Cast: Joseph Cortese
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Joseph Cortese. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 26
Go Go Tales
2007 · Movie · 96 min. · United States
Direction Abel Ferrara
Cast Willem Dafoe · Matthew Modine · Bob Hoskins · Asia Argento
Synopsis Ray Ruby's paradise: a classy go go/cabaret in downtown Manhattan is a factory of dreams and dreamers, run by the charismatic impresario Ray Ruby, with the expert assistance from long time cronies and colourful hangers on and featuring the most...
6.1
277 votes
6.1
277 votes
Ruby
1992 · Movie · 100 min. · United States
Direction John Mackenzie
Cast Danny Aiello · Sherilyn Fenn · Arliss Howard · Tobin Bell
Synopsis The Mafia needed a patsy. The CIA needed a pawn. And the conspiracy needed a killer. They found it all in Jack Ruby, the Dallas strip club owner who murdered President Kennedy’s assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, on live television. Stars...
5.3
136 votes
5.3
136 votes
Evilspeak
1981 · Movie · 89 min. · United States
Direction Eric Weston
Cast Clint Howard · R.G. Armstrong · Joseph Cortese · Claude Earl Jones
Synopsis A military cadet who happens to be a social outcast taps into a way to summon demons and cast spells on his tormentors through his computer.
5.2
185 votes
5.2
185 votes
Monsignor
1982 · Movie · 121 min. · United States
Direction Frank Perry
Cast Christopher Reeve · Geneviève Bujold · Fernando Rey · Jason Miller
Synopsis John Flaherty is a young and ambitious American priest who arrives in the Papal Sovereign city state of the Vactican in 1944 to take his holy orders as a catholic priest. After distinguishing himself in combat in the World War...
5.1
150 votes
5.1
150 votes
Windows
1980 · Movie · 96 min. · United States
Direction Gordon Willis
Cast Talia Shire · Joseph Cortese · Elizabeth Ashley · Kay Medford
Synopsis Shire is the subject of a perverse obsession by a Lesbian neighbor, Andrea, who not only is in lust with her but hires a rapist in order to get audio tapes of her moaning. Ashley turns pepping tom and watches...
4.9
36 votes
4.9
36 votes
Against the Ropes
2004 · Movie · 111 min. · United States
Direction Charles S. Dutton
Cast Meg Ryan · Omar Epps · Tony Shalhoub · Charles S. Dutton
Synopsis The daughter of a boxing trainer, Jackie Kallen (Meg Ryan) grew up skipping rope in a downtown Detroit gym. She watched in wonder as young men struggled to become champions, and hoped that one day she would be involved in...
4.5
2K votes
4.5
2K votes
Illicit Dreams
1994 · Movie · 93 min. · United States
Direction Andrew Stevens
Cast Andrew Stevens · Shannon Tweed · Joseph Cortese · Michelle Johnson
Synopsis Moira is married to an abusive husband, who is constantly having affairs with his patients. Meanwhile, she always dreams of running into a bedroom where Richard is waiting for her, and they always end up making love. Moira visits an...
3.1
27 votes
3.1
27 votes
The Last Word
1995 · Movie · 70 min. · United States
Direction Tony Spiridakis
Cast Timothy Hutton · Joe Pantoliano · Michelle Burke · Chazz Palminteri
Synopsis A journalist with solid mob connections falls for a stripper with a dark past. His best friend then drags him to L.A. with the intent of becoming movie men. But does real life and fiction really go together?
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Bandit: Beauty and the Bandit (TV)
1994 · Movie · 92 min. · United States
Direction Hal Needham
Cast Brian Bloom · Brian Krause · Henry Cho · Joseph Cortese
Synopsis Bandit, always willing to help a lady, bites off more than he can chew when he helps a lady who is on the run from the mob. Nuns and nudists cross paths with a trucker hijacked by a beauty on...
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C.A.T. Squad (TV)
1986 · Movie · 97 min. · United States
Direction William Friedkin
Cast Joseph Cortese · Jack Youngblood · Steve James · Patricia Charbonneau
Synopsis When terrorists start killing scientists who are working on NATO's laser defense , an elite team, the Counter Assault Tactical (C.A.T.) Squad, are brought in to to stop the killers. The squad consists of five members. The leader is totally...
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Making a Deal with the Devil
2019 · Movie · 75 min. · Canada
Direction Frank D'Angelo
Cast Danny Aiello · John Ashton · Daniel Baldwin · Tom Bower
Synopsis The fascinating and dramatic story of what goes on inside the FBI as they work in secret with the mob to root out corruption and crime in America.
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Here's Yianni!
2024 · Movie · United States
Direction Christina Eliopoulos
Cast Julia Ormond · Eric Roberts · Kevin Pollak · Rosanna Arquette
Synopsis A wife's strength is tested when her ailing husband, a Greek diner owner whose mind and memory are fading, imagines himself as a late-night TV talk show host.
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Rags to Riches (TV Series)
1987 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Bruce Seth Green · Michael Switzer · Michael Lange · Daniel T. Cahn
Cast Joseph Bologna · Tisha Campbell · Blanca De Garr · Kimiko Gelman
Synopsis A wealthy widowed businessman adopts five daughters to live with him at his mansion.
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Jessi's Girls
1975 · Movie · 75 min. · United States
Direction Al Adamson
Cast Sondra Currie · Geoffrey Land · Ben Frank · Regina Carrol
Synopsis Jessica has been raped by a bunch of hoodlums and goes for revenge.
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The Deported
2009 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Lance Kawas
Cast Nicholas Turturro · Talia Shire · Gary Valentine · Michael Rapaport
Synopsis A U.S. Italian actor is deported to Mexico by some crooked I.N.S. agents, and a pack of orphans help him find his way back to America.
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Assault and Matrimony (TV)
1987 · Movie · 100 min. · United States
Direction James Frawley
Cast Jill Eikenberry · Michael Tucker · John Hillerman · Michelle Phillips
Synopsis Edgar and Sylvia Chalmer's neighbor, Cyril, tells Edgar he's going to sell his house to a big "family" and move to the Caribbean, but the "family" will only buy his house if the Chalmers sell theirs too. Edgar likes the...
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Deadly Illusion
1987 · Movie · 87 min. · United States
Direction William Tannen · Larry Cohen
Cast Billy Dee Williams · Vanity · Morgan Fairchild · John Beck
Synopsis A detective is framed for a murder he didn't commit.
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The Shipment
2001 · Movie · 88 min. · Canada
Direction Alex Wright
Cast Matthew Modine · Elizabeth Berkley · Nicholas Turturro · Robert Loggia
Synopsis A Mexican smuggler sold to a New York gangster a shipment of Viagra, which mysteriously disappears in a remote village of Arizona. This gangster sends his partner and a deputy to retrieve the unique merchandise, but it needs to deal...
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C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf (TV)
1988 · Movie · 93 min. · United States
Direction William Friedkin
Cast Joseph Cortese · Jack Youngblood · Steve James · Deborah Van Valkenburgh
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If Tomorrow Comes (TV Miniseries)
1986 · Movie · 304 min. · United States
Direction Jerry London
Cast Madolyn Smith Osborne · Tom Berenger · David Keith · Jack Weston
Synopsis This mini-series focuses on two people, Tracy Whitney and Jeff Stevens. In the beginning, Tracy was an innocent, who was in love and pregnant, with the son of an affluent family. She is sent to prison for a crime she...
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