Robert Schenkkan

Robert Schenkkan

Born: March 19, 1953
in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Movies for Robert Schenkkan...

Keys
Title: Keys
Character: Ry Bimstone/Cyrus Rockworth
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
A one-time investigator gets back in the game when a family suffers a trauma similar to her own.
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Victim of Love: The Shannon Mohr Story
Title: Victim of Love: The Shannon Mohr Story
Released: November 9, 1993
Type: Movie
When a woman dies in a supposed accident, her parents suspect their son-in-law of foul play. When the police begin to agree, the murder suspect vanishes.
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In Broad Daylight
Title: In Broad Daylight
Character: Rev. Don Douglas
Released: February 3, 1991
Type: Movie
The fanatically uncompromising Len Rowan and his family insult and terrorize the citizens of a small town for years. One day the comment of a saleswoman about Len's son not being able to pay his sweets triggers off his persecution complex. As revenge for the believed insult, the whole family starts stalking the shop owner and her husband... until this escalates and the old man gets badly injured. Len is arrested, but gets off, free on bail. His clever attorney delays the court session for more than a year - while Rowan keeps threatening the witnesses. But then, the people feel they've had enough of this and decide to take the law in their own hands...
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Title: Son of the Morning Star
Character: Capt. Weir
Released: February 3, 1991
Type: TV
The story of George Custer, Crazy Horse and the events prior to the battle of the Little Bighorn, told from the different perspectives of two women.
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Pump Up the Volume
Title: Pump Up the Volume
Character: David Deaver
Released: August 22, 1990
Type: Movie
Mark Hunter, a lonely high school student, uses his shortwave radio to moonlight as the popular pirate DJ "Hard Harry." When his show gets blamed for a teen committing suicide, the students clash with high school faculty and the authorities.
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Revealing Evidence - Stalking the Honolulu Strangler
Title: Revealing Evidence - Stalking the Honolulu Strangler
Released: June 3, 1990
Type: Movie
After months of a search for a serial killer, the police are able to catch the killer of some of the women. But the search is not over when the assistant of the attorney discovers some details in the last case that differ from the assassinations before...
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The Image
Title: The Image
Character: Wilton Hale
Released: January 27, 1990
Type: Movie
When career-focused journalist's investigation indirectly causes a suicide, he questions his own methods and life in general.
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Out Cold
Title: Out Cold
Character: Sgt. Roberts
Released: March 3, 1989
Type: Movie
Sunny is married to the butcher, Ernie, and their marriage is about to end as both of them have affairs. Thus Sunny hires Lester Atlas as private investigator in order to collect proof for the divorce. One evening drunken Ernie and his partner Dave have a fight in the butcher shop with Ernie getting knocked out in the fridge where he dies during the night. But it was not Dave's fault but intentional murder by Sunny. Only Lester has proof so Sunny kills him, too. Thus she only has to kill Dave to get rid of all witnesses, but he can free himself out of the fridge and wants to take revenge.
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Police Story: The Watch Commander
Title: Police Story: The Watch Commander
Released: November 12, 1988
Type: Movie
This is the story of policeman who has been on the job for over forty years. And one of his duties is to look out for all of the officers under him cause he is the watch commander. And it seems that a lot of them have a lot of problems including the new lieutenant. And a 15 year veteran who's feeling the stress of the job. And at the same time he is being egged by the captain to retire cause he thinks he's too old. And his wife would like him to retire also.
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Title: Beverly Hills Buntz
Character: Officer Mayhew
Released: November 5, 1987
Type: TV
Beverly Hills Buntz is a spinoff from Hill Street Blues. It aired on NBC during the 1987–88 season.
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Title: Star Trek: The Next Generation
Character: Lt. Cmdr. Dexter Remmick
Released: September 28, 1987
Type: TV
Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new worlds.
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Amazing Grace and Chuck
Title: Amazing Grace and Chuck
Character: Pollack
Released: May 22, 1987
Type: Movie
Chuck Murdock, a 12-year-old boy from Montana and son of a military jet pilot, becomes anxious after seeing a Minuteman missile on a school field trip. He protests the existence of nuclear weapons by refusing to play baseball, which results in the forfeit of a Little League game by his team. "Amazing Grace" Smith, a fictional Boston Celtics player, played by NBA star Alex English, decides to join the boy in his protest by resigning from professional basketball. This gives it nationwide coverage, inspiring more pro athletes to join the protest against nuclear weapons. The film reaches a climax when the President of the United States personally meets with Chuck, admiring his resolve but at the same time explaining the practical difficulties of disarmament. Sinister forces, meanwhile, threaten the lives of Amazing Grace and his agent, Lynn.
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Title: Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder
Character: Campbell
Released: March 22, 1987
Type: TV
A sociopathic socialite plots her father's murder.
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The Bedroom Window
Title: The Bedroom Window
Character: State Attorney Peters
Released: January 16, 1987
Type: Movie
Baltimore, Maryland. Sylvia sees a girl being attacked from her lover Terry's bedroom window. The assailant flees and his victim is saved. But that same night another girl is found murdered.
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Title: L.A. Law
Character: Dr. Gregory
Released: September 15, 1986
Type: TV
L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994. Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, it contained many of Bochco's trademark features including a large number of parallel storylines, social drama and off-the-wall humor. It reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s, and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot-topic issues such as abortion, racism, gay rights, homophobia, sexual harassment, AIDS, and domestic violence. The series often also reflected social tensions between the wealthy senior lawyer protagonists and their less well-paid junior staff. The show was popular with audiences and critics, and won 15 Emmy Awards throughout its run, four of which were for Outstanding Drama Series.
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Act of Vengeance
Title: Act of Vengeance
Character: Paul Gilly
Released: September 4, 1986
Type: Movie
In 1969, an administrator runs against the corrupt president of the United Coal Miners Union, and becomes the target of a murder plot.
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The Manhattan Project
Title: The Manhattan Project
Character: Government Aide
Released: June 13, 1986
Type: Movie
Named after the World War II-era program, the plot revolves around a gifted high school student who decides to construct a nuclear bomb for a national science fair. The film's underlying theme involves the Cold War of the 1980s when government secrecy and mutually assured destruction were key political and military issues.
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Sweet Liberty
Title: Sweet Liberty
Character: Helicopter Pilot
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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Title: Kane & Abel
Character: Jack Thomas
Released: November 17, 1985
Type: TV
Kane & Abel is a television miniseries, based on the novel of the same name written by Jeffrey Archer, that aired on CBS in 1985. It stars Peter Strauss as Rosnovski and Sam Neill as Kane.
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Title: The Twilight Zone
Released: September 27, 1985
Type: TV
This 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original anthology series. Each episode tells a tale (sometimes two or three) rooted in horror or suspense, often with a surprising twist at the end. Episodes usually feature elements of drama and comedy.
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Chain Letters
Title: Chain Letters
Character: Rick
Released: September 8, 1985
Type: Movie
Nine Manhattanites receive a chain letter. Depending on their decision to either pass the letter on or to break the chain, the various characters can encounter romance, fulfillment -- and sudden death.
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Places in the Heart
Title: Places in the Heart
Character: Texas Voice #2
Released: September 11, 1984
Type: Movie
In 1930s Texas, a widow and her family fight to save their home by harvesting cotton.
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Murder in Coweta County
Title: Murder in Coweta County
Character: Wilson Turner
Released: February 15, 1983
Type: Movie
Wallace a wealthy landowner in Meriwether County, Georgia, has virtually unlimited power in the county, including having the sheriff under his control. When he murders a share cropper he thinks that he is powerful enough to get away with it. Because the act of murder took place in Coweta County, it is under the jurisdiction of the Coweta County sheriff who hunts the murderer without trepidation.
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Title: Newhart
Released: October 2, 1982
Type: TV
Dick Loudon and his wife Joanna decide to leave life in New York City and buy a little inn in Vermont. Dick is a how-to book writer, who eventually becomes a local TV celebrity as host of "Vermont Today." George Utley is the handyman at the inn and Leslie Vanderkellen is the maid, with ambitions of being an Olympic Ski champion; she is later replaced by her cousin Stephanie, an heiress who hates her job. Her boyfriend is Dick's yuppie TV producer, Michael Harris. There are many other quirky characters in this fictional little town, including Dick's neighbors Larry, Darryl, and Darryl...three brothers who buy the Minuteman Cafe from Kirk Devane. Besides sharing a name, Darryl and Darryl never speak.
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The Neighborhood
Title: The Neighborhood
Character: Neighbour
Released: April 25, 1982
Type: Movie
A neighborhood in Brooklyn reacts to the first black families moving into the community.
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Sanctuary of Fear
Title: Sanctuary of Fear
Character: Father Wembley
Released: April 23, 1979
Type: Movie
A Manhattan priest with a penchant for solving crimes goes to the aid of a young actress. She is becoming enmeshed in a series of bizarre incidents she can't explain, and her complaints to the police have gone ignored.