Cast: James Gammon

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring James Gammon. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Crime Story (TV Series)

1986 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Chuck Adamson · Gustave Reininger · Leon Ichaso · Aaron Lipstadt

Cast Dennis Farina · Tony Denison · John Santucci · Stephen Lang

Synopsis The saga of a Chicago police detective's efforts to stop a young hood's ruthless rise in the ranks of organized crime. Chicago, 1963. As head of the police department's Major Crime Unit, Lieutenant Michael Torello must deal with the city's...

6.9

127 votes

6.9

127 votes

Cold Mountain

2003 · Movie · 155 min. · United States

Direction Anthony Minghella

Cast Jude Law · Nicole Kidman · Renée Zellweger · Brendan Gleeson

Synopsis In the final days of the Civil War, Inman (Jude Law), a wounded Confederate soldier, begins a long journey home to Cold Mountain, North Carolina to reunite with his pre-war sweetheart, Ada (Nicole Kidman). Along the way, Inman sees the...

6.6

42K votes

6.6

42K votes

Wyatt Earp

1994 · Movie · 191 min. · United States

Direction Lawrence Kasdan

Cast Kevin Costner · Dennis Quaid · Gene Hackman · Michael Madsen

Synopsis Wyatt Earp (Kevin Costner) doesn't get to go to war with his brothers, but when by decision of his father Nicholas (Gene Hackman) the rest of his family relocates to California, he begins a career in the Wild West. After...

6.3

18K votes

6.3

18K votes

Appaloosa

2008 · Movie · 107 min. · United States

Direction Ed Harris

Cast Viggo Mortensen · Ed Harris · Renée Zellweger · Jeremy Irons

Synopsis Set in 1882 in the Old West territory of New Mexico, Appaloosa revolves around city marshal Virgil Cole (Ed Harris) and his deputy and partner Everett Hitch (Viggo Mortensen), who have made their reputation as peacekeepers in the lawless towns...

6.2

18K votes

6.2

18K votes

The Milagro Beanfield War

1988 · Movie · 117 min. · United States

Direction Robert Redford

Cast Sônia Braga · Rubén Blades · Chick Vennera · John Heard

Synopsis In Milagro, a small town in the American Southwest, Ladd Devine plans to build a major new resort development. While activist Ruby Archuleta and lawyer/newspaper editor Charlie Bloom realize that this will result in the eventual displacement of the local...

6.2

1K votes

6.2

1K votes

Ironweed

1987 · Movie · 144 min. · United States

Direction Héctor Babenco

Cast Jack Nicholson · Meryl Streep · Carroll Baker · Michael O'Keefe

Synopsis Albany, New York, Halloween, 1938. Francis Phelan and Helen Archer are bums, back in their birth city. She was a singer on the radio, he a major league pitcher. Death surrounds them: she's sick, a pal has cancer, he digs...

6.1

982 votes

6.1

982 votes

Silver City

2004 · Movie · 130 min. · United States

Direction John Sayles

Cast Chris Cooper · Richard Dreyfuss · Daryl Hannah · Maria Bello

Synopsis Set against the backdrop of a mythic “New West,” SILVER CITY follows grammatically-challenged, “user-friendly” candidate Dicky Pilager (Chris Cooper), scapegrace scion of Colorado’s venerable Senator Jud Pilager (Michael Murphy), during his gubernatorial campaign. When Pilager finds that he’s reeled in...

6.0

846 votes

6.0

846 votes

Zandy's Bride

1974 · Movie · 116 min. · United States

Direction Jan Troell

Cast Gene Hackman · Liv Ullmann · Eileen Heckart · Susan Tyrrell

Synopsis Zandy Allan purchases a mail-order bride, Hannah Lund. He treats her as a possession, without respect or humanity, until their shared ordeal as they struggle to survive develops in him a growing love.

6.0

68 votes

6.0

68 votes

Coupe de Ville

1990 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction Joe Roth

Cast Patrick Dempsey · Arye Gross · Daniel Stern · Alan Arkin

Synopsis Three brothers, a sergeant, a troublemaker and a dreamer meet for the first time in five years. They have met to drive home a car their father bought for their mother's 50th birthday. During the long ride home they get...

5.9

29 votes

5.9

29 votes

I Love You to Death

1990 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction Lawrence Kasdan

Cast Kevin Kline · Tracey Ullman · William Hurt · Keanu Reeves

Synopsis Joey works with Rosalie in their pizza parlor. She is convinced that he works all of the time for them and her world dissolves when she finds that he has been fooling around for years. Being Catholic, divorce is out...

5.6

2K votes

5.6

2K votes

Wild Bill

1995 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

5.6

1K votes

5.6

1K votes

Made in Heaven

1987 · Movie · 103 min. · United States

Direction Alan Rudolph

Cast Timothy Hutton · Kelly McGillis · Maureen Stapleton · Ann Wedgeworth

Synopsis In 1952 while driving to California to start his life anew, twenty-something Mike Shea accidentally dies while doing a heroic act. Despite floundering in his life - he was having troubles holding a steady job and his supposed girlfriend was...

5.6

531 votes

5.6

531 votes

Revenge

1990 · Movie · 120 min. · United States

Direction Tony Scott

Cast Kevin Costner · Anthony Quinn · Madeleine Stowe · Tomas Milian

Synopsis Kevin Costner plays an ex-pilot who visits the posh Mexican estate of an old associate (Anthony Quinn) "Tibey" Mendes, for a bit of R & R. Tibey has turned into a very powerful Godfather type who rules his world and...

5.6

6K votes

5.6

6K votes

Traveller

1997 · Movie · 101 min. · United States

Direction Jack N. Green

Cast Bill Paxton · Mark Wahlberg · Julianna Margulies · James Gammon

Synopsis A seasoned grifter, Bokky, welcomes a neophyte into his loose-knit clan of peripatetic Irish-American scam artists, who, in the manner of modern-day snake oil salesmen, make a living cheating small-town rubes across the rural South. But a change of heart...

5.4

79 votes

5.4

79 votes

In the Electric Mist

2009 · Movie · 102 min. · United States

Direction Bertrand Tavernier

Cast Tommy Lee Jones · John Goodman · Peter Sarsgaard · Ned Beatty

Synopsis While on an investigation into a series of grisly murders by a serial killer, veteran detective Dave Robicheaux (Tommy Lee Jones) navigates his way through the Louisiana bayou and the dark, sultry world of New Orleans mobster "Baby Feet" Balboni...

5.3

3K votes

5.3

3K votes

The Adventures of Huck Finn

1993 · Movie · 108 min. · United States

Direction Stephen Sommers

Cast Elijah Wood · Courtney B. Vance · Robbie Coltrane · Jason Robards

Synopsis Huckleberry Finn, the half-literate son of a drunk, runs away from home and follows the Mississippi River with an escaped slave named Jim. Along the way, the duo encounter adventures with colorful characters like The King and the Duke, two...

5.3

2K votes

5.3

2K votes

Streets of Laredo (TV Miniseries)

1995 · Series · 300 min. · United States

Direction Joseph Sargent

Cast James Garner · Sissy Spacek · Sam Shepard · Ned Beatty

Synopsis Captain Woodrow Call, now retired from the Rangers, is a bounty hunter. He is hired by an eastern rail baron to track down Joey Garza, a new kind of killer, only a boy, who kills from a distance with a...

5.2

63 votes

5.2

63 votes

The Sacketts (TV) (TV Miniseries)

1979 · Movie · 240 min. · United States

Direction Robert Totten

Cast Sam Elliott · Tom Selleck · Jeff Osterhage · Glenn Ford

Synopsis After the civil war, Tennessee brothers Orrin and Tyrel Sackett are herding cattle out West while Tell Sackett is prospecting for gold in the hills.

5.2

25 votes

5.2

25 votes

Cabin Boy

1994 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Adam Resnick

Cast Chris Elliott · Ritch Brinkley · James Gammon · Ricki Lake

Synopsis Snobby school boy goes left, and mistakes the "Filthy Whore" for his millionaire dad's yacht. He joins four filthy fishermen for hijinx on the high seas.

5.2

141 votes

5.2

141 votes