern-day changes (including filming it in color), his version is essentially the same film with a different cast and the Read More

Night Vision

Actors: Fred Williamson, Cynthia Rothrock, Robert Forster, Willie Gault, Frank Pesce

Synopsis: Obsessed with the media, a crazed serial killer likes to videotape the agonizing death of his victims thus providing the only clues a police detective has to go on. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Rear Window

Actors: Christopher Reeve, Daryl Hannah, Robert Forster, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Anne Twomey

Synopsis: This remake of Alfred Hitchcock's classic tale of suspense stars Christopher Reeve as a wheelchair-bound shut-in with a proclivity for watching the world through binoculars and making up stories about the lives of the people he observes. Trouble comes when he fabricates a murder that just may have Read More

Spawn: Season 02

Actors: Keith David, Richard Dysart, Michael Nicolosi, Robert Forster, Dominique Jennings, John Rafter Lee, Victor Love

Outside Ozona

Actors: Robert Forster, Kevin Pollak, Sherilyn Fenn, David Paymer, Penelope Ann Miller

Synopsis: A group of strangers are brought together under unexpectedly dangerous circumstances in this offbeat drama. Trucker Odell Parks (Robert Forster) pulls into a diner in Ozona, Texas, for a cup of coffee, where a number of other weary travelers are taking a break. Wit Roy (Kevin Pollak) is an Read More

Jackie Brown

Actors: Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Forster, Bridget Fonda, Michael Keaton, Robert De Niro

Synopsis: Quentin Tarantino wrote and directed this adaptation of Elmore Leonard's 1995 Rum Punch, switching the action from Miami to LA, and altering the central character from white to black. Ruthless arms dealer Ordell Robbie (Samuel L. Jackson), who lives with perpetually stoned beach-babe Melanie (Bridget Fonda Read More

The Method

Actors: Nick Sadler, Sean Patrick Flanery, Michael Bondies, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Tyrin Turner

Synopsis: Jack (Nick Sadler) is directing a college theater department's production of his play about a bank robbery, but the situation fails to ignite the play's actors: schemer Christian (Sean Patrick Flanery, Damian (Tyrin Turner),who is haunted by his past; and naive Alex (Michael Bondies), who has a Read More

American Perfekt

Actors: Fairuza Balk, Amanda Plummer, David Thewlis, Robert Forster

Synopsis: In this noir-influenced road movie, Jake (Robert Forster) is a criminal psychiatrist who has come to the conclusion that our lives are dictated primarily by chance, and has given himself over to this notion by making most of his decision by the flip of a coin. Sandra (Amanda Plummer) is a neurotic Read More

Uncle Sam

Actors: Timothy Bottoms, Robert Forster, Bo Hopkins, P.J. Soles, William Smith

Synopsis: After being killed by friendly fire during the Gulf War, soldier Sam Harper (David Shark Fralick) inexplicably returns from the dead to wreak revenge upon corrupt military men, draft dodgers, tax cheats, and flag burners. His memory is cherished only by his nephew, who doesn't realize that in life Read More

Spawn: Season 01

Actors: Keith David, Richard Dysart, Michael Nicolosi, Robert Forster, Dominique Jennings, John Rafter Lee, Victor Love

Original Gangstas

Actors: Fred Williamson, Jim Brown, Pam Grier, Paul Winfield, Richard Roundtree

Synopsis: Larry Cohen, who directed a number of interesting and subversive exploitation films in the 1970s and 1980s, including Black Caesar and Hell Up in Harlem, reunited some of the biggest stars of the blaxploitation era for this tough-minded action opus. John Bookman (Fred Williamson) is a successful Read More

Murder, She Wrote: Big Easy Murder

Synopsis: While researching a novel, Jessica (Angela Lansbury) pays a return visit to New Orleans. Before long, she is enmeshed in a murder investigation, this one stemming from the death of a local businessman. A tiny doll was left behind at the murder scene, indicating the presence of a strong voodoo Read More

Hindsight

Actors: Ken Steadman, Cyndi Pass, Kathy Shower, John Phillip Law, Robert Forster

Synopsis: An actor's affair with the gorgeous wife of a studio executive falls apart when the actor meets an even more beautiful former model, who may or may not have some deadly ulterior motives of her own. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Crossbow

Scanner Cop 2

Actors: Daniel Quinn, Patrick Kilpatrick, Khrystyne Haje

Synopsis: In this sequel to Scanner Cop, Sam (Daniel Quinn) is out to discover who his mother really was. Meanwhile, a new kind of ephemeral drug has been developed that doesn't have the side effects of the previous ones, and a serial killer -- who is also a scanner and is sapping the power from other Read More

American Yakuza

Synopsis: An American FBI agent infiltrates the notorious Japanese yakuza and is forced to choose between old loyalties and his new bond of blood in this lurid crime thriller starring Viggo Mortensen. The first American ever to be accepted into Japan's treacherous criminal underworld, FBI Agent Nick Davis Read More

Sex, Love and Cold Hard Cash

Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence

Actors: Robert Davi, Caitlin Dulany, Gretchen Becker

Synopsis: In Maniac Cop (1988), we were introduced to a disfigured psycho law enforcement officer. It wasn't enough that this revenge-driven fiend killed and mutilated his victims: he also kept their pelts and scalps as trophies. The part was play by Robert D'Zar in the first two Maniac Cop flicks; D'Zar is Read More

In the Shadow of a Killer

Synopsis: When a decorated New York City policeman voiced his opposition to an accused cop killer's death sentence, his co-workers ostracized him in this true story. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

South Beach

Actors: Gary Busey, Peter Fonda, Fred Williamson, Robert Forster

Synopsis: One of Fred Williamson's more unusual efforts as both actor and director, this one features the action star as a cigar-smoking detective named Mac Derringer. He is enlisted by his ex-wife (Vanity), a phone-sex operator, to catch the masked psychopath who murdered her co-worker. With the aid of Read More

In Between

Actors: Alexandra Paul, Robert Forster, Wings Hauser

Synopsis: In this fantasy-drama, three people who have never met before find themselves trapped in a strange house, with no idea of where they are or why they're there. In time, they come to the shocking realization that they've died, and they're stuck in limbo between Earth and the next world. In-Between Read More

29th Street

Actors: Danny Aiello, Anthony LaPaglia, Lainie Kazan, Frank Pesce, Donna Magnani

Synopsis: A hybrid cross-pollination of a Martin Scorsese and Frank Capra film, this feel-good comic fantasy is loosely based on the real-life story of a New York lottery winner. Anthony LaPaglia stars as Frank Pesce Jr., a New Yorker with a good-luck streak that is unmatched in his Little Italy Read More

Diplomatic Immunity

Actors: Bruce Boxleitner, Billy Drago, Ofelia Medina, Tom Breznahan, Christopher Neame, Fabiana Udenio

Synopsis: Bruce Boxleitner plays a second-rate Rambo in the action film Diplomatic Immunity. Boxleitner is grizzled and tight-lipped Vietnam veteran and U.S. Marine instructor Cole Hickel. When his daughter Ellen (Sharon L. Case) begins to date Paraguayan nationalist Klaus Hermann (Tom Breznahan), Cole Read More

Committed

Actors: Jennifer O'Neill

Synopsis: Accidentally committing herself to a mental institution instead of applying for a job, a nurse (Jennifer O'Neill) must face hellish treatment from workers and unstable patients to remain sane. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

Satan's Princess

Synopsis: The princess here is a lesbian demon woman running a modeling agency where she "tries out" the models before setting them up on their gigs. A former police officer sets himself up as a private detective and takes a missing-person case, trying to find a young teen-aged girl. The missing girl is Read More

Peacemaker

Actors: Robert Forster, Lance Edwards, Hilary Shepard, Robert Davi, Bert Remsen

Synopsis: A woman is caught in the middle of a cat-and-mouse game between fugitive aliens in this sci-fi thriller. A mysterious man named Townsend (Lance Edwards) attempts to steal a gun from a police car; an altercation results, and Townsend is repeatedly shot by the cops. Medical Examiner Dori Caisson (Hilary Shepard Read More

Dead Bang

Crew: Producer, Screenwriter

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

The Banker

Actors: Robert Forster, Duncan Regehr, Shanna Reed, Jeff Conaway, Leif Garrett, Richard Roundtree

Synopsis: John Garfieldesque leading man Robert Forster plays a cop in The Banker. The title character is above-suspicion financier Duncan Regehr, whom Forster suspects of being a serial killer of prostitutes. Such is the banker's power that Forster is threatened with unemployment, or death, or both if he Read More

Once a Hero

Synopsis: In this fantasy, a comic-book hero, worried that he will simply fade away because of his dwindling fans and a burned-out creator, decides to enter the real world and see if he can bolster his flagging reputation while simultaneously cleaning up crime. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Counterforce

Synopsis: In this actioner, a crack unit of elite mercenaries must protect a recently deposed Middle Eastern leader and his family from assassination. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The Delta Force

Actors: Chuck Norris, Lee Marvin, Martin Balsam, Joey Bishop, Robert Forster

Synopsis: Menahem Golan melds a Chuck Norris action spectacle with the disaster film genre in The Delta Force. The story is based upon the June, 1985 hijacking of a TWA jet, where passengers were held at gun-point by terrorists in Beirut, Lebanon. The film re-enacts various real life incidents from the Read More

The Adventures of William Tell

Actors: Will Lyman, Jeremy Clyde, Harry Carey, Jr., Johnny Crawford, Robert Forster

Synopsis: Adapted from television's Crossbow series, the archer of renown legend battles a tyrannical governor with a hastily regrouped "Four Horsemen." Only William Tell can rescue his land and his son from the harsh ruler. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Murder, She Wrote: The Perfect Foil

Synopsis: This episode marks the first appearance of Calhoun Fletcher (Peter Bonerz), the troublesome--and trouble-prone--distant cousin of mystery writer Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury). At the behest of her Aunt Mildred (played in a delightful cameo by filmdom's former "Blondie" Penny Singleton) Read More

Hollywood Harry

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Robert Forster, Kathrine Forster, Joe Spinell, Shannon Wilcox

Synopsis: Written, directed by, and starring Robert Forster and his daughter Katherine, Hollywood Harry is a routine detective/human interest story about a low-end P.I. who sleeps with women at a rate of $5.00 each (they pay him) and is drinking his way into oblivion when his niece (Katherine Forster) Read More

Magnum, P.I.: All for One, Part 1

Synopsis: In the first episode of a two-part story, Magnum (Tom Selleck) is asked by soldier-of-fortune Tyler McKinney (Robert Forster) to help him rescue a mutual friend from his Vietnamese captors in the jungles of Cambodia. Though Magnum has no reason to trust the disreputable McKinney, he ends up Read More

Magnum, P.I.: All for One, Part 2

Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story, Magnum (Tom Selleck), T.C. (Roger E. Mosley), Rick (Larry Manetti) and Higgins (John Hillerman) have managed to sneak into Cambodia to rescue a former war buddy from the clutches of ruthless Vietnamese torturer Major Thieu (Seth Sakai). Alas, things don't go Read More

Panther Squad

Actors: Sybil Danning, Karin Schubert, Jack Taylor, J.R. Gossar, Joan Virly

Synopsis: With loads of super-low budget erotic (sans nudity, sex or foul language) sci-fi thrills Panther Squad is the name of a crack team of mini-skirted operatives working for the world-uniting New Organizations of Nations, an international group determined to explore outer space. The trouble begins Read More

Walking the Edge

Actors: Robert Forster, Joe Spinell, A. Martinez, Aarika Wells, Wayne Woodson

Synopsis: In this action-crime drama, Jason Walk, an L.A. cab driver, suffers a luckless life. He not only has marital woes at home, he is unable to collect the money from the people he runs numbers for. One day the luck changes when the gun-toting Christine enters his hack. She is out to get revenge upon Read More

Vigilante

Actors: Robert Forster, Fred Williamson, Richard Bright, Rutanya Alda, Don Blakely

Synopsis: The excessive violence in this action thriller makes New York City look like the site of a civil war -- or rather, a nauseatingly uncivil war fought between factory workers allied with neighborhood citizens against their enemies: drug pushers and other low-lifes. At first the worker Eddie Merino (Robert Forster Read More

Heartbreak High

Synopsis: Mark Warren's comedy Heartbreak High concerns the antics taken by students and faculty of rival high schools attempting to sabotage the other the week before their annual battle on the football field. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide Read More

The Kinky Coaches and the Pom Pom Pussycats

Actors: John Vernon, Norman Fell, Robert Forster

Synopsis: This comedy features the chaotic situations occurring between two high-school football teams. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Goliath Awaits

Synopsis: Though it strains credibility to the breaking point, the made-for-TV Goliath Awaits proved a ratings success when it was first syndicated via "Operation Prime Time" on November 16, 1981. Mark Harmon plays oceanographer Peter Cabot, who intends to salvage valuable treasures from the ocean liner Read More

Alligator

Actors: Robert Forster, Robin Riker, Michael Vincente Gazzo, Dean Jagger, Perry Lang, Henry Silva

Synopsis: Lewis Teague directed this sly horror-comedy from a script by John Sayles, which plays off the old urban legend about the dangers of flushing one's pet alligator down the toilet. One such unlucky reptile is "Ramon," who survives in the subterranean cesspool by feeding on the steroid-saturated Read More

The Darker Side of Terror

Synopsis: Darker Side of Terror is a TV movie that wants to have its cake and eat it too: it is a science fiction drama and a romantic triangle all in one. Researcher Robert Forster submits to an experiment in cloning conducted by his former professor (Ray Milland) The operation is a success--except in Read More

The Black Hole

Actors: Maximilian Schell, Anthony Perkins, Robert Forster, Joseph Bottoms, Yvette Mimieux

Synopsis: An ambitious sci-fier from the Disney folks, The Black Hole takes place in the future. A quintet of space travelers stumble across a "black hole." Not wishing to be sucked into the void, the crew prepares to flee, but stops long enough to investigate a mysterious space vessel near the entrance of Read More

The Lady in Red

Actors: Pamela Sue Martin, Robert Conrad, Louise Fletcher, Christopher Lloyd, Laurie Heineman, Robert Hogan

Synopsis: Escaping from her childhood life of poverty and abuse on the farm, in the 1930s, Polly Franklin (Pamela Sue Martin) sets her sights on Hollywood as the promised land and leaves home. However, she doesn't get that far - she lands in Chicago instead. Taking the low-paying jobs which are available to Read More

Avalanche

Actors: Rock Hudson, Mia Farrow, Robert Forster, Jeanette Nolan, Rick Moses

Synopsis: When an "I'm-just-makin'-money" developer plops his new ski lodge at the foot of a mountain, the locals warn him about snowslides. So it's not too long before a gigantic avalanche buries the lodge and all the snow bunnies in it. Rock Hudson plays the ski lodge owner and Mia Farrow is his Read More

Standing Tall

Synopsis: Made for television, Standing Tall guest-stars Chuck Connors as one Major Roland Hartline. A proud, ruthless Depression-era cattle baron, Major Hartline carries on a range war with half-breed rancher Luke Shasta (Robert Forster). This isn't The Rifleman, so Chuck Connors is the bad guy. On Luke Read More

Stunts

Actors: Robert Forster, Fiona Lewis, Joanna Cassidy, Darrell Fetty, Bruce Glover

Synopsis: Robert Forster delivers a well-turned performance as a professional stuntman in this Hawksian murder mystery. Forster is Glen Wilson, an ace stuntman who travels from movie set to movie set, performing dangerous professional work. Fiona Lewis is B.J. Parswell, a journalist whose presence creates Read More

Pressure Point

Synopsis: In this crime drama, a watch commander becomes a father figure to the men he oversees. He helps them in all aspects, professional and personal, of their lives. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Royce

Synopsis: Royce, a 60-minute pilot film from MTM productions, enjoyed its first and last network exposure on May 21, 1976. Robert Forster stars as Royce, a Westerner raised by Comanches. In the tradition of Clint Eastwood, Royce is laconic and reclusive; unlike Eastwood, Royce carries no gun. In this 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

Nakia

Synopsis: Telecast April 17, 1974, Nakia was the pilot film for the shortlived ABC drama series of the same name. In the tradition of Billy Jack, Native American deputy sheriff Nakia Parker (Robert Fortier) tries to protect his people from the machinations of villainous whites. In this instance, Nakia Read More

The Deadly Kiss

Synopsis: Deadly Kiss and Beautiful But Deadly are alternate titles for the Godfather knockoff The Don is Dead. Anthony Quinn is appointed mob leader after the reigning Don expires. Syndicate functionaries Frederic Forrest and Al Lettieri, sons of the deceased don, refuse to align themselves with Quinn Read More

The Don Is Dead

Actors: Anthony Quinn, Frederic Forrest, Robert Forster, Al Lettieri, Angel Tompkins

Synopsis: In this organized crime drama (one of many that came in the wake of The Godfather, Tony (Frederic Forrest) and Vince (Al Lettieri) are two brothers whose father is a high-ranking Mafia kingpin; they've followed him into the family business, operating a profitable drug ring. While waiting for a Read More

The Death Squad

Synopsis: Made for television, Death Squad focuses on a group of renegade police responsible for the murder of shady crooks--especially the ones who have avoided conviction on small technicalities. The commissioner decides to hire an ex-cop to bring the vigilantes to justice. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

Journey through Rosebud

Actors: Lynn Burnette, Pat Iyotte, Olive McCloskey, Dianne Running

Synopsis: The modern-day Native American occupation and protest at Wounded Knee is the subject of this drama from Tom Giles. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

Banyon

Actors: Robert Forster, Darren McGavin, José Ferrer, Anjanette Comer, Herb Edelman

Synopsis: Banyon is an A-number-one detective yarn set (very accurately) in the 1930s. Robert Forster, emulating John Garfield in virtually every scene, plays private eye Miles C. Banyon. Right now he's in dutch because a beautiful young woman has been found murdered--and Banyon's gun was the murder weapon. Read More

Cover Me Babe

Actors: Robert Forster, Sondra Locke, Susanne Benton, Robert Fields, Ken Kercheval

Synopsis: An amoral film student will stop at nothing to gain a movie contract in this pretentious effort. Tony Hall (Robert Forster) insults his cinema professor (Reegis Toomey), degrades his girlfriend Sondra Locke), and alienates his agent. Ken Kerchival and Sam Waterston also appear in this dreary film. Read More

Pieces of Dreams

Actors: Robert Forster, Lauren Hutton, Will Geer, Ivor Francis, Richard O'Brien

Synopsis: Father Gregory Lind (Robert Forster) is the Catholic priest who questions his dedication to his parishioners. He becomes disenchanted with the church over the official stance on birth control, unwanted pregnancy and social change. He tries to confide in his family but they rebuke him for Read More

Medium Cool

Actors: Robert Forster, Verna Bloom, Peter Bonerz, Marianna Hill, Harold Blankenship

Synopsis: "I love to shoot film" is the sanguine motto of TV lensman John Cassellis (Robert Forster) in Haskell Wexler's 1969 Medium Cool, a semi-documentary investigation of image-making and politics. With his soundman, Gus (Peter Bonerz), John films such events as gruesome car wrecks with frosty Read More

Justine

Actors: Severn Darden, Anouk Aimée, Dirk Bogarde, Anna Karina, Philippe Noiret, Michael York

Synopsis: Justine (Anouk Aimee) is a Jewish prostitute living in Egypt who manages to sleep her way to the top. Marrying a financial minister, Justine works her way up from her beginnings as a hooker, but continues to use her sexual allure as a tool to win her and her husband's ends. Along the way, she Read More

The Stalking Moon

Actors: Gregory Peck, Eva Marie Saint, Robert Forster, Noland Clay, Nathaniel Narcisco

Synopsis: Adapted from a novel by Theodore V. Olsen, The Stalking Moon opens in the Arizona of the Old West, as the U.S. calvary is in the process of relocating Native Americans to reservations. One of the calvary men is Sam Varner (Gregory Peck), an aging scout who is ready to retire to his New Mexico home Read More

Reflections in a Golden Eye

Actors: Elizabeth Taylor, Marlon Brando, Brian Keith, Julie Harris, Robert Forster

Synopsis: This dreary story of the latent desires of the sexually repressed and psychologically tormented is taken from the 1944 novel by Carson McCullers. Major Penderton (Marlon Brando) is a hard-driving Army officer married to Leonora (Elizabeth Taylor). The impotent Penderton hides his latent Read More

The Graduate

Synopsis: A renegade policeman who is committing gang-like executions is hunted down by an ex-cop who was hired by the police commissioner. ~ All Movie Guide Read More