Ted MarklandFilmography

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Actors: Dennis Quaid, Danny Glover, Jared Leto, R. Lee Ermey, Ted Levine

Synopsis: Scripter Jeb Stuart (Die Hard) made his directorial debut with this thriller about an FBI agent in pursuit of a serial killer. Politically ambitious Amarillo police chief Jack McGinnis (William Fichtner) uses a local murder to gain votes in his campaign, a setback for Sheriff Buck Olmstead (R. Lee Ermey Read More

Last Man Standing

Actors: Bruce Willis, Christopher Walken, Bruce Dern, Michael Imperioli, Alexandra Powers, David Patrick Kelly

Synopsis: The traditions of the western and the gangster film meet head-on in this dark crime drama. Jericho is a small town in Texas that in the 1920s looks much like it did in the 1860s, except that two violent gangs of rival bootleggers have driven away nearly all of the citizens not involved in the Read More

Wild Bill

Actors: Jeff Bridges, Ellen Barkin, John Hurt, Diane Lane, David Arquette

Synopsis: Maverick writer-director Walter Hill's version of the famous Wild Bill Hickok legend is a dreamscape western that is told entirely in flashback. Hickok's friend Charley Prince (John Hurt) narrates the events of Wild Bill's life while sitting at Bill's graveside. Hickok is played by Jeff Bridges as Read More

Guns and Lipstick

Synopsis: Sally Kirkland stars in this suspense thriller from the writer/director behind American Kickboxer 2. Kirkland plays no-nonsense private eye Danielle Roberts, an ex-cop whose latest case turns out to be more than she bargained for when the client kicks the bucket. Before she knows it, Roberts Read More

Confessions of a Hitman

Synopsis: James Remar is too good an actor to be squandering his time in Confessions of a Hitman. Remar plays Bruno Serrano, the title character, whose father has just been murdered in Las Vegas. The grieving professional assassin heads to the Glitter Capital to exact vengeance on the man responsible for Read More

The Outsider

Actors: Grainger Hines, Ted Markland, Robert Kotecki

American Kickboxer 2

Synopsis: John Barrett, star of American Kickboxer 1 (1991), is nowhere to be found in American Kickboxer 2 (1993). In fact, much of the emphasis this time is not on the title character, but on the heroine. When her daughter is kidnapped, Kathy Shower calls upon the two most important men in her life. Those Read More

Live by the Fist

Synopsis: A Navy SEAL gets himself tossed into a seething Filipino prison after his attempts to stop a gang rape fail and he is accused of killing the girl. This low-budget martial arts actioner chronicles his struggle to survive and escape the hellish jail. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Merlin

Actors: Peter Phelps, Richard Lynch, James Hong

Synopsis: The direct-to-video Merlin brings the King Arthur legend up to date. The fun begins when a young Californian traces the ol' family tree directly back to Merlin the Magician. The twist: Merlin's descendant is a woman, played by Nadia Cameron. The good news is that the woman is endowed with special Read More

Backtrack

Actors: Dennis Hopper, Jodie Foster, Dean Stockwell, Vincent Price, Fred Ward, John Turturro

Synopsis: Originally prepared for European release under the title Catchfire, Backtrack wasn't given a wide distribution until 1991, and then only to capitalize on the Oscar win of Silence of the Lambs star Jodie Foster. In Backtrack, Foster plays a youngish innocent who witnesses a mob hit. Professional Read More

Murder, She Wrote: Thicker Than Water

Synopsis: Jessica's return to Cabot Cove coincides with the arrival of Wayne Metzger (Bruce Abbott), the "black sheep" brother of town sheriff Mort Metzger (Ron Masak). Recently released from prison, Wayne wants to mend fences with his brother, but the uncharacteristically bitter Mort refuses to have Read More

Hunter: Little Man With a Big Reputation

Synopsis: The 152nd and final episode of Hunter focuses on the titular detective's superior officer, Captain Charles Devane (Charles Hallahan). For reasons that he cannot possibly understand, Devane has been asked to be best man at the wedding of a small-time crook named Jake Hutton (played by frequent Read More

Another 48 Hrs.

Actors: Eddie Murphy, Nick Nolte, Brion James, Kevin Tighe, Ed O'Ross

Synopsis: At times, Another 48 Hrs. seems less like a sequel to than a parody of the first 48 Hrs., especially when Nick Nolte, repeating his role from the earlier film, begins commenting on the cliched absurdity of the goings on. This time, Nolte risks life, limb and career as he obsessively tries to Read More

Liberty and Bash

Actors: Lou Ferrigno, Miles O'Keeffe

Synopsis: Miles O'Keeffe and Lou Ferrigno star as Vietnam war buddies who team up to rid their community of drugs. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

Fatal Mission

Actors: Peter Fonda, Tia Carrere, Mako, Ted Markland, James Mitchum

Synopsis: In this action film, an American soldier (Peter Fonda) captures a female guerrilla fighter in the jungles of Vietnam and forces her to act as his guide through the unfamiliar terrain. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

Colors

Actors: Sean Penn, Robert Duvall, Maria Conchita Alonso, Randy Brooks, Grand L. Bush

Synopsis: Colors stars Robert Duvall and Sean Penn as partners on the LAPD's gang crime division. Duvall had hoped to spend more time with his family, but he's pulled back into active service because of a step-up in gang activity. He makes no secret of his contempt for his novice partner Penn, but Read More

Best Seller

Actors: James Woods, Brian Dennehy, Victoria Tennant, Allison Balson, Paul Shenar

Synopsis: Brian Dennehy plays a Wambaugh-type cop who has flourished as a novelist. At the moment, however, Dennehy is suffering from a profound case of writer's block. Coming to the rescue, as it were, is professional hit man James Woods. Recently dumped by his boss, above-suspicion business executive Paul Shenar Read More

Hunter: Straight to the Heart

Synopsis: To keep Hunter (Fred Dryer) alive long enough to testify against mob boss Max Crane (Wolf Muster), Captain Devane (Charles Hallahan) orders the detective to go on a fishing trip at a remote sporting lodge. Almost immediately upon arrival, Hunter meets and falls in love with a girl named Nicki Read More

Eye of the Tiger

Actors: Gary Busey, Yaphet Kotto, Seymour Cassel, Bert Remsen, William Smith

Synopsis: The budget may be loftier, but Eye of the Tiger is essentially an up-to-date AIP motorcycle flick. Ex-convict Buck Mathews (Gary Busey) lives as quietly as possible in his old home town. The corrupt local sheriff (Seymour Cassel) would give anything to drive Buck out of town: thus, the sheriff Read More

The Dukes of Hazzard: Danger on the Hazzard Express

Synopsis: In his own inimitable (and fatheaded) "no questions asked" fashion, Boss Hogg (Sorrell Booke) hires a trio of crooks to rob a moving boxcar. For this purpose, the crooks intend to knock the boxcar off the train, using remote-control explosives. The Duke boys become intimtately involved in the Read More

The A-Team: A Nice Place to Visit

Synopsis: The A-Team sneaks into a small and remote town, there to attend the funeral of a fellow Vietnam veteran. They soon discover that their friend was murdered by members of the vicious Watkins family, who also hold the townsfolk in a grip of terror. Thus the team's mission is twofold: To seek revenge Read More

The A-Team: Labor Pains

Synopsis: This time the A-Team takes up the cause of migrant workers who are being treated as slaves--and cheated out of their meager salaries in the bargain--by evil landowner Ted Jarrett (played by prison-movie perennial John Vernon). Once on the scene, the Team sets about to organize the beleagured Read More

King of the Mountain

Actors: Harry Hamlin, Joseph Bottoms, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Richard Cox, Dennis Hopper

Synopsis: Harry Hamlin stars as the self-styled "King of Mulholland Drive," the leader of a group of men who get drunk and then race their cars at high-speed along a perilous Los Angeles roadway. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

The Dukes of Hazzard: Follow That Still

Synopsis: Hoping to divest himself of his well-earned nickname, veteran moonshiner Hard Luck Jones (Fred Stuthman) steals a vintage armored personal carrier from Boss Hogg (Sorrell Booke), who'd been using the vehicle to transport illegal cigarettes. Jones intends to transform the APC into Hazzard County's Read More

Wanda Nevada

Actors: Peter Fonda, Brooke Shields, Fiona Lewis, Luke Askew, Ted Markland, Henry Fonda

Synopsis: When tough gambler Beaudray Demerille (Peter Fonda) wins young Wanda Nevada (Brooke Shields) in a poker game, he discovers that his new possession might be more of a hindrance than a help. Setting off to search for gold in the Grand Canyon, Beaudray and Wanda must work together to avoid falling Read More

The Rockford Files: Dwarf in a Helium Hat

Synopsis: Jim (James Garner) picks up his phone and hears a threat against his life: the caller, it turns out, has dialed the wrong number. The intended recipient of the threat is self-absorbed social climber Jay Rockfelt (John Pleshette), who in his eagerness to make an impression on the world has Read More

Which Way Is Up?

Actors: Richard Pryor, Lonette McKee, Margaret Avery, Morgan Woodward, Marilyn Coleman

Synopsis: This Americanized remake of Lina Wertmuller's The Seduction of Mimi offered audiences the novelty of seeing Richard Pryor performing three different roles in the same film. Which Way Is Up? tells the tale of Leroy Jones (Pryor), a poor orange picker who gets fired from his job when he accidentally Read More

Fighting Mad

Actors: Peter Fonda, Lynn Lowry, John Doucette, Philip Carey, Scott Glenn

Synopsis: Peter Fonda here gives a studied performance of a man alone against the odds. When he discovers that members of his family are going to be killed because they are standing in the way of a corporate master plan which involves their land, and the local sheriff seems unconcerned about the threat, he Read More

The Great Gundown

Actors: Robert Padilla, Richard Rust, Steven Oliver

Synopsis: Also released under the titles El Salvejo, 40 Graves for 40 Guns, Savage Red, and Outlaw White, this western takes place in New Mexico when a group of outlaws are attacked by a force led by a man who is half Native American. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Actors: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, William Redfield, Dean R. Brooks, Scatman Crothers

Synopsis: With an insane asylum standing in for everyday society, Milos Forman's 1975 film adaptation of Ken Kesey's novel is a comically sharp indictment of the Establishment urge to conform. Playing crazy to avoid prison work detail, manic free spirit Randle P. McMurphy (Jack Nicholson) is sent to the Read More

Ulzana's Raid

Actors: Burt Lancaster, Bruce Davison, Jorge Luke, Richard Jaeckel, Joaquin Martinez

Synopsis: One of the best films by often-underrated director Robert Aldrich, this stark, brutal Western is also an effective allegory of America's involvement in the Vietnam War. Set in Arizona during the late 1880s, the film begins with experienced scout McIntosh (Burt Lancaster) and idealistic U.S. Read More

Jory

Actors: Robby Benson

Synopsis: A boy (Robby Benson) is forced to become a man when he is left orphaned in the Old West. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

Play It Again, Sam

Actors: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Jerry Lacy, Susan Anspach

Synopsis: Herbert Ross directed this adaptation of Woody Allen's hit Broadway play concerning a shy film critic who has trouble with women. Woody Allen plays Allan Felix, a writer for Film Quarterly consumed by movies, particularly his favorite film of all time, Casablanca. At the start of the film, Allan's Read More

Welcome Home, Soldier Boys

Synopsis: This anti-war drama centers on four Vietnam veterans who are driving cross country to California. By the time they hit New Mexico, they are down to $69. They started out with over $9,000 between them. To get some quick cash, they rob a gas station. The irate owner begins shooting at them and they Read More

The Last Movie

Actors: Dennis Hopper, Stella Garcia, Samuel Fuller, Peter Fonda, Julie Adams

Synopsis: With a barrage of cinematic distancing devices at hand (flashbacks and flash-forwards, super-imposed titles, missing frames, projectionist cue-marks placed in the wrong locations in a film reel), Dennis Hopper concocts a hallucinatory acid-trip concerning an American movie company making a western Read More

The Hired Hand

Actors: Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Verna Bloom, Robert Pratt, Severn Darden

Synopsis: Meeting largely mixed reviews during its first run in 1971, counterculture icon Peter Fonda's directorial debut was restored and remastered for its 30-year anniversary. The film opens with three drifters greeting the morning by cavorting in a sun-dabbled mountain river. Harry Collings (Fonda) Read More

Angels from Hell

Actors: Tom Stern, Arlene Martel, Ted Markland, Paul Bertoya

Synopsis: Biker-flick entrepreneur Joe Solomon used the profits from his first three independent efforts to form his own company, Fanfare Productions. The second film in the Solomon trio was Angels From Hell -- not to be confused with his other efforts, Hell's Angels on Wheels and Run, Angel, Run. Tom Stern Read More

Blackbeard's Ghost

Actors: Peter Ustinov, Dean Jones, Suzanne Pleshette, Elsa Lanchester, Joby Baker

Synopsis: Blackbeard's Ghost was one of the first Disney productions released after Walt's death. Peter Ustinov stars as the eponymous wraith, who returns to Earth to come to aid of his descendant, elderly Elsa Lanchester. The villains want to kick Lanchester and her friends out of their group home so that Read More

Waterhole #3

Actors: James Coburn, Carroll O'Connor, Maggie Blye, Claude Akins, Timothy Carey

Synopsis: "A rootin', tootin', but sincere picture" was the advertising tag for the comedy western Waterhole No. 3. James Coburn plays the likeably amoral hero, who'll go to any lengths to get his mitts on a treasure map. Like his principal rival, renegade confederate cavalryman Claude Akins, Coburn knows Read More

Bonanza: Credit for a Kill

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Don Collier, Luana Patten

Synopsis: A horse thief with a price on his head is shot by both Joe Cartwright and his friend, stone-broke farmer Morgan Tanner (Dean Harens). When the authorities arrive, Joe takes full credit for the killing-and claims the reward, which Morgan and his family need desperately. Why is Joe acting in this Read More

The Hallelujah Trail

Actors: Burt Lancaster, Lee Remick, Jim Hutton, Pamela Tiffin, Donald Pleasence

Synopsis: In The Hallelujah Trail, Lee Remick plays temperance leader Cora Templeton Massingale, who is determined to halt a shipment of whiskey headed for Denver. The shipment is being escorted by the US cavalry, under the guidance of Col. Thadeus Gearhardt (Burt Lancaster). As the Denver miners thirstily Read More

Have Gun, Will Travel: The Search

Synopsis: Paladin (Richard Boone) is hired by a mortally woman named Mrs. Kilmer (Lillian Bronson), who wants to learn the whereabouts of her long-long son before she dies. The trail of clues leads Paladin to Harper City, a town held in the grip of the wealthy--and psychotic--Fred Harper (Charles Aidman). Read More

Have Gun, Will Travel: Incident at Borasca Bend

Synopsis: Paladin (Richard Boone) ventures into the temporary tent-town of Borasca Bend, intending to return a pouch of gold. Instead, he is captured by the half-deranged prospectors who populate the town and charged with murdering one of their number. Subjected to a bizarre kangaroo court, Paladin must Read More