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Larry Peerce is a Director and Executive Producer American born on 19 april 1930 at New York City (USA)

Larry Peerce

Larry Peerce
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Nationality USA
Birth 19 april 1930 (94 years) at New York City (USA)

Larry Peerce (born April 19, 1930) is an American film and TV director whose work includes the theatrical feature Goodbye, Columbus, the early rock and roll concert film The Big T.N.T. Show, One Potato, Two Potato (1964) and Oscar nominee Two-Minute Warning (1976).

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Filmography of Larry Peerce (28 films)

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Director

The Test of Love, 1h36
Directed by Larry Peerce
Genres Drama
Actors Roma Downey, William Russ, Jamie Rose, Joey Miyashima, Bill Mondy
Rating59% 2.9562952.9562952.9562952.9562952.956295
Cassie and David Whitmanowie are living happy and peaceful life, raising together a teenage son; Kevin. The day after their 20th wedding anniversary, David has a business travel. The plane he flies with crashes. Everybody but David dies, meanwhile he goes into the coma. The woman sitting next to him was checked in under the same last name, which makes the insurance company believe she was his wife. Trying to explain this, Cassie discovers a shocking truth of David's double life, the fruit of which is a pre-teenage daughter.
Love-Struck, 1h31
Directed by Larry Peerce
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Actors Cynthia Gibb, Costas Mandylor, Annabelle Gurwitch, Suzanne Somers
Rating50% 2.539862.539862.539862.539862.53986
Comme tous les trois ans, Vénus envoie son fils Cupidon, âgé de 5000 ans - mais qui ne les paraît pas -, décocher ses flèches pour changer le destin d'un être bon, généreux et esseulé. Sa cible est cette fois-ci Emily Vale, une jeune dentiste, également bénévole d'une institution religieuse. La belle a le cœur brisé depuis que son ami l'a quittée. Mais Cupidon, qui a pris l'apparence d'un jeune homme, manque son tir. La flèche se retourne contre lui et il tombe amoureux d'Emily. Sa mission doit être accomplie avant le lever du soleil.
Christmas Every Day
Directed by Larry Peerce
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy
Themes Christmas films, Time travel films
Actors Erik von Detten, Robert Hays, Bess Armstrong, Yvonne Zima, Robert Curtis Brown, Robin Riker
Rating61% 3.097533.097533.097533.097533.09753
Set in the fictional town of Greenwood Falls, Virginia (just outside of Washington, D.C.), the film stars Erik von Detten as Billy Jackson, a selfish teenager forced to relive the same Christmas every day. At night on Christmas Day, Billy's sister (Yvonne Zima) wishes that it was Christmas every day. And thereafter he has to keep repeating Christmas Day until he realizes the true meaning of the holiday season.
A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story, 1h35
Directed by Larry Peerce
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about writers
Actors Shannen Doherty, John Clark Gable, Dale Midkiff, Matt Mulhern, Rue McClanahan, Ann Wedgeworth
Rating67% 3.3828053.3828053.3828053.3828053.382805
Margaret grows up to become a respectable lady in the South, just like her mother May Belle. She wants to become a writer, but her feminist mother insists on her becoming a female doctor. May Belle puts a lot of pressure on her daughter, forcing her to be the best in everything. This results in Margaret never being able to satisfy her mother. When she has become a young lady, all the boys want to be with her, but Margaret only has eyes for Clifford.
Murder So Sweet
Directed by Larry Peerce
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Harry Hamlin, Helen Shaver, Terence Knox, Ed Lauter, Frances Lee McCain, Daphne Ashbrook
Rating50% 2.5299552.5299552.5299552.5299552.529955
Steve Catlin was known as a real lady-killer. But it's his new bride's mysterious death that causes his former wife, Edie Ballew, to question how accurate that nickname really is. With little more than a hunch and the help of an out-of-town detective, Edie secretly pieces together clues that reveal her cunning and smooth-talking ex-husband as a cold, methodical killer.[1]
Child of Rage, 1h34
Directed by Larry Peerce
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Horror
Actors Ashley Peldon, Mel Harris, Dwight Schultz, Rosanna DeSoto, Mariette Hartley, Sam Gifaldi
Rating63% 3.1916753.1916753.1916753.1916753.191675
Minister Rob Tyler and his wife Jill Tyler adopt two children, Catherine and Eric. Eric is a sweet and timid child, while Catherine seems to come across as being the same. However, Catherine soon displays outbursts of violent rage for no apparent reason, affecting her behavior and interaction with others. At first, some of her violent acts (such as killing a clutch of baby birds and attacking Eric while he sleeps) go unnoticed, but when it progresses to tearing her room apart and stabbing the family dog with a needle, Rob and Jill sense something is wrong. They attempt to ask Hanna Doris, the children's caseworker, about anything in Catherine's past that might explain it, but Doris hides behind confidentiality laws and only suggests that Rob and Jill bring the children back if they're unable to handle them.
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson, 1h40
Directed by Larry Peerce
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about racism, Sports films, Baseball films
Actors Andre Braugher, Daniel Stern, Ruby Dee, Stan Shaw, Paul Dooley, Bruce Dern
Rating68% 3.431783.431783.431783.431783.43178
Basé sur des faits réels, The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson se concentre sur la partie de la vie de Jackie Robinson pendant laquelle il effectue son service militaire.
Wired
Wired (1989)
, 1h52
Directed by Larry Peerce
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Ghost films
Actors Michael Chiklis, Ray Sharkey, J. T. Walsh, Patti D'Arbanville, Lucinda Jenney, Alex Rocco
Rating36% 1.8206751.8206751.8206751.8206751.820675
The story follows John Belushi, shortly after his death from a drug overdose in March 1982, as he awakens in a morgue and is about to undergo an autopsy. Panicked, Belushi escapes and finds himself in the company of the enigmatic Angel Velasquez (Ray Sharkey), a Puerto Rican cabbie who takes Belushi to significant moments in his life from the beginning of his career to the courtship of his wife, Judith (Lucinda Jenney), into his burgeoning comedy career, his friendship with Dan Aykroyd (Gary Groomes) and his eventual decline. The film alternates between Belushi as a ghost and his journey with Velasquez to flashbacks (in non-linear style) as his career gains momentum. Meanwhile, journalist Bob Woodward (J. T. Walsh) is researching Belushi's life as he prepares to write a book about the late comic actor. Woodward's investigation leads him to Cathy Smith (Patti D'Arbanville), who procured drugs for Belushi, and the story climaxes with Woodward directly conversing with Belushi during the actor's dying moments.
Queenie
Queenie (1987)
, 3h56
Directed by Larry Peerce
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about immigration
Actors Mia Sara, Joss Ackland, Martin Balsam, Sarah Miles, Serena Gordon, Kirk Douglas
Rating67% 3.3861353.3861353.3861353.3861353.386135
Queenie Kelley (Oberon had been known earlier in life as "Queenie O'Brien" and "Queenie Thompson") is an extremely beautiful girl of Indian and Irish descent, fair enough to pass for white. Growing up in Calcutta, however, Queenie is made all too aware of her "chee-chee" (mixed) background by her enemies, including wealthy, jaded socialite Penelope Daventry.
The Fifth Missile, 2h30
Directed by Larry Peerce
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Submarine films, Political films
Actors Robert Conrad, Sam Waterston, David Soul, Richard Roundtree, Jonathan Banks, Art LaFleur
Rating62% 3.14143.14143.14143.14143.1414
À l’exception du commandant Van Meer, l’équipage du navire devient lentement fou à cause de l’exposition aux produits chimiques de la peinture à bord et croit qu’un exercice d’essai de missiles est en fait une guerre nucléaire. Il explore l’incapacité des structures de commandement américaines à contrôler et à empêcher les officiers de sous-marins malhonnêtes de lancer des missiles balistiques.
Hard to Hold, 1h33
Directed by Larry Peerce
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Rick Springfield, Patti Hansen, Albert Salmi, Bill Mumy, Gregory Itzin, Garry Goodrow
Rating48% 2.410842.410842.410842.410842.41084
James "Jamie" Roberts (played by singer, songwriter Rick Springfield), being a pop idol, is used to having his way with women. He meets child psychologist Diana Lawson (Janet Eilber) in a car accident, however, who not only doesn't swoon at his attentions, but has also never heard of him. He tries to win her affection, but it's complicated by the fact that his ex-lover, Nicky Nides (Patti Hansen), is still a member of his band.
Love Child
Love Child (1982)
, 1h36
Directed by Larry Peerce
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Crime, Romance
Themes Prison films
Actors Amy Madigan, Beau Bridges, Mackenzie Phillips, Albert Salmi, Joanna Merlin, Margaret Whitton
Rating57% 2.857912.857912.857912.857912.85791
Terry Jean Moore (Madigan) was convicted of a crime at the age of 19 and over the time she spent in prison, she meets a guard named Jack Hansen (Bridges). The two fall in love and Moore ends up having his child. Terry has to face the possibility of losing her baby, but she takes up the fight to keep the baby.