Peter Strauss
Date of Birth: 20 Feb 1947
Country: USA
Total Credits at Criticker: 34 (Actor), 1 (Director), 1 (Writer)
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NSA Agent Augustus Gibbons (Jackson), fresh off the success of his last renegade recruitment, once again finds himself in need of an outsider. Gibbons and his new agent (Ice Cube), also code named "XXX," must track a dangerous military splinter group led by Willem Dafoe that is conspiring to overthrow the U.S. Government in the nation's capital. (Sony)
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To save her ill son, a field mouse must seek the aid of a colony of super-intelligent rats, in whom she has a deeper link to than she ever suspected. (imdb)
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F.Scott Fitzgerald's novel is brought to life in this story of a movie producer slowly working himself to death. (imdb)
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Gene Watson arrives home in Los Angeles, after attending his ex-wife's funeral, with his daughter. Soon, his daughter is kidnapped.
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After a cavalry group is massacred by the Cheyenne, only two survivors remain: Honus, a naive private devoted to his duty, and Cresta, a young woman who had lived with the Cheyenne two years and whose sympathies lie more with them than with the US government. Together, they must try to reach the cavalry's main base camp... (imdb)
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License to Wed follows newly engaged Ben Murphy and his fiancée, Sadie Jones, in their quest to live happily ever after. The problem is that Sadie's family church, St. Augustine's, is run by Reverend Frank, who won't bless Ben and Sadie's union until they pass his patented, "foolproof" marriage-prep course. Consisting of outrageous classes, outlandish homework assignments and some outright invasion of privacy, Reverend Frank's rigorous curriculum puts Ben and Sadie's relationship to the test. Forget happily ever after - do they even have what it takes to make it to the altar? (Warner Bros.)
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Masada (1981) - TV Mini-Series
Flavius Silva, commander in Roman Palestine, wants to reach a reasonable compromise with the Jewish Zealots and withdraw his legion. Events and personalities in Rome, however, lead to his besieging the fortress of Masada. There the engineering genius of the Romans must fight both the harsh climate and landscape, and the passion and ingenuity of Eleazar Ben Yair and his people. (imdb)
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Three women makes an emergency landing on a planet plagued with a fatal disease, but are captured by dictator Overdog. Adventurer Wolff goes there to rescue them and meets Niki, the only earthling left from a medical expedition. Combining their talents, they try to rescue the women. (imdb)
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The Jericho Mile (1979) - TV Movie
Rain Murphy is a man sentenced to life in prison, choosing to do his time in near-isolation, and engages in distance running when given the opportunity for free-time... (imdb)
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Richter Boudreau is a son of local celebrity Cynthia who is not very successful and works as a film critic for local newspaper. In a short time he loses his job, heritage, and one of his "friends" starts to blackmail him. His only hope is that others around him are even bigger dummies. (imdb)
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Angel on My Shoulder (1980) - TV Movie
Criminal dies and goes to hell, and is given one last chance to redeem himself by helping a respected judge. (imdb)
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Rich Man, Poor Man (1976) - TV Mini-Series
An examination of the trials and tribulations of the Jordache family, from the period following World War II to the late 1960s. (imdb)
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Into the Tsangpo Gorge (2002) - TV Movie
First whitewater descent of the "Everest" of rivers, the Tsangpo Gorge in Tibet. (imdb)
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Flight of Black Angel (1991) - TV Movie
A top US Air Force fighter pilot decides that his call sign of Black Angel means that he's a messenger of God. Freely committing murders as he goes, he steals a nuclear weapon and his plane. Taking a family hostage to help him, he works on bypassing the bomb's security lockouts so he can use it on the most sinful of American cities. (imdb)
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83 Hours 'Til Dawn (1990) - TV Movie
A wealthy man's daughter is kidnapped and placed in a box with air for only 83 hours. (imdb)
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Brotherhood of the Rose (1989) - TV Mini-Series
Romulus and Remus are two CIA agents, their direct instructor is John Elliott. They both were picked up at an orphanage by Elliott at the age of about eight, raised together as brothers and specially trained to supersede every other agent in the service. This is what they know. What they do not know is that they are part of a system Elliott had invented to build up his own private army of pros which can be assigned to any job he wishes. (imdb)
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Proud Men (1987) - TV Movie
Set in modern times, this western drama chronicles the reconciliation between a draft-dodging son and his ultra-conservative rancher father after the son realizes that his father is going to die soon. The film originally aired on cable television. (allrovi.com)
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Hail, Hero! stars Michael Douglas in his screen debut as long-haired college student Carl Dixon. Reversing the usual procedure in late-1960s films, Dixon decides to quit school and enlist in the Army, even though he's already run afoul of the law as a Vietnam protestor. It is our hero's intention to use love, rather than bullets, to combat the Viet Cong. (allrovi.com)
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Kane and Abel (1985) - TV Mini-Series
Kane and Abel are born on the same day the same year on each side of the Atlantic. William Kane is born in one of the richest families of Boston and grows up to be a banker on Wall Street. Abel Rosnovski is born in the Polish countryside and has to spend many years in Siberian prison camps before he travels to New York and eventually creates one of the world's largest chains of hotels. The confrontation between these two men, both striving for power and success, will make the finance capital of (imdb)
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The Man Without a Country (1973) - TV Movie
At his court-martial, an American Army officer renounces his country. For his punishment he is ordered to spend the rest of his life on a ship that sails all over the world, but he will never be allowed to set foot on his country's soil. nor come within site of it, nor be allowed to know anything about the country (imdb)
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A Father's Choice (2000) - TV Movie
The fast-paced city life of two sisters is turned upside down when they are sent to live in the country with their father after their mother is killed.
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Trial: The Price of Passion (1992) - TV Movie
A promising attorney is desperate to revive his faltering career. An offer to join forces with a famous colleague on a high-profile case seems like a dream come true - but means dropping his current assignment of defending an immigrant on a murder charge. As Warren wrestles with his conscience, it becomes clear that there may be an unexpected connection between the two cases.
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Men Don't Tell (1993) - TV Movie
This movie shows another side to spousal abuse that not too many people thought is possible--the husband being abused and the wife the abuser.
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Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy (1977) - TV Movie
Joseph Kennedy Jr. was the eldest son of the Kennedy clan. He grew up having to deal with being humiliated and the prejudices of being an Irish Catholic. His father then tells him that the best way to get back at them is make a big impact in politics, in other words to one day be the President of the United States, and he wishes to do so.
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Murder on the Orient Express (2001) - TV Movie
Hercule Poirot, now in modern times, investigates the famous crime on the famed train with a modern twist. (imdb)
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Texas Justice (1995) - TV Movie
Houston lawyer defends oilman T. Cullen Davis for the 1976 slayings and related conspiracy. (imdb)
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A college student finds herself caught up in a circle of young women enjoying the high life and funding their dreams by "socializing" with a jet set crowd of older men until one girl turns ... (imdb.com)
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Dramatization of the trial of the "Catonsville Nine"-- a group including Fr. Daniel Berrigan of Catholic anti- Vietnam war activists who burned hundreds of draft files with homemade napalm.
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Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II (1976) - TV Series
The sequel begins with Rudy Jordache apprehending the man who killed his brother, Falconetti. He then also takes in his nephew, Wesley. He then begins a vendetta with a man, who tried to take over the company of an old friend. Unfortunately for him, he has no evidence against him and the man is not about to let Rudy off the hook. He also has to deal with his step-son, Billy. And Falconetti, has been released from prison and is looking to get back at Rudy.
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Heart of Steel (1983) - TV Movie
A steel factory that employs most of the town shuts down, leaving a man desperate to keep his family and friends together while alcohol consumes him
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Fugitive Among Us (1992) - TV Movie
An increasingly obsessed detective chases an escaped rapist across the Southwest and enters into a complicated relationship with one of the victims. (imdb)
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15 years after World War II, a team of secret agents are brought together to track down Adolf Eichmann, the infamous Nazi architect of the Holocaust. (imdb)
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A man masquerading as a dead soldier seeks to desert his post and join the enemy in their struggle. (imdb)
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Tender is the Night (1985) - TV Mini-Series
F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel about how the rich languoring on the Riviera in the 1920's are slowly drawn into the coming depression is once again filmed with Peter Strauss, Mary Steenburgen, and John Heard in the leads. (imdb)
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