Alexis Kanner

Alexis Kanner

Born: May 2, 1942
Died: December 13, 2003
in Bagnères-de-Luchon, Haute-Garonne, France

Movies for Alexis Kanner...

In Search of the Prisoner
Title: In Search of the Prisoner
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2001
Type: Movie
Sci-Fi Channel production is first shown in 2001, this documentary preceded the channel's premiere of The Prisoner. Presented by James Hyman and featuring clips and interviews, In Search Of The Prisoner examines the phenomena of one of the most influential cult TV series of all time.
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Nightfall
Title: Nightfall
Character: Sor
Released: April 15, 1988
Type: Movie
The people of the planet Aeon, blessed with three suns, have never experienced night. When an archeological excavation uncovers evidence of an ancient catastrophe, all signs point towards the impending darkness of the very Nightfall. Panic erupts as the suns slowly disappear one by one. Science struggles against superstition as the people race to comprehend the approaching Nightfall... the end of the world as they know it. Based on Isaac Asimov's classic story "Nightfall" voted "The Greatest Science-Fiction Story of All Time."
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Kings and Desperate Men
Title: Kings and Desperate Men
Character: Lucas Miller
Released: August 22, 1981
Type: Movie
A group of terrorists take a radio disk jockey and his wife and child hostage in order to get their manifesto out to the world.
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Mahoney's Last Stand
Title: Mahoney's Last Stand
Character: Leroy Mahoney
Released: November 1, 1972
Type: Movie
"A truly remarkable performance!" - Charlie Chaplin In this rare and virtually unseen film we follow the exploits of Leroy Mahoney (Alexis Kanner) as he settles in the country leaving behind a wayward life to work his land. With plot only provided as subtext, the simple story is a dramatization of a man and his resolve to live a quite honest life farming. Mahoney’s Last Stand has only appeared on Canadian TV and in particular remains neglected, forgotten even, with no release even on VHS.
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Title: UFO
Character: Lt. Jim Regan
Released: September 16, 1970
Type: TV
A secret, high-technology international agency called SHADO defends Earth from alien invaders.
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Goodbye Gemini
Title: Goodbye Gemini
Character: Clive Landseer
Released: August 6, 1970
Type: Movie
Unnaturally close, jet-setting twins become enmeshed in the Swinging London scene, where their relationship is strained after they befriend a predatory hustler and his girlfriend.
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Connecting Rooms
Title: Connecting Rooms
Character: Mickey Hollister
Released: May 1, 1970
Type: Movie
Explores the relationships shared by the residents of a seedy boarding house in London. Based on the play The Cellist, by Marion Hart.
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Crossplot
Title: Crossplot
Character: Tarquin
Released: November 25, 1969
Type: Movie
A successful London ad-exec hires a beautiful Hungarian girl to pose for some modeling shots, little realising that she has overheard an assassination plot and is now being hunted by some dangerous killers.
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Twenty-Nine
Title: Twenty-Nine
Character: Graham Baird
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
Graham Baird wakes up in strange clothes in a strange apartment, both he and his wife want to know where he had been the previous night.
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The Ernie Game
Title: The Ernie Game
Character: Ernie Turner
Released: November 14, 1968
Type: Movie
This fictional feature follows a twenty-something man who is struggling to define his position in the world in early adulthood. He has left their parents' home but still has not made an home of his own. Our protagonist’s alienation is palpable; for him life is a game, not because he chooses to make it so, but because he is unable to make anything more of it. But for those who befriend him and eventually turn him loose again, his game is not enough.
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Title: The Prisoner
Character: Number Forty Eight / The Kid
Released: September 29, 1967
Type: TV
After resigning, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is really a bizarre Kafkaesque prison. His warders demand information. He gives them nothing, but only tries to escape.
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Living Image
Title: Living Image
Character: John Manders
Released: August 18, 1963
Type: Movie
A renowned artist of the old school has his whole world turned upside down when his son, a young radical, and his associates bring modern interpretations of art into his life.
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We Joined the Navy
Title: We Joined the Navy
Character: Garrett
Released: May 17, 1963
Type: Movie
Lt Commander Badger, RN: an exceptionally likeable fellow, the Artful Bodger has one besetting sin a shining honesty which compels him to say the right thing at entirely the wrong time! When untimely remarks to some new recruits are splashed across the tabloids, the rush is on to find him a new posting somewhere far away.
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Title: The Saint
Character: Alec Misner
Released: October 4, 1962
Type: TV
Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.