The best John Saxon’s movies

John Saxon

John Saxon

05/08/1935- 25/07/2020
Today we present the best John Saxon’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best John Saxon’s movies.
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From Dusk Till Dawn

From Dusk Till Dawn
7.2/10
Seth Gecko and his younger brother Richard are on the run after a bloody bank robbery in Texas. They escape across the border into Mexico and will be home-free the next morning, when they pay off the local kingpin. They just have to survive 'from dusk till dawn' at the rendezvous point, which turns out to be a Hell of a strip joint.

A Nightmare on Elm Street

A Nightmare on Elm Street
7.4/10
  • Genre: Horror
  • Release: 09/11/1984
  • Character: Lieutenant Thompson
Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson, traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger, who was burned alive by angry parents many years before. Krueger has now come back in the dreams of his killers' children, claiming their lives as his revenge. Nancy and her boyfriend, Glen, must devise a plan to lure the monster out of the realm of nightmares and into the real world...

New Nightmare

New Nightmare
6.4/10
As Heather Langenkamp considers making another Nightmare on Elm Street film with Wes Craven, her son, Dylan, falls under the spell of the iconic disfigured villain Freddy Krueger. Eventually, Langenkamp must confront Freddy's demonic spirit to save the soul of Dylan.

Beverly Hills Cop III

Beverly Hills Cop III
5.5/10
Back in sunny southern California and on the trail of two murderers, Axel Foley again teams up with LA cop Billy Rosewood. Soon, they discover that an amusement park is being used as a front for a massive counterfeiting ring – and it's run by the same gang that shot Billy's boss.

Mitchell

Mitchell
2.7/10
A tough-guy cop (Joe Don Baker) pursues two drug runners (Martin Balsam, John Saxon) across the city to bust a large syndicate. Very much an anti-hero, Mitchell often ignores the orders of his superiors and demonstrates disdain for by-the-book development work as well as normal social graces. The film also stars John Saxon and Martin Balsam as the banking criminals Mitchell pursues and Linda Evans and Merlin Olsen in supporting roles as a prostitute and henchman, respectively. Mitchell was re-released by Lorimar Productions in the 1980s.

Enter the Dragon

Enter the Dragon
7.6/10
  • Genre: Action
  • Release: 17/08/1973
  • Character: Roper
A martial artist agrees to spy on a reclusive crime lord using his invitation to a tournament there as cover.

Joe Kidd

Joe Kidd
6.4/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 14/07/1972
  • Character: Luis Chama
A band of Mexicans find their U. S. land claims denied and all the records destroyed in a courthouse fire. Their leader, Louis Chama, encourages them to use force to regain their land. A wealthy landowner wanting the same decides to hire a gang of killers with Joe Kidd to track Chama.

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
8.6/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 04/05/2010
  • Character: Himself
For decades, Freddy Krueger has slashed his way through the dreams of countless youngsters, scaring up over half a billion dollars at the box office across eight terrifying, spectacular films.

Black Christmas

Black Christmas
7.1/10
During their Christmas break, a group of sorority girls are stalked by a stranger.

Animal Instincts

Animal Instincts
4.9/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 21/10/1992
  • Character: Otto Van Horne
A cop and his sexually frustrated wife are struggling to keep their failing marriage intact, when by chance she finds that he is at heart a voyeuristic peeping tom. To satisfy him and herself, his wife has numerous affairs, which her husband watches on closed-circuit televison. However, the pair soon learn that when you play with fire, you'll always get burned.

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
6.6/10
  • Genre: HorrorThriller
  • Release: 27/02/1987
  • Character: Lieutenant Thompson
It's been many years since Freddy Krueger's first victim, Nancy, came face-to-face with Freddy and his sadistic, evil ways. Now, Nancy's all grown up; she's put her frightening nightmares behind her and is helping teens cope with their dreams. Too bad Freddy's decided to herald his return by invading the kids' dreams and scaring them into committing suicide.

The Unforgiven

The Unforgiven
6.6/10
  • Genre: RomanceWestern
  • Release: 01/01/1960
  • Character: Johnny Portugal
The neighbors of a frontier family turn on them when it is suspected that their adopted daughter was stolen from the local Kiawa tribe.

Tenebre

Tenebre
7/10
An American writer in Rome is stalked by a serial killer bent on harassing him while killing all people associated with his work on his latest book.

Blood Beach

Blood Beach
4.5/10
Something or someone is attacking people one by one on the beach. Some of them are mutilated, but most of them are sucked into the sand, disappearing without a trace. What is the creature responsible? Where does it live, and where did it come from? And is there any chance of it reproducing? Meanwhile, David Huffman and Mariana Hill are once-almost-married old friends, reunited over the death of her mother on the beach, and searching for clues in the abandoned buildings where they used to play when they were young.

Battle Beyond the Stars

Battle Beyond the Stars
5.5/10
A young farmer assembles a band of diverse mercenaries to defend his peaceful planet from an evil tyrant.

The Cardinal

The Cardinal
6.7/10
A young Catholic priest from Boston confronts bigotry, Nazism, and his own personal conflicts as he rises to the office of cardinal.

The Electric Horseman

The Electric Horseman
6.4/10
A former champion rodeo rider is reduced to using his saddle skills to promote a breakfast cereal in a gaudy Las Vegas show. When he's asked to perform with a $12 million horse that he discovers is being doped to remain docile, he flees into the desert astride the beast in an act of defiance. A story-hungry female reporter gives chase.

The Girl Who Knew Too Much

The Girl Who Knew Too Much
7/10
A tourist witnesses a murder and finds herself caught up in a series of bloody killings.

Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation

Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
6.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyFamily
  • Release: 15/06/1962
  • Character: Byron Grant
Banker Roger Hobbs wants to spend his vacation alone with his wife, Peggy, but she insists on a family vacation at a California beach house that turns out to be ugly and broken down. Daughter Katey, embarrassed by her braces, refuses to go to the beach, as does TV-addicted son Danny. When the family is joined by Hobbs' two unhappily married daughters and their husbands, he must help everyone with their problems to get some peace.

Fast Company

Fast Company
5.4/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 18/05/1979
  • Character: Phil Adamson
An early departure from director David Cronenberg's canon of visceral horror, 1979's Fast Company profiles one of his personal passions, racecars, in a gritty melodrama that also features exciting racetrack footage. Veteran toughguy William Smith is top-billed as a champion drag racer who clashes with the unscrupulous oil-company executive (John Saxon) who sponsors his team.

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