Leo Burmester

Leo Burmester

Born: February 1, 1944
Died: June 28, 2007
in Louisville, Kentucky, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Leo Burmester (February 1, 1944 - June 28, 2007) was an American actor. Burmester worked for director John Sayles several times, including in Passion Fish (1992) and Lone Star (1996), and also for directors such as John Schlesinger and Sidney Lumet, and as the Apostle Nathaniel in Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ (1988).

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Exorcising 'Cruising'
Title: Exorcising 'Cruising'
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 18, 2007
Type: Movie
Part two of the making of William Friedkin's 1980 thriller "Cruising" and the controversies it created.
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The History of 'Cruising'
Title: The History of 'Cruising'
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 18, 2007
Type: Movie
Part one of the making of William Friedkin’s 1980 thriller "Cruising" and the controversies it created.
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America Brown
Title: America Brown
Character: Bo Williams
Released: October 28, 2005
Type: Movie
A coming-of-age drama that centers on a young quarterback from West Texas, a priest in New York, and the two women in their lives.
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Broadway's Lost Treasures II
Title: Broadway's Lost Treasures II
Character: Monsieur Thénardier (segment "Les Misérables")
Released: October 26, 2004
Type: Movie
The annual Tony Award broadcast provides the only filmed record of Broadway's best for audiences to experience as if they were front-row-center on opening night. This second compilation of great musical moments from the Tonys features another dazzling array of stars and performances. Hosts Lauren Bacall, Bebe Neuwirth, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Jerry Orbach introduce these one-of-a-kind performances and share their personal Broadway and Tony memories.
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Red Betsy
Title: Red Betsy
Character: Emmet Rounds
Released: March 27, 2003
Type: Movie
A close-knit Midwestern farm family deals with loss, change, and social progress during the 1940's.
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Gangs of New York
Title: Gangs of New York
Character: Telegraph Operator #1 (voice)
Released: December 14, 2002
Type: Movie
In 1863, Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points of America to seek vengeance against the psychotic gangland kingpin, Bill the Butcher, who murdered his father years earlier. With an eager pickpocket by his side and a whole new army, Vallon fights his way to seek vengeance on the Butcher and restore peace in the area.
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City by the Sea
Title: City by the Sea
Character: Lieutenant Katt
Released: September 6, 2002
Type: Movie
Vincent LaMarca is a dedicated and well-respected New York City police detective who has gone to great lengths to distance himself from his past, but then makes the terrible discovery that his own son has fallen into a life of crime.
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Monday Night Mayhem
Title: Monday Night Mayhem
Character: Carl Lindemann
Released: January 14, 2002
Type: Movie
The early years of a television sports powerhouse are chronicled as ABC becomes a player in the NFL coverage by putting their full resources into a major showcase. Executive Roone Arledge (John Heard) recruits former Dallas Cowboys quarterback 'Dandy' Don Meredith (Brad Beyer), along with Keith Jackson (Shuler Hensley), and the combative Howard Cosell (John Turturro) as commentators for the broadcasts, which become funny, odd trio events to millions of viewers. Jackson departs the show after the first year to take over the network's focus on college football, and former New York Giants star Frank Gifford (Kevin Anderson) takes his place, ruffling Cosell's feathers. Then things get really crazy!
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Title: Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Character: Lorne Cutler
Released: September 30, 2001
Type: TV
The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.
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Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story
Title: Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story
Character: Corby Judd (Part 1)
Released: November 7, 1999
Type: Movie
A group of high school friends starts a rock band during the 1950's.
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Title: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character: Bud Gabler
Released: September 20, 1999
Type: TV
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
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Limbo
Title: Limbo
Character: Harmon King
Released: June 4, 1999
Type: Movie
Traumatized by a fishing boat accident many years before, Joe Gastineau has given up his hopes for a life beyond the odd jobs he takes to support himself. That quickly changes when nomadic club singer Donna de Angelo and her troubled teen-age daughter enter Joe’s life. Both mother and daughter fall for Joe, increasing the friction between them. The tension continues to build when Joe invites them on a pleasure cruise up the Alaskan coast, discovering too late that the trip may cost them their lives.
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Speed of Life
Title: Speed of Life
Character: Dad
Released: April 17, 1999
Type: Movie
Drew (Scott Caan) must care for his father, a former professor who can now barely communicate due to Alzheimer. Depressed and struggling to make ends meet, an old buddy tries to get him to become a pusher. He gets further drawn in by a new and exciting girlfriend, Sarah (Mia Kirshner), who uses drugs.
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Getting to Know You
Title: Getting to Know You
Character: Lamar Pike, Sr.
Released: January 22, 1999
Type: Movie
A chance encounter alters a teenage girl's perception of herself and her outlook on life.
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Dumbarton Bridge
Title: Dumbarton Bridge
Character: Jack
Released: January 1, 1999
Type: Movie
The hypnotic, watery landscapes of the San Francisco Bay Area's salt ponds set the magical tone of the film. This festival favorite, critically acclaimed drama tells the story of rebirth - as a father and daughter rediscover each other. Like few other American movies, the film uniquely approaches multi-racial conflicts.Shed, a Vietnam vet working the salt ponds of the south bay area and fighting demons of the past, is visited by the daughter he left behind in Vietnam 17 years before when the American troops retreated.Minh is an outcast in her own homeland and has come to America to find her father. She ignites dormant emotional fires and the two of them begin a parallel search for ethnic identity and personal belonging.The powerful performances are set to a classic jazz and 50s/60s R&B soundtrack, with stunning visuals of the moody waterscapes at the margins of Silicon Valley.
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River Red
Title: River Red
Character: Judge Perkins
Released: November 6, 1998
Type: Movie
Dave kills his alcoholic father to end the cycle of violence in the house. But when his little brother Tom confesses to the murder and goes to jail, Dave turns to petty crime to pay the bills.
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Title: Trinity
Released: October 16, 1998
Type: TV
Set in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, a detective from a working-class Irish Catholic family looks after his family members.
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Title: You're the One
Released: April 19, 1998
Type: TV
You're the One is an American sitcom that aired from April 19 until May 3, 1998.
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Eye of the Storm
Title: Eye of the Storm
Character: Dallas
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
When a sudden storm traps a college student from California in the Miller's farmhouse basement, in the dead geographic center of America, with Irma, her husband Dallas and their brooding 30-year-old son Billy, their dark secrets are revealed. This taut, well-crafted drama is a star turn for Blythe Danner, leading us on an intriguing path of family dysfunction and hidden tragedies. The Millers are trying to come to terms with the mysterious disappearance of their only daughter. Irma's delusions about the tragedy are further complicated by the arrival of the suspicious California coed.
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The Secret of Mulan
Title: The Secret of Mulan
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
The story of Mulan told in the world of insects.
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Switchback
Title: Switchback
Character: Clyde 'Shorty' Callahan
Released: October 31, 1997
Type: Movie
After FBI agent Frank Lacrosse believes his son was kidnapped by a notorious serial killer, he travels to Amarillo, Texas, where he believes the murderer is in hiding. Although officially taken off the case because of its personal significance to him, Frank continues to pursue the killer, causing concern for local sheriff Buck Olmstead. When another victim pops up at a nearby car garage, Frank knows that he is as close as he'll ever be to tracking down the elusive killer.
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The Devil's Advocate
Title: The Devil's Advocate
Character: Florida Prosecutor
Released: October 17, 1997
Type: Movie
Aspiring Florida defense lawyer Kevin Lomax accepts a job at a New York law firm. With the stakes getting higher every case, Kevin quickly learns that his boss has something far more evil planned.
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...First Do No Harm
Title: ...First Do No Harm
Character: Bob Purdue
Released: February 16, 1997
Type: Movie
When Lori Reimuller learns that her young son Robbie has epilepsy, she first trusts the judgment of the hospital staff in how best to bring it under control. As Robbie's health slides radically downhill, however, she becomes frustrated and desperate, and so does her own research into the existing literature on treatments. When she decides to try an alternative treatment called the Ketogenic Diet, devised long ago by a doctor from Johns Hopkins, she is met with narrow-minded resistance from Robbie's doctor, who is prepared to take legal action to prevent Lori from removing him from the hospital.
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Old Man
Title: Old Man
Character: Plump Convict
Released: February 10, 1997
Type: Movie
A prisoner set on serving his time gets recruited to save a pregnant woman trapped in a tree during the Great Flood of 1927. A massive storm drives them farther from their destination and they soon must decide to go off on their own or find their way home.
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Mistrial
Title: Mistrial
Character: Commissioner Russell Crane
Released: November 2, 1996
Type: Movie
When a cop-killer goes free, a detective's search for personal justice veers dangerously out of control. Declaring a mistrial, he takes the accused, the judge and the jury hostage...and begins a trial of his own.
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Lone Star
Title: Lone Star
Character: Cody
Released: June 21, 1996
Type: Movie
When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town.
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Truman
Title: Truman
Character: Frank Vassar
Released: September 9, 1995
Type: Movie
Biographical account of America's President for the latter part of WWII. Shows Truman's rise from small-town nobody to leader of the USA, his decision to use the Atomic Bomb against Japan, and subsequent election as the US' post-war President.
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The Neon Bible
Title: The Neon Bible
Character: Bobbie Lee Taylor
Released: August 23, 1995
Type: Movie
During a train ride, a teenager recalls his upbringing in 1940s small-town Georgia and the events that have led to this point.
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The Great Elephant Escape
Title: The Great Elephant Escape
Character: Ethridge
Released: March 25, 1995
Type: Movie
Two young boys help an elephant escape from an African animal orphanage when he is bought by a wealthy American. The trio dodge poachers, the police and lions on a journey they'll never forget.
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Title: Chicago Hope
Released: September 18, 1994
Type: TV
Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran on CBS from September 18, 1994, to May 4, 2000. The series is set in a fictional private charity hospital in Chicago, Illinois. The show is set to return in the fall of 2013 on TVGN in reruns.
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A Perfect World
Title: A Perfect World
Character: Tom Adler
Released: November 24, 1993
Type: Movie
A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor: an escaped convict on the run from the law, headed by an honorable U.S. Marshal.
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Under Pressure: Making 'The Abyss'
Title: Under Pressure: Making 'The Abyss'
Character: Self
Released: September 1, 1993
Type: Movie
Documentary about the challenging making of the sci-fi film "The Abyss" , with commentary by various actors and crew, outtakes and behind-the-scenes footage of the actual shooting of the film.
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Title: Walker, Texas Ranger
Character: Woodrow Jonathan Wilton
Released: April 21, 1993
Type: TV
Modern-day Texas Ranger, Cordell Walker's independent crime-solving methods have their roots in the rugged traditions of the Old West. Walker's closest friend is former Ranger, C.D. Parker, who retired after a knee injury, and now owns "C.D.'s," a Country/Western saloon/restaurant. Rookie Ranger, James "Jimmy" Trivette is an ex-football player who bases his crime-solving methods on reason and uses computers and cellular phones. Alex Cahill is the Assistant DA who shares a mutual attraction with Walker, but often disagrees with his unorthodox approach to law enforcement.
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Title: Alex Haley's Queen
Character: Henderson
Released: February 14, 1993
Type: TV
Queen is the story about Easter, the illegitimate daughter of James Jackson, III and her lifelong affair with plantation owner Tim Daly, which would result in the birth of Queen. Queen's story revolves around her early years as a slave who yearns to know who her father is, and her condition as a fair skin mixed race woman who spends her life trying to figure out where exactly she fits in.
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Passion Fish
Title: Passion Fish
Character: Reeves
Released: December 11, 1992
Type: Movie
After an accident leaves her a paraplegic, a former soap opera star struggles to recover both emotionally and mentally, until she meets her newest nurse, who has struggles of her own.
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Innocent Blood
Title: Innocent Blood
Character: Dave Flinton
Released: September 25, 1992
Type: Movie
Marie is a vampire with a thirst for bad guys. When she fails to properly dispose of one of her victims, a violent mob boss, she bites off more than she can chew and faces a new, immortal danger
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Title: Arresting Behavior
Released: August 18, 1992
Type: TV
Arresting Behavior is a half-hour American television police comedy that aired on ABC from August 18 to September 2, 1992.
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Article 99
Title: Article 99
Character: Shooter Polaski
Released: March 13, 1992
Type: Movie
Dr. Richard Sturgess leads a team of compassionate doctors at a veteran's hospital. Along with Drs. Morgan, Handleman and Van Dorn, he fights to deliver adequate care to needy veterans in the face of funding cuts and a corrupt administration. To succeed, the staff may have to bend the rules and circumvent the villainous "Article 99," a bureaucratic loophole that prevents veterans from receiving the benefits they deserve.
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William Shakespeare's Hamlet
Title: William Shakespeare's Hamlet
Character: Osric
Released: November 2, 1990
Type: Movie
A Danish prince and university student avenges his father's murder by his uncle, who stole the crown and married his mother.
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Title: Law & Order
Character: Lester Hastings
Released: September 13, 1990
Type: TV
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
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Title: Law & Order
Character: Defense Attorney Le Clair
Released: September 13, 1990
Type: TV
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
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Title: True Blue
Character: Officer Red Tollin
Released: December 3, 1989
Type: TV
True Blue is a short-running NBC Television series set in New York City which aired on Friday evenings in 1989 and 1990. The hour-long drama follows the exploits of a squad of uniformed officers assigned to the specialized trucks of the NYPD's Emergency Services Unit.
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The Abyss
Title: The Abyss
Character: Catton ‘Catfish’ De Vries
Released: August 9, 1989
Type: Movie
A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where he confronts a mysterious force that has the power to change the world or destroy it.
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Title: Baywatch
Released: April 23, 1989
Type: TV
Join the Baywatch lifeguards on their thrilling adventures filled with beautiful beaches and those iconic red swimsuits.
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Big Business
Title: Big Business
Character: Bum
Released: June 10, 1988
Type: Movie
In the 1940s in the small town of Jupiter Hollow, two sets of identical twins are born in the same hospital on the same night. One set to a poor local family and the other to a rich family just passing through. The dizzy nurse on duty accidentally mixes the twins unbeknown to the parents. Our story flashes forward to the 1980s where the mismatched sets of twins are about to cross paths.
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The Last Temptation of Christ
Title: The Last Temptation of Christ
Character: Nathaniel, Apostle
Released: May 28, 1988
Type: Movie
Jesus, a humble Judean carpenter beginning to see that he is the son of God, is drawn into revolutionary action against the Roman occupiers by Judas -- despite his protestations that love, not violence, is the path to salvation. The burden of being the savior of mankind torments Jesus throughout his life, leading him to doubt.
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Broadcast News
Title: Broadcast News
Character: Jane's Dad
Released: December 16, 1987
Type: Movie
Basket-case network news producer Jane Craig falls for new reporter Tom Grunnick, a pretty boy who represents the trend towards entertainment news she despises. Aaron Altman, a talented but plain correspondent, carries an unrequited torch for Jane. Sparks fly between the three as the network prepares for big changes, and both the news and Jane must decide between style and substance.
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Sweet Liberty
Title: Sweet Liberty
Character: Hank
Released: May 16, 1986
Type: Movie
Michael has written a schollarly book on the revolutionary war. He has sold the film rights. The arrival of the film crew seriously disrupts him as actors want to change their characters, directors want to re-stage battles, and he becomes very infatuated with Faith who will play the female lead in the movie. At the same time, he is fighting with his crazy mother who thinks the Devil lives in her kitchen, and his girlfriend who is talking about commitment.
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Odd Jobs
Title: Odd Jobs
Character: Wylie D. Daiken
Released: March 1, 1986
Type: Movie
Four students who work on different jobs during their vacations in summer are tired of doing the same thing every year. Therefore they decide to open up a moving company together and confront themselves with the former boss of one of them.
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Title: The Equalizer
Character: Jim Harding
Released: September 18, 1985
Type: TV
Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private crime fighting operation where he fashions himself as "The Equalizer." It is a service for victims of the system who have exhausted all possible means of seeking justice and have nowhere to go. McCall promises to even out the odds for them.
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The House of God
Title: The House of God
Character: Dr. Gath
Released: January 1, 1984
Type: Movie
Comedy about a couple of interns in a hospital named 'The House of God'.
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Daniel
Title: Daniel
Character: FBI #1
Released: August 26, 1983
Type: Movie
The fictionalized story of Daniel, the son of Paul and Rochelle Isaacson, who were executed as Soviet spies in the 1950s. As a graduate student in New York in the 1960s, Daniel is involved in the antiwar protest movement and contrasts his experiences to the memory of his parents and his belief that they were wrongfully convicted.
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Title: Rage of Angels
Character: Jim
Released: February 20, 1983
Type: TV
A young assistant district attorney is used by a ruthless attorney to get his client off. She is fired and almost disbarred, but fights back to become a top attorney, torn between two lovers.
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Precious Blood
Title: Precious Blood
Released: March 9, 1982
Type: Movie
A one act play where a woman and a man share their life stories, till they inter stitch and conflict with each other.
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Rattlesnake in a Cooler
Title: Rattlesnake in a Cooler
Character: The doctor / prisoner
Released: January 1, 1982
Type: Movie
A one act play about a young doctor who ditches his safe middle-class existence to become a cowboy out West. His cowboy fantasy eventually breaks down.
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Title: Nurse
Character: Wally
Released: April 2, 1981
Type: TV
Nurse is an American medical drama that aired on CBS from April 2, 1981 to May 1982. Series star Michael Learned won an Emmy in 1982 for her role on the show.
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Title: Flo
Released: March 21, 1980
Type: TV
Flo is an American sitcom which aired on CBS from 1980 to 1981. The series is a spin-off for Polly Holliday who portrayed the sassy and street-smart waitress Florence Jean "Flo" Castleberry on the sitcom Alice. Flo was cancelled at the end of its second season.
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Cruising
Title: Cruising
Character: Water Sport
Released: February 15, 1980
Type: Movie
When New York is caught in the grip of a sadistic serial killer who preys on patrons of the city's underground bars, young rookie Steve Burns infiltrates the S&M subculture to try and lure him out of the shadows.